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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,
HONGKONG CRAFT
WRECKED
VOYAGE TO FIJI MEETS DISASTER
Pounded into a total wreck on the
JANUARY 18, 1934
BANKS.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF BANKING CORPORATION. INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Authorised Capital
Quoted breakwater at Zamboanga, Philip- pine Islands, during a fierce typhoon, was the fate of the sturdy 40-foot Imued and Pally' Paid-up. 89.690.000 Hongkong-built craft Tiene Chino, according to word just received here.
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Bnr 16
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TO MANILA
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17
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STEAMER CHANGTE TAIPING CHANGTE TAIPING
Feb.
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6 Mar.
28 Mar.
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8 May
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1 Apr.
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AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED.
Butterfield & Swire, Agents.-Hong Kong-Shanghai,
Aterting Bliver
............$55,000,000
.... 6.300.000 *******.. 10,000,000
Incorporated by Royal Charter 2003.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
{Reserve Fund ******
The craft was on an adventurous 7,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $25,000,000 Paid-up Capila mile
to Fijl when the wreck The master, Captain L
ACCOR
necom, and members of the
were rescued.
crew
The Tiene China was a small Euro- penn-type craft, Chinese rigged. Sho
was built in the Clone by the Kwong-
HEAD-OFFICE-TONGKONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. T. E. Pearos, Esq. Chairman."
T. H. R. Shaw, Est.
Deputy Chairmat,
Fat Shipbuilding Company for Cap-w. I. Bell, Esq. tain L. Kingdom, well-known mercar A. il. Compton, B. tile marine officer on the China Const, S. B. Dudwall. Exi. who proposed to make the 7.000-mila lion, str. C... 8. voyage to Tonga, Fiji Islands. Tho crew for the voyage were two Samoan women, one of them being accom- panied by her son.
Mackie..
ΑΜΟΥ
G. Miskin, Ex.
Hon. Mr. J. J.
Peterson.
.£3.000.000 2.000.000
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-3. A. Plummer, Esq. CAWNTOSE
V. M. GRAYBURN, K., CHUER MANAUEL
Leaving Hongkong towards the endi of November, the Tiene China set o Course for the Philippines with the Intention of proceeding through the BANGKOK Mindore Straft to the Sula Sea: then BATAVIA calling at Zamboanga, and leaving BOMBAY the Philippines by way of the Basillan CALCUTTA
after CANTON Stralt. Her pronesed Coured leaving the Philippines was through CILEFOO the East Indies, across the northern COLOMBO sens of Australia, and so on to the DAIREN South Sea Islands.
FOOCHOW
During her voyage from Hangkong HAIPHONG to the northern part of the Philippines HAMBURO the Tiene China met stormy weather, HANKOW which delayed her some time, but HARDIN Hearing the Philippines the weather HONOKEY cleared and she made good passage ILOILO However, after entering the Mindoro IPOI Strait, and when about. 30 miles from JostORE Zamboanga, she was becalmed and it KOBE took her over six days to make the KOWLOON anchorage at the port.
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The Typhoon. When passing through the Sulu Sea sho was sighted and spoken to by the Hol Hong The
Ho! Heng hove to and signalled an inquiry as to whether any assistanco was required, and Captain Kingdom replied that every-
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SINGAPORE BOURADAYA
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Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Depoalts received for one year or shorter perioda In Local Currency and Berling on terms which will be quoted ex
ppilation.
Hongkong. 80th October, 1988.
thing was all right and that no, nid | HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. Was needed.
However, no sooner had the Tiene
the
FOR THE HONGKONG AND_YILANGUAT BANKING conronaTION,
V. K. GRAYBURN, B÷4¬ Chief ManagNT. Hongkong, 25th April, 1939.
STILL LEADING
The lesiness of the above Hank is con China cast anchor off the brenicwater ducted by the TIONGKONG AND BILANG at Zamboanga than a typhoon warn-HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Nules may
The ubtained on application. ing was received. Captain Kingdom, nnxious for the, safety of his craft, made for shelter, cast out bull an
everything down and chors, battened
afterwards, waited. Shortly
by mountainous Lyphoon, accompanied Bensi
hit Zainboanga. Tho Tiene China putrode the tompest, for some time, but her on- chors began to drag, and finally tho anchor chains parted. The craft was swept along in the heavy seas and crashed into the breakwater, where SHIP BUILDING IN BRITAIN the sturdy little vessel was pounded into a totul wreck.
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HONGKONG KANGOON
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and Pixed Current Accounta opened Deposits received for one year or shorter periods rates which will be quoted o *pplication.
A. DHEARLET,
Tona
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Mongkong, 17th November, 1932.
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$11.000.000
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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
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3rd Feb. S'poro, Penang & Calcutta 18th Feb. B'poro, Penang & Calcutta' Calls Rangoon,
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London, Jan. 17. Calcutta The crew managed to swin, to the breakwater and clamber onto it, until The gradual improvement in Canton
Changchun rescued by a party sent from the British shipbuilding conditions is Dairen Deiny) Knji shore. The lost practically all their shown by the quarterly return of Patien
the Lloyds Register. At the end of gear in the disaster.
On the following day, when typhoon had abated, Captain Kingdom the year there were paid a visit to the wreck and managed struction in Great Britain and arbin
Interest allowed on Current Accounts, to salvage some of the vessels gear. Ireland 90 merchant vessels
Deposita received for fixed periodu ut res Later, he sold the wreck to Chinese 381,641 tona gross. This was an
п. молі. increase of 27,779 tons on the low to be obtained on application. buyers on the Island for 100 pesos.
The crew of the craft, the two figures for the previous quarter Samoan women and the boy,
and of 106,044 tons on the amount taken care of by the officers' wives at being built at the close of 1932.
There had been the local United States Army post,
a steady and it is understood that they were able to find employment there. Cap-crease in shipping under construc- proceeded to Manila, tion during the year, although tain Kingdom* where he caught a vessel for Aus figures are small compared with those of the pre-depression period. tralls.
Merchant shipping under construc- ELECTRICAL POWER. tion on December 81 was
wero
HUGE LONDON PLANT IN OPERATION
in-
the
lowest recorded since June, 1909. tons It was less by about 27,000 than that in hand at the end of September last.
The Avo leading countries after London, Jan. 17: The first part of the great Great Britain are Japan with at Bat- 106.700 tons under construction, electrical power station tersen, London, is now completed. France, 90,656 tons, Sweden 64,640 Spain 35,724 tons. Total tonnage It is in commercial operation, and tons, Holland 10,540 tons, and at present produces an output, as required, up to 100,000 kilowatts, being built in the world at the end of the year. was 767,277 tons, of The next stage will be the con- which 43.8% was being built in struction of a third turbo alterna-Great Britain and Ireland and tor. with 105.000 kilowatt capacity. 56.2 per cent in all other countries. This will be the largest unit in British proportion is the highest Europe, the capacity of the station achieved for some years. At the eventually being 240,000 kilowatta. end of 1929 it amounted to 50.2
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