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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
TIME-TABLE.
On and after DWEMBER 616, 1929, until Farther Notien (all previous
Time Table cancelled).
ITF TRAINS
STATIONS No. 1,8%, No. 10 amaÑa, a No. 11 No.14 | No. 18.13 No.12 No.11 No.10 No.20 ALNEJ AILSAM. AM. |1.3L Å KUNG | PM. P.M. F.M. P.M. P.M.. P.M.) P.M.
Kowloon,Dep. 405 405 9,10), 8.28| 9,15 10,00 12,10 1.15 2.25 7 9.50) 4,30 6,40, 2.38.
Yaumati.Dop. 6.43
Shatin...Dep
7.01
9.25 10.08|12.3 127 9.33 10.2013.80; 1,35
Taipo ...Dep 7.15
|9 53 13.23/12,43] 1,48||
4.8 5.49 7.44 4.50 6.00 7.58 5.04| 8.13 8.09
·Taina
Market.Dep. 7,30 --
9.59 20.37 12.47) 1,58)
10.10 10.47,19,57 2,00
5,03 6.17 9.13 6.12 6.278.93
shai...Dep. 7.35 | 9.07 9.45) 10.15 10.52) 1.09 2.07
chun...Arr. 7.41 545 9.13 9.5119.91 10,58) 1,08 2.15 3.10
Canton...Arr. --- 1205
3.295.23 8.3 8.07
3.34 5.29 6,38, 8.53
5,48
|6.20*
DOWN TRAINS
Fanling Dep. 7.30
Sheang.
Shum-
STATIONS Fol. No, 3. No, 7 No, 11 No. 8 No.14 Mo,17 0,13 Na31
A.YA.M.A.M. | P.IC ¦ PM PM
Canton
.... Dep.
CANALAT, AM
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P. P.M. PAKU
9.10!
3.25
| 11,55) 2.54 | 4,45; 5,54 || 6.23°
6.19! 6.4216,52 18.59
12.00 3 50 4.50 5.59
12.11 3.15.00 0.00
11.16 3.18 6.04 6,13
-12 70 3.31 5.17 6.26
Shamohur. Dep. 711903 19.34,11.08|11.27 11.47, 9.43 4.39 3.47
Sheung kui..Dep." 7.3 3.11 10.43 i
Fanling
...Dep.. 7.3) 9.15-10.47
PoMarket. Dep.: 7,5 38 10,67
Shatin
...Dep. 7,8,1 21 017
...Dep 7.01 9.44 11,14)
Taumati...Dep. 3.11 1,58 11.28)
13.42; 3.44 | 5,20) 6.38 Kowloon Arr. 9.1903 11.32′′11.43|19.07 12,68) 3 03 : 5,55 5,44°
7.00
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HEROIC FEAT IN THE ATLANTIC.
MEN WHO SAVED FORTY-FIVE LIVES.
TERRIFIC STORM THAT BEAT THE
The steamship Manchester Regi- ment arrived in Liverpool recently garrying on board the 45 mien saved from the Volumnia-the ship which saak in one of the worst gales of the century. Fortunately there was a slight lull in the storm when the
cecae took place.
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Sometimes I gang, sometimes I prayed, and always I thought, No, we cannot live. Surely we cannot survive such another wave."
S.0.5. Sent Out.
This was by far the worst day Shortly after of the storm.
The men had not
BAROMETER.
the ship's ladder and then jump for the lifeboat as it came level with the side." The first to leave was the third otheer, Mr. E. W. Espley: he ans followed by two able ecamen, Chilaw, a Salford man, and J. Mannis.
The passenger, who on volunteer-
the Volumnia's crew were all safenged their clothes for eighting had remarked. "Here; let me in the Manchester Regiment the days, and all of them were almost waves were rising as high as soft..tabausted." About nine o'clock the and there is no doubt that had steering gear went, and the Volum thers heer a delay of an hour it is began wallowing helplessly in would have been impossible to the sea, lurching first one way and then the other as the waves broke over her. Half an hour later the after-poop was carried away
launch the lifeboat.
Best.
From
WAS
The
have a whack at it." was the last misjudged the epeed of the lifeboat, to jump. Apparently he must have for instead of jumping at once he remained standing on the ladder. The boat caught his on the side. and for a moment he looked as if
As
The Voluminin leit Falmouth for Posto on November 28, and almost It was at this point that Lieut-end lost his balance. The life: immediately ran into south-Commander Maynard sent out his
boat was then coming up again, westerly gale. After dropping for first 5.0.5. Seven ships answered and realising that he would prob a few hours the storm broke outlier. The crew had to fit up a ten-ably fall anyhow, Mr. Zieger made agnin, this time from the northporary steering gear, and about the stern.
a desperate jump at it, landing in that moment the twelve o'clock the vessel was under Volumnia was pursued by a zale sonte kind of control, shouldering that only changed in direction and off the worst of the waves.
Anxiety and Despair. intensity.
ship had now sprung a leak, and The crew of the Volumnia, watch The storm reached the height of shout five o'clock the temporarying the progress of the lifeboat ite ferocity a week Inter. Goingering gear was broken by a.
from the distance, did not believe down early that morning to his moretrous wave which, rising high
that the boat could ever reach rabin the captain, Lieutenant Com- above the side of the vessel, swept
them. Sometimes the height of a mnader H. J. Maynard, was UT- 7.2217.34prised to find that the barometer Voluminia leaned towards it.
the whole of the deck as the
wave would hide her completely, was below reading-point. But for
and they would say, "Now she is The Manchester, Regiment arriv. lost." But A moment later she two hours there was a kind of un-ed about three o'clock in the morn- would appear again, to be fung ensy lull, when the storm appeared ing. The Volumnis was then roll carelessly aside by the crest of a to be gathering its forces for a finaling in a trough of the eca, waves wave. Then she would pitch "and onslaught. The wind died down a breaking over her from noth sides.
tose for a moment until she was little. "Then it enmé lor azain," said one of the crew; "rocket. Through the
us Every now and then she sent up a caught in the stride of another came quite suddenly, and the ship now going down a little it was still
storm was WATE.
Nevertheless she survived. eemed to spring clean out of the Manchester Regiment decided to soon as she got close to the Volum water?""
wait until daylight. It
notaia the crew were ordered to jump An Appalling Blow.
until 9.20, though, that she was from the ship's ladder into the able to launch her lifeboat. In the boat. Three of them, fall into the Ender the first shock of this hur- menntime two other vessels had water. The bo'sun saved the chief rienne the ship appears really to arrived the liter Frane and an steward from being crushed he have bounded forward, like some- American boat, the Sago. thing mortally wounded, and to France had to leave almost immedi- heat by grasping him with one The tween the Volumnia and the life- have come down slightly on herately, but the Sage remained stand hand while holding the lifeboat off side. She remained like that for a
ing by until the inet man had been with the other. It was the bo'sun, -moment-e moment which must rescued from the Yolumnia.
too, who prevented something like have seemed like an eternity to her
a possible panic from apreading crow, and then tumbled down into
Lifeboat Volunteers,
through the crew of the Valumnia. the trough of the sea, wriggling! Seven members of the crew and Terrified, apparently. by the sea her way safely, into position. The one of the passengers, Mr. R. P. worn out and exhausted, soine of force of the wind was now co ter- Zeiger, volunteered for the life the Arab firemen refused to jump rife that nobody could stand up-boat. The second officer. Mr. W. for the lifeboat. I shouted to right on the exposed parts of the
them," said the bo'sun, "Come deck. If the officers had to get
on you jump for it. But they frem one point to another they
wouldn't move. So I shouted. went down on their hands and
Come on, in hearties, jump for knees and crawled across, hugging
it.' and they all came tumbling into as much shelter as they could.
the hont at once."".. Lieutenant Commander Maynard only saved himself by holding on to the iron rail in front him, first with one hand and then with the other. Sometimes when he let pa he found that his hand was so frozen by the cold that he could not move any of his fingers,
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The hurricane lasted for about 24 hours, died down to a gale for 12, and then started again on the 7th. Early in the morning a tre- mendous wave eraehed through the middle part of the ship, wrecking the pantry and saloon. The two siewards went working with water up to their waists. The second steward, a negro, remarked, We kept on baling and baling
оп
Hi. Downing (Salford). the boat wain, Me J. Bromage (Pendle tan); Able Seaman H. J. Stringer Moes Side), and Able Seaman Patrick Kearns (Salford) got into the lifeboat and were lowered over the side. They now found them- selves first being lifted high above the deck of the Manchester Regi ment and then going down again as the wave subsided.
In one of these mad, triumphant rushes upwards the second officer had part of one of his finger cut off by a block Turning to the hos'n he said, "Here, take this. There's a ring on it which my wife Zave me. You've not A better chance of getting land than I have. I'm just about beat."
It must have been three minutes before the other four waiting on the deck of the Manchester Regi- ment had a chance to get into the lifeboat. They had to climb on to'l
In the first iourney the lifeboat took off 23 of the Volumnit's crew, When she, started off again the storm
was beginning to freshen. And there were sudden squalle of hail and snow. Nevertheless the journey was carried out without any mishap, though the sens were now running so high that the life- hoat had to be cut adrift. The log of the Manchester Regiment de- scribes this as follows-
Lifeboat abandoned. Cenlle to hoist aboard on
account of tremendous N.W. swell. Strong wind, Hail squalls. S.s. Sago, of Philadelphia, proceeded on ber voyage. Noon, full speed ahead. Passage resumed.
Diary of Coming Events,
To-day.
(January 22.)
Fanling Hunt and Race Clab: Hounds meet at Man Uk Pin, 3
p.m.
Hockey Club .. Punjab Regt., U.S.R.C. ground, 5 p.m.
Football-Senior Div.: Police r. K.0.8.B.
Lammert'e Auction: Steamship Yrict On." 3 p.m Reception in honour of H.E. and Lads Clementi, H.K.C.C. ground, 4 p.m.
Italian Opera Co.:
Star Theatre, 2.15 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: Arizona."
Yeung Chung Girls" College, Graduation Exercises, Ko Shing Theatre, 2.30 pm.
Friday. (Jaouery 21.)
Christian Fellowship Meeting.
Launching of 8.8. Tainan, Taikoo Helena May Institute, 10.30 a.m.
Docks, 4.10 p.m.
Legislative Council Meeting. Lammert's Auctions: Stamps Valuable Collection, 5.13 p.m.
Helena May Musicale: "Musien! Interludes," 3.30.p.m.
Entertainment by Pupils of Vic toria Home: St. Andrew's Church Hall, 8 p.m. Queen's
Carmen,
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Arizona. "}
World Theatre: "Tower of Lies" Star Theatre:"Saxaphone Susic" (matinees only).
Majestic Theatre: Bride."
"Night
Tea Dances: Hong Kong Hotel, Peninsula Hotel, 5p.m.
Dinner Dances: Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, 5.30 p.m.
Reel Club Subscription Dance at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 8.45
p.m.
Tides: High, 3.34 a.m. and 4.24 p.m. Low, 0.23 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Thursday,
PRINTAY
Girl Guilds, annual general meet ing, Helena May Institute, 11 a.m.
Theatre:
Jo
Ellis Kadoorie School, prize giving, 10.20 a.m.
Opening of Ying Wa College, Mongkok by H. E., 11 .m.
Lammert's Auction: Office and household furniture, 230 p.m. St. Stephen's College Great Hall, Fairlea School, Speech Day. in
3 p.in.
Polo: Finals of American Tour. Oldnament, 4.43 p.m.
Opening of Kowloon Branch World Theatre Sin Sister "Helena May Institute, 8 Amai and "Kiang Nam Girl" (Chinese Villas. Austin Road, Kowloon, 5 picture).
(matinees only).
Star Theatre: "A Single Man"
Gone Wild."
Majestic Theatre: "The City
Peninsula Hotels, p.m.
Ten Dances: Hong Kong and
Repulse Bay Hotel and Hong Kong Dinner Dances: Peninsula Hotel, Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
Tides: High, 5 a.m. and 5.10 p.m.; Low, 10.07 a.m.
European Mails:- 1a ward: Europe vid Negapatam (Lyons
outward to an Victoria, B.C.,, and vid Siberia (Ixion), 10.30 am.
p.m.
Queen's Theatre: ** Iul Olu Arizona."
World Theatre: "Sin Sister "' and Kiang Nam Girl" (Chinca picture).
Star Theatre A Single Man" (matinees only).
Majestic Theatre: Gone Wild."
The City
Burns Dinner, H.K. Hotel, 8 pm. Tea Dancer: H.K. Hotel, Penin- sula Hotel, & p.m. “
• Hotel and 14 Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
Tides:High, 6.31 a.m. and 5.35 1 pm.; Low, 12.28 am, and 10.80 p.m.
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