the Editor of the Nowru-Cunxa Dany News, Sim,—Beeause of an incident which took place on North Szechuen Road about 3.30 pin, yesterday, 7 would like to take this opportunity of handbags. and other articles Which they carry on the Sevlement My wife had her handbag snatel ced) and, although she screamed gave chase to the snatcher, not tone f many well-dressed. Chinese Came to her assistance, but rather laughed at her efforts t@ recover her" property.
While with her lady Sriend, she approached Woocharg Read," she was kicked in the back by a Chinese who had been standing on the cor ner, who then snatched the handbag, although she had it righty in het grasp. While her companion neatly fainted, my wife gave chase, and, when the thief saw that he was pursued, he emptied it and darted: into an' alleyway too dark to. risk further pursuit. She then picked up her empty bag.
On her return to Szechuen Ready coolies and other pedestrians stood about laughing. She then reported tthe matter to the police.
These matters are often of such violence, as instance in the robbery yesterday, that T again would Tike to warn all ladies to exercise duw caution, Tam, ete E. it, Becker, Shanghai, March Tue Bureau of Education Greater Shanghai has. circularize:
notice anion the various missions and churches in the Municipality, instructing them to send to it ree ports of their educational work, Tate Legislative Yuan has estabished a statis urea for the purpose of taking a census of the country's total population and studying family condit As Shanghai and Nanking will be the first places to be investigated, a Jegntes have come here to begin their work, In a telegram to the Ministry of Finance requesting that all taxes on silk and cocoons should be abel" ished so that Chinese merchants may defeat the Japanese in this, industry, local silk merchants draw attention to the fact that, while Japan exempts her silk merchants from taxation, the Chinese have to bay various taxes amounting to 8103 per 100 catties, which Is an. increase of 50 per cent, over 1926, The Medium That
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