The Archive · 1928

Robberies in Chinese Quarters

Robberies abound, Three men mocked at the door of a small opium den in the Thousand Family Street at Waehang. The den is kept, by fan old lady and her son, and they have one ladyer who was at home the time, The son had accumulate ed some money with which to replenish his stocks and had this in his belt. The moment the door was opened, the three men walked iny closed the door from the inside and stabbed the mother and son death. They went off with the money. The lodger was not me jured.

Yesterday afternoon a cush-shop in the Chinese city sent an apprentice toa Bank in S.A. D. 3 with $2,000 in notes to purchase some tael Grafts. As only drafts to the value half the dollars were ready, the apprentice paid for: these and started back with the drafts and the Temaining notes. A little way up the Chinese street two men hustled him down on alley.way, seized the handkerchief in which the money was wrapped and fled, Tus Wuhan Aviation Bureau is reported by the Chinese press have purchased nine British acroplanes for commercial aviation purposes. Two German and five Amrican planes likewise have been ordered.

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