THE CHINESE PIRATES
FORTY-ONE TO BE SHOT. HONGKONG, February 21. Tho Hongkong Government has offi cially -informed the Canton authorities that they have sentenced 41 pirates to be shot and two women to 10 years’ imprisonment in connection with tho seizure of the Hongkong launch Kwongtak. A Chinese revenue launch fought the pirates and sank the launch, afterwards handing over the whole gan'g to the Chinese authorities.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11783, 20 March 1924, Page 4
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67THE CHINESE PIRATES New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11783, 20 March 1924, Page 4
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