SAILORS'
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1912.
"To speak of horses on. SUPERSTITIONS. Bailing ships is a sure way of bringing head winds, and to whistle on desk, even a popular true, when the wind is fair, will certainly bring gales.
Curious Beliefs Described by
Ship's Officer.'
[SPECIAL ARTICLE]
To them the soa represents their world. So it is not strange that accustomed as they are to months of loneliness and almost Bolitudo, they gradually build up their own ideas of happenings that would not for a moment worry the matter of fact business man, or tourist.
witness
us all.
"Now you can call it what you like, but those things are strange, even if rcopties might call them coincidences.
underestimutoś,
"ZOROASTRIAN FUND.
Questions as to Deed of Trust.
In the matter of a deed of trust, dated July 30, 1874, relating to the Hongkong and China Zoroas trian Community's Religious and
favour, as they are bound to be, they will put their own inter pretation on the rules as to what they are going to do.
the doed.
"The case was adjourned.
·STOWAWAYS,
Heavy Fines Inflicted on Two
Men.
MATTER OF EXCHANGE.
that by this means China was easily able to discorn who were and who were not her frends, one of our leading financial experts wiggle-wagglos through a couple of columns in our senior morn- ing contemporary in order to ebew
that silyos is rising loss of its own
It has been interesting, says Mr. Jenkin oma now the "National Review," to note arrival in the colony, and I have the devilish glee with which the "I was shipmate years, age
not been accustome to hearing friends of Sextuplicity have com with a North of Scotland male,
my confrerea etate that they have mented on the fact that at present "There is no subject connected 'prentices was taken very ill, and continued this morning, in the is going to be given by the judge. It has been hunted in the public One
and-off Cape Horn-one of the Charitable Tund, the action was no doubt that a certain decision exchange rules remarkably high. with tho deep seas," the First was dying. How that poor la nature of an originating Bum-I suggest it is hardly a dignified press, and the hint has been officer said, that in of such in-cursed in his agony, and we could mous, in which Merwanji Pal proceeding. I do not like to see it gloated over with stomach-hng- terest to those who sail them, as do nothing. His cursos were so joaji Talate, Dinshaw Kavnejee and I dont know upon what in ging satisfaction by those oppos- the weird, uncanny ideas that blood ourdling that they frighton-Sethan, and Ardeshir Byranyi formation he makes that state ed to fair play and freedom of Bailors have regarding those fed
The big-hearted Avasin were plaintiffs and Hormant,
contract for the Cliinese Govern-. things which are merely natural Soutalunan tried to read to him asajce Kaishinsroo Erani dofen- His Lordship-do not know ment, that the high oxchange at phenomens.
from his Bible, but the laddants. The case was heard by the either..
prosent ruling, was the reply of "In the modern days of fast cursed on.
| Puisne Judge, Mr. Justips Gom-
Concluding his speech, Mr the Sextuple Syndicate to the atom liners, the trade of the There came over the slip while portz.
Jenkin raised the question as to successful negociation of an in- sailor has come almost to be re- tho, lad was gotting towards the Mr. C. G. Alabaster with whom whether the practice that had dependent loan, that the Sextuple garded as nothing more than that fond, a big binok.bird, the like of was Mr. Eldon Potter, instructed been followed in the past with Syndicate was making the Chi- of a deckhand on a glorified forry-which none of us had ever seen. by Mr. H. W. Looker, appeared regard to the election of officers nose Government "pay through boat. But there yet remain on the It feated motionless above our for the plaintiffa and Mr. F. U. could not be adduced to help his the nose for its silver sooom. thousands of tramp steamers, spare, and MuKoazie (the Matel Jenkin, instrusted by Mr. G. K. Lordship construe the portion of modation. This idea having and on the hundreds of schoonors, said: Yon bird is waitin' to take Hall Brutton, for the defence.
been openly expressed in the barques, barguantinos, briga the_la-ad's soul to Hell, fur his
Mr Alabaster having concluded
Mr. Alabastor urged that it Chinese press and the hint hav brigantines and full rigged ships, ofu' cursin'. Sure onough when his address for the plaintiffs at could not, and his Lordship founding also therein been conveyed Bilors whose lives have always the "prentice died, with an oath the last hearing, Mr Jenkin in favour of the latter. been spent at sou.
ne hie inat word, the great bird occupied the whole of the morn- wheeled and disappeared.
ing addressing the court on bo- half of his client. Yesterday Mr. Jonkin informed his lordship that he hoped to finish what he had The sailor's mind is a verit- this morning he said that he would got to eny within an hour, but
Four men should have appeared ablo gold mine of that which is have to withdraw the promise he before Mr. E. A. Irving, at the more or interesting, unusual and unex-made yesterday for, after con- Police Court, this afternoon on a bocord; at any rate that is the pected, and the field of superstisidering his lordship's judgment charge of being stowaways on the only conclusion which emerges "Yet it must be admitted that on will develop phases of mind
yesterday and hir friend's it is somewhit nanerving to whose value en soare.ly be remarks, he had come to the con- two who wore out on bail in of meandering. We do not pro- 8.5. Guthrie on the last trip, bai even dimly from the two columne
On J? breathlessly
clusion that he would have tɔ $1000 each did not appear. fess to solve these mysteries, but hot, dead calm night in the
take rathor longer than that, Mr. Mnister, of Messrs. Johnson we may point out that one thing tropies wit the old time
His Lordship: I was afraid Stokes and Master, prosecuted. is quite clear, and that is that the Baifore el corpse candles!
that you were rather sauguino. Chief Oficer Eleme said, present exchange is either natural Thoso are dull-burning balls of
Mr. Jonkin, proceeding, said that on July 29th at Sydney, he or artificial, either forsed fire; they utline the rigging, and
that the proper method of con- was standing near the gangway spontaneous, so to speak. If it is in the on is of the yards seem to The first of Mr Danman Fullers straing the dead before taking with a customs officer. The latter a natural rate consequenton.con- barn a deep blue flame. This series of monthly organ recitals the questions one by one was to left him to run after three ditions over which the Sextuple phenomena spolls catastrophe to was given yesterday in St. John's take it in its entirety and see if Chinese who were leaving the Syndicato has no control, The ship that it visits, and matos Cathedral, before is good atten- they could gather from that as ship. He asked them certain then the Chinese Government know botter than to attempt to dance. The recitals in the past whole what wore the powers of questions they could not answer would have had to pay just drive sailors aloft under these have proved popular an! the the trustees and the rest of the and he charged them with being the same price for its silver conditions because the sailor's number of paradas present yester community. Therefore he pro- stowaways. They were sub- if it had borrowed from the firm belief is that to have no of day was a good magury for the posed to take his lordship through sequently handed over to the s.8. Sextuple Syndicate; if it is not a those lights shino directly into ecoss of the season's functions, the dead-it would be a some- Changsha.
aatural rato, if it is a forced rate, their faces, means døsih-and Mr. Pullor was at the top of his what painful proceeding from
Second offleer Munro gave evi-then the profuss professions of form, and the programme that he beginning to and--and point out dance corroborating the first wit-friendship for China that have There is nothing that dis-had chosen was full of oppor- those things that they must do, nos9.
doured from the Sextuple press türba a sailor's pence of mind tunities for really has playing: those things that they may do BO much
Mr. Mastor said the shipping are the merest hypocritical drivel, 'an to mail, on the least commendation would be and those things that they are company had been fined £300 for and the Chinese Government and Friday, and cortain it is to say that he took advantage of absolutely prohibited from doing three men who got clear of the the expert financiers who have that many a find wind-jammer thou all. Karg-Elert's tone pie Mr. Jonkin went through the ship at Sydney, and were found negociated the International Ins proudly sailed out of harbour ture Night in ospecially rules to emphasize his points und by the Customs Offidora, ·
Financial Syndicate's loan know on Friday thing of grace and worthy of praise, for the organist then proceeded to deal with the The first defendant was fined exactly how much Sextuple beauty-inly to be cast on a rool, played with a defiency that gave questions asked in the originating $500 or in default five months' friendship is worth. ler brokon sticks torn off her, full scope for the beautiful grusummons, pointing out that the imprisonment, and one month in dations of light and shade with matters were, after all, purely of addition; the second, $300 or in 'Thoro facts are un record, which the pices is repleto. Tos domestic nature.
default three months, and one Another interesting super-many it was the best performance Donling with the question month in addition, the imprison- tition is that if the rats dosort of the evening, though not a low whether
ment in oaolr case, if any, to date the ship before she leaves port are of the opinion that Bach's neglect or other reasonable cause' from Oot, 1st. the crow firmly believe that she Passnoaglia was botter ren-within the meaning of the The bail of the defaulting men is unsafe, and losert accordingly! | ero 1. Mrs. Bowen we do not question to take counsol's opinion was estreated.
"Of course it is ridiculous to fromeuabor having hourd, before. Mr. Jenkin' brought from Mr. believe as the non dthat the but she has a sweet voice of full | Alabaster the remark that a vote little brown anials have same Compass, and a minor of singing of censure had been passed
on the undefined sixth sense, but it has which does not fail to please plaintiffs. He claimed that beon proven again and again that for rendering of "Hoar ya Israel" Such a resolution removing aa rata will desert a leaky, un- and Praise thou the Lord" both would be ultra vires and we ask your lordship to define rulo 22 in safe ship before the moorings are by Mendelssolin was excellent. oast off, and numberless crows The programme was as fol-suck a case na this, as to whether
Hoon,
and all hands lost.
lave followed the rodents' load.
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there is reasonable cause or any
"Shoot a son-gull, or an al-(1) Passacaglia ............ Baob, blamable negligence withio rule batross?" Tho First officer hold (2) Air..." Ho Yo lчrael" up his hands in "holy horror".
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Mendelssohn Mr. Jonkin:-With omphasis
“Good Lord, mụn, on a sailing (3) Canon... Mrs. Bowen
ship you'd got yourself into serious trouble, and from that instant you
Hymn 477.
...
un the "No".
friend has
Schumann admitted it that nothing will
are the ship's Jonah, and the (4) Tone Picture...Night sailor that gives you an acciden-
night becomes a hero in the eyes
of his matas,
зреава
their
ro-
DON'T FORGET.
Wednesday Oct. 10.
or
Property Sala Mr. G. P. Lam- mort.
Friday Oct. 18.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
CORNED BEEF.
man's meat is another's poison. The King's Fool may demand pheasants' tongues for
breakfast whilst most of us are well satisfied
with Corned Beef and Cabbage for a change-
If it be good and well cooked! It is a dish
for live men not for mummles,
September 24, 1912.
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Saturday, Oct. 19. Entertainment
DEMENTED WOMAN.
Died in Hospital Last Night.
The woman reported in the "Telegraph" yesterday, to have died last night in the hospital Kowloon. gone mad near the Clock Tower, thout six o'clock.
The child which she was alleged to have thrown on the floor is
Royal
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Bazaar Volunteer Parade ground' Monday Oct. 21. Philharmonic Society's Re- is still alive though suffering fromhearsals begin, injuries to the head.
The women died of acute maniu.
BIG OPIUM CAPTURE.
my
us except signation. If nothing is going Karg-Elert to appease us will your lord- tal push overboard, some dark (5) Solo & Chorus..." Praise ship sond ne back to settlo Won't your Thou the Lord "... Mendelssoha our differencos?
We have been informed that Mrs. Bowen.
Lordship send us back ? This has "And even où the palatial Mastere, T. Martin, A Martin, bron going on day after day and 500 tine of of opium have been liners, shoot a sea-gull as a pas flurle, Edsor, Mes, Goldsmith, take the opportunity, after three found by Delective Sergeant Grant lays of miserable wandering in the bilges of the Loong Sang. Ranger, if you like and note Mre. Main and Mr. T, T. Best. the Burly, ugly looks that you will](6) Excerpt..(The Dream through these rules, to ask your The opium was packed up in ten get-though the crew dare not of Gerontius)... E. Elgar Lordship to send us back to do packages, the packages being what wo should under the rules made up in gunny bags re- touch
you!
--what the rules tell us we must. presenting one package, And now that you have had n morning in which you have been
"The reason for this feeling.
is that sailors believe that God mado the son birds to comfort and cheer the lonely sailor far out on the boundless, heaving waters and that if they are killod He will show His angor by wrecking the ships.
•
"I must admit that years ago, when I was second mate on a fall rigged ship I headlessly shot an albatross, and I also admit that
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Stolen Osler. A charge of trespassing on rotary and treasurer, presented to no good purpose
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without my revolver afterwards! affairs of the organisation to be to some sort of conclusion. I am taking therefrom, a quantity of "And ne a climax to my story, in a very satisfactory condition, a asked for some hypothetical rul-fofosier, valued at $3, was preferred that ship, two weeks later, was small balance being carried for-ing--If the community want to against a man, at the Police THE Steamship
a a fine a lot of wreckage as you word to next year.
turn aa'oat, can they đò so.? Court, this morning, before Mr “ARRATOON APCAR,” could wish to 800 !
The president announced that M. Alabaster-They have E. A. Irving. He was fined $3 Captain R. F. Thomson, will be des- For a womnu to loss her wed-two handsome trophies would be passed a vote of osasure on us on in default seven days.
patched for the'abora porta on SATUR- ding ring overboard, is another available for next year, nad sng-because we took legal advice as Buff's Officers Leave.
DAY, the 20th int, si Noon, sign of disaster. I sailed as Mato geeted means by which the aum to the rates.
The leave of Major C, 0. Cobe,
The Steamer un superior soCOM- under a skipper, who had his ber of prizes for the singles Mr. Jenkin:If it not is an 2ad Buffs has been extended to modation for passengers, Is Installed wife on board. Leaning over the championship tournament might afidavit I beg your Lordship not January 8. Capt. E. G.F. L. ang duly certed GotoLighGANDE rail one day, her wedding ring be increased with a view to furto listen to Mr. Alabaster, PA Gould 2nd Bufte having been osies
Mr. Alabaster:-It is an affid-posted to 8rd. Res. Ba, his un(Occupying 20 daya),
|RETURN TOURS TO JAPAN slipped off. The skipper saw it, ther popularising the game.
The approval of the meeting avit. It is clear that these acts expired lease is cancelled. Capt. Jumped to her and clapped his
Return toksla sms, avaliable by the hand over her mouth before she was expressed but it was event have been disturbing the com.P.A. Maxwell, 3rd Brahmans Indo-China Beam Navigation Co.' could ory out and the man at the ally left to the discretion of the munity and that is admitted in having returned his unexpired Beamers are for round telp $180.
paragraph 6. It is clear that we leave is cancelled, 2nd Lieut. For further particulars, apply to wheel hear her. “Great Heaven"!? incoming commilles:
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