The Italian Minister of Communications has sent to the Lloyd Triestino in Trieste, the following letter "Also on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I wish you to convey to your General Agent in Shanghai Mr. C. Polesello who has attended to his duties in a most praiseworthy "manner, and to all the Staff of your Agency in that place, my deepest appreciation for the fine work they all have done during the Sino-Japanese conflict, thus assuring our services of navigation with the greatest efficiency, and regularity."
The efficiency with which the Lloyd Tries carried on during the local hostilities is worthy of the high praise which has been bestowed upon it by the Minister of Communications. To that highly successful result the enthusiastic work of Mr. Polesello and his staff made a large contribution and the praise which they have received will generally be endorsed by local residents as thoroughly merited. The regular service which the company's vessels maintained throughout the whole of the local crisis was particularly praiseworthy in view of the fact that had it not been for such an arrangement this city might have been cut off from the rest of the world at a time when communication with other countries was of the greatest possible importance. This journal would like to add its meed of praise to that which the Minister of Communications addressed io the Lloyd Triestino, and to express great satisfaction that its excellent work in this respect has received much deserved official recognition.
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