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A GILBERTIAN NAVY.

GUNBOAT AS DRUG RUNNER. [FROM. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] SHANGHAI, Feb. 15. The Chinese Navy has never covered itself with glory or been famous for deeds of valour. During the recent fighting in in the North, several ships of the fleet threatened to bombard the seaport town of Tsingtau. if a contribution was not made toward their arrears of pay. Again last week the sailors of a Chinese man-of-war at Woosumr mutinied, as a protest against the appointment of a now captain. The men were starved into submission. The latest exploit, however, caps the lot. While searching for contraband in the neighbourhood of Macao, a Chinese Maritime Customs cruiser encountered a Chinese gunboat with a cargo of contraband opium in bags and kerosene tins and estimated to be. worth approximately £20.000. The gunboat was boarded by a foreign customs officer and the customs cruiser endeavoured to "arrest" the gunboat. The gunboat, however, was one too manv for the customs cruiser and steamed off with the foreign customs officer and two of his Chinese assistants. The naval authorities at Hongkong were communicated with by wireless and the three customs officials were rescued by a British gunboat. The Chinese Minister of the Navv at Peking has promised to hold an official investigation.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

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A GILBERTIAN NAVY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

A GILBERTIAN NAVY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

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