Tsingtao, Mar. 4.
On -Friday last, a chauffeur named Sun, in the employ of Mr. Rayburn, of the A. P. O., whilst driving round the corner of Jitoku Machi and Omura Machi ran over the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Y¥. Takakura, an enginer formerly in the employ of the Shantung Railway, The child, together with four companions, waa returning from watching a Chinese process sion. Whilst the other children were too paralyzed by fright to do anything, the chauffeur snatched up the injured girl, put her in the car, and drove off. On the matter being reported to the consular police, inquiries were made at all hospitals and surgeries where it was likely for the child to have been taken, but no trace could be found, The only clue as to the ownership of the car was obtained by someone having noticed that the number-plate bore the figure "3" amongst, others. This was followed up by the consular police, and later in the day a car was found in a garage, bearing blood marks. It proved to be the property of Mr. Rayburn, and it wag ascertained that that gentleman had not seen the chauffeur since the man left him at lunch-time. As no trace of the victim could be found in the town, search parties were organized under the direction of the consular police, and eventually the body was found the following day, about' noon, deposited in a pine grove, at the foot of the Asahi Yamai The Consular Coroner has not yet given any opinion as to whether the child was alive or dead, when posited in the wood, but great indignation is felt at the barbarous act of the chauffeur in so disposing of the body. The culprit has abso conded, leaving no trace of his whereabouts, Toxto, Mar. 7.—The Department of Finance reports that, for the month of February, Japan's trade with China amounted to Y.17,411,000 in exports and Y.14,385,000 in imports, the balance being Y.3,026,000 in favour of exports.—Eastern News Agency.
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