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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1927.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SCENES IN SHANGHAI DURING THE RECENT CRISIS.

Settlement barricade held by men of the 2ndy Coldstream Guards:

All that was left of a Chinese fire engine in the Chapel blaze,

NARROW ESCAPE.

· DETECTIVE FACES FIRING

SQUAD. (

AN UNEXPECTED REPRIEVE

11 A Chinese detective, a former member of the Woosung-Shang- hal Constabulary, faced a firing. squad, looked death in the face unflinchingly-and lived to tell the story. What his fate will be no-one seems to know, as he is in the hands of workers of a $hang- hal concern, who apparently are bent on executing him, says, the "Shanghai Times."

The detealive is Sing Ching- sung. He was made a prisoner recently by striking workers of the Commercial Press, and held by them in their offices on Pao.

han Road,

Last Friday was the date set for hia execution. Early in the morning Sing was dragged from the cffice and taken to an alley in the Chinese City. His captors stood him up against a wall, blindfolded. Sing asked that the blindfold be removed. After some hesitation this was done.

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The delay saved Sing's life. A few feet from the wall a quar-

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Coldstream Guardsmen, under cover frum, Chinese snipers.

Another view of the damage just outside the Settlement,

Chinese trying to enter the Prep en Concession zależ

Northern soldier's corpse left outside a street barricade.

Havoc wrought by shot and flame during the night of terror..

Bend Northern soldiers lying in street of Shanghai native quarter.

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NOTABLE CAPTURE.

NAVIES OF THE POWERS.

IF PARENTS PART.

Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN THE "MAIL"

April 14-Queen's Theatre: "Are Parents People?"

April 14-World Theatre: "The Neter Do Well"

April 14-Star Theatre: "The Lucky Bevil.”

Sports..

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April 18-Seventh tournament of the Hong Kong Boxing Asso Theatre Royal, 9.16 p.m.

April 16-18-Second Extra Race Meeting of Hong Kong Jockey Club, Race Course. Happy. Valley.

April 18- Fancy dress entnival dance at Roval Engineers' Theatre, Wellington Barracks, 8.30 p.m.

April 20-Seventh bi-annual race for the "Trevessa" Trophy, .com-i menting 4 p.m.

⚫ Meetings.

April Id-Twenty-seventh annual Imeeting of Kowloon Bowling Green

Flub, Clubhouse, 5.45 pm.

April 21-Second Meeting of China Light & Power Co., Ltd., 11.30 2.m.

April 23--Telephone Co.'s second annual meeting,

Exchange al Bldg. Hum.

April 26-Meeting of all Com- pany Commandere and Officers at Volunteer Headquarters, 5.30 p.m. to discuss future training '3- gramme of the H.K.V.B. Corps.

Lammert's Auction. Aprili 20-At No 30 Ashley Rd... Kowloon, valuable household furnis tare, 1 nm.

April 14-Theosophical Society's. weekly lecture, 3. „Duidell St., 6 p.m. April 15-Vocal and instrumental recital, St. John's Cathedral, 9:15 p.m.

April 17-Opening of Tung Shan Hotel

April 22-Practieal demonstra- on on "Home Nursing" Matilda Hospital, 8.20 p.m.

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Paris, April 13. According

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