Union Jack Lowered and Medicine Packages Japanese, Five Barred Prison terms ranging from el Flags Raised months to five years have been passed by the First Special District Court Publicly announcing the change of on five persons convicted of opium ownership of Shanghai's largest hotel smuggling in connection with the and apartment building from the seizure by the Chengtu Road police anghai Land Investment Ca. to the of more than 10 Ib. of the drug Shanghai Real Estate Ca., a subsidiary cleverly hidden in Chinese medicine of the Japanese Central China packages.
Development Ca., the Union Jack was The leader of the gang Li Chung-hauled down from the flagpole of the kao, was sentenced to five years' im Broadway Mansions yesterday morn-prisonment and deprived of his civil ing at 11.45 and in its place was sub-rights for five years. Charged with stituted the Japanese flag. A few seconds later, on an adjacent flagpole iding and abetting in the sale of opium, Lo Yi-shin and Hu Wen-teh to the right of the Rising Sun em-drew one year each. Li Shih-ching blem, the five-barred flag of the "Reformed" Government was raised. received an eight-month prison term charged with possessing opium.
The ceremony of changing the flags Several thousand dollars worth of was carried out on the roof of the 16 opium has been confiscated by the storey building and was attended by court.
Mr. A. W. Buck, general manager of The crime was recently discovered the Shanghai Land Investment Ca., quite accidentally by the police when Mr. A. S. Hersee, general manager of a motor car in which some of the the Broadway Mansions, Japanese and accused were driving was stopped Chinese directors and officials of the for a search near Weihaiwei Road. purchasing company, and several Japanese naval and military officers.
A large quantity of the drug was found inside the car and a raid made To the strains of "God Save the later enabled the officers to find more King", played on a gramophone, the contraband all cleverly hidden in assembly stood at attention as the Chinese medicine packages mailed to Union Jack was lowered and as the Shanghai from Yunnan, The accused Japanese and five-barred flags were had been engaged in the opium raised, the Japanese national anthem, smuggling business for a long time Kimigayo", was rendered. by maintaining close connection with At a subsequent reception in the accomplices in Yunnan. ounge of the hotel, Mr. Chen Shao-kuei, a director of the Real Estate Ca. described the circumstances leading to the change of ownership. This was Concert Held at Race followed by three banzais for England and three for Japan, and a toast Course Barracks was also drunk to the "Reformed"
Government.
Under the auspices of Forces Y.M.C.A. and cooperation of the Choir and Band of H. M. S. Dorsetshire, an excellent Sir George Harvey
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