The Municipal flagstaff on the Bund, opposite the Yokohama Specie Bank building, is at present undergoing its triennial coat of paint the" cheapness of which would surprise many—and forms quite a novel sight with bamboo scaffolding encircling it right up to the top. is, perhaps, more generally known asthe "P. & O. flags ta in the days when that company's offices were on the Bund the familiar blue, white, red, and yellow flown proudly from its top. shipping company moved to It new offices in 1921, however, the flagstaff was presented to thi Shanghai Municipal Council, and it is the Municipal flag of the International Settlement that is now flown 440 feet over the busy street, Appearances are deceptive. The brass wind-vane, in the form of a model of one of the early P. all and steamships, seems' from below to be no more' than from two to three feet long. It is, however, considerably more than six feet in Jength. The yard-arm, too, near the top, is over thirty feet long. The parking-space at the foot of the huge pole is the most exclusive on. the Bund, and is reserved for the Shanghai Fire Brigade only. Off the Bund at this point the Customs fire-floats Poochi snd Huning, recently taken over by the Harbour Fire and the Shanghai Fire de' fire-float Fire Dragon, are moored, ready to speed off at a moment's notice,
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