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ECHOES OF 1860
8-Piracy by Europeans
Soon after, the brig set sail with her convoy, in which the other junka insisted upon joining. They had not proceeded far before, six
to
ROYAL NAVY
"Durban For The Mediterranean
(Special Air-Mail Service).
London, January 27, Capt. G. C. Harrison, who formerly served in command of the Flotilla, Medi- Fourth Destroyer
es-
H.M.S. Durban, which was re-
The Admiralty notified the fol lowing appointments yesterday:
Fayr. Lt. Cmdr.-C. R. V. Gibbs, to ron Duke, Feb. 1.
Sub.-Lt.-E. P. de K. Barnes, to Neptune, Feb, 22:
Sub-Lt, (E)-G. H. Glanville, to Sussex. Dec. 18, 1933. appt. to Sand- hurst cancelled.
Piracy by Europeana on this place and anchored also This coast is certainly greatly on the torchia was manned by Europeans, terranean, is to take charge of the increase. If a trustworthy person who are said to be piratical cut-
boys' training St. Vincent could be employed, with a know- throats, but out of regard to the
at Forton tablishment.
in April ledge of the coast, he would very law of libel as hero dispensed, we 1000 find out all the particulara, cannot believe it. These individ next. He au relleve Capt. E. C. O. We of course do not mean to ad- uals, went on shore and induced Thomson, D.S.O. vocate the employment of anyone the inhabitants of the little town who has been in the pirate trade off which the anchorage is, to becently withdrawn from the South himself. We know from informa-lieve that the "Martha and Emily" America Division of the America and West Indies station, will be tion lately conveyed to us, that the had come to bombard and sack he
recommissioned at Portsmouth on subject is easily fathomed and as place. The people thus alarmed, March 6 for service in the Third our political relations with China loaded the lorcha with valuables Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean. imperatively demand that Euro- with which she departed to places pean piracy on the Coast should be unknown. suppressed, the subject is deserving of far more attention than is likely to be bestowed upon it.
The following case in point will serve not only to illustrate our Canton boats, were observed meaning, but will convey a pretty leeward, working up. These boldly good idea of the abject state of attacked the brig by ranging up oppression to which the native and opening fire upon her. They
caught a trade is reduced on this coast. The had however,
Tartar. British brig, "Martha and Emily." Capt. Carter was well prepared Captain Carter, was lately charter-and retumed a steady fire with Fed by some Chinese at Foochow foo, grape shots, which drove the ras- to proceed to a town off Rugged 'cals off with the loss of a number Point, which is abous thirty miles of their crews. The brig had two North of that port, for the pur-men wounded, and arrived safely pose of conveying three junksas Foochow with her convoy, where thence to Foochow foo. The, brig Capt. Carter's pluck was highly reached the indicated point where appreciated. she found
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number of junks, all A Chinese boarded the orig at apparently having taken refuge Rugged Point, either as Pilot, or from the hordes of pirates which Compradore, or master offa junk. of late have infested that part of He Fenamed on board until the the Coast. She anchored amongst pirates hoved in sight, when Capt. this feet, we suppose, to make Carter at the man's own remon arrangements regarding her own strance, let him ge. It turned out convoy, when a lorcha called the afterwards that he was a notorious "Good Success" or the "Good pirate chief and had come Chance" (there is a doubt about board either to spy the nakedness the name) arrived at the same of the land, or to mislead.
THE TEMPLE OF BARRA
́OR MA KOK MIU
And A Legend Of The Long Ago
on
It is Chinese New Year's Day, peiter to achieve his purposes, the real Chinese feast-day, the changed himself into a woman only real holiday of the Chinese people.
W. Engr. R. Rylan, to Band- hurst Jan, 26
To Marry in Shanghal,
An announcement TELY made yesterday that the marriage will take place in Shanghai In April between Lieutenant Hilary Nor- man, RN, second son of Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir William Norman and Lady Norman of Launceston, Cornwall and Doreen, the only daughter of Rear-Admiral and Mrs. James de Courcy Hamilton, of Dawson Place, London.
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Merchant Signalling
The reports rendered by H.M. ships of signalling practice with British merchant vessels during the quarter ended September 30, 1933, show that 1138 successful exercises were carried out, compared with 1,085 for the previous quarter, and there were only three failure to establish comunication. In the table or units in order of merit, the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, China, was arst, with 118 successful ex- ercises; the surveying ship Mores- by, Australian Navy, had 86; the Buffolk China, 72; the Colombo, East Indies, 61; and the Shoreham, Persian Gulf, 52. The British Tanker Company's ships claimed most sucessful exercises on the mercantile gide, 113; the China Navigation Company had 88; and the P. and O. ships 73.
Foreign Surveying.
The temple is almost empty? A few loungers are near the balus-
Of the four surveying ships em- At Macao, into the Inner Har-
trade and a few children are play-ployed in foreign parts, the Chal- bour, there come scores, naying in the sun. Around us is the lenger, Commander A. G. N. Wyatt, hundreds, of junks, one behind the picturesque hillside that surrounds which returned to Portsmouth at other, performing wonderful feats the temple of Barra, and fronting the end of November from Labra- of sailing. Their sails are furled us is the Harbour Office pier. and flags flutter from mast-heads that are as slender as willow wands at the ends of which are bails of all colours. All over the gunwales are little bits of paper of red, the colour
of good fortune. Every where are deafening sounds from countless toms-toms and thousands
of firecrackers.
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Two Fierce Lions
dor has been taken in hand for refit until February 10. The Endeavour," Commander R. M. Southern, is sar- On the hills that rise above the veying off Ceylon. The Herald. temple are luxuriant vegetation, Captain E. F. B. Law, is under- and among the green may be seen leaves for her next survey about going a refit at Hpngkong and the brightly coloured exotic archit- ecture of roots and tiles, the big ant-Commander A. Day, at present April 3. The Ormonde, Lieuten-
for
At New Year time these "tollers / Circular' doorway, golden characters | surveying in the vicinity of Yas. and other characteristics of such Island, Persian Gulf, is expected to of the sea" during twelve dreary
constructions. In front may be leave there about March months in their rude sea-homes,
scen the posts 60 common to Cyprus. She will return to Malta men, women, children- whole families from grandfathers
pagodas surmounted by balls of to
next November for reft grandchildren-repair, in happiness blue.
At the gateway are two stoņe. from the high poops of their junks to celebrate in their own way at ions. Their expressions are ter the historic and traditional temple rible, and bear the cruel aspect generally linked with Chinese my During the festivities the tem-thological Höns. They stand guard
of Ma-Kok.
Heaven." Intriguing figures are carved on the rockery, about us.
The representation of the god-
ples and the streets are bedeck- as sentinels to the entrance of trip dess is a small gure seated on a ed. Over all there is an atmos- phere" of intimate satisfactions and everywhere doorways are wide in a communion open of happiness.
temple.
Then follow two porticoes of chair. It is very antique, and on altar Joss-sticks typical architecture. Then comes the sacrificial
The Temple of Harra The temple of Barra is specially favoured by the seafarers and with it are associated most inter- esting legends of the goddess "Neung-Ma" regarding which sev- eral versions are known to exist The following is one of these:-
"In times past, it happend that on a certain day a number of vessels were about to sall out of Fu-Kien towards the south,
the first sanctuary of an unknown are burning in a marble incen- god, "Tsin Fong," much frequent-sor. Near this interesting object · ed but also greatly in need of a are little pieces specially prepared thorough cleansing.
bamboo for fortune-telling
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"Little Birds Sing"
We ascend again and among the green we see occasional boulders. We hear the voices of birds, and int a tiny arbour find ourselves
On a level with this pavement there are two curious looking rocks which bear engravings of a junk of the kind referred to in the legen ed. The junk pictured is that of an old junk with sails unfurled and a banner at the poop bearing "Safely passed over the great sea.” while our vision is bound in by To the right is the principal trees. We continue OUT ascent sanctuary of this temple. It is past numbers of rocks on which the most spacious of those in this we see engraved Inscriptions in place of worship. Here is venerated Chinese. The surroundings do not the goddess "Neurig Ma" and it is harmonize with the scenes of in- to each one there came a poorly full of all the paraphernalia of the dustry which we may see in con- dressed girl who begged a passage: Buddhist cult, and in one corner trast far below. The inner ar Her request was refused by all on a wooden stand there may be our 1 placid and unruffled, and
and
the boats but the last to which
she addressed herself. It was the seen a miniature of an old Chinese stately junks move slowly along smallest and poorest of the ships. boat. We were told that it was its surface.
placed here about four hundred "We come to the third sanctuary.
The boat set out and midway in years ago by the master of a funk Here "Kun Yam" is venerated. The the voyage a terrible storm arose which, on a voyage from Foochow. colour of the "goddess is a dark in which all the other vessels were infraculously escaped the fury of bronze, the alter is gaudy and hung wrecked. The uttle boat, however, a tempest, as a token of gratitude with silk. A little lamp is burn- was guided by some mysterious and devotion. The type of boating. The altar ornaments are of hand and entered a protected an represented is not that to be marble instead of pewter as they chorage among a number of rocks found in these parts, but which generally elsewhere. at sen. Undamaged the post pro are common enough in
north ceeded on its way and fofind a
Chins shelter in a little port where the
As we leave, the lions that stand guard in stone look smilingly' at girl stepping ashore, climbed, a The rays of the sun
shine us and not threateningly as they little hill and ascended to heaven through the large circular window usually do. We descend through from a number of bouldera.
and shine upon the gilt ornamen shrubbery among the rocks,
and She was the goddess Neung- tations surrounding the goddess, in the west the sun shines brightly' Ma," and at the spot from which. Leaving this part of the temple in the books and crannies of this she proceeded to heaven a little we come upon a stairway which sacred place. temple was set up in her honour. ascends among the boulders, and On high the rocks are erect and This temple is known as “Ma Kok we attam the second terrace. It seem to oscilate threateningly Min." The goddess, so the legend is on a level with the roofs of the Close to the gnarled trunk of a
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