From April 1, all trucks plying between the French Concession and Nantao will require new passes issued by the Traffic Department of the French Concession Police, 28 Route Stanislas Chevalier, against payment of a fee equivalent to one half of the licence fee, according to an announcement made by the French Consulate-General yesterday.
All passes issued since the opening of the four gates to Nantao in January, will lose their ve'idity March 31, the announce me: 4 separating the French ' Cpfeession As will be recalled, the iron/gates
from Nantao, were re-open€d to general and pedestrian traffic on January 24, after having been closed for the better part of 27 months as a result of the hostilities. This move followed lengthy negotiations between the Japanese authorities and the French Consulate-General, it being decided that all motor-vehicles entering the Concession from Nantao, would have to have Concession licences and special passes issued by the French Consulate-General.
Similar passes are also required for suppli: s or rice, flour and other edibles taken from the Concession into Nantao, while handcarts, rickshaws and other man-propelled vehicles are exempt from having special permits, provided that they are licensed for the Concession.
Passengers in route No. 9 bus travelling along Avenue Foch shortly after 6.30 p.m. yesterday had an exciting experience as the vehicle was suddenly stopped and the conductors informed them that a small fire had developped in the chassis. The French Concession fire brigade was summoned and had no difficulty in putting out the flames in within a few minutes. The trip was resumed with but a slight delay, The Concession fire brigade was celled out on two other occasions yesterday afternoon, although in both instances they found that the flames tad been put out before their arrival.
the first instance, they were summoned to House 8, Lane 22, Rue Pere Dugout at 12.10 pin., where they"found that the occupants had d some water on a terrace fire. thus making their intervention unnecessary, At 5.20 p.m. engines of the French brigade rushed to House 30, Lane 398, Rue Montmorand, where a small room fire had been extinguished before their arrival.
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