The Archive · 1928

SOUTHERN SEAME} UNION RAIDED

Twenty Officials Arrested: Six Identified as Pirates Hongkong, Feb. 4.

A wireless message from Pakkai of yesterday's date states that the local military authorities carried out, 'a raid on the headquarters of the Seamen's Union.

Twenty officials wre arrested and taken to Kongmoon, where will be held for trial by the Military Court.

It is stated that among those arrested were six pirates identified as having taken part in the recent piracy of the str, San Namhoi—Reuter.

Tue Inter-Provincial Commercial Federations have sent a petition to the Ministry of Finance in Nanking, recommending the calling of a national economic conference in the near future.

'THE National Associated Chambers of Commerce have wired to Nanking opposing the abolition of Chambers of Commerce and the Substitution of Commercial Feder tions by the Kuomintang, which organization, they say, has 00 authority tomake such a change.

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