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FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.

TWO PIRACIES.

Canton Steamer Object

of Attack.

C

SS. "BOLTON CASTLE"

-en/or about 19th September..

TAKING PICS AS BOOT.

Looted Vessels "Discharged

Bias Bay.

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"CITY OF BARODA "

(9670 tona. d.w.)

HE above steamer having accommodation for over 100 First Straits, Celombo and Suez Canal on 5th November, 1926, for New York where she is due to arrive on &rd January, 1927.

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Two piracles on Canton ships during the last few days have been reported.

the

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMING EAST.

BOOKINGS BY P. & 0. VESSELS.

DEADLY SKY GUNS.

BATTLESHIPS NEW ADVANTAGE:

The following passenger* ure In the British official "Return of booked for the East by P. and Fleet this year the latest Ariert- steamers leaving Home until the end of October:--

can battleships are, (says the Naval of the London left London. Correspondient 3.8. "Kashgar? July 29):-Mr. J. L. Christie, Mr.

"Daily News, writing on June 3) A. da Roeya, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lissaman, Ligut-Comdr. R. Leeds, credited with anti-aircraft guns R.N. Sure-Lieat.-Commander A. WĮ of 5in, cailbre. North, R.N., Mr. D. W. Philips, and Mr. M. 3. Sheil-Small.

It has since be come "known that eight of these gons are mounted in each ship. One was en route from Shanmei

. "Morea" (left Landon, Angust

heaviest anti-air- (Swabue)

They are the to Canton. Only the 13):-Mr. and Mrs. H. Cadman and

craft weapons, which have thus far Chinese name of the ship is given, infant. Misa Cadman, Mr. and Mrs. this being "Honga" not to be Duncan, Miss A. N. Duncan, Mr. been adopted" by any navy. Practi

former s.b. B. M. Ede. Miss W. D. Hynes, Lieut. |cal tests have shown that a ship so confused with "Honan" of the Steamboat Co.). H. L. C. Hall. Mr. H. G. Hughes, farmed and equipped with the

The other was the Norwegian | Mr. D. W. Morby, Mr. B. C. Rock, 1ewest aerial firgcontrol system; "Sandviken," chartered by the Miss M. A. Roxburgh. Miss Moud could make things decidedly hotį Soviet Trading Co. of Canton and Smyth, Dr. R. E. Tottenham, Mr. | for enemy acroplanes which were Swatow, Foreign offers and and Mrs. P., A. Yapp and Miss Hattempting to attack the vessel with European lady Jassenge were Bell

bombs or torpecious.. molested.

"Khyber** (left London

In the case of the "Honan," the August 20)Mrs. F. Birchall, Misa pirater vieared with practically E.D. L. Birchall. Capt. G. W. everything, including a consign-Hallifax. Mr. and Mrs. 1. Johnson. ment of plys!

Hr. A. S. Mur. b. Mr. C, Olmstead. Rev. Frank and Mrs. Short.

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of

Same Modus Operandi. That time-honoured scheme embarking. as pusseligers proved successful in both ventures?i

It should be explained that ships iplying between Canton and that pact af the Kwangtong coast to the Censt, or morth of Hongkong, must Ko "outside" tur to the south) of this Colony, as they do not water Hongkong harbour ner pey, shipping i dues here. .

8.8. "Mantua leaving London. September 10-Miss Badeley, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown, Miss 14. M. Buchanan. Mr. Brooks, Mrs. G. Carling. Miss F. 1. Coleman, Rev. H. T. Cook, Mr. F. J. Dynold, Rev. and Mrs. Evans and child. Mr. and Ms. Fulton. Miss J.. Forbes, Mr. J. K. Gwinnell Mr. and Mrs. and Mr, H. W. Gompertz. Mr. Hilliard and two children. Miss

The Honan det Shanmei at M. L. Inkester, Mrs. E. A. Irerba noon on Monday.

and infant, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. L.

After the usual stop at Ma Kung

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In the course of fring practice with her new Gin. "sky gun" the Californik coust a few weeks) since the battleship "West Virginia" shot down targets towed 12.000ft. of 60 miles RE aloft at a sperdi

hour.

The results achieved are said to have astonished the flying men and given then a new respect for the fghting power of batateships.

with The new Bin. A.A. gum which all U.S. large ships will eventually be filled, is a short g with automatic breech mechanism which enable a very rapik rate of

are to be maintained.

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hurls 5016. high-explosive

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926.

CANADIAN

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VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER Via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

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LEAST

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Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia, Empress of Asia, Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia,"

1926.

AANTE

Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept. 1 Sept. 20 Sept. 16 Sept. 10 Sept. 22 Sept, 25 Oct. 4 Oct. 14 Oct.. 17 Oct, 20 Oct. 23 Nov. 1 Oct. 20 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 6. Nov. 15 "Nov. 11 Nov. 74 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 29 (E/Asia and E/Russia call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai).

HONGKONG-MANILA-BONGKONG SERVICE,

Loave HONGKONG

Sept. 8

Arrive MANILA

Sept. 10

E/Russia

Lava MANILA

Sept. 11

Arrive

HONGKON

Sept 13

Passenger Department: Jollye, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Joseph, hell with a fuse, so sensitive that Freight and Express.:

which is very closer for passen "Miss McClelland. Mr. and Mrs. J. pers and earpo, the gang opoke out Murray. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. on a given signal.

Prestop. Mr. E. M&M. Paterson.

Rayner. Rev. Miss

and Mrs

H. Righards and child, Dr. S Sanders, Mrs. G. R. Sayer and two Infants, Miss E. M. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Taylor, and Miss M. A. Wray,

There were ben weren'twenty and |thirty of them. Their first act was I take over the four, rifles of the ||~hips Ruards.

All the passengers together with The crew off duty were driven into a cargo hold, where each person wens put through a systematic search.

Över $10,000 Loot. Meanwhile, the course was set. For Bins Bay where the steamer was met by junks ready t take off the labt..

it will explode, the projectile on euntart with the canvas fubrier of un aumplane.

Colonel Cloke, of the U.S. Const published figures Artillery, has showing the remarkable progress made to dute in improving at aircraft fre.

."

The problem is complicated "by the fact that air targets move in "foot- three dimensions, but

8. "Karmala" #leaving London. September 231:-Mr. S. "Aherne, Mrs. Cedric Blaker and two children. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Cotton,Troof" Instrument has been evolved| Muster Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. which enables the height and speed Carrie and two infants, Mr. and

of such targets to be determined! Mrs. D. Davies, Mr., H. S. Fenwick with reasonable precision. Mr. K. S. Jeffreys, Mr. and Mrs.

Colonel Cloke claims, in fact,

The compradore department, was F. J. Ling, Mr. "H. J. Lamb, Mr.that anti-aircraft gunnery is rapid- rabbed at over $8,000 in cash (the and Mrs. F. Ling, Mrs. F. E. Owen majority of this being carried for and child. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ram, chens) and gold articles valued at Mrs. Stubbings, and Mrs.

Westlake. over $700.

Of the enrgo *[]]\\'¢¢ànd the ship was practically cleared-there, Were 01 pigs. 3. cases of marine delicacies, 16 baskets of fresh eggs. About 100 head of poultry and some general cargo.

To all the gang got over $10,000, They a sp ripped open a mail bag and tampered with the contents.

On Wednesday the "Honan" Parrived at Cantor. She flies the

Chinese Bag.

"

Lady's Rings Taken. The "Sandviken" left Swatow on Saturday last and was seized when to the south of Hongkong.

H.

3.5. "Macedonia" (leaving Lon- don. October 8Mrs. R. M¢P. Austin, Mrs. A, H. Barlow, Mr and Mrs. "E... G. Bird, Miss Bird. Mrs. A Brearley and child, Mrs. A. K. Buxton. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. M. Bannerman, Rey. T. Barclay. D.D., Miss C. F. Clark, Mr. P, Cullen, Miss Cullen, Mrs. D. Cookes and child.

Mr. G. Davidson, Mrs. W. A. Eustace, Miss Ellaby, Miss

ly approaching the high degree of uceuracy which naval gunnery, has attained.

During the final year of the war it used to take about 1,600 shots Tow to bring down' an aeroplane. day..according to target practice results, only 22 shots would be re- quired to

R drop high-flying machine.

Very scbn. it is added a bartery of A.A. guns will be able to bring a hurricane of accurate fre to bear! on hostile aircraft immediately

Field. Mrs. G. M. Fitzmaurice. Miss they are sighted.

The anti-aircraft armament of British battleships seems to be in- adequate, judging from details riven in the "Return." Most of them have only a couple of 3in. or 4in. A.A. guns. It is true they

Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fulton, Mrs. A. C. Hynes and child. Mr. and Mrs. S. Hamer and infant, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Holdman, Mr. and Mrs. The wireless was cut. The ship's. B. Harrison and infant, Mr., and officers were made to conduct the Mrs. A. C. Kennedy, Miss Lloyd, pirates to their cabing and to pro-Miss Loundwell, Mrs. C. Middleton-earry a large number of 3-pdr. and duce property of value.

A foreign lady passenger some rings forcibly removed from her inger, in spite of the captain remonstrating.

Smith, Miss Middleton-Smith, M. had and Mrs. R. H. E. Marka and two children, Miss McKeown, Mr. D. MacCormack, Mr. A. A. MeDonald, Miss E. L. Melville, Mr. T. Mieg. Miss. Mackinnon, Mr. and Mrs. D. Muir, Miss Nicol. Mr. and Mrs. E. Prophet, Mr. and Mrs. A. Palmer, Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. M. C. Petterson and two children, Lady Renshaw, The third engineer is stated Mr. D. D. Richards, Mrs. Staple-

One report says the lept is valued at about $30.000 Another men tiona $250,000 including a shipment of tin slabs, mistaken fox silver

bra.

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have been wounded in the stomach because he had nothing to give to the gang!

Altogether, the pirates were on board for 16 hours, till they left at Bias Bay. Then the "Sandviken" returned to Swatow.

machine guns, but these would be of little use against aircraft flying at great heights.

Apparently, however, this de-. ficiency is to be remedied, for the

new

battleships "Nelson" and "Rodney" are unofficially credited with ten din. A.A. guns aplece.

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Smith, Miss Staple-Smith, Miss S. 1. AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE Summerskill, Mrs. Stubbings, Mias Stabbings, Mrs. A. Smith. Mrs. E. D. C. Wolfe and child, and Mr. W. White.

B.. "Delta" (leaving London, October 21):-Mr. and Mrs. Arnot, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blake and child, Miss A. M. P. Byrnė, Mr. and Tsingtao. August 11. The Mrs. Brooksband and two children, mutinied marines at Kiaochow Mrs. H. Dowbiggin and child, Miss have surrendered. in acceptance V. Godson, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison of Pi Shuh-cheng's persuasion. and infant, Mr. GoT. Pudgett, Mr. Six hundred of thera were dis- and Mrs. Thomson, Mrs. Weall and armed, off Tsangchow, yesterday two infants, Mr. G. C. Worrall, and afternoon.

Mr. H. Waller.

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