Under cover of night a gang of five Chinese robbers entered a Chinese house, 130 Brenan Road, at 2.30 a.m. yesterday and at the points of three pistols made the occupants hand over a large quantity of money and clothing. The gang escaped with loot worth about $500. No shots were sideration. report current a few days ago that local Japanese authorities will institute a rigid control over the grain trade here is denied in a message to the "Sin Wan Pao." According to a member of the rice trade, says the report, rice merchants have been making purchases from farmers in Wusih and Changchow as usual and the recent resumption of transport services along the Soochow Creek has facilitated the shipment of ibis grain to Shanghai in increasing quantities, As a result of the increase in supply, it is reported, the price of rice here has been on gradual decline. fired.
The place where the robbery took place is outside Shanghai Municipal limits, in territory now under Japanese rule. I
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