Seven robbers, three of whom were armed, broke into a _pawnbroker's shop at No, 1008, Wuchow Road on Tuesday evening. The shopkeeper was shot in the head and was taken to hospital in a precarious condition. No arrests had been made up to a late hour last night, and it is believed that the robbers decamped with $13.
On Wednesday night a number of Chinese, two of whom were armed with revolvers, entered a pawnshop in Tsepoo Road and held up the inmates. While they were ransacking the place one of the assistants managed to steal upstairs and blow a police whistle._ This alarmed the visitors who incontinently made off, one of them firing a shot as he left. As a result. of the assist ant's timely act the marauders only secured a watch avd money to the total value of $1-
Tae local Silk Guild has received a letter from farmers in the interior stating that owing to the rain, mulberry crops have, to~ a large extent, been spoiled and it is expected that as 2 result silk this year will be dearer than before. The prices for silk intended for export, however, will remain the same.
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