C O P Y.
List of Cases of Robbery and Piracy Reported
Native Press During January, 1913.
1. Canton
District.
Launch pirated at Sau Sha K'ou.
2. Delta.
3. East River
Distract.
4. West River
District.
504
Canton
9086
RECE
(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pappanuary 3.)
Several villages plundered near Kun Yu, in Namhoi district.
(Min Sheng Pao, January 14.)
Village of Wei Ch'ung, in P'an Yu district, plundered and
sight buffaloes carried off.
(Chung Kuo Pao, January 15.)
Ten junks fired on at Feng Ting, P'an Yu district, by pirates
on river banks. Soldiers on board reurned their fire, but the
pirates were too strong, and captured the junks.
(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 23.)
On January 20 six or seven armed men "held up" the Sincere
Company's store on the Bund, at about 7 p.m., and made off
with about $1,600 1,700.
(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 23.)
Junk fired on at Feng T'an, P'an Yu district, but pirates
repulsed by soldiers on board, with a loss of three of their
number and one passenger.
(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 29.)
Ta Hsu, near Fatshen, plundered on January 7.
(Min Sheng Pao, January 10.)
Huang Liang Tu, near Heungshan, plundered by brigands.
(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 25.)
Battle at Huang Chieh, near Heungshan, between troops and
bandits; troops lost three killed and several wounded, but
defeated bandits.
(Chung Kuo Pao, January 31.)
Pawnshop at Tseng Shing attacked by bandits and one salesman
killed.
Pa Kang Hsu, near Samshui, plundered on January 1, and sixty
buffaloes carried off. The brigands were armed with smokeless
powder rifles.
(Min Sheng Pao, January 6.)