A. former house-boy who turned robber was arrested early on. July 1 by his ex-employer, Mr. F. Labastotf, of the Customs' service, at Mr, Labastoif's flat in the Bearn Apartments, Rue Marcel. Tillot.
The doorbell rang at 615 o'clock and Mr. Labasteff went to answer It. Ouiside he saw three Chinese, Including his former "boy." One of the others, he noticed, had a pistol in his hand and he realized that they Intended to rob him.
Mr. Labastolf acted quickly. He made a snatch at his former servant, collared him and started to drag him Into the apartment. This unexpectfed action frightened the others and they started to bolt downstairs, the armed man "covering" their fight with pistol shots. The bullets lodged in the. woodwork of the stalr=
The arrested would-be robber turned, over to the French Police by Mr. Labastoft. who in his report revealed that the man had been di charged by him a month previous for being an unsatisfactory servant. French detectives are searching for the two who escaped. traps distributed in different parts of the city by health inspectors; these were forwarded to the laboratory twice weekly for examination Preliminary studies are now being made on the taxonomy and blonomies of the local species of flies, and their relation to the transmission of astor-intestinal diseases under local conditions will be investigated in due Requests from universities and other institutions "for - interesting specimens, especially those relating to parasitology, were very numerous in 1995, and' this, it is. fell, was Brought' about by the work of the Institute becoming increasingly known abroad. Visite had been made by. a number of distinguished scientists from Europe and America, who not unnaturally desired to illustrate what they had seen under investigation in China with actual specimens,
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