Talking of the heat, which nobody seems 10 be doing nowadays, some of the local broadcasting stations have neat ideas on the subject of promoting ideas of coolth. They may hot always be successful, and indeed may sometimes defeat themselves by Reason of the sentiments some of their broadcasting engenders, Tt is sll very well to have items disrupted by announcements concerning "New JYork silver..." That is probe Jably a great necessity for the few people "anxious to venture their money in fields afar, but adds to no one's enjoyment in ' Shanghai, and certainly seems to create a temperature. The neatest entirety, will. Undoubtedly much "of that which has feretion of the Council, as is also their renewal, and the fact that ences can be suspended or refused should "have the effect "of destroying that property value in the licences which is at the root of jail the troubles it is sought. to eliminate. Some of the conditions which apply to the rickshaw puller may" prove somewhat dien insist "upon, "Tous the provision thatthe rickshaw shall not carry two adult passengers atone -time, may give some trouble in'view of the common practice of Chinese tremen fraveng two al) Lime tment thatthe rickshaw shall-noi ese vehicles. So also" the require:
Bet sublet but shall be returned' the owner on or before the expiry of the period for which it is hired This "may have the effect, unless some arrangement can be made 10 avoid it, of having, at poreds during day, mes when Fickshave wil unavailable for the public owing to "their having been, or being Feturned to the owners. It is a Tite Aificult to see. how this can' be overcome, though if the ovile fubsetting are to be done away with some such regulation will have to be enforced. These, however, fare small matters compared with the Principle of Council control of the Fickshaw business which these regulations are designed to emphasize, and for that reason are heartily 0 be welcomed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.