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STEAM SHIP "TAI ON"
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We have no doubt that the Foreign Office will be good
enough to make further enquiries into this case as it is
clearly evident that some really effective measures must
be taken to suppress piracy in Chinese Waters.
I am &c.,
(Signed) T.W. Moore.
Secretary.
Dear Sir:-
HONG KONG, Brat 11 NOV 131
12th October, 1913.
I beg to report to the Guild another attempt
at piracy which has been made on the Steam Ship "Tai
On" under my command. We left cur terminal port Kan
Kong at 2 p.m. on the 10th instant, arriving at Kong-
moon at 3.30 p.m. and made fast to the Railway Wharf.
At 5.30 p.m., the Chinese Customs officials while search-
ing the ship for contraband tea came across three women
passengers who, when they saw the officers, got up from
their chairs and walked away; the Customs officer
thought this looked suspicious and took hold of their
baggage comprising three Japanese travelling baskets,
and when opened was found to contain a small arsenal,
consisting of three Mauser pistols, two automatic
pistols and six ordinary revolvers all fully loaded,
and spare ammunition attached to each one, and no
personal effects whatsoever inside. There were also
fourteen male passengers travelling without any baggage
and
7. Moore, Esq.,
Secretary,
pe Imperial Merchant Service Guild.
– P