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21 Years of Dockyard Work Celebrated.
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Although London is still the Gibraltar, Sept. 9. When the Nelson liner High. After an adventurous voyage land Enterprise, which for many greatest part in the world, ita across the Atlantic which took years ran between the River docks are unfamiliar and
The Port of London Authority exactly 50 days, Mr. Enrique Plate and London with chilled known to the majority of citizens.
was sold and renamed Blanco, Professor of Spanish at meat, the University of Iowa, arrived at Northland there was considerable has recently completed twenty- Gibraltar, to-day in his ten-ton speculation in Thames-side circles one years of work in the dockyard yacht Evalu.
as to what she was going to be area, efforts which have cul- Mr. Blanco was born at Barce-used for as the firm which bought minated in the great new Tilbury one to Lloyd's 'anding stage, To celebrate the lona, Spain, in 1891, and migrated her was a new
event, a series of twenty or thirty to the United States 22 years ago, Register.
It is now learned that she is to river excursions has been ar working his passage in the Span ish sailing ship Xala. He became be used to try out a suggestion ranged, so that the lower reaches a naturalised American subject that has been put forward many of the Thames, the docks and in 1911-joined-the-American times in recent years for the im.warehouses, and the great steam- Army. He married Miss Mary provement of the fishing indus era-in-port-can be seen by parties Rader of Columbus and has atry a suggestion which, if it of visitors.
The P.L.A. is co-operating in seven-years old daughter Evalu proves successful, should mean a (the yacht is named after her) big difference in the price and the scheme with a dozen of the both of whom are accompanying quality of a good deal of the fish large steamship companies, and a "London Dock Week" committée him on his trip. Two things-were-sold in the London market.
has been formed,-with-headquar- Present Trouble. the sole ambition of his life, the
ters at Royal Mail House, to or- ganise parties of 150-200 persons who will be conducted down river. "Trips to the docks," said one! of the Docks' Week organisers, "are sometimes arranged by the Port of London Authority for small parties, but nothing on the present scale has ever been at- tempted before. The idea rose partly in the minds of the P.L.A.. who felt that Londoners knew for too little about their own port, and partly with the Dockland Settlements and the London Hos- pital, two great institutions which that part of London. The Hos- pital and the Settlemonta will benefit from the excursions, na we have arranged to charge visitors a small sum for their tour.
first a craving for knowledge, the The great trouble with the second the sea. He graduated in trawling Industry at the moment Wisconsin University and in 1922 is that most of the promising obtained the professorship of North Sea grounds are fished out, REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING Spanish in that University, sub- and in order to make any catch sequently transferring to the worth while the trawlers have to Iniversity of Iown in the same steam right away up to Iceland, capacity, a post which as already North Russia, the Faroes or some
uch distant ground. stated he now holds.
FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE*
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolulus.
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
ASAMA MARU
20th November. 11th December. CHICHIBU MARU SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shangai & Japan Ports.
3rd December. HIKAWA MARU LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Thursday, Thursday,
Wednesday,
FUSHIMI MARU
HAKOZAKI MARU
KITANO MARU
ATSUTA MARU
16th November. Saturday, Saturday,. 20th. November. SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
18th November.. 23rd December.
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
12th November 27th November.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
IYO MARU
+ CALCUTTA MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast). via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles
Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU
Thursday,
20th November.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vin Singapore, Cape Town & Ports
WAKASA KARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON viz. Panama.
†TSUYAMA MARU
LIVERPOOL via Port Sald, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa
+ ASUKA HARU
+ TOYOOKA MARU
+ NAGATO MARU.
BENGAL MARU
Tuesday,
Saturday,"
Tuesday,
Thursday,
Sunday,
Saturday,
CALCUTTA 'vin Singapore, Penang & Rangoon
SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+ MORIOKA MARU (Moji direct) Friday, KAMAKURA MARU (Kobe direct). Friday, ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct), Widnesday,
+Carce only:
18th November.
8th November. 25th November.
18th November.
9th November. 15th November.
7th November.- 7th November 19th November.
Aa their coal is limited, this His other ambition, the sea, was now his only thought, and means that the greater part of this, backed up by the desire of their voyage is spent in transit visiting his parents in Spain, and not in fishing at all, while made him conceive the idea of during the long passage back to crossing the "pond" in the novel their base the catch is very liable way in which He has done so. He to deteriorate, with their some
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930.
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bought his little craft at Boston what primitive method of keeping have much to do with the life of BRITISH WUCHOW
i
It is proposed to rectify all this ith the Northland, which is a fine ship of 12 kuote and nearly 4,000 tons, elaborately fitted with refrigerating apparatus for her original job of carrying meat.
and having obtained a year's it on ice. leave of absence, set sail from this port on July 12, being seen off by a
regiment of friends, Pressmen and photographers.
The Evalu weighs 10 tons, is 87 feet long, 12 feet beam and 6 feet draft, schooner rigged and carry. ing no engines. It carried a two of provisions months' supply mainly consisting of canned meat, dried fruit, biscuits, cocoa, etc., and 200 gallons of water.
Motor Dorles,
Under her davits she is being fitted with a number of motor dories which will work from the ship. But most of the fishing will be done by a fleet of twelve British trawlers which will go out with her.
The weather conditions for the first few days were good, but off the. Grand Banks, Newfoundland, a terrifle storm raged, which the Mr. and Evalu stood bravely.. Mrs. Blanco, felt none the worst for this but little Evalu suffered continuously from seasickness. This was, however, overcome after a time and Mr. Blanco now proudly boasts that his reliance frozen on the services of his little sallor She enlivens
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Sunday, 9th November. Sunday, 14th December.
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RIO DE JANEIRO MARU
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PANAMA MARU
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Friday, 28th November.
Tuesday, 30th December.
Werinosday, 5th November. Wednesday, 19th November.
LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-BALAAM, ZAN- ZIHAR & MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo,
Wednesday, 6th November.
December.. ....Saturday, 8th
desday, 18th November
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2nd December:
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the long dreary nights with her singing of American carols, and her main duties are the washing up of plates, dishes, etc.
41 Days Battle with the Sea. When 75 miles of Newfound- land, the weather was calm but the cold was so intense that Mr. Blanco decided to steer South.. Heavy seas were met 500 miles east of the Grand Banks, and a heavy gale overtook them when 800 miles off the Azores, for which place they were now head- ing. After 41 days at sea bat- tling with the continuous incle ment weather Ponta Delgada in the island of San Miguel, Azores," was reached and there the Evalu met with a most cordial and rous ing welcome. A stay of five days was made there, which time was employed in refitting and repro visioning. The inhabitants made a great fuss of Mr. Blanco and hig crew and overburdened them with presents, mainly provisions, which was most welcome. The
We hope to be able to show from 4,000 to 5,000 people round the docks during our week, but the work of the P.L.A. and the various shipping companies has to go, on uninterrupted, and visits must in consequence be carefully timed. It will probably be in the will get their meals, big liners that our excursionista
....
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They will be able to fish for "Among the sights which we very much longer, for the North-have permission to show are the nd will carry plenty of coal for greater refrigerating plants, and Among their use, and instead of putting the tobacco warehouses.
wine their catch on to ice in their own, other places to visit there are holds they will pass it straight twenty-eight miles of across to the Northland, where it vaults at the London docks alone, will be immediately scientifically and you can get all the odours of the East in the spice warehouses. Experiments in Canada have Then there is the ivory ware but as the various deck systems in the Dockland Settlement itself proved that when fish is very house, with all the tusks lying work in both with sea traffic and without coming directly into con- tact with the shipping or the midly frozen, immediately after about, including the fossil mam-
"Clearly, even the most intelli-warehouses." being caught, it retains Its flavour moth ivory recently brought to with the Thames barges.
and often this country, the timber ponds,
PANAMA CANAL: TOLLS. quite unimpaired, reaches the market in a better the Docks Museum, and the shell gent visitor who gets a permit St. Katherine's from the P.L.A. and visits a dock or two at holiday time, cannot condiilon than when caught in the warehouse of
docks. North Sen.
get a living idea of dockland with
Cargo aggregating 279,338,333 Where Pirates Were Hanged. "It should be possible, too, to cut a full view of the various long tons has passed through the give our passengers some idea of forms of labour and an explana- Panama Canal in the sixteen the historical side of the docka. tion of their division. This we years of operation which ended Execution Dock" where the pirhope to provide, as well as to give on August 14, judged by figures
some local knowledge of a part of Issued by the ates were hanged, has gone now: London which is, generally speak Statistics but Wapping Old Stairs are still
WARSHIPS IN PORT
The following British warsine are in harbour to-day
Tamar-Bas Serapis-North wall- Somme In dork Tarantula-East wail Stormcloud-North arm. Seraph-North wallagh Sitdar-In dock, * Magnolia-North arm.
Foreign Hen-of-War Vigilante French gunboat Helena-American gunboat Henderson-American gunboat.
CONSIGNEES NOTICE
Consignees of cargo ex ss. Col
Evalu left Ponta Delgada on DI Lana are reminded to take de- August 26, and notwithstanding livery of their goods which will the desire of all to reach their be subject to rent after Novem goal, they were sad at heart at ber 9, the many friends they were leay-
ng behind.
Was hove to and made to keep her Attacked by a Shark 149 Lows to the sea and steer herself Weather conditions were good All would then go below to rest. until off Cape St. Vincent where Back the same way, adversa winds were encountered. Hours of meals were break followed by dead calms which fast 8 a.m., dinner 12,80 p.m. and kept the Evald mare for over supper 6. p.m. One petroleum ustove and one coal stove were six days Sharke
ing used for cooking (when this was ally possible)
size were met when
the Azores Islanda, ay
big one being met
A small stove and fuel to pro- Fayal, which made for the vide him with a hot mealshaking it through Food sufficient to keep him for ing it near to capst
Fous scars could easily
a week02
change of clothing, and the shark's back,
used as a tinued its vicious Jabs
plarik
Mr Blanco had to s
t with a boat
He over his adventures highly
Mr. Blanco PES
bring
er
the trials he had
and which now seem
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