Alleged Misappropriation of Hire-car Service Crippled by Title Deeds and Bonds A safe said to contain title deeds end valuables worth thousands of dollars has been seized by the Hang. chow outiorities und the First Speial District Court was asked by the prosecution to send delegates to the jake city for the removal of the safe to Shanghai.
The existence of the safe belonging to the late Mr. Yee Ching-lai, merchant, became known to the authori thes following the arrest of Wu Sze-Hang, accountant, and Bang Zung, unemployed, on suspicion of being concerned in an attempt to convert by fraudulent means $140,000 worth of Shanghai Gas Ca. shares, Brought before the Court on April 22, the suspects. said they had been sent to Shanghai from Hangchow by. one Chow Wei-ling, concubine of the deceased. The wealthy merchant died on February 23, and according to the family, the complainants in the case, title deeds and valuables owned by the deceased had been stolen by the The case was remanded for one week, pending further investigation.
Thursday, Apr. 22, Adding to Shanghai's traMe woes no small measure, all chauffeurs of the Ford Hire Service, one of the city's biggest hire-car companies, went on strike last night at 8.30 G'elock. Trouble had been brewing in the concern for some days, according to a statement by the management of the firm, and It fared into open revolt last night- Not satisfied with walking out, nearly eighty of the striking chauffeurs did not return heir cars to the various stations in
fore 830 pin. but drove them to lly following their ast all be-Kiangwan to the Civie Centre, wag apparently a carefully arranged ove, and it was done so swiftly that It was @ little while before the nionagement became aware of it and could slop the remainder of their cars from being spirited away.
The walk-out followed the dismissal fof one chauffeur, who was accused by the management of repeated acts of Insubordination. The union leaders thereupon demanded the man's relnstatement and threatened a strike. This demand was met by a direct refusal on the part of the management, who stated last night that they believed this a move on the part of the union which, if successful, would be followed by' further series of troubles in the hire-car services of Cars Leave Kiangwan Friday, Apr. 23,
which were driven $0 Kiangwan The. seventy-odd Ford "hie-era the sterking chauffeurs on Wednesday evening, were relumed to the Soto. iment Yesterday ovening ater Raving Based about twenty "hours" inthe Shen.
The release of the cars. was oh tained atter" conterencea' hold. be: tween Mr. R. W. Brewer, "manaler at the Ford Hire Service, and' Chinese oitelats. it. O. Yul ating Mayor of the iunieipaly of Shanghas par Teapated in the negolatons: ie. Herald" Photo.
Sam to be the frst batch of Chinese war refugees from Spain since the outbreak of the Spanish civil war, three Chinese returned to Shanghai from Europe by the MIN, Jean Laborde on April 22, finding it impossible 10 carry on their Eusiness in Madrid, "Atier "leaving Madrid, the trio went to the Nether= lands and from thence to Paris. Monetary assistance having been obtained in Paris, the trio took. ship to Shanghai,
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