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Hong Kong. Thursday, Nov. 18, 1926.

PIRATES."

Whilst a note of exultation may

that the menace of Bias Bay has

All that can be said is that the

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE MACAO FAIR.

(Continued from page 1.).

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926."

"SUNNING" EXPLOIT. round of ammunition left. Our practically the whole of the pirates armoury then consisted of two have been accounted for. There deep-sen leads, two axes and five still remains to be cleared up the revolver butts."

mystery of the empty floating life- A request from the pirates for boat located by aeropiline. It has "Taking a revolver from onethe officers gans to be surrender. not yet been established that this fallen pirate and handing it to theed was met by a point-blank re was one of the "Sunning's" Boats skippur. I replied: "Thorola a gun fusal to which was coupled abut, if it was, it could only have threat that firing would be resum-contained the pirates who made off now, and make a fight for it.'

The chiar officer took the othed immediately if they did not from the burning Sunning" in the

leave the ship.

other bont fone was captured by pirate's rifle."

the "Blueßell."'). "'

"Smoked Out."

"

But the chief officer didn't kepp Mr. Lapsley Missing. his rifle long." continuad Mr. Horat. Mr. Hurst continued: About

Brained With Rifle.

4:45 a.m. we could see, by the "Another pirate came up. The flames, that a boat was being ehtet brained him by striking hipwered and the pirates were

How Pirates Left Burning on the head with his rifle" and heaving. The first boat left about

"Sunning blow was so hard that the rifle 2 a.m..but we could not tell whe- broke in two.

ther Mr: H. W. Lapsley went in Further details regarding the the first or the second. He was pirated 'Sunning" reveal that the on the bridge when we knocked fire which assumed such devastat. down the pirates but subsequenting and alarming proportions was

y he was not seen."

not intended by the pirates as

"The chief discarded the smash ed weapon, taking instead the third dead pirate's revolver.

"I then took out the first two Colts concealed earlier in the

At 5 a.m. the officers' lowered janything other than a measure to chart-drawer. The Captain and the only remaining lifeboat which dislodge, from the bridge the chief officer took the port side had its sides all black. Buckets officers who had obtained the and I lay down full length on the had to be used all the time to mastery over the pirates stationed starboard, the only place where keep the fire down and the tops there. there was access to the bridge were hacked away.

"There were ten men in that first rush in the small hours of the morning had a revolver in each hand and waited till the leader got to within six feet range. I let go then and the four in front, toppled over. The rest scuttled below again."

The pirates were equally as The lady passenger was put in concerned as the officers over the and Mr. Hurst was to have taken rapidity" with which the flames charge till the boat reached a spread and, as one of the officers steamer standing by.

put it to a "China Mail" rèpre- Unfortunately the painter broke sentative, it became a question and the boat drifted away. as to who would be smoked out

In the heavy seas the boat first, the pirates or ourselves," crashed against the ship's side. Asked for Armistice," Hauled Through Skylight.

Mr. Hurst and Mr. Duncan invited The pirates appeared to have Hereabouts, the three deck offi- any one on the ship who wished to endeavoured to enter into an cers devised a plan to assemble eave to make a jump for it and "armistice" with the officers in their comrades. So the chief they would pick them up. None order that efforts might be com officer smashed the adjoining frame..

biped to check the flames but

*(To the Editor of the "China Mail" skylight of the Captain's rOOM, The boat had drifted 25 miles there wap "nothing doing" and, Sir-Hong Kong residents who in which were the chief engineer in hours, buffeted about. The eventually, some of the pirates, make the trip over to Macao to Mr. G. Cormack), the 2nd en-ady and Mr. Luk were seasick recognising the hopelessness of visit the Industrial Pair in the ginger, the 3rd engineer, the The others were busy baling out their case, lowered the remaining Portuguese Colony are not diawireless operator and the lady water, while Mr. Hurst kept a boats and pushed off-in full view İcourse. Then the Norwegian of the victorious officers remain- appointed; for though on a modest passenger.

The These were all hauled up with steamer "Radensfjell" bore down ing on the burning ship. scale the Portuguese have succeed the exception of Mr. Cormack on them and picked them up... ed in producing a very ereditable who Mr. Hurst believes, had

officers, however, were down, to Fair. The Hong Kong press have been wounded in the leg in

Hauled Into Safety

their last few rounds of ammuni "There was no convention then tion and withheld fire. very courteously described the Ex-

As Mr.

am

in the heavy "sens," added Mr.In one of the boats containing position in the most glowing terms earlier rush by the pirates.

Hurst had two re- Furst. They threw down a line pirates who had pushed off from and our thanks are due to themvolvers he gave one to Mr. Dur-which I tied round the lady and the burning vessel were ten izen Those who have not yet visited the

Hong Kong, November 17, 1926.

Ship Ablaze.

7

Bias Buy Gang.

‚'

Ten Only Escape?

Officers' Plan.

i

or

How They Obtained Confidence

of Pirates.

During the period in which the

Fair are missing a great dent, and the 3rd engineer), One for up she went like a bag of coals." and the entire "booty," consisting Mr. Orr was provided by the Even after leaving the "Sun-of jewellery and money stolen Hong Kong Portuguese, in particu:chief officer sneaking down toning," Mr. Furst and Mr.Duncan from the Asiatic passengers. tar, will and at the Exposition, and in Macac, much to delight and in the nearest dead pirate-while were not finished with the pirates.

Booty Recaptured. Mr. Hurst covered his retreat. While in the boat they sighted. This was the Boat which was terest them

A revolver was taken and the the last boatload of pirates about captured by H.M.S. "Bluebell" Like the British, the Portuguese pockets of, the corpse were rifled 200 yards away.

with the booty intact a d mine evidently "are poor advertisers of for all the ammunition.

"I felt that as I had started pirates one having jumped over. themselves," for this Fair gives It was "two hours later, that the racket I had better see it board and been drowned when the Hle to those who would have the Mr. Cormack eventually got to a conclusion. I was for set- boats from the British warship workt believe that Macao subsists through to the bridge, being ting" sail and waging war with approached to make the arrest. on questionable sources of income, wounded in the chest on the way. my two axes and a revolver butt. The man drowned is believed to and on display are examples of

Keeping the Pirates At Bay. but Mr. Duncan disagreed. We be the pirate chief a man who is handicrafts and industries- which The wireless operator kept the could have rammed them then," spoken of by the officers as having till exhibited have remained in lady company and Mr., Cormack said Mr. Hurst.. many" listanees almost unknown, rested. The others took turns

the appearance and manners of Misfortune continued

to dog one

educated in Europe As never before have proofs of the to stand at the approach, only the plucky officers. Twice the America. resources of the Portuguese colony one by one, so as to conserve mast was smashed. They were be permitted in regard to the fact been marshallad together, and the their slender stock of ammuni- just rigging it up for the third . Together with the "Bluebell's" that from thirty to thirty-five of Portuguese may well be proud oftion to the utmost. When the time when the Norwegian boat capture, the eleven pirates shot by the "Sunning's" pirates have been their achievement.

man in front had expended his hove in sight. Another point of the utmost im sounds,, his place was taken by

the officers and thirteen ironed ̧.· accounted for, that is not to sayportance is the great number of another who filled the breach the party, to HM.S. Verity" (a on the ship's arrival, thirty-three The Radensfjell" handed over and placed under arrest yesterday Chinese" exhibits. The way in while he re-loaded.

British destroyer) which brought of the pirates have been account- been obliterated. Far from it. which the Chinese have responded By 1.30 am. Mr. Hurst's room them back to Hong Kong. led for. It is thought that not ties is but another indication of the first to be set alight by the pir souvenir of his experiences in the to the appeal made by the authori-was in flames, being one of the Mr. Hurst has -A unique more than ten escaped. large" majority of one particular harmonious relations existing beates.

shape of an empty revolver and gang have been killed, crowned, tween the Chinese and the Portu-! The pirates then began climb about ten rounds of ammunition or captured. The pirates intend-guese at Macao.

ing on to the lower bridge where which were taken from a dead ed to take the "Sunning" to Bias by the Hong Kong, Canton and however, the defenders of the weapon.

One feels sure that the provision they were in view. At the range, pirate and which did not fit his Bay, there to receive the assist-Macao Steamboat Co., of their ship's citadel decided not to in ance of their accomplices in tak luxurious ss. "Talahan" which is, dulge in sniping as the supply In conversation with Mr. Luk, ing off the loot in sampans: These at best, barely paying its way on of ammunition did not warrant the it was definitely established that pirates had possession of the ship. the Canton run, to make the excur use of rounds except where a kill the pirates spoke the Swatow they appear to have had little accomplices may exist in formid-sion trip on Sundays to Macao will was certain,.

dialect, indicating that they were thought of combined action being able numbers-sufficient to form do much to popularize the Macao

from the Swatow and Shanmai taken against them by the half a dozen separate pirate gangs Fair for Hong Kong visitors and "We could have stopped the districts, in which Blas Bay is officers. "They talked freely to the officers and confided to them that ready to prey on merchant ships be much appreciated by trippers set fire) if we

such an act of grace will, doubtless, pirates from coming forward (to situated.

had had thei Mr. Luk (wireless operator) the piracy had been planned for in the near future. Bias Bay is in who will thus be able to visit Macao rounds," explained Mr. Hurst, says that they spoke Cantonese some considerable time and they Chinese territory. It therefore in the maximum cf comfort.and so we saw them light up the Punti) like natives. But when had sunk "thousands of dollars" behoves the Chinese authorities

JACK BRIGA,

lifeboats on the starboard side. they conversed and by their gen in the venture, paying for passen- in the Kwangtung Province to

"When the fire was well away, eral appearance, he was positive gera to travel by the ships to find out particulars and incurring ex- the Captain sang out to the boats that they were Hoklos:. take the step urged upon them.

wain (Chinese) to drop anchor.{ Mr. Duncan who also speaks penditure in other directions. time and again--combing out

The boatswain and his men Chinese, heard the pirates speak The officers, with a view to Bias Bay of its colony of despera-

were forward and the pirates all in Cantonese, and he understood lulling suspicion, mixed freely

what they "said.

with the pirates who treated them does and cut-throats: That is as

Mr. Hurst was ignorant of the and their belongings with the ut essential as

respect, nothing being co-operating in

ship swung round, head on to the words that passed as he does not most

taken. indeed demanding a" tho

wind which kept the flames aft, speak Chinese.

No Bullion: rough search of Chinese

The pirates were under the im- passengers at the

pression that the "Sunning" was port of At the close of the service at 11

carrying billion on the trip it in embarkation.

It is idle for the am as St. John's Cathedral on Nov.. 21 (Victoria Diocesan Association

this they were mistaken. The local Chinese authorities in

Sunday), at which the Bishop will

Sunning" had carried bullion on Kwangtung to prate of establish- preach, the Right Rev. Dr. C. E.

her last trip and was scheduled to They began to climb forward, ing a model government whilst Duppuy will unveil a memorial perilously close to the ship's side. Upon entruiry at the Government they hold back from the impera tablet to the late Hon. Sir Paul where there was no railing Civil Hospital this morning. the and get under the boats. As "China Mail” was informed that tive task of making Bins Bay un- "Holy Communion will be cele-they came into view, Mr. Hurst Mr. G. Cormack, the Chief En officers by the pirates comprised Further confidences made to the tenable as a stronghold of the brated at 8.16 a.m.y

picked them off one by one, those sincer, was out "out of danger and the assertion that they were mem- pirates. That responsibility can-

The Rev. N. V. Halward; M.A hit rolling off into the sea. Mr.doing very nicoly." not be shirked much longer. The the 6 pm. evening service.

(Diocesan Chaplain) will preach at Duncan helped in this and the

bere of a band, "some thousand No further news has been re "/"crawl" was repelled.

ceived regarding the whereabouts mainland. Having became de

strong, which operated from the Powers have no option but to The choir will render special Then Mr. Duncan volunteered of Mr. H. W. Lapsley, a passenger tached from the army of a Chin make the Chinese authorities re-music and Mr. Rupert Baldwin, to go below to our ammunition from Shanghal, who was forced by

ese general, their only means of

of those within their own bor-Association.

The offertories will be for the ed, although the pirates had taken and who it is believed was taken

the key from me. The temptation away in their custody Atm

Regaining Control... ders. Foreign lives, foreign ship-

was great but we kept Mr. Duncan

Contrary to the first reports re- Of the alleged pirates at present ping, and foreign trade must be

back as he would be fully exposed in custody four are in the prison ceived, the first movement which protected. That is a primary re-

to view if he went below.

ward of the Government Civil Hos resulted in the turning of the The following appointments "By 2:30a.m.. the ship was pital, two of them being in. tables on the pirates originated

condition were made by the Admiralty on ablaze in parts. We sighted a serious

These and from the bridge where two pirates October 19 Surgn, Lieut steamer. We sent up rockets, we eighteen others are said to have were stationed as guards over the Commr J. Haynes, to blew our whistle and signalled by bean definitely identified as having Captain and 2nd Officer. Since “Durban, on recoming, (Nov. morse, but the other ship passed participated in the piracy. Several having taken over control and 2); Payr. Lient. Commr, PH. on. At 3 am another followed others, taken from the "Sunning directed a course to be steered for Morrissey, M.B.E to "Haw- auit.

are held in custody as "auspects Bins Bay, the pirates were ex- kina," add. (Nov. 20); and að

Request For T

The eighteen, it is understood, will tremely anxious to sight the Sec. to Chief of Staff (on

"About 4.15 a.m., the pirates be formally charged at the Magis lights of Chilang Ploint. They transfer of flag) Payr. Lleuts, sent word forward to ask for a tracy to-morrow morning. Others knew nothing of navigation and A. G. Spears to "Hawkins," trace, the conditions being that may be charged later, f

were not free from the suspicion addl. (Nov. 20); and as Assist, if they took to the boats, would Gang Accounted Fort that they might be taken to Hong Sec. to V/A BIT R. Tyrwhitt (on we stop firing

With the 23 and the others aus Kong. TRAN transfer of flag) and D. S.We replied: Yes if they posted as having been members of With the lights of Chilang Wareham, to Hawking, add would clear out as quickly as posthe pirata gang, the 11 who were Point, south of which they had (Nov. 20); and for duty in sible.

shot or burat and those who jump-Idirected the ship to be turned to- Admiral's office (on trausler of "As I matter of fact," Mr. sd from the "Sunning when they wards the Bay, they were fami- flag)

Hurst admitted, we hadn't realised their case was hopeless, (Continued on Page 7).

"

SIR PAUL CHATER. t.

CATHEDRAL MEMORIAL

Chater.

TABLET.

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2.

"With the anchor dropped, the

as a result, the blaze really hin- dering on the pirates with the smoke."

Unable to burn out the officers. the pirates hit on another plan.

Another Attack,

OUT OF DANGER..

Chief Engineer's Progress: Wounded Pirates.

carry a little on this trip also but actually there was none on board at the time of the piracy.

(sponsible for the desperate crimes A.T.C.L, will give organ selections. locker. This had not been touch the pirates to act as interpreter livelihood was by plunder...

evasion.

quirement. There can be no more Until the headquarters, of the pirate gangs at Bias Bay

are completely eliminated all talk of Chinese official regard for the protection of foreigners must be dismissed as mere plous hopes,..

The Rev. Thomas Barclay left London on October 14 to return to Formosa, where he has been a missionary for 52 years. Ke la 77 years of age.