MYSTERIOUS CRIME
SHIP’S CREW DRUGGED. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright ) • LONDON, December 31. Wliat resembles the plot of one of W. W 1 Jacob’s, stories was disclosed in all seriousness when the British ship Timberhanv berthed at Blyth Harbour on arrival ■ from Belgium. The crew said that they retired to their bunks on Christmas Eve. "hen everything was shipshape, but they woke up in the morning to find the .ship ransacked. Captain Jones added that the vessel was in a: state of chaos. Furniture and gear were . scattered and provisions and clothing stolen. He believes that the officers -a* l 4 cre ' v were doped ■bv a mysterious drug sprayed through'-the keyholes by thieves who dr°w alongside in the course of the night.
; A Seaman’s Union official declares that robberies from British sailors in Belgian ports are- becoming common.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1931, Page 3
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