The Archive · 1934

Chinese Increase Taxes

Licence Fees and House Rates

Up on October 1

The Bureau of Pinance of the Greater Shanghai Municipal Government announce that on and after October 1, the quarterly charges on vehicle licences and munlelpal rates fu residential houses will be definite-

'They report that the road is good in parts, medium in parts, and very bad in some parts. The worst on the Hangchow-Nanking highway, 60 miles immediately after Thing, a town approximately 200] miles' from Nanking. There they, came on large blocks of jagged, stones placed across the road at intervals of about 60 yards over a. two mile stretch. Road mending was in progress but no attempt was made to keep a clear passage for motor traffic. Bridges were halt demolished and planks were missing! making their crossing a hazardous proceeding.

The scenery is magnificent and to be "really enjoyed more than one day should be spent on the road. The best part of the road is between Chapoo and Hangchow,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account