'The fulfilment of Public Riesha Licence Condition No, 16, which calls for the provision by the licensee. of three pullers' uniform coats and a raincoat for each riesha and the wearing of the uniform by the puller, has recently engaged the attention of the Riesha Board. Early in September all owners were warned of their obligations in this respect, and at the same time a standard uniform, coat anda standard raincoat were placed on exhibition at the Riesha Inspection Depot. In order not to impose hardship on those owners who already' possessed uniform coats for raincoats not strictly of the prescribed pattern, two weeks were set fide during which such garments could be submitted to the Ricsha Inspection Depot for "chopping" if at all sullable, 14,274 uniform coats and 3.248 raincoats were so presented and pussed, The balance has now been Drovided and all rieshas inspected Guring October and November have carried their proper complement, From now on the wearing of a form coat will be made compulsory. The coat and raincoat both carry on the Back the number of the riesha 10 which they belong Another four men, one of whom. was a watchman and' the other three were coolies, were charged with forming themselves into a gang and stealing 60,000 cigarette packet papers and 20,000 "Victory" cigarette papers from the British Cigarette Ca,, 074 Thorburn Road, on December 1" and July 3 respectively." The Court sent them to gaol for ten months each, Austrian and Latvian Detained Stephan Corginor, an Austrian, and Alexander, a Latvian, were charged in the First Special' District Court fon Dee, 12 with entering the Scotch Bakery, 187 Nanking Road, at 5.15, pin, on Friday, and soliciting for alms to the annoyance of the public, 'The court sentenced the rst accused to ten days' detention and the second accused got six -days.
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