'Mayor Chen Kung-po, of the Greater Shanghai Special' Municipal Government forwarded an official letter on Wednesday to the Senior Consul of the Consular Body in Shanghai asking the latter to request foreign authorities concerned to ¢o-operate with Chinese authorities in foreign-managed gambling houses in the Western District, it was Tearned from official Chinese' quart ers yesterday. All Chinese-owned gambling houses in the same district, including the biggest ones, were reently ordered closed by Jocal Chinese authorities.
No details of the Mayor were disclosed but it was 1 that it explained that the establish ment of gambling houses in the dis~ trict by foreign interests was contrary io the agreement signed tween the Shanghai Munich and the Chinese city regime prior to the formation of the Western District Special Police Bureau, Mr. C, C. Pan, Commissioner of the special police recently declared that he would see to that that there would be no revival of gambling activities in his district following the closure of Chinese gambling houses. He made the statement following rumours that the biggest gambling house in Avenue Haig would reopen under a foreign name, forming a syndicate with she other' gambling houses. already closed.
Will Not Be Permitted June 7, Mr, Pan Ta. Commissioner of the western Shanghai area special police force, yesterday told the "North China Daily News" that all gambling Rouses in his district would cease to flourish from ten last night and stated that gambling at Farren's and the Eventall would also cease forthwith.
It was learned from an authoritative source that patrons of the -gam~ ing tables at Farren's propitiated the Bods of chance for the last time on Thursday evening and that the gambling at the resort ceased last night.
Mr. Pan asserted that the establishment of any gambling of Delmonte's will not be permitted. 'The ballroom of the establishment' was discarded recently and the services of the Ruse sian musicians employed at the resort were dispensed with, Tt was earned that the place would be used for some other Kind of business,
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