Porsonnel—Although circumstances necessitated considerable changes inthe personnel structure, the total Foreign establishment re: mains tentatively at 17, The Chinese establishment shows on balance a comparative increase of 2 but retrenchment has been effected tu the higher grades.
$091,100).—-Of this sum $097,220 Pay Criminals Foiled by Chinese Detective Shanghil, Mar. 13.
Pretending he getting hie money on, a Chinese detective of the French Police folled the attempt of three gangsters to rob him when he pulled out a pistol and put the des-paradoes to fight. "The holdup occurred at about 3.35 am, yesterday when. C: D.C. 205 was walking along Gordon Road. "A few yards from Haiphong Road, he was' confronted by the trio, one' of whom was armed with an imitation pistol.
The robbers wasted no time with their intended victim, but demanded hhis "money. Seoing. that the pistol was only a dummy, the detective Epparently complied with their orders fand put his hand into his pocket. Before the highwaymen could stop him, the would-be vielim was pulling out the Mrearm. He failed to. arrear the men, however, as they dispersed the dark on seeing the man brand. sh the. pistol.
The detective ran after the Mecing shadows and fired" once, but failed to hit the mark, The desperadoes disappeared in one of the alleyways the: vicinity, The sixteenth anniversary of the death of Dr, Sun Yat.sen yesterday {ound the police more than ever vigilant and this was the cause for the small number of armed crimes committed. "Two minor armed. robberies were reported to the stations, tone being in the the north of the Soochow Creek area at 7.10 am, when a gang of five men, two of them being armed, entered a Chinese Pawnshop at 688 Point Road.
"The minute the men were in, the two armed men pulled their pistols out and ordered the assistants to tive them the money in the cash box. After taking $370 in cash, two overcoats, anda lock, the "miscreants ook to their heels and disappeared.
Another gang robbed a Chinese house at 145" pin. The criminals, four in number and possessing two pistols, entered $4 Hsian Fun Loong fu, the Louza district and decamped with clothing and cash amounting to due to provision for high cost of living and rice allowances at. the higher "levels recently "authorised. Provision has also been included for approved additions to both Foreign and Chinese. establishments, for the pay and allowances "of employees formerly employed Inthe Gordon Road Licensing OMice as a charge against the Police Section of the Budget, for the cost of personnel employed' at the Central Parking Space in the new. Voting Section, and for normal Increments and promo. tions in accordance with the Grading Seales.
Passages (Increase $107,980).—The restoration of Jong leave on a modi-fed. basis necessitates "appropriate passage provision for the Deputy Treasurer-Revenue and four other employees. Long Leave requirements Aggregate four first class and. six second class return passages, while retirements necessitate provision for Uhre second class single passages.
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