NATIONALIST FORCES OPEN BIG OFFENSIVE
VIGOROUS DRIVE AGAINST NORTHERNERS.
[By Electric Cable-Copyright. 1 1 Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Friday 7.40 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 11. Nationalist forces controlled by the Nanking Government have commenced a general offensive northwards and westwards of the Tientsin-Pukow railway and the Yangtsze River respectively, and are undertaking operations on a large scale. Pirates operating in the Yangtsze gorges have introduced a novelty in their business, according to travellers arriving in Shanghai, including passengers released by pirates owing to their poverty. These describe a human auction mart where victims taken off pirated vessels are divided into three classes according to wealth and sold by auction to the highest bidder, who takes the risk as to the amount of ransom he may obtain from the victim purchased.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 6455, 12 November 1927, Page 9
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