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wal utid for the first time (except for tests) on Wednesday tó malay an eyewitness account of the Yangtie Incident involving the attack on British warships by Chinese Communist Army bottotias.
The interview with Lieutenant Jack Consadine, Navigating Officer of HMS Consort, whose home address is No. 337, Raglan Street, Lowestoft, England, was telephoned from Hong Kong through Cable and Wireless radio- telephone. At Londom it was recorded for use in the BBC Radio Newsreel.
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to
The interview which took | "As the opposition WER NO
decided place in the studios of Studio [heavy, the Captain Hong Kong gove a detailed take our wounded down to meet necount of HMS Consort's trip London, who was arriving at the from Nanking to Shanghai and Chinese port of Kingvin at 7.30 the attempt to reach HMS pm. for further medient atten Arhetbyst.
Lieutenant Connadine sald: "HMS
had been in Consort Nanking for four weeks when in the early morning of April 20, HMS Amethyst sailed from Shanghal to relieve us on duty in
the Chines capital.
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"On our last run downriver to
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 29,, 1949. *
'58. TAIREA
Three-Funnel Steamer In Hong Kong Again
(By Our Harbour Reporter)
fund our wounded, the shore After an absence of more than 10 years, the three-
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funnel 'British ́steamer Taired made her op- pearance again in local waters yesterday, ar riving from Calcutta via the Straits. board the sleek liner is Captain F. Robinson, Commodore of the "BI" Fleet, whose lost visit here was 11 years ago.
The s. Tairen brought back tour young military personnel to
w. from Singapore Mr. D. be trained there at artillery in
of structors. This is the Grst group Commissioner Macintosh,
C.nf its kind. The men will retum
by July."
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Traffle handled by
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Mr. J.P. Moyles left Kong for Swatow yesterday by the ss. Tainan,
batteries on the Northy bane opened up on us, chitsing our major casueltier. Having Lilenced about three of thest hatteries, we aple to reach werg "At 10 am, the same day wa
langyin after a very difficut On received a signal saying that the
passage, having almost run into sloop, Amethyst, was under heavy
the Bouth bank, owing to pur fire. We inunediately raised
composite having been shot steam to sail to her assistance.
away, and our steering gear be- "At midday we left Nanking for the position witch
Ing controlled by telephone. had beon ignalled to
by WIN
Amethyst.
"We eventuplly returned and three Shanghai the next day, having put Hong Kong Police, and Mr. Hoisting seven Ensigns
that there could our serious easubtier Jucks
bourel 5. Wilson, JP.
Relating an incident, involving mistake the nationality
In
She had about 1,000 passengers the four lance corporals of the Thirty Imembers of
HMS London. We vien saited for Club (The Hong Kong Travel of ship, we proceeded at 28 kanis Hong Kong, stereng by magnetle including Chinese, Indiarts and
Burmese Army, young Yong 5210 Aroung the passengers who left the vicinity, compass in 1 kur passage Nepalese, who disembarked that as the Tairea was entering by the s Tsinan yesterday for Association) were entertained
approaching went to action Mutions und
being
ring delayed for three homes, due at a Juncheon aboard the Royal W
The Nepalese were yesterday.
Singapore Harbour K quirrel Swatow was Mrs, N, Vinogrudolf, afterwards Amethyst was to fog. shortly Interocem Line's ss. Tjitjaler-sighted ground at Rose stand.
troops of the Gurkha Regiment.
ensued between theni and Straits from "Despite the whole tragedy of corning
thr
group of Fuklenese
Mr. Ernest S. Powell left Hlong ke yesterday.
Stetuning of 28
at 28 knuts in the this incident between the Royal augment the focal personnel, The were welcolned by Mr.
space.
Kong for Saigon on Wednesday which is ab
an extremely in- 4. H. Warning (President, RIL), river
Navy and the Chloe Communist En route to Amoy are about
"About 10 men were wounded, by Air France. to navigate owing to farees, I should very much like to 920 Chinese, who embarked at
Women and children Mos of shifting sandbanks
scattered L'aptain
and the
the fact
ray how much I was impressed by Calcutta, Burma and the Straits.
screaming for dear life from the Tjitjalengka who said he Wits that the channel is buoyed,
not bu
the behaviour of all ie young
Huddled closely together but very glad to have the Skat clubes rather a tricky manoeuvre as
scene, where blood spluttered starmen on board both my own in good order on the open (ween
freely for ds navigation is concerned, but ship IIMS Consort, and the other | decks are men. women an
"The whole thing, was
even we had no trouble in keeping to ships of the fleet and of all in- babies, returning to their native tually settled by the ship's per
valved in this action."
villages. sighted
sonnel." Vong declared. He him Caught between two @res---
self suffered superficial bruises about five
the Mulayan guerilla warfare
on his back. downstream
and the Nationalist-Red struggle everything
in
have
therm
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his guests.
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Master Has was rather quiet, as we had been
Alt y Kamerling, Chaingan of Skal club, then Banken Mr.
the middle of the channel, Warning for his tid gesture in
-When
Arat we inviting the Skal Hub aboard the
Amethyst, she Wos Titialengka for this, and sand he is ahead of US was especially, glad bemus? the und until that ume birth of the baby, which was Skal club, had bees ather
born under Bred on only once by a muchine and like all babies such circumstures, it had to be nursed with ease and fed weit,
Mr. Kamerling
WAS sure, he said,
onurun.
that it would be fed well to- and recollected that at the diny, beginning of the month Skal clubj members in Batavia, hurl also kreci
ort
the
partic
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First Salvo
Long Career As Skipper
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to 'sen. Captain Robinson
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China--thre people chosen, to quote a student, "the lesser of two evils."
imprisoned on suspicion.
he released
but
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Among the arrivals Shanghai yesterday by CPA were Mrs. LW. lisu, Mrs. C. Woo, Kun, the feverend Mr. J.B. Messrs. L.D. Lab, C.C. Liu, S. Y. Tung, and T.F. Chee.
Messrs.
Chun
Ton-pun, Sv Tonk, Jesus Uy. and Yop Kiun arrived in the Colony yesterday from Manita by CPA
Young,
D.C.
A
Tol. T.L
Vou
and Colonel S. S. Lamb.
J.
Arrivals who disembarked here included Major C. B. Gray, Mrs. M. H. Gray, Mr. C. B. B. Heath- "At least, when the Reds take cote-Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Departures from the Peninsula Lovey our pince, we can carry on Edlin, Second Lieutenant D. Hotel on Wednesday included after having "Five minutes
Mrs. P ond live in peace," said a, veteran Dickson, Mr. K. 5. Le, Mr. Alfred Mrs. P.F. Watkinson, sighted Amethyst, however,
R. Radke, Swatow-born former, who had Radke, Mrs.
Mr. Philippe, Mr. and Mrs, F. J. heard the first salvo go over
successfully carried on
Theron E. business
D. Phillippe, Mr. and Mrs. T... Tai, van Scoter, Mr. D. the bridge where i was stand
In Penang for about 10 years. Khan, Mr. B. Ditts, Mrs. W. Bat, essrs. A. Ruf. G. Ing. We then opened up with Captain F.
G.H Robinson, 56-
lu Malaya today, the Chinese Miss S. Devi, und Miss B. Vati. Lyman, mald our
armament
Commodore of the are undergoing a оп the year-old
trying thine a meeting aboard the Tijitalengka
The ss, Tairen is one of three Smilli. and it was therefore particularly
Laiterics that were shelling us. "B" Fleet, took command of under bandit terrorism and in-sister "We were
still travelling at the Bs. Tairea last October. interesting to have this luncheon
sur-Navigation or the British India Melcher. E. Parsons, H. R. Horn-
blow, Company Line. discriminating Goverment We signalled Amethyst | the high speed,
During his 31 years services asveillance,
he
All vessel,
declared.
the three-funnel vessels to take
master, Captain Robinsoni Titjalengka forms a link with the by n lump to stand-by
bad Chinese have innocently been were fornierly
Among the new arrivals at the of the Apcar but she repited:
commended 32 "BI" ships. Skal clubs in Batavia, and that in our tow lines,
which Line,
Peninsula Hotel on Wednesday. were incorporated 'have Hung
heavy
and Ano
were Mrs. C. Godkin, Mrs. A Kong
thalies
Beginning his life aflost at the 1le went on to emphasise once wounded are on the quarterdeck.
The Talamba was
and Mrs. J. McKinney, Mr. torpedoed Mo age of 16 years as a cudet, he be-tually curse they would even into the "B.3." Fleet." more the international character "As she was, aground by the came an officer after five years harm has been done," he said. off Tobruk during the last war Johns, Mr and Mrs. H.C. Polly: of the Skal club movement.
hows, we would have had to tow
aboard 'his first ship, ss. Takata Bandits placed then under threat and sank. The second steamer, Mr. and Mrs. M. Campos, Mr. End stem first and this wus,
which was on the China run.
of death to "squeal" on their Takwiiva, caught fire off Configuing, Mr. Kamerling said her
the Mrs. Malcolm, Mrs. M.G. Mr. therefore, imy rible.
. Born · In Scarborough, he
Andamans and sank, also during a rticularly welcomed
Cauvin, Mr. and York-subversive operations.
Mrs. W.H "We Lien steamed Hans Vogt (Manayer of the Wi-
part shire, the genial skipper is the
Shoening, Messrs. B.J. Talbot. Bain Muller & Co. Travel Bureau, Amethyst at full speed, Bring full
J.B. Huang, B.R. Williams, Y. one of four brothers to have expected the people ever the last
The Tairea was converted into Ho, C. M. Smith, P. Ungerer, R the situation In China salves from our muin ormument Buste, Switzerlar!).
to degenerate so seriously, When a trooper in 1938 and ferried
V. Shalom three batteries on sl'encing Mr. Vogt then gave a very in-
and Captain war we left, speculation was to the personnel to the
South African M.H. Stuart. teresting talk on the difficulties of the Worth Bank.
service in many war theatres. advantage of the Government," fronts,
He was "in the drink once he tald. "During our arst run down we travel in these days, and stressed
In 1040 she Wis most of the opposition at silenced
again con- that hay
when his ship, the sa. Tallawa,
Mr. Chang Tak-ming and Mfr. the main dificulties
One of the few Burma-Chinese verted into a hospital ship and Wong Lau-sum of the Shanghai That time,
was tarpodoed off and about three miles
the Arabian passengers, awaiting the depar-evacuated the wounded from the Chinese Seamen's Union left the when downriver turned to come back Sca
Scam Bamyang penure ture of the Tairea from Hong Sumaliland Campaign along the Colony sy by left
carrying passengers the fact that, for a trip of a a few to the assistance of Amethyst.
beachheads. She later repatriat- Shanghal. days to Macao be had hard to "During the whole of this time was drifting in a raft and life-Kong, is 19-year-old Peter Vong bea apply to the Hong Kong authori-I was on the bridge, and saw our boat for 24 hours before he was who is joining the Chinese Alred British and Italian wounded
Konstater the salvos bursting ong the bat-picked up together with his col- Force in help fight against the and helped the Eighth Army in by the sa. Kwong sal on A M Communists.
evacuating the wounded and Colony on his return.
The ship had ly then been hit
"I had to leave the Rangoon other personnel. After leaving Hong Kong, Mr.
A marble stone, With University, where I was studying
"Long
The Sketching Porty of the Vat wilt visit Bangkok, Singa-several times and casualties were
Live
Mussolini"* (in Hong Kong Art Club will be held pore, Java, Australia and Now being taken to the cardroom,
science, when the Karen-Burman tento conflict closed the campus," the boat deck as a souvenir of the Members are to assemble at the up on the on "the Mainland on Sunday. Zealand, before returning to which was our first
teen-ager said. Switzerland, Amongst the guests Hoving reduced speed and turned we towards Amethyst,
repatriation operation.
Jordan Road Vehicular Forty present at the luncheon, were Mr. upriver
To Stay Put
In 1946-47, she returned to her Wharf, Kowloon, at 2.30 p.m. A. C. Offenberg, manager
aguin engaged by shore
"The situation in Ching was present peacetime role, Interocean batteries, returning fire the whole parcely notice any change at all. Inot so serious when I left Ran- plied along the South
and South China
he smiled when interviewed in his Lines, Mr. G. Miller of the time.
"Change over wa proceeded up cabin aboard the Tairca yesler-goon. But if the Rods do take coast. Canadian Pacific Lines, Mr. Ving
the Southern citics, including Hun-ehow, of the China Travel river to within 2,000 yards of day,
THE The very same pilet who took Foochow, where I intend to be- Service, Mr.
of Amethyst, and were then engaged Eitzen
I will stay put for Thoresen.
and Mr. R. Gueguen by other batteries Inshore, which him on his last visit, Lau Wah-in training. I manager
Fun, was the first person to wel-some time and quit for Ragoon. of Messageries Mari-scored several hits, me of which
come Captain Robson on his "Chinese In Burma du not .times.
put the steering wear out of act
suffer so much as a result of the tion; and mude it ne ̃essary for už to steer by our secondary steering geor in the after tifler fat.
to be overcome, before one can travel. He gave us an exumber
Royal
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teries on the North bark.
for were
once
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"By this time, the gyra compasa had also been put out of action, and I was steering the ship by landmarks on the river bank.
Could See Soldiers "We could see the soldiers manning' their: guns, and the fre was most accurate, the shell coming very letose to the bridge.
White, pink, Blue, Yellow Tissue As we passed Amethyst I noticed
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that her after, gund had been shot jaway, and that ng w
which thom the
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During 1938 and 1941, when
was operating the Tuiren wspital ship, Captain Robinson was in command.
"I was here last some time in 1998. The environs have not .in fact I changed very much,
arrival yesterday.
A bachelor, Captain Robinson local Karen-Burmese struggle," is due to retire tila October. "I the teen-ager said. They are muy probably go to Australia or well treated and left very much South Afrien, and be a gentleman alone. of lelsure. No
anore, work for:
Government me," he declared.
"The Burmese have sent lown to Singapore
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