CO129-520-1 Chinese situations 20-12-1929 - 27-1-1931 — Page 74

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Enclo. No.3.

bandits or leaders of irregular troops; and the general insecurity of the countryside is illustrated by the blowing up by brigands on the 16th of December, of a bridge at Shek Ha on the Kowloon-Canton Railway, and the attempted piracy of s.s. "Haiching".

18. The Chinese characters for the names in this despatch are given on a separate sheet.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,

DGovernor, &c.