eae December. The New Force of Gendarmes for the native city, the members of which were selected by the Shanghai Taotni from the Hu-chun, or local garrison, the other day, struck work yesterday owing toa report that they were to receive a considerably less monthly wage than had been at first held out to them in order to persuade them to join new force. The Commissioners of Gendarmerie, namely, the Shanghai magistrate, Wang, and Chu Hong, magistrate of the Native City, were in a state of pitiable quandary yesterday, not knowing what to do under the stances and unable to fulfil their promises owing to the small grant that has tioned the force by the Provincial authorities.
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