CHINESE TROUBLE.
(Australian it. X.Z. Cable Association.) (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Feb. 29. Indicative of the manner in which China seas and coast are infested by pirates a report by Japanese naval officer ol Kinskomaru, a Japanese freighter which grounded on the Island of Tantao in Formosan Straiis. lie wirelessed tor assistance ol the destroyer Hot ilia, which proceeded to Ihe spot and found the vessel submerged except the stern, and surrounded by over one hundred piraL ships. The pirates wore clambering over lla- unstibmerged portion. tun 111 the vessels was compelled to turn machine guns on the pirates, driving 1 Leni ashore. It was discovered that the pirates had looted the ship of everything detachable, also coal. The crew of thirty-eight escaped prior in tin* pirates arrival and later were rescued unharmed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1928, Page 3
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