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An Incident of Official Red-Tape, The amount of trouble which the Custeans-house authorities give then selves and other people (inys the Kobe Chronicle) is a theme upon which we have often enlarged, but red-tape is ens of the most difficult diseases to eradicate
ment order, the Customs oficial edmly replied to one of the representative's statements, Tant is a lio! Doubtless he simply meant to indicate that his view of the facts was different from this advanced; but, the Customs, if English is used at all, should employ ! people who understand something about
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At any rate, it flourishes unchecked in who, if they were bluntly told That is the Kobe Customs-bouse. Some time a lie would not stop to think that age two vales of cotton were tranship-snch an expression was used through: ped and brought back by another for ignoranes, but would knock the speaker eign steamer. Now, though Japanese down forthwith, with results that might steamers claim with those of other be incouvenient all round. The bales nationalties the right to participate în of cotton have now, we understand, the coasting trade of China, foreign been duly passed by the Custours, after stcantera are prohibited from engaging serving as one more object lesson in the in the coasting trade of Japan, and the abuse of red-tape which is the curse of fact that a foreign steamer bad brought Japan.
two bales of cotton from Moji led to a
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STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS. TENDERSON Grinett, of this place,
How much stationery was used in Has stricken with partial paralysis
correspondence and how much time wasted we do not know, but they must have been considerable, for it was weeks before the firm concerned, which is one of the videst and most respected in Kobe, could obtain possession of those two unfortunate bales. The absurdity of the thing is apparent when it is re- membered that no duty is imposeil on cotton; so that there could be no ques- tion of evading the Customs.
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After weeks of negotiation, the Gus THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER
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the
shipment of the cotton, and, beginning
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