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WELL-PLANNED ROBBERY.

COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Two respectably dressed Chiurso Poking, February L.-Tunn Chijju appeared before Mr. E. W. Inmit- lign ordered the Military Reorganizaton at the Kowloon Magistrney the tion Commission to draft a memoran-

terday afternson as defendants in a dum for submission to the Rehabilita on two women of No. 8 Woosung

ense of armed robbery committed; tion Conference, under the following Street on January 18, head:-(1) general provision for the;

i diebanded troops; (2) soldior labour

Tho two men were reprouented

in the development of waste lando by Mr. C. A. 8. Russ.

on the frontiera; (3) and (4) anlection | The one for the prosecution, 14

The above in to be submitted to tho Conference un merely a technical document-Daily Bulletin.

of highway routes and river cun-outlined by Laspector Murphy wan Morvanty work with the disbanded that one of the Women, Chan San- labour; (6) drafting a new military yok, resided at No. 8 Wonstag

and the other; | system; and (8) estimate of the total Street, Yaumati, troops required for the national de uman attended her as umah. She had apparently been acquaint fence.

ed with tho first defendant for a, little over two months, but she know little of the other defendant. Shortly after two o'clock on Reorganisation Conference. January 18 the first accused ; in Peking, February 5-Tuan Chi-alleged to have gone to the girl's jui will shortly entertain the residence and after a conversation Kucmintang loaders with a view with bor, suggested that they to explaining the objects of the should go the Tong Sing rentaurenti reorganisation' conference and re-to dine. The girl replied that sho moving misunderstandings

and he.had not been there before tween the provisional government secopted the invitation. But would and the Kuomintang.

anly go if tho amab want too. The two woinen accompanied the man by 'bus to the restaurant and it was after alighting from the bus that they aint the second defendaut for the first time.

It is officially announced that the reorganisation conference will meet on the 7th inst. when the regulations governing procedure will be passed, and that the first business meeting will take place Jon the 9th.

The

were also joined by a third man. The five of them proceeded to have a meal. During a converan- tion the first defendant said that

Changes in the Navy. At & Cabinet meeting to-day he desired to rent a house and it was resolved that Admiral Yank that they should all inspeet the, Shot-chuang will

premises,

aureved Tu

Hal-kael as enimander-in-chief of They all departed from the the navy. Admiral i Ching-hsi restaurant and proceeded to an succeeding Yong Shou-chuang as unoccupied husse in Nu Cheung commander of t training Beet, Shunshuipo. An inspec squadron and Rear Admirni sution was made of the house, after | Chien-ting la replacing 14 Ching which the two women were seize

het as commander of the second and gagged. The men took all squadron, while Admiral Chen the jewellery fran their twal | Chi-liang takes command of the victim and then lift, tolling the first squadron from Chow Chou- Women that there were several kuni, who is relieved his post. men waiting for them skonid they. The Chingpan reports thatges down. On their promising not Chang web-liang arrives. at to give the alarm, the men dul not Tientsin to-day and Chang Tho- bird the wrman before leaving and follows to Tientsin in a few days, als extracted the gags from their] ---Beuter

mouth.

“TRIFLING WOMEN.“

Strangely enough, continued the! | Inspector, when the warten went | downstairs somme tam later and boarded a "bus the first defendant, wi keen to he oneupying a seat in front of them. The wormen were atrand to do anything, sud the man left rur the Morgkok Stution. The two women later went to some At all the serenons at the Cornet of the first defendant's Friends, and yesterday there were very large while discussing the incident some houses bar the initial screening of detectives who had honid that the Rex

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The principal character is Zared,

girls were endeavouring to Jurate kame men, upproached them and were informed of the robbery. The

| the crystal gazer, hat sho invered result was that the first defendant

in causing much more harm than the

was arrested prior to his departures from the Colony to Canton on buurd

extraction of a few dollars from the . Tung On. Dimmocents of her own spx. She ex

ploited dis masculine rex for sheer On information he gave to the] devituent and money. It led to police the second defendant was) the "removal from her path of of the stulon property was found.

arrested at his house, where ramul

mosies of her admirers, and in the

end proved her own undoing. Mr. After hearing evidence the enuoj Ingram has a powerful way with was adjourned till this afternoon. him in showing the strong points of

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