STEAMER SEIZED
i PIRATES TAKE CHARGE. , Press Association—By Electric , . Telegraph.—Copyright.] HONG KONG, July 22. The steamer Hilikon, flying the Bri-, tish flag with Capfc. Anderson in com-,, mand, and three other British officers, left Hong Kong on Sunday morning for Soigo and early on Monday pirl ■■■•.’Bites' disguised as passengers, quickly., iseized control of the vessel, compelling. ' Ithe' captain to proceed to Bias Bay. • where they took ashore cargo worth 7000dol. and fourteen Chinese passen- • j»ers for ransom. Although the pirates . freely brandished revolvers and knives, T. not a single shot was fired. The wireless officer was compelled to dismantle his apparatus. The funnel was paint «d , a different colour and the ship's name ' was changed. The vessel has now reached Hong Kong.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1930, Page 5
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123STEAMER SEIZED Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1930, Page 5
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