ROBBED BY PIRATES
JAPANESE WARSHIPS SAID TO HAVE LOOKED ON Received Aug. 15, 1 a.m. SHANGHAI, Aug. 14. A Britisher, Mr. George Shaw, owner of the steamer Shinwa, asserted that Japanese warships stood by off the Fukien coast while Chinese and Japanese pirates boarded the Shinwa on August 8, robbed the Chinese passengers and removed the, cargo of wheat arid flour valued *t a million yen. ' 1 ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 6
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