To the Editor of the "Noxra-Cuina Dary News."
Sin,—On Saturday evening, at 10.20 o'clock, as my wife was coming home from Hongkew in a private jintischa, when about one hundred yards before reaching the corner of the Kinngso and Nanking Roads, and just opposite the large gate, No. 42 Kinngse Road, a robber suddenly pounced upon her from behind, and, catching hold of the jinricsha, snatched two pieces of hair ornaments from her head. 'The robber then dushed into the alley, No. 42 Kiangse Road, which rans through to Szechuen Road. Upon my jinricsha coolie giving chase, tivo of the robberg' accomplices who were covering his roar,' turned about, and, drawing out their knives, threatened: my coolie if he dared to advance further in his pursuit. At that time, not a single policeman was near by, and though quite a crowd soon collected on the spot, and iderable hubbub was raised, not a policeman came to the scone. Of course, the robber got clear away with his booty, and will undoubtedly watch lus: op: portunity for further victims, probably on the very same spot. reflections cannot the above incident hax raised several
Bess clifouul, sult a populous street as janese Road at a little after 10 o'clock in the evening with safety, it is high time that Shanghai should drop its time of "Model Settlement," and be renamed: "New York s ewery" of the Far Bash or some other name more appropriate to its deserts: "It is a crying shame. thit the foreign Settlement of Shanghai "hould be so inadequately p slice that open robbery can be perpetrated in one vf its most central "ud populous sireots with perfect impunity and without the least fear of detect It would seem to the Inyman who is nut initiated into the counsels of the City Fathers that more money might be spent with advantage to the. general public in inereasig the police force, and less on the constraction of costly Municipal roads i and partially-developed outlying
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