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Intelligence.

RACING WITH THE TALL

SHIPS

ROUND THE HORN.

How the Wheat Ships Thresh Along.

Sixteen thousand miles of flying spray, swelling seas, and belly- ing sails. Round the Horn from Australia to England with holds full of wheat.

Twenty square-rigged ships are preparing for their annual cargo race.

The prospect has thrilled the imaginations of American youth, Romance is not dead in their hearts, it seems. American boys still long to run away to sea. And their sisters are not far behind either.

A. J. Villiers. sailor-author, letters, he pulled out the follow- published in the New York Heralding: Tribune Magazine an account

"Dear Mr. Villiers: I am twenty- some of his adventures in these an-seven, pretty strong; am able to look nual wheat races-tales of battles after myself, and would be willing with the waves, of the hazards of to do any sort of work if I could go andermanning, of a woman atow- with you." away, who was supposed to bring

ad fuek, but didn't.

of

"Mr. Villiers: I am a letter-artist

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following British warships were in harbour to-day:

Bridgewater-East wall i Bruce South wall. Cumberland-North arm. Herald-East wall. Hermes-In dock. Keppel-North wall. Marazion-South wall.

Moth-No. 8 buoy, Oswald-West wall. Pandora-East wall. Perseus-West wall. Phoenix-West wall. Proteus East wall. Tamar-Basin. Veteran-West wall, Whitehall-North arm. Whitshed-North arm. Wren-No. 7 buoy.

Foreign Men-of-War. Argus-French river gunboat. GI Eanes-Portuguese transport. Saga Japanese gunboat,

HONG KONG TIDES.

The time used is Standard, or mean by profession, but I am an adventur-time of the moridian of 120 deg. E.; His vivid description of the er at heart. I do not care how 06h. in midnight, 18hrs. is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of dangers and hardships of the long hard the work would be. I would the largest scale Admiralty chart of 1 vayage did nothing to lessen the like it."

love of adventure of young Ameri- And another:

cana.

On the contrary, ever since "I would consider it a great pri- his article appeared he has been vilege to work without pay as one swamped with letters from would-be of your crew. I could make myself sailors tand sailor-ettes) who want generally useful. I would do any- Lo sail in this year's race.

thing just to get out of New York." Every day, according to an ac-

Mr. Villiers said he would do al- count in the news columns. of The most anything to give all of these Herald Tribune, "he gets letters boys places

the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless pre- ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.

March 23 to 29, 1932.

SIZE

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Lasve Arriva Mar, 25 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Emp. of Canada Apr. 8 Apr. 11

Apr. 11 Apr. 13 Apr. 15 Apr. 21 Apr. 26 Emp. of Russia Apr. 22 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 28 Apr. 39

May 9 Emp. of Japan May 5 May 9

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However, there Is Wed. from boys telling him 'they would nothing that he can do. His own be willing to do any goldarned thing ship, the Parma, which he bought Thurs. 24

if only they could get a place on in Hamburg, is on its way to Aus- Fri. one of the ships.' School-teachers, tralin in ballast, and has a full crew

he said, had written by the dozens of German boys and one English- Sat, all wanting to know if they couldj

mail. The young Germans and not work their way by helping the British, he said, seem to be Senok." Further:

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anxious as the Americans to sail Mon. "A lot of the boys," Mr. Villiers around the Horn. Mr. Villiers continued, "say they would be

(Continued on Page 10.) willing to pay their way to London] or to Australia, or to any other place in the world, if they could get a berth

one of these sailing- They call

me on long- distance from Chicago and San Francisco, and already two boys Santhia, have written me that they are on their way."

vessels.

on

Across Atlantic to Join.

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ARRIVALS OF SHIPS

Monday, March 21. British str., 4,840 tons, Capt. H. F. H. Gibsone, from Amoy, buoy No. AG.—M.M. & Co.

Warfield, British str., 3,905 tons, Capt. R. Steel, from Rangoon, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M. & Co.

Tuesday, March 22.

tons, Capt. K. Dahl, from Sai-| gon, buoy No. B9.-Yuen On. Dorry, Chinese str., 1,083 tons,

One of these, the son of C. W. Lea, of Tacoma, Washington, has 9th Apr. given up his work at Yale, and has gone to London to join the crew of the Finnish ship Hougomont. Mr. Clara Jebsen, Danish str., 1,145 Lea has come to New York to talki 24th Mar. with Mr. Villiers about his son's)

escapade and his flair for adventure. Auother lad, Charles V..B. Reilly, of Milwaukee, has sent Mr. Villiers word that if the United States wil not enter a ship, it will at least be) represented by an American. He is on his way to Sydney from Van-i 27th Mar.couver.

"I should be in Sydney on January 2," he wrote. "I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me whom I ought to get in touch with when I get there."

3rd Apr.

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Most of the letters have come from New York State, New England, and the State of Washington. **It acems," Mr. Villlers said, "that about a quarter of the boys in Brooklyn want to join the race."

Running through a batch of

SHIPBUILDERS,

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Miikesan Maru, Japanese str., 1,962 tons, Capt. Hara, from Miike, buoy No. B23.-M.B.K. Sunkong, Chinese str., 822 tons,

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CLEARANCES.

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Tuesday, March 22.

Capt. J. Bruhn, from Macao, buoy No. C2-Chan Yue Teng. Hangsang, British str., 1,850 tons, Dorry, for Quinhon.

Captain A. D. Kelman, from Haiching. for Swatow. Swatow, West Point Wharf.- Havel, for Shanghal. J.M. & Co.

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Capt. A. N. Taylor, from Swa- Shantung, for Shanghai, tow, buoy No, B21.—B, & 8. - Tchekam, for Heihow. Modesta, Norwegian str., 8,478 tons, Illinois, for S. Francisco.

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