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TO LET

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From 1st January, 1914.

TOS 11 and 13, GAGE STREET.

Eight-Roomed, Houses.. Apply to

B. A. CARVALHO & J. V. BRAGA, 5, Macdonnell Road. Hongkong, 30th October, 1913. {1260

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913.

ISSIONARIES: HELD TO

RANSOM.

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE TOLD

BY A SUFFERER,

Rev. I S. Fauske, Kant of the misionaries whey been held on ranson by the robbers at Tinoyang, arrived at Hankow on 18th alt, and gave the following account of his experi Wpes

The robbers broke in at the back gate, of the mission compound about 6.30 on the morning of September 26th. Each on lund a rifle and revolver, About five or six men pointed their rifles at us and depanded silver money, our watches and valuables and also demanded that we Sve up what gune or revolvers we had

Holm had no weapons and I had only one revolver, which I gave up

NEURNISHED, No. 3, MOUNTAIN the rubbers.

UVIEW

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[1035 Hongkong, 4th September, 1913.

TO LET ¡FFICES, ROOMS, and GODOWNS, on Ground and Second Floor, No. 14, Des Voeux Road Central, the Premises now occupied by The South China Morning Post, Limited.

Possession, Jat May, 1914, or carlier. FLATS. WILD DELL," Wauchai Road. HOMESTEAD," No. 5, Peak. Immediate

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SANG KEE, Care of COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

11088 Hongkong, 28th October, 1913.

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HOP, No. 12, Queen's Road Central,

No. 9, MOUNTAIN VIEW, PEAK No. 5, STEWART TERRACED, PRAK

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M. J. D. STEPHENS. Hongkong, 17th July, 1913.

(720

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Then because we had no took Mr. Holm captive and we did not know where they went with him. Thea came fifteen or twenty men in by tho back gate again demanding silver of mo and because I did not have any they took me captive and held die for ransom, They demanded twenty, rifles of me. Of Course I could not give them any rifles They ther domanded that I manufacture rifles es 1 was a foreigner and, so, they stid, able to do so.

taken away the women When I was and children were left alone. They were Mrs. Holm and one child, Mrs. Inuske and two children and Miss Sather. The robbers became so numerous that the ladies and children fled and wont to a Chinese house, where they hid in the kiteben. The next day the women and children were taken to the yamten by the robbers, who knew where they were hidden in the Chinese house. They were held

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I was taken captive at the mission station about 6.30 o'clock on the morning of September 28th, and was taken to a Chinese fate on the main street. Ou the 27th, Saturday inorning, the robbers. allowed me to go back to the mission station in order to secure food for my wife and children, I did not know at that time where my wife and children PATENTED were pan my arrival at the mission station I could find none of my family. No one could tell me where they were or *At the what had happened to them, mission station I encountered Mr. Holm, who had also secured permission from the robbers to return in order to look after his family. The robbers who brought us back to the station were not the same who took us captive.

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A FEARFUL EXPERIENCE Thou Bir. Holm and I went into the street to try and find our families, but our search was fruitless. At this time the troops which had arrived started to attack the robbers, by firing from outside the city walls, the shots whistling through the street in which we were and spatter- This ing up against the buildings. alarmed the rubbers, who immediately started for another part of the city. We! took advantage of this opportunity to nake our escape, so we fed to an old Chinese house which at the moment was vacated. In the house lived a man named Wang and his wife and two children, and GODOWNS, 94, Wanchai Road, 102. Pray another woman, a relative, East.

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We ran into a side room being used for kitchen and hid ourselves in a

pile of old wheat straw; in the corner of the room No sooner had we got inside the straw than the robbers cams and began their search for us. They pulled the straw about, jumped on top of it and ran their bayonets through the straw pile, time and time again. The bayonets lined my logs. They searched for

us in that house and on that street for four days. All this time the robbers were living in the same house, in roofa. opposite to us. For three days and

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They were smoking opium and we frequently hoard them say that when they caught us they would kill us. The only time we could move a muscle was when a pig moved about, rustling the straw in.

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The last day but one that we were in the straw Wang found out where our families were and told us that they were in the yamen. Of course we were very anxious, as we did not even then know whether they had food or not or whether they were being well treated. No. message could be sent to them by us for fear that we would be discovered.

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On the morning of the 7th of October Wang took Mr. Helm's card to his wife, who had already returned from the yamen, to the mission station, and as soon as she answered we went back to the station.

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Hongkong, 13th October, 1933.

THE GARTERED BANK OF INDIA

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED AT ROYAL CHARTER, 1858.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

PAND-UP CAPITAL

RESERVE. FUND

RESERVE LLIRILITY OF PROPDIB-

FORE

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£1,200,000

and Ganers

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CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year ar shorter periods at rates which will be quoted ca application.

A. S. HEWETT,

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(139 Hongkong, 14th April, 1913. THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED

(INCORPORATED DY SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHALTX).

Tea 10,000,00

Ten 2,680,00

EXAD OPTICA: TAIP, FORMOJA:

Cspital The robbers had left the city Capitol Subscribed (paid up) Yes 6,250,0 going northward to Liu Chia-C'hai.

When we got back to the mission station Reserve Fund ... we found a can of oatmeal which the robbers had overlooked, which we builed and ate, and we got a little rice soup from the Chinese street.

It was impossible to stay at the mission Amoy

Later on

Koolung

Prof. Stokstad and Rev. Johnson That morning the owner of the house, came to Tsaoyang on October 3rd and Mr. Wang, who was treated as a slave took command of the troops, by order of

o account of the stench rising from the Anping by the robbers, being made to care for Vice President Li Yuan-hung. If they dead bodies lying around, so we left the Canton their horses and to do their work for had not arrived, the city would have been next day for Faucheng with an escort of Foochow them, caine in to soo his family and they burned and we world have all perished troops arrangeil to hide their clothing in the Mr. Aandall and Mr. Wardal came

food from Fangcheng came straw in which we were hidden. We following day from Tang beha spoke to Mr. Wang, who was startled and

"On the nights of October 4th, 5th and and Siang yang, which we met on the We all surprised at finding us there, but he 8th, the robbers tried to escape from the road as we were going to Faugcheng. promised not to tell anybody where we city and endeavoured to pass the troops, being carried by two bearers. were. He gave us some water to drink but were driven back into the city again. were in a very weakened condition and I will never forget it, and then some cold On the 7th of October they managed to could hardly stand. Messrs. Stokstad xico to cat He did not get an oppor get by the Nanyangfu troops, he did and Johnson brought, clothing for us. tunity to give us any more then, on not do their duty. About 400 of the Mr. Fauske's family is now stopping with the Stokstad's at Fancheng awaiting account of the robbors, but each day after

I that we got a little rice and water,obbers were killed in the city during the return of Mr. Fauske, who is now in

enough to keep us alive.

the time they were in Tsaoyang... He had not robbers murdered 2,000 people much chance to give me food or water as Tomoyang he was forced by the robbers to work for about 1,000. them outside all the time,

in

Hankow for the purpose of getting the was The number of troops was necessary clothing and other articles to

take the place of that which destroyed by the robbers.

Hongkong, 1st October, 1913,

THE MERCANTILE BANK

INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital

Subscribed

Paid-sp

Reserve Fund'

BASKERE:

BANK OF ENGLAND,

nod

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£1,600,000

1,155,000

669,600 415,000

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED.

INTEREST allowed on Current Accoum

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A. R. LII TON,

Manager.

Hongkong, 14th 1913.

T

BONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

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INTEREST on deposita is allowed on the Minimum Monthly Balances et 3j. por cens, per assum

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For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, BANKING CORPORATION.

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager. Hongkong 1st July, 1911.

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