$2,900 Cash Haul Shanghai, Mar, 14.
Four Chinese carrying pistols stopped a Chinese riding in a private Fiekshaw in Chaoufoont Road, near Yochow Road, at 11.50 am, yesters day and made him hand over $2,000 in. bank-notes, his overcoat and a Fountain pen." The robbers escaped, und no alarm was raised at the time, is suspected that the gang had information that their victim" was carrying the large amount of money when they halted him, Chinese Make Needles Shanghai, Mar. 17.
Five new Chinese needle manufacturing factories have sprung up in Shanghai in order to meet the demand of housewives and tailors who. have been suffering acute shortage of foreign-made needles and high prices ince the outbreak of hostilities la Europe. The Chinese press states hat they are trying to compete with German and Japanese firms Prior to the European hostilities, {the Chinese liked German needles. Aller the outbreak of war, Japanese needles gradually made their appeartance in the China market as no German goods could be received here. /As-a result the price of "German needles is about ten times as great as before the wat The new Chinese needle factories are stated to be selling their products at lower prices in competition with foreign rms. They at frst produced about 5,000,000 needles monthly but later the production rate was doubled.
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