ul-HONGKEW.
At 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday the entire detective force with a few constables, under the command of Det.-Inspector Armstrong raided some gambling booths in Li-Hongkew. In order to surprise the gamblers the police assumed effective disguises and they im catching their quarry red-handed. A desperate struggle sued but the arm of the law prevailed and as a result twenty-nine prisoners spent the night in the Wayside Station cells. These gamblers have been giving trouble for some time and great credit is due to the police for the way in which they carried out the raid. Quantities of tables, chairs, money, and gambling apparatus were seized. No casualties are reported,
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