Four gangsters were arrested and two pistols were seized by the Hongkew police station yesterday morning at about 820 o'clock following an alarm raised by an inmate of 64 Lee Zung Fong in Arthur Road.
The gang, five strong and in possession of two pistols, entered the house and intimidated the occupants with the pistols, stealing money, clothing and valuables. One of the inmates, however, managed to escape and raised the alarm. A police party attended and arrested the four men.
No shots were fired by either side.
The value of the loot, stolen by the gangster who had escaped, could not be ascertained yesterday Four other thieves were arrested by Central police station on Tuesday following the apprehension of one of the gang by a C.P.C. on duty at the corner of Hankow and Kiangse Roads. The arrest of the first criminal was effected at about 3 am. when the C.P.C. found three rolls of artificial silk in front of a native bank.
The policeman kept up his observation and soon saw a man appear with three rolls more.
The thief was promptly arrested nnd was taken to the Central station where he implicated three of his accomplices. These were arrested soon after. The stolen silk, it was learned, was the property of a Japanese trading company at 103 Hankow Road.
In the second case M. Bordes. through his counsel, alleged that considerable sums had been squandered belonging to the Auditorium and asked the court to order M. Bouvier, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Auditorium. to declare on oath that he has not received any special remuneration monthly in his capacity as chairman of the board. besides the remunerations sanctioned under the bye-laws of the company. He also asked M. Bouvier to declare on oath that he had not received the high cost of living allowance which he alleged had been paid to some of the directors and that he had not received from third parties in connection with the Auditorium any special gratuity as a personal remuneration. without the approval of the general meeting. The action, counsel plained. was directed against M. Bouvier both in his personal capacity and as chairman of the board.
M. Premet contended at the worst a social and not an individual or personal action could lie against M. Bouvier. The first two attestations which plaintiff counsel asked M. Bouvier to make. he submitted. were questions which already had been dealt with fully in the previous action. On the third point of whether he had received a personal remuneration, counsel labelled this a defamation against the character of M. Bouvier. The suggestion and allegations had been advanced, he submitted. without a whit of evidence being called in its support. The onus. he said. was on plaintiff to produce the persons who had paid the remunerations alleged to M. Bouvier J.C. W.O. Institute Day The annual Club Institute Day of the Joint Committee of Shanghai 'Women' Organizations is being held today at the Parish House of the Community Church on Avenue Petain.
All those taking part in the session should be present at 9 am. for registration, the session itself starting at 9.30 and being opened by Mrs, Arnold Jones, who speaks on "Hobbies in General" Various hobbies will be discussed in further lectures held by members of the B.W.A. Gardening Section. the Russian and the Scandinavian, the Chinese Women's Clubs, and others.
Subjects of "Hobbies" will be exhibited at the ground floor of the Parish House. Tiffin will be served at 12.30 and groun songs, with Mrs. J. Kucej as a soloist, will entertain the members after tiffin,, before the programme proceeds Instead of producing evidence to support what he described as astounding allegations, counsel asked the court to disregard the request that his client be called to make an aftestatin, although he explained. M. Bouvier was mot afraid and would not be unwilling to do so.
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