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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1932.

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YK.LIN

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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports and Honolula.

CHICHIBU MARU

TATSUTA MARU

Wednesday, 1st June. Wednesday, 15th June.

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports,

HIYE MARU

HEIAN MARU

Tuesday, Sunday,

7th June.

3rd July,

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

HAKOZAKI MARU...

Saturday,

11th June.

HYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porte

„ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

25th June.

OMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

KAGA MARU

SOUTH

Saturday, 11th June. AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU

M.S.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Shipping

Intelligence

HOIKUN SINKS

OFF SAN CHAU

FISHING JUNK FIGURES IN THRILLING RESCUE

20 THOUGHT MISSING

TRAGEDY OF

COOLIE

Risks Life for Suit-Case.

Lucky 13.

Survivor of Hoikun.

In the wreck of the Hoikun, Canton-San Mei ferry, which foundered off San Chau Island, on when 13 half-naked, thoroughly Friday night, 40 people are now known to have been frightened, and comple.ely frozen saved, after a harrowing two-hours' struggle in a coolies, survivors of the Holkun choppy sea. The total death list will not be known wreck, were brought on board the until authorities discover the actual number of Tai Lee on Friday night after they LIVERPOOL vía Saigon, Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus passengers on board at the time, estimates of which had spent two hours in the water,

Genoa, Marseilles & Valencia.

Thursday,

7th July.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama,

+ DAKAR MARU

Wednesday, CALCUTTA via Singapore, Perang & Rangoon,

15th June.

+ NAGATO MARU

Wednesday,

KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

Monday,

8th June.

6th June.

10th June,

+ TOKIWA MARU (calls S'hai) HARUNA, MARU (calls Shanghai) .. Friday,

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

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passengers of the coastal steamer gaped with astonishment. One of

now vary between 45 and 60.

A small Chinese fishing junk, known prosaic the lucky 13, clad only in a shirt ally as 3142 H.O., stole all the glory in the thrilling that was all too short, clung de rescue scenes in which several coastal steamers sperately to a good-sized suit-case. and a dozen other junks took part. Reaching the Not for a second would he let it stricken ship ffiust as it was sinking, the small junk out of his sight; not even when the was able to take out of the water 13 passengers and hot rice and brandy, both of them 14 members of the crew who had previously jump-free, were being passed around.

How he had managed to keep ed overboard in the panic which had swept the ship when she struck.. These men were taken to the Tai-O police station.

himself aflost in the rough water

was more than most could under- stand: and how he had managed the suit case was even more of a

PASSENGER LISTS.mystery.

ARRIVALS.

Thirteen others were picked from the water, where they clung. in the last stages of exhaustion, to

When he finally started to open it, curious passengers grouped pieces of wood and old boxes, by

themselves around, eager to see a lifeboat from the Tai Lee, Hong The following passengers arriv-what precious treasure it would Kong-Kongmoon costal steamer, ed on the N.Y.K, Fushimi Maru contain. After all he had risked which was the first steamer to from Yokohama and Shanghai on his life for it! sight the sinking vessel.

Friday:

Eventually they sawi cigarettes

Mr. T. Kirigaya and family, Mr. and yet more cigarettes. The bag W. H. Lambert, Mr. H. Morimoto. was over half-full of them. And what that water had done to those cigarettes.

DEPARTURES

Flares made of kerosene soak. ed rags first attracted the atten tion of those on the Tai Lee and immediately news of the disaster was wirelessed to all nearby ships with the result that an hour later five other coastal steamers were on the scene. None of them however knew of the work done by the small E. C. Stevens, Mr. E. C. Watson, the indescribable mess. To him, at fishing Junk 3142 H.O. and until Mr. A. Soares, Mr. A. B. Moir, least, the tragedy of the Hojkun 7th June yesterday afternoon it was thought Master J. Moir, Rev. E. M. was real.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, La Plata Maru

Tues

14th June

& BUENOS AIRES via!

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

bo, Durban & Capetown.

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Africa Maru

Tues..

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,

LOURENCO MARQUES

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA- BETH

& CAPETOWN

TO RIO DE

VERDAD, BANTOs &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa

The following passenger left for The coolle seemed stunned and Europe. via Singapore by the hours later when the Tai Lee dock. N.YK. Fushimi Maru yesterdayed at Hong Kong he, still squatted Mrs. E. H. Studniczka, Min. on the deck gazing mournfully at

MORE SIMPLICITY

that the 13 saved by the Tai Lee Lafuener, Mr. F. R. Johne, Mr. W. were the only survivors of the 60 Benson, Mrs. L. H. Ball, Mr. W. F. that were reported to be on board. Collins, Mr. J. Gull, Mrs. N. D. V. The six steamers, their search-Chari, Rev. A. Caska, Mr. Councell, lights sweeping over the water, Mr. L. Eglin, Capt. R. 3. Evans,

The shipbuilding correspondent their lifeboats tossing in the Mr. P. S. Firth, Rev. J. Fournier, of the Glasgow Herald urged that 5th June choppy sea, and the brillant lights Mr. K. Hiyoshi, Miss J. Hriach shipowners should show greater of a dozen junks made a spectactu-bichler, Rev. J. Hemeryck, Mr. 3. simplicity In the letters which pre- 6th June lar scene. Signal rockets flared Iizuka, Mr. T. Ishikiriyama, Mr. T cede names of ships, and he gave into the darkness and there was a Ishida, Mr. L Imai, Mr. W. E as examples of complexity the de- continual shriek of sirens and blow Jones, Mr. K. Kobayashi, Mr. Ksignationz "Q.T.E.V." and "Q.TS.S. ing of whistles.

Kitamoto, Mr. H. Kimura, Mr. R. The first is intended to indicate a When the boat put out by the Tal Keating, Mrs. Y. Morotomi, Capt. turbo electrically driven ship, but Lee returned with 13 drenched S. MacDonell, Mr. A. E. Martin, the "Q" for quadruple refers to the 7th June figures huddled in its bottom the Mr. H. Mori, Mr. T. Matsumoto, number of screws and not that of Chinese aboard the coastal steamer Mr. A: T. Masson and family, Mr. the engines, for there are only two. cheered frantically. But their joy T. Ohkura, Mr. A. D. Quayle, Mr. It is all too complicated and, in our was short-lived for a further two A. Quintaba, Mt. P. C. Riley, Mr. opinion unnecessary. For all tha hours search failed to find another J. Steward, Mr. A. G. Spence, Mr. uses these symbols are, it is quite person.

8. Shinoda, Miss E. R. Stainton, sufficient to indicate whether a ship Mr. J. Thornburn, Mr. S. Tojo, Mr. is a steamer or a motor ship, and G. Tsuru, Mr. J. Vant Hoff, Mr.it should be enough merely to use R. Van Vee, Mr. H. Wakabayashi, the letters "S.S.” or “M.S” Most Consigness of cargo ez 6.8. Beu- Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Miss will agree that all ships for which nevis are reminded to take de-Y. Yamamoto, Mr. S. Yanagisaki, the power is raised by steam should livery of their goods which will Mr. K. Yamamoto and family, Mr. be termed steamers, and those with be subject to rent after Juné 2. |G. Yamagishi.

oll engines, motor abipa

pore & Colombo

MELBOURNE via Manila, Sydney Maru

Sun.,

Brisbane & Sydney .....

JAPAN PORTS

(Frequent Havana Maru

Mon.,

Services).

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-] Andes Maru

Tues.,

7th June

TERDAM & ANTWERP

via Singapore, Colombo,

Saaz & Port Said.

NEW YORK via Japan ports, Hokuroku Maru

Tura.

Los Angeles & Panama.

Call Direct at Boston,

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

KARACHI & BOMBAY vis IIague Maru

Fri,

3rd June

Singapore Colombo (Not

call Belawan Dell).......

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Sumatra Maro

Tues.,

81st May

Belawan Dell & Rangoon.

KELLUNG via Swatow & Canton Mara

Sun..

Amoy (8 p.m. every Sun Hozan Mare

Sua.,

5th June 12th June

day).

JAPAN PORTE via Takao &

Eochung

TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy Dell Maru

Thurs.,

(Noon)

2nd June 'Noon,

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