PIRATES DARING CAPTURE
SHIP TAKEN TO BIAS BAY. ■ CARGO AND PASSENGERS SEIZED. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Hong Kong, July 22. The steamer Hilikon, flying the British flag and with Captain Anderson in command with three other British officers, left Hong Kong on Sunday morning for Saigon. Early on Monday pirates, disguised as passengers, seized control of the vessel, compelling the captain to proceed to Bias Bay, where they took ashore the cargo, worth 7000 dollars, and U Chinese passengers for ransom.. Although the pirates freely brandished revolvers and knives not a single shot was fired. The wireless officer was compelled to dismantle his apparatus, the funnel was painted a different colour, and the ship’s name changed. The vessel has now reached Hong Kong.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1930, Page 18
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