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Company's Steamer HECTOR ara hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees' risk and subject to Tortis and Conditions of Storage at Helt'
Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 11th November.
Optional Cargo will not be landed hero, noless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesday and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 M and Noox within the Free Storage period,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godawn, and all Good remaining undelivered after the 17th November, will be subject to Bent
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 1st December, or they will recognised.
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into the Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wear! and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence Delivery may be obtained immediately after Innding.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on antcas Intimation is received from the Consignees belors & P... To-pát, requesting it to be landed here.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after Monday, the 15th November, 1926, at Noon, will be subject to Heat and Landing Charger
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All damaged Packages will be examined on Monday, the 16th November, 1926,at 10 am,
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12rn, 1926.
THE PRESIDENT HAR- water, but, un to the time of writing,
RISON'S" GROUNDING.
HIS KOCK OFF LONHAM ISLAND DURING THE NIGHT. SHANGHAI INTERPORT XI ABOARD.
we have remained immovable,
“་་་,:“ ་,,་༥ 。,, Water in Two Holds,
From scraps of conversation overheard from the sheers, it appears that there is water in Nos. 1. and holds forward, but not I understand, in any of the others, hence the ship should have plenty of buoyancy it she can be got off the submerged rock into which she has evi COMPARATIVELY SMALL DAMAGE dently piled ber, bows The swirling of
DONE.
Reports have just come to hand from the Shanghai papers, with regard to the groaning of tae Dollar Liner, 3.3. Pre sident Harrison, near Shanghai last Saturday:
The North-China Daily News reporting the incident states:
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water round submerged rocks à fate yards from our port bow is clearly seen by day. light and at night it appeared that, very now and then, in the trough of & larger wave than usual, a black-looking This, however, rock broke surface. seems to have been a fight of fancy unless the tide has risen again and hidden it.
Towards
as we were
am, we were allowed to. The Dollar Lias round-the-world liner go below, and told to pack up our bo President Harrison, went aground on a longings as we should shortly be trans rock, just off Bonham Island, in the ferred to another ship or else to a tug northern part of the Chusan group about from Shanghai (six or seven hours away so miles from Shanghai at 1.45, am only) as we stuck on the mud outside Hot Reports wireleased to the Dollar Company Woosung until 7.30 last night. offices by Captain Porta, of the Harrison, coffee had been passed round once or stated that the vessel had been refloated twies during the long wait on deck, and o'clock the following, morning breakfast was served in the dining during high tide and was proceeding, saloon almost as soon under bur own power to Fairway Buoy allowed below. By the time this was in the mouth of the Yangtaze.
over, it was daylight, and out came the When the news of the vessel's plight camersa So far, however, thers has been was received in Shanghai the tugs surprisingly little to photograph. Aboat Victoria, Saucy and St. Aubin, belong.6 m, a British destroyer hove into ing to the Shanghai Tug and Lighter sight from the south and after having Co., were sent to her assistance. The Morsed gaily with her searchlight passed Ficturis took off the 250 passengers (80 on her way north. It was now 8.30 am, first class and the rest steerage) as well and a lovely warm, bright day. The sen as apie gold and part of the more valu is still very culm and three boats have able cargo and these arrived in Shang- been launched and two of them, having been lashed together with planks, are bai sarly on, the following morning.
some distance off our stern and look as if they may be going to drop an auchor to enable an attempt at work off to be made.
An Ugly Hole. According to the passengers the hole made by the rock in the forward bold is an ugly one, extending above the water line. At the time the passengers lett the ship, the bow was well up on the rock while the stern was almost flush with the water's edge.
A PASSENGER'S STORY. Shanghal Interporters Blamed for the Accident Through Unlucky Number. On board the Dollar str. President Harrison. Somewhere in the Chusan Archipeligo, stuck on a rock, with our bows up in the air and the stern neatly Awash.
1a.m., November 6th, 1024.
It was nearly 1.45 am. this morning before the whole of the Shanghai cricket team, en ruste for Hongkong, had finally dispersed and gone to bed.
I turned one light off at about two o'clock and a faw minutes later wa
People are getting sleepy and no doubt some have retired, whilst the rest of us have shaved, changed our clothes and had a general freshen up. There is no definite news about anything and the teader from Shanghai will be expected when it is seen, so far as I am concern. ed. As regards our Hongkong cricket tour, it seems that the President Pierce is due to leave Shanghai for the south at dawn on Monday, so we may be able to start our voyage afresh on her and arrive only three days later than we should have done on, this, ship. But then there are 13 in our party and we sailed on a Friday, so what else could we have expected ↑
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ed. The usual daily statement with re-being dredged, resulting in unnecessary came to rest. Personally, I heard no particular noise and my impression was gard to arrivals, departures, and freights, delay and expense to the dredger o that we had run on a sandbank. Other etc., was therefore not available. We engaged. Warning is now given, that ressels are not allowed to proceed to any of the berths lying within a distance passengers, however, heard a crash, and shall publish it to-morrow morning.
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in bed. I was looking through the porthole almost before. the jarring had stopped and saw that we were within 4 few hundred yards of some rocky-looking islands. Stocks and I were up on deck wards. in about ten seconds after the hooter went. It was a lovely night, with, a ser as calm as the proverbial mill pond. For a minute or so all was quite and not a soul to be seen, and we were first think- ing of going back to our cabin when Pat Madar called from his porthole and said, we were all to get dressed, and go The sight of to our boat stations. Mansel-Smith and Lolly
The following notice to mariners has Advice has been received in the local been issued at the Harbour Office under office of the Dollar Line that the Prest date November 9th. (Begins) The follow- dent Harrison, which ran aground nearing advice has been received from the Shangbai, has gone into dry dock in Japanese Consulate in Hongkong and is that port, where she will stay for about published for information: In view of a month to undergo repairs. The exact the extension of the Harbour of Yoko- a bit, and we weat below to slip on a suffered is still unknown. few clothes and, by the time we returned on
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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowar, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 18th of November, 1926, 4 p.m., will be subject to Rent.
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go below, are the main impressions I there was no advance made on the upset Ashe on the 17th of November, 1928, at 10am. gathered of those first few minutes when price of 890,000, will be put up for sale
All Claims against the Vessel at be presented to the Undersigned before the 2nd of November, 1926, or they will not be recognized.
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it was uncertain whether we were about to sink or not. Donald Leach appeared with a bath towel, evidently prepared for the worst.
again at the same auction rooms next Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock.
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within the two lines, one drawn 40 degrees north of Junitenbi (Mandarin Bluffy and five miles east and the other drawn northward from the eastward,end of the above line."
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
The N.D.L. 6.5. Saarbrucken... left
We now noticed that the ship had been issued from the Customs House at distinct list to starboard and was clear. ly down by the stern. The flashing of a light-house on an adjacent island re-owners-agcats and shipmasters is drawn Shanghai on Wednesday, and is expected vealed that we were very close indeed to the dredging operations now being to arrive here to-morrow (Saturday)
She will sail for Europe vi to a rocky islet-by daylight the distance carried out in the harbour by the Baiho afternoon. was variously estimated at from 50 to Conservancy Commission. Owing to the Manila, Singapore, etc., on Sunday. 300 yards whilst many other islands! loomed up near by on our port side.
The Help of a Little Music.
It was indeed a fortuituous circum- stance that the night was so clear and the sea so calm. There was absolutely no semblance..of a panic, even amongst the Chinese passengers forward, as far as I could see, and, after the first few minutes of surprise and wonder, people began to stand about, and "joke, or pay hasty visits to their cabins to collect valuables and supplement their clothing, for the general impression was that we were going ashore immediately. boats were being slang out as quickly as possible and blankete and food dump ed up on deck. Several times, daring iny perambulations about the ship, nearly fell over a large pile of sausages and meats of various sorts....:
The
It was not long before George Duthoit and Pat Madar struck up on the piano, and Lolly Goldman appeared in cricket pads and batting gloves, and ragging, attempts at photographs by articifial light of passengers in lifebelts and assorted attire, and so forth, helped to "pass away the long, long wait that ensued....
"Barney," it is reported, was three times wakened by being doused with water before the sitnation was brought home to him, whilst "Sam" Isases, poor fellow-well, they say he is a particular. ly heavy sleeper just now-however, he showed up about half an hour after the show started.
At 3.30 am, a ship, which somebody auggested might be one of the B. & B steamers, came into sight and stood by for some time, but finally went on again. The tide had fallen since we struck and the ship was consequently, down further by this time. From time to time, the engines were run astern and it was thought that possibly the ship might be i got to slide back into presumably deep
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