Nine more rioters were brought before the Mixed Court yesterday in connexion with the trouble which took place in the Hongkew district Tuesday.
Mr. Maitland, prosecuting, asked for a remand saying that a number of the rioters had taken part in throwing stones One of them had also tried to us. sault a foreign police constable, had thrown him down and had nearly broken his head open. They aleo attacked a Japaneseshop. One of the accused was caught pasting up a, Pamphlet inciting Chinese to murder. all the foreigners. identified this last accused saying. that he had actually seen him paste Road Boone the pamphlet in North Stechuen near the corner of The Assessor (Mr, Bucknell), on being handed the pamphlet, said that there was nothing in it' about murdering the foreigners. but thut it was certainly a pamphlet. to jereate a disturbance. Accused having pasted the pamphlet on the Trams in various portions of Settlement were again besieged and Stoned yesterday, particularly the Hongkew, Wayside and Yangtszepoo districts. Unfortunately for the present situation, the various lines are in a state of repair,—rails being relaid—and the stones and bricks at the sides afford very convenient and dangerous missiles. For a period before noon the North Szechuen Road line was out of commission and, though the tram off. jciuls thought best not to resume, the General Defence Office believed it best for all utilities to continue services. A squad of armed foreigners and Sikhs. from Hongkew Station coon had. the situation well hand and the noon crowd suffered no great inconvenience. A. simi
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