stable on duty near Kwangshing. The keen ayes of a Chinese con-Road Jetty at about six o'clock p.m. on July 23 were responsible for the discovery of 18 Mauser pistols which were being smuggled ashore in suit cases carried by a Japanese and hi Chinese companion.
'When challenged by the constable, the Japanese dropped his suit case and leaped over a wall near by to make his escape. The Chinese was arrested, and the—constable's Whistles' soon brought assistance. The prisoner was handed over while the constable followed the Japanese, but he could not'be found. In the compound of the mill two more Mausers were found, ach suit case contained eight Mausers, and when questioned in the Provisional Court on July 24; the Chinese refused to divulge the name of the ship from which the arms had been raught by sampan, The Court sentenced him to two years' im-
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