Hire Car and Private Drivers Quarrel Over Parking Space A pitched battle between a gang. of hire car drivers and a party of 25 private chauffeurs whilst waiting for their fares at the Chinn Merchants Wharf Into on October 21 resulted in one man being severely cut over the head and a window of the car of Mr. E. S, Cun-bingham, U.S, Consul-General, being smashed.
The occasion was a dinner given on the Malolo for prominent Shanghai residents which was attended by a score or more of local people. The injured man was the chauffeur of Mr. V. G. Lyman of the S.M.C. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where he received treatment.
The fight started when the hire car drivers took exception to the space allotted to them for their cars and sought reprisal on the private
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