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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959.
JAPANESE NEWSLETTER by David Gordon In the second last in his series of life as
SLAPS AND staff writer William Smyly describes-
a deckhand on a Hongkong fishing trawler, China Mail
PUNCHES ARE The Wild Excitement As
PART
OF
WORK LIFE
Tokyo.
Better working conditions and higher wages are usually the quite reasonable demands made at this time of the year by Japanese labour unions.
However, a new issue was added this week when the All- Japan Dock Werkers Uncan exiled for a series of strikes to protest against "resort violence by superiors."
Slaps and punches--or even worse-zeem part of the whart Jabourer's lot in Jugan.
A particularly shvoge case was related during the Union's Anunt Congress. It concerned a labourer and a mild instance of pilferage.
The man, Shizuo Kebayashi, was unloading a vessel when a case of Amerienn eigarelles was broken.
Kobayashi was caught pocket- ing three packets and was im mediately seized by three foremen who strung him up by the heels against the pier then lushed him with lengths
wire rope,
The unfo: lunate 20:1 had boll legs broken during this tuult and his face and body were dreadfully lacerated,
1 may be wondered at that follows didn't come to his arsistance, but it is a Japanese peculiarly not to "Interfere" in such matters.
This was amply proven in 'Bayko very recently when a estruction evinpany recruited An unemployed 30 men from tabourer's stumly settlement with a promise of Y300 (0/-) daily, plus dormitory accom mendation and meals. The men were hit in captivity" for six werks by the bully-boys until one manager to "escape" and inform the police.
men
Then "sipve labourers" were working next to "frow" each day during the period und were driven to and from work in
truck. Yet company 20
aided them 'in the
For the BOUTH CHINA MORNING POST and the CHINA MAIL, 48 hours nobody before date of pubileation, slightest,
It may alto be puzzling that Announcements a company would go to such and Clawified Advertise-lengths to save a daily outgoing manta as USDA),
Special
SAVE A LIFE!
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Become
of a miscruble £0-especially when the nett economy after paying the builies would be su low. But this is Japan.
A
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matter na W hefore the semi-paralysed Diet, is
Minimum
A BLOOD DONOR that of the
The British Red Cross Blood
Collecting Centre
is now on the
8th Floor of Fung House, Connaught Road, Central,
BAYER
Parasitic skin. discase, itching
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Mitigal
CL & CINTAGNT
-Bayer « LEVERKUSEN
GERMANY.
Wages Bill.
The Socialist Party is seek- in A standard of a humble YB,000 (£81 monthly. The government wants to make the minimum variable with the re-
dion
cach particular industry.
This
arrangement would merely give oficial blessing to all kinds of exploitation as the interpretation ut it would be laxly controlled.
The entire problem of suit- +ble recompense for Japan's lubcur ierce and various
their busiest weeks for many a moon as Japan's "Invitational
diplomacy
hit somewhat of a peak. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Mayor of West the Bayor of San Berlin, Francisco, Dame- Margot Fonteyn, United Arab Republic the Ministers plus Cabinet usual assortment of American oficials, el descended on this world's inrgest village.
who Governor Yasui tracted the habit of giving away keys to the city some years ago,
these bestowing
Sill souvenirs right and left, while lunchevas, cocktall partics and dimers merged into each other
ke a Roman feast,
Was
con-
CROSSWORD
to
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13
14
Acrou
Long-running show, 18. O Homan dire (1)
8 Centre. (4)
20. Perfectly morát JUN
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12. Farmers often use it. (8, 9) 14. It's taken when the point to
not a ne one. 10, 41
18. Entertain. (3)
iv. Bladed
21, Italia 10%.
22. Saya. (6) 22 Top players (0) 26. POOLWear {41
Down
1. Par feathered frigsaw. (4. 8)
Regretful lady.
3. Milk food. (8)
5. Cold sweet. (3)
Fearless of danger.
9. Damalah
(4)
11. Offensive
(G)
13. Diahon. (8)
10. De pros-
alon. (5)
17, D.9 0.0 b
frut. (4)"
Lam Fung Says Her Mind
By DAVID T. K, WONG
Singapore.
Hongkong
actress Lam Tung follows the great tradition of Marilyn Monroe in one thing-she says exactly what is her mind.
on
Since her arrival here couple weeks ago for location work in three Cantonese Almas she has been amazing and amus ing Malayans with her unin hiblted views.
The Nets Come In
FirecrackerS had our de-
from
speeded parture Hongkong and on dark morning three days later they appeared
again for another ceromony-the of the wetting nots. The
priest or func- tionary of this per- formance was a crew member who had the unfortunate name of Pa Loh-poh, "Afraid of Wife," and it described him rather well.
He was a pleasant little man with a sheepish smile as if he was constantly in the wrong and was tired of having the fact pointed out to him.
He walked with a stoop as if he had spent years dodging the attention of
a shrew.
Members of the Look Iling crew give away clothes to relatives when they find that they know the members of a native sall trawler that lay becalmed in our course.
Cable Danced Like A Dangerous Snake
call out to his mate, and five minutes the engine began captain to rumble and the was ready to start hauling up the anchor,
Hauling
the
In a second load he brought a wooden bucket of Chinese rice (cooked dry), an aluminium pot of Japanese rice (cooked soil), and four or five dishes of cooked Ash and a basket of sauces suya, chill, oyster and sometimes saya cheese.
And he waved his supplient- ng hands in the perfunctory wary of someone who had learn- Soon after, her arrival, she ed to perform his prayers under
anchor and had many a hopeful Malayan the critical eye of a mechanical-
had sailing up to our sister craft and amah, ly praying heart palpitating overtime with the declaration that she is ntsorbed the mechanical func- to throw a line took around 20
Before they were all lai‹f minutes, and then the two ships anxlous to have a good Airl on in time himeelt.
out the crew had begun to were steering away on parallel Paper money was attached to with a nice young Malayan."
gather and help themselves, The 19-year-old star then laid the nets, and a libation of rier courses, with cables and nets
wine poured down the specifications.
over them and running out behind them.
Breakfast
followed by the first to And then Our ship was around. least six sprinkled Ile must be at
It was still laundry and ablutions. our shoot her trawl. the trawl was thot and
The first trawl come in about years her senior, well-ballt,
dark, but with a hint of dawn.m, and the crew gathered on tall and established in`a good Risking had begun.
The
of Lock pair
Hing coming into the sky, when the deck. trawlers in the last three days Lock ffing No 2 steamed pant-us had sailed, down the coast of and a fisherman in the stem China from
Hongkong and caught the line which one of ships converged till they were
Island into our men throw over. rounded Hainan calmer seas to the south.
career. 24. (peed. (4)
ZRA 10. Trouble DEST
river (41
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20. flats voted. ULALGJIT
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London Express Servic
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How many
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words of
can
you make from the letters in the quare on the left to nking ench RE U word, th
Jettaze to each of the sinalı ştiurek may be used caro unty, ach word must contain 1 LATER letter in the centre uate. and there must be al Trust one nine-letter word in the No Binala: no foreign wordeno ukaper Lanternal system”.
pro-
villons for chi age pensions and other social amenities, will take considerable solving.
The feudal
nades.
dles very hurd and there is no TARGET word
real desire on the part of capitul
in sue the workers living o
After and better life.
pood; 31" wieds, very. words, excellant.
tomorrow.
Bolton
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION gun gizon shoal zone IHR ZUM
"I must be a casual, light- benrted and innocent affair," she added. "Marriage must not be mentioned and everything must end when I return to Hong- kong."
Asked why it must casual and light-hearted
she said she had never
be a
affair,
fallen
in love before and she consider-
ed herself
too young for
serlous romance.
"I don't want to settle down till I am 25," she said.
teased..
11
astern.
The line was followed by a steel cable which the Lock Hing Our first trawl went down No. 2 mode fast to towing chains on Sunday, December 14, at Gi fathoms, and we took up 55 cases of fish after a haul of A case la around two hours. about a quarter of a pleul and
is also called a "eran," which is the messute used England.
in
With that, she plunged into location work in her first im,
This wos not a bad catch, but Love on Merdeka Bridge,
Out It was not good either. which will have its world
worst Catch, when the net tore premiere here when it is re- and part of it carried away in Our the mud, was 30 cran. best on this journey was 159. And the best ever for Lock Hing No. 1 was 428 eran In une haul, taken in November 1957.
Hauls on our trip averaged about 60 cran. Anything below. 60
Any-- was disappointing.
BBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
Snake
As soon as this was fast we went full ahead and raced away, reeling out cables and nets in our wake.
was
A hoot on the tooter and tho
ploughing along side by side und water racing between the The two hulls like a cataract, Lock Hing No. 2 threw over a rope, passed a cable, and then freed herself from the trawi.
Two Parties
Finally the two teama camo Xensed D thick together and
was passed! around the roose narrow neck of the cod's end and the great bag of fish was hauled up by winch and swung across the vessel till it dangled- on the starboard side over the ponds.
huse The bottom of this bag was laced, and when the tie-string was pulled, the fsh streamed out in a golden red- and silver pile splashing and kicking an 50 pounders found themselves left out of their able to cramped prison and move again. Home of them struggled so hard they could' stand on the tips of their tails... for seconds,
Sorting
our
As soon as the trawl was in our sister ship which had been ralling away on her own for 20 minutes with nothing to do Our crew were divided by came alongside again and threw us a line and cable, and as soon now into two parties, one port, one starboard. They passed as this was secured to their cables around the hauling towing chains astern, she went The cables danced in B capstans and them forward racing away, paying out cables dangerous snake along the deck, to drums which had to be and trawl for
The first length was a steel wound manually with cranks, which would be hers, cable of three coils (all colls When the steel cables were were 720 feet) from drums in In, the parties ran back pant the forecastle.
capstans amidships and began
the next catch
The fish had to be sorted and put below on ice, and though they were not gutted as
in
Il raced out along the whole taking in the thick manilla rope Englund, the job took a good
tho
length of the deck and crew kept out of its way, At the stern It leapt up over high rollers and then plunged down into the wake.
and calling it along the deck asteri
Finally in the end there was a cry and the cod's end bobbed up to the surface, and every- one knew the size of the calch from the way it floated, and Fursseu it to the Learest ten
thing above 70 was good. This rate of fishing meant that the
themselves The expectations of the pair of ships reckoned to fill up
Then the nets short went over the port side. At not perishin about ten days poor shall Paninis 0:18
enough the to let them chill about from the mate the decken
with ice-Instead of crew heaved them overboard We are God's almonera. their catch We must help the young, the deep freezing it with a mechani- Into the water, which caught and held them as we raced on cal freezing plant.
Be
***However it mot da te al pins weten darfweak the unfortunate
that the employee in Japan veritable inmunity enjoys a from being sucked from his job -except in the instance of the cason worker.
nigan nought" qushlarig bong pou TRA TOUGHNESS.
MALEDE
With the resurgence of the Mail Notices
Zaibatsu, there is very nolice- able trend among the rising cm- ployee potential 10 stort working life for one of these huge combines,
Onee on the payroll, jobs security is virtually assured.
Press-Radto Tible Service,
Ing Cinetunati, Ohio.
• Our day at sea Degan before-kast.. dawn when the skipper would
BY THE · WAY ·
by Beachcomber
VER my dead tomatol" The partial
near-
with exercise
operational
Between the two ships and astern, fish began collecting the cod's end of the trawl, big cramped fish bag of heavy smmall mesh netting in which the early prisoners get bumped along the bottom for the best part of two hours,
cry rang out when it be operational implications, both - The dawn by now was bright, come known that there was the
and exercise and the ship's cook prepared a the meaning of the covers with a basket of eating bowls and chopsticks beside it.
en var
When the cod's end came up the ship swung sideways and the men began to haul in by
and And
band.
Each team whooped shouted as they worked raced to get their half in fastest.
Like Demons
Greater
caused catches greater excitement and the men bent their backs and tugged and bent, again, scrabbling the net demons fighting howling like
the next full towing part of ime.
Elevenish found the Lock Hing No. 2 hauling in, and the No. 1 getting ready to shoot.
trnwi No sooner was our away again, than tunch was op. Cookfa had been brooding over our fir exter when it came in, chosen the fish he Ukod the look of, and had taken them away to the ralley to Prep C
So life went on....Avo trawis a day, five meals a day.
A snack after hauling in, and a full meal after shooting.
And on alternate days we had we had a lazy day, when
to handle only two trawls and our sister ship three,
Europe, o conspiracy to get rid of the aspects of the activity being treauldron of congee on the hatch with wide fingers, working and NEXT-Diary of a
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY N
1
By Air
USA. 6 pm.
India. Aden, Adria. p.m.
Formosa, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, 0 p.m.
Cambodia, pm.
By Surface Korea. 3.Ú. Australia, 3 p.m.
tacao. 6. p.m.
Tokyo socialites and the Press corps had one of
PEACE BOOK COMPANY
announce
the opening of their
RETAIL SHOP
at 9, Wellington Street, Hongkong
Wholesalers & Retailers of Books & Periodicals in Various Languages, & Reproductions of Works of Art,
terms used,
Tomato (and Cucumber) (but piled in not Celery) Board.
Could not this board recap- ture its popularity by following. the example of its cousin the Egg Board, which, I read, "sto launch a national egg-decorat- ing contest," with prizes. tomato in a little hat, entered In a Worthing contest in 1966, was adopted as the creat of the
of Com Worthing Chamber merce, with the molto: Fortis Diurn Coquit.
came
A
the to
A hint, to competitors APLAN to amalgamate
Boards 4 twin nothing, because, as Sir Gervase Lime: Gillingham sald at the "Though there is a faint phyzl- cal. resemblance between the tomato and the egg, as to shape, the tomato being fatter and more rubicund, the reserablanice ends there. The tomato has no shell, the egg no stalk." But what fun will be to paint a tomate browny-white, encase it in a shell, and enter it in the contest as a nouve©u-art cgg. The explanation
for couls in hell.
Fortnight at Sea.
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