The persistence with which "gun runners'? endeavour to supply the Shanghai market was further evidenced last Friday.. The str. President Wilson, which arrived the previous day, was visited by a Customs officer im the early hours. of Friday and a search made for arms and ammunition. The result was the discovery of 49 Mauser pistols and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, concealed in one of the linen lockers.
A curious incident, not necessarily connected with this seizure, occurred in the afternoon. The vessel was due to leave at 4 o'clock and half-an-hour before that time a member of the crew,'a powerfully built six-footer, apparently a native of Manila, appeared on the wharf to go aboard. He was very drunk and in a fighting mood. Happening to catch sight of a Customs officer on the wharf, he made a wild rush at him and dealt him a couple of heavy blows in the face. With considerable difficulty the man was got under restraint and conveyed to Hongkew Police Station the services of half-a-dozen police being required to get him safely there.
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