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and telling them the vessel bound to Singapore - one of the men on board the junk called out to throw the ship aback. They were at this time very near.
hour having a good breeze and going at the rate of 6 knots an hour. This would have been a loss of time if nothing else.
The ship was then kept on her course. The junk kept up with her for a short time when finding she could not overtake us.
40 or 50 men were seen to come on deck and one of them called out "never mind we will catch you by and by" – When the junk was first seen there were only 2 men on deck.
(Signed.) W. M. Deane,
Acting Supt of Police