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ist Nov 15th Nov. 3rd, Dec.
MANILA
SAILINGS
8th Nov. 30th Nov. 28th Dec.
25th Jan.
ARRIVALS
In Por
-10th Nov.
29th Nov.
ARRIVALS
10th Nov. 8th Dec.
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SINGAPORE, PENANG and BELAWAN DELİ
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"VAN HEUTSZ"
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ARRIVALS
In Port
1st Nov. 17th Nov.
3rd Dec.
12th Nov. 29th Nov.
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"STRAAT SOENDA”
"TEGELBERG"
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AMERICA ARRIVALS
SAILINGS
8th Nov.
30th Nov..
28th Dec.
25th Jan.
10th Nov. 8th Dec.
Calling at Mombasa & L. Marques direct. Transhipment cargo nccepted on through B's/L to
. Dar-Es-Salaam and Zanzibar.
* No passenger accommodation available.
"STRAAT SOENDA"
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"TEGELBERG"
JAPAN
SAILINGS
9th Nov. 12th Nov. 18th Dec. 15th Dec
ARRIVALS
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Agents: HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINĖ EUROPE via MANILA and MALAYA,
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"MEERKERK”
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- Early Dec.
13th Nov.
Transhipment cargo accepted on through B's/L to India, Mediterranean and Northern European ports.
"MOLENKERK”
MEERKERK”
JAPAN
SAILINGS
19th Nov:
ARRIVALS
8th Nov. Early Dee.
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m.v. "DONA'NATT"
m.. "TONGHAI“
„THE CHINA- MAIL," MONDAY, (OCTOBER 31, 1999.
HONG KONG WATERFRONT
In My Lög
Pardon mé:
Overheard aboard RMS Car- thage at Kowloon Whart
we
te. Any of the Reds
yet? They're along the: derders.
સૂત How Stand: Everything's" "un- der control Our boys will take care of it
(2) She: Did you have the
amabs ready? Yes, two.
I was afraid it'd be aim- cult to get them that with all these Communii tick- bles-Not very difficul We got them from a ser vier-agency. They speak a little English, 100.
...
(3) After showering procured thank-yous bat the ar- rivals, she peered into the record album: 0! I've never heard of this one
for this,” tòa “
kaya't they reached Kong yet? Not that fast in this little world of ours. OH I love to play them right away!
•
A familiar sight nowadays.
up
BY OUR HARBOUR REFORTER
To this family öt tour-P). Ma," brother and sistem-their "Sai Kong" thing sampan is*
She has seen many decades of fishing and is still an heirloom, which Grandpa left to Pa..
The - potes are some seaworthy. The fishing net is being deled atop the Naing, quarters- times used to propel the sampah.. Ea is seen. preparing the evening's, anack, while Ma lan.
quidly rows.
The 'Sai-Kong' Who's Who
Fishing Craft
November, Beginning
the British coaster sang (Jardine
ponolar
Whe former
to begin his
(Editor's Note: This is the fourteenth of a series of pictorial Matheson) will have a new mem- features to acquaint the general public with the numerous types 6er of the crew when David A Práva "person DaricPille, of small native graft operating in local waters and their isage. Through the courtesy of the Marine Department it has
enbarks: been postele to identify them individually and obtain the neces-carter afloat for the first time
me: officer Revenue sary particulari)
will be purser aboard the Esang. Mr. Paule came to the Colony after the Liberation from Sing- apore, where he was interned dar- ing the Japanese occupation. He aas on active service with the 1st Independent Company in Malaya
Bicycles old and new-lining
outside Custodian When To during the embarkation of Tien- tsin-bound passengers on a "B. and 5." ecaster are becoming a familiar Pinya sight nowadays.
Reison for the sudden hunger for the wheelers: Petrol is scarce in the North and consequently cycling seems to be the only alterative as a retains of trans- port.
incidentally, We learn that bicycles are hycries in North
China.
Well, perhaps if they don't pedal, they can always peddle!
her owners the small "Sai Kang” fishing sampân is more than just a means of livelihood. She is a permanent home.
Hundreds of this type of small native craft cluster
along the banks in Deep Bay and Mirs Bay plying between Chinese and British territories trapping crabs and netting fish.
A family of three or four stretching from amidship to the operate the West River fishing stern. sampan.
This type of craft-average size 18 feet long by six feet wide with a capacity of 30 picuts is one of the most native craft. She is
for shallow water fishing.
Cooking is done in the fore part The utensils are kept under the deck.
The Sal Kong" simpan is rud- derless.
The method employed in 13h- ing is rather peculiar. The West The "Sai Kong" sampan has River craft spécialises in crab Uncomfortable but interesting.
no sails nor mast. She is pro-catching and fish netting. Thirty-two of us found our-pelled by a unique pair of tross found our bars, located ainidships and mani- seres sitting face
pulated by the oarsman in a knee to khee (ste!) aboard the standing-position. Night Star, Kowloon-bound one evening during the week.
A sea-bottom, net of 50 feet long and about two feet wide, with lead lining on one side and the other edge attached to Boats. Her but is rounded and well- is used to trap crabs in shallow proportioned, which enables her waters.
an end of the umbrella" type of net with the outer borders lined with
Though it was unnecessarily uncomfortable as we sat that way lides.
to-back crossing.
Unlike the
throughout the 10-minute, trip, it The sampan has a fair speed lead sinkers, is lowered on to the
Mr. D. A. Paulie was rather interesting, and a wel-which can be increased by the sea bed and drawn up like 2 come break in the usual back- addition of another pair of sim-cone. The leak sinkers close the before the Japanese overran the
lar cross cars, put up in the fore net as it is being hauled up this country. vociferous crowd part of the craft:
trapping the ash caught in It
(Continued on Ca 5)
quarters,
on any other day. they looked The family resides in the more than talked.
crudely constructed. Take for instance this little episode not far away from us. Tired eyes lit up animately at the glamorous right opposite. Bashfully, she fågetted self- consciously under the admiring. glances some audacious, some sneaking and some casuái.
.7th. Nov.
.Late Nov.
It's not their fault.
.Late Nov.
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Hold yourself together should you notice your
linolitin
newly-laid parquet "tarred" scratched after 2 · visit from friends some
time during week
or Dr.
the
They couldn't help it if they were forced to cross over chunks of tarred rocks strewn over the Praya outside the Hong Kong Star Ferry Pier, where the road was mutiliated prior to OVER- hauling.
Personally we had quite time scraping off tar from our shoes.
They're hack again
Late this week, more French tourists will visit us when the ss. Champollion arrives from Mar seilles via Saigon.
And should you notice those familiar bulges in some pockets don't
hesitate to guess that they're dictionaries--yes, French-
TOUT tourist guides have openly asserted
that they And the language fascinating both in the way of getting along socially and Sinancially..
By the way, remember this one? It's that "classic going-abroad tale of a Hongkongite, that goes something like this:
Gring abroad, 30e7- Where to?-Macao,
"WEEKLY CHINA MAIL"
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When you read a newspaper do you absorb the newa and all remember the highlights, for some time afterwards? Let's see which news liems of the week have impressed you most
This is the second of a series of "Do You Remember" quizzes on the week's shipple headlines. Each query will have a elüé ättäähäd
The answers are found underneath-turn the page upside down.
Try your memory!
Do You Remember:
1) What the officers and men of the Chinese gunboat Yüng Ming" reminded you of when they were źdrift without food or water? (Poetry)
2) The reason for the present furore in American naval circles?
A place which gained prominence during the week Za rezult of inclement weather which disrupted shipping operationa? (Shoala)
4) Which sea dráma seemi to have added credence to the "Unlucky-15 superstition?;
(Junk) How we first heard of the Nationalist detention of
the Greek freighter Armathia off the Yangtse Estuary?
(Shanghai)
Answer:
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He joined the Revenue De partment in 1848. During his tenure, he served as proseculing officer at Kowloon Magistracy in criminal proceedings against revenue offenders.
The 26-year-old was later trans- fered to Kai Tak Airport, where he will remain till tomorrow to end his service with the Govern- ment.
he
During his service with the Re- venue Department, Mr. Paulie has acquired considerable knowledge. of seamanship.
Besides
being a good sailor, is also a good horseman
Though Jandlubber, life aboard the Esang Jooks very bright for the Lewcomer, who knows almost all the "tricks" of navigation.
a
(Continuèl from Col 5.)
The net is cast from the sam-
pan.
It is similar to the one used by Polynesian foreman who wades stexthily in shallow waters, knee-deep, and casts his he
net at a destred spot. It is then pulled back in a
a similar ma
manner. local
waters, the
Sai Kong" sampans are to be found scattered in Yäumaati, Tşuri Wanj Bay and Castle. Peak Bay
There are about 50 of this type
of fishing graft in British waters,
Notice To Consignees
AC YARA
Having arrived Hong Kong- consignees of cargo are hereby notified that all goods have been landed and placed at their risk and expense into the godowns of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co, Ltd, where delivery may be obtain- ed as soon as the goods are landed.
No claims will be admitted. after the goods have left the godowns or failure to attend the survey
All broken, chated and damaged goods are to be left in the godown where they will be examined in the presence of Mésars. Goddard and Douglas on October 31, 1949, at 10 am To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regula tions, consignees must have á Revenue Officer in attendance when examining damaged duti able goods. All claims against the vessel must be presented to the Undersigned within four- teen days of the ship's arrival or they will not be recognized
will be
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The Global Feat
TO HONOLULU & SAN FRANCISCO
"President Wilson"
"General, Gordan"
"President Cleveland":
Vià JAPAN
Arr. Nov 4 „Arr. Nov, -4 AIT. Nov. 29
Sails Nov. 5 Sails Nov. 5
Sails Nov. Sa
TO SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
via JAPAN
“President Harrison"
Ark. Nov. 5
Soils Nov. 6-
"President Picree"
Arr. Nov. 3
Sails Nov. Q
"President McKinley".
Arr. Nov, 27 Sails Nov. 28
TO NEW YORK, BALTIMORE & BOSTON
vid PACIFIC COAST & PANAMA
"""Marine Spapper"
"President Johnson"
2
...,:
¿Art, Oct. 30.
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Sails Nov. 1 Salls Nov. 30.
ROUND THE WORLD
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Sails Nov. 5 Arr. Nov. 11 Sails Nov. 13
Mount Davis"
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TO JAVA & STRAITS
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Opposite Star Eerty
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19th Nov
21st Nov.
28th Nov.
10th Dec
do -do-
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то
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5th Nov.
20th Nove
&
22nd Nov.
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20th Dec.
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21st Dec.
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