By Police Attempt Foiled by Victim; Foreign Lady Robbed With four. robberies committed earlier in the morning when Chinese Bandits took over, $3,000. in various parts of the International Settlement, detectives of the Shanghai Municipal Police had a few more cases to deal with. later in the. day, arresting a would-be highwayman' in Nanking Road when the latter attempted: to rob' a. Chinese passenger in a Route No. 1 bus. The vehicle was travelling along Nanking Road at 3 pin. when a passenger, pretending that he was armed with a pistol, approached another Chinese and' attempted to kold him up. The victim, however, Jaised an alarm, with the result.that the criminal was' arrested by the police before he could leave the bus.
Other robbers were. luckier, however, and in one of the hold-ups a foreign lady, reported to Be residing in Avenue Haig, was robbed of $1,470 in valuables and cash. The.victim large part of the troops, including incidentally. veterans of the Dunkirk evacuation sent out. from Home to Singapore, has presented the Colony with an intricate problem.
The arrival of Shanghai recruits was: notified and: they. were' accepted for enlistment before sailing with certain provisos,.such, as: medical and other examinations, and it is understood that the inconvenience which they have been subjected to has been chiefly due to a. misunderstanding of certain. comparatively junior officers. Cables have been despatched by the British Embassy here to clear up the difficulties, It is believed that no more will occur.
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