CHINESE GUNBOAT'S CHIEF.
RUSSIAN VICE-ADMIRAL. BRITISH VESSEL SEARCHED. INQUISITIVE BOARDING PARTY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (.Received 10.35 p.m.) Renter. CANTON. Oct. 14. While the British steamer Fatshan was en route from Hongkong to Canton, and was passing Ghueuti Point, she obeyed a signal from a Chinese gunboat to drop aiichoi. An officer and a civilian, in the gunboat's launch, boarded the Fatshan. Ihey asked her destination, the nature of her cargo, and whether she had arms or ammunition aboard. Before they left they examined all the baggage of the Chinese and foreign passengers, also the stores for Shameen and foreign gunboats. The visitors volunteered the information that their chief aboard the gunboat was a Russian named Seminoff. with the rank of vice-admiral. The Fatshan was then allowed to resume her voyage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19149, 15 October 1925, Page 11
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