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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
1937.
The SHIP that was
NOT LOST
AT ALL
10 the man in the street, crossing tho Atlantic in anything smaller than
the Queen Mary is a bit of an adventure-to cross it in
a small salting vessel about the size of the ship Columbus used is suicidal.
Yet the people of Tollesbury, Essex, never gave up hope for one moment-never even doubt od that Endeavour I would come home enfely. Why shouldn't she? Well-found ship, in perfect trim, with a useful net of storm sails and a sen anchor for riding out the Kales. What
could more
want? they usk ulmply.
you
Ocean sailing is one of the hardiest of pursuits, yot there are hundreds of amatour sailors throughout the country who would give their right hands for the chance of sailing the En deavour from west to enst,
The men aboard her Imonically regard it na just another job, and although a great fuss was made of thom when they got back, they will be the last to claim or even to reading that they have done anything out 6f the ordinary at all.
nic
an
Come with
aboard imaginary racer, on her way back from the States. It has been an exciting 'day for the. crow aboard the Trior. Half a galo has been blowing, and. docan't show any signs of lotting up. The tow rope with which she was being dragged back by the luxury yachtEvviva has carried away, and there was ' an exciting and hectic time while the pin which held 90 fathoms of wire towing line was knocked out, so that Trier's --bows will not be pulled under by
the terrine weight.
Then there was a bit of fast work while a sea anchor was put over forward, so that Trier will drift caslly with her bows Into the wind. Uncomfortable, for aho is tossing like a good
-To-day's Thought BUILD me straight,
worthy Masteri Staunch and strong, a goodly
vessel,
That shall laugh at alt disas-
lor,
And lolth wave and whirloind wrestle. -LONGFELLOW.
The mystery Endeavour
day.
was
cleared up vester- She fa near- ing home and never was "lost"
'un, but safe, at any rate for the. time being,
The ordinary non-anchor con- sists of a large canvas bag, with one end held open, something like the wind-sock you see flying over an airport. It is wide at one end And narrows rapidly.
It is made fast to the yacht with a long length of rope, and as the wind blown Trier astern, the pull of the water on the sea-anchor, keeps her head-on to the wind, so that very slowly aho drifts nstern, preventing the heavy sens from breaking over, and riding easily and gracefully like a seagull.
To the layman the revelation of what a sen-anchor mcans amazes him. To ride safely through half a gale, with hatches and door- ways battened down, and all hands save one down below anugly play- ing cards and smoking peacefully
And to hear of Captain Voss, the inventor of a special type of sen- anchor, who sailed right round the world in a canoe to prove that he could face any kind of weather so long as he had his soa-anchor with luni.
The yacht Trier has been speel- ally rigged for crossing the Atlan- tic. to be prepared for any emer- gencies. The Western Ocean can bo very nasty towards the end of September, if it likes, so in addi- tion to the ordinary working sails silo will carry her storm sails and two or three different sizes of spinnakers
Probably she will carry a square sall but will not use it-square salle nced so much gear to set them that although their easy steering is a great advantage, they are too much trouble to be worth bothering with,
Probably on Trier all hands ex- cept the skipper and the cook-the two most important people aboard -will be on Swedish watches, which mean 14 hours on duty one. day and 10 the next, giving each man a change of duty every day, Leisure time will be passed in sleeping, it repairing tears in anita and wear in socks, In tidying up, in playing cards and in rending.
The gale blows itself out within
by
Edward CARR
the next few hours, and the men of Trier settle themselves down to mako the best of a steady north- westerly wind which logs them about 11 miles an hour in tho direction of the Irish coast, a couple of thousand miles away,
Life regains an oven tenor. The only worry is listening in to the wireless messages which are Good- ing the ether, (Trler has a receiv- ing sot aboard, to get the weather forecasts, but no transmitting set. For what would they want a trans- mitting set? They are dolug a job of work like any other sailors, and they don't particularly want to talk to the shore till they get there, all ready to discuss the Arsenal results over a pot of beer).
Destroyers are searching for them. Aeroplanes are searching for them. Hope is being aban- doned, Bonis ship has reported seeing them 500 miles east of their actual position.
Another ship has seen them 150 north. Hope is not being aban- doned. Their wives are facing the Bituation boldly. ("And why not?" demands one of the crew. "sturdily," "It's only these hystericni
shore folk that are makin' all the. fuss." Now hope is being aban- doned again,
Shut that dratted thing off," someone demands,
"Nay," says another firmly. Tune in to the English stations. It's Henry Hall's farewell party to- night, and I want to hear Gracle Fields."
And so the days roll by-the wind comes on strong, and they reet down, and then the wind dies down, so that they roll and slat about heavily in a flat calm-but it's all part of the day's work, and Trier reels off the miles between her and the Irish coast (for they are northing all the time) until
eventually the skipper, bending over the chart, points out the noon position and announces, "We'll aight land to-morrow.".
There is no excitement. Why should there bo? Maybe even a
little disappointment because
"more days more dollars"-in other words, on weekly pay, the longer you are at sea the more money you have to draw when you get back.
And next day arrives, and land is nighted. And the Arat ship 15 sighted, too. She has a wireless act on board. And within an hour or two a large tug makes her way out of harbour towards the Trior.
"We're from your owners. We're to give you a line and tow you in when you get nearer to land," they yell through a megaphone.
STREET GAMES In Bygone DAYS
(TJOSPEE· Hompecl"
comes the
"Hion waiting es from far alont
the street, and the boy who has been hiding his eyes in a corner called the "den" issues cautiously forth and Kocks for the hiders.
HANKOW-NANKING TIME TABLE
(FOUR TIMES WEEKLY)
East Bound (Read Down) Wast Bound (Read Up)
Tucs. Thur, Fri, Sun.
STATION
Tues. Thur. Erl. Sun.
(Dolphin)
(Dolphin)
7.00
Ly
HANKOW
14.00
8.15
LY KIUKIANG
LV
12.45
0.35
Ly WUHTU
Lv
11.25
10.20
Ar NANKING
LV
10.40
Ar
HANKOW-CHENGTU TIME TABLE
West Bound
Mon. Wed.
Presently, having gone some dit- tance along the street, ho gets a glimpse of a red head poking out from an entry, and immediately shouts, "In for you, Jock Tamson!" and rushes for the den before the "blued" boy can catch him up.
That mysterious word "hoapce" Is. Just a corruption of "I Spy," often known as hide-and-seek, which was one of the most popular street games of our boyhood, many years ago.
"King"
another exciting running game, where the boy in the Mon. Wed.
of the road having shouted | · ·
.the
IVILB
11 rushed from one side lo other, and those who were
captured in the crossing joined forces
with the solitary, beginner.
"Cavey," or prisoners' bast, was
along the street, and giving great.
(DAILY SERVICE)
East Bound (Read Up)
1.Sun. Tue | Mon, Wed.
(Read Down)
Fri.
(DC-2)
Sun. Tuc.
Thu. Sat.
STATION
Thu. Bat · Fri
(Loening)
(Loentor)
(DC-2)
11.45
8.00
LY HANKOW År
17.10
11.15
9.40
LY SHASI
LY
15.45
10.40
Lv ICHANG
LY
14.45
13.00
LY WANIKSIEN LV
12.25
24.40
Ar CHUNKING LV
10.30
8.00
Sun. Tuo. Thu. BAL
Sun. Mon. Wol. Fri.
Tue. Thu. Sat.
(8 Inaon)
(Stinson) 15.10 17.10
(Stinson)
LV CHUNKING Ar Ar CHENGTU Iv
10.00
8.00
.14.30 18.30
15.00
Fri.
(Stinson) 15.10
17.10
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side. These strenuous games te King's Bldg., Connaught Road. quired breathers in between, when according to season, for all games came in at regular periods, mar- could be enjoyed; or
high-nickly" or "low-nickip" r it peerle were in, doughty deeds could be performed the ownern of Glenca' splitters. uy
The fighting spirit was always vidence then, though in
relief way, and
where the combal unts fought
and Scots pick-a-back and Engilsh. This wa n mighty struggle, though it was at times duficult to provide "temporary Eng- lish," as they knew that in the end they must be vanquished.
บ
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Hounds and Hares
A greatly enjoyed
which game, extended beyond the street to back greens or even meadows and links, was hounds ind hares, and many
And as they got near to the har-youngsters got their first tuste here bour another tugboat comes out. loaded to her bulwarks with wildly enthusiastic newspaper men and Women.
of cross-country running.. A varla tion of this was the game of "bobbler and thlover"
Trior hauls into the wind, and down como her sails. She'lles roll- ing easily to the gentle Atlantic swoll. Hor voyage is OVCE. The newspaper tug gets near enough to hall her.
linu
To return to the street, tippny- mppny (leap-frog) with all its many sloges was a favourite, as was hinity, where the caps were placed in against a doorway and a ball pitched at them, the owner of the hat into which it landed having to retrieve the ball and bit one of his flying coin- What sort of a trip, skipper? "
panions with it. Dully, or rounders We'll pay top price for your was played with the lamp-posts a story, mister." Cameras are lev-dulls, and often the
windows elled and clicked.
D'y'hear that, mate?" one of the crow demands, "That man wi' the black hat offered me £15 for
of
neighbouring houses were CH- dangered.
"Cat and bat" was another some- what dangerous game,
where the sent flying
what I can tell him--moro'n I've sharp-pointed cat was
An'
carned all the trip across what can I tell him? We've had a quiet trip, and we're back home, and-wo were never-missing-for-a- inonent, because we've known where we were all the tinic,”
"If you think ho'll gi' yo £15 for that," says the other contemptu- ously, "Don't ye know ye're a hero, mon?"
"He wants to hear about hero- ism, doen he?" says the first. fiquaring his shoulders. shall."
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A Night Out With Poachers
IT was eleven pun.
found.
I
narrow cavity in the pave ment, and thereafter struck on the point and balted when in the air. Boys-even-in- those-days- hnd-con- siderable mechanical ingenuity, and made their own "barrows" out of senp-boxes or similar packing-cose); to which they attached wheels, the front set being fixed loosely by a nut, so that guiders could be used; and so rapid was the movement that often the wheels smoked in those home-made
and chariots,
many races were indulged in.
A game of never-failing attraction was "dummies trades," where two were picked, and occupied opposite sides of the street.
After
sides
consultation, one lot advanced to the ather and went through a perform ance in the style of a charade, but without a single word being spoken, When the audience were successful: in discovering the trade" or story, they in turn gave a performance,
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1 The preserving Industry is not especially prominent in this part of London (two words, 7, ond 4).
7 The ship's crew.
B What Baby wants is behind
time about nevertheless.
ono's knee.
One winter game which it will be: somewhat diMcult for the present Eeneration to realise or believe inj wns "guessen." It was played at lighted shop windows, often in the busiest streets, and one member of The children absolutely dark throughout the night
the We decided to move on,
The nets "I'm hungry," he promptly broke a object in the shop window-"T10 Qulie a lot in a bargain.
company gave the letters of zome were in bed sleeping soundly, and alded us in the firat part of our wero concoated round the wafat. I twig from a bush and sticking it be-
11 Tree. Twas enjoying a pipe and the even tourney along the village, where we picked up the hare, which I was told tween my teeth, said, "Keep your jaw
(Turkish delight) or "C.G." (elma-12 Can be made from two games ing paper. My day had bees like all picked up two dogs. And what to conceal.
mon gundy), etc. I pointed out that I had shut," A cheerful companion In-
and a piece of string. days for the past three years dogs! I never heard a cheep out of made no provision for such a con- deedi
Whoover guessed the object cur-
15 Solled cosity down. rectly shouted it out and made for 16 Pace hit high washing, cooking, and tending three them from start to finish.
and find the tingency. Whereupon Jimmy open- motherless children, and I was en-. We soon reached a neighbouring ed his jacket and buried the carcase Farther across country we came to a another selected shop window, usual
Russian. joying the tranquillity when I was village and ayolded roads by cross in a huge Improvised pocket which held surrounded by a dry dyke. They across the street, pursued by the
17 There was no skeleton in her disturbed by the ringing of the front ing fields
others, who battered him with their of newmown hay
gate was and stretched from akle to side. Eyeing inevitable
cupboard. door bell.
skirting dolds of
corn. The
dogs my middle-aged span, he remarked, poacher's paradise, provided a game-then hat the price of 20 Irishman and his girl always on
guess. Wo can were straining at the leash as we "Too much beer."
keeper didn't cross the dyke The giving the next I hastened downstairs, wondering reached the first field of operation.
Imagine what would happen at such zz sounds a prosperous noise. net was fixed, and with the usual what was wanted. Imagino my sure I was enjolied not to talk as
a game in our streets to-day! We plodded over many Gelds and "Iide yourself behind that tree," the the
23 Levi's gone all wrong. Besides those universally ro. prise when two men, Jimmy and sound of my voice would warn the peross a stream on a rallway cm- dogs were turned loose. Soon 1
24 Common gaol. Bob, stood at the threshold and in- game, which would scurry to safety, bankment,
heard the music." Wishing to be at senised games, there were specials vited me out for a night's adventure. That the ground had been well sur-
task. Would furnish all * we the death I rushed from my hiding such as the "circus," originating from 27 The round, the common "It'll do you good," said Jimmy. veyed in the daytime was evident by "Have a smoke," sald Bob. We lit place, stumbled over a stone, upset visits to Cook's or Newsomes, and it ought to ask. (Keble). "You've no life looking after kids all the case with which they discovered up and I watched my companions Jimmy, and three hores escaped.
was no uncommon thing to see boys 28 One of the things I'd be if you day, Come on and have bit of the "run" to the gate.
closely. Bob was searching the em- pass over the language used...
standing on their hands or making
gave me a thousand. pyramids on each other's shoulders, bankment with a keen eye, and soon exercise."
Crouching down we soon reactied two holes were net-covered, and a
bloom? "Is it not rather an unwual hour the gate, where we staked our first eat" put in. The "cat" was a blind the screeching had wamed all mem-war, "buff the "weights, (
Within for exercise?" I queried. In reply not, about nine feet wide. they both unbuttoned their vests and six feet of either side two other nets ferret. Two rabbits later joined the bers of the family to "bont" it. Dawn game of endurance), and ducky," was now approaching. We came in played with large stones, were other rovealed trapping nets and sticks were staked. I was instructed what are in Jimmy's pocket.
sight of
a farm house. Already amusements, and there were always to do in the event of any game be- Old Granny Mean was still dozing somebody was astir. Smoke was
"Bookers" (for lifting stones) terd Hurriedly I switched off the hall ing netted. I had to pounce on it, beneath her dark quilt, but there was issuing from a chimney and a light "penny blooda" for wet days. How screw its neck, refit the net, which no time for admiring the celestial burned in a window overlooking the spouts (the English pea-shooters) Light and invited them in. I was worked with a running bowline, and beauties, as with a curt "Come on" feld. We agreed to comb the farm, and boutery guns (the English pop assured that nothing would happen.
we moved. A flold They had been at the game for many jump back to cover.
of freshly-cut and were rewarded with another guns) had their season, and many
My hay was our next objective. years, and had not once encountered.
happy hours were spent playing trouble.
I dodged under a bush. I was not companions dropped on their knees are
We made for home, and within horses" or having an impromptu per yet accustomed to the dark, and I to survey there the landscape. Nothing twenty yards of my domain combed formance of Dick Turpin. company had the greatest dificulty in keeping was to be seen, so on still further. another Acid, and all told our night's I was instructed to don my one eye on my not and the other on but the cry of the "pee-weep com- rabbits, which were shared. I received We tried several fields thereafter, exploit yielded two hares and ten oldest clothes and a pair of rubber the approach for a gamekeeper. pelled us to hurry off, shoes. "You can get off your mark Out went the dogs, and after it loved that cry, but to-night I hated home, prepared to and tons while How I once four rabbits. I look my companions quickly if any one comes on the mlauter the "music" was heard ar scene," said Bob. No thought of my hare, closely pursued by n
Bob "dressed" my dinner. I did not dox, 4inches round the middid
"rattled" into Bob's hot. It WDB
go to bed, but after, the withdrawal engerly pounced on and killed. It
of my friends proceeded to carry out In a few minutes we were on our was thrown to me, and shortly after It was now about 3 a.m. I had not my daily task. Now I am walling way. The economy of the local gas wards both dogs returned unaccom- partaken of any supper before selling for the next adventure. department in having side streets.
Amateur. out, so when I remarked to Jimmy panted..
"-shaped at one end.
them
On my agreeing
to
The field was of no further use, as Cronstler and lame 88, with tug-of-20 Pink, or
Is it a. Highland
DOWN
1. Arm of the sea. 2 After this, ties become last
century.
3 In one's room.
4 If
In girl may have buoyant spirits, surely a boy may have this kind of courage,
6 More or less precious stone.
Sour tin upset.
7 Yorkshire custom for the sports--
woman (hyphen, 0 and 5),
20
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22:120
The men Paddy twisted round, taking nothing with them
(hyphen, 5 and 6)..
13 Make an absolute proât.
14 The rising generation,
18 Familiar pursuit on 'Charge to
bring about all right.
19 Reckless mischief,
20 Docsa't exclude tips, but it isn't that part of the hands that It lubricates (two words, 4, and 3).
21 May describe a lizard, but not
n busy insect.
25 Whether you've finished the bird or not, you'll get this after the coffee,
20 A mild Imprecation involves a
shock.
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It will be observed that nimost all community or handed down from those games were born in the boy
tradition. Few properties were ze on Children in the Street," which quired, and this was just as well, for presents very accurately the state of the old days, but much was learned as a rule a boy's finances in those affairs to-day. That great play of the team spirit, and many charac days consisted of the Saturday penny ground has been lost forever, but ters were moulded in the carefree or halfpenny.
would the present-day children, with days when our street was our play- The writer was delighted to see their big pocket-money and the conground and our chums the world.
Goo. W. Cooper. after deciding on this article, but stant appeal of the pictures, use I
generation to generation by long before it was written, the lenderette if they had 127
It was a rough-and-tumble life in