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17th July

*THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, 'JULY 187′ 1940.

HONG KONG WATERFRONT

IN MY LOG

The quiz of the Week was over the emlineation of the Portuguero vessel Wareciba by the Chiness Maritimo Customs, on July 8, an a charge of having visited Shilta. a place in Ching not apien to foreign shipping.

What nhout other foreign vessels that have officially cleared for the Communist-port-from-the-

those that nye re Colony ported officially as having called at Shihtan? this has become the pic of the day among the

cutious.

OF

As the Wareemba case is under study, authoritative afflcinin have declined to comment or explain

he tetails.

However, according to Customs Preventive Law alle foreign-ships. calling at Communist ports after the Jane 26 National Blockade 14 confixention when te Fialke they next enter Nationalist waters. To date, as far as we can res collect, nix local ships have off. cially visited Shiblas one of them is the British steaner Cloverlock, which cleared from Hong Kong for the Shantang port on April 7.

Three foreign vessels visited It Antung, another Red port further Narth from Sihtao,

On reeurd

Fronte

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Norwegian Sbitna; Cloverlock British Shibrog North Star *Panamanian) Shibtao; Long Be Boldal Shiftung Tai Kin Shan (34) Autung: San

BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER

T

Scenes like this will always be a common sight in local waters. The building of the mall. Ing junke unique feature of the Orlent-le expanding nowadays despite the pressure of mo. dern mechanical nids on its pregrass. More calling craft are joining the ranks today to cope with the increasing demand for water transport in local port opcratione. Looking after the wel fare of more than 400 owners and tokie of these craft is the Hong Kong Salling Junks Acao. ciation. ("China Mall". Phota).

Sailing Junks In HK

:་་,

Well Organised WHO'S WHO

was during the early days of the century when the arrival of an occan-going ship would galvanise the whole shipping community into simultaneous action that six sailing junk owners formed a mutual business bloc to handle the cargo discharged in the Harbour.

Eluardo Panamanina) Shibla: From that six-man body grew an organisation

Sin Soopy Lav (British) -- Antung: Bros (Norwegian) Antung: Sup terunimo (Pattamanian) - Shihtzu

The question of the Week Will my of the vessels be eontiscated -hould they call at a Nationalist sort in future?

From Tokyo comes news that the well on talian luxurious pas senger liner, Conte Verde,

her watery been tilted ferm graveyard at Muizuru and movend to the shipyards for repairs,

The 18,700-ton liner of Lleyn Triestino was scuttled by her Italian crow at Shanghai when Italy surrendered during the last

WAT

She was subsequently raised and operated as the Kotobuki Maro by the Japanese until she was nunk again off Maizuru lato in the war.

During her glorified daye, Hang Kong was one the main ports of call of the Italian liner,

Many veterans well remember the sleek white luxury liner tying resplendent mid-stream whenever

called here.

which now looks after the welfare of some 400 owners and fokis of sailing junks and som- pons operating in local waters.

And today will be a "red let ter ny another milestone the murals of the Hong Kong As- Sauling Junks Association,

will see The cociation ofleints Jong

thi Kong Governminent morning regarding the new, re- gistration of the Association.

The Colony during those days. saw more and more ships com- ing into port which as a result caused the few existing junks to wark under great pressure to handle the cargo discharged here.

thian sub-

Some junk owners found that They were chewing more they could swallow and requently tallied their "competi tors who were without wurk 10 help in the transport.

Flong

Help Wanted

George Thompson: 19-year. old Belgian diesel engineer with 30 months' experience with CNRRA Highway Trans- port and x months with John, Manners, Hong Kong, speaks and writes English and Chinese (Cantonese and Man. aboard darin) needs work any ship.

(Replies may be sent to the.

Mark Editor, China Mall, *RK

left- Waterfront" on hand corner),

lest their craft through Japanese nilitary requisitioning.

To stabilise the cost and dis tribute equal work all round, To refresh memories, here is a they began to form the

After the Liberation, the Asso

Government brief specification of the Conte | Kong Junk Owners Association, ciation helped the Verdo: Measuring 570 feet long which was

given the

responsi- considerably in distributing sup- with a beam of 74 feet, the Contability of maintaining the smooth plies to the water community. Verde could accommodate 640 operation of the junks.

Members or non-members were passengers besides her personnet

sereened by the Association as to

and my their position of a few hundred.

person the Association guaranteed by

She was equipped with four steam turbines and was capablo of making 20 knots.

Operates As Union

Since its inauguration in 1918 was able lo receive ration sup- til 1941, the Association operat-plies. ed as a sort of a union, besides as in welfare body.

Ji was during the early Libera- tion days

Association that the

Talking about "old timers," re- minds us of the river ateam boat

But since the Liberation the layed an important part in old- was the only association, Ha Lain, which Mid Aur.

under

its preseng refugees in the outlying is- ernft of her kind in South China name-Hong Kong Sailing Junks

1ts steamer, the Yuen to have propeliers on both sides Association does

various not bothering, plied among the amidships.

neighbouring Islands transporting about Axing the "fees" of labour. Plying regularly between Macao. It has become more or less supplies and refugees.

E and Hong Kong and thence to sen club where

general

member: Canton, the Ho lam was capable meet over refreshments after the

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Captain A.

A. Warild, pendent Norwegian expert Chasa Coust piloting, nerds introduretion to "old Chhu hands" in the shipping community.

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The dapper, wrainer-braten skipper, who has seen the Orient limer 1914, es now engaged 00 what is believed to be a last "mission" before he refires in ond a cafuring career witch Jiit |been shared by generations of Be

Warid family.

He is master of the newly-con- verted Tui Fung, which has re- rently joined the Heng Kong- Macno service feet to ferry curgo 1 and from the Portuguese Colony.

Ap-

The 63-year-old Norwegian bes gn his sen training as pculice aboard sailing vessels, at the age of 16 in 1902, After the usual four years, he became second officer und served aboara the sulling craft, operating on Traingular run--England, Austra- ita and South America.

12 years aboard he sling vessels, he was six years as chief officer und eight months as neting master.

During the

Then in 1934, Butterfeld and wire called for him and Capitaln Wark left his hometown of

CAPTAIN A. A. WARILD

of currying 1,000 passengers, day's work and. Indulge in indoor

Those in the know-who had entertainment, especially mahjong. The sailing junk business is worked aboard her asserted the Ho Lam made trip to

to the Portuguese colony in six hours in good weather, cruising at 18 knots. The other two Msissippi-type river boats were the Fatshan and the Tai Shan, but both had pro- pellers at the stern.

'hriving and more craft are be- | Narvik, Norway, for China by There are two nehdolu, main-ng built nowadays, an aletal the trans-Siberian Railway from tained by the Association of the Association revealed.

The Tai Shan is still in local waters-a

wreck in Sai Wan Bay.

however,

which provide free the childron of education to members. About 100 puplis are being given Jetsons today.

London. It took him 18 days to

Each Harbin. Sailing junk owners will not

He served aboard "B. and S." dream of mechanising their craft, vessels for a few years operating the official declared. "It costs from Shanghai, then the Head too much and is useless for our Occ, before he eventually ar kind of wark," he asserted.

rived in Hong Kong in 1034 board a river bout, of which he was skipper

A sailing unit today will cost HK$40,000-which is 10

The Association also acts as o sort of liaison body fur the more towarda the literate members who normally about Indian Ocean we learn that the report to the Government on my times the pre-war price.

matters first dinn Fleet Air Arm will incident

Stretching out

off:lat or

be based in Cochin, on the Bouth through the Association. Western coast, which the Royal Indian Navy is developing into a major naval base.

Besides the Fleet Air Arm.

Cochin, will also have a gunnery school, a navigation school and torpedo andl anti-submarine Achool.

a

In December, 1941, during the heetle Japanese Invasion days,

The regular remuneration with- Wurild was given the assignment. in a few years will bring back of taking a naval tow boat for The founder is still playing an the cost with modest profit. By the Suez Canal via the Straits.

Arriving at Singapore, he was important role In keeping the 10 years' time the owner will be stopped by the naval authorities smooth operation of the Associa-operating his craft on profits only. His tow boat was bombed and iion. He is Mr. Lo Tal-tal, who Upkeep is not so high as that of sunk by Japanese places there.

when Singapore was be-

he took the last merchant vessel out of the beleaguered city

Both

for

Butterfeld and Swire.

ol.

was and is Chairman of the or- a mechanised craft. Ranisation

A inotor junk requires a COX Mr. Lee began his seafaring owain and an engifleer. A signal school and an electrical career aboard a sailing Junk will have to be pold-normally

Three days out of Singapore, training school will be set up by when very young. Altogether he HK$300 each. The upkeep of the however, the Ta Tung vas the RIN at Jaminnger, another | hus 30 years of experience.

engines will reach as high UA lacked by Japanese planes. To West const part.

HK$400,

save

her, Captain Warlld ran her Now undergoing

and It was though, energetic ef training in the UK are 12, Indian forts that the Association Moreover, the engines are not aground along the count navol

going required when the funk "roosts" eventually escaped to Sumatra, officers, who will be the managed to keep on

He left for Australia where he proposed Floot Air Arm's per throughout the Japanese occupa walling for, the cargo to be disremained until his son and daugh Bonnel.

tion, when virtually all members charged into a godown or a ship.

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