MORE CHINESE PIRATES.
RAID ON A STEAMER. FAMILIAR TRICK SUCCEEDS. Sun. HONGKONG, March 31. A Chinese steamer, the Hsdng-kong which was en route from Shanghai to Canton was attacked by armed pirates. The latter were disguised as passengers. The pira<tes herded and bound all the other passepgers and stripped them of itheir money and valuables. They loaded the loot, valued at about £12.000, into fishing boats which were awaiting them near Bias Bay, a notorious pirate base near Hongkong. Many of the passengers were emigrants returning from America who had in their possession substantial savings.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19292, 3 April 1926, Page 9
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95MORE CHINESE PIRATES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19292, 3 April 1926, Page 9
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