Smoulilering Feathers Are At District Court Cause of Smaller Blaze: Although he has been unable to Investigation Proceeds take over his new post as the chief judge of the Second Special District The smouldering ruins of the vast Court in Shanghai because of the straw-hut settlement which was des-alleged refusal by the present chief troyed by fire on Sunday afternoon, judge to hand over his.portfolio, gave rise to another, much smaller Judge Yang Chi has now; been a blaze before daylight yesterday morn-pointed to another new post that of ing, making the harassed firemen from chief judge of the High Court in the Bubbling Well Station turn out again shortly before 2 o'clock. The Chungking.
It will be recalled that when flames were in a large heap of old Judge Yang Chi tried to assume his feathers, and they were extinguished new duties in the Second Special with buckets of water, ihe firemen District Court more than a week ago spending three-quarters of an hour on the scene "damping down" so as he was not allowed to do so and his to ensure against further outbreaks. rst official announcement stating The particular place where the that he had assumed the' duties as feathers caught fire was off Lane 669. the chief was torn down. The pre-Vu Yuen Road. sent chief judge, whose service has The Settlement Fire Brigade on been suspended by the Ministry of Sunday afternoon recovered ten Justice, failed to hand over] his bodies of Chinese men, women and portfolio on the ground that some children from the fire ruins, d unfinished cases still needed his handed them over to the Jessfield personal attention.
Tao" administration. Yesterday, it The question is deadlocked but it was reported, continued searching is reported that the present chief failed to uncover further fatal vic-judge, Judge Wang Shi-mo is winding tims, Besides the loss of human life, up his business and that when he a number of domestic animals and has left his post Judge Yang Pong, pets perished in the flames, principally president ' of the Third Branch pigs.
Kiangsu High Court (the appellate Although the fire has been traced court of the, Second Special District to a general goods and exchange shop Court) will act temporarily and at the centre of the village—known concurrently as the chief judge of as Woong Ka Loong—it could not be the lower court, ascertained yesterday exactly what started the blaze.
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