At about 5.35 p.m. yesterday, five male Chinese, four of whom were armed, robbed a Liwo Wei establishment, 14 Robison Ts Loo off Robison After the thugs had completed work and were leaving the scene of the robbery, they started shooting inside the lane.
An S. M. P. search party under P. S. Vankoff which had been proceeding along Robison road was attracted by the soulld of the shooting, and the policemen met one of the escaping robbers who emerged from the alleyway into Robison Road.
Members of the search party im: mediately took up the chase, and the robber in an effort to discourage capture, fired a shot at C. P. C. 1486, ounding him in the leg. The police did not return fire and the culprit made good his escape, Fire on Ship After entering port the day before yesterday with a cargo of coal, the Harmatta, a steamer owned by J. C. Harrison & Company of London and chartered to Messrs. Jardin Matheson & Ca., summoned the Har-hour Fire Brigade to her aid at about 7 am. as holds one, two and four were in a bad state of combustion.
After a quantity of coal had been discharged from the first lighter the blaze was discovered and the fire float soon had the conflagration under control The vessel had loaded coal at Cal-cutty, the last port of call, and last Sunday one of the ship's officers discovered smoke and fumes coming out of the No, 1 hold. The crew endeavoured to check the fire by means of steam which was injected into the holds for about four days and succeeded in keeping the fire from spreading rapidly. No damage was done to the steamer and she will leave port on the scheduled cate.
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