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66 THE ONLY WAY"
Impressive protrayal of the most stirring climax in Engligh Litera- ture, Adapted from Dicken's
A Tale of Two Oitles."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930.
ENGLAND BADLY | TANDA MASTER'S
BEATEN
REST SCORE SIX GOALS IN -TRIAL GAME.
LEAGUE FOOTBALL
London, Mar. 12. Some remarkable football was seen at Liverpool to-day when the held an Football Association International.trial match, England Versus The Rest. The Rest de- feated England by six goals to one, a complete upset to anticipated forth.
A series of postponed league matches resulted as follows:
, First Division,
Manchester U. Arsenal. Portsmouth 3 West Ham.
Second Division
Bradford
Bournemouth
1. Chelsea
Third Division (South)
1. Brigth)
Third Division
Chesterfield 2 Barrow
Dundec
Hearts
Airdrie
Scottish League.
3 Hamilton
0 Falkirk
EVIDENCE.
WHY HE KEPT VESSEL UNDER WAY.
ANKING HAD SIGNALLED SHE HAD STOPPED.
INQUIRY CONTINUED.
CANTON BUILDING
DISPUTE.
PROPOSED TAKING OVER OF FOREIGN PREMISES.
MEANT FOR MISSION.
Canton, Mar. 12, The Commissioner of the Bureau of Finance, Mr. Wong Canton Tok-eing, has asked the Municipality to consider the tak- Ing pver of the Missions Building on the Bund. This building is Capt. E. T. Pilcher, master of foreign-owned and is rented out the as. Tanda, gave evidence as offices, the principal occupants being Mustard & Company, the Underwriters, this morning when the Marine American Asiatic Court of Inquiry into the cir-
ia
and the Imperial Chemical Indus-
W9
of
in
the site. The hospital was never built, but in its place rose a fine modern building which hus been feased out in offices and shops.
2 cumstances attending the colll-tries, Limited; Ision between the Tanda and the Mr. Wong maintains that the Anking, on February 26th, was ground on which the Missions
Building has been erected resumed at the Harbour Office.
originally leased in the days The Court is composed follows The Hon. Commander Kwong Shu, of the Ching Dynasty,
an American missionary 1G. H. Hole, R. N. (Harbour to
Master), Laout. Commander L. G. order that a branch of the Pok- erected 2 Addington, R. N. (HMS. Tamar). chai Hospital should be
(8.5. Haining), on 2 Capt. Stewart, 1 Capt. D. Lefevre (8.8. Benreock) and Capt. A. M. Frame (8.8. 31r. F. C. Jenkin and Mr. H. G. Sheldot, instructed by Mr. G. G. Tinson, of Messrs: Johnson, Stokes and Master, is appearing on behalf of Capt. Pilcher, and Mr E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings, Dennys and Bowley, is for Capt R. Ritchie, of the Anking. 1 12 68 63 34
"In the witness-box, Capt. Pilcher an extra- said he possessed master's certicate and had been master of the Tanda for five years.
4 Cowdenbeath
-Reuter The First Division table is ap-Taiping). pénded:
P. W. D. L. F, A Pt. 32 18 & 9 58 41 29 17 8 6 74 37 40 Wednesday Manchester C. 32 16 6 10 73 59 38 Blackburn 33 15 6 12 68 67 36 86 78-36 Leicester 23 15 Leeds
31 18 2 13 60 46 34
Derby
Aston
Aston Villa... 31 15 33 13
Bolton.. Huddersfield Liverpool
West Ham.
7 18 62 55 33
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13
161 33
23 13 5 15
88 66 31
3 15
13 55 64 80 4 16
67 66 81
Middlesbro 32 14 Portsmouth. 32 11 Sheffield U. 83 13 Manchester U. 33 13 Birmingham 30 11 Arsenal
Burnley Sunderland
Everton ..
Newcastle Grimsby
31 11
$3 10
30 10
33
30 12 31
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CRITICAL DAY FOR
CONFERENCE. ·
- (Continned from Page 1. and taking up their task at the point where it was left at eleven o'clock last night at their long meeting in the House of Commons. To-day's meeting concluded just before luncheon when the matters before them were referred to the leaders of the British, French and American delegations, who met this afternoon at the House Commo38.
of
Earlier examination of the French figures, 19 has been already stated, was devoted to clarifying their exact meaning in der to ensure that they were compiled on a strictly comparable basis. Common agreement on this matter having been reached, a more detailed survey of the French figures became possible.
Mr. Wong states that grounds. in China have been sold to foreign missions on the understanding that they were only to be used and, for charitable institutions, this clause having been violated
by
the owner of the Missiona Building in Canton, the Govern ment, in accordance with the or- dinances of the Nationalist Gov-|
At the time of the collision, theernment, now clains, the right to Tanda was on a voyage from Moji to Hongkong.
The Tanda's Course, Answering Mr. Jenkin, he said at 7 p.m. on February 25, he set a course of S. 74 W. true. At 7.50 p.m. he ordered his engineers to stand by. Witness explained he did this because the ship was in a fog.
At that time did you sound any regulation fog-signals?—Yes, one long blast every minute.
take over the building.
Mr. Wong Tin-sing's proposal has been passed by the Municipali- ty, which has given instructions to the Bureau of Public Works and to the Land Office jointly to assess the value of the property so that the Government may proceed with its plans of taking it over. Our Own Correspondent.
90 degrees to his. Witness add:1 Were you on the bridge at the that he did not see her starboard tinte?—Yes. I remained there light until after the collision. until we collided with another At 1.37, she gave three short blasts and he did the same and put ship.
Until the collision occurred, did both the engines (the Tanda is a you remain on the same course?-twin-screw vessel) full astern. Unt! two minutes before the The engines responded Immediate-
ly and he gave a double ring. collision.
Mr. Jenklu at this point in- formed the Court that the clock of the Tanda was two minutes slower than the local time that night and, he said, the Court would find later that the times given by witnesses on the Tanda were two minutes out,
Capt. Pilcher said he altared bis course from $74W at 1.36% a.m. on February 26,
According to witness, the shipe came into collision at 1.38 a.m. At that time, the Tanda had headway, but it was hardly per- centible. The Anking struck her. once. It was like a push and they separated immediately after the impact and did not touch again, owing to witness having put his port engine full ahead.
At 1.38% a.m. witness stopped both his engines and shifted his starboard helm to hard aport at the same time. Just after the impact, the Tanda was heading the quarter- S54W, according to master's report to witness, who subsequently discovered the other ship to be the s.s. "Anking.
Mr. Jenkin Did you hear the fog-signal of any other ship on either side of you when you came on the bridge at 7.50 p.m.
Witness: We had two ships in company with us the whole night. France's tonnage tables were. The first we heard was two therefore, presented in a collated points before our starboard beam. and simplified form when the We gradually overtook her until heads and members ∙of their she was about two points above at an angle of 70 degrees on the delegations met to consider them the beam and then she overtook this afternoon. Each delegation us again.
WAN
attended by its expert ad- Commdr. Hole:-What time did VISETH,
you ease down? We eased down The discussion was devoted ex-to helf speed, ie, about Your clusively to the figures, no re-knots, at 0.55 a.m.
Witness later said that at the to political ference being made
of the collision, the considerations. A further ex- Lime
vessel Was
about two amination of the matter will be first
points on the Tanda's star- taken up to-morrow.
In the House of Commons. Ad- board side. The second was at miral Beamish asked what was first right astern of the Tanda but the total tonnage of warship con- she also gradually overtook her struction cancelled since June 1st and at the time of the collision 1928 by each of the five Powers was on the Tanda's port side. engaged in the Naval Conference. Mr. A V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, said that 66,000 tons had been cancelled by the British Government. No ton- nage, so far as he was aware, had been cancelled by the other powers. British Wireless.
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Mr. Jenkin.--Were these two ships blowing regulation fog signals throughout? Yes.
The Anking struck the Tanda starboard bow and it seemed to those on board the latter that the Anking was swinging to starboard helm at the time of the impact. The Tanda was struck just abreast of No. 2 hatch,
-No Answer.
Captain Pilcher continued that, after the impact, the Tanda crossed the Anking's bows, the reason be- ing that the port engine was, put full ahead to counteract a swing to starboard.
Witness last saw the Anking about 100 feet away at right angles before she disappeared into the fog. He shouted to the Anking to ascertain her name, but received He ordered a general no reply. muster of passengera in the saleont and also ordered the crew to col- fision stations. Boats were swung
Yet Another Signal Did you hear any other fog- signals during the time you were on the bridge?-At 1.25, we heard another signal about four points on.our starboard bow. It was one out. long blast.
Giving details of his ship, Capt. Have you any Idea what dis- Pilcher said- her economical speed tance it was away?.--No. It sound-was ten and a half to eleven knots. ed as if it was a good distance half-speed was about four knots, and at half-speed the ship could be away. (Continued from Page 1.) Continuing his evidence, Capt. stopped in less than her own length Sir Herbert Samuel (Liberal) Pilcher said at 1.82 a.m. this in about one and a half minutes by supported the amendment and third ship gave two long blasts.putting the engines full astern.
Immediately after the collision, urged that the levy be cut out as He answered that with an or it was not essential to the Bill. Ainary signal, and the next signal witness instructed the wireless Mr. Graham, replying, demanded he heard from her was just before operator to try and ascertain the the retention of the clouse. The 136, when she gave another two name of the other ship but it was long blasts. These sounded louder not until 10.55 a.m. that the ship's whole object of the levy was to and also as if her bearing had name was learned." have a means possibly of helping changed forward.
Might Have Been Averled
the domestle heavy Industries and Witness then immediately
certainly of putting British coal stopped his engines. A few, In the course of cross-examina- on the European market at the seconds later, the other ship blew. tion by Mr. Davidson, Capt. Pilcher European price. The object of another few short blasta. Witness paid that if he had put the en putting it in the Bill was to give waited a few seconds and then gines fall astern Immediately the the Board of Trade some control saw the loom of her lights show, Anking's lights loomed out of the over that process.".
ing through the foz. He then fog, the collision might have been blew two short blasts and put averted. the helm of the Tanda hard astern.
There was a scene of great ex- oitement when the figures announced..
were
Mr. Baldwin asked whether the Prime Minister proposed to pro- ceed with the bill.
Witness explained, however, that' This was the first alteration of the Anking had signalled she had the course he made since 7 o'clock stopped and he did not think he was justified in pulling up until he the previous evening."
The lights were very blurred at did order the engines full astern. Mr. Macdonald said he was first and appeared to be about Only a few seconds elapsed between amazed at the question. If there three points on the starboard the time he saw the Anking's lights was the same result on the pro- bow. A second later he saw her blurred by the fog and the time posed vote of censure, it would be mast headlight and port elde light when he was able to make out her a different matter. But the pre-at a distance of approximately 160 sidelight which was the port side. sent defeat was on an optional feet away from the bridge. Half so that only a few seconds elapsed provision which left the clausea, second later, witness saw her between the time he might have pulled up and the time when he in- essentially unaltered. He asked main light.
He judged her to be heading fact did so..
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