To Be Counterfeit Signor Francesco obeyed and there. upon went to a restaurant situated opposite the Auditorium from where he informed the Italian Consulate and the French Concession police.
Se, re ce aaa attain ne ce saar Shanghai, Sept. 6.
large-scale private' cent note counterfeiting scheme was brought to light in the First Special District Covet yesterday when the manager and an assistant of a printing plant at 1008 Haining Road were brought up for Wial. Tt was alleged that the plant had printed 24,000 fake one-tent, two-cent and three-cent private fexehiange notes, purporting to Issued by the Ha Ching Salt Fish Hong in' Bubbling Well Road. Most fof the counterfeit notes have been seized by the West Hongkew Police.
They were arrested the other day after the fsh hong manager had made complaint to the police. Yesterday the manager blamed his assistant for the counterfeiting scheme, but the latter tried to shift the responsibility to another man who is at large. Since tore investigations are necessary the hearing was postponed for a week, Dut both accused were formally charged with counterfeiting.
Recently many cases of counter-felling of private exchange notes which are circulated by shops in lieu of small money have been reported to the police, It was even reported last right that the cent notes circulated the tramway company had been pirated" by counterfeiters.
Lack of (he official cent notes being in circulation here is blamed for all these troubles and the public is suffering losses and inconveniences. definite date has yet been announced by the Shanghai office of the Central Bank of China for circulating offeial cent notes. ing by @ Chinese gunman dressed foreign clothes.
The late Mr. Nich was 31 years old. He leaves a widow.
At east one Italian, 2° lawyer, lives in the St. Anne Building and the police are now making investiga tions to ascertain whether he is the intended victim, Japanese Here Protest
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