Two cases of attempted murder were reported.
A Chinese Police watchman and a shop assistant were fired at by one of two robbers who had robbed a cigarette and exchange shop in Canton Road.
A Chinese Police Constable was fired at on Yenping Road by one of three Chinese, all of whom escaped.
One case of armed kidnapping occurred in which a Chinese. the proprietor of an iron foundry in Urga Road, was kidnapped in a motor-car by two Chinese armed with pistols Whilst proceeding in hie private rickshaw along Range Road.
One case of manslaughter occurred in which a male Chihese died as the result of head injuries. Three persons were arrested and charged with ihe crime, one of whom was sentenced to 8% years' imprisonment and two were found not guilty.
There were 22 repens armed robbery, eight more than lif July and an increase of nine as compared with the corresponding month of last year, The number of burglaries reported was 17, or 13 less than in July. There were 17 housebreakings as against 33 in July.
Refugees Flock in Diiting the early part of the month, apprehension of possible trouble in Shanghai resulted in a number of families rëmoving from Chapei and the Hongkew area. The exodus of refugees from these areas increased dally until actual fighting broke out when residents from the Fasterg district of the Settlement and surrounding suburbs of Shanghai affected by ihe hostilities, commenced to flock into the Settlement, south of the Creek, ata the French Concession. At the end of the month. there were over 100 camps in the Settlement betising a total of 57343 refugees. Ili the French Concession 43 camps housing 28,700 persons were establish-өt! The majority of, these camps were established and niaintained by Chinese charitable organizations and fellow countrymen's associations. Apart from those in refugee camps, there were also about 6,500 persons living in alleyways and vacant houses in the Settlemetit, In addition to the above figures, no less than 125,400 refugees are known to have left for the interior.
At the beginning of the month, a number of Chinese industrial concerns and the majority of the Japanese owned factories in the Settlement suspended operations owing to the Brave. local situation following the outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostilities in North China. As soon as hostilities broke out in Shanghai, practically all factories closed down, rendering some 160,000 workers unemployed. They remained closed until August 28, When some ten Chinese mills and factories in the Western district of the Settlement resumed operations with a total complement of approximately 9,000 workers.
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