Soldiers of the 12th Division of Gen. Chin Han-ting's army, "are again using the compounds of the Baldwin Girls' School and the Women's and Children's Hospital as a common recreation ground, They can be deen distributed over the lawns and under the trees in all stages of undress. 'They march in and_ dismiss, then' peel off most of, thely clothes and loaf around, 'A detachment of soldiers left here yesterday in junks for up-river to suppress the bandits who are active about 120 li from here. We are unable to find out exactly where the place is, as the detachment wishes perfect secrecy as to its destination, The new Postal Commissioner, Mr. An Yun-nung, has discovered some labour agitators and what seems to be an opium ring. Some time ago, the accountant:. Mr. de Combette, was appointed 3 supervise an examination for inspectors but this did not meet the approval of the labour union ard a postman. threatened Mr. de Combette with heavy iron weight, and actually damaged the accountant's writing: desk. The postman was angry because his applicant did rot receive: the appointment. Mr. Ar. has also been threatened by four anonymous letters, two of which were sent to headquarters in Shanghai. It is understood that Mr. An has request. ed. that a deputy be sent here to vestigate. It is comnion talk that the attack on Mr. de Combette a threat to Mr. An to) let the cliques alone.
Probably the most severe wind storm for many years was responsible yesterday for the streets. being littered with broken roof-tiles, whiler telephone poles and trees were blown down and some of the more flimsy buildings damaged. storm raged through the night and most of yesterday, calming down in the evening.
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