THE JAPANESE POLICE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8002, 13 December 1905, Page 3

THE JAPANESE POLICE.

THE STORY OF A LONO CHASB. Mr Isaac itloomiieM, of Auckland, while travelling through Japan nine months ago, lost his watch at a hotel, and the Japanese police vowed to recover it for him. They, did no after a long chastv around Dai Nippon, and the story ot the pursuit is (faintly told in the following; letter to Mr J. It. lSloomiield from the police, who were instructed to forward the watch to Xew Zealand : —'l um very happy to announce i , you that your lost watch :md, oven found. iYwb, it is found, and only ten minutes ag<| I had mailed it through the post to you. It is found -by police detective named Mr Sogi Jliyagawa. lie had Ixrn instructed by chief o! police here that that watch must be found ami returnixl to the owtier, if it takr.s years to do so. So this .Mr Miyugawa began (his work, and after hard working at last he traced the watch, awl a few <tays ago he actually got Jit. The watch had been stolen by Kobeman at the Zoological Garden. /The mail, after stealing vour watch, took very next train to Kobe and sold to Nagaya man. ami this Xaga.va man rulrtmi oIT outsido case ,and sold to another man, ami £0 011 it went round all over Japan, and he tells us rfuite it roimintic story about It. I ho|>e it \vill reach you in due time, ami if you give this pdiceman u few line lie shall feel honoured.—l a m, \ our servant M. lIAAIAGISHI."