CHINESE TROUBLE
(MISSIONARY’S DEATH. [United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] SHANGHAI, Dec. 22. A number of reports indicate that Revd. Pike, an Austtalian, of the China inland mission, who was carried off from Kuiochow some months ago was murdered by his captors.
Rev. Crofts, a member of the same mission who is investigating the case, believes that Pike was shot m the hack, dripped of his clothing and thrown into the river. His horse and saddle were stolen.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19291223.2.40
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1929, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
77CHINESE TROUBLE Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1929, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in