THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29r′′, 1908.
OFFICERS IN THE MERCANTILE wine has been made, the quantity being equal
MARINE.
In Mercantile Marin circles there have been latterly food lamente over the dearth of officers.
Hut the "Merchant Service Guild" muutsin
that no shortage exists, ('1"
There in certainly no lack of young men who would willingly enter the service, were they not disterrad De , the low pay and the generally unsatisfactory conditions of life on board ship. Numbers join as apprentices, but many quit as soon as they can, probably for one or all of the following ressons—
Poor
•
ding—ayatom-of-two watchry, Short leave at end of a voyage. Bad and crowded accommodation on most
to an average year. The 1901 vintage wines now being shipped to England will prove worthy successors to past vintage years.
SPAIN,
Sherry-The crops saffered from the son
tinued dry easterly winds which prevailed in August. The quality, however, promises to be satisfactory and may fairly be pronounced to be up to the average. in general is excellent bat owing to the long Spanist port or "Tarragona."-The quality coutinned drought and heat, the quantity is very surall, practically less than half an average, and that the total yield will not half replenish exhausted stocks. We are faid that prices must go up considerably.
MADEIRA.
PLEA FOR THE SAILING SHIP.
to
A CHINOISERIE.
wore
-THE OPINION OF A SHIPOWNER.
What is the true inwardness of the Chinese The day of the sailing ship is not yet past, opiam in China within the next ten years? Imperial edict totally abolishing the use of are certainly diminished, but by farther nom recite here-are characteristically Chinese in As a dividend-producing machine her powers The regulations--much too lengthy for us to bination of owners and better organisation, they their comprehensive minuteness. Never wo might be again geatly revived. The modern rules more drastic issued by day Government in the Syrex. Naval architects and engineers suggests two obvious questions. First, can any cargo steamer han, for the sailor into a corner, writos Mr. Andrew Weir of Chinese bumer nonce, driven
the But experience of human nature in general, and nature in particular, have during the Inst
last quarter of a contary rd their whole attention to the prod
amount of direct-
prohibitio
ion prevent the persistence of improved steamers, and shipowners, realising cent of a population of
production of a habit indulged in be from thirty to farty their greater carning capacity, for the time he is the
-Secounty" there not room for something more than a have ing provided the stimulua unessary t achieve the result, whiletbe nailer has been entire-
to suspicion that the real abjoat of the edict is not The total quantity produced cannot fall farly neglected. But the sailer has not been accord
probibit the
my of home grown opium,
butto necord- of a good average.
the If one accept that hypothesis, the whole thing What steumer, subjected to similar falls disadvantageons conditions, could
ilur Chinese
naturally into ite place as part of the ovon so well as the sailing ship does? A sailing absolute exclusion of the "foreign barburiau. Maraula.The result, as far as can be judged, ship, loading at a coal-tip (after Iringa week in Thus the Indian peppy
*Pay her way
'Dow course, which sums st the will be about one half of last year's production, the dock waiting for one), bas to shift out and with Hart Devil" as something that in to ha
takes lat as there was no damp weather, the vingiva
its place along did not auffer from "Peronospora, and the give place to tua all-important steamer im- particularly good. quality of the now wine is expected to be edinilely on her arrival from asa, and whorl of on the principle of "China for the
why,
Chiness." If we are not mightily mistaker, Just because the same shippers have that, and nothing else, is what is manathy 30 lag days in which to load the sailor, and soms prohibition, and the Lagerial dies is merely one hours in which to lead an equal quantity chinoiserie the more.—Pall Mall Gaz fr. Ints a steamer. Farther, the sailer's antiquated form of
charter party stipulates for discharge at a rate of from 50 to 150 tons per day, while that of the steamer calls for discharge just as xhe can deliver, which may not Infrequently do 1,000 per day.
poor pay" heads this list of short of 10,000 pipos, and the quality should ba 1.59 equal terms in her competition with tray the trade of India in that commodity P
griersuces the remuneration of marcantile off care.
in the first-clean companies, compares favourably with salaries corned ashore, when wo remember that in addition to money received the witor has board and lodging free, suit in the ships of the companies mentioned above, a high standard of living prevails.
is
The system of two watches is surraspable, and ought to he aholished. The hardship nectaten in the cn of ships frequently entering port: it is also a bs) and peritos system, which risks having an officer in charga of a ship when he is worn out with carga work and other port duties. As the officer in charge must be certificata, the adoption of three. watch system would entail the employment of two lizat, er tr urcend effrers in all whi
ships,
æna A
BICILY.
ITALY,
most satisfactorily.
We expect this year's vintage to turn out
I'm
A POEM FOR SAILORS.
a sailor-mou, und I'm teokin' out Por something over the son
sort of forogin, advance scout, It might be a whale or a waterspouti. Turnin' aroned and walkin' about
When the ofleer's watebia' te. One of the nights I s'pose I'll ne
Something to recoupeuss Some sword-dah bavin' sowin' bec, Fillin' themaltes with cake and tea; Or a bull whale full of prosperity
Longer Faroned more comfortabla and roumy quarters a legitimate demands, which ought To have the consideration of shipowners.
Many compania are sucessfully
dealing with the shortage of offers question by an all-round increase of
of pay. They might go further and inaugurate pension schemes, which would be
to the tea, and would ontail but a small extra burder on the owners, while giving them much greater hold on their offers and crew, The lack of a system in the training of apprentices at sea is a serious cause of complaint. The Board of Trade and most shipowners nokolle college of preparatory But when once a cadet has entered on his H training given by the Conway and Worcester, course I'm searchin' for breakers
apprenticeship be is,
spesalting, Chrowa generally: on his own restaures; he picks up what practical knowledge b har no one as a ruls troulies
or to help him.
to instruct hon or to
Liverpool
shipowners are formulating a shema of apprentice training on the lines adopt some years ago the fact that. in spita ugo by Mers, Dovi't and More. ignoring apparent of much poisinking care to Ness, Doritt and Moore's scheme has failed to attract a satisfactory or of approptions. better system would appear to be the subsidiz
ing of sailing ship companies, so as to erinble them to take a small number of boys in each ship, and to place them under the supervision of a responsible officer whom duty it would b to give the fed praction and coatiunen- struction in the work und duties of an officer. Such a system in being worked by Mossre Montgomery and Co, who get a small premium
every apprentice.
with
Some people avocate the German training ship system. forgetting that that in a State- aided intitution and a feeder to the Imperial Davy All boys who pass through a German training ship must serve one year as ordinary teamen in the navy.
The American State-rue training ships are admirably equipped, fully-rigged veszel, with auxiliary engines, and the education given on board is thoroughly sound and practical. Yat comparatively few of the boys passing through these suips eventually follow the profession of
the see.
The ueofulness of a sailing ship training for steamship officers is a much disputed point. It has so far been accessary beenuse till within the Tant yoor or two all shipowners insisted on their junior_officers' bolding a senior certificate in sail. To a certain extent it is evident that years spent in sail training are wasted when thu
ultimate career is to officer a steamship. The approutien is a junior, and as euch gets no experiance in the handling of men or
OF US.
the
"
23
Buifrlin' & boundary fence.
I'm lookin' into wall of aight
With nothin' 10 son but dark. whita
And watchin' to soo that they steer her
With the oil run low in the starboard
rüchik,
Jilat
And the port light cold and slark. I've been workin' a winch for the whole
dead day,
And there's nothin' to see out there, I've bret look for years, and all I say is, "Don't you worry your life away Watekin for things that only may
Appear on the midnight air.
Every time when they strike the bell
I turn to the bridge and shout *Lights are burnin', and all is w»ll”—- There are stars in heaven and flames in
hell,
And it seema a deliberate lie to tall
When I know the port light's out I'm a sailer task who is swivel-eyed!
And I'm blind as a bat hy day,
I couldn't see in the dark if I tried, But the sea ain't quite so deep as it's
wide,
And there's many whose lives would k
simplified,
If she dropped where the mad.
crabs play.
But I'll get her there with hor bottom
whole.
And toss you into the street To ta e a cub for the Mutropole, And it I don't, God rest your soul, Or some other pub with a rigmarole--
And may your dreams he sweet. Four bolls! and lights a-burnin' bright." On the sto board bow there's a slaamer (The port light's cold and stark),
And there's nothin' to see besides but
light, Night
Ait's well--we're guessin' our way
allright-
Gropin' car way in the dark.
Sydney Ballstin
A TOUCHING LETTER.
steamer.
Forstoth
It
is
an axiom that a ship only carus freight at sen, and the time spent in part is only as insurmountable well,
•Given for the mailing
ship the same despatch as that received by the steamer, and her earning capacity will be greatly increased. Accelerated despatch is a Like yun non, as a firet stop; but there are others. A cargo steamer 2 to 30 years old is generally admitted to be somewhat inefficiant. and seureely likely to produce satisfactory results. Yet, mest the
sailing shops now trading aru 20 years old, when not wore, and even the newest of them are little changed in design as compared with the oldest. Sarely, it --ia-
-Dot past the wit of waval architects to greatly improve the present day sailing ship? So far, apparently, all their efforts have been directed to building an im
an improved type of racing yacht, and what a difference there is between a present- day
race and one of
day
important.
years ago,
question of stiffening and hellast is an be; but in this, we are just where one; Wy were 50 years ago.
Water ballast for Railing ships has not yet come into general favene; but thero
appears to be no reason why sailing ships should not be built and Stil in parry rater for ballust, with pumps or ejectors fitted for capilly and cheaply emptying it when required. Maks. the hatches larger, and fit a
& winch,
driven by cil or steam, at each-, if necessary, give them more rise of fluor. et naval architects and asilore lay their heads together, and so simplify and adapt the rigging and said plan that it shall be possible to utilise a petrol motor, or semin other axpeditious method of raising power quick- ly-without having to resort to
to keeping steam-
so se to do the necessary hoisting and setting of sails, and carry out saving of general labour. In short, derate the atten tion to the sailing ship that it deserves, and yon will soon have something that will success- fully compete with the
present-day cargo
stasmer.
The initial cost of a usiling ship per ton of deadweight is less than that of a steamer the uphery is less and the motive power is free. Furthur, this motiro power is standier than generally supposed, and while there are latitudes where calme
prosail, there are also immense strelchas where steady winds in known dirse. tions are to be depended on. Some of the Ensvages made by German ships to and from the West Coast of South Ameries show what can be attained in the way of speed, and be- sides, the American schooner can, and does, ancomfully
with the steamera in the compute coasting trade
Oar shipbuilding yards are producing cargo steamers at a rate out of all proportion to what is required to make good for any warts and to The technical skill requisite for the management-
provide for the loccensing carrying trade of the world. The necessarily consequent result, of a steamer cas bo ncquired only in a steamer.
for A
period of It is as sensible to expect a man trained in a sail.
years, in a steady tonilency towards tower rates of freight, though this ing shiptu
understand the handling of the mons
tondeney may be obscured for a time by a period ter steam-kips of to-day as it would be to expect
of good trade. As the margin of profit grows A who had ever driven anything but
alir and beautifully less, so the oust of donkey cart to work a motor-car. Sail training for steamship officers must soon be a thing of
Has the art of letter-writing died ont? We
will receive increasing attention, and some radical alteration takes place in the the past. That it still endures is a result of end nu sotual copy of letter received by the of
Melbenrus Home from up-country farmer preser
teamship propulsion the copserratise bins of most sailors, wit
(the What do you send a man to repara by engines may
of present type characteristically refuse to recognize the neelspur and binder that nows nothin about it reached
triple-expansion be considered of the times.
46 baving the cross pacces be put on braka the furst timei vert to use of the smiling ship in the case neer killed me if i had i would bars sude your
of transport for cortain commoditias. form for damages the Man tale me the metal
semount of the lower cost per ton of cargo parriod. The expense of towing a siling ship he put in was unbreakable but it is brittler glase new i have to employ mon entting the
and out of port, is, I think, an item which oraps, with seithe
caunot be overcome, and one which presludes come and take your rotten old the machine aws and refund me the 20 pounds successful with steamers in the general soust- possibility of sailing vessels. competing deposit i paid or i will go to law do you thinking
of
the
The whole question is une demanding the use the machin and the seat har snopt and dine to the we may by forced to re-
most serions attsation, in the interests not only of the shipowners, but of the country.-Time,
HUT
on
Cutler Palmer & Co. have facoured The Day | ime going to get tore to peecos Mud every bonades. Given, however, equal conditions:
FRANCE
OUR ANNUAL VINTAGE NOTES. According to old-established custom, Masses. Prest with a detailed report on the vintage of in my beddie broke with your old remashakle 1908. We notice that in contradistinction to hurdygerdy and pay your tau 4 pounds every last year's report, the result may be said to be time he comes up for repares. If you are satisfatory, tuongh in many cases the yield bas willing to send your man at onct and tok it not bao large.
proper i will pay the balone but i want it fixt so it wont brake again for i сва serer learn how the towering took place under excellent on this ile ditions, but frosts during the month of March, you the balus and su for the deposit as well
the lot of you in
heff before ile and a very bot and dry summer, have very you may think my langge ungentelmany but it greatly reduced the quautify, and it is not ex- youd fallen in the machine and hadat & sound peuted that the previous year's vintage of spot on your bodie and tore all your cless into 1,900,00) hogsheads will be exceeded. The new the bargain i rekon youd be prity mad to and wines are Ene, sound and full.bodied, with a bad to pay 10 pounds for catting the erop after dark rod colour.
Bargnudy-From one point of view. 1905, all not to spake of the mens taker.
of despatch; improved facilities on board for haodling oargo; arrangements which will
labour saving appliances for sailing the ship aruid the recess of taking in stiffening * und ballast, in the shape of sard, stones, etc and there are many trades in which the pre-
sailer.
Bordeaux. Favoured with very fine weather, to ficks a wistory like tbat and it von dont in seat day steamer would have to give way to
from beginning to end, has been a brillia summer, particularly favourablo-to Bargandy wines, but the other hand the quantity has diminished owing to the very dry weather ex perienced in different parts of the Cote d'Or The wines are clear, coloured and of a high alcoholic strength.
perfect
taste, well Chacpagne. The favourable conditieu of the weather largely benefitted the vines, but the rain curtailed the quantity gathered. Tu our juigment the
e. Ty of this year should he extremely
vintage of 1904, as we on- ticipated, is turning out rust satisfactorily,
Jack
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the
psy.
MICROBES AND KISSING.
California, is heading a campaigu against Dr. Edith Browsill, of the University of aissing. This is the same distinguished disciple of Eculapius who recently railed without avail ngasnai
that
perennial American joy, the THE SPIDER AND THE FLY,
peekaboo blouse. Intellectually, and as a mistress of the art of healing, Dr. Edith is & spider is not an attractive beast.
According to the Sydney Esering News thuistes presumably, but when she assails: kissing she reminds one of a weak infant trying He has for to batter down Gibraltar with pebble stones. frisuda. Nobody, unless it is a scientist, who that, at least, is the only conclusion one can does it for experimental parposes. uuskes a pet draw from the reception given to her new rapacity has made him repulsive to of him. His appearance is against him, and his cruande by the Pre's and pallio. - Dr.rowsill
bases her propagaude though some craie has declared that the most that disease microbes a well-worn theory rapacious beast slive
may nestls between na himself. Nor has of cherry red lips. She could not in the
a pair the spider recommended himself to the gentler state of public opinion hava
present Saumur. The intags has proved to be his arefully-spau webs, and altogether the generally, ever since the canned meat disclosures
The careful housewife destroys him and BOK.
a weaker adopted a To speak and argument. emineatly satisfactory, and the quality of the
frankly, Americans wise will ba
Vise will be very Ene."
bonatie has hitherto led
friendless life. But at Chicago and the report of the special Coguae-Favoured with excellent weather, the grape-gathering ban taken place under the that the spider has really epidly learning passage of the Pure Food and Drugs Bill, bara brighter times are apparently in store for this committee upon the desirability of securing the triba of insects, for most satisfactory conditions, sud the wines as disguise. A society in Essex, Euglaud, bas and will continue to eat, drink, and kise,
friend io a ruloure of remarkably high alcoholic strength.
become absolutaty reckless regarding microbes, We are confident that this year's vintage is one
wo wuch that it passed a
regardless of sil recently, to head of this new movement is the vicar of to encourage spiders. The Barkingaids, the Rov. W. 9. Lash-Szyrma, There is great disappointment about the poor who, we are told," never loses an opportunity quantity obtained from the Rhinegau and of slaying fies, and encouraging the natural Mosella districts. Few yoses base shown such heat of spiders." He exceedingly limited yields. The quality we think
де ваук, it
only one hundredth of the sum used for destroying will be fairir satisfactory and will closely ra. semble the wines of 1904,
human to war were devoted to clearing sway the commen foes of mankind, wo should all be happier, and more at ease," But soientist thinks that the war against the flies
of the best we have had for the last 10 years.
GNRMANY,
PORTUGAL
rrelation this
been a
The vintage was favoured by exceptionally should be carried on not by bothering with the fine weather and bough at prevent it is anrly
to form detinite opinion upon the quality, there antiquated spider, but by innoculating them is brittle doubt that some very excellent with some deadly microbe,
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