Mayor Fu denied the reports that he had submitted on the question of eollceting "vehicle tax" in' the west ern district. The date for collecting the tax was originally fixed November 1, and he had postponed the date only os a matter of courtesy. He indicated that the tox would be collected two months later.
No date has been fixed for a further meeting, the Mayor said.
"Dad Lands" Remain Quiet The state of affairs at Brenan Piece, in the vicinity of Sunday (Oct, }22) morning's attack on a Municipal Police motorcycle patrol by members of Mr. Wang, Ching-wel's "Special Service Corns." was peseotul yosterday. The Police maintained the strictest vigilance in the area and kept two armoured cars manned by sergeants equipped with sub-machine guns at Brenan Piece throughout the day. Besides, an occasional motor party of Royal Italian Marines was noted "at the troubled Intersection and elsewhere, indicating a certain reduction in' the "Talian patrol Scheme' as compared with' previous lays.
'A. truck filled with Chinese in the uniform of the "Special Muieipatity" was drawn up in Brenan Piece during the day.
'The presence of two large British military posts at each of the two crossings in Edinburgh Road equipped with S.M.C. traMe semaphores, Served to keep' those intersections quiet. They are the points where Edinburgh "Road crosses Vu "Yuen Road and Great Western Road.
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