ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.
FASHION SHANGHAI. SHANGHAI, March 23. Armed robberies still continue to be the fashion in Shanghai. The total number for February was 34. Altogether there were 194 during the whole of 1924, and in ten different cases the robberies were accompanied by the murder of innocent victims. In tho majority of cases the robberies are committed by ox-soldiers, and naturally, when there is no fighting to occupy their attention, the number of robberies shows a marked increase.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 142, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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79ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 142, 20 May 1925, Page 5
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