Street Union's Request for Additional Police Protection During the night of November 5-6 two cases of burglary wherein property valued at a high figure was stolen occurred in shops situated in the central part of Nanking Road. One of the victimized shors is the Che Hwa Company. The burglars in this case broke a heavy glass case and carried off seven ladies' overcoats. So far no arrests have been made. The other shop victimized is the Wellington Watch Store. The burglars in this case also broke the thick glass of the show window and stole more than 100 watches. One of the burglars in the case has been arrested and nine of the watches have hech recovered.
Apart from reporting the cases to the Polige, letters have been sent to the Nanking Road Street Union requesting it to devise ways and means to remedy the situation.
The Union called a meeting at which it was pointed out that the frequent occurrence of shop breaking is due entirely to the small the General Liquidators intend to dispose of this sum by declaring a new dividend to the creditors of all ithe Branches under their control, The imposing buildings at the corner of the Bund and Kiukiang Road, once the landmark of Shanghai, have thus become the property of the Central Bank of China.
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