HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936.
VEHICULAR FERRY LAUNCHED
Governor's Ceremony At
Kowloon Docks
BRIGHT HOPES AHEAD
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In was a happy augury for the success of the Hong Kong and Yaurnati Ferry Company's new vehicular fer- Man Gok dat a few minutes before His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, broke the cus tomary bottle of champagne across its bows at Kowloon Docks yesterday, the slight drizzle of rain ceased and the sun broke through the clouds.
Optimism was the keynote of the speeches at the re- ception following the launching when Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell (chairman) prophesied a happy future for the -Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, builders of
the ferry.
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NEW YAUMATI FERRY
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I assure you that this double event was no; in any way due to Mr.
Cock's predecessor being a Scotchman anxious to kill two birds with one stone (laughter), but to the Yard being extraordinarily busy at the time.
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HOPES FOR FUTURE Ladies and Gentlemen, I see an renson at all why one of these days in the not too distant "future, we may not again be sufficiently busy to necessitate Mr. Cock staging un- other double launching.
Next time. However, I sincerely hope that the necessity will not be due to an artiñetal and unsound prosperity created by War, for which we have since paid so dear- ly, but to a real and lasting proa- perity based on a peaceful solution of the present chaotic world situa- tion, and to a better and closer Economic relationship between all nations, which must lead to the removal of thost of the iniquitous tariff and other trade barriers that are playing havoc with our over- seas trade at the moment.
It is perhaps too much to hope that another double event will take place in this yard during Your EY- shall assuredly reserve for Lady Caldecott the first option of chris- tening the twins." (aughter and applause).
Despite the rain" a big crowd of,ed with by almost every other Gov-cellency's regime, but if it does we distinguished guests attended the Kowloon Docks slipway which had been specially decorated for the occasion.
Sir Andrew Caldecotr, who was accompanied by Capt. W. J. R Cragg, A.D.C. was met at the slip- way by Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell (chairman) and Mr. E. Cock (chief manager)
Sir Andrew evinced much in. terest in the launching apparatus before he finally swung the bottle of champagne, over the Man Gok's bows and exclaimed "I name this the Man Gok and wish it every Fuccess."
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At the same time he struck a Sinal silver axe with a ham- mer, the axe severed a thin curd and within a second the... huge bulk of the ferry began to slide down the slipway,
As it began to move the reports crackers broke out from the water's edge and the ferry took the water amid their smoke and the cheers of the crowd.
Following the launching the
crowd moved to the Kowloon Dock Recreation Club where the official table was decorated with a sugar
hodel of the Man Gok,
ernment in the world, it in a great comfort to feel we have a sym- pathetic one of our own.
ROAD TO CANTON
The "Man Gok" is not, I admit, a "Queen Mary" neither is the one of those lurge 8.000 ton cargo | steamers we used to turn out o proudly in the old days, but, in so far as she is intended for service 1 in one of our essential transport systems, she is destined to play most important part in the life of the Colony.
Indeed she and her owners are very vital section in that future important development, the road to
Canton,
: Ladies and Gentlemens-The toast to His Excellency The Governor.
BRIGHT FUTURE
HE The Governor said: It has been a very great pleasure to me to come here this morning and to participate in this launch- Ing ceremony, the first of its kind that I have ever witnessed.
to their fleet.
I most heartily congratulate the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company on the building of this terry-ship and the Hong Kong and Jast as we expect shortly to be Yaumati Ferry Company on such a able to get into our railway car- splendid addition riage at Kowloon and s.tp out of Particularly I want to thank you, at Calals, so we expect to be able Mr. Dodwell, for the note of hope to step into our motor car in Hong and courage which you have so sea- Kong and out of it in Canton. For sonably sounded in your speech. this purpose the "Man Gok" and
The clouds which at present her owners, our good friends the
obscure our economic horizon will Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co., surely some day break (sooner per- are indispensable, and I look forhaps than we dare anticipate) and
ward to this closer link with the city of Canion being forged during your Excellency's term cl office,
the blessed zain of prosperity des- cend once more. It may be that the replenished streams of com- merce will not flow down quite the same old channels or from precise
It is a source of considerable After the toast to the King had gratification to us that the Yau- been honoured Mr. Dodwell, in pro- | mati Ferry Co, should have entrustly the same founta posing the toast of His Excellency,ed us with the building of their.. yald:-
vehicular ferries. We have done our utmost to justify their con- fidence and to ensure that these
LATEST POLICE CHANGES
INSPECTOR HOARE'S
RETIREMENT
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE
STATEMENT AND
REPORT
Consequent upon the retirement
The General Agents and Con; of Inspector F. Hoare, of the Hong Kong Police Force, who is aatling sulting Committee of the Canton ior Home on pension on May 30. Insurance Office will submit the Inspector A. W. Smith, Divisional following Statement of the Ac- Inspector Central, has been trans-counts of the Office, made up to ferred to all his past in the New December 31, 1935, in Sterling and Territories, North, as Divisional Hong Kong currency at the 55th Inspector. This change has brought Ordinary Meeting of the Company about numerous divisional changes to be held on May 21. which are as follows:
Inspector G." A. Stimson from Divisional Inspector South to Cen- tral as D. I. Central.
1934 Account
After payment of an Interim Dividend of $3.60 per share on May 22, 1935, this Account shows a sur- Inspector K. W. Andrew from the pius of $854,433.17, and it is 're- Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to commended that this sum be up-
propriated as follows:- Tsimshatsui vice Insp. Stimson,
Inspector E. J. Ellis from Sham-To pay a Final Dividend
of $8.40 per share...... $420,000.00 shulpo to the S.C.A.
To add to Reinsurance
Fund
Inspector W. R. Chester-Woods from "Kowloon City to Shamshufpo as Divisional Inspector vice Irisp. Ellis.
Inspector F. T. J. Portallion from Mongkoktsul to Kowloon' Clty as Divisional Inspector vice Insp. Chester-Woods.
Sub-Inspector H, E. Rogers from Shamshulpo to Mongkektsui as Officer-in-charge vice map. Portal
To add to Underwriting Suspense Account to
50,000.00
close the year 1934. 384.433.17
854,433.17
1935 Account The amount standing at credit is $2,041,516.50. of this Account
ilon,
" Out of this sum. It is further re- Acting Sub-Inspector T. A. commended that an Interim Divi- Hughes from Central to, Sham-dend of $3.60 per share be paid; shulpo vice Sub-Insp. Rogers.
absorbing $180,000.00, the balance W. W. Williamson Sergt.
has of $1.861,518.50 being carried for- transferred to Ping Shan as Officer- ward. in-charge vice Sergt. Dixey-Beal to Kowloon City.
Consulting Committee
Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. D. Sub-Inspector Hopkins has been E. Clark A. H. Compton, L. Dun- vice bar. F. A. Joseph, T. E.. Pearce. J. appointed Acting Inspector Inspector J. C. S. Fender on Home E. Taggart and 9. T. Williamson leave:
now retire but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
Police Sergeant B. G. Baker is appointed Acting Sub-Inspector vice S. I. Hopkins.
Lance-Sergeant Willcox 15
ap: pointed Acting Police Sergeant as also is Lance-Sergt Simpson.
operation and sympathetic attitude of the Government. We are parti- cularly grateful to the Honourable. 'Colonial Treasurer the Honourable. Harbour Master, The Hon. the Director of Public Works and the Hon. the Inspector General of Po- lice all of whom have aftörted us |
all the advice and-asaistance we re- quired in effecting improvements in the service.
I must also record the valuable and generous assistance rendered us by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank through Mr. V. M. Grasburn and Mr.: Ac:Morse.
I have also often noticed Mr. Dodwell on our férry, and am grati- filed to learn that he is one of the many people who have found the service satisfactory.
Auditors
The Accounts have been audited. by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Mat- thewe and Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming, who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
CONVERSION RATE
SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS TO COME UP
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The following resolutions are to Colonial be moved by the Hon. Treasurer at to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council: **
An economic landscape changes: natural qutlets may become choked
1. Resolved pursuant to Section and barred by artificial obstruc; Flons and bunds of conservatism
2 (4) of the Hong Kong Govern- may crumble and leak; new sources
ment Service (Levy on Salaries) of supply may be led to old fields
Ordinance, 1936, that after deduc- tion of the levy, if any, and of the of demand. Yet my belief is that the stream of future trade will be Mr. Dodwell and my father, the Widows and Orphans' Pension
wheels of this great port's indus- of sufficient volume to keep the late Honourable Mr. Lau Chu-nak Contribution; if any, or of either, were great friends and I thank the remainder of the salaries of all try busily revolving if only we keep Dodwell for his kind reference to our eyes open for new catchments,
him and to myself I do not, how new intakes, new condulis and new ever, think that I deserve the felds of enterprise and develop-pliments he has paid me. NEW DESIGN
GOVERNOR THANKED
Your Excellency, ladies and gen-
crafts are a credit to the Dock Co.. tlemen,-On behalf of the Hong to their owners, and to the Colony. Kong and Whampoa Dock Co., I and I venture to think that the desire, first of all, to express our performance of the Orst three warn thanks to His Excellency for terrfes during the months they sparing us an hour of his valuable have been in commission promises ume to perform the ceremony you well. for that of the fourth, the have just witnessed. Your visit, "Man Gok," which differs from her Sir, will encourage us, all, and just predecessors in that she is slightly now we need all the encourage-smaller, rather faster, and is only ment we can get, for.we have re- cently completed, as no doubt you are aware, that somewhat painful
She has more 'space for third -operation, with which I believe class passengers, but none for sec- your Excellency has some acquain- ond class. The first class deck is tance, known as "cutting one's coat set lower. because the "Man Gok" according to one's cloth," as dis- is not delened to carry steam roll- tinct from that other demoralizingers nor fire engines as the others process, to which we dare not re- fer now unless under our breath, called "adjusting one's overhead to the depression." (laughter).
Shareholders have sacrificed no less than four-fths of their capi tal, while the staff, thanks to the, -wise counsel and tact:al resource- stantly using the Ferry, I heartily fulness of our Chief Manager, congratulate Mr.. Lau Tak-po, hia loyally accepted, as long ago` 85 | co-difecïois. and the Yaumati 1931, the first salary cut which the | Ferry staff upon the efficient way Board deemed essential to meet the in which their service is operated situation, and since then, at least (applause), arid I commend them one other
for the foresight they have dis played in installing British ma- chinery, which: though it may have cost more in the first place, will undoubtedly prove the cheapest in the long run,
wide enough for two rows of vehi-ment. elés instead of three.
the
As a surgeon of no mean skill in
performance of this coat cutting operation. with the minimum of pain, I couimend your Excellency to our Chlet, Manager (laughter)-not that I think for
are, She is also constructed to take up the purely passenger run' of the large double ended Ferries should emergency arise.
EFFICIENT FERRIES
As an owner driver myself, con-
I detect the wisdom and shrewd-
public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service, which are ex- compressed in terms of sterling, what- ever their amount, shall be con- verted at the rate of one shilling I must apologise for employing
and five pence farthing to the the months of April, the imagery of the padi feids at a The ship is a "departure from the dollar for launching ceremony; but you no design of the previous rerries, and May and June. doubt realize how easy and how I know that Mr. Cock and his able
2. Resolved pursuant to Section comfortable & ferry-shily makes it
aselatants have given much of their of the Hong Kong Government to pass from one scene to another! time and the benent of their long Service (Levy on Salaries) Oral-
I shall leave these premises this experience to its construction so
sance, 1936, that with effect on and morning definitely enlivened by as to make it a success.
from the 1st January, 1936, the having seen the Ferry Company
Our ferry fleet to-day in a vast salaries of all public officers in the take a confident step forward and improvement on that in 1924 when Hong Kong Government Service
who are
the con- employed on struction of the Damn and Reservoir Works at Shing Mun, with the ex- ception of those officers who but for the said Works would be em- ployed-In some other work in the Hong Kong: Government Service; shall be wholly exempted from the operation of Sections Cand 3 of the sild Ordinance.
from having heard Mr. Dodwell's call to us all to take courage and to mee: recovery hálfway.
The Governor then proposed the toast of the Hong Kong and Yau- mati Ferry Company.
1.
QUICK SERVICE
we first took over the franchise.
If we had a longer franchise, we would be better able to place addi- tional and constantly improved vessels in service. We might also be able to assure Mr. Dodwell that the Dock Company, would be com- missioned to build and to have launched at one and the same time On behalf of the Directors of the not only twin sister ferries, but Hong Kong and Yaumatt Ferry also triplem or even quintuplets to Company, I thank the Honourable keep in line with prevailing fash-expenditures during the Bancal Mr. Stanley Dodwell and his fellow-ons. (laughter). directors of the Dock Company for their kind invitation to the launch-
Mr. Lau Tak-po replied:-
|ing of our new ferry.
3. That this Council approves the
SPEED WANTED Pig And Poultry Matter
year 1938 of the further sum of We can safely say that our fran- $124,763,94 on Item 6 Airporn! (b) chise has not only materially con- Airport and Seaplane Bupway tributed towards the revenues of which sum shall be me from sur- one moment that Your Excellency. Lau Tak-pos late 18-honoured that the career of the given the Public every satisfaction. a further loan
My Directors and I feel highly the Colony, but it is one which has plug balances pending the issue: of will not very soon prove just as ther, my old friend Mr. Lau Chu- new ship should be sponsored by
Your Excellency, it gives my skliful, laughter),"
fellow-directors"and myself great Small wonder therefore, Sir, that pak, showing itself to-day in his His Excellency, the Governor whom
son, who I am sure we all agree we have very often seen on our pleasure to ask you to accept a you find us to-day feeling, and pro-thoroughly deserves the important vehicular ferry, and we are very small memento in commemoration bably looking, objectionably self-
position he holds as Managing Di- grateful to him for sparing, his or the ceremony in which you have righteous and superior, waiting in
rector of one of our leading Public | valuable time to come here to per- just taken the leading part. confident antlelpation for those
form the launching ceremony. We Your Excellency, ladies and gén- blessings which we know the gods Utility companies. (applause),
appreciate Your greatly
Ex-tlemen, I wish to ask you to drink The following questions are to be always shower on those who help themselves."
cellency's reference to ourselves with us to the success and pros-asked at to-day's meeting of the Legislative Council by the Hon, Mr. and will assure you that it is our perity of the Kowloon Docks, aim to further improve the ferry After the toast had been drunk, J. P. Braga
Mr. Lau presented His Excellency 1. Will the Government state. services.
with a piece of carved jade in a what steps it has taken to imple- ment the recommendations of the kilver box.
Pig and Poultry Committee which reported on September 197 1034, (Bessional Paper No. 5 of 1934), since the reply it gave to a similar question asked on May 16, 19357
On August 4 nearly 18 years ago, I had the privilege of presiding at
a similar function to this one. On
We look upon the arrival of your Excellency in the Colony as one of that occasion we launched two ves- the first of these blessings, for we sels at once. The "Chat Bang" and recognise in your, Sir, a Governor the "Prosper." Bir Henry May was who will see to it that the Govern- present at the ceremony, and his ment, accords to the industries and daughter christened the "Prosper." trade of the Colony the maximum while Mr. Bob Sutherland, I re- measure of assistance and encour-member, christened the "Chak agement and the minimum of in- Bang." terference, so that those who are The original intention, if I re- weaving the cloth may be able to member rightly, was for Miss May to christen both the vessels, but afford to give. Your, Excellency a little more for the coat. When we being engaged to be married she consider the extent to which our had superstitious, scruples, about trade at present is being interfer- christening (wing (laughter).
This vessel, which is the 10th steel double-ended ferry, built for us by the Dock Company, will be a
ANOTHER NEW SHIP » very important unit in our fleet
In replying Mr. E. Cock said: as it will enable us to provide a constant and regular 12-minute beg to thank Mr.. Lau for pro- ferry service between Hong Kong posing the toast of the Dock Com and Kowloon, and may permit us pany and to you Ladies and Gen- to extend the service up to 2 amtlemen who have so kindly drunk
I must say that we would not 11. have been in a position to add this
boat to our fleet but for the "co"
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