To the Editor of the "Nomrn-Ciuna Dany News"
Sm—It_ has surprised me to see that no ratepayer "has so "far com: mented, "in Your correspondence columns re Mr. Hossenlopp's proposed motion to disband he Municipal Orchestra, while the Council make fan annual grant of a large sum' of money to the Shanghai Choral Society, very few cultural amenities left in Shanghai entirely lost. and yet feel that such amenity is too expensive to continue, by suggesting an alternative to total abolition of the Orchestra which might serve to pro= vide music on a paying basis, I ar sure that you will not begrudge the valuable space taken up by it.
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