GUNBOAT OPENS FIRE.
CHINESE RIVER INCIDENT!. By Telegraph.—PreM Assn.—Copyright. Peking, May 11. A report from Shanghai states that a house-boat with two Britons, Lawson-Hall and Walker, and their wives and children on board, were returning to the harbour from a pleasure triff just before nightfall. When nearing, a Chinese gunboat the latter suddenly and without warning fired a fusilade at the house-boat with rifles. Law-son-Hall was wounded in the thigh. The British Consul-General entered a strong protest. He was informed that the shooting was the outcome of the crew of the gunboat becoming panic-stricken owing to the warning of an impending attack by the opposing faction. The commander of the gunboat called on the Consul-General and apologised for the shooting and announced his readiness to pay the hospital expenses of Mr. Law-son-Hall and for repairs to the houseboat.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1925, Page 7
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