Manhandled Shanghai, Sept. 1°.
At about 7.32 pin. yesterday, a Chinese pedestrian whose identity could not be ascertained, walked Jaloug Jessfield Road when, on arrviing in front of No. 13, which is occupied by the "Special Municipality" Police since a number.of days, he was seen by eye-witnesses to have been challenged by a number of Policemen of the Japanese-sponsored "government" on duty outside the premises and'was subsequently badly manhandled by these same policemen.
The inert body of the unfortunate standing at the intersection of Rue' Ratard and Roule des Soeurs so the gunman walking along, concealing something in his right hand which he kept under his gown, 'The constable blew his whistle and seeing' himself in danger, the gunman fred two shots at the policeman, one of which pierced the latter's uniform, CPC. 908 rushed to the scene and jumped on the thug who was still holding his pistol in his right hand ready to shoot again, The constable turned the gunman's wrist with the result that the gun went off at that precise moment and the bullet hit crumpled to the pavement and after being disarmed, was taken to the hospital in a police car. After being three new cases per day for a period of one week has been attained, The Commissioner of Public Health, however, adds that although this average is the Settlement standard of epidemi city, it is a very low figure in relation to the size of the Settlement population. Furthermore, the number of cases notified daily is actually decreasing and there is every indication that the outbreak is 2 minor one which has only Just reached epidemic proportions.
Previously, cholera has been epldemle at Hongkong and anti-cholera inoculation certi-fates have been required of all passengers landing here from the Crown Colony.
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