CHINESE PIRATES
(Fress. Assn.-
VESSEL LOOTED AUDACIOUS ROBBERY NEAR BRITISH PROTECTED WATERS •OFFICERS KIDNAPPED
— By Telegraph — C'npyrlght).
Rec. May 28, 5.5 p.m. Hongkong, May 27. Audacious piracy, almost within British waters, occurred last night. Fourteen armed pirates overwhelmed the officers of a vessel named The Prominent. After shooting Captain i Jens.en in the leg, they threw the ' second officer off the bridge to the deck below, then steered the ship to Bias Bay. After looting the vessel, they escaped in lifeboats to Tingshan Island with the booty. A police lannch pursued the pirates for some distance, but the first and f second officers were used as a shield against the police fire. The Urominent is a rice carrier , ibetween Hongkong and Saigon.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 543, 29 May 1933, Page 5
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122CHINESE PIRATES Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 543, 29 May 1933, Page 5
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