THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959.
JAPAN NEWSLETTER by David Gordon
CHINA A Gay Old Lady May FAMILY POOL
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Brighten
HK Soon
The Showboat, Kalang, the gay old lady
of Sydney Harbour, may continue her bright life in Hongkong.
Reports from Sydney say that a group of Chinese businessmen have offered more than a quarter of a million dollars for the 1,270-ton Show- *boat.
Kalang's future in
But so far plans for the
Hong kong are still vague.
A drastic fall in patronage and rising operating costs have
forced the Showboat's owners to withdraw her from pleasure cruftes on the Harbour,
The company.
a four-man yndiente, is going into quidn- tter,
A lot of people-25,000 a year from all over Australia, In fact will reret the passing of the
of
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NOTICE
THE HONGKONG & YAUMATI PERRY COMPANY LIMITED,
Notice To Shareholders
Nutice is hereby given that the Thirty First Ordinary Annuni General Meeting of The Company will be held at the Company's Office, Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Kowloon, on Saturday, the 4th April, 1959, at 12.00 noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts for the YOAT ended 31st December, 1958,
to declare Dividends, to elect
Directors Auditors.
and
to
appoint
Notice is also given that the Share Register of the Company will be closed from Monday, the 23rd March, 1959 to Saturday, the 4th April, 1959, both days in- clusive.
By Order of the Board, LAU CHAN KWOK, Managing Director.
Hongkong, 27th Feb., 1959.
No more midnight dancing on Kulang's mirrorpulished tallow-wood dance floor,
No more with-eyed youmusters seampering round her
decks, asking harassed parents about Harbour landmarks.
Bikini Parades
No more of the countless romances which have begun on her moonlit upper deck.
No more hymn-singing socials, No more mounequins parading- In lakinis. No more jazz and nightelut parties,
As Ar Mourier
Bern, managing director of the com pany which owns the Kalanus, said?
"It's traple but true-the Showboat has outlived her day.
"City folk have become blase about her, and the patronage of ecuntry and overseas visitors isn't sufficient to make, her paying preposition."
Ferry
The most auctioneers can hope to get for Kalang is be tween £40,000 and £80,000— though shipbuilders sy it
cost similar vessel would much as £400,000 to build to- day.
ds
Among prospective buyers is a group of Chinese businessinen, who want to run Kalang ts a ferry in Hongkong.
Their original offer syndicate was £22,000,
to the
The buyers would have to pay an 'extra £10,000 to have the showboa! towed Across the Pacife by turn,
The ultra-mart, three-deck Kalig today, is a far cry from the original outsize "lat tron," with deckhouse in the
| middle, launched from Crichton's at Chester, England, in 1926.
The Kajang minde her way to Synoy under her own steam in 1928, hugging coastlines and hopping frein part to port.
Gathered Rust
With three sister vessels, the
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES Kalang ran the inda Harbour
"LYCAON
Damages Cargo ex this verset will be surveyed by Meira Pauken & Bayea-Davy al's Wharf from
30 mm. on April 4 and 6, 1953, and canalgnees are requested to have
their representativer present during the survey.
BUTTERFIELD & WIRE.
Agents.
Hongkong. Ist, April, 1030.
TO ADVERTISERS
BUNDAY POST-HERALD Upace for commercial advertising should bo booked not Inter than noon on Wednesdays..
vehicle ferry service carrying 48 cars and waggons on each_trip, The March, 1932, the Harbour Bridge whg opened, and the Kalang's days as a ferry were over
For nearly six years she lay at a wharf, gathering dust and and rust.
Then in 1937 the Kalung emerged from the Balmain
works of Sydney Ferries, Lid. with a new look that staggered old suits of Sydney Harbour,
1,900 Passengers
the Kalang Is still second to
one.
"But with her 200-foot Length and big superstruc ture she's awfully awkward to handle.
"Quite a few times her 11- foot drought stranded her for a few hours on sandbanks.
"After one mishap 1 checked with the people who make the tire calculations and found they were only 14 in, out-but that was enough to strand her.
On "Fog was another worry, two nights 3 was caught in andstream and had to nurse Kalung.back to the Quay like a
baby.
Greatest Day
"Probably Kalang's greatest day was
In February, 1954, when the Gothie brought the Queen to Sydney With 800 sightseers on board, we led the parade of small bouts up the Harbour."
The heyday of the Kalang lanted about 10 years. She
was parked almonį every trip. and ran winter and summer. Then abruptly business fell
eff.
Said Mr M.
No Man.
(at)
But A Soldier
Begad!"
Melbourne.
Captain Dorothy Newton, army medical officer has attended a two-day with exercise along niore than 7,000 men, although the Army bud issued a strict "no' wo- men" order for the exer cise.
BRITISH FIRM LAUNCHES SMOKE BOMB SUITCASE
A payroll grab with a difference took place in
a quiet street of the London suburb of Byfleet, Surrey, recently.
A muffled up man suatch- ed + suitcase from two mesengers leaving the bank and dashed away to a wall- Ing car.
But be and his accomplice were beaten
thick by a
choking cloud of blinding,
trom smoke which poured the bag as soon as the men- senger lost hold of it.
Before the car had gone 20 yards the thieves were forced to stop.
Thila of Course was A staged to de- dummy run. monstrate the efflesey of a new safety case which is to UF shown to the Crime Prevcation Committee. at Scotland Yard, the
Captain Nowion whs con- Aned to her ambulance while senior offers
the discussed position.
Then the
director of Horie, generat manager of Harbour Lighterngesparation, Major-General H. H. and Showboat Ltd: You can Hammer. in the gallant tradi- pick
your reason-television,ion of his service, invited Cap- late closing of the pubs, more on Newton to watch the exer- motorists on the reads."
Jelse.
Showgirls
In January last year the Slate Government began negotiating to buy Kalang.
When the deal felt through the Showboat was sold to Mr Bern's syndicate for £10,000.
The syndicate spent another £8,000 on improvements, mainly en enclosing the third top deck. The syndicale tried all sorts of gimmicks to attract custom -vaudeville shows with nude
howgiris,
bachelor pariles, elaborate dinners. But somehow 'it didn't click. Last year, for the first time in her history, the Showboat had to be Inid up for three of the winter months.
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BY. THE WAY ·
by Beachcomber
I is not every day, nor even to improve the music or
Sald
every other day, that a Pre- lyries.
the "Hep" Weezie;
She had two huge promenadesident is criticised, during a tour low earny can you get? It decks, each nearly 200 feet by 40 of duty, for feet, and kitchen, milkbar, cufe, prettiest girls in sight.
kissing only. The don't make no sense to rub twennieth centry poses in all stage, grand piano--and capacity
Apparently President Ho Chi that dark nges stuff. Look what. for 1,000 passengers.
Mint, while in Java and Bell, we done for Shewpan. made a bee-ilne for the beauties, Short, rally and left the plain giris to sulk TH
The Kalang was getting into her stride as one of the world's
For the SOUTH CHINA | XTCat showboats when the Paclie in their corners.
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War intervened.
Before the messenger lett the bank he pulled out a pin in the case, and kept his Anger Armly pressed down
on a
small spring-loaded plunger near the handle.
As soon as the pressure was released, the harmless but effective moke began to pour out from a special watertight pressurised and canister in the case,
BOOSTS LIVING STANDARDS
IN JAPAN
Tokyo. A recent survey made by the Chugoku Power Company In Okayama City, turned up some statistics which show that the 120,000 citizens there enjoy a very high standard of living-if the American system of basing such a standard on household appliances is employed. Every family owns o radio white a neat in the National set; one out of five owns П Diet would usually leave him iclovision set; one in three has hereft of any principles an electric; washing machine; whatsoever. This may appear ten per cent
vacuum harsh, but gorruption in govern- cleaners, record-players and treat sireito is elaggoring. refrigerators and half the homes Uso electric fana in suminer and heaters in winter.
own
may
It is obvia29 these figures mako quite favourablo com- porisons with those drawn from similar industrial cities in most paris of the world.
But,
be statistics contrived as thay generally gre - to sull the purposes of the compilers, so before running off with the idea that the Okayamang are a rather affluent group, it should be explained how they manage en notoriously low individual wages, to acquire such Jefi
Once, it's started there's no way of stopping it. The docs Do damage from temporarily
smoke apart
the
incapacitating almallar gadgets can be ob- Lained for fitting to the doors of mail or bullion vans. Price of the mileaGE--- the de luxe model-1 £13 -154
Picture shows one messen-
other zer sprawling, the staggering
the 'bandit' makes hin getaway dash with the hottes!
he'a
FA
bp.c ever handled. — Express Service,
expensive comforts
modern necessitled.
or
IF Mr Matsutare
Shoriki has his way, Southeast Asia will have television and towers rivalling Tokyo's new tower which attracts about 15,000 paying sight- seers daily.
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At a special demonstration of The family pooling system colour TV at the Nippon Televi and fiberal purchasing terms, sien Company's studios, Shorti are the prime reasons. These, fold D Arcur
foreign atlled to + remarkable journalists that both Thailand thriftine And 4 national and Burna had been most determination to get ahead, receptive to his proposals and account for the rest.
he would put TV on "the map" in those countries, just as he Each wage earner in a home, did in Japan, contributes a portion for every His method here was simple purchase arid špecific sums are in the extreme. He put out cet aside for a particular item 200 TV sets on railway station which all agree the family platforms, boxes on city should have.
squares and parts and other
Them they stick 10 the
Fast Post Mail Notices decision. Nobody pulls out after public gathering places, then he
1
Saves A
Suicide
The speed
Toulon.
of the French postal service has
pre- vented a suicide attempt by a 75-year-old woman living in this Mediter- ranean; port.
The woman decided to end her life and wrote a letter to a friend lying nearby to explain. what she planned to do.
letter at 8 She posted the am., returned home and turned
on her gos jets,
The letter was collected a few minutes after it was posted and received by the friend only 20 minutes after 8 a.m. She Tele- phoned police who rushed to the house und saved the woman--China Mail Special.
SBIBLE. INIQUCHT
FOR: TODAY
We have left all and have followed thee-Mark 10:28. This must be our chief pursuit. It is not a part- time job. We just can't go in two or three directions at
once.
Press-Radio Bible Serules, no Cincinnati, Ohio.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 2 By Alt Quam, 2 pm. Philippines, 3 p.m.
Cambodia, 0 pằm,
Indle, Aden, Africa,
Europe,
Fornosu, Okinawa, Japan, Korom, fawall, U.S.A.. a p.m.
0p.m.
Ety Surface Wert Australia Parcels
direct,
3 p.m.
South Africa, Nigeria & Chana Parcels direct, 3 p.m.
Macro. p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Vietnam.
France, 19 1,70,
By Air
d
Cambodia, Pakistan. Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia, Cey- ton, 10a.m.
Formosa, 1 p.m.
Philippines, Australia, New Zer- land. Fl. p.m.
Laci, & p.m.
Forniosa, p.m.
Ilawali, 6. p.m.
Canada, U.S.A., 6 pm.
--- By,
few months to apply his or her share-towards buying a new suit or dressor backing a bot
tip in the last race.
In
tur.
The suits and dresses too sre bought throuză the pool, so if everyona conferma with the banic principle, then Individual requirements will be met time.
Credit is very widely ex- tended in Japan and a prizing number of quite small enterprises serving house holda, prosent bills quarterly or even annually. At this level, the Japanese are scrupulously honest, so the splety margin la high,
The
suburban tallor who walls a year or more for par- ment for clothing he has made, enjoys credit from his whole saler.
By the same token, his daily outgoings for supplies of rice, fish, vegetables and other food- stuffs along with his beer and sale, all go on the cuff too.
The little man therefore is well accommodated in this respect and he need not be actually embarrassed through Exck of Immediate cách Ordinarily he
hir
keeps
credit purchas within his means and is ready to make
Chitar People's Republic,ettlement when the ilms
Canada, Noon
Macao, 1 p.m.
Blacao, & p.m.
Indila,
SATURDAY) APRIL (
comes. Flor
somo
unaccountable
his
the TV
prospective advertisers the thousands of people who would strain to see the show on a 17-inch sol. They bought time and in seven months company was in the black
Ilo In doing exactly SAMO thing with colour now and in fact it is the ad- vertisers who are behind him to the hilt la his arguments with the government for a permanent licence. Americans actually In the business, readily admitted that the colour telecasts and recep time of a higher standard than in the United States.
The more technically-minded redders may not And the follow- ing as puzzling ́as does your correspondent —but one Japanese-made camera, using a charmel, can
simul- single tanously make a colour and a black-and-white telecast.
While not being partial to television 02:31 such, I would reddily schnit to a preference for the colour an it providos greater depth.
An American correspondent sought an answer as to why, with basic American equip- ment, the final quality of res production was so obviously
better than In the States, He was Hille wiser with the
answer:
technique.
Because of
our
But it is a fael in Japen that reason, the Japanese irisu Meal engineers mostly turn out of honesty weakens with a better product from a set of the "rise of the individul-if-blueprints-than-ke- orginalama the tallor instanced above, be- designéra can do themselves. camo award assembly man, he This is particularly true with would soon Indonesia,
start running Up
marine engines winde
under Ilcence.
Middie
Zast
Fakistan Africa, Great Britain de Entrope.
Thailand. Malaya,
в д.т.
Ceylon, 10 a.m.
Japan. 14 4.1.
Australia, New Zealand. 1 p.m. Fallopini 2 Đô
Thailand, Burma, India. p.m. Puisi Aden, Africa, Egypt, Great Britain & Europe, 6 pm.
Vietnam, Laos, o p.in. Formosa, Okinawa, Japan, Kores,
Coins, People's Republic, 6 p.m.
bills he could not meet.
His next step would be The Japanese product usually accepting "presents" and "mis- gives a greater horse-power using" ward funds if he could output than one made from the get hits hands on them.
same set of plans elsewhere. A “Advancement to the Pre- bland amlle is all the satisfaction foctural Assembly, would entall the curious get when trying further moral deterioration, to find out why.
CHINA MAIL ENTERTAINMENT
FILMS
agrin as wide as the recall the Blaure an actress said to KING'S & PRINCESS: withering words of Mimsle
a reporter, "You know, we're The Navy Department took Slopeurner, when she was the not alf as silly as we look." He over the Kalang, stripped her Stackenham Drainpipe Queen, of her glamour, and sent her and the mayor had tried to kiss uld have repiled, with a
bow,
of
Jack Foraca.
"Teil, Book and Candle," starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Ernie Lemmon and
ROXY & BROADWAY: "BE{1- krleg," German war fim nar- rated by Lt Gen. Bir Briaz STAR & METROPOLE:
Horrocks.
Alee Guianors, Jack Hawkins, PARAMOUNT: "The 7th Voyage
of Alabad* ORIENTAL & MAJESTIC: "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness," Ingrid Bergman, Curi Jergens, Robert Donal
GRAND: "Vorligo,” Janes. Ste.
wart, Kim Novak
NIGHT SPOTS
Mario ""The
CARLTON:
GUIDE
RÁDIÓ HONGKONG Carter-New Berisi Btory—"My Coats Jan", 8.30 Tex Beneke art 6.30 pm, tud on the Upbest; 0, Ort: 6, Welts Tune: 0.30, Birthday Portugsmes Hall Stour-Hugo Vieba! | Steibag; 620, Tropicana:.7. Impicior
6.45, Weat; 116, Buuvenir Bongs; 7.3k_Yolk 30 Interud for Mo Zevening (up-Charden Trenet (vocal) Orch; 7, Pictures Buedo: Th
Songs Of Canada; 7/5, By Other "Ner do you all look as
Love: 3, Tim Elgnal and Nown; 8.49, to New Guinea waters as a her. She said: "Mr Mayor, we silly as you are.
About zaman
Books Chinese Walther Jorecast, Announcersatu floating workshop.
ere not living in
Le jungle Short story
Dome" by Ties, Cameron, Pžstatory and Interlude 140, Latent Recorder: Her 40-foot crape lifted many Nelther I myself nor the drain-
of Longtong by G. 11. Endacott 10 on The Other side Twenty-
YAD Hestewed by Charles: Lows:
Hip Hours: PAK,, Ose Night Stand; SHORTCAKE, small vessels sunk by Japanese pipes can benefit from this de- ORD
Chibent ari ulivan Dventures; 780, 150” Mando" zen: 10.30, Lo (209 bembers,,
graded form of publicity. Pray fallen in love with a bewitching Shortcake Menor, having
Weather Report: 8. The dinol, zhosted; 1045, donge Of The MRKS: After the war the Kalang gọt (keep yoursel to yourself."
Nawx 8.10 Commentier, 10, 24t 11, 18top Pres 105, Dave. Wan dairymuid on his estate, said to erothee facelift at the State
Francisco | Paráde: 91), Life and Leffers. From Devamlood: 153 Profade To Mia- his steward: "Bentley, get one.
Big Country."" Greginy Peck. Dockyards, Newcastle, and went Improving Gilbert
and Ills Combo restoring Llia As to Age, Houchings by by Bt. Totay night; 12 Bikinight, Close Down. "Joan Bimmons. Carroll Díaker. Boicio.
Biege, sod, Marjorso. Wanburg 5 back Into Harbour service in
and Sullivan of the men to carve a heart on
Charlton Hesión, Burl Ivos, - . . GOLDEN the biggest beech in the avenue. LEE ASTOR? "The Caplain's
PHOENIX 1947.
Ollie with Meals Astriniae (pinčio)) 9.00, THERE are sore hearts in Tin Inside the heart I want the
· 4. pm) Children's Bougi, Chytoons; Delfino
bla Dynamião | Werthers Brport; 19 Time" Algod, and
13, który, Poller: Cynthia Loong: Pon Alloy and
Tablo, John Gregson, FOEST Sniffle, word 'Edna' carved
Dabotros with vocaliki, Kish flags and Homo News down titliams 200, Choo Kki; 4: Close Dono. 730, z catefully."
10.13. Palace of Varkey, 10,46, A Corner. There, appears to be The
man
Cummins, detailed for this
Donald Binder, VI Minds Floor abris host the Deck: 10,50, Wouter Food Modinggor. Ann Borton, 74, much unenlightened support for unusual tusid misunderstood his
Nadia Gray,
Frodre Marahali and the path 110 Blera-Nawa, est: Chloe Care Dent; 8. Who SACH Doyen of the Kalang's the
11.30, doce Liebe mind went Studios Chile X: 156, "Jamurri Carr reactionary iden tut the orders, and a week laler viltora
HOOVER & GALS: "Ülek," Rocky Fellers Combo, skippers is Captain R.
11:30, Close Days, C. Gilbert and Sullivan operetias were
|Cianiaj të "Newmmt. 0.15,·· LiberaON surprised to
with Loklia Ouron, Maurice PARAMOUNT:., London's SCO да Scholtz, who retired Bst year should continue to be performed enormous heart carved on
Chevalier and Loute Jourdan.
$40, Yestershor's Newercel:
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HITZ: "Man, of, the West,” with
Makė Dalieros. Music by TNT Tera Honour Legion TMA Coty around Bydney Harbour
n the aide it, in fargo lettera: "Lord STATE: The Fridge on the performed, and
Gary: Cooper.
Lana and his neulot, Captain Scholtz cald: "As nudiences want them to be Shortcake loves Edns."
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