Lady's Adventures With Chinese Police 1 The dificalties of the situation on the outside roads atthe present time are given additional emp two secant incidents involving lady. who is over 10 31 age.
Th one incident the lady was held up. in Great Western Road by Chinese police, che of whom stood 4 pistol at the car. The chauffeur was told that he had to have a Chinese licence to use Great Western Road and only after cone siderable delay was the car allowed The second incident was more serious. On Monday morning, the lear in which the lady was travelling: unfortunately knocked © down Ghinese in Hungino Road, east of Warren Road. He was picked up and placed in the car preparatory, to be taken to hospital when the Chinese police arrived on the scene,
and ordered it to be driven to the One' policeman' stepped in the coe Chinese, pole station, on Hunglag Road where, after a delay of half an hour, the lady was asked to sign paper written in Chinese, This fused to do-and urged the imedinte necessity of taking the to hospital.
Taken To Police Station Two other policemen then boarded the car and ordered it to be driven to another station at Siccawei Whera the chauffeur was escorted upstairs and the lady was left in the car while a crowd gathered, Half an hour later, he returned and the chauffeur drove the man to (he Avenue Haig hospital—at least hour "after the accident. Back again to Siccawei station was the police order and after some further delay the lady was allowed to return to her home in Hungjao Road where the two policemen who act ber certain documents Once at home, she was able to com= municate with the Municipal Police and a foreign officer was quickly on the scene, but even then the Chinese police refused to go witl the chauffeur accompanied them, The next morning, a high officer of the Chinese force called at the house and hearing the lady's version of the incident expressed his regrets department. 5 on behalf of himself and the pol
Discussed at Council Meeting 11
Policy regarding the outside rouds discussed at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Wednesday, was learned on Thursday. Int course of the discussion two recent neidents illustrating the gravity of the present situation were cited at length.
The urgency of reaching at an understanding with the Chi authorities was stressed and ai ance was that everything sible was being done by the Mur cipal officials to bring such an une derstanding about.
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