Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 pm.:—
Yesterday Min. 305 Max. 440 Same date, 1938 Min. 270 Max. 380
Rainfall nil.
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Yesterday Min 288 Max. 469 Same date, 1938 Min, 257 Max. 403 have a difficult problem on their hands in the n of crime in the districts under their ion, but it is unfortunately a fact that the problem is largely of their own creation Under the former regime, crime in the Hungjao district was almost unheard of. Due partly to the legacy of the fighting round Shanghai, but more largely to the laxness of the control by the authorities during the night hours, lawlessness is now a daily occurence. This is surely a blot on the reputation of the new regime which they should immediately exert themselves to wipe out
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