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OOPY.
السعر
Kub-enclosure.
Sir,
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Aberdeen Station, BECU
1st. June 1900.
OCT 001
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I have the honour to forward the
following particulars with reference to a shooting affray
which took place among the junks anchored in this harbour
on the 31st. ultimo, at 7.30. p.m.
At 7.30 p.m. on the 31st. ultimo, a gener-
pal scuffle was heard among the junks anchored off Apli-
chow West, followed by rapid reports of firearms which
up twas eventually taken by junks anchored at every point of
the harbour; the firing continued unabated until about
9.50 p.m. when it lulled, but was continued at short in-
tervals until 1.45 a.m., when it ceased.
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The Police in this district turned out un-
: der Arms, sad I took a party of Police and endeavoured
to induce them to desist, but when a few yards from two
, Junks which were anchored close to the Public Wharf, a
with
I shot was fired over the boat and it was the utmost diffi- culty the occupants of the junks were dissuaded from fir- ing on us. I boarded these junks and found that on one 44 rifles has been discharged, on the other 2, and these
had been reloaded and were ready for use; I took possess- ion of the arms, and the Masters of the junks came to the station. Their excuse for firing was that they heard the
others doing so.
Firing continued and in conse-
quence of the excited state of the people I deemed it
· inadvisable to risk the lives of the Police by further
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remonstrance at the time, I collected the Kai Fong ofA-
: berdeen who were very reticent, but from enquiries made, ¿I ascertained that an idea existed among the floating
popula-
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