on September 28 at the age of 55, after a protracted illness suffering from catarrh of the stomach, Born {in Russia and resident in that country for many years, Mr, Peacock came 10 Harbin three years ago, his brother 'Mr, Henry Peacock having already established himself here. His daughter is a teacher of English in the Teading schools. "The funeral' took place this afternoon and was attend-fed by many of the British community, the burial service being read by the Rev. G, L. Baker, For the past three days the weather has been more like the middle July than the end of September, and it was not surprising that there were over 8,000 people at the races yester: day, the takings at the sweepstake booth reaching nearly $100,000, Ju tone case the winning horse paid out 31,083, To-morrow morning the direct telephone service between Harbin and Tientsin and Peiping will be offcially opened. The charge is $1.14 to Tientsin with a further payment of $5.10 for three minutes conversation and to Peiping $1.30 with a further charge of $047 for three minutes conversation. As regards Hsinking Mukden the service works splendidly and little time is lost in calling up a number.
For some time there has not been any robbery of consequence, but during the last few days an epidemic broke out, In the first case, thieves smashed 'a large window ' in the Inoye Fur Store, and reaching in through the opening, removed 200 beaver skins, a genuine black fox skin and about 60 other valuable furs, as well as two very rich fur coats, the total value being ¥.30,000. The police were qitickly on the spot, but were unable to get any clue excepting a finger mark on the glass and the imprint of a Chinese shoe on the ground, In another part of the town a well-rossed man entered a jeweller's shop and asked to see bracelets, He spent some time looking at them and then suddenly pulled out a revolver from his pocket and threatened the salesman. " He seized several bracelets and rushed out getting lost. in the crowd on the street, The sales~ man informed the police that goods to the value of 3,000 kuobi had been Another theft occurred of 4,000 Keuobt worth of fur from the factory of @ firm who dress them for the market. In this case the police very quickly discovered the thief as one of the staff and recovered part of the stolen goods.
Finally another jeweller's shop in one of the main streets of Pristan was broken into and jewellery tothe value of several thousand) kuobi stolen, This was done by armed thieves. citizen, before leaving for home, sold plane which he had originally ought from some person residing in Vladivostok. This "plane being tu ood of repairs, was takin to pieces a local piano firm. About one pod of Russian gold coins was found, hidden in it. The question new arises to whom this money belongs. No tone knows who the owner resident in Vladivostok was and 't is quite Impossible that the Soviet citizen hid the gold and then sold it. The name of the present owner is given, but he refuses to say anything, neither denying nor confirming the newspaper story.
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