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My dear Mr Rowcroft
Many thanks for your interesting letter. It is very good that you are showing the people that they are still under the British Government. What you are doing in Sham Chun has a good effect on the whole population. The man who was shot a few days ago (See below) near our mission station was an opium smuggler. It was a daring robbery at noon in the tea hut on the pass where some women were sitting to drink tea. The smugglers had their opium carried by women. The Sham Chun robbers robbed them & carried the opium ($2000 worth) away. The poor women were very frightened, but for the opium smugglers, I am not sorry they lost $2000. When we got the news from Sham Chun about the robberies going on there, a merchant wrote to our pastor that it is rumoured the Sha Tau robbers are doing their work in the market, but the Chinese also wrote to our pastor to burn the letter as soon as he read it, so that nobody knows that he mentioned Sha Tau. The stupid Chinese are always in fear & because of that, they will not tell the truth.
Sha Tau is at the mouth of the river & well known as a nest of pirates & robbers. Last year, six of the Sha Tau robbers were beheaded in Sham Chun by the Chinese Admiral Ho. Many robbers fled & did not dare to return as long as Ho spread terror in this region.
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Note. He was wounded by a revolver shot & cut on the head with a knife. He is still alive. C.R.
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My dear Mr Rowcroft
Many thanks for your interes-
ting letter It is very good that you are showing
the people that they are still under the British
Government What you are doing in Sham Chun has a
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good effect on the whole population The man who
was shot a few days ago (See below) near our mission
station was an opium smuggler. It was a daring
robbery at noon in the tea hut on the pass where
some women were sitting to drink tea The smugglers
had their opium carried by women The Sham Chun
robbers robbed then there & carried the opium ($2000 worth) away. The poor women were very frightened
but for the opium smugglers I am not sorry they
lost $2000. When we got the news from Sham Chun
about the robberies going on there, a merchant wrote to our pastor that it is rumoured the Sha Tau robbers
are doing their work in the market but the Chinese
also wrote to our pastor to burn the letter as soon
as he read it that nobody knows that he mentioned
Sha Tau. The stupid Chinese are always in fear &
because of that they will not tell the truth.
Sha Tau is at the mouth of the river & well known
as a nest of pirates & robbers. Last year six of the Sha Tau robbers were beheaded in Sham Chun by the
Chinese Admiral Ho A many robbers fled & did not
dare to return as long as Ho spread terror in this
region
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Note. He was wounded by a revolver shot & cut on the
head with a knife. He is still alive. C.R.
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