Suspected of being concerned in the theft and attempted disposal of a large quantity of galvanized iron sheets, eight Chinese were ordered by the First District Court yesterday to be detained temporarily for inquiries. The arrests were effected in the Settlement and Concession after the police had received a report to the effect that a local foreign firm had been visited by persons to offer the sale of the alleged stolen property. The iron sheets, it was alleged, were of Japanese origin, but the suspects were unable to take them out of the place where they were stored because of the ge
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