Lecture notes and associated correspondence of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Turnbull Laurenson

Typed notes headed "Topical Talks for Seamen". Includes "The Lower Yangtsze Kiang or Lower Yangtze River", "Piracy, Yesterday and Today", "An Outpost of the Empire", "China at the fall of the Manchu Dynasty", "The Piracy of the British steamer TUNG CHOW", "Piracy of SS HAICHING". Also related correspondence from and to the BBC and magazine photographs relating to the Haiching piracy incident. Contents also include a newspaper clipping from 15 Sep 1929, from the Hong Kong Sunday Herald, concerning the appointment of a Harbour Board, including Lieutenant Commander Thomas Turnbull Laurenson.

Administrative / biographical background
The Haiching piracy incident was a high-profile pirate attack on the British steamship SS HAICHING in Dec 1929, off the coast of China near Bias Bay. The incident was significant due to its violence and the subsequent diplomatic and security responses it triggered in the region.