Japanese Denial of Report on Ta Tao Govt. Action Motor car taxes are not being collected by the Ta Tao Government, a Japanese military spokesman said last night. This statement was made in reply to a request for information on the subject, The questioner said he had been informed that motorcars and bicycles were being stopped in Hungjao Road by Ta Tao Government officials seeking to collect taxes. The levy on motor cars, the questioner asserted, was $9.60 a month.
Inquiries with the Ta Tao authorities, the spokesman said, revealed that [no such taxes were now being legally collected, Female Chinese Shot During Robbery A female Chinese occupant of House 59, Pao An Faung, was killed outright by gunmen shortly after 9 pin. yesterday, when the house was raided, the occupants terrorized, and the alarm eventually given, leading to the robbers becoming desperate and opening fire. The robbers quickly left the premises without taking any loot No arrests had been made up to late last night.
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