Reports have been made to. the ese authorities of two piracies, one of which a rice boat, loaded 300 piculs of grain, was plunder known as Dien San Quinsan, by ten armed ment, who robbed:$130 and exeaped.
The other case was of © much larger nature, "The junk Ching Hang Tai, belonging to the Yung Tei Steamship Cow left Shanghai some days ago, witha cargo. of foreign goods "valued rib. $60,000, bound for Ching Ken, " Shantang, when she was pirated on September 12 Thirty men clad in military uniforms and 20 others in civilian garb, all of whom were armed with pistols, forced their way on board and removed goods to the value of $20,000, -Five boatmen were carr fed off, the scoundrels leaving after destroying the oars. The junk was later towed to Ching Kea by. Japanese steamer and later brought. to Shanghai.
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