Paints, Ladders, Brushes Seized in Tea House Oficial circles state that while one Three men were arrested in the should be careful to avoid being over-Lau Kau tea shop off Avenue Haig the fact that the Allies at 545 pu, yesterday on charges "up to such a severe onslaught of having attempted to extort money.
Somme front is encouraging.
The suspects, who will face the First ít is admitted that certain Special District Court tomorrow, are ave broken through alleged to have attempted to obtain "protection" money from painters working in the Settlement. In one case they are understood to have received several dollars in order not to e a with She work, phe on even Dumies Duy bul say Tt is a question whether these paints, ladders and other paraphernalia. when their victims refused to comply ives very ey infantry support would sug-don with their demands.
When detectives from Bubbling gest this is the case, Wel police station raided the teahouse they found some 40 pots of In that event it will be possible Paint, ladders and brushes which the deal with these tanks, for they accused had apparently taken from ud it extremely difficult to obtain painters.
supplies.
The presumably attempted Undue Optimism Not Warranted to benefit by the labour unrest at present prevailing among painters in it is emphasized that it is still too who are demanding in-pea Conclusions of the imcreased wages. opera Store, spite optimism is not
THE STAGE
The French are determined to withstand the attack at all costs. It "What A Life" is still uncertain whether the pre-Sent offensive constitutes the main The Shanghai American School, as attack and it may be that the Ger-part of their Commencement pro-mans are still reserving large gramme activities, produced a really Jarmoured forces of tanks and infan-excellent play, "What A Life", on the try ready to fling into the battle, school premises on Saturday night. should the present attack fail.
Teachers, guests, parents and pupils The latest French communique were given a royal treat, when a States: "The—battle—¢ontinued typical school came to life on the throughout the day on the whole stage. Consisting of three scenes, the front between the sea and Cheminplay introduced a particularly des-Dames. "dumb" student, Henry Aldridge, "To the west of the Oise, the enemy whose only. plague was that his father was the brightest student in his class, while poor Henry, not being between Aumale and able to remember a single line of ions, which "Hamlet", nevertheless manages to remained in the rear, draw excellent caricatures of his line. b: various tutors, Henry Aldridge was particularly good in his part, and deserves credit preceding for his performance, while the days. More than 20 fresh divisions heroine, Margaret Pearson, was not entered the struggle, with seven far behind him in portraying a typical armoured divisions that were engaged school girl, with her troubles of not the previous day. knowing whom to go with to a school "Our divisions succeeded in limit-dance, and how to conduct the.morning the @ this disproporing exercises. Mr. Bradley, the headtionate effort with their own effec-master, was particularly good, and "tives which were making a with-was very convincing in his scenes with drawal manœuvre in prescribed the unfortunate Henry.
Girections. All reports agree that A very creditable performance was they ihfiicted considerable losses on turned in by the secretary, Miss Shea the enemy. who looked as if she had just stepped out of an office, immaculate, efficient Footing South of Aisne and neat in everything she handled. "The play was undoubtedly a success, "Enemy pressure was also áccenand the class of '40 deserves praise tuated to the east of the Oise. There, for their efforts, which were appre-too, he has thrown fresh divisions ciated by all. into the battle and intervened with armoured units. These fresh forces have enabled him to gain a considerable footing on heights south of French Senator Captured
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