SEIZED BY PIRATES.
THE MOTOR BOAT CRIME. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! HONG KONG, May 5. The passenger motor boat Oporto, sailing to 'Canton from Kongmoon, was seized by pirates, who killed the Portuguese skipper, Indian guard, and kidnapped forty passengers. POLICE PIRATES SHOT. (Reuter’s Telegram.) (Received May 7, 10 a.m.) HONG KONG, May 5. A police force of tlurty-eight Chinese concerned in the recent piracy in Hong Koing waters on tihe steam launch Kwangtatk, were shot by Chinese authorities in the Heungsiha.n distract.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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