During the week end the police' were looking for the alleged perpetrator of a theft which has a humorous side to it not usually associated with petty crimes committed by Chinese. A few days ago after knocking a huge hole in the wall of the godown the thief removed an urn and several other articles belonging to a Russian resident. On the door he then pinned a notice: "Please do not be sorry as I may return these two things." The man came back later pulled out the bricks from the large cavity he had previously made in the wall, and filled it in again. Chalked up in Chinese this time were the words: "I just borrowed the articles for them to be 1 used as samples for a few days."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.