The resolute stand taken by Com. missioner Pan against all gambling dens, irrespective of nationality has followed on the heels of the agreement between the Settlement and Chinese authorities concerning the establishment of the new police force headed by Mr. Pan. It will be recalled that a rider was embodied 10 the agreement by Mayor Chen Kung.
prohibiting the function of all legal business in the area, such as gambling dens and opium-smoking The drive of Mr. Pan against alt forms of gambling in the district in-eluding slot machines. the operation of which became a thing of the past recently in the area, is the first step in 'a vigorous campaign to restore hae out of chaos in Shangha's bad lands, Tuene was no change reported in the labour situation here yesterday, with about 9,500 still idling their time away while waiting for their employ ers to give in to their demands, The affected are still some 1,000 painters, employees of the Commercial Press, Patons and Baldwins, spring chair makers, and the hands of a stocking dyeing factory in Singapore Road,
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