Attacks upon junks in the neighbourhood of Hongkong
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On the 3rd April, 1941, a junk was stopped in
longitude 115o 25' Esst, latitude 22° 46′ North, by a
The junk's cargo of bean cake, ferti-
Japanese warship.
liser and cloth, value Hongkong dollars 13,000, was trans-
ferred to the warship and the junk was holed and sunk off
San Mei.
On the 23rd April, 1941, a junk was sailing three miles
south-east of Sam Mun Kwan when stopped and searched by a
Japanese trawler. Pigs and eggs on board the junk were
transferred to the trawler. The value of this cargo and
of some garlic which was thrown overboard was Hongkong
dollars 2,060.
On the 17th March, 1941, a junk was stopped off Sam Mun
Kwan by a Japanese warship, and flour, fertiliser and bean
cake were transferred to the warship and salt mussels wore
The value of this cargo was Hongkong
dumped overboard.
dollars 5,300.
On the 6th May a junk was sailing near Man Shan when
a Japanese warship came alongside and transferred the
cargo of hemp, valued at Hongkong dollars 16,550, on board
the warship.
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