Since August 23 the Station has been without Chinese and cooking, cleaning and chores have been performed by the foreigners. One of the greatest nuisances in Yangtszepoo and throughout the Eastern district is the abundance of flies and little apparently can be done at present to combat this pest. Live shells and hand-grenades are found in great numbers daily.
The Police, in its weekly report yesterday, noted a further decrease in crime (other than looting- and setting fires) only 64 cases of the ordinary crimes being recorded.
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