Binoo the eud of last week local been much exercised over a mysterious occurrence in connexion with one of the well-known craft on the ris The circumstances of the affair are that the whole crew of the yacht in question cuddenly disappeared, leaving no trace. The fact that they did so in the middle of the month, when they bad earned ed the month's salary, was in itself calculated to arouse suspicions, snd these have in fs message been confirmed by tue statement of the Chinese cook. His story is to the effect that a row occurred on board at night, acd the sailors set upon the Isodab, bound his hands, end fang bim overboard. Neither be nor the others have been seen since, and it la supposed that the tailors fied after the crime. A wsesrch has been made in the river for the body of the sogposed drowned man, bat a0 traces have been discovered. It significant fact that several months ago the owner of the yacht received soonymons letter in Chinese to the effect that unless he dismissed his laodah, harm would come to his boat,
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