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ARMED ROBBERY,
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or less The Young Chung Girls School The epidemic of more held its annual prize-giving cero-petty robberies in the Colony and mony at the Keshing. Theatre on the misiniand has culminated in yesterday, the occasion being one a sensational armed raid, easily for the staging of a very elaborate the biggest robbery so far this programme which took half-a-day year, which occurred yesterday for completion.
afternoon, about 3 o'clock when a To begin with, the audienco, number of armed men broke into composed of several hundred the residence of a wealthy Chin pupils, and an equally large num-
cao family, No. 10, Lower Castle ber of parents and other members of their families, bowed three Road (near. Caine Road). After a times before the Chinese National systematic search the robbers made flag mounted on the stage slide by good their escape with a quantity side with the British flag. Photo of jewellery to, total value 'of graphs were taken, and the Head-about $40,000. mistress (Miss Leung Yuk-mui)
The police have since been busy read the school report, the satisfactory state of affairs die-making investigations. So far it how the closed being received with warm is not exactly known applause. Certificates were pre: robbers obtaiped entrance. The sented to the girls of the upper houso consists of three storeys, classes and prizes to those of the) and it is occupied by one family. kindergarten and others.
Mr. Yu, Inspector of Vornacular Schools, addressed the assembly, and Miss Leung Yuk-mul, in her turn, apoko of the work of the school, with a special word for the parents. The remainder of the lengthy programme tributed by the pupils in the way of songs, dances, drills and exercises, and by the members, of the Kowloon Chin Woo Assocla- tion, who gave an exhibition of Chinese boxing.
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The prospectus issued by the School rave prominent attention to the fact that the School also teaches English at certain hours, a happy medium being found which is expressed in the words: "Not too ancient and not too new. The most useful in modern educa- tion is combined with the beat that is to be found in the classics."
According to the principal In- mate, Mrs. Wong Leung-tze, an elderly Chinese lady of about 70, she was at the time in the veran- dah of the second floor, while her grand-daughter was writing in the adjoining room. It appears that there was one other member of the family in the house, the son-in-law of the old lady, as well as a number of servants, who were apparently in their own quartera in the premises below.
Reflection in Mirror. According to her report to the police, shortly after two o'clock the old lady ordered hor cook to come up to, the verandah, giving him instructions to obtain indigo to dye some clothing. While the lady was in the act of opening hor wardrobe, later, she suddenly saw in the mirror two armed strang. crs, one with two revolvers and the other with n-dagger and a re- volver.
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The school report, which was in Chinese, referred to the steady Krowth of the Institution, which
She was so alarmed that she' al- has expanded wonderfully within the last two years, until. It has most fainted. One of the men outgrown the limits of accommoda-stated that they had come to bor- tion. The number on the school roll at the moment is 557 pupils,
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row $100, Before the lady could recover her presence of mind and raise the alarm, the couple nf.. proached and roughly searched her, obtaining from her person keys of a safe and also $200 In notes.
Three more robbers then rush-" ed in, and had no difficulty in binding and gagging the inmates of the place, shutting them after- wards in the room:
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London, Jan, 31. The final report of the committee appointed by the Labour Govern-plished their work no one is in a ment in 1924 to undertake an ex-position to tell. When they had haustive survey of trade and in; left, and when. the victims dustry in Britain has now been com gained their freedom, it was dis pleted, and will be published next covered that the following jewel- lery had been stolen:—a string of Sir Arthur Balfour of Sheffield, valuable pearls worth $2,000, a set presided over the committee, of diamond buttons ($1,100), which has already issued a number pair of gold bangles set with 12 of interim reports dealing with pearls (2,000), a pair of earringa various sections of the country's In-set with diamonds ($700), a quan- dustrica, but a number of recom-tity of other jewellery worth over mendations has been reserved until $25,000, besides many trinkets of the final report.
lesser value. To this has to be added a sum of money in notes, and the total long is put at fully $40,000.
As the report, which is now in the hands of the Government, em- bodies a conclusion reached after prolonged inquiries, publication will be awaited with great interest.
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London, Jan. 31. of the world such as to ensure suf-
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