CHINESE TROUBLE.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) CHIXESE HAPPKXTXGS. •SHANGHAI, Dec. 30. The holidays were marred by a renewed crime wave with foreign and Chinese victims. A pitched battle occurred outside the settlement between a band of eighty armed robbers and Chinese volunteer police. There were thirty casualties. Five gunmen and a British policeman were killed. A British harbour ferry was pirated in broad daylight. Five foreigners aboard were robbed and a factory pay roll was looted. Two attempts to kidnap children were frustrated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1928, Page 2
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83CHINESE TROUBLE. Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1928, Page 2
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