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BURNS PHILP LINE M.V. "NEPTUNA” DUE 4th AUGUST.

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

Sailing Monday, 9th August

for Saigon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamaua, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.

First Class Faro to Sydney: Passenger & Freight Agents:

Single: £47.10.0d.

THE

HONGKONG

PLUCKY

GUARDS AVERT PIRACY

STORY OF ATTEMPTS ON TIN SANG

Ranking with the best that can be offered of thrills and adven- tures in any account of the ac tivities of Chinese pirates in the самс of the small Hongkong rlyer-steamer Tin Bang which, on A VOYAKO OR the West River on Friday, put up a successful flight against pirates who had boarded her at Bamshui as passengers, But for the mely Intervention of ILM.S. Cienla, gunboat on West River patrol, which put an armed patrol on board, serious complications might have followed. As it proved, the naval assistance came none too soon after a desperate fight had oc- curred between guards and plrates, in the course of which one, pirole was shot dead, and another disappeared overboard.

el.

Those who stand out as heroes in the story are the ship's two Chinese guards. One engaged in a desperate Return: £76. struggle with the armed chief of the gang, and fired the fatal shot which put an end to his nicer.

In doing so, the guard narrowly escaped death when fred at by another of the gang.

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Transmission 1

(GAB. GS.O.. G.B.GA 13.30 p.m. ig Ben, World Affairs. 12.45 pm. Grler Chamber Music.-1, 1.10 p.m. They Naver Came Back

Ludwig Leichardt.'

1.40 p.m. A Recital by Vera Moare (New

Zealand Planet).

1.43 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 3 pm. 2.15 p.m. Sport. Lawn Tennis: the Davis

Cup Challenge Round.

Transmission 2

(G.S.O.. G.S.G., 0.8.1., G.B.J.)

+

6.45 pm. Hig Ben, World Affairs." 7 pan. Alfredo Campoil and his Orches 7.30 pm. Fishing."

tra,

8.45 pm.

...

pm. The Govan Burgh Band,

Round and About." 8.33 p.. Swift Serenade. 0.30 pan. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.45 p.m.

Transmission 3

(0.8.0. 01.3.G., G.B... Q.S.J.J 10.15 p.m. Big Ben. At the Theatres, 10.55 pun. The Arthur Dulay Quintet. 11.10 p.in, Music Hall, 12.10 am. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 12.30 am. 12.30 nm. Danes Music.

JULY 28, 1937.

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SERVICKS CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The Steamship

"JEAN LADORDE” No. 10 A/37 Bringing Cargo from Marseilles vin ports, etc., arrived Hongkong on Friday, 23rd July, 1937.

11

P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

Taking Cargo For

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, East and South Africa, Australia, Indla, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, Red Sen, Egypt, Europe.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIM. GOVERNMENT

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

8.3.

Consignees must have a Revenue Omleer in attendance when any dutl-BEHAR able goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.

From Tons Hong Kong

About

0,000

Subsequently, two other pirates

Consignees are hereby Informed that their goods with the exception were

also shot dead by British

of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables bluejackets when they attempted to

are being landed and stored into the escape by going overboard to swim

Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon ashore, and at least three other mem-immediately given to the Tin Saug Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow bers of the gang are believed drown. by a party of eight bluejackets being Joon, whence delivery may be obtain. |

put on board her. As the Gorke was ed immediately after landing. entered, four pirates took a desperate

All claims must be sent in to me chance by jumping overboard on or before 3rd August, 1837, or, attempt to reach the shore.

Thor

they will not be recognized. were fired upon as they swam both

Damaged Packages will be examin- by the Company's Surveyors from the Tin Sang and from a boat ed ducting a search in the searchlight Messra-Goddard and Douglas in thrown from the man-of-war. Two the presence of the Consignees at of the fugitives were killed, and a 10.00 a.m. on Thursday, 20th July, third disappeared. Only one reach- 1037. led the river's bank and escaped.

put off from the Cicala and now con- The Tin Sung was escorted to Chinese Omelal on Board

Shluhing where the Chinese authori- The full story of the incident was ties then assumed charge and took told to an S. C. M. Post reporter yes- (nine suspects into custody. Four from recovered were terday by members of the ship's crew firearms

vessel where after the Tin Sang had gone into various parts of the

they had been discarded. dock at Shnenshuipo following its re- turn here. It was disclosed that,

Considerable speculation exists us gang. besides n valuable cargo, the

to the exact intention of the pic- It is thought that but for premature seven on board of Mr. Wong Tin-discovery, they would have made an chak, high Chinese Government offf- attempt after the vessel had reached clal, and his family as passengers, Luk Po, last year the scene of the Ping, a Chinese might have been an Inducement for piracy of the Wo

steamer. It is now recalled by the the piratical attempt. Mr. Work is at that mysterious lights were seen brother of Gen. Wong Shlu-hung, re flash from the shore as they passed Chairman of the Hunch Provincial this point. The gang in the present Government, and J native of ence had appeared to entertain very Kwangsi.

ittle doubt as to the success of their plans, for they had brought along The Tin Sang lett Hongkong on about a dozen large rice sacks, taking Thursday with some 5,000 plculs of the precaut cargo which included foreign silke precaution of course to keep up appearances by Alling these up with goods, medicines, two lorry chasses, innocent-looking is permitted to and sang Mendelssohn's "All ye that NANKIN

The Cathedral Choir were present TANDA The Tin Sang was continue on to Wuchow after the off-crled," which led directly on to the cial investigations had been complet-well-known "I waited for the Lord."

| KAISAR-I-HIND | 11,000 No Fire Insurance will be effected | SOUDAN

7,000 by us in any case whatever.

JOBARD,

Agent.

and a number of chicken-dealers and other supercargoes as passengers,

crew

repre-

Hongkong, 23rd July, 1837.

ORGAN

RECITAL

Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford, Organlat of St. John's Cathedral, gave another

RAJPUTANA *MIRZAPORE RANPURA

*BURDWAN

17,000 7,000 17,000 6,000

17,000

RAWALPINDI

• Cargo only.

Destination.

31st July. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. 7th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 14th Aug. Marsellies, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

11st Aug. Bombay, Marsellies & London. 21st Aug. Straits, Bumbay & Karachi,

40 Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 11th Sept. Marsellies, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

10th Sept. Marseilles, & London.

All vessels may call at Malta.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS

SANTHIA

of his series of organ recitals in the Cathedral yesterday evening.

The Items he rendered were TALMA Corelli's Sonata No. 0, Elgar's SIRDHANA "Dream Children," Prelude and SHIRALA

the TILAWA Fugue in B Minor, which was

Bryson's "Inno main attraction, d'innocenza," and the Scherzu and Passacaglia from Rheinberger's No. 6 Sonata.

0.000 31st July.

10,000 14th Aug.

28th Aug.

0.000 8,000

11th Sept,

26th Sept.

10,000

Singapore, Port Swettenham.

Penang. Rangoon & Calcutta.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NELLORE

7,000 7,000

31st July. 3rd Sept. 7,000 2nd Oct.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

SIRDHANA

RANPURA

BURDWAN

SHIRALA

RAWALPINDI

TILAWA

At Samshul she picked up about 20 led at Shlubing. The vessel returned A gathering of nearly fifty per-TANDA

Other re- passengers, Including 15 or 16 whole Hongkong on Monday night, when sons attended the recital.

she was boarded by Police subsequently turned out pirate sus-

citals will be given in due course. sentatives. peets. Suspicions at Arst formed by boatpeople at Samshul when they noticed what they guessed, as frearms bulging under the jackets of a num- ber of these passengers, were cam- municated to the ship's crew, who in turn made a move to search the suspects.

At 4.30 p.m. on Friday, when the Tix Sang had arrived at Yin Kow, the more hefty of the two guards ad- vanced on a passenger who was sus- pected of having iwo concealed pistols. The latter strongly resisted but was

was anticipated in the use of fire- arms, by the guard drawing his weapon first and Bring two shots, both of which struck the pirate In vital parts. He was instantly killed by one of these shots entering his skull.

Navy to Rescue

While this fight was in progress, the guard narrowly escaped when an- other of the plratical gang came out in his true colours and attempted to shoot the guard with a revolver. He pulled the trigger apparently without any effect, then threw the weapon away and jumped overboard. That was the last seen of him.

By this time, Capt. Callum, master, had had sumelent time to size up the situation. He made the necessary dispositions to defend the bridge from attack, and signalled for help on the ships syren.

Not more than two cable lengths behind were the Chung On and the Kwong Foon, two other river-bonts which had sailed with the Tin Song from Samshul,

As they were in stretch of the river where a

OUR BRITISH

CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

5 A vehicle is in a trap.

8 The outcome of using nicer dieta

is hardly wise.

A sluggish race at Oxford? 10 "Zeal in a rut" (anag.), piracy 11 May

be the result of divers

was least expected, the

the reports of operations.

firearms which had been heard on 12 Town popular with tradesmen? those other vessels were put down to 17 Just a few lines.

some

18

This is often executed

for no

7 She is apparently a giddy crea- ture, someone has turned her head!

13 An unimportant off shoot. 14 Having no following, obviously. 16 Part of your car.

10 Welsh town.

18 Many a church bazaar opens and

offers this und ends.

19 Quadrupeds.

20 A atimulating lob from Amer-

ica.

among the passengers; fault of its own. so beyond instructing their own pas-20 May come from a reptile, but 21 If you want some money, why

Way of

trouble

possible flying

carried

sengers to keep out of the

bullets, these vessels

22. Ho without paying any

this is more than his. He can usually please the shade.

you in

had

on marked attention to the incident. Not

until the Tin Sang's urgent signal for 23 The fastest traveller we know. A 24 This meat is usually taken carly assistance was a correct idea convey-

in the day. ed to the masters of the situation. The Chung On then sped on to take a position ahead of the Tin Sang, with the Kwong Foon bringing up the rear In this order, the three vessels carri- ed on for the next two hours.

Arrested Drama

20 This music might provido part of a concert but should make the 30 This coin is robust at heart.

rest

choral.

31 Showing sorry indications,

Slander.

32

of it.

33 This is probably above the heads ́ ́ Aboard the Tin Sung the drama had 34 A worse disorder than the end

of any of our ancestors.

become one of arrested action, as, realising the odds arrayed against them, other members of the large piratical gang sought to conceal their Identity by remaining in inactivity

i with the other five or six passeder

In this they could not have particularly successful in view of iheir preponderating numbers. The chancer of escape became much alimmer when the Clcala, a British gunboat, was sighted near Shiching.

The Chung On going ahead, had carcled the news to the Commander of the Cicala, and nialstanco

WON

DOWN

1 Without reason.

2 Variation of time in the dance

room,

3 Capers may lead to a discredit-

able episode.

4

It's by no means uncertain it

con catch Scotland Yard in the act.

5 It is neccessary to do this at the

trial. 6 A case of broaking in but not of

disciplining.

not raise your voice around one

the higher places. 25 His is the turn of turns. 20 Fruit. 27 Change 19 down do. 28 There's

than ordinary pleasure in agreement.. 29 French town.

more

Yesterday's Solution [GROUND SWELL

IBIHE ONU E INTENTIONAL A A GDT LVULA V {A} I FOREMEN I ME L ENFO "B" AEREO T T | | C■RID HITN A E VOKE" PS TRAOK BEN AGO EBL DE| 1| N TOER LEBELLEN A | BUM I LDRED E|| G| TOUR" "RES A WEBS 1 || 1 GEOMETRICAL VOTE NOWESLEYE D || YUMBANINGLES 5

7,000)

5th Aug. Shanghai & Japan,

8,000

6th Aug. Amoy, Shanghal & Japan.

17,000

5th Aug. Shanghai & Japan.

0,000

6th Aug. Shanghai & Japan.

3,000

10th Aug. Amoy Shanghai & Japan.

17,000

19th Aug. Shanghal & Japan.

10,000

2nd Sept. Amoy, Shanghái & Japan.

Cargo only.

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