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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1930.
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CAPTAIN FARRAR'S
STORY
HOW BATTLE 'WAS GIVEN TO
HAICHING PIRATES
Yesterday afternoon, Captain Farrar gave, his evidence, when he aald:
NEW LORD OF APPEAL
RT HON E., P. MacMILLAN SUCCEEDS LORD SUMNER
London, Jan: 27: The King's Counsel, Mr. HP. MacMillan, has been appolated
A graphic story of a desperate 'fight to save the ship was related" to Mr. Hamilton at the Central Lord of Appeal, in succession Magistracy yesterday, by Captain to Lord Sumner, realigned. O. H. Farrar, of the aa. Haiching, most exponents of jurisprudence of Lard Sumner is one of the fore- which was pirated on December his generation. He did much public last, when the police court pro-work arising out of the war, and ceedings against three Chiness, charged with the murder of Mr. the peace negotiations. As a mem- Woodward, the third officer of the ber of the British delegation to ship and with assault with intent the Reparations Commission of to commit a piracy, were proceed the Peace Conference, he helped to estimate the total Germans. ed with.
could be asked to pay, and later he presided over a Boyal Com- mission on compansation for suf- I have been in command of the fering and damage by enemy ac Halching for about two years. Ition, which sat for years and dealt
I was in with thousands of daims. - sin a master mariner.
Mr. MacMillan has also per command on December B last, and had on board six Earo-formed much parlowork, and pean officers. I left Swatow at only two monthy o was appoint-
on December 7, and ed' by the Government to be chair 4.20 p.m. was bound for Hongkong with man of the Committed Finance general cargo and $5,200 in silver and Industry leader and British bullion. I had on board 10 first: Wireless. C class passengers, 25 second class (The Rt. Hon. MacMillan and 200 steerage. The first class was born in 1875, and was cATI- were accommodated on the poored to the Scottish Bar in 1897, the second class below them and being made a KOL in 1912, and the steerage werg forward of the a PC. fn, 1924. Ho has officiated after-tween decks. The ship had as chairman of various important piracy grilles, and the only exit by Commissions, including that which the steerage passengers to the deck enquired into the coal-mines. in by a companion ladder on each dispute of 1925, person side. The effect of the grilles is to ipolate the ship's officers and per- sonnel crew from any communica-a tion with the first class, recond class and aleerngo passengera.
Viscount Sumner (er. 1927). was born in 1859, and has been Lord of Appeal since 1913.).
R100 AGAIN FLYING.
POSSIBILITY OF A CRUISE
LASTING TWO DAYS. "
London, Jan. 27. The Airship R100 left its moor- ing tower at Cardington this mor- ning, and is flying to Oxford und Plymouth,
1t I thought possible that her commander, Major Scott, may decide to make a protracted cruise, possibly of forty-eight hours' duration.-British Wireless,
The main grille Is altuated in the after-part of the boat deck and is about 8 feet high. It has two doors which are kept locked when the ship is at sea. There are also two small grilles underneath the poop, which the first class pas- sengera use. These doors are not kept locked. The ship's armaments consist of eight Winchester rifles, eleven revolvers and one shot-gun. Two rifles are kept on the bridge, two in the chart room, two in the guard's room and two in the officer's room. One revolver is kept on the bridge, two in the chart room, the two guards on duty have one euch and six are kept there we saw three pirates on the In the officers cabins. The one apposite side of the deck. They shot-gun is kept in the chart opened fire on us and we returned room. The ship carries four In it, and one of them was apparently dian guards,
cabin is hit, as I saw him stagger to the situated amidship on the starboard rails and thon topple overboard, side of the main deck level, It is The other two then disappeared for them to go on duty two ata for a few moments, but a few min- time, doing six hours on, and sixutes later one of them emerged hours off. One natrols the alley- from behind thegygging room sky ways and the other the boat deck
whose
light on the port side and he was
Shout of "Pirates.”. About 1.15 am, on December 8.
"They've Got Me.", "G I was awakened by some report The pirates continued firing, un- but I did not know what it was at Lik.2.15 am. when they censed and the time, I sat up and heard the apparently threw their arms away quartermaster any "Pirates."I and mingled with the passengers. jumped out of my buuk and went The fire was endangering the two out of the cabin and heard the re- for'ard liftbonts and I decided to port of firearms. I had my lower them. We carried Wood- pyjamas on, and after I had walked ward down from the bridge and put about three steps towards the grat him in the first boat that, was ing I heard scuffling and two more ready and covered him up. The shots fired. I then rushed up to only words I heard him speak was the bridge, and I immediately took when he came up on the bridge and up a rifle. I jumped to the foresaid "They've got me." Four mid- part of the bridge and looking over, ship boats were lowered and I saw figures emerging on the star ordered them to transfer, their oc board part of the alleyway and I eunonta to some passing junke: I recalled the wire- opened fire The figures disap. About 5 a.m. peared and a few moments later less operator and told him to try there was another rush. The and get in touch with Hongkong Second Officer and myself kept up a with the result that H.M.S. Sterling continuous fire so long as we saw arrived about 6.10 a.m. Whilst wo them. The Chief Officer then came were getting the boats ready, some up to the bridge and said he was pirates tried to lower one on the wounded, whilst a little later, the starboard wide" of the poop. We Third Officer, Mr. Woodward, arpened fire on them and it was re- rived on the bridge and collapsed. turned, and the pirates abandoned The next one to appear on the bridge their attempts after 15 minutes. was the Chief Engineer, and then When the Sterling arrived I picked the Third Engineer. After the ar- up the occupants of the four boats rival of the Chief Engineer I went and then sent an armed guari into the chart room, broke open aboard under the charge of Sub,- the gun locker and got arms and Lieut. Lewis, who made a search ammunition. I went down thereof the ship in company with me. three times. Whilst was down Prior to the arrival of the Sterling. getting the ammunition the ship went into the Indian guards' was in darkness and the engines had also stopped. The pirates con- Chinese lying in a corner apparent tinued to attack from the starboard ly dead. The wounded Chinese was ulleyway and the attack on the the third defendant. We got bridge lasted about 12 hours. under-weigh about 11 am, about Then realising that their ef- which time the fire was extinguish- Comforts were fruiticas, the piratened and we arrived in Hongkong
Bet fire to the Chief Officer's about 6 pm.
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