GENERAL
Life-Saving at Sea. -
Towel which
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917.
SHIPPING NEWS
to
British Red Cros Society. The came on board and were eventual- they were to send Vallentin 150 Some rëmarkable and unsolicit- ides in this case was to provide ty taken on sa members of the mat ka and some presents for his ed evidence of the efficiency of [a
could call crew. On the voyage to Liver family. Vallentin told the officers the Boddy lifearing jacket hujat piors and navigate parts pool, however, in consequence of that if the men had midly passed been received by the company of the appar river insoose some suspicion which was arons- the aliens authorities at Liverpool owning the patents from a aum bersible to the Conserator owing to ed, they admitted to Vallentin be would not have given them of officers and men who have been her size and draft, and thus that they were Garmang," that away, as he thought Germany the victims of the U-boat menace.extend to patients in various other they knew the ship was was an good sa England, and he, One officer, writing an apprehospitals near upper resebss of coming Liverpool, and belonging to a neutral country, ciation of the value of the jacket the sideway the benefits of a blow that they hoped to meet a German thought he was doing no wrong. to Mr. Boddy, the inventor, states on the river. The Royalty made submarine on the voyage and get Sehalis, addressing the Stipen that although whsble to swim be a trips, and carried 8,313 transferred to her, as they wished diary, said he was sold to come felt quite comfortable in the water soldiers. This year, as the result to join the German Navy. Valon board the Quintero by the after having been blown off his of private contributions to the lentin told the men that he would captain, and he did so because he ship, the jacke: be was wearing fund, of which Sir Joseph Brood not give them away, and arrang- had heard there were German proving a real life saver under the bank, 109, Leadenhall-street, ed to lend them £8 when they submarines about and thought most trying and difficult circamat is treasurer, it has been got to Liverpool, so that they that the ship would be sank ances. It is interesting in this con- decided to engage the steamer could make their way to New and he and his friend would "nection to note from photographe Bis Majesty of equal carrying castle, where it was possible be taken off and bo get might find • ship back to Germany. Vallentin said published of a service on board capacity, which will make trips they one of HM transports that the men are equipped with the old fashioned work life jackets; which are gradually being raperroded by the more scientiñosily con- structed jokets and waistcoata controlled by the Boddy Life- eaving Appliances Company. We German Sallors on Neutral Ships. understand that the Admiralty? The stipendiary Magistrate at have definitely recognised the Liverpool, recently inflicted heavy Boddy jacket, and aro ordering penalties on two German saman its use generally in the service; and a Danish chief, officer for
Pacific offences against the Aliens Be whilst the Canadian Steamship Services have placed a gistration Order, and in the repest order for thousand course of the case a sidelight was juskels.rod Moours, J. Barne (thrown on the method by which (Glawgow) have recently ordered alien enemies are enabled to come 10,000 jaoksts for dae on their to British ports under the flag of
- coscia.
on five daya daya a week during which would put them on the way the captain had been sick meat of the sensor. It is extimated that of getting back to Germany, and the voyage, and they were short- the Conservator and His Majesty in the ship's articles the Germans handed. He had heard that the will between them provide a were entered an Sweden, and the German riders were about "the restful excursion during the sum captain, an Englishman, was told Atlantic, and he wanted to get mer for between 13,000 and 14,000 that it was all right. When the fall ow. He was having a |ship arrived at Liverpool the very anxious time; "In frot," sid convalescents,
the Aliens Officers were not matin-he, “I should have gone mad in find with the answer they get to another ten days." The Stipend- the questions put to the men, all isry, who characterised the case of whom wars arrested, and sub-as a very bad one, sentenced the equently they made a clean Germans to six months hard breast of what had happened. It laboar arch, and fined the chief had been arranged that if the Ger-officer, Vallentin, £150, with the mans got back to their native land alternative of six months.
Deutral country. The prisoners]
·were Theodor Schults and Peter Merchantman v. Submarloes.
Lehning, 'Germaas, and Soren An interesting incident was re-
Christian Vallentin, Dane eatly reported in shipping circles the former
being charged which illustrates the importance with giving false information to of arming merchant vesele, says the Abens Registration Officer at the Journal of Commeres. A few Liverpool, and the last-armed days ago a steamer arrived at one with aiding and abetting the two of the home ports, but not with Germans to commit the cferce, "out-passing through s very and also with making exciting experience. She was.
return with reference to the two armed, and was escorting & non-
All the prisoners, who MAN. srmed sister ship. They had not been long in the danger zone poke fluent English, pleaded guilty. It appeared that Schultz and Lehning ware members of the crew of a German ship, the Mimi, which had been held up at Talcahuano, Chile, since the com- mencement of the war. The Chilise
>when
two German Bob- marines rose to the surface. The British tramp was ready for them, and went for them without
■ moment's besitation. In the
Btobe."
false
exchange of shota that took place, ship Quintero put into the port, the British gunner proved the beiter marksman, and the enemy tim. who was chief officer of her, and being short-handed, Vallen- in realising this prepared to dive. Before this, movement could be went aboard the German ship to carried out, a well-directed shot fee if there were any neutrals on board who would join his ship. strack one of the enemy boats Schulz and Lehning, who gave fall equare, and
"she went
themselves out a being Sweden, down like
The "other pirate disappeared hurried- ly before the single gun of the stesmer could be trained opon her. "And both vaséela been un- armed, they would undoubtedly have been resting ere this at the bottom instead of lying serenely at their berths.with their valonble cargoes intact. The incident demonstrates the great value of even one gun on board a vessel, for bare it was so skilfully hand)- ed that it was more than a match for two submarines, and was the † mesas of saving two valasble British steamers and their crews and cargoes.
Port of London and the
Wounded.
Under the most pleasent sad promising circumstances there was inaugurated recently the Thames river trips for wounded soldiers, the organisation of which is under the suspices of the Port of London Authority, in co-opera- tión with the British Red Cross Society. The Authority have made arrangements for two steamers, the Conservator and Hin Majesty, to make trips, every week-day excepting Saturday during the season. Invitations to participate in these health-promot sing river trips will be extended ss formerly to the wounded mazi in the various London and district hospitals, and the guests will be -provided with tes and cigarettes, *It is interesting to recall the fact that this in the third year in the Port of London which Authority have organised these outings, and there can there can be no doubt that they are very Viuch appreciated by the men, Last sammer the Conservator made 83 trips between Jass sad 8eptem ber, and carried 4,875 convales cants, together with 44 norses in attendance upon the more serious cases, In view of the success. sitending the previous arrange. ments, and as an outcome of e private appeal by certain mem. "bers of the Port Authority to the riverside interests of the port, the alesmer Royalty was also chartered last summer to take wounded soldiers for aptiver trips under the auspices of the
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