The Archive · 1938

House Robbed by Gang of Seven Men

A gang of seven partly armed rob-"bers looted House 10, Lane 1312, Avenue Road, yesterday morning and Leseaped with property of undeter-"tained value, Individual medical inspection of pupils in Municipal Schools has been restricted to the six Primary Schools for Chinese. This work has een hampered considerably by the inability of the schools to provide a suitable room in which the examinations can be carried out. Trachoma clinics at these schools had to be discontinued in the autumn due to lack of accommodation except in the case of the Northern District Primary School—the only one to reopen in its own premises.

The obligation to comply with stipulated departmental requirements before grants are released has effected a most noticeable improvement in the Chinese private schools on the Grant-in-Aid list.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account