To the Editor of the ""Nonri Cinna Darcy News"
Sin,—One of the most unedifying sightS to be mot with, daily, along the main streets of the' French Con= cession, Is the hyper-crowded slate of the' omnibuses, crammed as they are to an extent that defies des Men," women and children are huddled "against each other" with ile if any moving space and this glaring breach of the—municipal regulations 1s allowed to go on Indefnitely without so much asa romonstrence from headquarters At times one cannot even make one's way from a seat to the exit, without jostling or rubbing against passengers of the dirtiest or even Infected class and it is not unusual to have to wait and go beyond one's destination in order to get out, Is it 0 difficult after all to keep the door closed when a bus is full or affix the six "Bus Full" so that passengers may not attempt (o board a bus an grand complet," And if the Cie des Tramways et @'Belairage Electriques de Shanghai will not obey, can Proceedings not be instituted against the offenders it. the competent court? Is the law not enforceable in respect of such appalling breaches of existing regulations by the monopoly-holders?
Shanghai, Dee, 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.