The Archive · 1899

Robberies in Kuangtung

sire again increasing, and the troops of ban-Gitti who infest the delta are once more Browing active, after a little lull in their enterprises, probably intended to put the authorities off the scent, On the 2n at Wanglui in the Shuntak district, the eand well-known silk filature as Kai-Sun-Cheng was visited by " body of robbers, who carried of twenty-five cocoons. The silk dealers compli sant robberies and the si i impeded in consequence, owners fearing to send the produce to Canton for fear of its being seized en rowe.

Hongkong, 7th October.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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