PIRATES' RUSE.
BRITISH SHIP RAIDED.
POSE AS REVENUE OFFICERS
(United Press Association —Copyright.)
LONDON, January 16. Posing as Revenue officers searching for opium, a boatload of bandits board' ed the British river-boat Tuckwo, bearing six members of the British Embassy, including the Legation secretary* between Nanking and Chinkiang yesterday. The bandits disclosed their identity after reaching the deck. They wounded several Chinese who resisted, threw one overboard alive, and seized a small quantity of opium. Government troops on shore, apparently suspecting the piracy, fired recklessly on the Tvickwo, hundreds of bullets "spattering the vessel's sides. The fire was intensified upon the pirates' departure in a launch, in which they carried the stolen opium.
The steamer reached Shanghai safely
TWO MORE VICTIMS. (Received This Dav, 1.15 p.m.) SHANGHAI, January 17. Mr H. J ackers, who was wounded in the Yangtsze piracy, has died. The other victim, a Chinese passenger, was shot and thrown overboard. Sir Miles Lampson had intended travelling by this boat, but eventually used the train.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 83, 18 January 1930, Page 5
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