Recently a young girl got into their clutches for whom they thought that a purchaser could be had at} Hangpei. Having kept her a soner till she was thoroughly cowed, one of the gang took her up the! railway to Huangpei, but failed to complete the sale. On bringing the girl back to Hankow, he communicated with the girl's mother demanding a ransom of $120. The mother professed to be Taising the money and secured enough information to enable the Garrison Commander to At the lust meeting of the Hong kong Board of Education reference was made by the Directorsf Educa~ tion to Mr. "Woo Hay-tong's munificent gift of $100,000 bringing in fan annual income of some. $8:400, in aid of education and for provi sion of fee scholarships in the Colony. Mr. Woo, said that he was glad to have this opportunity of formally announcing Mr, Woo's gen torosity to the Board, and added that a scheme had been drawn' up providing free scholarships through ut all the Government Anglo-Chinese Schools, and that in addition St. Joseph's College, the Diocesan Boys School and the Diocesan Girl's School would come in for substantial benefit.
Mr. H. K, Woo, a member of the Board and a brother of Mr, Woo Hay-tong, replied that his brother had for many years been anxious something for education in Hong. kong and that one time ho had thought of starting and endowing a school of his own, but as he found himself unable to devote the tims necessary to the proper development of this project, he had decided to place this sum at the disposal of the Director of Education who he felt sure would be able to apply it adequately and make the best uso of it in the public interest.
The Board passed a resolution ex: pressing its grateful apprecia Mr, Woo Hay-tong's generosity, locate the gang and arrest them all. It is expected that the disappearance of a number of young women will be explained by these villains before they meet their fate, On the other side of the river) there was some excitement when two} notorious robbers escaped from one of the guds and made a dash for Hberty. They "reached the Pinghu Gate of the city and at that point all trace of one of- them was lost. The other was so hotly pursued as he ran along the embankment that he jumped into the river and was drowned. His body was subsequent. ly recovered, by the river police, Tunnels Under the Rivers The Chairman of the Provinciall Council has just expressed his hope that there will be tunnels under the two Tivers within the next three ears, one connecting Hankow Hanyang and the other connecting, Hanyang with Wuchang. That some sethod of crossing the river other than in small Chinese craft or top heavy launches should be devised was emphasized when a ferry-boat upset two days ago and three of the pas sengers were carried away by the current.
Several drastic regulations have! Just been published. First of all the census of the population of the three cities must be taken and offcials have been directed to think out some plan of registering all tha dwellers in huts and hovels in the. district behind the railway. Needless to say these folk have no inten: tion of risking the ills which they imagine will follow the taking of the census! Next, all robbers who are captured ard convicted after convictions are to ba That ig rough ing, while the notice that all coffins left on the side of roads in and around Hankow will no longer be buried by the Guilds, but will be burnt with their contents by the police, is a
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