Locak Chinese are hoping that the heavy rains will cause some change in the rice situation, but say that at least a week's rain is necessary before things will become normal, If ic|fhe rain continues, the autumn rice crop is assured, and it is hoped that the price of rice may decrease in the near future. One of the pretexts of local rice dealers is that the present high cost of the grain is due to the "ok of rain in the interior, the farmers being forced to use artificial irrigation in order to keep their crops from being completely ruined. day afternoon, and. have announced that they arrested three conductors of the French Tramway Company who were implicated by the murderer as being the instigators of the crime.
"When i by. the Police agents, the conductors confessed: that they hed organized the murder and declared that they did it out of revenge on the Inspector for his bad treatment. To this end, they col-leeted $250 among other employees ^f the Company, who were discontented with the Inspector. These were also arrested in the afternoon.
Besides the money they gave the murderer a pistol which was stolen from a private watchman of the Tai Kee Company in Rue Cassini As reported yesterday in the "North-China Daily News", Inspec-for Zeng Kono Hwa was riding in bus 849 when a passenger opened fire at him, shooting him down with two bullets in the head. The killer escaped from the bus when the driver applied the brakes to raise the alarm and was pursued by several police agents who shot him down in Rue Moliere. A Chinese woman and child were wounded by the as-sasin when he exchanged shots with the policemen.
The murderer is undergoing treatment at Ste. Marie's Hospital at present, and his condition is said to be very serious.
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