The Archive · 1937

Police Turn Out in Two

One of the fastest turnouts since the opening of the New Central Police Station took place at 1.18 fon June 19 in response to a robbery alarm from the Yoong Dah Bank, Chinese institution situated at "24 Ningpo Road.

'Three cars under the direction of! Chief-inspector Bishop, Inspector White -and Inspector Brownrigg, left the sation compound, within about Iwo minutes of alarm being Fecelved. When' they arrived, however, they that it was! a false alarm, having been given by mistake by on of the bank employees, Eleven foreigners, Including detectives, and 25 Chinese responded to the all,

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