A diamond worth $3,800 and weighing 8.3 carats was stolen from the Central Bazaar, 27 Nanking Road, shortly before noon on Monday.
It is stated that a well dressed Chinese visited the shop last week, saying that he wished to purchase 4 valuable diamond. The management asked him to call again on Monday, which he did, meanwhile getting into communication with a Russian dealer. In the course of showing the Chinese an assortment of stones the dealer entered into conversation with a foreigner in the shop, No one noticed in the meantime that. the prospective Chinese customer had left the shop, but subsequently his absence was noted as well as the fact that the stone was missing.
Mr: Shen Shih-ching, of the Soochow City Court, has been promoted to be Chief Judge of the Shanghai District Court.
Two buffaloes used for ploughing by the Culty Dairy disappeared early on Sunday morning in a rather mystifying) manner. The coolies on the premises were neatly locked into their quarters by a. marauding party and the animals spirited away without a single trace as to the method of departure. The French police are working to find the stolen animals, and hope to have them back in their proper places soon,
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