Early yesterday morning five robbers with more cunning than is usual, invaded a house at 163 Nort' Szechuuen Road after they had taken the precaution to cut the telephone wires and the burglar alarm con-rected with the Dixwell Road station, They then forced an entry to thy house "and encountered the Chines: owner and his wile together with some 16 servants. The Inter they Hed up with picces of string and proceeded to go through the' p rises collecting what goods they wanted, after which they moved off. an alger was sent in to the police and a party responded, find-gone armed Chinese wandering the yard. He could give no adequate" jnforpation concerning himself and. was identified by the mates as one of the thieves" party. Meanwhile the captives had obtain. ed their freedom.
The loss of the stolen goods is not yet stated and the police are searching for the four members of the gang who escaped,
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