ENTERING THE SWEPT · CHANNEL..
FAN HONGKONG DAILY" PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1918,
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB
SATURDAY NIGHT'S FETE.
GREAT BRITAIN IN WAR TIME.
where wo werd. It was a wonderful sight. The burning gas lit up the whole
A night fete was held at the Victoria THE WORK OF THE Y.M.CA HUTS. and throw such a lurid glow over Recreation Club on Saturday, when a R.N,large hering assembled to witness some
BRITISH SKIPPER FINED.. $250. At the Marine Court, on Saturday
Beckwith, before Commander "Harbour Master, Captain W. McDonald, of the Singan was summoned for entering the swept channel, while sweep, ing operations were in progress on Sept. 11th. The agents of the Singan urg Messrs. Buiterfeld & Swire...
the unsatisfactory handicapping.
INTERVIEW WITH AN OFFICIAL CINEMA OPERATOR.
An interesting visitor to Hongkong is interesting events and listen. ton bright selection of music by a Filipino Band. The arrangements left something to be Mr. F. J. Lawes, who is making a tour desired. and doubtless the Committee will of the world on behalf of the Inter- improve upon them in the future Much national Y.M.C.A. of Gt. Britain. Mr. time was wasted needlessly between the Lawes,, who has seen two years' service events, while noticeable feature wai
in France and Italy, was engaged for most of that time in taking cineauto- graph pictures for the War Office, and any of the big British official war films have been produced under his superin tendence. He has had some very exciting experiences when filming the real activi ties of the war, and was retired from service owing to a breakdown in health. Mr. Lawes spent some weeks in the United States and Canada, taking pic tures of the manifold activities of the Y.M.C.A, there for exhibition in Great Britain, where the work of the Associa tion is not fully understood. He also took several hundred feet of pictures of the training camps, etc; for the autho In Shanghai Mr. Lawes took some very interesting pictures of the big rities. Chinese Y..CA., and in Hongkong he aimed a volley-ball match at the Chinese of the Chinese lads of the Ý.M.C.A. YMCA, as well as the physical drill From Hongkong Mr. Lawes goes to In India headquarters at Bangalore India, where he will stay a year, with his be will not only take pictures of the activities of the Y.M.C.A., but also of
The officer in charge of the sweeping
The Judges were Lieut. A. E. Hall, operations stated that on September 11th at 6.0 am. when the sweepers had turned Messrs. A. Silva Netto, A. V. Barros, to suward, towards Wagian, he sighted T. Meek, 4. A. Alves and J. Stewart the Singon. She appeared to be hover to Mr. E. S. Alves acted as starter about a mile and a half from the outer white Messrs. T. Meck, W. Anderson and buny. The visibility was clear for bed. Lyon acted as time-keepers. tween three to four miles. The Singan came ahead, and as she was approaching this channel he boisted the signal and started blowing a double whistle. He was steaming back at the time, just be hind the sweepers. The Singan, however, took no notice and entered the channel, rounded the seaward buoy, and proceed. ed down the strait. Witness continued to blow his whistle and then, detaching his launch from the sacrpers, steamed towards the Singan, which had placed
The two lengths handicap went to R Tatam, a very promising swimmer, who would have improved on his time of 29 2-3s. if he had not lost a couple of seconds in starting. Lyon, the hero of the recent Cadet Corps aquatic sports,
was a close second
The ladies' event resulted in an easy win for Miss D. Morris, with Miss M. Ramsay a good second. Misa Morris was loudly cheered for the plucky way she
finished.
The girls" event was won by Miss Esme
the landscape that people were more scared for the moment by the sight than they had been by the previous bomb, dropping. Soon we got so successful in Germans gave up Zeppelin raids and grappling with these pests that the substituted aeroplanes. Many and fear. ful are the air raids we have witnessed over London.
All men be.
So, in hundred ways, and in every phase of our national and domestic life, we are reminded that the nation is at war. To us who have always enjoyed the greatest prosperity and who have been free to do as we liked, all the re way of living. But that is only a part strictions constitute a revolution, in our of the story. There is the great question man between the ages of 18 and 30 has of compulsory military service Every either to go into the army or to do work of national importance. tween these ages are medically examined and graded. No Grade I man may continue in civ life, not even in musi tion factories, unless he happens to be an even then if he is under 23 years of age. expert in some technical work, and not No Grade 2 man may continue in civil life. E is wanted for the army and is not even allowed in munition factories: or Government offices unless he is india-. pensable. Grade 3 men may continue in civil life, if doing work of national constables (half the day and best part importance, such as acting as special of the night) or serving in the Y.M.U.A. All the men in our factories are men not bern discharged from the Army.
herself across the truck of the sweeper McConnell, thanks to's very liberal hand the training camps, for the authorities, wanted in the army, or men who, havi
as they were completing their turn, and prevented No. 2 sweeper from taking up her allotted position, by obliging, her to starboard in .continue her
course to
cap.
The team race ended, as expected, in a win for Logan's Five, with Silva's Five a close second. Logun proved an easy win- order to avoid a collision. The Singaner of the Running Header." thus rendered. the outward sweep' incom- ) plete and the sweeping had to be done le ran alongside the over again. Singan and, hailing her through
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The full results were as follow
Two, LESOTHS HANDICAP (open)-1st heat. Laing: 2nd beat, Tatam; 3rd heat,
and a series of pictures of Indian national customs for screening in Britain. to Mesopotamin, He will then Palestine, Egypt and Africa, where his work will mainly be to obtain pictures of the training camps and bases.
Mr. Lawes is spending a fortnight in Hongkong. He delivered an interesting. Arcture
at the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
on
The women in the inatories now number millions, and they are, working very lung hours, and doing important work, such as the making of intricate parts of aeroplanes, guns, sbells, eti. You will begin to realise by all this how difficult we and it in Britain to continue to con duot the Y.M.C.A Even though the Y.M.C.A. is doing very important wirk, and is recognised and assisted' by the Government, we are not allowed to retain of 18 and 50 who are required by the
megaphone, asked the master why he did Lyon 4th beat, C. E. Remedios; 5th heat, more interesting than the usual war ad- the services of any men between the ages
not obey the signala. The master replied that he was ander the impression that he was allowed to follow the sweepers, and added an expression of regret at the inconvenience caused to the sweepers.
A sailor stated that he saw the Singan entering the channel, and from the course she was following it looked as if she would collide with the sweepers.. A signal was hoisted, and the sweepers had to change their course, as the Singan continued down the channel,
Commander Beckwith: If the Singa. had kept on her course would there have been a collision -Witness: There would
håve been one:
Captain McDonald stated that on the day in question his ship was drifting slowly towards the swept channel. "The weather was haay and not clear as stated He noticed the outer Ay the officer. buny and the trawlers at the same time. There was another steamer-he believed it was a Chinese vessel-just opposite his ship: He was then about five ship
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lengths from the sweepers.
Commander Beckwith: You saw the sweepers inside the channel when you were outside. Why did you then enter the channel-Defendant: I could out alter the vessel to starboard as the other vessel, was on my course. Owing to the precarious position of my ship I could not do anything but that which I did.
Commander Beckwith observed that de fendant could have wasted till the other ship moved away. It was only a matter of waiting twenty minutes. The regula tions stated that no vessel could enter the channel while sweeping operations were in progress,
3. Soares; final: 1, Tatan (29 9-5sees.) 2, Lyon.
Two LENGTHS HANDICAP (Ladies).—1, Miss D. Morris: 2, Miss M. Ramsay.
Two LENGTHS HANDICAP (Girls)-1, Miss Fame McConnell; 2, Miss Enid Me
Connell,
TWO LENGTHS TEAM RACK-1 Logan's Team (Logan, Tatam, Franco, Soares and 4. Roza); 2. H. J. Silva's Team (H. J. Si D. Laing, Marcal, F. L. Silva and Barros)..
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Friday night on his war experiences. There was 2 very large gathering of Chinese present, and the lecture proved dresses, because of Mr. Lawes varied experiences both in the trenches and us a cinematograph operator,
Mr. Lawes gave our reporter some in pressions of the war and an account of the what, the Y.M.C.A. is doing on Western Front. He said ·
When this war commenced in 1914 the only nation which seemed ready was Germany. We were and are loving people and had hoped against hope that the peace of Europe might be pre- Herved. Bat it was not to be. Hope alune could not do it. Secret diplomacy failed to do it, and so the catastrophe suddenly burst upon an unsuspecting
& " peace-
Here it was-red war. Like Britons
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army.
In every British camp in France, Egypt and Mesopotamin will be found the good old Y.M.C.A. but. These hats are large, easily moved, wooden houses In these huts are of various sizes. counters, behind which men and women serve coffee, cocoa and eatables of various kinds; in fact, almost everything required are also billiard tables, games, grano- by the tired and hungry soldier. There phones, etc. Then there are what we call
so in-
the quiet rooms, where men
Text UT study or hold clined my
religious services, Also, there are writ ing-tables where writing paper, peas, etc., are supplied free of charge and letter home. Thus the Y.M.C.A. serves as a link with home. Sundays the whole su many hours a day, and often the hut is given over to religious services fot chaplain for the army camp will hold a service for the troops there.
BENSING HEADER from Spring Board algnierg), 1. A. Lugau; 2, J. Stawart.
ALEX
NORISATION -1. T. L Silva, nominated by Miss Burette: 7. G. Car worl valho, nominated by Miss P. Alimadu.
Boys" RACE (9 Lengths handicap). we accepted the fact, and in our slow every man is persuaded to write a weekly
Laing Jack (30ses):2
water-polo match between the V.R.C.matter-of-fact way we began to take off
our coats and roll up our sleeves. and the Services concluded the programme. The V.R.C. team, who were evidently used other words, we first of all finished our rach other's play, proved much the holidays, then went back to our cities, better side, and won by 4 goals to and, clearing up our business affairs, Very The winners scored 3 goals in the first handed them over to the older men.
arnıy pre-war bull; thanks to some very fine play b soon our little Logan and Marcal. In the second half despatched to France while the rest of us the V.R.C. secred another goal before the got busy making a new arms. Services put on a spart and scored two goals! teams were as follows:-
to
was
Those were strenuous days. We tramp- ed and marched and camped out and
Lan,
C. A. Rodrigues. A. dug trenches all over the country, and
Mareal. J.
(Capt),
S. Ellis, S. A. A. and G. A. Carvalho,
we were so busy that we forgot to get il, getting wet through every day and The Services.-J. C. Pullen (B.N.), living under conditions that not one of hit the huts "by mistake," but also atj Liet, A., E. Hall (Capt.), Br. Moody, us was used to." Then we went to France Sergt. Talfourd, W. Burley (R.N.), Sergt. and to Gallipoli, to Mesopotamia and to White, and E. J. Hayward (RIN.),-
Egypt, wherever the call of duty took
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Captain McDonald then, gave a demon- stration of the position of his vessel at the time of the incident. From this it was noticed that his vessel was inside the channel at the moment,
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stallations.
My wife and I went out to the scese of operations-ebe to nurse and tend the wounded, and I to take cinematograph pictures, to drive motor ambulances for the Red Cross, and to fix up electric in In short, we were to make Asked why he did not either take the ourselves generally useful doing all sorts eastern or western side of the channel, of jobe. And cur experiences are just witness replied that at the moment, there typical of those of thousands and thou- was another steamer on the western side.sands of others-rooted up saddenly from He did not want to inconvenience the peaceful occupations, closing up our busi- He had to яwerye round. the nesses, leaving and selling up our homes, buoy to avoid a collision.
and just doing our bit around the Commander Beckwith observed that he world at the orders and discretion of was not going to teach masters their our Government. business. The Captain would have been justified in entering either side of the
channel.
Defendant replied that at the moment, fearing a collision with the other ship he thought the best thing would be to get round the buoy. He knew that vessels were not allowed, to enter the channel
Witness replied that he had been forty while the sweepers were there. On the
years a Captain and this was the first last occasion he entered the channel-cension that he had appeared before a it was early in the morning-there were
Court, and he hoped it would be the last. no sweeping operations in progress, He wished to do his duty by all.
The officer interposed with the state- ment that the other steamer was proceed- ing outside the channel; she was about half-a-mile away from the sweepers.
Witness: The vessel was hanging on to my vessel,
Commander Beckwith remarked that defondant had given the officers a lot of trouble.
And now let me tell you what the
industries.
pon-.
Huts equipped in this way and served. by all sorts of people, from the bighest dignitaries of the Church down to ordi nary people like myself, clad in uniform of plain khaki, with the Red "Triangle on the arm; are to be found not only in active warfare zones, were shells fly. over every few minutes and sometimes all the large railway stations in Britain and France and in all centres where men and women, are making munitions, and in dockyards und seaport towns, to serve our sailors. We also have many fine, large huta in London and in other large cities to help and give lodging to men in uniforin who may need help in a city to which they are not accustomed.
A novel feature ia London is the Inter- Hat, where the national Y.M.C.A. soldiers of every Allied nation and British possession can make enquiries and obtain assistance through the medium of an efficient staff of interpreters.
Another interesting work which the the British Government has asked Y.M.C.A. to do in France is to meet, on arrival, and treat as our guests, the re- latives of soldiers who have been serious. ly wounded. Thow relatives are asked to go out to our hospitals in France in every case where the medical nuthorities consider their presence will be helpful to the recovery of the soldier, and from the moment they set foot on French soil until. the time they leave they are provided with travelling facilities and courteously treated in every way as our guests.
British people have done and are doing -how they have risen to the great occa sion, as everyone knew they would. It would be tedious to tell all about the early days how we turned our smiling huge war-making England into, one plant. Every man, and nearly every Commander Beckwith said the channel woman is engaged on war work of one must be given, a wide berth when sweep- kind or another, either actually in the
Another work which the YM.C:A. is ing operations were in progress. That army (we have women as well as men war what he wished to "make masters of in the army) or else in the qunition doing day and night in France is giving away, I don't know how many thousands vessels understand,
trades and non- Luxury
of cups of coffee to the men continually Defendant said he knew the channel essential businesses are nearly
coming and going to and from the. was being swept for their benefit.. If his existent, and where they are still strug-
front-line trenches Right up in these veasel met with an accident outside the gling on it is under great difficulties, channel he would get into trouble.
as we are too busy and too determined to trenches the boys of the Y.M.C.A. will Cominander Beckwith atsited that wit win the war to tolerate men and women be found tucked away in dug-outs, Merving neas might have waited till the channel wasting their energies making goods that out hot coffer just as fast as supplies and was swrot if he did not wish to use either are not wanted, and we therefore tax shell-fire nad other things will allow.
You will readily see that all this work side of it,"
them almost out existence or commandeer hoisted be was under the impression that tions.
Defendant said when the signals were their employés and machinery for muni- and organisation-and I have not men- tioned half the work we are doing-nceds a large and important body of directors, they were for the trawlers. To avoid Food conditions are wisely restricted trouble, however, he stopped his vessel, and controlled. Everybody has what wo secretaries, clerks, etc., working in our Commander Beckwith observed that call "ration tickets. With one ticket offices and store rooms in London to keep defendant must have forgotten the re- we can purchase a quarter-of-a-pound of it going. Then we have continually to gulations
margarine sach week, with another ticket raise funds and provide and equip huta Defendant: When the signals were, three-quarters-of-a-pound of meat each in new caps, and replace huts which hoisted I got out of the channel as last week, and so on, Nobody, however rich, are continually being lost by fire caused as I could: my own counsel says that can get more than anyone else. Our through being hit by enemy shells. Be bread is made of rye and all other sides all this wo are not forgetting to everything I did I did for the best,
Commander Beckwith: Are you quite substitutes, as we are preserving our keep in touch with the world movement not received any notice relating to the clear in your mind now that. you did supplies of wheat. Smoking is almost 1 and to do our work out in India and matter as yet.
Commander Beckwith observed that the enter the channel-Defendant: After impossible, as we cannot use our ships to in the East, and so you find my wife and
carry tobacco. Our amusement pinces are notices were the same to-day as publish.hearing you, I suppose it was so.
Commander Beckwith observed that de very highly taxed, so as to discourage. fendant should post up the regulations waste of money.
Defendant replied that he had no in- tention of interfering with the sweepers. Commander Beckwith: I know you had no intention. We want more intel- ligent co-operation. The sweepers are always being interfered with owing to the stupidity of masters-I use the word stupidity advisedly-who will not co operate intelligently with the sweepers. Your statement does not clear you from the fact that you did enter the channel while sweeping operations were in pru- In reply to a remark by Commander Beckwith, defendant said. This is, the second time I have been here and I have
ed four years ago,
In reply to a further question, defend ant stated that he obeyed the signal, but moved off before it was lowered. What. ver he did, he did for the best. There yas a risk of collision. If the Chinese Senter had not been there at the time would not have been standing in that Cart.
(Continued at foot of next Oolumn.)
me making a tour of the Orient and spending a year in India photographing. and taking cinematograph films of the good work which is being done.
We are going to India to help in the
in some prominent part of the ship so as " Then, as though all these troubles were to be able to consult thera when occasion not enough, we had almoet nightly air- demanded. He found defendant guilty raids. An first we had Zeppelins huge, work which the Y.M.C.A. is doing in of the offence. The maximum fine was picturesque and wonderful death-dealing connection with our fine Indian soldiers
anct in canteen and hospital work, where 800, but taking into emsidoration the machinea, which flew over our cities with my wife to give her experience of assist fact that it was first offence, he would comparative freedom until we found a. are defendant sar, with the alternative means of bringing them to earth. I well necessary, and also to help me photograph of a month's hard Labour."
remember the first time a Zeppelin came and record the war activities in India, The fine was paid.
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