It was with these ideas in mind that a dozen residents of the West ern District decided to form the Western District Association. Its alm could be summarized simply as make ing the Western District outside roads area a more desirable resl~ dential neighbourhood for foreigners. The main objects of the association Stopping the extension of factories and undesirable work shops in the district; putting on end to nuisances like the beggar villages and squatter seltiements, which were springing Up the open fields between Tunsin and Hungjao Roads, particularly at the corner of Amherst Avenue and Haig; promoting sanitation, sewers, metalling of the road, extending foot paths (0 the outside roads, etc; later bu, when conditions returned formal, to Influence the Chinese Land Bureau to speed up what hod Tong been a sore point, the Issuance of the new style title deeds; and to Gring the desires of the residents, who were not entitled to vote, to the attention of the municipal attacked him on the night of March 30 on Kiukiang Road, His knowledge of the fine points of wrestling, local Japanese papers rerorted, failed, however, to save his wallet' with $70.
The man was riding in a rickshaw, when the vehicle was suddenly sur-Founded by five grimefaced coolies.
Jumping off the rickshaw, Mr. Hayami told reporters, he knocked two men down "without the least effort", At thig juncture, about 15 more men rushed from the' shadows. One of! them gave every indication of desir ing to strangle the Japanese, but the' fatter "Just threw him over my shoulder "Then he outdistanced the mob in a raco'to (Nanking) Road, the papers New Asia Hotel and the plain clothes men were bodyguards of the Chinese.
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