The licensing of public pullers was only lightly touched upon at. the Fecent meeting of the rickshaw owners with the Board. At no time during the conversations did the Council hold out any hope that the licensing of pullers would be either Postponed or abandoned.
'The owners' representatives _complained that the present penalties for violation of licence conditions in the form of suspension of the licence for a varying number of days were far too heavy and were often an undeserved hardship for the owners when pullers were really to blame. The oard promised to look into the that in many cases a reduction of fifty per cent, has been authorized, while in a number of eases where the pullers may be presumed to be wholly. fo blame, the owners will be exempt from punishment altogether, About thirty owners of public rickshaws in the portion of the Western District which is under the Jurisdiction of the Shanghai City Government held a meeting in the Sz Yang Kung Woo Tea Shop, 919 Jessfield Road, on Friday, when they edded again to petition the City Government for permission to operate their vehicles the area controlled by the City instead of only the portion of the Western District.
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