Another dastardly outrage was reported from Pootung on Saturday. It appears that two Sikh watchmen from the Standard Oil Company's depot, when in the country behind the wharves, were sot upon by two other Sikhs alleged to be watchmen at Messrs, Arohold, Karberg and Co.'s oil dept, and very seriously injured. The assailants were armed ro~ spectively with a hatchet and an ironshod" Knocked th victims about in " merciless marine: One of the men received a very de gash on the arm, while the other, who is believed to have been struck with the hatchet, had taken to has; of his" recovery, promptly. invoked the aid of the Municipal Police, and late on Saturday night Inspectors Armstrong and McDowell, and Sergeants Vaughan Bookless, wont over to Pootung to enquire into the outrage. Early on Sunday morning, two Sikhs, who are alleged to have been the assailants, and who, we understand, have since been identified by the injured men, wore arrested while in bed. One of the men had a stick, corresponding to the one with which the assault in said to have been committed, by his bedside. Hopes are entertained that this assault will afford a clue to the murder of the Ghurke which took place the week before Last. The assault was evidently premeditated, as the injured men were unarmed, and completely taken by surprise,
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