CHINESE PIRATES
NEVER TOO LATE
FRENCH STEAMER LOOTED
BRITISH NAVY TO RESCUE
HONG KONG, 20th April. The French stearaor Linchow grounded a week ago in the Hainan Straits. The passengers and crew were taken off by another vessel; meanwhile the stricken vessel was boarded by Chinese pirates, who looted and set fire to tho ship. Assistance has been requested, and I-I.M.S. 'Sterling was dispatched to the scone this morning. .
LONDON, 19th April. Sweethearts at tho same school, Isabella Greenfield, now 75, and James Totfc, 73, drifted apart and did not see each other for sixty years. They, renowed their romance when they met lin tlie street recently as old-age pensioners. At Edmonton they were married to-day at the White Hart Lane registiy office among cheering guests, who showered them with confetti.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 9
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131CHINESE PIRATES NEVER TOO LATE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1931, Page 9
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