There have been rumours that Peitaiho was being used os a recuperation centre for troops but this is absolutely untrue, there are no t: cops, either sick or well there at present, and the authorities know nothing about any such arrangement.
The trains are clean and the diving car service better than it has ever been before, specially on the express trains, and the service in the dining cars is particularly efficient. For some reason the boys in the coaches do not appear to be willing fo help travellers with their luggage and do expect tips. Formerly it wa a matter of course for the coach be; fo carry suitcases and impedimenta to the vestibule and hand them to the station coolies,
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