Phe month of May comes not without its seasonable festivities e3- pecially among the young. At Quarry Bay School, which is devoted primarily for the education of British children, a May Day Fes-rival was held and attended by large gathering of parents and friends of the pupils. A charming May Queen was aclected and there was the customary diversion of a May Pole Dance.
Sensational armed Robbery A revolver shot was heard just after daybreak on the 5th instant, when a Chinese constable fired and seriously wounded an armed robber, Tt appeared that an employee of the Chit Fat Chan medicine chop 4 vited two guests to stay him and introduced them to the manager as his clansmen. Just before dawn on the following day, the employee Tee in several other persons who turned out to be armed robbe After they gained adi premises, they iminer and gagged all the inmates. ruffians then ransacked the premises on the first floor and made a haul of $620 in bank-notes and jewel lery. Fortunately, the safe could not be opened es the key had been taken away by the manager. The gang succeeded also in entering the ground floor where they took $1,900 in Hongkong Bank notes and $21 600. in promissory notes made by various Chinese banks.
One of the employees whose feet the robbers forgot to bind followed them along the water front. A boatman helped him to untie his bound wrists. A Chinese constable Joined the chase. One of the rob-hers pointed a pistol at the policeman, but the latter fired first and wounded the robber seriously on the head. Both the employee and the wounded man were taken into custody. The other robbers made away with their booty. Four per-song have since been arrested in connexion with this crime.
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