Nine Suspects Face Cancellation of Rebate on District Court Present Tariffs Approved Nine Chinese suspected of having By Council taken part in the hold-up at the corner of Connaught and Yenpinr The Shanghai Municipal Coüncil Roads on August 22 when a patrol! held its first meeting after the car of the China General Omnibus summer recess yesterday and ap-Ca. was stopped and $17,450 stolen proved the recommendation that in were arraigned at the First Special order to grant relief to the Shanghai District Court yesterday and were Waterworks Ca., Ltd., the present re-remanded for one week when bate of 20 pel cent, on [existing special hearing of the case will take tariffs be withdrawn. place in the afternoon.
Application was made to the C.
Nineteen suspects were arrested cil by the Waterworks, for authority after the robbery, but ten were to increase its revenues owing to its released owing to insufficient inability to meet current expenses evidence. Two women who are and the cost of dividends provided alleged to have carried guns for the under the franchise due primarily to men were included in the accused the sharp rise in the cost of materials list of accused (particularly coal), and the decline in It was stated in court that a tur-the sterling value of the Chinese ther sum of $1,000 had been re-dollar. covered, thus bringing the total The, application was subjected to a retrieved to date to $2504. Mr close examination by the Acting
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