UNMANNED SHIP
IN CHINA SEAS. CLAIMED AS PRIZE. A PECULIAR CASE. (United Press Association--By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received Jannarv 19, 8.55 a.m. HONGKONG, Jan. 19. Six Japanese have boarded the vessel Toa Maru (3COO tons), which aas towed to Hongkong by a Chinese steamer which found her adrift in the China Seas with nobody aboard and claimed her as a prize. The vessel was recently purchased by Japanese Interests Amoy and was being towed to Japan when she broke adrift. The Japanese had remained aboard for eight hours when a British officer who had been placed in charge of the vessel ordered the whole lot off. The Japanese then went ashore.
ft is believed that the ownership of the vessel will be disputed in the courts.
BRITISH SHIP WRECKED
CAPTAIN LOSES LIFE
Received January 19. 8.55 a.m. HALIFAX. Jan. 18.
Piling upon a rocky shore in a heavy snow storm and high seas, the British freighter Kenkerry is a complete wreck. Twenty-nine of the crew were rescued.
Captain Duncan Milne, the last to leave the ship, was drowned when he missed the breeches huov and was swept away as the ship broke in Half owing to the terrific pounding sfie received.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 44, 19 January 1935, Page 7
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