Two trafic cases were heard in the U. S. Consular Court for China on 14 when Mr. B. W. Smith ind J. Doughty were each fined Mr. N. E. Lurton, The former pleaded guilty to charges having parked his ear within. "eet of Foochow Road corner and also during ited hours on December while the latter was fined for having caused his car to wait during prehibit ited_hou Kiukiang Road a1 ud for having parked his ear with right side of vehicle next to he, a tailor, could do something for her, The ' complainant, suspecting nothing wrong, gave him three sults fof clothing for alteration. Although the prisoner promised to bring back the clothing within three or four days, he failed to turn up again.
'On November 27 last, the prosecu-ton alleged, the prisoner visited Mra P. 0. da Rosa of Apartment No. 1. 1147 'Bubbling Well 'Road, and obtained by tread n length' of Black Canton Crepe de Chine and a sult of clothing by producing a letter of recommendation of a foreign lady who had istled the letter because the prisoner had done work for her in '8 satisfactory manner, By similar method, the prisoner obtained clothings, ete. from a num= ber of others, including Mrs. R. Ross. Mrs_J. Malloy, Mrs. A. V. Stevens and Mrs. Maritsky-Stetson. "He either pawned the clothing or sold it to others and pocketed the money obtained. He got three months in the Concession court for similar offences.
Foreigner and Chinese Detained The S. M. Police made a successful application in the First Special Disttiet Court on Jan, 11 for the temporary detention of a foreigner and six Chinese on the ground thet there were reasons to believe that they. had been concerned in the theft and the receiving of rice stolen from the Bank of China godown and the property of the Nantao Refugee Zone Supervisory Committee. The suse pects were Alfred Joseph Daw, aged 25, described by the police 2s an Unrecognized Briton, and Liang Tech, shop master. Others were all Cantonese, Mir, Paul ¥, In, Assistant Muilcipal "Advocate, stated that Daw employed in a refugee camp in Nantao and in charge of 50" piculs rice. He, however, was alleged to have sold the rice to the other suse pects. Twenty-nine piculs of the rice had been recovered.
The suspects were net questioned ord were ordered to of hold January 18, Alleged Attempt at Extortion The Settlement Police are investigating an alleged—attesnpt 10, extort money ranging from §20, to $30,000 from twelve big Chinese firms by an ie year old student 23. "Brought before the First Special District Court on Jan. 14, Wong was charged with having represented him-fat Pootung, demanding $20,000 dona tion from the manager of the Wing city at heart.
"tu pulling on record our appreciation of the services thus per= formed, we cannot forgot the: public-spiritedness and altruism Which actuated many—_leadin citizens 10 respond to the Council's invitations to serve on ite Emergency Commitiees, and the "able services they rendered to community throuch the instra= mentality of these Committees. The work of {he Committers such as the Fond and Fuel Committee has been noted with great admiration, "In conclusion, we must conraltiinte the Cotineil and its mem= bers, foreign and Chinese, for its very wise deliberations and direc
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