Shanghai, Apr. 1 Seven Chinese were scalded and sustained severe injuries and a number of persons. suffered minor injuries When a water boller of the Centrat Electricity and Waterworks Company, formerly the Chapei Waterworks, exploded in one of the main Duildings of the plant. The explo sion was audible in some parts of the French Concession and the Settle ment, although the scene of it was in North Szechuen Road near Dar-rach Read, "Two of the seven victims were rushed to the Feo Ming Hospital, two to the clinic of the Shanghai Sanitarium in Range Road, while the others were conveyed to the Lester Chinese Hospital in emergency an-balances of the Settlement Fire Brigade, The ese of the explosion could not be ascertained, escape.
It was reported, however, that the hand grenade had been tossed on to the ear, believed to belong to 2 na-five bank, from the top of the amuse ment resort, but that it failed to ex-lode.
'As soon os it was found, a call was made to the French police head-guarrers and a party of policemen arrived at the scene, threw' a cordon around the area and searched all the buildings and persons in the vicinity. It was reported that' the" police arrested two persons on suspicion of being connected with the attempt. 'They were apprehended when trying to break through the police cordon. An accountant' of the Chiao. 'Tung Hotel, in Boulevard de Montigny, Was also taken into custody. He was believed to have taken' part in the affair, Tue police report for the week] ending April 12, showed an increase of thirteen minor cases, bringing the total to 371, Increases. were recorded in snatching and. larceny cases, while the others showed. slight decreases, Robbery cases were without change. Only 477 arrests were made by the police, showing a decrease of 122 as compared to the previous week, Of 477 arrested, police identified 125 as old offenders, [New Opium Laws To Be Enforced Shanghai, Apr. 10.
Opium and other drug addicts in Shanghat will have to get rid of their thad habits as soon as possible. It is learned that the Second Kiangsu High Court and First Special District Court In the Settlement are now applying the newly-enforced opium suppress. sion "regulations, having received Sdentical orders to that effect from Chungking. The new regulations are so strict that even those who smoke opium for the first time will be sentenced to prison terms ranging between one year and one year and six months, The regulations were promulgated and enforced immediately at Chung-King on February 13, but the courts in Shanghai only Feceived the orders recently. The courts have notified he police prosecutors in regard to the new legal procedure, The chief yeason for changing the old regulations is that the new regulations are so rigid that they should eventually Bla the country of "opium smokers, Mew opium smokers will be liven prison terms and no tues are allow-td, The rich cannot therefore escape Dunishment even if they are able to provide the money for fines, 'Those who open opium-smoking. houses or engaged In. transporting opium or planting poppy. will sentenced to either life imprisonment or death. 'Those smoking heroin and Fecelvingg morphine Injections wilt be sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment or even death, Chinese circles be-Have that the new laws will be a serious blow to all opium addicts in Shanghai, whose number has be greatly increased following the withdrawal of Chinese authorities from this city. Despite the fact that opium almost as highly priced as. gold Higelf these days, probably due to dimculties in. transportation and to the strict prohibition of the plantation of the poppy in the Chungking controlled areas, numerous people ere have become habitual smoker opium, $4,000,000 Realty Deal Concluded Shanghai, Apr. 9.
The luryest single real-estate transaction in Shanghai since the sale more than two years ago of the Broadway Mansions was the sale recently concluded of the Liza Building at the intersection of Nan-King and Szechuen Ronde for $4,000000" The property, which houses the Chase Bank which occupies the whole of the ground toon has deen sold by the owners, the estate of the Jate Silay Hardoon, to a Cantonese buyer, it was learned.
The same buyer is believed 10 have made overtures to the Hardoon estate for the purchase of the Con-Hinental Emporium Building at 358 Nanking Road and news. has gone the rounds of realty. circles here that the two properties would be sold for an aggregate price of It was learned that bargain money: already has been paid by the buyer to the owners in connection with the sate of the Liza Building, which was named after the widow' of the Into Mr. Hardoon who has' been confined to her home for some time past owing to il health.
Negotiations for the purchase of the Liza Building have been protracted and are believed to have started months ago. According 10 well-informed real estate people the Purchase price is a fir one considering the low level and continuous depreciation of the Chinese dollar fand the consequent rise in realty values, Employees of Bank of China Released Shanghai, Apr, 15.
was ascertained from' the Shang-at headquarters of the new Nan. King regime at 76 Jessfield Road yesterday that the 128 employees of the Bank of China who were recently arrested by the new réxime's police {n their dormitories in Jessflela Road had been totally released, as a recent official statement indicated.
It was learned that while the official statement heralding their release Jasserted that they would be released fon bail, the actual procedure was [very simple. Tt was said that no cash Vail "was demanded, The new réyime's police treated the detained employees very well and dealt with {them Teniently so as to relloct their peaceful. policy. will be recalled that the bank employees were delained following [Several terrorist attacks made on the new réqime's bank and its officials here.
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