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A Marine Court of Enquiry was held at the Harbour Office yesterday, into the eircunstances surrounding the stranding of the s.s. Sristus, belonging to Mests H. M. H. Newazee & Co., on Hongkong Chau Island on June 13th. Lieut.-Comdr. Conway Hake, R.N.11.,' Acting Harbour Master of Hongkong, presided over the proceedings and the other menuisers of the Court were: Licut Comdr. C. R. H. Harvey, O.RE., Superintendent of the R.N. Chart Depot, Capt. J. R. Gorrie, late master of the si. Huthen, Capt. 8. O. Mitford, master of the 8.8. Sui Sang, and Capt. G. Morse, master of the 3.8. Kiengru
Asked as to the netual set of the ship, Captain Thomas gave the figure as" miles in 2 hours. There with a strong wind on the pòrt how at the time. Te did not order soundings to be taken, but when he found land abeam of the ship the helm was put over immediately. The vessel was then doing about s`knots. Owing to the foggy weather, the whistle wijs being sounded.
The Second Officer, Mr. Edgar Mom- paullan, gave corroborative evidence and i said that during the three mouths he had been on the vessel he had never experi-
need such a set in this vicinity.
Questioned as to the reliability of the log, the witness said that as far as ho
aware any little error it may have had was practically unglible..
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Mr. Brutton asked the witness in the courge of his evidence to describe the courses set. Witness did so with the all Mr. G. Kall Bratton, appeared on, of the deck log, which led the President behalf of the master of the s., Sentanot,the Court to administer a slight re- (Captain David Thomas) and hir. H. Cike, stating that the log book could be Macnamara watched the procedings on behalf of the owners.
read by the meribers of the Court them- selves if they so desired. What he wish- ed the witness to tell the Court was just what he remembered of the incident.
The look-out man, Woug Ku Ku. said that as soon as he sighted land he rung the hell three times, which gave the alarm that land was sighted just in front of the heat. When the ship struck a heavy shower of rain was falling. There was a strong wind and the weather was foggy.
Captain Thomas, re-called, said the officers and crew behaved in a highly ereditable manner and did all they could towards making the ship, safe.
Mr. Brutton dispensed with the usual opening statement and called Captain Thomas as a witness, who deposed that he had heen in command se the s.s. Seisten for nearly three years. He left Hoihow on June 19th for Hongkong and at 7.30 p.m. that day, after covering miles the log. he altered emuurse to N. Go E. At 8.20 p.m. he altered course to N. & E. when abeam of tim Chau Island. At 11.30 p.m. the same day he Mr. Brutton briefly addressed the Court- was, on the bridge when bearings were saying it was quite evident that the te cident was due to the abnormal set of taken. tiap Rock light was then sight-the tide. The course that the Captain ed. After the bearings had been taken set should have taken him past Hongkong he left the bridge leaving instructions Chan Island but having lost Gap Rock light be was unable to verify his bear- with the Gunner that when Gap Rockings but having no reason to doubt his Light was aheam he was to be called. bearings the Second Oficer carried on He asked the Court to way not to He was called at 12.10 am, and on going the courar set.
find that, Captain Thonas on the bridge he asked if hearings had blame and to state that the stranding was due to the abnormal-set of the tide.. been taken of (lap Rock light. The Second Officer said he had taken them at 1230 am. The log reading was also taken and marked on the chart. The course, of the steamer was then the same, N. 3 E. At that time Larine Island light and Gap Rock light were both visible.
The weather, said Captain Thomas, was squally and thick. The wind was E. force 5. At less a.m. he altered course to N. 79 E. The weather was then get ting thicker and at 1a.m. he lost right of Cap Rock light and never got it abean.
CINEMA. NOTES.
THE WORLD THEATRE-
"Main Street," which opened yester day at the World, Theatre and which will continue throughout the week, is a pic- wonderfal sure of pictures. It is picture which has lost not a single quality in its transposition to the screen from Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
The Queen's Theatre will put un
Kissen for the last two tonight. By introducing a "secret imbibed when at school, the heroine of this delightful love
king!! romance in an offier launches forth is an faterprising, tacturer of this
of candy known as "kisses." This for the background to a story. A young girl's surprising spell over a young sule man who ultimately rewarded" in aj [propriate fashiou.
It is the usual practice," said Cap sain Thomas, to get the light abenry and then change course, but on l'aeension I did not get it neam, so I had
to alter course.".
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The official readings of the log later were: 1.20 a.m. 136 miles; 1.40 a.m. 154 niles; 90 p.ra. 105 miles; 3 a... 169 inilea.
Mr. Bratton: The reading of that leg showed you "at If miles that you had passed Hongkong Chau Island-Yes..
Witness continging said that at 3.10 alin. he saw land on the port, beam and he ordered the helm to be put bard aport At 3.14 a.m. he sighted land on the star
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Although censorship consideration pros? vent local cinema-goers from seeing "Shadows," Lon Chaney's great picture which the Caronet Theatre had planned" to this week, compensation is forthcoming in the film substituted. This is "Sowing the Wind," the screen version of the famous Empire Tacatre stage success. "Sowing the Wind," as its naine might # drama of life-modern suggest, is society life, be it added, with the lesson of the whirlwind fully depicted. Heavy.
though, the dmand is at times, the pic
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board heal. The engines were put fall
not without its keen little shafts speed astern and two minutes later the of humour, dufs touches which do not ship struck, and she was swung round distort the story but simply make it the Briefly the plot is to S. 3 E. He at once ordered the life more convincing.
woren round the lives of two women- boats to be swung ont and bad the ship the mother who chooses the Primrose sounded. It was found that she was path, and the daughter who against her circumstances and nitimately wins her making water. A wireless message was happiness. With its many stirring in- despatched to Hongkong and by putting cident. Sowing the Wind" is a picture the engines astern he attempted to get that demands specially strong acting. the vesset off but failed to do go." With That it, most certainly gets, particularly. from Miss Anita Stewart who plays the the approach of daylight he found that leading role with rare he bad gune ashore between the two dramatic force- islands
Asked what he thought to be the cause
of the acrident, Captain Thomas said: The only thing I can make out in that she' was set out of her course hy the current.
He added that his course was the sme as that need on previous occasions,
When the left floihow the vessel was drawing 15 feet 2 inches aft and 11 feet 3 inches for'ard. Her free board was, 10 feet 8 inches. She was light, having only 330 tons of cargo on board.
ME Britten asked permission to put in two letters which had been received, in which it win, stated that the masters of twu other vessels had had similar ex- periences in the vicinity of Hongkong, Chau Leland. Captain Trote of the 3R Lurest in a letter stated that whilst off Gap Rock an June 6th his ship sot 2 miles out of her course in 45 minute Captain Bopkirk of the s.8. Senklu Also related in a letter the incident of an abnormal, bet on the 7th-8th June when in this vicinity.
Captain Thomas then related for the informaation of the Court what action was taken to get the vessel off the island until the time she was re-floated on June. 15th at 5 a.m. with the assistance of high water and tugs;
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The_management of The Coronet Theatre regrets that "SHADOWS" will not be shown as promised owing to censorship restrictions. But, instead, we are showing
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