Work of Thieves During Saturday Night that the Provisional Court under his management has been Jax in its at-tirade toward Communists, Although this charge has been made on many, sides, particularly in foreign quar. scientious jurist should be dismissed, while those judges against whom, there have been many protests by. Consular Deputies, by the Consular: Body and by unofficial should be permitted to continue to function.
Ming Tcheng is a French educated lawyer, having taken her degree in Paris. ' She practiced privately in [Shanghai for some time and was appointed to her present judicial and to the Kiangea Provincial ernment after the establishment of the Nanking Govern. ment. Previous to that, her name had appeared Hist of those who were members of the Commune organized in Nantao previous to the arrival of General Chiang Kai-shek in this city. Except for the office which she has held in the native city, Miss Tebong has never held public
It ig understood that there will be office in Chit otésts against this change in [organization of the Court from many Tt was impossible to ascertain on Sunday what the Consular Body would do about it, but it known that members of the Chinese bar regard the shabby treatment of [Chief Justice Loo as intolerable.
The dismissal and the new ai ointment way made by order of the Provincial Government, of which' Miss Tebong is a member. Tt is) not known whether Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Minister of Justice of the Nationalist Government, anything to do with it, The explosion of two drams of gasoline on Sunday at the A. P. Lower Wharf, Pootung, whieh} wounded two Chinese coolies, pro-dably fatally, might have assumed, serious proportions, had they fallen into the hold of a lighter alongside the vessel which was being charged, As it was, they fell on! the dock of the lighter, and not into! the open hatch. The hold was partially full.
As fur as can be ascertained from the Chinese at work at the time, it ems that a small Dutch ship was unloading drums of petrol. About 4.30 p.m., two drums either slipped from the shog, or the sling rope broke, and they fell. The sling had cleared the side of the vessel, fortunately, and the drums—dropped on to the deck of the lighter, where, they either broke and ignited from a lighted cigarette end, or exploded on contact with the deck. The force of the explosion knocked two coolies! senseless, and shattered several hatch strongbacks and splintered Portions of the hatch-covers and the deck, blowing fragments into the river, The coolies wore badly Burned, and cne suffered a broken left leg, and a severed tendon, His body was horribly burned, hardly' an unburned inch of flesh being left. The other received bad burns on the arms and chest.
The crew of the vessel brought, the emergency fire-fighting appartus into, play and put out the fire on the lighter.
News of the fire reached the Central fire station at 4.48 p.m. Capt, J. Dyson, Chief of the Brigade, immediately ordered the Municipal Fire Float, the Customs Float, and Yangtazepoo to respond, and forthwith Central station manned the Municipal Float, and assisted the Persons unknown are believed by the Municipal police to have taken several pieces of jewellery from the house of Mr. Edwin $. Cunningham, U.S, Consul-General, and Mrs, Cunningham, possibly during Satur-
The police wore making investiga tions on Sunday and, thei efforts will not There are that outside persons were not responsible for the theft, as the con-ition of doors and windows is such to lead to other theories, In the, meanwhile every precaution was) taken to prevent the missing articles from being removed from the house [should the mi.creants have failed to have done $0.
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