'A vigorous drive against a band of thieves vielimizing travellers, and stealing cargo, at. the Kinleeyuen Wharf, French Bund, is being carried out by the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, the owners of the wharf. Thirteen thieves, and those accused of receiving stolen property. have been arrested" and " brought Before the Second Special District Court in the, course of past fortnight. All of them have been fined or sent to Prison for varying periods. The old Haft of watchmen at the whart hoe recently been replaced by specially tained men who are on the alert against the thieves who have been operating at the wharf for some time past
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