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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 18TH, 1925
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DAMAGE TO RAILWAY. CURTAILED SERVICE STILL BEING
„MAINTAINED."
The rain on Wednesday night, Thurs- day and early yesterday morning has naturally caused a number of wash outs" along the Kowloon Canton Rail way, but the management stated yester- day morning that the damage was a thing like as severe as anticipated.
The first landslide occurred, early on Thursday, just beyond Yaumati Station, beneath the new site for the Diocesan Boys' School.
S.S. LEUNG KWONG." EUROPEAN OFFICERS HAVE UN- PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
A TRIP TO KONGMOON. On the last trip of the a Loung Kwong to Kongmoon the European officers had an unpleasant experience.
The vessel, which is owned by Mr. Chist Woo, 0, Pattisger Street, sails under the Chinese Bag. Captain J.Wilson is the Master: Mr. T. A. Nicholas, Chief Officer; and Mr. A. Donaldson, Chief Engineer.
A Daily Press representative has been given the details of what happened.
There was a heary full of earth and two trucks were shunted on to the main-
"The vessel reached Kongmoon at 6.13. line to "remove it. The maialine was,
am, on July 10th. Shortly after the blocked on Thursday, but the "loop"anchor was dropped, the entire Chinese was clear and there was no interference with trafic.
Early yesterday morning, however, there was another heavy fall of earth, which baried the trucks above the axles and completely blocked the maia-line.
The Railway Management, yesterday, courteously placed a trolley at the ser- vice of a Daily Press representative, who was thus enabled to obtain first hand evidence of the damage done between Kowloon and Yaumati.
crew deserted and went ashore, the officers making no attempt to stop them.
The Chief Officer was ordered by Capt. Wilson to go aboard the Tai Lee and ask the master whether he would wait and take theatranded mariners" back to Hongkong.
When the sampan, carrying the Chief Officer, had covered half the journey to wards the Tai Lee, a Chinese, wearing a red armlet on his left arm, hailed tho saupan man and ordered him to return Starting from the Kowloon end, the to the Leung Kwong: Mr. Nicholas line was clear until No. 1 cutting"(Chief Other), however, persuaded the was reached. Here it was evident that man to steer for the shore, with a view
a large amount of earth had been washed down, but owing to the "fall" the rush of water had kept the earth moving and the line was not blocked. When our re; presentative passed the spot a gang of coolies were busy clearing the drains; an it is unlikely that any serious damage will result as the sides of the cutting appeared clean,"
The fall at Yaumati is far more serious as further landslides are anti- cipated; and until the rain cases it will be impossible to do much in the way of permanent repairs.
to making an appeal to the Customa Officer. The man with the red armlet, however, prevented Mr. Nicholas from landing and again ordered the sampan back to the Zeung Ewong, ÀS BOGA as the vessel was reached, the sampan clear- ed off.
THE PURSER'S APPEAL,
At 10.20 a.m. the Chinese parser went to Captain Wilson and begged him and his officers to leave the vessel and go on board one of the British armed launches in port (H.M.S. Don Juan and H.M.S. Kwong Lee).
purser.
You had better taka sampah and There have been minor falls of earth at the 10 maile pest and at bridge No. aboard one of the launches," said the 18, but neither of these is serious.
It was pointed out that no sampan As a result of the landslide, at Yau- was available to take the officers off the mati nad at a spot this side of the sta-ship. There the matter rested until noon, tion, large quantities of earth have been when the purser returned to the attack. washed into Coronation Roud as far as
Apparently he himself was greatly the corner of the Fire Brigade's subfrage that the strikers might take ac station at Mongkok. Owing to the road tion at any moment and be told the being up at two spots the water was tem: Captain that the officers had got to get porarily blocked and two Chinese-owned out of the ship as soon as possible." dwellings on the road from Yaumati Captain Wilson expressed his willing. railway bridge were flooded. By 10.30 дека to leage the vessel provided the
Pusser would provide the means
am, however, the basements were cleared! and the owners stated that they had suffered little damage.
Owing to the slip on the railway at Kaumati, passengers have to alight and walk a distance of about 100 yards, when the train in waiting carries them to their destination.
THE LANDING. Eventually, the purser obtained "the services of a small sampan to convey him- self and the officers ashore together with a small quantity of hand baggage.
After reaching the shore, difficulty Actually there bas been little disloca tion of traffic. The 6.40 a.m. train from arose in obtaining coolies to carry the Kowloon left on time yesterday, and pas baggage, but eventually the purser sengers found & train in waiting attained the services of three women. Yaumeti.
Arrivals in Kowloon, yesterday, wero
AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
cb.
"On the way to the Customs House, the at 9.13 m., 10.30 a.m. and 4.17 p.m., while departures included besides the woman, carrying Capt. Wilson's luggage, 6.40 am, trains at 1.13 p.m., and 5.99 dropped it and his revolver fell out.
The sight of it appears to have excited
p.1,
In addition, the train which left Shum the greed of the strikers. At any rate, Chua at 10.38 a.m., arrived just before the purser's attitude towards the officers 2 pm, having been held at Shatin so changed entirely after this incident-it that passengers from there should not be being believed that the strikers brought inconvenienced more than necessary.
OUTLYING RESIDENTS.
pressure to bear on him.
Be that as it may, on arrival at the Customs House, the purser demanded that the officers should hand him their The more serious aspect of the floods revolvers and ammunition in addition to in the New Territorica is the hardship the Verey lights and pistols, which Capt. entailed, on residents living in the Wilson had removed from the ship.
"wilds,"
On this point, however, Capt. Wilson Since the strike started, Mr. Chambers was adamant, handing over all the wea- has been coming from Taipo to Kowloon "pons and lights to the Customs officials, dally, to purchase milk, meat and ice for who gave him a receipt.
the residents scattered over the New At this stage, the commander of one
Territories.
of. H.M. armed lauuches arrived on
On leaving the railway line he has dis the scene and arranged for the housing tributed his provisions by motor-car. He of the acers in the Customs compound, was afraid, yesterday, that many of the where naturally they were under British roads would be found impassable.
protection.
this
night and were thoroughly well treated," said Captain Wilson in conclusion.
Owing to the telephone wires being "We were accommodated in the hoste down in some places, it was impossible of the Assistant Commissioner for the to obtain defnite information on score but, as Mr. Chambers said: "All the residents in my district can obtain chickens, so that, in many respects, they are better off than people in Kowloon and Hongkong.
CORRESPONDENCE.
BE JUST BE MERCIFUL. [TO THE EDITOL OF THE HONGEONG DAILY PRESS."]
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SIR,-As an old resident it occurs to me that some formula applicable to all casca of returning employees is desirable, and, the following is suggested:-
The three officers returned here on the San Yan Hot, presumably having öst all their instruments and most of their clothing and other effects as it is extreme- ly unlikely that the purser will be able to safeguard them.
The matter has been reported to Mr. Chiat Woo, the owner of the Leung Kwong, and at the Harbour Office.
All three officers expressed the opinion that a satisfactory. settlement will be reached...
SHIPPING NOTES.
For the 24 hours 'ended at 9 a.m. yea- terday there was one arrival and two de- (a) It is first essential that all peral-partures. The vessel. arriving was the ties that may be legally imposed as a Mishima Maru from Melbourne, which result of desertion from duty should be entered 39 bags of mails. The departures were the Nanking for Macao, and the strictly enforced now."
(b) It is recognised that the personal Song Bo for Haiphong. element may make it desirable, when
good reason exist such, as long and H.M.B. Tung On left for Kong faithful service in the past to extend moon at 8 am. yesterday morning and elemency in certain cases. Employers the Hydrangea for Bwatow at 3-p.. doing so should only reinstate former privileges after a suitable period of pro- The Kum Sang, from Calcutta, with bation, and then only on the clear under standing that such clemency is er gratia and in no way due to coercion.
Boiling it down, (a) Be Just. (2) Be But do not allow mercy again to be merciful. mistaken for weakness-Yours faith |fully,
C.H.B.
Hongkong, July 17th, 1925.
mails from Europe vid Negaratam (letters and papers, Londos, June 18th) ia due to arrive in Hongkong on Mou- day. All boats on the Bombay and Calcutta run are now carrying Lascar crews, but this, it is understood, is only a strike, measure, and the practice of carrying such crews will not be generally, Adopted once normal conditions are re- sumed.
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