Two armed robberies occurred in the Settlement on Wednesday night, but fortunately were unattended by casualty and only small sums of money were carried alway, One of these occurred at 8.20 p.m. at No. 170 East Yalu Road, and was carried out by two men armed with revolvers. They held up the inmates of the pr2mises, and tock from them notes and silver to the value of $50.
The other robbery happened at 8.10 p.m. at Ng. 447 Yuhang Road. Here three men were engaged, cne being armed with a revolver and another with a knife. Their haul consisted of $139 in money. All spoke the Shanghai dialect.
Up to the present no arrests have been made.
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