On Friday night about eleven o'clock Japanese sailor from one of the men-of-war in harbour was rich i sha along the Boone Road whi to the road being up for the laying water main, the coolie stopped as h could not go any further. The sailor. who was drunk, got out the id_on being asked by for hix fare, pulled out h knife and stabbed the The cries of the coolie tr aught native policeman, who was on duty near by to his assistance. The Japanese immediately turned his attention to the policeman, attacking him with th formidable knife. The policemen quickly rendered hors de combat, assailant cutting him severely down shoulder sud nearly severing the left ind from the forearm. The policeman was in a pitiable condition and
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