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OPERATION DRAMA Patient was made suddenly drunk

ON WINDJAMMER.

Amputation with Broad Axe.

RUM USED AS DOPE.

with raw zum As it was la Nel- Bon's day, ao in oura,

The steward poured a final tum blar of rum down the sailor's throat.

As he gasped and choked the leg came off. That is all. But I had to do the cutting!

C.P.R. LINERS

HONOLULU AS A PORT OF

'CALL

The Management of the Cana- dian Pacific have decided to add another port of call to their already popular route. Orlent to America, by, including the port of Honolulu, commencing with the Empress of Canada from Hong Kong qn Apri|| 25, and the Empress of Japan on May 23, 1931.

The decision to have these two

Twenty honost years later I met this patient still alive, still busy with ships-though as a watchman The recent life-saving operation on a account of his wooden on his son performed by Captain lag. That leg was one my, R. W. Crome of the steamship City carpenter had fashioned! The man af Alexandria, when far distant was quite satisfied. He had gone to hospital, when we reached land, from land and surgical aid, lacking proper Instruments and anaestho- of course, to be trimmed up. We tics, brings back vividly to my mind had omitted certain details which the feeling of helplessness that any surgeon will call to mind, and steamers call at Honolulu on home- affects a shipmaster when confront-trimming was necessary. He was

ward voyages alters the trans-Paci eby such a situation.

perfectly well and vigorous, and re-fic sailing schedule, which has been To-day. thanks to wireless and peated his thanks, since he was revised, and new dates can be ob apead, few ships are put in a really alive and a wage-earner-

tained from the Company's sailing tapeless plight when serious illness

lists and newspaper advertisements. It is arranged in the schedule that affects, any member of their com paniea. It is becoming a common

Empress steamers arrive at Hout place to read how this liner or that

lain at daylight and sall at 5 p.m. obeyed a radio call, and, hurrying

the same day, thereby allowing to the troubled ship, despatched a

passengers one full day ashore for qualified surgeon-perhaps even a

sight-seeing in this beautiful nurse or two-to convey healing

island.. and comfort.

The following voyage a boy fell from aloft and broko his thigh bong; a simple fracture. He was a well-muscled youngater. We had to amploy a "handy-billy-that is, small, useful tackle to pull his broken limb straight, and we com pared its appearance when so haul dd out with the sound one, to help

Only the other day a ship signal-us in splinting It led her need of a surgeon, and one was hurried away by a fast tug to and do what was necessary to save numan life.

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING meet the supplicant in deep water

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

`SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Peris,

ASAMA MARU

CHICHIBU MARU

BIKAWA MARU

Wednesday,

Thursday, 20th November. Thursday, 11th December.

3rd December.

LONDON, MARSEILLES. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vis ́*

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

FUSHIMI HARU

Saturday,

HAKOZAKI MARU

Saturday,

15th November, 29th November.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KITANO MARU

.:Tuesday,

ATSUTA MARU

Tunday,

18th November. 23rd December.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo...

IYO MARU

+ CALCUTTA MARU

Wednesday, Thursday,

12th November - 27th November.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU

Thursday, 20th November.

SOUTH AMERICA (East CoastFvia Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.

WAKASA MARU

Tuesday,

18th November.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

+ TSUYAMA MARU

Saturday,

·† ASUKA MARU

Tuesday.

8th November. 25th November.

LIVERPOOL vis Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.

+ TOYOOKA MARU

Thursday,

18th November,

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Pegang & Rangoon

† BENGAL MARU-

Saturday,

↑ NAGATO_MARU

Monday,

15th November. 20th November.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

MORIOKA MARU (Moji direct) Friday, KAMAKURA HARU (Kobe directy Friday, ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct) Wednesday,

+ Cargo only.

..

7th November..

7th November

19th November.

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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM ANTWERP Via Singapore

Surday, 9th November. LONDON MARU.................. eines

Sunday, 14th December. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singa

pere, Colombe, Durban & Cape Town.

RIO DE JANEIRO MARU

MONTEVIDEO MARU

BOMBAY Vis Singaporn & Colombo.

HONOLULU KARU

Friday, 28th November.

Tuesday, 30th December."

Wednesday 19th November.

Complete Recovery. Here, again, was a complete re: covery-though the boy unfortun- ately limped a little. There had been a slight shrinkage. When he "As shown in this latest reported earned sufficient money this boy case, the ship mäster is occasional-went to a hospital and had the ly required to act for himself. limb rebroken and reset to take the kink out. But he said the original repair was more satisfactory.

doubt that any old freighting skipper. can recollect some similar emergency similarly coped with. :

I have been witness and party to hair-raising major operations performed down the stormy Existing or actually off the Pitch of the Horn, in old wind-tamming days. writes a sea captain in the Daily Express. On each occasion, mira- culously, the patient recovered whica is more a testimony to the hardinoc of the seagoing bre than to the skill of the amateur aurgeons. Nowadays, most certified ships' officers have to examination in rudimentary first ald. This seldom extends beyond the customary elementary courte.

Other Days

pass an

The old days when a shipmaster, finding in his invaluable blue-book of directions which fitted in the lid of his medicine chest, that à certain series of symptoms cared for a dow of No. 7 draught and discovering that he was clean out of No. 7, mixed Nos. 3 and 4, are gone. But even to-day, only passenger-carry ing vessels are eqipped with a qualified surgeon and a full surgical outfit. It falls to the master's lot to prescribe or operate for quite complicated troubles.

1 recently met a ship's captain who successfully operated in a member of his crew for appen- dicitis, stopping the engines and heaving to so that the run of a heavy sea should not hinder his amateur efforta.

I have no

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER

1980.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC SERVICE

ALL THE WAY

Arrangements have also been mads whereby passengers may ob- tain lay-over from Empress steam- ers at Honolulu and spend as much time as they wish there, within the limit of their ticket, and continue their voyage to Vancouver by either a later Empress steamer, or by steamers of the Canadian Austra laslary Line, Los Angeles S.S. Com pany, or Matson Line to San Fran- NYOULDS GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM ciaco and Los Angeles, without extra cost.

Empress steamers already call! at Honolulu on the outward voyage, and in this connection it is of inter- In one ship in which I served the rest to note that the Empress of captain's wife added to the ship's Tapan made a record run from Van- complement--twins. We had been couver, to Honolulu cutting prac kept back by calms and head winds tically 22 hours off the best time for sixty days longer than we ex-made previously, also established a pected. She made few preparations. record for the run from Honolulu to and these few were in anticipation Yokohama, lowering the previous of only one baby. But the whole record made by the Empress of ship rose to the emergency. The Canada by ten hours twenty-eight steward was married-apart from minutes. The Empress of Japan the skipper, the only married man made the run from Vancouver to aboard. I had studied a little medi-Yokohama via Honolulu in eleven cine, and the duty of attendance days eight hours thirty-three min- fell to us, for the skipper was crazy utes, and it is proposed that the same time will be made on the trip with fear.

in the opposite direction across the Pacific.

+

The twins came satisfactorily into the world. They were clothed in contributions made by the crew old shellbacks were fine needle- far as I know, the menand, so infants did well.

I have been asked to perform the most intricate operations on men. The faith of those old shellbacks in their captain was astonishing and pathetic. He was esteemed a sort of natural healer. If I were to list the add devices to which I have resorted to relieve suffering I should never be believed, and grave special- Ists of Harley Street would soberly. state. that impossibilities had been But this men was a medical fad-attempted. Yet driven by stress, dist, who always travelled- with his these impossibilities have come off. own private emergency atock of One man, who had received drugs, instruments, and anaesthe severe concussion in a fight in some tics, and occupied his shore-leaves disreputable saloon, solemnly asked with walking hospitals and picking me to trephine him to rid his brain up 'first-hand and invaluable know of its feeling of leadenness. I did ledge-likely to serve him in good not do it, but he was anxious for stead. Not all are so fortunate. me to attempt the taskiť ost

The first major operation with One shipmaster I knew saved his which I had anything to do occur male's life by amputating both bis red somewhere about the Crozets, frost-bitten legs off Cape Horn; but down in the South Indian Ocean he had chloroform and tools, and The windjammer was 2,000 miles made a scientific job of it. He had from any land. A sallor had fallen to do it myself have had to tend from aloft and fractured com those terrible soren attendant them pound comminuted his thigh; and on frostbite, and tend owing to lack of skilled treatment, most heroically. But, without gangrene had set in. The simation making average, huinan, blood run seemed hopeless. The ship carried cold could not describe the

methods adopted. no anaesthetics, there were no sur gical Instruments, beyond a few artery forceps, some needles and gut, and a rusty lancet or two AND It meant a possible twenty, at least fifteen days before port could be reached. We said to the man: If we don't take off your leg you'll die, certainly. If we do take it off die, but, on the other, you mig hand, there's a one in a hundred chance of livin

up to you to Bay which 1 ahall be

take it off, sald ahead,

the scane

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Saturday, 6th December

CALCUTTA—Via Hogapore, Penang & Bangoon.

CELEBES MARU

Tuesday, 18th

November. Tuesday, 2nd December.

TACOMA: MARU

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.

A AFRICA MARU (from Shanghai) Tuesday, 11th November. MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

MELBOURNE MABU

Friday 7th November.

(Calls at Wellington & Auckland.)

AIPHONG-VI Holbow & Pakhol“

NEW YORK-Vin Japan, port & Panam

HOKUROKU MARU NIZKO

Saturday, 6th December.

LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE

PHILADELPHIA

JAPAN PORTS

MADRAS MARU

KRELUNGÄLVI Aatow & Amoy, a

CANTON MARL

BATAVIA MARU”.

HOZAN MARU

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TAKAO Via: Hwatów: & Amoy,

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Monday 10th November.

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feature is the fatal

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WED. TUES. 18th

MON. 24th

SUN. 30th

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CALAIS IMPROVEMENTS.

Paris, September 24. The machinery for the unloading

It is believed that the heads of the delegations to the Imperial Conference have approved the re- port of the Committee presided over by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, of cargo vessels in the Port of in favour of the complete com-Calais is being modernized. The plation of the Singapore Dock, in unloading quay on the north-east accordance with the tender given side of the Carnot Basin, has been to Sir John Jackson, Ltd., in 1928. provided with four powerful Certain other works may be cranes, each capable of lifting air sevan years. Probably the whole held up. The contract time was tons question will be re-examined by the next Imperial Conference Reuter

To cope with the increase in the amount of timber brought into the port, and particularly pitprops for

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use in the coalmines of the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais, eight electric travelling cranes, capable of lifting six tone of cargo from a ship's hold and depositing it in the depots 20 yards behind the quay, are also being erected. Three of them will be placed in the depot behind the west basin, where the area for the storage of pitprops will be greatly extended. The other five will be erected at the extreme south of the east quay of the Carnot Basin to aid the de velopment of the important ship- repairing industry which has been established at Calais

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