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The Union House of Assembly The following article is cold tribut-

(Reuters Capetown correspondent And not made. Like the tales of od to, the Botishy North BorneoPot time to time, Rays Syren tension of the mall, contract bet TADINAVIL ferrive in homy "quito

cables) has ratified the recent ex knows from whence. Moreover,

Herald- the melody and the words are one, The Rey, L. V. Finstor, recently for information as to which are the Government to consider the we receive requests from pur jailers Litour amendment, Calling on ween Englid and South Africa. and both are fitted to the seamen's appointed Superintendent of the answering of such queries is by hesteamship line was thrown out by tasks in a sailing ship. When the Malaysian Seventh Day Adventist means so simple na may appear rates to 31. Sir Thomas Smartt, lending ports of the world. he advisability of A State-owned steamship came, she gradually fool pagɅ be OK drove, the sailing ship from the Mission, had a very trying expori-There are several methods of assens-Minister Agriculture stoutly

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ng course, a once on his first visit to Bome. ing the status of a eonport, and each defonded the Gayarament, Against period of transidon, during which. While the engines were auxillary, as they ference modlinga, he sept: out favour; for example, the catinate obtained the best export rates for la in Manila attending, con- of them has something in

that it had charges were called, and no selfrespecting notices for a number of meetings may bo based upon the volume of agricultural produce. captain ever raised steam if he with numerous branch missions in imports and exports,pr. upon the could help It At this time, the Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Singapore amount of tonnage which is re- engineer in the Royal Navy was and Biam. Thes sppointnicats gistered at the port. Though both regarded as little better than were arranged so that he could take these plans are followed, the general malefactory whose business it most unluckily was to upset the whole the Arafura leaving Manila on way of assessing the position of a routine of the ship and in so January 5.But a few days before port is that of ascertaining the and Shipping has taken definite The Hull Chamber of Commerce with his horrible coal dust. Upon that the Afura" would not stop In such a case the volutne of ton-constructed the order to raise steam, the Chief at Sandakan on this voyage. This nago is usually expressed in terms Humber in order to facilitate trade the River Engineer-who was tisually left him in a very difficult position, of net measurement. This is the between Huil and Grimsby, the mill-wright before he so rashly as this was his first visit to many method we have followed in the travelling distance between. Hull went to sen-expected every mo of the mission stations. He waccompanying list of the world's and London being reduced by 15 ment to be placed under arrest for informed in Manila that there was principat. ports. making too much smoke. These Straits Steamship I.ine running the tonnage figures the net measure appointed to press the matter to a In determining miles. A special committee was days were the last days of the from Zamboanga to Samulakan, bui ment of all the vessels entered and successful conclusion. Mr. T. R. sea-chantics. The old songs, the could not get their sailing dates for all the vessels cleared go to make Ferens said they had been trying old melodies, vanished, with much 1933. So he took passage for anthe total. It should be noted also to get this tunnel since 1872. The cise of beauty and of charm, never, boanga hoping some connection that different harbour authorities estimated cost was 24 million perhaps, to return. The mind and could be made from there, but or hand of man may have produced 'arrival he found there were bu boats twelve months ending on various

make up their returns for periods of pounds. works as noble as the fullrigged that would get him to Sandakan it dates, so that the totals given in ship, but assuredly none nobler; time for his appointments. and a fleet in full sail was probably therefore decided to risk the journey the calendar year which ends with He the list are not in every case for the most superb spectacle ever by native ailing boats. BREACH" DAMAGES.beheld. And to the wild sturdy

December 31. rhythm of the chantey the sails

The journey to Jole was made ir were hoisted, the yards swung, the day. There he went before the boats hoisted in, the anchor hauled Govornor and arranged, for a cren up. In the complicated mass of of Sulus to bring him to Sandakan. steel machinery which is the The journey was supposed to taki moden ship, there is no room for two or three days. The sea wi music. Instead of the chantey, smooth and the voyage among thi there are the throb of the propel- many small islands on the way wa lers, the hum of the dynamos, the very pleasant until the coast of grinding of the steam winch, the Borneo was reached. As they ap rattle of the ash-lifts. But where proached Driftwood Point the wind is the use of lamentation? These was contrary, so they decided to things are so

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Lard Halsbury, for Miss Smitly. said that during the war she acted Afterwards at Beira, Portuguese East Africa, she mét a maq to whom she became engaged. Linter she met Mr. Wilkins. He Tá going to Aden...om” duty, and Miss Smith was going to England. Her fiancé asked Mr. Wilkins to look after her in the beat.

*As soon as the voyage started," said Lol Halsbury, "Mr. Wilkins began a campaign to induce Miss Smith to give up the friend who had put her into his churgo. He said that he foubted very much if her fiancé was really in love with her. Presently he told her he was in love with her himself and that she was going to ruin two lives unless she broke the engagement, Finally she consented to marry Mr. Wilkins. He used every artifice he could and finally succeeded in seducing her."

Not tonnage of arrivals and de- partures at and from the Principal Ports of the World during 1921.

Port.

Tonnage. London

34,101,872. New York.

31,939,862 25,600,623 24,821,216

Antwerp

Liverpool

Hongkong

24.165,153

Shanghai

24,092,373

Rotterdom

21.740.266

Montrent

19,470,000

Hamburg

Singapore

Melbourne

Kobe (1920)

16,479,864

Marseilles

15,807,954 14,472,606 13,003,319 13,890,234

Suez Canal1

Sydney Cardiff Newcastle

17,938,956 17.892,104

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The new Red Star Line triple- screw steamer "Belgenland," 27,200 tons, which is, now completing at for New York on April 5. She is a Belfast, will sail from Southampton handsome three-funnel vessel-an oil burner, with accommodation for 465 first, 640 second, and 1,500 third class

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GENERAL NOTES.

18,861,285***

It is confirmed from Hamburg 18,118,999 that the Hamburg-Amerika Line

and the Argo Line of Brenica,! which is backed by the Nord- deutscher Lloyd, will jointly in- augurate a new line to the Far East under the flag of the Atlas Line.

Rio de Janeiro...... 18,467,756 Calcutta

12,838,611 11,485,811 11,290,878

Buenos Ayres, Panama Canal

Tokohama Southampton New Orleans Boinbay Tampico Havana

Hull

Glasgow Amsterdam Copenhagen Seattle

The British India S. N. Co., Ltd., and the Scindia S. N. Co., Ltd., of Bombay have concluded an agree ment for ten years, thus terminat- ing the freight war. The Scindia S. N. Co. gains the right of shipping in Indian waters, Reciprocity arrangements have been reached whereby the British S. N. Co. will 8,584,000 nat penalize shipping by the

Scindia-S. N. Co. vessels,

11,202,699 10,894,040 10,888,870.

9,045,020

8,554,000

7,044,517'

7,667,254

7,480,460,

7,434,916

7,887,054

Durban

6,816,126

Norfolk (Va.)

6,205,811

Nagsaski

6,258,820

Cape Town

6,200,182

6,192,612

Napica

0,725,020

Alexandria

5,505,689

Philadelphia

5.996,874

5,190,705

5,003,136

4,956,508

4,788,150

4,287,625 * 4,078,760

3,998,646

Galveston

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In the meantime there is no lack Late in the afternoon, very sud of verses about the sea. These are denly, a terrible storm broke upor very seldom written by scammen. them. In a few moments the sec In "Chanteys and Ballads" (pub was a raging torrent, and the wind lished recently by Brentano's Ltd) blew a terrific gale. They werţ Mr. Harry Kemp writes of the life bbwn ashore, and so high up on of the sea, which, he says in his the bank that it was with great diffi preface, he lived in his youth, long culty that the boot was agai before he made his verses about launched.. that experience. Although Mr. Kemp calls them chanteys, and waiting several days for the sea to Now the trouble began. After some of the poems are cast in calm, so that they could proceed chantey fomi, they are not, if we may say so without offence, real run out. They managed to satiefy on the journey, their food supply chanties, as probably Mr. Kemp would admit, There is, indeed, no hunger for a while on some coor reason whatever why a poet should nuts that had been washed ashore. not use the jolly metre of achantey, but soon saw that some food must with its refrain, which in the true be found or they would not be able chantey was sung in chorus; but to hold out until they could reach at best it is no more than a pleasant Sandakan. The Bulu boatmen imitation. The truth is that the old knew of a Chinese store down the chanties were what may be coast, as they thought but a fen called unconscious works of art, miles away. So Mr. Finster, took unconscious very often to the point two of his men, soun after noon. of a generous obscurity, Who-and- started for the store. They was "John Franzo?" Why should awam several small rivers, waded the crew join in tuison to Blow through mangrove swampe, cul the man down." The fire chanter, their way through the jungle and again, is pertinent enough. "Fire, finally came to a very large/river. fire, there's fire down below, Bring This was crossed by all getting on a bucket of water, there's fire down a long log and paddling across. At below." But your modern artist is this point one of the men becomic and must be conscious of his art. sick from fatigue and bad to be left In whatever lus inspiration may by the way. consist he must carefully elaborate dark and was raining to add to the It had now become his form; unless, of course, he is Vers Librist. It may be conjectured, other man gave out, and it was with discomforts. In another honr the moreover, that Mr. Kemp, during great difficulty by slow travels tha the interval, he mentions, at, eas time or another has read the works fisherman'a hut was reached about of Mr. Kipling, Some of Mr. ten o'clock at night. Although Kipling's verse looks easy, but in their hut was rude, their hearts fact it is not as easy as it were not. They were very kind looks-a circumstance many an and provided food and dry clothes! aspirant On

has learnt by painful and then want in search of the man experience. Moreover, the writer who had been left by the way. It looks not on the sea and ships as: was nearly morning before they the sailor looks upon them. The returned with the nan badly chilled! sea is his job, and a desperate hard and sick. job it is.. As a rule the seaman's The next morning the store was

Replacing the s.s.Talthybius," News representative, after his re-spired with European musle," sentiment is expressed in Mr. found.

which has been ordered to return to turn to Shanghai on March 24 mazes the European concet artist The policy on which the United Liverpool after the completion of Leopold Godowsky, the great is the popular preference of The man in charge of Kemp's stanza:

Kwong Lee Hing a store at this States Shipping Bill is based is her present return trip to the Far Polish pianist, said that he had Japanese audiences for severely "Nothing but danin fools sail the place was very kind in providing criticised in a report which was East, the new liner Philoctetes,"

food for the mon left in the boat considered in mail week at the sister ship to the "Achilles," is given as many as 20 concerts in classical pieces. They only care Said the Captain, to me.

and cared for Mr. Finster the best ecting of the Liverpool Steam taking her place in the trans-Pacific Java, Manila and Hongkong during loved "I have a young son," says.. the way he knew how. As their tong-objection is taken to the United Service of the Blue Funnel Line, the brief period which has elapsed Western peoples.

ship Owners Association. No

for serious music of the kind be Captain to me,

kang was leaving for Sandiakan the States subsidising their ships if for Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle,

of. musically cultured. sailing from Shanghai on March 30 since he was last heard in Shanghai. next day they kindly offered to take they think that will be the means The advent of the "Philoctetes," Of this number 14 were in Java, will be an invasion of this part of Mr. Finster and the sick man in it. of re-establishing a strong mer will give another modera fast four in Manila and two at Hong- the world by the foremost artists Nevertheless, his calling holds The sea was still very rough, and it cintile marine, the matter being freight and passenger carrier to the kong. The enthusiasm of the of the day," he said, when asked the sailor. He would not exchange was four days more before Sogin-one for themselves. alone. It is already fine service now maintain Dutch and Javanese audiences ap- what were the future prospects of it for the shore, if he could, kon was reached.

How these people, on the beach Seventeen days had passed and built during the war cannot be on the North Pacific route.

otorious that many of the vessels ed by Alfred Holt and Company pears to have known no restraint. Shanghai hearing equally well contrive to exist, I don't know," nothing had been heard from Mr.made profitable under said a naval officer the other day. Finster Mr. Merehon approached conditions, and the Government

While he was willing to gratify known musicians as himself. as he hung on the rail, "proceeding," the Government and they kindly want to give such assistance that radio, compass direction finding would ever be possible to give them No country offered is a more their artistic earnestness to the "Russia, where we all went before as they say in the Navy, into Ports sans wires to all points along the private firms will be induced to station near the entrance to the of his best owing to the oppressive cordial welcome than the Russia The establishment of a Canadian fullest, at times he wondered if it the war, is, now impossible. mouth Harbour. mysterious means the old sea happy relief to hire and Mrs. Mer-sociation, however, thinks it unfair urged as a necessary, improvement appearances in the Dutch Indies artists

And by sonic coast to keep a look out. It was buy them. The Liverpool As Straits of Juan de Fuca is being heat. One of his most successful of the old days. To many chantles convey just that dual shon when Mr. Finster arrived late to discriminate against foreign and time saver for ships on their was under more than usually trying no longer a attraction. There emotion of a perpetual grievance on January 19; he looked somewhat vessels in American ports, and way to the ports of Victoria and conditions. Choosing to travel by is only America and now the Far unsettled Eurone is and a sense of superiority after all. haggard after his exposure, and had holds that a policy of that kind Vancouver. At present all such motor-car froin Sourabaya to East as well." As steamer fares Indeed, if Mr. F. T. Bullen's theory lost 10 lbs. in weight but he was in will not only fail to achieve its radio finding stations are on the Batong he had the misfortune to out here are being reduced and be valid, the sea-chanties were good spirits. Mr. Tinstar is fully object but it may cause trouble all Americaa side, and the bearings be stranded in the jungle owing to travel facilities to this part of the originally the songs of exiles, hang- convinced that after all, travel by round by provoking retaliation.

He promised to marry her at Aden, but when the vessel arrived there he advised her to go on to her mother in England, and said he would send her the means to rejoin him. She telegraphed from Eng- land and he suggested that the best thing she could do was to marry the man in Beira to whom she had been engaged, g

Lard Halsbury said that MisH Smith had a child; ond Mr. Wilkins admitted he was the father. June 29 hq wrote:

I am indeed pleased it is a s007. He ought to be a fine little fellow. suppose. he will jog about town whar copie bone..

HOPE HE WON'T HOWL," On July 15 he wrot My dadingi kitty.I understand Bonny is a topping follow, but-I hope he won't how when I come home The big to turn out a fine fellow and receive the best of

"education, and that has to be con-

sidered very carefully,

In March, 1999, said hord Hals- bury, Mr. Wilking came to Eng- land. Then for the first time he told her he did not intend marrying her. On May 17 last Miss Smith wrote to his

Dear Charles Now Jet us have. some defipite heading. You don't wish to my Very

Well Let that pask will do nothing in it. I may be a coward not to stand up for my rights, but perhaps it is all for the best. All ask is to do your duty towards. Sonny until he is old enough to see for himself, and I will do mine for bim

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the subject, traces the sea-chantey

Manchester Newport (Mon.) Swansea Middlesbrough

3,866,688 8,061,881

flowers; 6 cases of straw hats for GODOWSKY INTERVIEWED, all the audiences in the Far East

Leith- Amoy.

2,693,629

San Francisco

2,681,795

Grimsby Rangoon

2,581,540 1,623,810

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WHAT JAPAN HAS DONE FOR MUSIC.

AMERICA'S SHIPPING

POLICY..

present

salt.

the Japanese, he thinks, have done most by their consistent apprecia tion of European musical art to make possible future visits of musical celebrities to the Far East, "Japan, for some unaccountable Speaking to a North-China Daily reason, has become suddenty

declared M. Godowsky,“What

In two or three years time there

for ships entering the Straits are a breakdown, "The spot where world are quickly improving, M. given out by the wireless operator the car was repaired, said M. Godowsky is convinced that such. GLANT: KUDDER at Tatoosh. A petition has been Godowsky, "was infested with places as Hongkong, Shanghai, trade, when negroes were carried to Beresford went to s01, more been constructed in three sections.

circulated in Vancouver shipping tiger, although at the time we were Tokyo and the Straits will be re- right back to the days of the slave- Navy. When the late LordSo massive is the Cunard Her circles requesting the speedy in ignorant of this. When the car gularly visited by musical celebri

"Aquitania's" new rudder that it has stallation of the service.

finally reached Batong we had ties. We shall be no longer off the According to Mr. Bullen, the the Hold was usually a negro lington on specially, built trucks, Washington, published by the the pianist refused to put off his M. Godowsky himself proposes

than sixty years ago, the Captain of These sections arrived from: Dar The hydrographic bulletin of There was no time for sleep, but Concert Circuit

been just 30 hours on the journey."beatch track of the International charles were the songs and Coloured men werend are largely and network of staging has been United States Government, in its engagement until the following to revisit Shanghal, after, a tour in melodies of the American negroes, employed in the Merchant Service. sung at many, a camp meeting and But although the chantoy has erected on the bed of the graving lege of January 24, recommende day. If he were tired it was Europe a year hence, carried thence to lighten their toll most disappeared from the sea, it dock for the slow and laborious new routes on the North Pacific, evidently, sot apparent from his process of hoisting it into place. Ithe hydrographic office is, of the playing. Among the many cordial

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at sea. Thus maay of the chantles survives such collections as the is 30ft, high, afft, wide and weighs opinion that the time, is not far receptions he has hind since-lear Were originally Evangelistic. Some work of Mr. Bullen and the larger 87 tone, twings on an immense distant when it will be casential ing Changhai this was the most nction for of them were uprintably outspoken, collection of Mr. Cecil Sharpe. The steel pintle cit: long and 16ins in for safety in view of hicrenied wholehearted

war some curious process the negre chanter falle lato a like category diameter, and is united by 145 Trafic, to double track the Pacific JAPAN'S PASSION FOR MUSIC

melodies became wedded to the with the old English ballad and English fo'c'sie songs, and the the old Scots Song But imlike davy bolts. In spite of the hare Because of this recommenda words of the negrah chants then it demands sellón, anndighera were internized with than rough, strong chorus of men hauling

vier of the ruddere measurement foutert Until of date years, coloured men on a rope or stamping found with I were; onlisted in the

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