Verandah Collapses: 18
Pickpockets Caught Six persons including dren, are lying in a serious condition in a hospital as a result of the collapse of a verandah an which the whole of a Chinese family were watching the lantern procession in Chapei on Tuesday night, The building, in Sing Ming Road, was occupied by a bicycle shop, and when the parade was approaching, members of the entire family rushed to the verandah, In the fall, several others also received slight injuries.
Scores of complaints against pickpockets on Wednesday night were lodged with the Chinese Police yesterday. It was r that eighteen persons who had had previous convietion were arrested in Nantao streets during the parade.
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