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0.0.No. 0.187690.
Sir,
APPENDIX II.
350
Governor, Hong Kong to Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
HONGKONG. 28th August, 1926.
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With reference to my secret despatch
of the 30th Juns, on the subject of the Bias Bay
pirates, I have the honour to inform you that two
further outrages have recently been committed
by these pirates.
2.
The Norwegian s. s. "Sandviken", chartered
by the Soviet Trading Company, known locally as the
"Bolshy Compeny", which some time ago opened offices
in Canton and Swatow, left Canton for Swatow at
9 2.m. on the 21st August with about 120 passengers and general cargo.
At about 7.15 p.m. on the same
day, when south of Hon, Hong, some forty pirates,
who came aboard the vessel at Canton disguised as
passengers, and who were armed with revolvers and
kivcs, took forcible possession of the ship, out
the wireless apparatus, obliged the captain to proceed
to Bias Jay and there locted the ship and the
passengers.
The pirates released the ship at 6 a.m.
on the 22nd August, and she then proceeded to Swatov,
Aprendiz I.
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