FAMOUS PIRACY RECALLED
Steamer Nanion.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
this
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914.
MOTOR STATISTICS.
their running, and take no account of the money expended indirectly in connection with motoring, such as the cost of suitable clothes for motoring and hotel and travelling expenses on tour, which certainly adds several millions to
CINEMA NEWS.
altered by the pirate Chief and died in the Civil Hospital this the saloon between us) and ehe was stored out to sea-últi- morning from the effects of a thought it would be better to mately being taken outside Pedro shot in the groin. There was wait results where we were. In
Some Amazing Figures.
King Manoel's Visits Blenco and then slowly back to falso two Chinese cooke who are about quarter of an hour's time The case of the s. s. Namoa
Mendoz land where she was wounded, the 2nd engineer who a deputation-consisting of the
It has been estimated that on
King Manoel and Queen ~23 Years Ago.
anchored by the pirates abou: 7 was shot through his wrist, and ship's carpenter and a fireman January 1 over 440,000 motors
Augusta Victoria have been pay The determined piracy of the a.n
the 3rd officer who has a bullet came down from the pirates and of all kinds were in use in the
the ing frequent visits to cinemato- Norwegian steamer Childar this
In the meantime a wholesale in his armi. The latter foar are informed us that if we went ap British Isles.
aggregate amonat. week recalls a similar outrage fasilade was being kept upon in the Civil Hospital whither they and quietly submitted to be in- Of these over 254,000 are tour-
graph displays in Richmond. The spending of this money. They went to the Talbot Thes tre; which took place in 1890, the bard the ship, the miscreants were removed on the arrival of prisoned whilst they looted the ing public service, and come benefits, directly or indirectly, an and to the Castle Theatre, staying ship concerned being the Douglas firing into the saloon and throw the Namos this morning, and ship no harm would come to as mercial motor-care, and there enormous number of people, and a couple of hours on both occas ing stink pats" down enden where, under the skilful bands Pococks and I discussed it and motor-cycles. Nearly 1,700 ad particularly the industrial classes, ions and seeing, the progiamme So far as case of the Childar is vouring to suffocate those whom of the talented medical staff of agreed to go up, for, anidditional motor-vehicles are be- The proportion of direct labour through.
One of the items concerned, there is very little they could pot rench with that institution, they will doubt I, we might as well be shot on ing added to this substan expended in the actual produc was a version of "Alphonse that is new to report. A survey their bullets.
After indulg less receive every attention and deck as anywhere elso: he led the lial total every week. It is tion of a car varies greatly Daudet's "Sappho." They pur of the ship has shown that ingin
amusement spendy relief..
way and while in the war of stepp further calculated that these according to the conditions chase Is, ecats and prefer to be much of the damage done was to their hearts' content
they In the foregoing hastily written ing up the companion, was shot motor vehicles cover in the ag- under which it is produced: regarded as ordinary members of done wilfully. In the bridge ultimately sent a deputation report there are, perhaps, gape down. I then decided to remain gregate over 3,100,000,000 miles It is low where highly organised the audience. house all the instruments were down to the saloon to inform the which we cannot fill up in a bet-where I was, but in a little time of roads in a year, says the machine tool shops are engaged Cinematographs in Japan. stolen except the sextants, while Captain and passengers that ifter way than by attaching the the second mate (Mr. Richardson) Times.
in the production of the standar Mr. Peroy Wark, of the Kine- in nearly every compartment they eine on deck and quietly statements of two of the officers came to say that the Captain had
As may be surmised from these dised mechanical details of the macolor Company who has just he locked up of the Nanon. As they were in been shot I then went up and figures, motoring has been the chassis, and high in regard to parts spent a year in the Far East in-.. drawera, lockera old, were anish-submitted to ed to pieces by the pirates. The whilst the ship was being looted, different positions in the ship un- was at obce soufined with the means of building up a vaat of the body to which standard-stalling the apparatus of the
officer. Becond
Mr.
harm Olson, no
would como to til they were finally imprisoned others in the Captain's room industry. The Board of Trade isation cannot be applied. The company in towns throughout appears to have renvored them.
This apparently was in the Captain's room their stories He had been shot in the breast returns show how erroneous is average of direct labour on the Japan, stated that the Japansee somewhat frota Le effects of agreed to, and while in the act will have additional value.
and was not then dead. the popular idea that foreign care whole car is about 20 per cent. were taking a keen interest in the
Mr. Alex. Jones, 3rd, engineer, washed his face with water and are in the majority, and that our But this does not by any means cinematography. In Tokyo alone injury
his of obeying their summon poor to head, which liproceived Pocock was shot down. The bullet who was in the engine room at we did all we could for him. He foreign trade is small in, com cover the entire labour cost to the thers were over 100 picture from the butt-ond of a revolver of entered his right breast and the commencement of the attack, died about 20 minutes after bo-parison with that of other nations, manufacturer. It only covers theatres, in Osaka 50, and
Ile hus no doubt penetrated the lung says:-The first I knew of the ing shot, A quarter of an hour Although we One of the pirates.
import 4,000 the labour directly employed on Kyoto 15. Japanese producers sustained a nasty wound, how-le was conscious to the end, and business was when Eddy, the 3rd or so elapsed and then the more cars than we send abroad, construction in the motor factories, were producing a series of native ever. The dete of the mailing of did not seem to suffer much pain. ncer, came down in the engine balance of the crew were brought we export more than 16,500 There are, in addition to the plays in natural colours, and the Childar has not yet been All that could be done for him com pursued by some of the in, making tea in all, but after motor cycles, against less than items of rent, rates, and taxes, these would probably be shown
under the circumstances was done pirates. We planted under the this we were in no way moleated 1,400 imported; and we are over heating, lighting, and power, the in London in the satamn The famous Namoa piracy pre-In the meantime, Mr. Rishardison hoilers and remained there by the pirates who were going on grusa turnover of the whole throughout the works, the salaries formance before the Emperor in
half a million sterling to the good wages of the unskilled helpers
Mr. Wark gavo a command per- sents many circumstances of aeeecond officer-who is acknow- until Richardson came down on with the looting and ap like nature to those associated ledged to have acted coolly and at the instigation of the pirates parently had quite enough to trade.
of the works manager and his staff the Imperial Palace at Tokyo. with the holding up of the Chil. bravely all through the trying and induced me to come up do in that direction. When we
It can be safely compated that of supervisors.
Cinematograph Censorship. In the meantime came dar, and for that reason the fol- ordeal-wag marched around tonn deck.
to anchor, which was the care and cycles at pressatrun-
When the machine is finished In the report of the British lowing description which is taken collect the passengers and officers. Ramsay, who also behaved splen-at about 7 o'clock, our cap.ning in Great Britain and Ireland, still more labour is required for its Board of Film Censors for the from the Hongkong Telegraph of When this was done and the didly, was returning the fire of tors signalled, with the steam aggregate, a present value of distribution and sale. There is a year ended December 31, 1913, is December 11, 1890, will be read pirates had them all anfely, bar those above with lumps of conl whistle, to their confederate approximately £55,000,000 while large staff of olerks in
the 1s stated that since the inception with interest.
ricaded in the Captain's state-room and was eventually shot in the junk. There were four of them, their first cost, the money commercial departments of the of the board, 7,628,931ft, of film In these piping times of peace it they seemed to devote the whole arm. We left the engine room I think, and they took on board spent on the purchase of motors different firms, managers travel has been examined, which, in- seldom falls to our lut to have to of their attention to loating and and went on deck to be marched all the booty which had been during, say, the last ten years, lers, and salesmen, and thousands cludes 7,418 subjects. Of this chronicle such horrible tragedies did not molest their prisoners ander an armed escort to the collasted from the ship. None cannot have been far short of depots and agencies all over number, 6,861 have been passed as those that were enacted ou further. After turning all the state-room where we found therest of the cargo, so far as I know, of £120,000,000. Tho purchase the country, all employing labour for "universal" exhibition, and board tho cousting ateamer Chinese passengers out of the of the officers and passengers at uched, but it is computed price of motor-cycles averages in taking care of and selling cars. 627 have been passed for pub- Namos yesterday
afternoon.tween docks they preceeded to already imprisoned. The pirates that they got close on $20,000 about 250, and the price of cars From first to last, at least 60 lie" exhibition with the "A" cer- Hongkong was awakened this business in earnest and are said no sooner had us is there thin worth of valuables and property ranges from as
per cent. of the cost of a tificate. Exception has been morning with the startling intel in have made a very good haul they commenced looting our from the unfortunate passengers. £75 for a cycle-car to £1,200 or motor car represents labour, the taken to 168 films by the ligence that Messra. Douglas They also ransacked the baggage cabine and needless to say The pirates had a distinctive £1,500 for the six-cylinder balance being, not manufacturer's aminers. Lapreik's steamship Namoa had of the European passengers and c'enned us out of everything that badge consisting of a knotted limousine. Close on 20 millions profit,' but such items as rent.
Many of these films were even- put back to the port after having looted them, and the officers of le considered of value. In piece of red tape to which was sterling to be, exact 19,912, rates, fuel, lighting, heating, tually passed, after certain eli- been captured and looted by the ship and everything of value some cases they did not wait to attached a cash. They also car-428-was the sum spent on the advertising, travelling expenses minations had been made, varying including gold watches, &c., not rimack the lockers but bodily ried their revolvers suspended purchase of new motor-cars by and carriage, office expenses, in amount from five or six fest so
their con- from their necks by halyards, and British forgetting a bundle of Manila took them and
motorists and eye agents' commissions, depreciation hundreds of feet. Twenty-two lottery tickets that were in the tents away to be examined at were under the command of one lists last year, and to this has of plant and machinery-which films were entirely rejected by possession of one of the officers. their leisure: Mr. Richardson was ohief who Was here there to
added the value represents a loss and profit Mr. Redford. Notwithstanding their wanton inade, under a guard of some and everywhere." The follow-of
'the 'spares' and acces which can be distributed in doubt that the rumour was cruelty in murdering two men in twelve revolvers, to collect the ing is G list of the sories-the supply of which forms dividends, which may represent only too true. The vessel had cold blood, booty seems to have passengers and crew and finally saloon passengers:Mr. EK very substantial branch of the not more than some 10 per cent. shanghal Waterworks Co., Ld.. been attacked, the
to been the chief object of the when they were safely barricaded Chandler, Mr. Petersen (murder- motor trade mounting Captain,
or 15 per cent. of the whole; and pirates, for had they chosen they in, the pirates gave us little ed), Captain Saunders, Mr. C.E.45.773,396,
while even in the numerous items the year ended December 31, The report of the directors for passenger, gome of the crew murdered. The could have massacred every living thought, and went cheerfully Mehta, and the Rev. Mr. Walea.
But the annual expenditure on mentioned as making up the 1913, states: Peri waj
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gang of pirates, and colour was given to the story by it being quickly seen that the Namoa's flag was flying half hast and it Foon ascertained beyond
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dividend for the year of 33/- per share at ex, 2/7
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attack was planned on much the soul on board. They stove in on with looting and feasting. We are courteously informed new purchases, large as it is, is balance of 40 per cent, an ap The gross revenue for the year some lines as was that on the and destroyed every boat on the They had a thorough." jambores" that H.M. gunboat Linnet will completely dwarfed by the cost preciable amount. goes for labour from all sources amounts to a Greyhound on the 17th. of Octo-ship and it really seems that at and no doubt were well satisfied leave for the scene of the attack of running the motor-vehicles in one form or another.
601,328.79 as against ber 1885, and the whole home no time the fate of their unfortun-with the results of the day tomorrow morning taking with which are now, upon the road. Apart from the cost of the cars, 571,638 34 in 1912, and that the the Motoring has built up an industry if we similary analyse the other balance of working account, trans- was carried out in a manner that ate captives hung in the finest of When we once got rid of them her Captain Stewart proved everything bad been most balances. No doubt the miscre- it did not take as long to Chinese Revenue Service. No in the manufacture of tyres items comprising the expenditure ferred to credit of profit and loss carefully arranged before hand, ants were highly pleased at lip the noor, get steam up, doubt every effort will be made which is almost as large as that on upkeep, as already set out we account, is Tla: 425,503.6789 and the plan of attack evidenced the successful issue of their and make our way into harbour to bring the miscreants to justice, of the car-build.ng trade itself.
shall find that each and all pay their against Tie. 409,233,65 the a thorough knowledge of the rules adventure, and having made such here.
[It should be added that subse- The annual tyre consumption quota to labour. Tyre prices, for previous year. of the ship on the part of the prize were anxious to get off
officer, who must quently the pirates were captur- approximates £14,521,000. instance, probably cover a 40 per An interim dividend of 15 author or authors, as will seen with it. On coming to anchor at have as many lives as the prover-ed, one lot being executed on
Next to tyres the cost of petrol cent. proportion of wages to British from the details which follow or about 7 o'clock they signalled isl cat was good enough to let April 17, 1891, at Kowloon City, and lubricating oil bulks heaviest workers, apart from their influence absorbing Tia 92,692.91, WAS per share at Exchange 2/74, This makes the fifth foreign ship to four confederate juoks which us have his version of the affair, and another batch, including the in the motorist's expenditure, on labour abroad on the rubber declared and made payable con that has been attacked by native were waiting for them; these camole saysThe first I knew of leader, on May 11 following]
The fuel and oil bill works out at and cotton plantations. Fuel and July 25 last. After writing off pirates in the immediate vicinity alongside and took the booty on the business, or that anything
close on £8,500,000..
oil, while produced almost entirely Tla. 15,000.00 for depreciation Moreover, the cost of repairs, abroad and representing an im-on permaneat works, paying in- of Hongkong within the last 27 board. They are supposed to be out of the ordinary was necuring years, which fact will surely have Hoogkong junks but no one, on deck, wee by hearing a dog
To Business In a Flying Boat. hauls amount to over six millions; work in home refineries, in other items, there remains a sum renovations, and periodical over mense industry there, call for terest on Debentures and sundry dae weight with the anthorities apparently, was in a position to making a tremendous row on
take their numbers. When all was deck. I was in my cabin at the Carties's flying boats come into Exchequer over one and a half in handling and distribution; profit and loss account available. Every month Mr. Glenn while motoring brings into the canning and can making, and of Tla, 300,988.30 af credit of and the shipping companies themselves, and be the means of ready and the juuks loaded the time, but went out to inquire more general use among wealthy million sterling in registration which will account for some 20 for distribution, which the inducing them to invent some the firea and also to blow steam I saw was a scuffle between one States. Mr. Harold McCormick, rance companies benefit to nearly least 50 per cent. of the cost of roof as follows:
pirates forced the firemen to draw into the matter and the first thing amateure of sport in the United fees and licences, and the iosu- per cent, of their price. preventive measure which will
off, and as a reward for these of the quarter-masters and a son-in-law of Mr. John D. Rocke the same amount.
At directors recommend be disposed recurrence of yesterday's tragedy, services throw them a bag of Chinaman, they were also eight or feller, daily travels ina flying boat While many, probably most, while even such items as garage place beyond possibility a
paire and renewals goes to labour, To payment of a final The following accurate details dollars (supposed to be about ten Chinamen firing revolvers from his home thirty-five miles motor-car owners keep their cars expenses, licences, and insurances of this couurence are obtained 200) before fiually taking their aimlessly apparently, but making across Lake Michigan to Chicago in old coach-houses couverted to also mean the employment of from the most reliable sources: departare. Once over the aide itja hideous row. I went to see the to his office. Last summer on a new use, large numbers of cars labour in helpers, collectors, and The Namos left Hongkong at 8 may be supposed that it took but quartermaster and found he was American gentleman farmer flew are stored in public garages, orolerical staff. o'clock yesterday morning on her a short time for the prisoners wounded, and on looking round 1,020 miles in an usnal trip, bound for Swatow, (who had hitherto been barricad-noticed that I had become a target time of 18 hr. 10min. in a flying the purpose. The fgare for expenditure of owners of motor- actual flying in buildings specially rented for Taking all of the heads of, the Amoy and Foochow, having oned in the state-room, guarded by for the group of whom I have boat, traversing Lakes Michigan rent and garage accommodation care the benefit, board five saloon and 240 Chinese four pirates) to break out. The spoken. I made the best of my way and Huron.
The 20,000.00 directly, To reserve fand Te.... 30,000.00 amounts to two and a half mil- and indirectly, Nothing unusual anchor wea alipped, steam got up alt to the saloon, but had to "run passengers.
Tango Teas at Shanghai..
British To carry forward to occurred natil tiffin time when at and the Namoa, under the the gauntlet," and how I escaped
liona, But the heaviest aggregate labour aggregates £37,550,000, The Tango Teas which are expense of all is on the looking If tho averago of the best mon fired point blank at me. Hotel twice weekly, are proving cars, the need for which has aged in the motor trade and its signal, about 35 or 40 of the chief officer, made the Chinese passengers akewed them of her way out to
sea, ent One shot grazed my cheek and to be a very popular innovation opened up a new calling of vast allied industries be taken as selves in their true colours and was safely brought into long- the bullets were flying about like and with a limit on the number However, I got of invitations, the attendances are
extent.. 'j armed with revolvers and cut kong harbour at 8 o'clock this bail in a storm,
high as £100 per annum, lasses began their murderous morning. It's seldom that such safely to the saloon which to my quite as large as the management ers is about 150,000, and their people obtain their employment, cent. on current value is usually
The number of motor-car driv-this means that 375,500 to the total, as 20 a tale of the sea is to be told in surprise I found empty, but on of the hotel can cope with. At wages, at the rate of 35s. per and that something like 1000, estimated for this item in taking work. Dividing themselves into four parties they simultaneously these days, but all things taken calling out I who was then the entertainment on the 10th week, together with the wages of 000 of the population are out a balance-sheet, and it has attacked the officers' me room, that so many escaped with their standing at the entrance to the present, and the "Tango" ex car, amounts to the sum of £13,-motoring.
into consideration the marvel is Captain Pocock who was then inst. well. over 200 people were other hands' employed about a supported by the industry of been shown that the aggregate the bridge and the engine room, lives, which doubtless they owe boy's room. He made some hibition, as given by Misses Phil-562,000. These several items Then there is the very import ned approximates £55,000,000. and the saloon where Captain,
current value of, the vehicles in the chief oficer and four of the chiefly to bad marksmanship and casual remark to the effect that tips and the, and Mr. Suras, together reach to over £47,994, ant item of depreciation, which, So that if these items are consider Passengers were at tiffin. Mr. faulty weapons. Besides Captain this was a bad business. I then was thoroughly enjoyed. The 000 as the running expenses although not an item of directed, it is certain that, at the Peterson, light house keeper at Pocock and Mr. Peterson, who proceeded to open some of the band of the Hotel gave an excell- of the motorist, and when out-of-pocket expenditure, is an present rate of increase, the gross
in what porte for the stench from the ent selection of music, and with that sam is added to the cost of expenditure, nevertheless, repre- expenditure upon the Lammocks, who was on the were shot deck aft, was at once murdered can only be called cold-blood; stink pots" that had been introduotion of the every popular new cars we have the enormous seating loss of capital and should, motoring will, before the present bead-the deck where he fell for the lives of two Malaye was unbearable, and the room was programme many guests partici-Yet these figures cover only the If this were done, it would annuel figure of £100,000,000 --- four shots being fired into his the pirates are responsible thrown
the saloon one-step and waltzes into the aggregate of close on £74,000,000. correctly speaking, be included. year is out, reach the enormous being covered with blood. The one of whom they wounded and fall of smoke. We held a pated in a very pleasant enter direct expenditure upon cara and add courge of the Namos was now threw overboard and other who council-of-war (with the length of tainment,
another £11,000,000 The Times
to
1.15 p.m., acting on a preconcerter command of Mr. Eldridge, the is a miracle, for no less than five being held at the Astor House after, driving, and care of the wages and salaries of all eng
down
down
per Tael... 208,019.28 dividend account To equalization of
new account Tis. 42,969,08
Tis
300,988,36
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all branches of