CHINESE PIRATES.
SHIP SEIZED. AT VERY DOORS OF SHANGHAI. i’ress Association-Electric Telesraph-Cupyrigh, (Received Wednesday, 8.45 iun.J SHANGHAI, Tuesday. At the very doors of .Shanghai, piracy was committed., which the Chinese authorities are endeavouring to keep dark.
Jt appears that a junk laden with bean oil from Dairen, with a crew oils, encountered a pirate craft of sixty men. A regular battle ensued, resulting in the killing of Id of the junk’s crew.
The pirates, finding the cargo useless for their purposes, demanded and obtained £1.600 before liberating the junk.—United Service.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 November 1928, Page 5
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