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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1949.

HONG KONG WATERFRONT

In My Log

-Could It be you?

You start the day with that "Smile and the world smiles with you" feeling.

There's nothing to worry about, you've got plenty of time to make it it's an easy day and the weather's fine.

anutshell, it's a wonderful

In a world

Arrive at the Kowloon Star Ferry Pier...there you are, get- ting off the double-decker beam- ing with goodwill.

$0

YOU

You're a commuter needn't join the queue but lose

Then....

Shuffo...shume shuffiel

Yes, you shuate your way in! You'll seldom miss those fami- liar "move on" nudges, Bags, um- brellas and other normally inani- mate articles seem to come to life during this confusion

BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER

Baron Von Ritza Wants A Mate

RESIDENT

Who's Who

TO HONOLULU & SAN FRANCISCO

via JAPAN

"General Gordon”

*President Cleveland".

Arr. Sept. 27 Att. Oct. 15. Arr. Nov, 2

Salls Sept. 27

Sails Del 16

Salls Nov. 3

A 24-month-old Done Crest Baron Von Ritzo desires Armand Trebech, only French

a mate of equal pedigree standing one of the seaman in the otherwise all- "blue," "black" or "harlequin" Great Dane Danish families.

стет

the Danish of Freighter Nikobar, has been round the world four times and visited

We first met the Baron—a very brief meeting-un- the Orient, 11 times.

der embarrassing circumstances aboard the : "That has been my dreamis mv. Marine Snapper at Kowloon Wharf. That came true," says the 32-year-old was some time in February when the American wife afloat at the age of 14 t tormer fisherman who began his freighter brought the "VIP" to Hong Kong from Marselles, France, Honolulu.

The Marine Suapper returned spaces back home, he finds being

the Marine

and cakes.

And now..."I have had enough of it and when I reach home I

It will take a minths few more before we sce Trebech as a "landlubber, His assignment expires

some

yourself, in the crowd of "ticket- which subsequently led to this pooped to in a fat rather try-wm Join my uncle's transplves

ing

tion company as a truck exclusive interview with

Baron

And he often brings shoes to the. Frenchman smailed wryly, Von Bitza, who boasts of five his owners tiger viewed at Kowloon royal blood lines, including "Brea hava a heart, let's go on 1 Toot

Wharf yesterday. Tarn" and "Hexengold-two of His daily diet consists of two the most famous in the canine and half the of fresh meat, two world.

botties of Dairy Farm fresh mi

Food, ice-dream Unlike the first meeting aboard regular canine had to retreat before his aris Stapper when we You carefully divert the "car-tocratic growls, we had a more esses

of a bulging rattan basket respectable introduction at Gran An umbrella prods you. You lookville Road yesterday. down only to "kiss" somebody's greasy scalp as the owner looks up simultaneously. Then a care

on your fleck white buckskin...and that tell-tale smurige.

It's to be expected, you sigh to- lerantly.

less step

Abcard the Golden Star...

We see you sandwiched between Chinese newspaper-reading "aipan" and a coy-looking Por- tuguese girl.

A

The vernacular Bickers under the deft manipulation of the rea der as he scans the pages rapidly. Once or twice a page linkles your ear or brushes your well-groomed

hair.

You edge nearer the girl to avoid such repetitions.

The launch is berthing. The "mad rush" begins again!"

Thoughtfully you draw up your limbs to provide a free passage for the others You bear all those knocks and brushes as they file

Out

The gangplank slams down... more shuffing and nudging and prodding...

Home Sweet Home?

We meet again at 5.30 p.m. at the Hong Kong Star Ferry Pier.

There's no queun! So you swel- ter among the hundreds thronging the entrances-all bound for the Mainland.

But why the frown?

Oh, I see! You're in a hurry. You've got to make it by 6 pa

There's more chances of get- ting in earlier by the Steerage Class, you calculate. We see you in the midst of the heaving mass Bitering through the narrow gate.

Your frown deepens...with

only a few steps more to go the gate closes. You notice that, had you been where you were origi- nally you'd have been in.

Well, better to be in the First Class if you have to wait after all, you runt.

So you wedge your way out......... whew!

..Early Nov. .Late Nov.

You're among them...still more, _shuffing and you're aboard.j

•

Oh, no!

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Standing $4 inches at his sleek shoulders, the Baron-Buddy to his Honoluluan owners is pitch- black with white cabs" on his powerful glossy chest.

On his hind legs, the Great Dane reaches to six feet.

As becomes royalty, the Baron bears his 130 lb. with magnificent grace.

It was on dreary dawn on the best of a litter of nine pups, August 10, 1947, that the Baron, first saw light in the Dane Crest Kennels, at Castaic, California.

Cropped Ears

He left the family at the age of 12 months after undergoing the normal "manhood" ordeal of the American Great Dane-bar- ing his ears cropped at s months old to bear the charac teristic erect ears of his lineage

His present OWDERS - SIW his picture in the Hawaiian Islands

-BARON-VON RITZA ("China Mall" "Photo]

An Impressive -Background

sive background.

The Baron has a very impres

His grandstre

time in August

next year.

Trebech start-

ed his seafaring

1, Champion Borgmook Repahra, Armand Trebach carcer aboard a

"blue" Great Dane of the Rung-]

French trawler |

mook Kennels in Canada. Champ-operating in the Mediterranean ion Dor's Blackout, the only and served two years as a fisher- Americs today, is his "black" Great Dane champ in man. He managed to procure great work as an extra desk hand

French steamer grandsire.

aboard the There is another great grand-Libia which took him across the sire, Champion Estid Zilch, who Atlantic to the American coasts.. is on the mother's father's side.

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11

The

The Baron's eat-great-grand- "That was the happiest mc- parents are International Champ-west of my life," the handsome

Tarn, lons-Champion August of Bree French seamen recalled.

Champion

Von Loheland

Zelia and Champion Riese In 1936, he joined the French Ven Loheland.

Navy, serving for 10 years. And coming to the tragie part last wer saw him stationed on in his life, the Baron lost Dane the famous French bettleship Crest Baroness Bobbette some Richeliei, which fought the I time in January this year.

She panese in the South Pacific. died at the age of 18 months

Trebeck three-month-stay

was honourably dis- in the after a

charged in 1844 at Toulon and he. Colony-

beautiful rejoined his former company. white vision with black spots

throat had a hard! As a seamer under her

on the Danish freighter Nikobar, which arrived conditions.

here during the week, Trebéch Hit's about time we found-a saw the world four times and mate for the Baron. And he has made 11 trips to the Orient agreed to accept one from the "bine," "black"

harlequin" Trebech speaks five 'languages

English, royal families,” his owners declar---French,

Spanish and German

The Baroness --

time attempting to adapt herself to local

ed

10

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TO SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

Yig JAPAN

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Arr. Sept. 25 Art. Sept. 28

Sails Sept. 25.

Sails Sept. 23

- "President Taft”

TO NEW YORK, BALTIMORE & BOSTON via PACIFIC COAST & PANAMA

"President Grane”

Marine Snapper"

‚ Arr. Oct. + Arr. Nov. 1

Sails 'Oct Salls Nov.

ROUND THE WORLD

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*BENVENUE’ "RENLEDI

Pak Hoi Trawlers Sturdiest Junks

(Editor's Notes This is the xinth of a series of pictorial features to acquaint the general public with the numerous types

"HENLAWERS”

"BENNEVIS” "BENW WIS” .. "BENARTY

"BENRINNES”

of small native erft operating in local waters, and their varied via

*s*71.

Through the courtesy of the Marine Department it has been possible to identify them individually and obtain the neces- sary particulars.)

Beginning next week, with the advent of the deep sea fish trawling season, some 100 "Pak Hoi” frawlers, strongest and sturdiest of Chinese sailing "junks, will throng the harbour.

October-March; measures 50 feet by 16 feet with

During

this

There you are squirming next in June last year, bought him period. these vessels will leave a capacity of about 750 piculs, to a cigar-smoking gentleman in and subsequently brought him their beme hase, from which The trawlers operate in pairs.

the Non-Smoking Cabin.

to the Orient.

You finch miserably at every

gust of the overpowering "odour

through you

a

they derive their name, for the Each is manned by a family of The Barop stood 30 inches at fertile fishing grounds surround 10 to 15 persons. The catch that sends a spasin of nausea the shoulders when he disembarking local waters.

brought into the Colony is salted. Rather than cause a scene, youted from a freighter at Honolulu

in June. walk out after a dirty look at the

They shuttle between the fish- The Pak Hoi trawie 'differs In accordance with the ports ing spots, normally 200 to 300 considerably from the Pak Hoi anti-rabies regulations, he was outside deck is packed. You

miles out at sea. in quarantine

and local fish trader-Government and funks for four manage to run sheepishly through kept

gauntlet

of resentful glares plus months before the Great Dane centres, to play an important role as described in the fourth of this maintaining the Colony's series in that she has grass some muraiurings to get near the first met his owners. Baron Vonin gangplank

Elza then underwent a rigid, fisheries industry,

matting sails, instead of cloth or three-month-course in guard and

canvas, a deeper draught,' 'a obedience training, graduating Built of hardwood, the hull of with Honours.

the Pak Hoi craft can withstand higher bow find a drop keel, Then st the beginning of more wear and tear than other

(This detachable keel is lower- year, the Baron native junks. g. January this

ed into the sea through a wide the Marine Supper boarded alone-bound for Hong Kong to There are about 20 to 30 of slot on the deck. To adjust the rejoin his owners who had left these Pak Hai trawlers which depth of the keel at the same earlier.

have been converted into trading time keep it secured, pegs are En route scross the oceans, the vessels, ferrying clay bricks from inserted into holes on the upper Great Dane became the pet of the West River ports to Hong part of the wooden board) the 60 men abourd.

The launch manoeuvres sicken ingly slowly to berth alongside the Kowloon Pier.

The pressure from behind gets stronger, forcing you closer to the dirt-laden gangplank...doser til you get a whiff of the inevitable

*

*

It's all in the day's worki

But it's not for very long. Soon..

that familiar slam- ming again, and

This is it, you grunt..and you're off.

it.

trade subjects the "I had the time

The grass matting sails, char of my Kong. The aboard the ship. I slept in the junks to severe strain.

acteristically square cut on the You have to get a taxi to make exptain's Lange, la his bath tob

tops, and (not lowered or raised (sic!) and lived on steaks, chick. But they have been found to regulite the speed of the vessel "And the last we see of you... ens and, on, so much

suitable for this type of work delicious

as inmally done by other there

you are already weaving stuff," -

Normally, a Pak Hoi trawler types of craft. the Baron recalled your way through screeching The "VIP" made himself buses, jumping out of the way of home, all right! an oncoming military truck cut- ting out from behind 'a, double- decker, and finally plunging into

■ cab....

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The Baron climbed the lat ders like a veteran seaman, and was a very good-sallor,” several personnel of the Marine Sazpper: smiled as they recollected the “grind time we had with the Baron

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Then early February ning Hong Kong saw the Great Dane romping aboard the freight er as the berthed plouzide Kowloon Wharf,

It was there that we first met accidentally when we formed round the vessel to find the skip- per

Woof!" the Baron greeted es as we reached the top of the em 

panionway leading to the mas ter's' cabin..

He was atte black monstrosity with

with fiam- ing eyes.

(Webeat a hasty retreat be Ing allergic then to zenízes!)

“Life in Hong Kong does not, i'salt"the" Baron.". Used to the open

-The Pak-Hol-trawler will be a familiar sight" in the harbour next week when the fishing season begin Bufit of hardwood specially for her type of work, the Pak. Hol type of craft in the strongest and sturdieet (of Chinese #alling Junka.

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