MUNITIONS FOR CHINA
FOUND IN STEAMER’S TANKS. STRANGER INFORMS CAPTAIN. (Free. Association—By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, November 8. A remarkable story of smuggling is narrated in the Daily Express. The captain of the steamship Glencole, carrying a crew of 47 Chinese, sailing between Antwerp, London, Hongkong, and Shanghai with general cargo, received a note from a stranger just as he was leaving Antwerp saying that 250 automatics and 5000 rounds of ammunition were hidden in the ship. A secret search by the officers revealed that the information was correct. Arms and ammunition in small p"ckets were found hidden in the oil tanks. The officers decided to throw the arms and ammunition overboard. 'hey reported the matter to the police in London. It was undoubtedly intended to take the ammunition to China.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20252, 10 November 1927, Page 9
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