Active Shanghai, July: 28, Apparently no longer Interested. the cables of the Shanghai Telephone Ca, in the Hungjao area, cable {hicves have gone in for the more expensive but! far more. dangerous Hghepower tension wires by. which the Shanghai Power Ca. fs supplying Sleciriety to homes and) indseiat Premises as far out as Hunglao Road "The thieves, who have been rather clive, having stolen various quanti ties oe" the. valuable wire on six Aifterent "occasions since July' Seem tobe experts according ficial of the company questioned by the "North-China Daily News" yester-tay, and are believed to have at thet disposal not only" plenty. of experi-nce in things eleetieat "but must Siso, have a welleassorted toolkit valle for their" numerous "esca-
One Kitled 'There have been no further thefts after the attempted one on the eve ring of July 24, when through some carelessness on' his part, a Chinese passing one of the Power Co.'s pole {did not notice a wire which had just been cutoff, Tying on the ground. 'Ashe came' into contact with the high-power conductor, he was lec trocuted. Whilst the thieves presumably lost their nerve and departed, Teaving the live wire on the roadway and not bothering to cut off the other fend and make a day of it, All these thefts have occurred within half a mile of Who intersection of Warren Road and Lincoln Avenue and Invarlably, the gang steal no more than four or five spans at a time, "The district in which these thefts occur s unde Japanese cornice als the Shanghai Municipal Police cannot Canetion there at the present time, Than attempt to make the thefts tess attractive fo the yang, the Shang: hal Power Ca, is replacing all stolen cables with a thinner and far cheaper and ofieials thus hope to preven: Interruptions in the supply of current {ip future as it was not believed likely: that the thieves will be prepared (0 risk their lives for the cheaper wire Protection for Foreign
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