ROYAL ENTERO CLAN
LINES
SINGAPORE, JAVA
PORTS and
MACASSAR
"TJIDODA3"*
"TJITJALENGKA"
"TABMAN"
"VAN HEUTSZ *
MANILA, EAST &
SOUTH AFRICA &
SOUTH AMERICA
ARRIVALS SAILINGS
Oth June
Bih June
20th June
25th Juna
11th June 30th June 1st July
"not calling Singapore
**only to Singapore, Penang & Bal. Dell
"TЛISADANE" "BERLAGE"
"TEGELBERG"
in Port
13th June 20th June 8th July
TJIKAMPEK"
2nd July
"RUYB"
2nd July
6th Aug.
not calling Manila
→
JAPAN
"TJIBADANE"
11th June
"TJIBODAS”. ;
"TEGELBERC"
4th July
"BTRAAT SOENDA"
In Port
"RUYS"
3rd Aug.
11th June 18th June 19th June 6th July
Agents: HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE
EUROPE via MANILA
and MALAYA
ARRIVALS SAILINGS
"RYNKERK"
"LANGLEESCOT
14th June
"MARIEKERK"
early July
14th June 13th July early Aug,
Through Be/L issued to
Mediterranean and Northern
European ports,
JAPAN
"AYNKEAK"
"LANGLEESCOT"
"MARIEKERK"
13th June
12th July
18th June
Barly Aug.
early July
WKING'S : BUILDING, TELEPHONES: 28015 TÒ, PROIZ
"VEARNESE", AGENTS: EL- CANNAUGHT INÈAB, G.-FELS 100%, 25135:
ISTHMIAN LINE
(Isthmian Steamship Company, New York)
DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS TO NEW YORK
VIA LOS ANGELES AND PANAMA "STEEL SURVEYOR" "AKTION"
.22nd June ..24th July
Tanks available for Bulk Oil.
DJAKARTA (BATAVIA)
"STEEL SEAFARER"
"STEEL ROVER"
SAILINGS TO SAIGON, BANGKOK &
STEEL ADMIRAL'
ARRIVALS FROM U.S.A.
Salls N. Y.
STEEL SEAFARER" STEEL HOVER"
"STEEL ADMIRAL"
24th June 16th July .10th Aug.
Sails S.F. Due HK Sallod Sailed 24th June 6th June 24th June 15th July 7th July 25th July 15th Aug.
GILMAN & CO.,
Tel. 31148
LTD.
Chinese Freight Agents:-HIN FAT & CO., LTD Tem 28823, 25553 A'-23489
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FLECTS
THE WALL
་་
ISTHMIAN LINE
(Isthmian Steamship Company, Now York)
S.S. "STEEL SURVEYOR"
LOADING 21st JUNE
SAILING 22nd JUNE
> FOR
LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK via PANAMA CANAL Passenger Accommodation Avaliable. TANKS AVAILABLE FOR BULK OIL
GILMAN & CO., LTD.
Tel. 31140.
Chinese Freight Agents-IIIN FAT & CO., LTD.
Tela: 28823, 25552 & 23483,
SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO.,LTD.
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE
m.v. "HAI HING"
m.y. "SUMATRA” m.v. "MINDORO":
5th June End June End July
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1950;
HONG KONG WATERFRONT
BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER
Waterfront Who's Who
Among the many graduates Just before Ved. Day, Mr. Win- of the Diocesan Boys' School yard was transferred to London for a courite In Marine Selenes who, have risen to a position and to advise on the building of of eminence in Hong Kong suitable landing craft for the in- is one who is well-known vhsion of the China Const. Be- fore the course was completed and admired in the shipping
the Japanese capitulated and he circles of the Colony.
was sent back to Hong Kong of one of the rehabilitatis force and, took over transportation problems In Kowloom.
He is the youthful-looking Mr. F. W. Winyard Captain Win- yard to give him fils foriner Army rack-graduate of the Class of 1932, Today Mr. Winyard, a Hong Kong-born citizen, 35 years of age and with a wife and two children, doesn't look his age.
Mr. Winyard is the Cosulting Ship-Engineer with the Overseas Navigation Company und several other companies.
After
graduating from the Diocesan Boys' Schoni at the age of 17, Mr. Winyard served five years as an apprentice in the Hong Kong and Whampon Docks, signing on as Marine Engineer-ch Indo-China Steamship Company vessels plying between Indlu, China and Australio.
In 1941, just prior to the break of hostilities in the
MR. F. W. WINYARD
Going to England to be demɔl- bird in September, 1040,' he re- turned to the Colony the follow- ing year and set up his own office as Consulting Engineer.
The rame year he was commi sioned by the Kwangsi Govera ment is redesign and convert the se Kwel Shan and the ss Kwel ai from carga houts into passen ger vessels. In November 1917, when the Kwei Hal was blown up off Tal Shek Barrier Pass in the Pearl River, he was in charge of the salvage operations,
On his own initiative, Mr. Wint yard made a relinforced concrete bottom for the ship which had a out-linte 40 feet by 20 feet in her hot- Verket WAS benched Far om. The
near Canton and after the con- crete bottom was fixed the ves- sel steamed back to Hong Kong under her owa power.
Enst, Mr. Winyard was with the eable-laying vessel Store Nordiske off South Africa layinst and re- pairing cables on the sen bed When the Japanese took Hong Kong he was in Bombay and im mediately joined the Ministry of War Transport and worked on Trooping ships.
Because of his fluent know- ledge of Chinese and because of his engineering qualifications he was given a direct commission, transferred to the Royal Engineers in Bombay and later sent to Rangoon. Through his persever- ance and excellent work he soon rue to the rank of Captain.
In 1912, he was with the Dri- tish Staff Mission in Rangoon le the capacity of linison officer and was among those who walked out of Burma to India via the Palel Rend, across the Chindwin and along the Manipur Road.
After the retreat from Burma, Mr. Winyard was detailed to form Chinese Workshop Units for Iraq and also formed the Hong Kong Volunteer "Royal Engineers Unit in Bengal in 1943, which, com- prised ex-Hong Kong Volunteers ex-L.E.P's and ex-Hong Kong Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves who had escaped from Hong Kong
He was in command of this Unit un General Wingate took charge during his second expedi- tion into Burm.
Mr. Winyard was then trava- ferred to Force 136, an off-shoot of the Ministry of Economic War- fare, na Base Engineer. It was during this time that he helped In building a small shipyard Just | outside Bombay which bullt ships for Far East operations.
Later Mr. Winyard learnt that severul, of the vessels which he had helped to build were instru- mental in the sinking of Japanese 'submarines.
"In ship salvaging," said Mé Winyard," there is no hard abs fust rule to fellow, and one mu Improvise and invent as one goo alang."
Then in 1948, he became the Marine Superintendant of the Company Overseas Navigation
and was in charge of the conver- sion of the av Wen Ising from
ro
vessel into a passenge
ship.
After the my Wen Ifsing wa: sink as the result of un nerla attuck by Nationalist planes, at the beginning of this year. My Winyard undertook the salvage of the vessel in Kongmoon harbour.
11) Buite of many obstacles h had the vessel raised and tower 40 Macno, whence she wits tower the, Frosty Moller back Hong Kong under an escort joy
several Naval ships for fear. the Communists who wanted the vessel to be used as a guab and for fear of the Nationalists who wanted the boat for money they could get for it.
لان
the
The Wen Hsing is soon to tin- dergo complete overhauling anel repairs and Mr. Wipyard will once again résume responsibility.
How's your harbour 1.Q.?|
Can you
recognize this tower on a building along the Waterfront?
of The style -architecture wifi give you the clue. It is on top of one of the oldest bulldings in the Colony. Turn the page round and cee whether your guete is right.
U.S. ORIENT MERCHANT LINE.
SHIP
ARRIVALS
FROM
"TRITON" EAST COAST/US.A..
DUE
24th, Juno-
W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.
Work Building.
AGENTS.
34209
The life of a Praya coolie
Ďuring thele warm summer evenings many people
1
walk along the Waterfront to enjoy the cool enervating breeze which blows off the harbour.. They will not envy those who have to toil away during these hours in order to earn their daily bread. Should you be one of these fortunate ones who have the leisure to enjoy an evening's walk along the Waterfront you will notice that at every wharf which has a vessel berthed alongside it there are many workers, some clad in red jackets, some in blue and even some who ore almost naked except for r pair of trousers. You will see them working then divided into a number of ably receives a shuire or two feverishly fonding or unload-shares. The "head"-man Invarle ing goods from the vessel do more than the others. Even the pending on whether the ship clerks on the various wharves has just arrived in port or is obtain a share although they take due to leave during the night no part in the actual manual lá- or early morning.
They are the wharf coolies who earn their daily bread by the
bour.
They get thele share because they are the interpreters and
introducers sometimes
the
A typical Praya scené shaking coolles fodding cargo an`a junk to take to an ocean-going, verket anchored 517-shore. ("China Mall" photo).
of
sweat of their brows", be the profitable work to the coolles. weather wet or drie, day in aнã] The clerkя are the gate-Recpore at each wharf and protect the day, out, seven days a week.
Wharf coolies are Indispensable rights of the gang of cooler who on the Waterfront yet many peo-ate operating that particular They see to if that no ple who arrive by ships consider wharf." them nuisances in that they clus other coolic but one from their Iler round their luggage and cla- own gang passes the gate leading
{Info the wharf · carrying a. mour to be hired.
Helping to carry the higgige senger's · luggage. The "outside" of a passenger is but a small part coolle must hand over his load to of their work. By doing so they the "inside" coolie at the gate the owner of the luggago Hope to augment theft meagre and
has.
its
t
daily earnings and perhaps ob- must pay a certain too to the Lain
for enough some small wharf coolle no matter what he Juxury such as a packet of "Gold had arranged to pay the other Leat" cigarettes or enough to be man at the beginning. able to invite their friends to
The pooling of the dally earn- teo-shop
where they can phila ings to be divided among all the sophise on the hartiships of Ike. members of the gang is beneficial of a wharf to all. Those who happen to earn The main work coolle is the loading and dischar-more, thon, they get after the ting of cargo on and off vessels money had been booled, and and junks. This is their main shared out, do not grumble because source of Income and it is not they know that should they, ever every coolle on the Praya who is become sick or unable to work able to do the Work:
for one reason or another they Wharf cliques
will get their share of the daily Each wharf
own earnings of the gang. Any mém- elique" of coblits numbering be- ber of the gang who becomes tween 20 and 30 under a "head" alck or is injured, automatically until man. The "head" man is respone gots his share each day sible for the work of his men and such time that he is able to work sces to it that the work on the again. wharf which he "operates" is properly done, and that no "gate-
Each day a certain. 'sum ́of crashers do any work on that money is paid to the Company particular. Wharf even though which has reitted the whart on there are insufficient mea
which they work. They must pay complete the job in the required this "duo" because once another time.
Company, Lakes, over the wharf Each wharf is rented from the whole gang must leave and the owners or perhaps Govern find work elsewhere ment-by: shipping. Companies
Brides these coolie gangs who and they in turn let the oporate on the wharves there are "coolle righta" to the highest gange who take over the leading bidder or to the coolies, who and discharging of cargo on and are on their pay-rólunk
Daily earnings
The dally earnings of each of the junior and sailing vessels along the Fraya. They, 100. houp of coolies, are pooled ppd operato in gangs and woe betide, tife outsider who tries to earn an extra-10 or 20. "ents.
Pacific Far East Line Inve
Fast Regular Trans-Pacific. Service
*SAILINGS TO EUROPE:
m.v. BALI"
m.v. "SUMATBA".
17.7.175th June 444718th July
1800, LÖS ANDÌ
ADEN, PORT SAID, DENGA; MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, BOTTERDAM, BREMEN, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, OSLO
C& GOTHENBUE
GILMAN & CO. LTD.
NEW- TÓNK-CHICAGO-DETROIT-TORONTO KÖNTREAL AND ALL AMERICAN, GANADIAÏS CITIES.
12. Ban Francisch
On an average, each Water- Front codile, sarsın about, HKIS Ad day. This may appear, suff-
ctant to many people, for
the
dally kinds of codile, Bặt
. thay do nói raille that in ar. | | dir to de' the heavy work they #hava to bat", anough" to "replace "thu Kañergy, they use tipiOS SAN The coolies eat three meals a day
onof meal, they take between five to soven bowls of rice, galdu, from› the "sung":"75
Again some, if not all of the coolled, havo, tamilles to support. | aad- maily of them-- sord", their children, tovnight; schools' ing the SIA given
The disbar Fiest
TO HONOLULU & SAN FRANCISCO
"General Gordon" "Provident Wilson" "Président Cleveland"
via JAPAN.
TO SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
"Fresident Harrison"
"President McKinley”
........... ¡Atr. Jant 10 Arr. Jano 19 ...Atr. July 14
Sails June 20
Sails June 20
Sails Jify 15
Salls June 11 Sails June 14
via JAPAN MINT Art. June 10-
Arr. June 13
TO NEW YORK, BALTIMÖRE & BOSTON vio `PACIFIC COAST & PANAMA
"President Tylor"
.Arr. June 10 "Willamette Victoły" ...Arr. July 15
ROUND THE WORLD
Sails June 11 Sails July 16
VÍA MANILA, SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, COCHIN, BOMBAY, KARACHI, SUEZ, FÓRT SAID, ALEXANDELA, NAPLES, MARSEILLES, GENOA, NEW YORK and BOSTON *President Grant" President Polk"
In Port Arr. June 20
Salls June G Salls June 22
TO JAVA & STRAITS
"Willametto Victory"
St. George's Bldg:
Art. June 14
Sails June 1s
Tel. 28172/3.
BEND LINE
FROM
THE
ARRIVALS
SHIP
"BENARTY" "BENVORLICH" *BENMACOHUP 1"BENLOMOND"
“BENALDER" "BENAVON"
"BENVENUE”. · "BENDORAN” "DENLAWERS”
"BENMACDHUI" "BENAVON" "BENLAWERS” ·
"BENLOMOND"
"BENARTY"
་
"BENVORLICH"
*"DENALDER"
"BENVENUE"
TO ANG
FROM
U.K. via Singapore.
SAILINGS
DUL
10th Juna
on or abl. 11th Juns
"
kist Juna
26th Jund
2nd July
to
18th July
IT
29th July'
"
(gin Aug.
S
14th Aug.
Loading on or abt.
25th June
20th July
17th Aug.
Dublin,
+
30th Juha
London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull,
Liverpool,
Havre, Hamburg,
Hull.
Goños, Le Havre, Lon- dona Hamburg.. Liverpoot, Glendow, Dublin, Antwerp. Rotterdam,
13th June
14th June A
8th July
Sist July
+ Accepte Cargo for Japan. * Accepts Cargo for Havre,
Via Malaya, Colombo, Port Budan, Aden, and Suez Canat,
For Further Particulars, Apply To
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
Agents
Vark Building.
Telephone: 34185,
SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO.LTD
m.v. "BALI”
LOADING 14th JUNE
SAILING 15 JUNE
For
ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, MARSEILLES, TANGIERS, CASABLANCA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, BREGIEN, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, OSLO & GOTHENBURG TANKS AVAILABLE FOR BULK OIL
GILMAN & CO., LTD.
Tel. 31146.
BURNS PHILP
LINE
M.V. “MERKUR”
is ékpakida ta áfrive from Australia 19th JUNE
Round Trip to Japandia Ports 12th - June
SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARES
Sails for New Gul and Australian Ports
THURSDAY, 1915) JUNE
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD.
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