None Without Consent of Consul and Police No race meeting will be held by the Shanghai Race Club without the fulk "approval and consent of the British Consulate-General and the Shanghai Municipal Police, This @ofinite statement was contained Jon Oct, 28 in a letter from the club in reply to one which appeared In {his connection in the correspondence columns of this Journal. The club's letter read:
"Referring to the letter signed "Senso" in your Issue of the 25th inst, the Stewards of the Shanghai Race Club feel that it would have been at least courteous if the writer blind consulted. them. before rushing into print, The letter conveys. the impression that the Shanghai Race Club intend "holding "a meeting aco of opposition, from the from the roof of the godown, and enveloped the whole building in a Shi wall of flame. Fire engines from the French Fire Brigade, assisted by the Harbour Fire Brigade, fought the flames for about an hour before they were under control, concerned, and "Sense" may rest assured that no meeting will be held without the latters' full approval and previous consent.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.