EX=RUSSIAN STEAMER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 October 1922, Page 8

EX=RUSSIAN STEAMER.

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BY CABI/G-PRESS ASSOCIATION—OOP ?RiGJIT ' Received Oct. 16, 9.15 a.m. j TOKIO, Oct. 14. I Chang Tso Lin is reported to have purchased the steamer Simbirsk, an ex-Russian vessel lying at Kobe, for conversion into a fast cruiser. The Simbirsk is one of the Russian volunteer fleet which Lenin attempted to seize, but it took'refuge in Japanese waters. Red agents attempted to seize it at Ngasaki a year ago, resulting in a bloody deck fight. —Renter.