HOSPITAL, {In the presence of many Chinese dnd foreign officials and merchants, including Messrs...G D, Mesthardt, US. Consul, Wu 'Tee-hou, 0 Bir of the Chinese General' Eh ber of Commerce, and Wong I-ding, leading' local philanthropist, the He-opening, of the Chinese ' Red ross Society's Sumner Diseases hospital "took place von July. 2 "1036, "Sinsing Road," ° Che-Pei, near the 4th District Fire Brigade. Guests were received by Dr.
Wong, director and "chief hiedieal officer of the Chinese Red Gross Society "who. is also the superintendent of the, Summer. Dis-ud swinging wooden doors. top of the staircase can easily, be entered without argusing suspicion.
"The east wall of the jewellery ing the premises from bout what commonly talied 'a. "brick-and-half" thick, or about 14 inches. The back of the safe abuts the reconstructing the crime, police "theories are to the effect That the whole job could have been' completed in. less than seven hours. Having removed enough bricks to allow ease while working, the burglars were faced by the safe, Breaking through the wall was a simple matter. Bricks were Temoved with ehisels—at least the frst ones had to be chopped out. Some of the mortar was so soft inside that a heavy x could, have been employed in taking out Cas a ata eehent yor ae eh aken ser of that period, with which the Surglars "evidently were familiar {posit on quarters which he was to fae! up "some "weeks later He Sppeared once or twice and. las week announced his intentions factually moving in. He was. last Seen yesterday morning as he left Zoom, carrying. a. cylindrical object which: might. have contained acetylene gas.
"The same witness Saw! him, '2. few minutes Tater erossing' the Soochow Cree still swith the peculiar parcel, It is believed by' the police that tne. gang must have' muffled. their driving tools, and, "in addition, Utilised Blankets over the outer door to the staircase. Otherwise Dedestrians or constables rho pass Here premises many. times. durin fan hour, would have been alarmed, The Chinese watchman at the front door also feiled to notice anything . Duaine June the Public Library' issued 5,134 volumes to subscribers, 5,141 being fiction and 503 non: fiction while 1,340 persons made use of the reading room. The Ubrary now, has 560 subscribers.
Total isan A number of suspected cases have been recorded in Shanghai two ages of cholera, Hangenow four and Chefoo one, but these are not bacteriologically' confirmed.
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