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MEMBERS OF SHANGHAI FORCE DECORATED,
'DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT
MEDAL.
All available offcors and men of the Municipal police force were mustered on Friday afternoon in the S.V.C. Drill Hall, Shanghal, for inspection by Mr. Stirling Tesson- den, Chairman of the Municipal Council, and for the presentation of Distinguished Conduct Modals and Long Service Medals to their comrades.
Mr. Fessenden arrived at 2.80 p.m. In his party were Cal.-Com- mandant II. de C. Martelli, ropre senting Maj. Gen. Duncan; Lieut. Col. G. H. R. Hallan, Major. the Hon. P. G. Scarlett, Capt. Angel- sea-Sandals, Mr. V. G. Lyman and
Mr. K. Fukushima.
of
Distinguished Conduct Medal: Class IL
Inspector C. Mills. For excop- tional bravery and leadership in the arrest of armed robbers. After forcing open the door of the house, knowing that, armed men were in. alde ho shot and wounded an arm- The inspection concluded, Mr. ed robber who opposed him. He Fessenden decorated the recipients { made A search of the house at the Distinguished Conduct great personal risk, and-finally shot Medals, and congratulated them. and wounded a second robber who The foreigners receiving the Long jumped from behind a bed in an Service Medal were:--Messrs. attempt to escape.
Plain Clothes Sergeant J. Moir. Coghlan, Givens, and Dewing, As- sistant Commissioners; Chief-For bravery and determination in Inspr. Fairbairn, Chief-Det.-Inspr. the pursuit of a gang of armed Kay and Prince; Inspr. McKenna, mon. Whilst making inquiries at Milne and Holt: Sub-Inspr. Sale, night Sgt. Moir found himself in and Chief Warder McKenzie..
An official account of the valeur shown by the recipients of the medals for bravery follows:-
Distinguished Conduct Medal:
Class I.
the middle of a running fight be- tween uniform police and arsed The panrde was colourful, the
robbers, He joined in the chase uniforms of visiting British Army
at grave personal risk, the uniform police not being aware of his pre- offears contrasting with the blue of the police. At the further end of
Bance, and succeeded in securing the hall, the Sikh troopers faced
the capture of one of the gang the entrance. To their left the
who had taken refuge in a culvert. Constable E. M., Golder.-For Chinese, four deep, flanked nearly the length of the hall, On their
Chinese Sergeant No. 183, Pang bravery and determination in North right were Sikhs on foot. Next Te-ning For great bravery and Szechuan Road whilst attached as to them stood Japanese members, initiative in the arrest and shoot-guide to two British armoured cars. while at the extreme right were ing of an armed robber. This ser- Machine gun fire was opened on the foreign ranks. The whole formed geant, whilst off duty and unarm-cars by Chinese soldiers one of the three sides of a hollow square. &d, saw a Chinese running pursu- cars becoming disabled and four Captain E. I. M.. Barrett was ined by a crowd. Although he knew British soldiers being wounded. the man was armed, C.P.C. 188 Constable Golder, at great personal
riak, shot out the street are lampi thus enabling the crew to extricate the car.
command.
In the centre of the hall immedi-seized him but bad to relinquish ately behind Captain R. M. J. Mar- his hold after being shot in the in, stood the prospective recipients neck by him. He managed, how of the much prized medal, while over, to pick up the robber's pistol two paces behind them were the and brought him down wounding
him fatally. 20-year men.
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Prince Believes "Shew" is Correct
Take out your dictionary and, so if this is right or wrong. The photo- graph shows (or abewa) an entrance leading up to a train at the new Bakra Station at Toronto and above the gateway the sita: "Show Tickets Hare,"
This is proving quite a cirkelty to the passengers using that station and providing them plenty to think about while on their train journey. It.. is quite noticeable in this modern'ago, especially after "show" is used generally. However, the Canadian Pacific Railway in a stickler for cor- Feciness, so there it is.
The Dow Union Station was officially opened by His Royal Highness the-Prince of Wales, daring his visit to Canada on August 8th, and His Royal Highness received transportation ticket numbor one with numbere two, three and four being issued to his brother, Pr.mier Baldwin and Mrs, Baldwin, respectively. The Prince called attention to the sign above hla bend and greed with the officials of the C. P. R. upon its correntuoss.
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WILL ENLIGHTEN EUROPE ON CHINESE SITUATION,
The diplomatle committee of the Nationalist Government decided the other day to appoint Miss Chen Yoh-sieu as special, deputy envoy to Europe, to inform the people of the situation in China to-day, I writes the "Sinwanpao."
Miss Chen is a doctor of law, and is a qualified person for this work. It is reported that the diplomatic committee has peti- tioned the Nationalist Government to lasue an order to this effect.
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