Hongkong, Dec. 27.
The Chinese s. Ngtai Chow, which left Tinpak for Kongmoos week ago, has not been heard ff sines the day of sailing. She is believed to have been pirated.
"The ship carried 200 passengers and a cargo valued at $40,000 when It left Tinpak on the journey which ordinarily takes only three days, Fishermen report seeing the vessel off its regular routs, and express. the belief that pirates have taken it to Hidden Creek United Press Kiangsu are fee-bound, Sheets of ice, tossed hither and thither by the Yellow River flood waters which con~ tinue to Mow down from southern Shantung, have cut Into the dykes of the various waterways and caused many leakages.
In order to drain off the flood waters, an outlet to the sea will be provided through the Wutao Ho (river) at_Kuanyun, north-eastern Kiangsu, This dredging work will be undertaken by the Huai River Engineering Bureau, so as to minimize the danger to the scheme for diverting the waters of the Huai River into the s¢9. The cost is estimated at $500,000; surveys have already heyn started Kuo Min, Potice authorities here have bee conducting an extensive war agains! smugglers, according to frequent reports of police activities that find
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