1931-05-29

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931.

THE LOG

Of The "TRADER HORN" Expedition.

by W. S. Van Dyke Exclusive to the "China Mail"

June 28.

Murchison Falls, Uganda, A solid week has slipped by in the manner of sulit African weeks, the crocodile pool is yet without the number of crocodiles required, an- other cloudburst has swept our shoes and boots out of our tents and I have killed a crocodile and a hippo. One day follows its predecessor with the tiresome monotony of a column of safari ants.

boat to die away in the distance.

Before many minutes the hippo had regained their confidence and were venturing well out of the water. "Don't hurry." Dickinson cautioned "Wait until, one gets close enough for a sure shot. If you only wound it we'll never get near it."

me.

A Beautiful Target

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companion. It was an Impressive gathering, considering the locality and the presence of sixty crocodiles on the bank across the river. First Trial Picture. Since it

nearly time for Interim Dividend of $8 per share, dinner we made a quick tour of the absorbing $60,000 and that the re camp which was still in a state of mainder be carried forward.

The Accounts before your have minor upheaval following another cloudburst of a few days before, again been materially affected by Harry Carey and Edwina Booth the fall in the Sterling value of the the were asked to return with the dollar, and you will notice visitors for dinner aboard the ship, total of the Assets of the Company and plans were made to include the is increased by over $5,000,000 as Governor's party in the showing of compared with the previous year. our first trial pictures which had Shareholders will appreciate that mall the explanation of this large in- arrived the same day by

crease lles in the fact that the launch.

Immediately after dinner an im.company has the bulk of its Asacts provised screen was rigged a few in, Gold Securities, the dollar equi A big bull was playing about near feet back from shore in the centre valent of which is materially us, watching something on shore of the camp and our

increased consequent upon the foll projection From his shoulders up he was clear machine was oiled and assembled on in exchango,

water-a beautiful target a camp table. Chairs were placed With regard to the Dividend and Arriving at the pool one morning of the last week to view the results of our about 100 yards distant. I raised in careful rows, a phonograph was Bonuses recomended I would warn

my rille. As I was about to draw a set in the baiting the evening previous I was

orchestra pit. All we shareholders that the continuance Goods are to be left to the Godowns, gratified to witness a great scurry-ight on the death spot, equidistant needed was a doorman and a box of the Exelange Bonus Dividend where they will be examined on the must necessarily depend on the 4th June at 10 a.m. by Mesars. God- the much between

the car office to complete the. picture. ing about in the waters, thrashing and churning in the mud Dickinson nudged mo.

At eight thirty we could hear the position of exchange. It is of dard & Douglas. Wait a minute, he'll come closer song of the oaramen across the course inevitable that there will be and every evidence, in fact, that a great many crocodiles had followed st," he whispered.

water as they brought the theatre variations in the amount of this After an eternity he came slowly party ashore. They were escorted particular distribution. their noses to the carcass of the

The motion was carried unant. toward shore. When he was within to the choice seats in the centre of about 70 yards of us I put the rifle the "einema" as soon as they ar-mously, being seconded by Mr.

my shoulder and fired. The rived, the lights were extinguished G. S. Archbutt. bullet struck him just ahead of the and the show was on. Surrounding Mackie and Mr. J. Owen Hughes ear. The tremendous hitting power the Europeans, who were all seated, were re-elected directors, on the of the rifle knocked the beast half stood sar In our

native Boya, the Gov-motion and seconding of Messrs. over in the water and started him ernor's police and most of the native John Bentley and F. H. Farne, res churning up the water and pawing seamen from the "Lugard" witness- pectively, the ground with his stubby legs. It,ing. in most cases, their first mov-

Other Business, was evident that he was trying to ing picture. Directly behind the

auditors, Messrs. Lowe,

and

Matthews and submerge and get away from that screen in the river we could hear Bingham place where misfortune had over the snort of hippos, the angry swish Linstead and Davis, were re-elect- taken him, but the bullet had enter of the crocodile's tail. Back in the ed, the mation being made by Mr. ed his brain and partially paralyzed canyon a lion grunted. The phono J. W. Alabaster, and seconded by Croc Panic-Stricken.

him. He rolled over

and over, graph was playing a Broadway tune. Mr. B. M. C. da Cunha, On the particular morn-blowing blood from his nostrils and The warm breeze of the tropics ing I mention the crocodiles made beating the water. It was a pathe-fanned our faces and mosquitoes tors' fees from $1,000 to

per annum was adopted. The pro at once for the opening which freed tie sight; I regretted having shot whittled at our necks.

Glorious Cloud Effects.

poser, was Mr. H. C. Gray and Mr. them from the enclosure-that is, him. In the midst of his gyrations, all but one. He remained submerg- Dick put in another shot which

Modesty forbids me to say much A. E. S. Alves acconded. ed in some muck at one side of the entered his head from the rear and of the pictures themselvca, except

His muscles perhaps, that they are far and away (Chairman), the Hon. Mr. W. H. The Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackie pool until all his bretheren had inade killed him stone dead. good their exit. When h

relaxed and he sank to the bottom. the most artistle bits of photo-

Skinned The Carcass. then, that we had come to stay he

graphy over made in Africa to my Bell, Messrs. J. A. Plummer and J. P. Warren (directors) and Mr. became panic-stricken. One of our After an hour, the motor boat knowledge. And that, of course, is

Paul Lauder (General Manager). native boys

returned, picked us up and took the tribute to no one but Clyde De was standing

Shareholders: Messrs. J. W. gate, cutting off his natural exit, dead hippo in tow. At camp theVinan and the camera men who 80 Alabaster, A. E. S. Alves, G. S

porters skinned the carcass, with-utilised their filters and lenses that intervals outside the fence, looking drew the teeth and took the meat up they were able to bring out to best Archbutt, John Bentley, B. M. C. I. He charged first in one direc- to the croc poul where it was secur- advantage the glorious cloud and da Cunha, F. H. Farne and H. C.

water buck we had secured in the centre of the enclosure. When frightened, the eror submerges at once and it is only by the occasional swish of his tail that one may detect him even in shallow water.

pool, the trail lending into the water from the river is left open; a thatched wooden fence aurrounds the acre or more of water and drop gate stands ready to fall aver the trail when we succeed in making captive enough crocodiles to sait our

purposes.

LIV

at the

and the rest of us were scattered at

"Aren't we fools?"

"Speak in the singular."

- Travnan, Rome.

tion and then the other, running his nose into the fence and gnawing at

the branches with which the fence is made. I was enjoying the scene immensely when, to my amazement, I saw the thatch crumbling under one of his advances. He had chew- ed an exit and was starting through It toward some "boys" who blocked his path up to the river. Forget- ting that I would scare the crocs who had learned to enjoy their daily feast in the pool I motioned to my gun boy for my rife. (I haven't ventured from the camp unarmed since the day I shot the buffalo), and using the fence as a rest, shot the big lizard twice through the hend. He died without more than a few brutal lashes of his tail and we managed to rope him and carry him back to camp without delay. On measurement we found him to be almost 18 feat from tip to tip He had been feasting on so much carrion that when we opened his mouth the odour was insufferable. However, the native porters Tell upon the neat with a vengeance and the skin and teeth were presented to me later in the day--So much for my experience with the "carnl- vorous amphibian reptile;" I have derived as much pleasure from shooting anything in my life. -To see one is to want to kill it.

The

The Hon. Mr.

A motion to increase the direc- $1,500

ed as bait. The teeth, which are water effects indigenous to Africa. Gray. about ten inches long and curved my directing is hut half as

into an approximate semicircle, are affective as the photography I have

aid to be the best grade ivory in no fears as to the success of this Africa A pair of hippo teeth may venture.

a gubernatorial bull, read to the crocs in the river, would hep some? British Flag in Sight. Murchison Falla, Uganda,

July 2.

Walting For Light,

Those Present.

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE.

Still Well In Line.

No Fire lusurance has been affect-

Bills of Lading will be countersign.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 20th May, 1931. £30,085. 17. 7. be carried forward to Underwriting Suspense Account. It is estimated that this balance will be auflicient to meet all further elaims on the year's account.

The balance of“Working Account for the year 1930 stands at £157, 865. 18. 1. Your Directors recon-

Dividend of 5/- per share, absorb.

mend the payment of an Interim ing £24,000, that a Bonus of 20 per cent, be paid to Contributors of business on Bonus terms, absorbing about $7,500, and that the re mainder be carried forward.

'It was mentioned last year that owing to a large proportion of the assets of the Company being In Sterling the Accounts were not greatly affected by the position of exchange. I am glad to be able to give a similar nasurance no regards the Accounts now before you.

Mr. H. C. Gray seconded, and the motion was carried unanim- Dusly. The retiring directors, the Hon. Mr. Mackie and Mr. J. Owen Hughes, were re-elected on the motion of Mr. J. W. Alabaster, seconded by Mr. A. E. S. Alves.

Other Businesa.

The auditors were Measra. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews and Linstead & Davis. Their re-election follow. ed upon the motion of Mr. B. M. C. da Cunha, seconded by Mr. V. R. V. Ribeiro.

Shareholders: Messrs. J. W. Alabaster, A. E, S. Alves, G. S. Archbutt, John Bentley, B. M. C. da Cunha, H. C. Gray, V. R. V. Ribeiro.

Dr. MEI LAN FANG

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be made into excellent revolver After three or four reels of pro-i handles or picture frames and the duction film, we ran some news reel hippo hide when cut into strips and pictures made during my quick The Hon. Mr. Mackie niso pre- dried produces the famous kiboko-Jaafari into the Congo and some sided at the meeting, of the Bri flexible whip or cane with which of animals taken during the trip up tish Traders Insurance Company, the native punishes his wile or the Nile.

Ltd., held after the Canton Insur- A motion to increase directors' mother-in-law.

d was absorbed during the course ance Company meeting.

fees from $2,000 to $8,000 per The progress of the picture de-of the evening in studying the effect His speech in presenting the Re- annum, was proposed by Mr. G. S. pends solely upon the migration of of the pictures on the natives. They port was as follows:-

Archbutt, being seconded by Mr. the crocodiles to the pool in suffi-appeared awe-struck during the The Working Account for the Jehn Bentley, and was formally "Certainly. Aren't you a fool." cient numbers to show up clearly in first few minutes of the programme; year 1929, after payment of an carried.

the film. Word has been received the thing was new to them and it Interim Dividend of 5/- per share

Those Present. that Sir William Gowers, the gov-took a little time to digest it and and a Boms of 20 per cent. to Con- The Hon. Mr. C. G. S. Mackle ernor of Uganda, intends to pay us work out a satisfactory explanation. tributora, passed at the last Annual (Chairman), the Hon, Mr. W. H. a visit within the next week for Then, gradually, it became an Meeting, shows a balance of £59,285 | Bell, Messrs. J. A. Plummer and the purpose of watching some of the amusement and, as such, was a sub-17, 1. Your Directors recommend J. F. Warten (Directors), and Mr. filming at crocodile pool. Perhaps ject of merriment. For, with the that a Final Dividend of 4/- per Paul Lauder (General Manager), African native there is no such share be paid to shareholders, thing as mute and inward enjoy-absorbing $19,200, that £10,000 bo mant. When they are pleased they added to the Reserve Fund, In- react audibly and strenuously. Five creasing that Fund from £165,000 minutes after the first picture was to £175,000, and that the balance of The languorous calm which has shown they burst into gules of been settled over the escutcheon of raucous laughter which continued M-G-M in Africa was rudely lifted almost without interruption to the yesterday by the whistle of alend. And the appearance of a steamboat making Its way up the brother native in the picture effects river. Before our befuddled wits them in a way that would put Mr. were adjusted to this phenomenon, Chapila to shame. Whenever Ren- a large British flag fluttered into chero appeared on the screen he was view over the tree tops around the greeted with a salvo of screams and bend, followed in a minute by the shouts which almost deafened the smokestack and superstructure of white spectators. The one person the "Lugerd"-queen of the Lake who was able to quiet them was Ed- Albert fleet. Even before we could wing Booth. Whenever her scenes shave she was at anchor in mid-were shown a sudden silence fell stream a few yards from camp and over the gathering. Whether It the Governor of Uganda, Six Wil was from respect or intlifference 1 Ham Gowers, was on his way ashore don't know. In a whaleboat manned by eight Uganda police saremen. The per- After the show, the Governor sonal representative of King gathered his guests about him and George, the Fifth, was speedily departed, promising to return to bearing down upon an encampment watch some re-takes which I of uone-too-presentable. Yankees to make to-day back in the canyon. from that den of alleged iniquity, At the writing it is noon and the Hollywood, California.

sun is still hidden. We are set up! Fortunately, George Kahn, our in 'readiness to shoot and .the business manager, had met the Governor with his party are an- Governor on a previous occasion-inxiously awaiting their introduction Not so with the hippopotamus. Entebbe and, was able to slip into to Hollywood production methode, went after one the next day. We a clean shirt and present himself at If we can't get some light soon I'E had run out of carrion and the the landing place before the satisfy the official appetite for crocodiles were Jeaving the pool in gubernatorial galloon was landed. cinema by unloading the cameras favour of better food in the river. He was followed in a jiffy by Harry secretly and going through the Major Dickinson and I started down | Carey and Edwina Booth, looking a motions of making a scene. river in the motor launch which bit above the par for the camp, ja t [To Be Continued.]; [ weekly brings us mall and takes our | The honour of the camp was saved film to Butlaba where It is for the moment and. I was allowed reshipped to Nairobi. Two miles to scrape a few stubbles from my

A week's remand was granted in below camp we ran upon face before joining the Whales the case against Chan Hok-ining, of я -herd

hippo in the neslan ceremony,

No. 884, Canton Road, who appear went water and

sshore to Governor And His Partyed at the Kowloon Follte Court this stalk them. When danger is in I arrived on the scene as the morning on a charge of converting sight the hippo stays pretty well Governor was setting foot on shore, $250, with which he was entrusted, under water, venturing occasional He is a tall, distinguished-looking to this own use. The money is glances, as he comes up for air once man probably over sixty years of alleged to have been given to the every two or three minutes. All age with the hearing and speech of accused by a man named Lam Yat that can be seen of him, then is the the proverbial British gentleman for the purchase" of the latter's top of his head, two big eyes and. While there seemed to be some steamship ticket to France. his tiny, incongruous cars which warmth in his greeting, he took care was refused. wiggle continually. It is difficult, that nobody forgot for a second under such, conditions, to put in a that hẹt was the King's person death abot slace a bullet that hits representative. In his party was the top of his head will only glance rur old friend Pate Pearson, the off and leavahim with a light game, ranger: Chief. Gama Warden headache,

1 Pitman and wife; Major and Mrs. Taking our position on shore-be-Thrane Thorne, - of- the Governor.x hind a bush, we wäited for the river staff; Miss Paul, the Governor's to calm and the sound of the motor= |: secretary; Mr.ṇand Mrn!. C. RņDa

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