An unusual case of swindling has been reported to the police, the first of its Kind that has taken place in Harbin. A Russian and his faneée, engaged " room in the sottage of a Russian widow, living in one of the suburbs. According to local regulations he handed the landlady his passport, but not the one of his future wife, saying that the latter could only' receive.one after she trad been married in the Roman Cétholic Church she being Orthodox, Whilst he was Roman Gatholie,""A' day "was appointed for the marriage, and the elderly Reprodu widow being @ kindly woman, seeing that her tenante were bat shabbily lad, offered to lend some wearing apparel belonging to her con and daughter: The Offer was readily accepted and the widow woe induced {to go with the couple to the Church. JOnce at the Church, the widow was asked to sit and wait for them, until, they had signed the regic-{ter which, she was told was down. stairs. A Service was being held. at the time and ended without the jeouple again making their appear-lance. The woman although thinking their prolonged absence strange, ded to wait on and after some little time her daughter arrived of the church stating that she had been sent by the couple in order to sign the Church Register as well. Tt was only then the good-natured woman's suspicions became aroused and she at once drove home with her daughter. When. she arrived, the birds had flown together with tome other things, including a fur cloak, and other articles of wearing apparel to the value of several hundred dollars. No time was lost in reporting the matter to the police, but £0 far no arrests have een made, New Railway Hospital It has been decided on to build a new Railway General Hospital ich is to be up-to-date in every way and to have as many as 600 beds. A site has been chosen at Jone end of the New Town, where plenty of space is available for building. Work will start early next. year, but the buildings will not 1928, finis
doctors, architects and engineers have been despatched to Dairen and Peking to study in detail the new: Railway Hospital at the former port land the Rockefeller Institute at to be spared in making this new Institution the finest possible in every way.
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