Ox Tuesday afternoon as a well-dressed native was proceeding along the Szechuen Road in a private ricsha, one of the axles of the vehicle snapped, and the occupant was thrown violently into the roadway, his head striking the wheel of a cart which was standing there, and he sustained a severe scalp wound, which bled profusely.
Ta calendars received on Wednesday include two from the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, useful one issued by the Me Fire Insurance Ca., Ld., Tokio, and a very tasteful one issued by the Tokio Marine Insurance Ca., Ld.; a clever one designed, Bhanghai; and from Messra: Welt, Ten inted, and issued by the Oriental Treen, Ca., an effective one issued by the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company.
Mz. J. T. Hamilton, the manager of the Eastern Branch, has sent us a pretty cal dar with a view of Gibraltar, issued by the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ld., of London.
'At the Mixed Court on Saturday the native soldier who was charged with stealing deposit note for 8,000 marks,' was again brought up, and said that one of the prosecutor's servants stole the note and it to him to negotiate. He was accor ly remanded for enquiries, For assaulting a foreigner at the Shanghai Feather Cleaning Works a native was given 1,000 blows anda mouth's cangue, Two native ju men were brought up on a charge of assaulting and seriously injuring a man and woman. In the course of the hearing it came out that the prosecutor was one of those who were exiled for assisting to pilot the French fleet into Foochow during the war, and the case was adjourned for private investigation by the magistrate.
Ar the Mixed Court on Monday a man was charged with defrauding the public by selling bogus lottery tickets. A fine of $600 was imposed. A man for impersonating detective was given blows, three months' imprisonment, ud a week's Az the Mixed Court on Wednesday a Yangtsepoo hawker was charged with the attempted murder of his wife. It appeared that the woman was employed in one of the cotton mills, and on Sunday night the prisoner asked her for money to-buy opium.
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