Chin-tao, a former cmployee of the Chinese Post Udice, who had been transferred from Ni. B. M. Post Ellice last Novem-bey, when that. office was closed as a result of the Washington Conference, wag on Thursday sentenced at the Mixed Court to three years' imprisonment for thefts from parcel post packages. Inspector MacGregor, prosecuting for the police, told the Cow't of the suspicions directed against the man who had been living his income. A Chinese it was stated, had stolen gown after—the changed it for an-Wheit questioned by: the accused admitted three <f IS charges placed against him, but disclaimed any knowledge of the other 15. Mr. R. M. Caudron, Acting Deputy Comm from the C. P.O... corrobo the statements of the police and 1 for an exemplary sentence, ting that it in the interests of the public t hat these thefts. should be eliminated from the postal service, Supreme Court s Honour Judge Turner made at dis all matters in pute in the case of Sing Chang Coan B. Freeman be re ferred to Mr. H. F. Robinsun, of Moorhead, Ha Ise & Robinson. Plaintiffs dalny Tls. 196.65, alles: ed te ko due under a contract for the erection of a flat building at 2? Route de Say Zoong. Mr. D. Rodger appeared for plaintiffs UoMr. H. Langley-Smith for Cant.
Accorptxe to a telegram received on Tuesday by the Dah Tong Bureau an agreement has been reached by Gen. Wang Che ping, Civil Governor of Chilli (who. with Gen. Feng Vu-h: are attempting to force Marsh Tsao Kun to assume, the Pr sidency), and Mr. Wu Ching-lien, Speaker of the House of Representatives, whereby Parlia ment will sanction the gold franc proposal and be paid handsomely for their services.
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