Considerable courage was displayed by a Chinese lady by the hame of Chang who lives at O01 Tech Ching Leo Alleyway, off Moulmein Rond, when she grappled with a. robber on September 2 and succeeded in handing him over to the Pol On Tuesday afternoon at 2.54 o'clock, Mrs. Chang and a couple of friends were sipping, toa and ce versing about general topics, when 2 gang of four men, of whom two sere armed, entered the house and intimidated them and the servants, five in all. Whilst one of the armed men remained on guard, the others went from room to room and con-Gucted a systematic search for valuables and money.
Mrs. Chang waited for the other three to leave the rom and. then she made a sudden move forward and grappled with, the robber whose pistol, che hail noticed, was Imitation. With the help: of her friends, she held this man but he succeeded in shaking them off and making for the door. Here, he was caught by Mrs. Chang and a male neighbour, who handed him over to the police, A second member arrested' by a Sikh havi by a foreign gentleman who happened to be passing.
Hearing the noise downstairs, the others escaped by climbing over the oot but, a8 the result of information, given ly the arrested: men, the police conducted'several raids in the Association should: be asked to deal the case with the Company, and 6 That a circular letter should be issued to all the Chinese organiza-us and residents in the Scttlement for a united front—Kuo Wen, the meeting of directors of the Chinese Ratepayers Association held at the Greater Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce on September 6, strong opposition was voiced by those present to the increase in water rates proposed by the Shanghai Waterworks Company.
Those present based their opposi-[tion to the proposed increase on the ground that, on March 17, 1928, the Shanghai Municipal Council and the Shanghai Waterworks Ca. entered into an agreement, Article 13 which stipulated that the Shanghai Waterworks Ca, shall not increase its rates within two years from July 1, 1929. An appendix to this agreoment further stipulated that, should the company intend: to increase its rates after the period mentioned, it must submit its new budget to the Council five months beforehand for approval. If the Council disagreed, tooth the Council and the company should each appoint a representative to arbitrate in the matter, and, if the arbitrators failed to reach' a agreement, the local British Consu General would render a final decision.
The Chinese ratepayers consider that it is against the wish of the local residents and contrary to the spirit of the agreement that sie Waterworks Ca. has proposed an increase in its rates. Accordingly, three resolutions were passed at the meeting. One was to the effect that a letter should be sent to the Council, drawing Ube attention to the above fact and suggesting that the Council should reconsider the question of the proposed increase jearefully. Another is to. the effect that a letter should be sent to the Councillors, urging them to oppose the proposed increase, and the third vosolution calls for a letter to real estate owners, requesting them not to enter into any new agreements with the Shanghai Waterworks Ca. until this matter has
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