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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 1907.
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THE ORCHESTRELLE CO.'S. Hongkong, 9th October, 1907.
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THE SECOND MATE.
A HOUSE KNUTSFORD TERRACE disdain for their younger brother of the Cloth
MOTOR NOTES.
A Temporary Substitute for our weekly feature].
The Second Mate of the China Coast and the Malaysian Sea is a personality apart.
His olase la separate and distinctive He spands his time about equally betweon affeat and ashere.
Although Hongkong is not infected with the But although he generally sails 4 Second Mate. it does not follow that such is his
tor erazo as yet to any extent, certainly not certificated risk.
to the extent, it has permented. Shanghai on the More often than not, he North and Singapore on the South, there is a holds A Chief Mate's ticket; sometimes he carries a Master Mariner's or aron se Extra good deal of interest taken in motors of all Mastor's. His typa smacks of the old school sorts; and the Elitor will be glad to receive of deck oflears who got their training and print any items on this pure that sailer. They can speak of adventurous voyagings minded roaders may be good enough to send la motori in many seas and of remote porte unknown to modern steamship trade; and, in a manner,
or suggest. they entertain a feeling somewhat akin to whose early practical experience line been gained on a training ship and who yot surpass them in the race of life aut leave them far behind. But on the whole it is not a rancorous bitterarge will which the old Second Mate views the advance of his juniors, for sailors are Bothing if not generous, in their hen's as well as in their pocketehen these are flush.-Of course, there are exceptions. The Mastor who. has lost his ship' One FOUR ROOMED HOUSE at Prayn his ticket dealt with is more often than not
or the Date who has had East, 'near East Point,
konred and embittered man with a standing Apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.LTD. pertainoth thereto nad a dead-ast on Royal Navy grudge against the Board of Trade and all runt Hongkong, lat October, 1907.
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CLEMISH" No. 101, The Peak.
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7445
IRST Class European Houses, Lootel
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TO. 5, ORMSBY TERRAGE, Kowloon
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Amat bacentarily, the Second Mate is a rolling stone. All the way from Bombay to Hakodate; he fits between port and port. There is not a place on the intervening const in which he cannot claim acquintances or friends; he can hardly enter a single roadstead without recognising some ship or other on which he has st one time sailed; there is never a hotel on the asabord whose proprietor ha dose not know by name-not to mention the quality of the liquor he keeps in stook.
Anyone who has bad suy experience of san port or even fishing villago life in Eng- and cannot fail to remember how striking
THE WHOLE of the SECOND FLOOR THE Road Cutral, ferrositely proporous are, the old oa Captains. the General Post Offics). The Rooma ars light, spacious and well ventilated; 13 in number boside kitchen pantry, bathroom, servanta quarters eto Very moderata rent. Immediate possession. Apply to
YEE BANG FAT & CO,
Same Address, Hongkong, 7th October, 1907. 1827
with whom one meets. They neo ne ubiquit❘ oas se "Colonels · in the United States, Evry old mariner who has sailed abroad ass mata is accorded the courtesy title of "Caplain,"
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" 35, Bobinson Road
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59. CAINE ROAD.. Nos. 27, 31 and 33, SEYMOUR ROAD.
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SAM WANG CO., LTD.,
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NUBING GARly colour washed, TO. 4, QUEEN'S GARDENS-7 Rooms painted and repaired throughout. Electrical attings, &c. can be taken over at a valuation.
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H., Care of DESIBON, RAM & GIBBA. Blongkoag. 5th November, 1907. 1769
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No. 14, SALISBURY AVENUE, Kowloon No. 3, EAST TERRACE, Kowloon,
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$11
whether he has served on a 59 ton sahooner or 2000 ton steamship. And so it is amongst the old school of Second Matas in the East. Every one of them, It might safely be said, has been in Dommand of a craft of some kind or another once in awhils, and such a command is generally
ly graced by the bestowal of the courtesy title of Captain," whether the commander ba or b not a Master Mariner. And it is accepter axiom that. Onces Captain, always a Captain." Needless to say, the bestowal of this courtesy title applies only on shore, Boat, there is caly one Captain, and he is absolute, bat by the same token, I have sailed out of Singapore on & coaster da which avery
dook offlor down to the Third Mate was a Master Mariner. The custom of this beatowing the title of "Captain" where it is not rightfully due is point of view, but it must be confessed that it barmlose sud uot unpleasant from the human Rometimes leaves the shoregoing mate in perplexity.
In contemplating the ranks of the Second Mates Corps, one cannot help being impressed by its pathetic aspect. Hare is a Master Mariner whone ticket has been suspended on account of the stranding of his ship. Of course, as you will say, he has had his ticket restored. Yet, but in the underwriters' bocks a black mark stands against his name, and it is aim HOPS and FLATS in Des Voeux Road, probability that any owner will offer him another
Central,
command. And so he drifts into the roving raaks of the Second Mater. type: a grey-haired man, quarter of a cen- Here is another fury on the Coast, yet unable to boast por session of a Master's oertificate; not, perhaps, through want of seamanship and ability. but From task of opportunity or of thrift, from ill luck or what not cause who aball sag? And so he a disappointed man, with up hope wow of attaining to the height of that louest ambition with which as a lad be want to sea, is absorbed into the ranks of the Second Matos. One more instance-uahappily, all too common,-is that stadily alead with his Master's certificata, wall of the vigorous mariner of 35, who while forging in view, suddenly discovers that colour blind ass has come upon him, and is afraid to faon th Examiners for the higher test, lest his visual defioianoy be revealed and the ticket he already class sail as Second Mates? I wonder. hold be wrested from him. How many of this
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LENWOOD CAINE ROAD, suitable for a Boarding house or Clab.. Con- taining 24 Rooms.
OFFICES on the Third Floor of "HOTEL MANSIONS 3 ROOMS Corner over Meagra. Kruso & Co. Fine position. Cheap rental.
REACONSFIELD ARCADE, Fire Offices and Dwelling Rooms,
No. 15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Top Ficor, (over Caldbook MaoGregor). OFFICES in Queen's Road Central. BELILIOS TERRACE HOUSES, ROBINSON ROAD.
"THE EYRIE" Peak (Farnished) for 3 Mouths from 1st September 1907.- Cheap Rental.
BISHOP'S LODGE SOUTH (PBÁK). Partly Furnished, Immediate Possession.
No. MOUNTAIN VIEW (PBA) Furnished. For 4 or 5 months from let December, 1997.
No. 1, ALBANY: No. 6, DES VEUX VILLAS (PAK). No. 2, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE. No.-55, ELGIN STREET (Corner House)
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NO. 2, HOLLYWOOD ROAD.
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ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co., 45, Wyndham Street. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1907.
401
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ROUND FLOOR of No. 4, Des Voeux
God including a Strong, Boom aud
servants' quarter.
The Top Floor of No. 2, Wyndham Street Intely vacated by the Hotel Baltimore, suitable for a Club or Bearding House,
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FFICES on Tap Floor No-2, Cornaght-NO. 2, MACDONNELL ROAD.
Road, facing the Cricket Ground,
"HATHERLEIGH," Conduit Rosi.
A. HOUSE in CLIFTON GARDEN8, Conduit Road.
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But it must not be thought for a moment that the aspect indicated is ooo which serionely beseta the breasts of the Second Mates. They are not prossuo class so far se mandane eft tirs are concerned, though they may even scale Par starry Brmament, as they puce the bridge by tous heights in lovely contemplation of the sight. On the whole, they are a jolly set of men, citizens of the world, ab'e to fetch them selves out of a tight corner if used be; and abova sil, their say influence more than anything else serves as a connecting link between those two con ending forces Above and "Below:" in other words, the Deck Offers and the Engineers who without the aid of the seconds would be just about as intermixable as the liquida sa represents, namely water and oil-Sagapore Free Pros."
EXPERIENCE
BETTER THAN ARGUMENT.
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Our Lindon contributor of "Motor Notes from Home" has failed as this week, tat thou it happens to be a work without a mail arriving from that part, and the Siberian route-which the recent exploits of the Itala car should have kept fresh in his mind does not seem to have occurred to him.
J.
There are, as far as we know, about seven meter care in Hongkong, more cars than suitable ronds, as a matter of fact. Motors
ap ridential possibilities in outlying parts of should do what the trams have failed to do, open the Island. The Pokfulam road already knows the impact of motor tires; and we can ny the fortunato individuals who can thus enjoy both sides of the Peak.
The other side contains- numerous very desirable residential sites, which would surely be seized upon if locomotion ware more convenient, safe, and expeditions.
Hongkong's motoring will
probably bo mainly ou the water. Certainly the meter bost seems to have come to stay in our harbour At present, the cynics say, they some times stay too long. But that will doubtless be changed when the motor is better under- stood,
As it is, the few experts whom the Colony can bosat of find their advice and assistance fo strong demand, notably Mr. J. W. Kow, who seems to have made a special study of the modera machine that is expected to have anch an important futuro,
. Whether the amateurs who talk so much and so imposingly at a certain club of magnetos and back-fices, and igeilion.sparks, and so on, are really as wise as they seem to the uninitiated lietoner, we do not know; but they certainly. contrive to got a great deal of pleasure out of their hobby. The rival merits of varion makes are warmly championed,
A casa of interest to motorists was decide
12th. Mr. C. A. Fromin, formerly known to by the American Judge pt Shanghai on Nov. Hongkong and Canton, sued Mr. Thomas L. Cobbs for injuries dous to his wife by defeat. aut's automobile. Mes. Fromm's richs coolie- had suddenly tried to cross the street as the motor came up, and she was thrown out by the collision. Prior to this it appears that, thi defendant had been blowing the born of his car at frequent intervals. This was made necessary on acount of the crowded condition of the thoroughfare. As soon as. defendant appre bended the danger, be immediately shut down the brake and brought the car to a full stop in a period of about three seconds. The collision occurred at the point of stopping, and was not as bad as it might have been. In giving jayment for the defendant, Hils Honour made the following intaresting point: It is contended that he did not blow the horn after he saw the danger. This fact indicate presence of mind rather than carelessness. The scanding of the horn at the junctur Defendant's duty then was to stop his car. would have con and time and dons no good. Within the short period of about three soooads, and while passing over a spaca of from ten to twelve feet, defen tant shat down the brako and brought his car to a sp, In view of all the circumstan 368, 13 are clavinced that the defendant was not guilty of negligence or cirelessness at any time while pissing along the street, and that after the accident became imminent, he made a conscientions effort to the other hand, it ennot be said that the minimize the offacts of the NAMO, OB
ized by care and saution. It was his duty acts of plaintiff's riesta caolin were character.. before attempting to cross the street to take the precaution of looking in both directions for the parpan of ascertaining whether there might bo vehicles approaching. In failing to take this precaution, he was, in one opinion, careless and negligent, and this was the real use of the accident
BEER.
bill was passed in Parliament, removing the It was on November 14, 1896 that a lemons
Fexatious restrictions, which had hitherto made motors objects for derision and their drivers the sabjets of the wit of the multitude. It was not that thars had been no. efficient ours befora then. We are often treated to old pictures restreetod from ancient houses depicting the running of steam carriages at some unearthl The world-wide fame of Mother Saigal's date in the early days of Quem Vistoria, and Syrup is based on the evidence of men and even up to 1806 makera had produced cars of women whom it has cared of indigestion, utility. But the difference between 1996 and some beauty Bad a certain amount of spost and biliousness, constipation, headaches, slepa in the matter of the construction and les-ness, filsinlenoc, nervous depression, anemia, and other larders of the stomach, liver and production of motor care ia a difference which kidneys. Corupouuded of roots and herba, we do not remember ang other trade bas Mother Seigel's Syrop contains digestive excelled. Certainly the bicycle took longer to formants and gentle fouits for the stomach, evolve than the motor car. liver on kidneys. These elements render it invaluable to all who, through anhealthy Burronadings, sedentary couption, worry overwork, or climatic change, lack the vitality which only good food, woll digestel, can wickedness to drink it," is betler for one st A doctor says that bear, if one has the supply. When you are tortared with inmeals than ten]. digestion, so that you can't eat, on't work, can't think, can't sleep, you should at give Mother Seigel's Syrup & trial, Tens of thousands of people testify that Mother Seigal's Syrup cures indigestion, h.. oured them. Profit by their exper once!
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Doctor, why this innuendo.
Why this bitter thrust at beer? Why this attitude, my friend ? | Oh,'
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When a friend would fain stand treat? Never, till my life desert mel (Thanks, another wouldn't hurt me).
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