Shanghai, Sept, 20.
One of the most extensive gamb! raids to be conducted in Shanghat months resulted, on Monday" night, September 16, persons, including two Japanese and 8 Formosan, 'The raid was made at the "Conth ental Clu," Weihaiwei Road, at 11 o'clock, when a large party of potice under" Chlor Inspector' F, E. Dudley rurroundea the place, which is near the Intersection of Seymour Road, and burst into the rooms where gambling, was in brisk progress. Japanese consular constables accompanied the Settlement Police and ultimately took rye Of the two Japanese and one mosan arrested along with 190 been distributed. More than $161,100 has been collected as prices from the poor people who have obtained their quota of cheap rice from the various distributing booths.
"The procedure for distributing cheap rice Is said to be. rather complicated and apart from this fact further distribution is said. to bbe unnecessary at present in view of the continuous supply of "the rain "coming from the occupied Interior such. as" Wuhu, Soochow and Wusih. The new rice crop in these districts Is expected to arrive in Shanghai shortly if there are restrictions. Merchants have gradually reduced prices and further orders for Saigon rice are placed by public bodies and individuals making rice-hoarding less profitable than before.
One of she chief games of chance indulged in at the "dut Ta Min Hui Holds which the house wagers on the turn= Ing up of three dice of the. same Venomination, Roulette and. other Terms of gaming also were in pro-stress as the police rushed in.
'A Chinese watchman on the premises was found 0 be carrying. a pistol for which he had no licence. He was arrested on a charge of legal possession of firearms.
While the three Japanese subjects were turned over to. the Japanese consular authorities, the 190 Chinese employees of the "club" and patrons were brought before the First Special District Court yesterday.
As a result of a lengthy hearing held. yesterday afternoon in the First Special District Court 77 of the 190 gamblers were remanded in custody pending judgment to be given September 23 while all other accused were each fined $40, Meetings hal, Sept, 20.
In commemoration of the September 18 anniversary of the outbreak of the Manchurian incident," the Shanghai branch of the Ta Min Hui Jon Sept. 18 held three mass meetings in Shanghai reinforcing the campaign for the establishment of a New Chi recording to the "Taltiku Shimpo" yesterday morning.
One of the meetings was held at the Foomin Theatre on North Szechuen Road at 9 o'clock in the morning with an attendance of 600, another at the branch of the society on Great Western Road at 10 o'clock in the morning with 500 people participating, and the other atthe hall of the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce near Honan Rosd Bridge at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, attracting 400 people.
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