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C O P Y.

List of Cases of Robbery and Piracy Reported

Native Press During January, 1913.

1. Canton

District.

Launch pirated at Sau Sha K'ou.

2. Delta.

3. East River

Distract.

4. West River

District.

504

Canton

9086

RECE

(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pappanuary 3.)

Several villages plundered near Kun Yu, in Namhoi district.

(Min Sheng Pao, January 14.)

Village of Wei Ch'ung, in P'an Yu district, plundered and

sight buffaloes carried off.

(Chung Kuo Pao, January 15.)

Ten junks fired on at Feng Ting, P'an Yu district, by pirates

on river banks. Soldiers on board reurned their fire, but the

pirates were too strong, and captured the junks.

(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 23.)

On January 20 six or seven armed men "held up" the Sincere

Company's store on the Bund, at about 7 p.m., and made off

with about $1,600 1,700.

(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 23.)

Junk fired on at Feng T'an, P'an Yu district, but pirates

repulsed by soldiers on board, with a loss of three of their

number and one passenger.

(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 29.)

Ta Hsu, near Fatshen, plundered on January 7.

(Min Sheng Pao, January 10.)

Huang Liang Tu, near Heungshan, plundered by brigands.

(Ch'i Shih Erh Hang Shang Pao, January 25.)

Battle at Huang Chieh, near Heungshan, between troops and

bandits; troops lost three killed and several wounded, but

defeated bandits.

(Chung Kuo Pao, January 31.)

Pawnshop at Tseng Shing attacked by bandits and one salesman

killed.

Pa Kang Hsu, near Samshui, plundered on January 1, and sixty

buffaloes carried off. The brigands were armed with smokeless

powder rifles.

(Min Sheng Pao, January 6.)