ARMED ROBBERY IN EUROPEAN OFFICES. $18,000 STOLEN
Gibb Livingstone's Compradore Department Raided.
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City Hall Work Party, under Mrs,
November-147 pairs of pyjamas,
HEL HONGKONA
CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
INTERESTING SCHEME IN PMAUM TIENTSIN, HER.
Mr. P.S., Heintzlaiman, U. S. Consul General at Tientsin, reports
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$405
We are living in exciting times.
A movement has been recently Nosooner is one scare overthanan-Stabb.
inaugurated among American other is dished up for our edifics- tion. Yesterday at 7.15 p.m. when 1 bedjackets, scrubbers, firms of Tantsin to encourage everything was so peaceful and reversible bedjackets, si dozen their younger employees to study quiet in the compradore's depart-handkerchiefs, 33 small pillows, 103 the Utiinese language. Local. K. & S. Biska b. & m. #730
MARINE INSURANCES. ment of Messrs. Gibb Livingstone food covers, 40 tray cloths, 7 pairs American merchants interested and Co., when fourteen honest la of bed boots, & pneumonia jackets, in import and export trade have bourers going through their daily shrouds, 97 vests, 78 shirts, 101 long recognised the desirability Canton routine of checking bills and tak pairs of surgical socks, 10 abdominal of getting into personal touch North Chicas ing stock of the moneys received, bandages, & mope, 48 ore bandages, with the Chinese merchants and Unions
men visited the place 6 mosquito nets, 158 pairs knee caps, of establishing closer relations, Yangiszes and getting inside the compra 138 pairs socks, 53 muffers, 38 caps and it was with this primary Far Easterns
December.-138 pairs of pyjamas, object in view that the move- dora's department, at oure flour. ished revolvers and daggers at 972 pairs of pants, 159 shirts, $54ment was started.
Local British marchants had the cashier and the shroffs. One vests, 53 deren handbarchiefs, B
bedjackets, 953 bed-sumewhat earlier come of the robbers was garrisoned reversible near the door, a portion of which jackets, 1 pair of bed socks, 3 paiza realisation of the possibilities of was bolted, while the three others of surgical socks, 1 abdominal busied themselves with their bandages, 8 mops, 988 food covers, mission. The shroffs, who were 22 scrubbers, 108 small pillows, 37 inside the counter, where there pillow cases, 3 sheets, & draw sheets, a1 shroud, 18 woollen caps, 24 dozen fotur stea sad telephone, were pulled out and bandages, 1 night shirt.
Union Church Work Party, under four of them were tied with! their hands behind their backs Mrs. Maconachis."
November.To Vladivostock: 225 while the rest had the pleasure of knowing that one of the robbers shirts, 65 pairs pants, 64 pairs knee
AL 3 recent meeting of the Kallans
Langkata would shoot them dead if they caps, 62 pair, socks 17 helmets, $
Rauba stirred. It being cold, the glass muffers, & caps, 2 trench sweaters, British Chamber of Commerce it doors at the back had already vests, 291 handkerchiefs, 45 tooth was decided to invite the Ameri-Tronoha been closed by the stall and the brushes, 43 tins wooth paste, 43 can chamber to co-operate in the Uran object in taking the shroffs out-cakes soup, I case of warm clothing maintenance of the school. The latter organisation has taken up the matter, and as a result several American firms
ware
gide of the counter was to preveni"; them tampering with the tele- phone or making their escape though the glass doors.
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greatly enhanced trade through Douglases more intimate contact with the Steamboats native merchants, and a language Indos (Pref.)
Shells school was established in 1917 ndos (Del.)
Ferries under the auspices of the British Chamber of Commerce. Accord- ing to an arrangement just concluded, the fisailities of this Sugars school are now accorded to the Malabons employees of American firms.
for refugees.
To Egypt: 39 cholers belts, 19 yeats, 32 dozen food covers, 18 local
rubbers, 78 towels, 6 ilk shirts, 5 pairs silk pants,
December.169 shirts, 195 pairs pants, 45 pairs knee caps, 45 pairs socks, 3 trench swesters, 9 muffers, 13 helmets and caps, 4 pairs gloves,
dozen handkerchiefs Catholic Women's League, under
Loureiro,
The desperadoes then gut to work. Going up to the cashier, they demanded the key of his safe and when he refused to part with it they touched him with their dagger and then forcibly extracted the keys from his pock-Miss ot, and tied his hands round his
November.-3 pairs socks, 8 pairs waist with his own trouser band. In passing, we may mention that knee caps, 10 helmets, 3 mufflers, è
the robbers did not have 3 sufficient supply of rope to fasten all the rest in the office.
The safe was opened and $17,000
trench, sweaters, 192 food covers, 132 khaki handkerchiefs, 13 hospital squares, 15 knitted scrubbers, 6 anti
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offered special inducements to their employees when a main degree of proficiency is attained in the Chinese language. A number of Americans have already enrolled in the school, and it is expected that this number will be increased when the aims 'phreys Est. and scope of the institution be Kioon Lands come better known. By the co-West Points operation of the two chambers
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Küng Yiks The school is of present | Lan Kung Mows b. verin shirts, 5 anti vermin drawers, directed by a British missionary, Orientais 000 sponge swabe, 1996 rolled well versed in
Chinese S'hai Cottons the bandages
language. The fall term began Yangtszepods ou September 17, 1918.
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removed. The Was cashier's desk was broken open December.- pairs bed socks, 5 and about $1,000 taken. Of pairs socks, 19 maffers, 3 sweaters, session is divided into three Green Islands this sum, it is stated that $900 pairs koce caps, 12 food covers, was in cash. The shroffs were 308 kaki handkerchiefs, 15 knitted perivus uf approximately three BONCOS roughly handled and everything that they had on their person, from a few cents to a watch, changed hands.
The cashier was divested of his gold watch and chain but a feeling of remorse came over the robbers and they returned those to him.
While the armed men were clean-
scrubbers, 973 rolled bandages, 6 months aach. The hours of study China Light & P.a."-
åre from 5 to 7 in the afternoon, Providents sponge swabs.
not Dairy Farms so tus attendance does U.BR.C under Mr. Keigwin. interface with office work. There . K. Electrica D November,-360 roller bandage, pairs operation stockings, 19 wool are three courses-preliminary, Macao Electrics - b. caps, 1 pair socks, 6 balaclava intermediate, and suvanced-in Kope helmets, 9 scrubbers.
all of which particular attention frams, Low Levei n.
Trams, Peak, now b Peak Club, under Mrs. Suther. is paid to the conversational and frams, Peak, old be-
written Chinese in general use Laundries (N=62 in business transactions. Upon Steel Foundries L
three U. Waterboats, sa, the complation of the courses those passing the ex-Watsonsidh sminations are given certificates Wm. Powells according to nationality by the Wiseman's respective chambers.
land
November.-330 roller bandages, 16 gauza swabs, 190 shell swabs, 34 many tail bandages.
December.-109 roller bandages, 30 many tails bandages, 47 shell swabs, 184 gauze swabs, 1 pneumonia jacket.
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Hongkong, January 15, 1»19,
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ing up the cash in the office, the telephone was ringing continue Dusly, and one of the rubbers asked the shroff whether they were pressing any telephone button By this time things became very
Come of the larger American risky, the telephone persisted in
firms in this district had pre- viously realised the importance ringing, and, fearing detection; Mrs. Jordan. the robbers made good their November884 rolled bandages, uf being able to transact business escape, some by the front door and 14 8yo, bandages, 36 triangular with the Chinese merchants in Bome by the back. It is not knowa bandages, head bandages, 100 the vernacular and had given in how many visited the place. Four swabs, 4 swabs, & shirts, 1 pair their employees time and
sume cases allowances to enable were seen inside the compradore's surgical stockings. office, and it is surmised some Wesleyan Church Working Party, them to acquire the language.
By the establishment of were keeping watch outside. ander Mrs. Robinson.
A remarkable feature of November.-49 shirts, 1 muffler, language school the employees'
The third of the Series of Club the affair 13 that a 18 socks, 12 dozen handkerchiefs, of all American concerus are! revolver was left inside 68 scrubbers, 8 pyjamas, 8 "veste, 68 given an opportunity to learn Championship Races for the the safe by the robber who milk covers, 4 knee caps, 600 swabs, sufficient Chinese to enable them Cruiser Clases was sailed off on opened the safe. So elated was 1948 rolled bandages, 8 maps." to converse with Chinese intellig. Sunday last round Hongkong
The Island (S), distance 24 Miles. he by the great haal he had! The following letters have been ently on business matters.
The wind was light and vari- Tientsin consulate general is made something beyond his received: dreams of varice-that he
October 11th, 1918. lending its support to the project, able throughout, and in con- forgot his revolver,
which Madam-Referring to my letter and American concerns are being sequence the first yacht finishing was & six-cambered rusty to you of the 9th inst, the second urged to support the school and the course did not arrive at the weapon, fully loaded. Another four cases of Stores which you were to encourage their employees to Finishing Line until about 8 p.m. peculiar incident was that s con- good enough to send addressed to take the courses.
A marked advance in mutual ple of hundred dollars in coin the 48th General Hospital, Alex-
andria have arrived and have been commercial understanding and an were found on the staircase.!
taken over by us for general disincrease in trade is expected, from After the robbers had left police whistles were blown and cries of tribution to the sick and wounded the movement. The success of "Thief!" rent the air, but I beg to sunlose herewith our the scheme naturally depends where the thieves? A official receipt and to express to apon the support received from Sherlock Holmes will be you our grateful thanks for your local firms, but the movement Lady Jean
this. needed to solve
Thus sit-Yours faithfully,
would be given a great impetus Denone (Signed) Alfred Arnold, Secretary, if it were known to have received Niobe British Red Cross and Order of the endorsement of leading.com Dorothy St. John Malta Egypt and Near mercial bodies and responsible Halen It is significant that the rob-Est Commission.
manufacturers and exporters of Egypt, November 28th, 1918: bers never worried about thei
the United States interested in. “Madam,~On behalf of the British Far Eastern trade. other three safes, which strange to say, had no cash in then. This Bed Uross and Order of St. John,
Bre
came to an end an exciting episode in the life of Chinese cashier and fourteen shroffa.
GERMAN BARBARITY.
I beg to express to you our very
proves conclusively that the armed men were fully familiar cere thanks for the generous gifts and thank for their kindness to us in with the ins and outs of the which you have been good enough sending the things they have 1 to send in accordance with the en- shall be most grateful if you will office. The police are conduct-losed receipts. Our Stores das be so kind as to convey to them ing investigations.
ager informs me that the consign the appreciation and thanks of my ment is an excellent one and that officers, N.OOK. and men for the An enquiry by delegates of the it has proved most useful to him socka, cigarettes, and fly trays which Spanish Embasey at Berlin has for distribration to the Hospitals in bave just arrived. confirmed that the German this area-Yours faithfully,
The cigarettes arrived first but I guards in the camp at Lang- (Signed). Alfred Amold, Becretary, was away at the dime." It is most ensalze unjustifiably shot nine British Red Cross and Order of awfully kind of all the Indies and and severely wounded fifteen St. John Malts Egypt and Near others of HK. and we are all very 1 grateful to them for what they have French prisoners who were, East Commission."
October 10th, 1918. dans for Yours toerely, eagerly awaiting release. The French Government is determin
pimash this new atrocity.
My dear Mr Keigwin-Ar 1 do (Bigped) T. Qinord Lawes, Hajar, not know
to LA
The results are as follows:-
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Yacht
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Time.
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MS. H.M.S. HMS. Scr. DN.S.-
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38.00 DN.S: -4
40.40 D.N.F
Feathers "Trene
Norseman 46,00 8.20.39 7.34.39...
38.00 7.57.37 7.21.37
Queen Bee 54.00 DNF 60,00 D.KS,
Mist
Fts. Pts.
Position
for Race to Date
(1) Irene
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12) Norseman La Cigale Vesper Vera Feathers... Qasen Bee Mist
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