Loot of $20,000, Including $11,000 Cash Atier having remained in the which the passengers were searched. s. Mantua With a cords! "You've taken over a good ship," Capt, J. M. Lege. on Salurday shook hands with Mr. J.
Anderson, and a loment Tater, companied by his fellow affeers, went down the gangplank of the s. mantua a waiting tender, thus completing omeially the handing over of the ship by the P, & 0, Line to the China Shipbreakers, Lid. "The latter will secap the Mantua, which is the largest ship ever to be dismantled here.
The ceremony was simple, Capt. Leye himself hauled down the blue, white, red, and yellow flag of the P. & 0, Line from the mast, after scarting Mr. Anderson around. the ship to show him that everything was order. 'Then, on deck, the captai shook hands with the man' who. wil take care of the ship for the nex: several weeks, and, with his emeers many of whom have been with tim for a number of years, went dows. the gangplank for the last time, Below were the Lascar crew who had served under Capt, Legg for sucha long time. They gave him three ringing cheers to show their appreciation of the commander who had brought them. through typhoons and fair weather to. port afler port on numerous voyages.
Mr. Anderson is the representative of Messrs, Wheelock & Ca, and will take care of the ship until she ready to go to the Lunghi yard to be dismantled by the Chi. Shib= breakers. The Mantua, which for many years has been carrying the mail for the P. & O. out here, recently was sold for £82,750 for the Purpose of being broken up. She over 10,000 tons, As soon as the oMelals of China Shipbreakers, Messrs, Weeloek, the P. & O, Line, and the officers of the Mantua' had' Jett the vessel, the auctioneer, Mr, Samuel Lord, went on board to take an Inventory of the furniture and other goods remaining the ship. will be sold at fan auction to be held probably next Saturday, Shortly after the auction, when the purchased goods can be "NE. Herald" Photo.
Sie F, Leith-Rose conclusions, $0 he invited the Press to be forbearing and to do all that it could to assist him. Premature speculations and immature conclusions would only create difficulties He was prepared to stay for some months to complete his task, but he idid not want to spend the rest of his days in China. - He hoped, how-fever, to be allowed by Shanghai and Nanking sufficient free time for visit-Ing Peiping and, In duo course, Canton.
Questions were asked regarding: the possibility of a British loan to China. Sir Frederick smitingly begged to be excused.
He certainty had heard nothing of cert figures quote! by the correspondents. "He pointed out that China had secured Yeans in, the Dast—some of them ood. ome. bad. control of Taichow pirates for more JApparently the pirates had been in-than fourteen hours, off the Kiangsu formed of the large quantity of cash Jand Chekiang coasts, the s. Pao entrusted to the compradore Fong. operated by the Shu Foong several local stores, to. be sent 10 SRI. Ca, Nantao Bund, arrived here [commercial establishments io Hainer, early on Saturday morning carrying While the vessel was approaching one dead and three wounded passeng-|Sianshan, sharily after 8am, the The bodies of a guard and a|next day, the pirates kept n look-out policeman, who were shot dead from for fshing-beals, "It was not the back, had been thrown over- latter 9 am. that a big Junk was corns board at sea. A large contingent of mandeered, Before their departure, police from the Bureau of Public the marauders threatened to damage Safety threw a cordon around the Ta Dah No. 8 Wharf, Nantao, when the vessel returned." Investigations were conducted on board, and a troup of passengers were quested, but "Rothing of an incriminating nature was discovered.
The pirates seized the boat outside the ship's engine but. at the request the captain, they abstained, Instead they ordered the emeers to lower a lifeboat to carry away the pilot and Jcompradore as hostages. After the pirates had safely landed with their Toot, the two men were sent back 10, the ship in the same boat, removed from the vessel, the Mantua will be sent, upstream to the yard, where she will be dismantled. 4s expected the scrapping will begin before October 1,
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