St—Not long ago SIN. Police barrieaded 2 factory on Vu Yuen Road west of Edinburgh Road unlit its owners conformed. to Municipal regulations, giving the inhabitants of surrounding houses a much-needed rest from noise of machinery in the wee sma" hours.
For a week now. next door to this factory and in_an exactly similar situation, an open-air circus with mechanized "music" of the calliope variety all complete, has been fune~ tioning at full blast from about 9 pam, to 3 am. causing a blockade of the streets. (since the aerial acrobat ties can be viewed free and clearly from the road) and endless trate noises as undercurrent to the blaring of canned fair-tunes which must rob at least 50 households surrounding of their seen.
The writer has accepted, for a week. Invs of sleep except for about 2 hours in the morning, but only been use he confidently awaited" move by the police, ax in the case the factory. Tt is practically im= possible for 80 households to migrate fen masse at this perind of Shanghai's history. and even tightly-closed wi dows fait to shut aut the noise, which not being continuous, tempts the fortunate sufferer to woo sleep assam and again in vain. Far be It from me to" plead that the proprietors make the unholy" din more continuous: hut T fail to understand ich arrieades an ax-yet~ gambling. establishment, while it allows an open-air civetts in pardon edging the road to function with complete freedom, Shanghai, June 12, amps as Currency:
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We all know that genuine banke notes are made in two pieces, which Fe joined together as they are pri ed. Counterfeits are all in one piece, printed on both sides, Now that the ost ofice stamps are coming into favour. is there any way to check possible "bad Tuck" stamps?
Torspay-Orr, june 14,
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