'An esteemed correspondent ving' {in a residential neighbourhood in the extra-Seitlement area of Avenue Haig has drawn attention to a remarkable controversy which has arisen. from the intrusion of a Chinese funeral management concern into the midst of that district. Apparently, the City Government of Shanghai, stirred by the" representations made lo it, assed orders that the funeral buslthese should be removed within six months and that in the meantime should, preserve duo quietness at night in order to give the neigh ours the peace and repose duo to them. That decision "was cached over two years but nothing has been done, nor does this incongruous inhhabltant of a residential district take the trouble to conform to the requirements of the City Government} by respecting the stillness of the hight TE seems that the authorities have forgotten their own order and.
might be well to suggest that they should: take prompt steps to vindicate their powers of discipline, From all points of view itis obviously undesirable that a commercial institution involving noisy and' aggressive pra: ices should be allowed to under mine the health and decorum of a decent community.
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