As the demand for telephones in Shanghai is exceeding the supply so much that people are paying big sums of money to private individuals for possessing that public utility, an which two terday. Judge Chen tried mediation, but as his efforts in that respect failed, he ruled that a formal petition be filed by the complainant.
The plaintiff, Vu Cheng-lung, is a landlord who lives at House No. 3 Lane 339 Rue Bourgeat. His petition to me N that two years ago defendant, Ling Hsiang-cheng, rented the third floor of his house and had a telephone installed. fee oh HIS and $10 installation for, the it Since then, the plaintiff has been paying the monthly rate to the telephone company.
It is alleged that in order to obtain some extra money for surrendering the right, the defendant right " use the telephone num-have of the new government preparations to take over the two important railways. E Quoting information from Nanking. the report says that the Japanese will soon return the Joint Administrative Office of the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow Railways to the new government. A Chinese official formerly working in the office has received a letter from his friend at Nanking asking him to gather together old colleagues so that they may return to their former work.
It is admitted that at present the administrative power of railways is in the hands of Japanese. All high officials Japanese appointees. Tracing history of the railways after war, the report says that repairs were made by the Japanese to the railways which suffered damage during the hostilities but about half a year after the conclusion of the Shanghai hostilities the railways resumed services under Japanese administration.
The report does not mention the financing of the railways and the British investments which have been made the subject of protracted negotiations between the parties concerned. Indicating that the problem still a knotty one, previous Chinese reports stated that the Japanese claimed repair fees bigger than the cost of the railways themselves,
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