Shanghai, Jan. 30, Quick thinking on the part of Chinese victim of a band of six Fobbers, three of them armed with Sal pistols, who robbed him of his cash and forced him to sign cheques to the total value of $10,000 when they broke into his home at House 17, 'Lane 19, Chinhai Road' at 9 am. yesterday, resulted "in the thieves departing with worthless scraps of paper where they had fondly believed they. were raking in the thousands of dollars, When the victim made ut the cheques he put his chop on them in such a manner that it would be impossible to cash them, Shanghai, Jan. 24 longer news in' Shanghai today that the second grade rice, oF the mixture of the frst and second grade rice, has been sold by profitecring merchants as first grade rice, out it is nows that they. have sold inferior grain to court authorities in Jcharge of food rationing for prisoners: 'The manager of the. Ching Sheng [Chang Wel Kee Rice Hong, 47 My= burgh Road, fs now being Investigated bby' the Second Special District Court connection with alleged irregularities.
Pang Chi-ping, the accused manager, was brought before the procurator of the "court on January. 22 and Jauestioned at Jengih in regard to his supply of rice tothe. Shanghai Prisoners) Foodstuft Purchasing Committee. He was alleged to have mixed Uunground rice with the "tso meo," fan inferior Kind of rice bought ror the prisoners of the tribunal, He told the Judge that before his tender was ne-Jeeptcd the sample of his rice had been examined.
'The committee invited tenders for prisoners' rice on December 20 of Inst year. Pang's tender was accepted ud he was to supply 185 piculs of "so mee" at the price of $82:70 per plout, "When the rice arrived at the Second Special District Court, Prison was examined closely by the court expert, Hsieh Ching-pal, who as also questioned by" the procurator on January 22, Upon examining the rice, Hsieh was said to have discovered that about one third of the rain was adult erated, The matter was Immedlately" brought to the attention Judge Chiao Wan-hsien, chief procurator of the Third Branch Kiahgsu High Court, who subsequently referred the case to the procurater of the [Second Special District Court, After completing his investigations, the pro curator of the lower court may frame charge against the merchant. and his "necomplices it he 1s found to be
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