To, the Editor of the "Nontu-Cuina Dany News."
Simy—Sometime ago an article appeared in your Magazine Supplement under the above heading, in which the author seemed very pleased to revive the former glories of the Henli Regatta and it is an infection fof their enthusiasm that constrains me to remind our city-beleaguered of an opportunity, unique in its attractiveness, to raise the siege of the common round of an office-club-movie parcelling of the day and embrace the charm of a real change, If the weather is fine, and the that he did the return Journey from Metect Regattas are mainly happy thera' are, gua odorings, of in this bicycle, im 8} hou cating the Sreshest of country:
cet te cnvdered much eflinure on the tease of tare waters, of us, started from the same. renderyous and walked to the back in 8 hours! ud No Chinese was used with the exception of the one word "Zot Fifty minutes from the Aerodrome We sighted the Hills and were mun ching sandwiches on top of the one want be teats more than an hour. boat parties are most to be recommended, the visitor for the day will find all his wants attended to and his comfort assured in the Club Enclosure, which is open without customs charges duly as|may 1 give you an account of my|of 43 houre—this schedule, as published. But foreigners on the Woosung Road|adjacent to Zose after a total walk charge to all, and where he will included a detour discover seating and the satisfying mot curzon, net being handled by|0t four of us—a lady, gentleman, to avoid a sampan ferry. as we -WoDk. los,"
although they are evident- experiences last Saturday? A party|of a couple of mile around a creek|Previdence of the ubiquitous [any curio dealer in Shanghai young boy and small giti—proceeded wished to walk the whole way. The oF 80 oarsmen will not! Stamps. are "classified by. ether|to Woosung in a private ear and|return journey was done in 8 hours care that 1 speak Fast of the fare. countries as "educational material" and are sold by book-shops here.
But the vast majority of stamps that come to China do so on outside of mail and of course pay no duty. Many of them are better than the common stamps on which duty is charged. It is an injustice to charge duty on common stamps, when more and better stamps come in free, in payment of postage on foreign' mail. Only the common kinds pay duty, as rare stamps ca be sent in, hi dreds. of dollars' worth, in an ordinary fter and not. be seen by the while the common kinds make large parcels and are stopped by the customs as we passed the railway crossing wan done in 8 we were ordered to stop by Chinese creek adjacent to the. Hills, thus was rae es soldiers who made a sign for us avoiding our outward detour. Nei-to get out of the car which weather of us had done the walk before, did leaving the engine running.
The but we found no difficulty vith the gentleman and boy were searched way excepting the one creek iment ina perfectly orderly and courteous tioned, this we judged must end or manner and no possible objection be bridged somewhere—fortunately sould be raised to the treatment] for us tenacity of purpose received accorded to us—the small girl and its reward. lady were not touhed. One soldier] Reference (without prejudice!) fentered the car and lifted the|IH, V. Morton's "In Search of Seotcushions, just glanced over the tools land" page 140, fand then made a sign for us to continue on our way. We remarked
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