The late Mr. Chien was 37 year fold and a graduate of Yenehi University. It must be made clear, however, that he graduated from that university before it had secured its resent status: a government register Jed institution. He leaves his wife, and three children aged under 10.
Before the hostilities he was a re~ porter of the "Shun Pao" which had been closed for some months for pol tical reasons and which only recently resumed publication here under American management. At the time fof his death he served as the transator of that paper and also as manto have in their possession a note, purported to have been dropped. the scene by the assassins, accusing Kung of being a traitor to China. 'The note and the pamphlets, itis believed, were placed at the' scene to sive the impression that the slaying Kung was a political crime. Such does not appear to be the ease, how-fever, and the attack is ascribed to the Torces at work in connection with the "wide-open" gambling in the district. This "racket" in recent months has claimed a long line of victims in the western area, where it has fostered an. unprecedented wave of violent crime, including shootings, bombings, kidnappings and robberies Kung, who was 42 years old and native of Shanghai, leaves a widow and other relatives here. His murder is being investigated by detectives attached to the Gordon Road Station the Municipal Police.
Court and police reports are providing ample evidence that opium dealers are again considering Shanghai their business contre and rumours that monopolistic opium hongs are operating in the western district are, quickly gaining ground in Chinese Press circles. During the past few days the French police have seized $20,000, worth of narcotics in two eases alone and in one case the xs.
Wosang was involved.
When the boat arrived here on January 30 from Chefoo and Tientsin, a middle-aged male Chinese speaking a Shantung dialect quickly eft the boat by the gangway but alert police officers stopped him for a search before he could run away he tried to do so. One hundred and fifty small packages of morphine each weighing one ounce were found hidden between his cotton-1 gown. The contraband is $20,000. The smuggler was arrested, A big seizure of opium was made on January 28 also by the French police and the man who carried It has hech sent to the Second Special District Court for trial. The hear-will take place on February 3. The man was driving in a motor car near Rue clu Marche when he was arrested. In "his car three cases containing 39 kilograms "of opium were found. The cargo is valued more than $10,000. The detained man is alleged to be an expert in transporting opium.
'A man who was about to board a rickshaw on January 29 at the ter section of Shanse' and Ningpo Road was stopped: by the Lowa Police for a search. The oticers found: more than five ounces heroin in a wicker basket he was carrying. Me is detained by the First Special Distrley Court, A Cantonese woman faced the same court yesterday because in a motor car in which she was driving jon the morning of Jan. 28 near the Honan Road Bridge a police search party found more than 16 ounces of opium. 'The woman told the judge that she knew nothing about the drug but testified thay before the police searched her' male friend Jumped out from the car. She was declared not guilty but the drug was confiscated.
Shanghai, Feb. 4 The China Hong List for 1990, very spick in its ow cloth. jacket, picked in' Diack and gold and plump withthe latest information" steps out St. the *North-china Daly News" offices. as perfect and complete "as human are can make "Have You Placed Your Order?" we are asked, and it isin spirit of no. empty cutlosity or, mere upldity "that" the question Is "put For last year's edition was out of print long before all "would-be cuss tomers were. satisfied, and. many. a Shanghai ofice and home: was sadly inconvenienced in consequence, Of few things more' than ofthe China Hong List can it be truly" declared that if It did not exist it would be Hecessary 10. create it. The well-thumbed covers of lest year's volume show it to be as much apart aifice and home life as the telephone or typewriter.
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