which, unbeknown tome, was the closing hour of the office, and after waiting some minutes for attention to bp paid to me, was brusquely told that os the time "was now thre" o'clock T could not receive attention. pointed out that I had been waiting some minutes, apparently to suit the nce of the official concerned, ready had had difficulty in nding the time to call personally at the office and that a second visit Th ived an uninterested the shouted intimation once again that it was three o'clock.
As all Chinese driving licences automatically expire on June 30 every year, T then looked in at the driving! licence section, where apparently [the 3 o'clock rule was not being $0: strictly applied, and handed over my driving cence for renewal. I was! Jcalmly informed that the charge would be $6.50. On my querying. this sum It was explained to me that the cost of renewal was one dollar, Dut that as I was three days late in handing in my licence, a fine of $5.0 was being imposed. I explained that my licence was barely eight months: old and that mo such fines are imposed by the Settlement and Conces-[sion authorities, but to no avail.
During my dealings with this office T have received little attention and none of the courtesy that one expects and which one ig entitled to, from a government depariment, and the treatment received to-day, coupled with the unreasonable "one" decided my course of action from' pow on—"no more Chinese licences I have no complaint to make regarding the driving Heence official—in fact he was rather helpful, Just }as 1 was preparing to drive away, he 5—Remuneration of inspectors shall be upon the basis of qualficatons and experiens ~The inspectorate shall function in accordance with the Chinese Factory Inspection Laws, Enforcement of Chinese Factory Laws in eases of delinquency shall be by proceedings in the Courts, '8~—The Council agrees to report to the Chinese Government upon a practical basis to be agreed upon.
0-—This Agreement shall remain force for a period of three yenrs subject to termination thereafter by either party upon giving six months! notice to the other party, The agreement is subject to the approval of the Consular Body, Tux Royal Humane Society's Gold Medal has been awarded to Mr, Alfred Brian Palmer, of Shanghai, who was at the time, Chief OMcer fon the s, Dah Sun, Shanghai, for his gallantry in aving Pao Chung, aged 43, 3rd Engineer on the shiv when he fell into' the sea net Irrawady, Rangoon, Burma, on April 29, 1035. The Society's Parchment award has been made to Petty Officer Edward Foster of H.M.S, Phoenix, for saving an unknown woman who jumped into Hongkong Harbour on January 13. came to where I was sitting in my car and suggested that 1 should write the Bureau of Public Affairs, ex= plain the reason for my application for renewal being three day express my regrets and ask for reduction of the fine! rom now on my interest in the department concerned is absolutely nil, but T would suggest to the authorities in charge that at least one notice be posted in or around the offices giving the hours of open: ing and closing, that the high-handed method of Imposing _unreasonabl fines be discontinued and that th faltendant officials be instructed that 4 little attention and a little courtesy be extended to those persons who visit the office with all' good inten tions, willing to pay good money for the "doubtful privilege of using mediocre roads, Shanghai, July 3,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.