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(Continued from Page 1) Later witness went with the second engineer and the boaswain to lower No. 1 lifeboat but could not get to it on account of the large num- ber of people in it and surrounding it. Witness then returned to his cabin and when he came back soon afterwards he did not see any of the officers. When he got to the top deck again, No. 3 lifeboat was in the water and was being rowed off. To- gether with several other persons witness got on to a raft which float- ed when the ship foundered. No. ilfeboat was never launched...- Finally, the raft on which the witness was went ashore on a small island. This was about 7 or B am.. the same day, after 2 or 3 hours' drifting. At that time there were only the witness and two other men on the raft. Abou 12 others died of the cold and were washed away, On the morning of the 17th the wit ness was rescued by a Ashing boat and reached Cheungchau on the morning of the 18th.
The Coroner recorded this as: Two. mornings later I was rescued by a fishing junk."
Loud Explosion Witness added that there was a loud explosion when the ship sank. Afterwards, when it was daylight, whilst drifting on the raft, witness saw the Chief and Second Engineers He saw on another raft near by. them both washed off the raft. The Chief Engineer disappeared, but the second engineer awam. towarda a capsized lifeboat to which or 6
Of these persons were clinging. people; the witness recognised the ship's carpenter, two quartermasters and the No. 1 fireman. Then the raft and the capsized boat drifted apart and witness did not know..what the happened to those clinging to boat. However, he saw the second engineer reach the upturned boat. The inquiry was adjourned until 2.30 p.m., on Wednesday next.
SECTION.
of
COASTAL SHIPPING
SERIOUS EFFECT OF DE-RATING
BLOCK GRANT
London,-An important state- The Commodore was informed at mant regarding the probable effect 8 am, but the witness added that,
the Government's de-rating the Staff Officer would have author- ity to send out a destroyer if the scheme on the coastal services of Commodore was not within touch, the country was issued by the There was no destroyer standing by Chamber of Shipping. at that time which could have rais ed steam at short notice,
"The desire of the Government to Asked if there was any arrange-help coal, iron, steel, agriculture ment by which news of each a dis- and other depressed industries is aster would have been broadcasted right and natural," the statement "Shipowners might have for the benefit of any ship which begins.
reasonably claimed that they were ta depressed industry, since freights might have been in the vicinity, the witness said that the D'Agullar Sta-to-day are lower than they were tlon always did that..
Lifebelts. Seryed Out
before the war, and the costs of operation range from 50 to 100 per A Chinese boatswain of the "Hsin- cent. higher, Nevertheless, they wah" then gave evidence. He was ara content to see the benefit of aaleep when the ship. atrack, and the Government de-rating scheme was aroused by the quartermaster. concentrated in the manner pro- Witness went to the boat deck where posed, hoping that they may reap he saw a lot of passengers running indirect advantages from the re- about. All the 500 Ufebelta on the vival of trade-which it is hoped will ship were, served out and some sail- follow." ore unfastened eight rafts......;
"
"Referring to the decision to an- The witness' bost was No.6 on the ticipate the date of operation of poop but he did not go to that boat the scheme so far as railways concerned, the statement because he saw a lot of people run- were
ning away from it. He went to comments:-"The result of this No. 1 bont instead. When it be alteration In the original scheme came fully loaded with passengers will be to inflict injustice both on It could not be lowered because of the dock authorities and on those who are responsible for maintain- the orowd.
ng the shipping services round our coasts.
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Hong Kong 5,30 pm: Wuchow 2.00 p.m. S.S. "TAI HING"
[1,068 tons Capt. O. B. Wilks.] FEBRUARY.
TUES. 5th TUES. 19th THURS. 14th SUN. 24th
When the ship was nearly sinking witness heard someone call out that a boat was being lowered. It was
Competition With Railways No. 3 boat and witness got into it by allding down ropes. Witness
The latter have been since the could not explain why passengers in war in fierce competition with the the crowded No. 1'boat did not go railway companies, which have to No. 3 bout. As a matter of fact maintained differential rates OD the witness did not know who were the coast for the specific object passengers and who were crew until of attracting traffic which former- the lifeboat had left the ship. ly went by sea.
Coroner: There were 20 persons, "The coastal shipping industry
the boat of whom 16 belonged to is thus threatened with
a dual the ship.
handicap. In the first place, the dock authorities will have no re- Witness. There was such con- llef to pass on to them through fusion that he could not distin- the charges which are made, and guish. We had no time to wait for in the second place the railways will receive relief enabling them passengers.
Coroner: That is just about the to reduce their rates to the far- truth. You think, as the boatswain ther disadvantage of coastal ship-
esa Republic and second only to the of the ship that is a mice, thing to ping.
"If a large part of the traffic Yangtaze in importance. This magni- say. Do you?
Witness stated that the crew did now carried by coastal shipping lacent trade route was opened to for- Naval Position
not prevent passengers from getting diverted to the railways as a re-eign traffic in 1897, but how many Yesterday afternoon evidence was into the boat
esult of the anticipation in their foreigners travel, on this important waterway? The scenery along the given by Paymaster Lieut.-Comdr.
One of the four passengers who case of the de-rating benefits, it D. H. Pasmore, Secretary to the managed to get into No. 3 boat was will be practically impossible for route is beautiful. We recommend it Commodore. He said that he re-
a cargo coolie working on the Kow-the coasters to recover this traffic to any person who wishes to spend a ceived the first message of the dialoon wharves, who travelled steer when the full de-rating, scheme short and economical holiday. aster soon after 6 am. In view age on the "Halawah" He alleged comes into operation, with the re- of the fact that the Taikoo tug was
that the atowprevented, passengers sult, that a considerable proportion sent, it was decided to take no other from getting into No. 8 beat by of our coasting feets may go out action. The Naval duty tug would pushing them back. Witness him of commission and the nation may Doeks, the authorities would be they had approached Sir Philip have taken about two hours to raise self managed to climb down a rope be the poorer by the loss of those able to give to the depressed In-Cunliffe-Lister, President of the steam and one hour to get to Wagon to the boat, but even then some services.
dustries benefits corresponding to Board of Trade, and Colonel lan.
one had attempted to pull him away "As matters stand, however, it those given under the Government Ashley, Minister of Transport, 'on' Another message was received at¡ from the rope...
is essential that the Government scheme to the railways and thus the matter, and those two gentle- 5.30 a.m., and again no action was
should find some means of pre-avoid diversion and interference men ware conferring to see if any. taken in view of the fact that there
serving the coastal
"We are services for with the balance of traffic which thing could be done. was no indication in elther message
the nation and it is auggested that it is so desirable to maintain. afraid, however," Sir William add- this could most readily be done that the tug sent out could not deal, with the situation or that the ves- sel carried passengers,
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THE S.S. "VESTRIS”
London, Yesterday, Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, Presi dent of the Board of Trade, stated in the House of Commons that an
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"The immediate benefit which ed, "that it is those who hold the. by granting a block grant elther would flow from this action on purse strings-the Treasury-who to the dock authorities or direct the part of the Government would will decide the matter in the end." Questioned as to whether there
to coastal shipping to tide over the be widespread in its character. Sir Alfred Read, managing was any arrangement between the
period.
The direct and indirect effect on director of Coast Lines, Ltd., said local Government and the Navy with
the labour market of any injury that although the sea coast of regard to taking action in such cir
the mother of cumstances, the witness said that
"There is precedent for such suffered by coastal shipping would Great Britain was
be incalculable, quite apart from shipping, coastal transport by the news was passed to the Navy, enquiry would, bet held into the action in the measures taken by the injury from the defensive ship seemed to be left out of all. but there was actually no ship held loss of the steamship "Vestris" the Government in 1918 to restore in readiness. There was a destroy-by the Wreck Commissioner as the coasting trade after the war, point of view which this country calculations. Unless the Govern- er on patrol about "three hours" slated by assessors. Mr. Aspinall, and as it is believed that the would suffer, since these crews ment admitted it was not a abund away which might have been of use K.C., would act a Commissioner machinery for this scheme le still may be regarded as the backbone policy to do anything that would
-British Wireless: Bervice. If the nature of the wreck had been known. The Naval tug was for. Naval emergency and there was no special arrangement with the Gove ernment for its use."
No Tug
In any case it was doubtful if the small tug would have been gont out in that strong monsoon. There was a large tug which would have taken about six hours to raise steam. As it had not been thought necessary, there was no discussion about sending out any tug.
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