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IN 1869
THE YANGTSZE
THE CAPRICES OF "CHINA'S "SORROW"
At the Foreign Y.M.C.A., Shanghai, on February 19, Col. G. G. Stroeba, Chief Survey Engineer of the Yang- tze Conservancy Commission, lectured upon "Some facts
Through the second largest rive out, the world's courtesy of Mr. W. J. Hawkins, tho APOTHECARY COULD NOT SAVE speaker was able to present to his
HIMSELF
steners some remarkable stereopti- can slides of scenes along the upper Yangize
of
Yet none
It is sometimes the fashion to stresa
In opening his addresa, Col. Stroebe News reached Singapore.on February 20. that the Soviet Government ship the shortcomings of those members of said that river conservancy is an at- tempt at making rivers serve mankind "Tobolsk" went around on the One the medical profession who go down Fathom Bank, off the entrance to Port to the sea in ships to tend sick passen 100 per cent. of their capabilities the
gers upon the dark waters. Swettenham, on February 18.
So far attempts to reficat her have but the brave (or foolish) will elect year round. Rivers, like people, were failed, but arrangements have been to embark upon a long voyage in a not good the year through: they some. Vessel which does not number a Doctor times go on a rampage, sometimes are
too inactive, Agents, Adamson,
and on some days are by the Gilfillan and Co., to have part of the among the ship's officers. This in ound for nothing. River conservation
good cargo transferred into lighters and it prosent year of grace 1929.
Consider the circumstances of travel embraced four general divisions, name
regulation, food is expected that this measure will prove by ara, uxnekly sixty years ago, in the ly: river
prevention, power development. and successful. It is not thought that any light of the passing of Apothecary irrigation
More than 40,000,000 h.p., the speak- Barious damage has been done.
F. G. Sade
the Straits The "Tobolak" is a freighter of
The jer added, went to waste annually in Medical Service. Settlements 1,6000 tons net, and her last port of
atory of his death is faith-the upper reaches of the river, this call was Colombo.
fully recorded in the Official Log of as compared with the total primary the British Barque Amy Warwick" on horse power developed at present in a voyage from Bangkok to Singapore in the United States, showed several million more latent horse power in August 1869.
Eade Apothecary
(the Master this river, then was being utilized in writes) "joined the shy on June 17, America, although he by no means in- as a passenger for the purpose of going ferred that the total amount could ba the voyage (Singapore to Rangoon converted into industrial uses.
A few years ago the Miami River and return) "for his health he being
wiped
out Dayton, at the time weak and suffering from nearly Dysentery and Piles. A few days after Gigantic dams now hold back the tur leaving Singapore he began to improve, bülent waters, so that inhabitants of the Dysentery left him but the Piles that city can any to the Miami River,
Irrigation has troubled him occasionally. In Bangkok "Never again."
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
of
"Empress The C.P.S. R.M.S. France" from Hong Kong on Feb. 13, left Yokohama on Thursday, and is due at Vancouver to-morrow.
The Dollar Liner "President Taft" alled from Shanghai on Wednesday at 3 p.m., and arrived here about 9pm to-day. This steamer will mail at G p.m. to-morrow for Manila..
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The American Mail Liner "Presi. dent Jackson" is scheduled to leave Manila at 4 p.m. to-morrow, arriv in at this port at 7 a.m. on Mon day. She will sail on Tuesday at 5.30 E.IT, for Victoria and Seattic Shanghal and Japan.
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The Dollar Round-the-World Liner "President Garfield" is due to arrive in Kobe fu-day, sailing to-morrow_for Shanghai, arriving there on March 4. She will sail from the latter port on March 8 and will arrive at Hong Kong at 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 9, sail- ing the following day at 8 a.m. for Marseilles and New York via Manila, Straits, etc.
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of Russia," Capt. A. J. Hosken, R.N.R., arrived at Manila on Feb. 24 at 8 am, leaves Manila to-day, and is due at Hong Kong on Sunday at 8 a.m. will leave here for Victoria and Van- couver, B.C.. via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama at noon on Mar.
A River of Extremes
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SAILINGS 1929.
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Arrive Viver
Mar, 12
Mar. 14
Mar. 2
Mar. 26. Apr. 16
Mar. 28
Apr..
Apr. 18
Apr. 27
May 9
May 18
Miny 23
Jane !
June 15
June 22
July 2 July'16
July 4
July R
July 18
July 21:
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Tem
his health on the whole was certainly moved the spectre of famine from improving, he nearly every morning dwellers in the Ganges valley. and evening took long walks on the New Read. After leaving Bangkok I heard him on two or threa occasions complain of pains in his stomach but he, however, ate heartily and appear ed in very good health,"
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In China the Yangtze basin is the home of half of China's population. From the standpoint of the amount of water carried annually the Yang- tze ranked second only to the Amazon. On Monday, August 2, the story At Hankow, for instance, the amount proceeds "Mr. Eade ate a heavy dinner of slit carried was as 500 is to and at 7 pm. went into the cabin and 1,000,000 parts by weight, i... every I believe went to sleep. At 10 p.m. second during flood 30 tons of silt are on going below i found him awaku: carried past Hankow every second por he then told me he did not feel very day. In other words the annual silt well. I believe he slept soundly through carriage is sufficient to bury both the night."
Shanghai settlements to depth of On the following day "Mr. Eade told 26 ft. in one year, me he felt very ill and was not well Rarely does a river present maxi- enough to come on Deck to his break-mum Dr
extremes. minimum
The tant; I then sent a Malay down to at business of the Yangtze Conservancy tond upon him. He had arrowroot two commission was to study the Yangtze what he in all its varying moods, like a doc- or three times a day and drank was tea. Mr. Eade asked me to tor, as it were, to diagnose the dis- Shenat a mustard pinster on him, which leases from which the river is suffer-
I did, he wished it to be placed over ing. The American Government his heart which was done. He then quires a 10 years study of a river asked me to give him 10 drops of store Congress will appropriate funds a tablespoon of Brandy for the betterment of its conditions. Saudnum in which he drank and said he felt a little The Commission now has prepared a The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of better. On going into the cabin a large amount of data for official use.
arrived Asia"
short time afterwards he asked me Wednesday at 5 pm. left Yok if I had any planks on board as ha and Hankow, a distance of 600 miles, hams yesterday at 11 a.m. in aid if he died he should not like to there are about only 23 miles un-
Yangtze in importance. This magul- due at Hong Kong Thurs be thrown overboard in canvas. I told navigable at the lowest water for ves-
ficent trade route was opened to for- day, March 7, at 5 p.m., and salla him I did not think he would require sels of 12 ft. draught. There are 10 islands. places of difficulty, caused by for Munila on Friday, March 8, at 5 anything of the sort."
eign traffic in 1897, but how many As the river channel is broadened by 1.12.
the presence of islands, its velocity is foreigners truvel on this important Опо waterway? The scenery along the By this time the Master was getting lessened and silt in deposited. anxious and from his story wa can method recommended from other pro-
route is beautiful. We recommend it gather the impression that he did not jects is to build a submerged dam
to any person who wishes to spend a apare irusel in deavours to above the island, closing one channel.
are then precipitated short and economical holiday. nurse the patient Back to health. At The waters
other channel
at high 2 a.m. on the Wednesday "Mr. Eade through the still very sick appeared to breathe speed. At Hankow, the minimum very hard--and was seen frequently flow is 5,000 cubic metres per second, feeling his pulse. At his own request the maximum being 60,000 cubic
gave him 30 drops of Henbane and 30 metres per second. arups of Caloric Ether; he then told water to
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Yokohama
On
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The American Mail Liner "President McKinley" which sailed from San Franciscn on February 15, is due to arrive at this port on March 11.
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of Asia" left Vancouver for Hong Kong, via Jupan ports and Shanghai, on February 16, and is due here on March 7. She will sail for Manila at 5 pm,
on March 8.
The Dollar Round-the-World Liner "President Johnson" suiled from San Francisco on February 22, and is due to arrive at this port at 7 am. on Saturday, March 23.
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The M.V. "Formosa" (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Antwerp on Feb. 5, and is due here on or about March 25.
Projected arrivals at and departures from Hong Kong of steamers under the management of the Bank Line, Ltd.. are as follows:-
Arrivals at Hong Kong
S.S. City of Guildford" from New York via Suez, March 2
S.5. "Roderic" from New York via Panama, March 2
S.S. "City of Delk!" from Europe, March 17.
S.S. "City of Khios" from New York via Suez, March 25.
Sailings From Hong Kong
S.S. "Roseric," for Shanghai and Japan, March 3.
Captain Anxious
As an example between Woosung
Nature
pumps
The Sal Kong (or the West River) the Chin- is the third largest river
ose Republic and second only to the
MARCH SAILINGS. DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 3.30 p.m. Wuchow 2.00 p.m. 8.8. "TAI DING"
[1,088 tons Capt. O. B. Wilks.}
MARCH.
FRI.
1nt
WED. MON.
6tb
11th
SUN. 17th
FRI. 22nd
WED.
27th
8.9. TAI MING"
[040 tons Capt. G. J. Spink.] WED. 27th FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
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87, Connaught Road West, Phanaz Central 893,
the clouds from the sen. the Hungino district between the 300 HONG KONG HEIGHTS
was deposited me that it was Asthma he had and that Were man to jump the flow of the ft. level and a depth of 600, that his father and mother had been trop Yangtze from the Yellow Sea to Ka-silt of such fatness
led with it at his age. During the ling, it would require 1,500,000,000 h.p.. which only could have been done by day he was constantly purged and bear an hourly consumption of coal of still water such as the Yellow Sea. came very weak. Between the hours 1,500,000 tons, enough to bankrupt the Grabau was of the opinion that the northern shells were at least 1,000,000 of twelve and two I think he asked me nations of the world.
years old. An Inland Sea at One Time for drops of Hanbane and 30 drops
Referring to the headwaters, the of Chloric Ether which I gave him; he After speaking at some length of
which speaker said that the fall of the river atso bad Brandy 2 or 3 times during the technical measurements the day. Towards evening he com- this commission and other organisa-between its source in Thibet, and Sui plained of a pain in his heart and tions have made on the river regard-fu, aititude 10,000 ft., was 15,000 ft, seemed at times to be very short of ing relative levels, Col. Stroebe in-in less than 1,500 miles, The Yellow breath. I put another mustard plaster troduced a number of maps, one, a River which had changed its bed ao. times from south of the of China being of often, at over his heart at his own request. At prehistoric may
5.
For the information of visitors the following list of acme of the highest points on the island Mainland is published:-
Island.
Peak Hotel
and
Feet.
Victoria Pesk
1823
Signal Station
17774
Mt. Parker .......
1734
Mountain Lodge
1726
The Eyrie
1726
1805
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
877
Bowen Road (Alterbeds)
297
Taunoshan
8124
Mainlauri
Feet
3124
The results of such re-
It. Davis
Talmoshan
13 p.m. the 2nd Officer hearing his great interest. According to the be- Shantung Peninsula, to the north of bell ring went down to him; he asked lief of some geologists, the whole the promontory, might, it was believ for 15 drops of Ammonia and he also theory not having been proved by dig-ed by certain scientists, again follow gave him a little Brandy, the fire was ging, an inland sea extended over the the line of least resistance and shift
to the south again, Shantung also lighted and congee made for him present city of Kalteng.
Col. Stroebe also pointed out that was an island, with Dairen and Che- at his own request to drink."
A 3.30 a.m. on Thursday, August too as points above the water. Nan- research from 1905 to 1920 by the "the Chief Officer hearing his bell ring king and Peking were not submerg. Chinese Maritime Customs went to him, when he asked for halted, although Shanghai and Tientsin klang showed that the river during mal width.
The lecturer these 15 years shifted so greatly that search were but an indication of the teaspoon of Ammonia, which was were under the water. given to him with water. He then ask introduced evidence of the finding of what was in 1005 its north hank bo-problem which confronted governmen- ed to have some clean clothes which pre-historic oyster shells after digging came in 1920 its south bank, the whole tal engineers in the manifold project to useful were given to him, he then said he more than 98 ft., in Tientain, and river having in 15 years shifted to the af diverting the Yangtze again on the Chief Ofeer asking him
at Chin.
S.S. "City of Delhi," for Shanghai / would like to get up. He laid down pointed out that in artesian wells in north by an amount equal to its nor purposes, S.S. City of Guildford," for New where he felt the pain. He said it was
and Japan, March 18.
York, Boston and Baltimore, March
20.
S.S. "City of Khios," for Manila and Iloilo, March 20.
The M.V: "Sumatra" (Swedish East Astatic Co., Ltd.), left Hamburg on Feb. 2, and is due here on or about March 14,
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"My and exclaimed naw thing Ileart," My Heart" Mr. Ende at the timo told his Malay attendant to lay close to him. The Chief Officer then came on deck. I went to see him at 4 .m. and assisted him. He appeared to have great difficulty in breathing. remained with him some length of time and then camo on deck. I went Th see him again at 540 a.mn. when he told me he should like a little rest and asked me if I would give him 5 drops of chloroform which I did in half wineglass of water; he put the glass to his lips and exclaimed "My Teeth,"
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At 5.55 a.m. Mr. Eado wanted me. I immediately went to him and to my Astonishment. I found him quite appechless and apparently Insensible. I at once sent for the Chief and 2nd Officers and told them it was my im-j pression that he was in a fit as he had: told me previously that he had had fita, before; we at once applied cold water to his face and hands without any effect. I felt his pulse and found it very fbeble.I at once tried to restore him by applying bottles of hot water to the soles of his fest, legs and body without any signs of returning anima- tion Mr. T.G. Eade breathed his last st about 6.10 am without struggle, In Latituida 6.22 deg. N. and Longitude 103.24 deg. E. The body of Mr. Eade after being washed and dressed was put into a cofin and placed on the main hatch for burial on the following. day.
The Master's account concludes with this entry on Friday, August: 6. "Mustered the, crew-in clean clothes the Main: Yard thrown to the rakab when. Burial Service for the dead was performed by the Chief Officer, he being a Catholic and of the same Creed as the decansed, who was buried in Latitude 4.56 deg. N. Longitude: 109.28 dex Ex
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