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The Awangchaw was on a voyage from Amoy to Singapore with a large number A FINE SOFT MELLOW FLAVOUR. of deck passengers aboard. Rearing of the typhoon the captain decided to put into funk Bag, near Hongkong, and wait a day or two until it passed. For two days be remained at anchor, but the typhoon remained stationary, and fear- ing that he nigh; run short of water and provisions with so many, passengers aboard, the captain decided to put to rea again, and alter his course so as to avoid
According to the. Straits Times a The fact that everyone who goes to quiet outport in house-boat trips. The thrilling story was detailed by Capt. Canton talks about it after acquiring boats met their demise through the in-r. D. Milne, master of the China Steam number of conflicting themes for the roads of wiod and typhoon weather dur Navigation Co.'s Awangehoir, when that ing the time when no Chinese laodahs vessel arrived at Singapore following the recital seems at the present time in no way to lessen the general interest attach took an interest in the "The Love Nest"
rescue of six Japanese fishermen during] ing to the activities of the South. Even The Happy Hour" and the rest, the typhoon. the uninformed whose total knowledge which now have a bareribbed abandoned about the Kuomintang policies centres air at low tide and somewhat less chiefly round a thorough disapproval of obvious one when the tide comes in. Not the "Red" influence in China, will find that this is really worthy of mention in ample to stimulate interest by a visit to view of some of the discomforts put up with by these same residents during the last months, but the sunken houseboats seem symbolic of the general low level of getting much fun out of existence on the Island, and the general isolation. House boating is no more. Whether it can be revived now that strike pickets have re- moved their obstreperous" presence and foreigners are permitted to circulate more or less at will in. Canton and the surrounding countryside can scarcely be supposed to have come up for discussion in view of more momentous things.
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Running The Gauntlet, Prior to the opening of the steamer bertos on the Canton river front for for eign vessels, the hosts of the Company anchored in the middle of the Canton harbour between the city and the
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In Distress.
This he did, meeting with abnormally. heavy sens. About 4.30 on the 11th 90 miles S.E. of Hongkong he sighted a small fishing boat, which was abviously very near to destruction. He could not lower any boats to take the crew off be cause of the high seas running at the time, which would soon have rendered the plight of the rescuers worse than that of the fishermen.
He therefore decided to steam up to the boat and endeavour to take the men
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Men Rescued.
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The second venture anw the men safely aboard. The crew of the steamer were
gathered on the bows of the ship and the fishermen had barely caught the rope thrown to them when they were hauled on board.
in the Island of Formost, three or four days before their rescue, for the fishing grounds, which are about thirty miles from the island.
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crossing the bridge dividing the British Concession on Shameen from Canton city and going into the city was evident to official end of the boycott. Under the guidance of Shameen residents the ivory and jade lanes of Canton were entirely. accessible to a visitor, and there was no visible attention of interest on the part of local shopkeepers in a prospective customer
Ware hardly be left unmentioned in connection with a visit to Canton is of Shameen, the latter of which might be the fact that one sees few Russians in the reached by foreigners, by means of a motor-launch service operated by an streets, considerable construction of new buildings, road repair work on the so- American whose prowess in "running.
called boulevards of Canton's triple the boycott barricade has brought him a certain renown in South China. There Bunds, and now and then detachments of
Their boat was driven by a petrol what strikes the observer as detachments engine and they were nccustomed to were, of course, also private launcher.
With feet firmly planted, on Shameen of boy cadets, but which turn out to the spending one of two days at the 6shing one side of the burning question im childish appearance belies their attain-casion they had taken their haul of fish Chiang Kai Shek's regulars," whose grounds before returning. On this oc- mediately becomes apparent. Even to
and were preparing to leave for the one who has never seen the small foreign
In all probability if a foreign visitor island when the typhoon caught them colony site of Shameen Island a pall of to Canton wishes at least to make the unawares. depression immediately obscures the acquaintance of the main officials of the Usually these fisher-folk possess almost A pretty banyan-shaded place Kuomintang, the man who will act sixth sense fer dirty weather, but on is Shameen at all times. In boycott guide to the sacred precincts will be this occasion the typhoon came with such times it had an air of rather hopeless Maurice Cohen, who is as well known on hanging on until something happened. Shameen as in Canton, and who has been Along the Canal side of the Island, the connected with the Southern Government small thread of dirty water separating since the days of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, whose Shameen from Shakee of historic incident bodyguard he presumably was, and which is ever recurrent in the minds of whose actual position in the present Shameen residents at dinner party con régime remains something of a mystery, versations, the atmosphere of definite but bears every evidence of being secure. malaise is even more marked. The Vic-
Canton's Explanation of Itself. toria Hotel situated on this foreshore has weeds and a general over-growth in the A Shanghai visitor to Canton during smail garden front it overlooks. Garthe period under comment was invited to deners, as other servants, have not been, small tiffin party given by Mina plentiful in Shameen during the past Meiling Soong of Shanghai, sister to T. Both Traces of barbed wire and sand V Scong. Minister of Finance, and bag embankments are still visible. The Madame Sun Yat Sen, both of whom
When interviewed by the Straits Times visitor is shown the bullet holes relevant were present, as well as Mr. Eugene representative, Capt. Milne expressed the to the Shakee incident" on the matar Chen. On the eve of the lifting of the opinion that the boat could not have re and masonry of not only the Hotel, but boycott these individuals, directly con-mained afloat much longer, and he was numerous houses and godown fronting wrned with the policies of their govern-
certain that it could not have lived the Canal.
meat, afforded sufficient interest to the through the night. It was full of water visitor to make direct allusions to the and would soon have sunk beneath the Bridge and Bomb Stories. In the lounge of the hotel more than during portions of the widely varying structed of steel instead of wood, Capt. policies unnecessary. It became apparent weight of the engine. Had it been con- likely a visitor from Shanghai will run conversation that words can be quibbled Milne said, it undoubtedly would have
someone or other whose face is
upon. "Anti-imperialism". is a differ.sunk much earlier... familar. A table of bridge will in all
ent thing from anti-foreignism," it probability be arranged. "Bridge seems
appears. In response to definite questions to be the piece de resistance of Shameen, it was explained that not only Russians, and a remarkable astuteness in the game but a number of Germans have throws has been developed during the troubious in their lot with the Southern Govern time when godowns were well stocked but ment, proving that the South is not averse to co-operation with foreigners, it was-pointed-out.
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idle.
but the tiny engine was unable to make They fought it as long as they could, headway against the tremendous sens, and eventually they run out of petrol and were left to the mercy of the wind and
sen.
Without Provisions. For three days they ran before the storm spending most of the time without either food or water, and when they had given themselves up as lost, they sighted the Kwangchow and were rescued.
The whole of the crew consisting of six Japanese were saved, and were none the worse for their terrible adventure. One of them was aufering from a-previously scalded foot, but after receiving treat ment from the ship's surgeon be made a rapid recovery.
Credit Due.
It was a coincidence that the typhoon which so nearly robbed them of their lives was instrumental in bringing about their rescue, for otherwise the Kuangchow long way out of her course at the time. would never have sighted them, being a
In the course of general conversation
Of general interest also was the nar it will probably develop that the Victoria Hotel, to all appearance no longer con- ration of plans in connection with n cerned with any form of aspersion "Kuomintang" paper in the process of directed against its hostel habits has not organization. This will differ from the been lacking in historic incident. A official organ' the Canton Gazette in that lobby raconteur will have a happy half it will carry news of general local and hour describing the trend of the times world interest. The completion of a some two years back, when at a big re-large wireless station in Canton was link- The incident reflects the greatest, credit ception given by the French community ed up with this enterprise, it was said on the captain, officers and crew of the of the Island at the hotel in bonour of
Fascism Not Bovietiam.
Kuangchow, in carrying out such a the visiting governor of Indo-China, a
delicate operation under such adverse frenzied Annamite hurled a bomb into have been heard however, without a
Other information which could not and highly dangerous conditions.
The moment the men were shoard the the midst of the assemblage. Individual tinge of amusement was the purported ship had to go full speed ahead to pre- versions of the excitement on the day of Fascist rather than the Soviet tendencies vent her from becoming unmanageable, the Shakee incident will likewise put in of the Southern Government. Mr. which in itself is an illustration, far an appearance at this time. One gets Eugene Chen is accredited with this state more expressive than words, of the diff the impression quite generally that dur
which is an interesting colour culties that had to be faced.NA ments ing the business lull on the island, re-study and tends to show that the Canton- On arrival at Singapore, the fishermen miniscences and conversational aplomb ese consider black equally a good, a have been developed.
were placed under the care of the colour as red,
From. auch casual contacts it can be be returned to Formosa shortly.
Japanese Consul-General, and they will Agents for W. W. GREENER, LAD philosophic, almost good-naturedly so, is through Canton "is not likely to get any That the foreigners on Shameen are seen readily that the average passer- also evident. A walk round the island real inkling of the state of affairs. But with a Shameen resident will reveal the the interest attached to the visit gives | The Captain: Another point apart fact particularly at the west and where a sense of familiarity with the so-called quartermaster Fair Passenger (over- just of shore can be seen the sunken Nationalist party, not to be acquired in hearing): "Gracious; that's the second houseboats of the foreign community who any other way. The burning question as pint of port he's called for within a few once upon a time found some of their to what it is all about will, of course, | minutes). How these sailors do, drink, chief enjoyment of life" in a decidedly remain in any ense..
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