The Archive · 1939

Japanese in Hongkew Suffer Over New Year

Many Minor Robberies on

Celebrants Some Hongkewites enjoyed the New Year in haste and now must repent at leisure, according to the Japanese press yesterday.

Mr. Yoshinori Tanaka, a civilian employee of the Naval Supply Section here, came out of the Kabukiza Theatre on Haining Road on Tuesday relieved of the weight of his wallet with regret which contained the sum of Y39, yy, which' occurred cording to the "Shanghai Mainichi." at-his resid-} 4 woman's platinum wrist watch valued at Y100 and two men's suits were reported to have disappeared from a household at 110, Wing On "Terrace, North Szechuen Road, over the end of the year, with Mr. Sadame Nagano as the victim, the Japanese paper said.

'A Chinese boy employed in a Japanese family got away with Y.1,500 worth of baby bonds, clothes, and loose cash during his master's absence, the "Tairiku Shimpo" said yesterday.

"While Mr. and Mrs. Harukichi Murata -of the Japan-China travel service on Woosung Road, were on a Pro round of greeting calls on Tuesday, their "boy" is alleged to have walked out with cash and valuables.

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