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ROYAL

INTER OCEAN

❤SINGAPORE, JAVA

PORTS and

MACASSAR

"VAN HEUTSZ" •

-"TASMAN"

"only to S'pore, Penang & Bei Deil

MANILA, EAST & SOUTH AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA

"STRAAT BOENDA” "TJIBADAK" •

⚫ not calling Manlia and Bouth Amerlos

TJIBADANE”

• JAPAN

*TJIBADAK"

-"STRAAT BOENDA"

"TJIGADANE”

ARRIVALS

2nd Ost,

SAILINGS

10th Oct. 10th Oct

Ath Oct

ARRIVALS

SAILINGS

9th Oct.. 14th Oct.

20th Oct,

ARRIVALS SAILINGS

11th Oct.

8th Oct.

22nd Oct.

Agents: HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE

EUROPE vío MANILA

and MALAYA

"MEERKEAK”

"AYNKERK"

"LANGLEESCOT"

12

Through Bi/L burd

'Mediterranean and Northern

Kuropean porta,

JAPAN

"MEERKERK”

"RYNKERK”

"LANGLEGBCOT"

ARRIVALS

22nd Oct.

early Nov. 6

A

SAILINGS

9th Oot 11th Nov. early pro.

7th Oct.

10th Nov.

carly Dec.

26th Oct. early Nov.

BEKINGSEBUILDING TELEPHONES@S2001ÆDEROBE

ERZURINISILAGENI SERIRODAN AGILE ROADKOMISIONEZIJE.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1080. ` \

HONG KONG WATERFRONT

BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER

The first Polish ship to make her debut in local waters in the 8,500-ton motor vessel Warta, which arrived here during the week to mark the inauguration of the first Polish`ship. ping line for the Far East, The Warta has some 3,000 tons of general cargo for. Tierteln, the laet port of call on her Europe-Orient run. ("China Mail" Photo).

New

Polish shipping line for Far East

The recent visit of the mv. Warta, the first Polish

ship to make her debut in local waters, has

a dual significance and is a welcome indica- tion of the development of the merchant marino botwaon East and West.

Firstly, the presence of the sleek 8,500-ton freighter in Far Eastern waters marks the inauguration of the first Polish shipping line for the Orient and, secondly, the Warta herself is the fore- runner of the establishment of o direct sea link between Hong Kong and Poland.

The Warta is the first of luxe accommodation for eight four, similar modern vessels only) and crew were incorporat- placed on the Europe-Far East ed in the reconversion. run by the Gdynia-America Line, which serves ports in Germany, Italy,

Belgian,

First call

At the helm of the Warta is Egypt, Indin, Straits, Philip-Captain Bohdan Jedrejewski.

ISTHMIAN LINE pines, Hong Kong and Com-

(Isthmian Steamship Company, New York)

DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS TO ́NEW YORK

VIA LOS ANGELES and PANAMA *STEEL SURVEYOR"

.27th Oct.

SAILINGS TO SAIGON, BANGKOK &

DJAKARTA (BATAVIA)

"STEEL AGE"

"STEEL SEAFABER”

ARRIVALS FROM U.S.A.

*STEEL AGE"

"STEEL SEAFARER”

.30th Oct. .21st Oct.

Sails N. X. Sajla S.F. Dus HLX.

Salled Salled 9th Oct.. Sailed 20th Sept. 20th. Oct.

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

Tel; 31140

Chinese Freight Agents: HIN FAT & CO., LTD. Tel: 28823, 25553 & 23483,

SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO.,LTD.

ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE

m.v. "TONGHAI" m.v. "BALI”

7th Oct.

..early Nov.

BAILINGS TO KUBOFE

:

m.v. "DENGAL"

m.v. "TONGHAI”

m.v. "BALI”

FOR

.2nd Oct.

31st Oct.

..end Nov.

ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, MARSEILLES, CASABLANCA,

ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, BREMEN, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, OSLO & GOTHENBURG

Deeplanks available for Huikeli

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

· Tel. 21146

munist China (Tientsin).

The line will have regalar schedules to the various Orient poris. A few other vessels will "tramp" round the globe..

Manned by an all-Polish com- plement of 48, the Warta is a "resurrected" ship and has had & colourful career.

All her personnel are visiting the Colony for the first time-to

all, except the skipper, their maiden call was evidently some- thing not to be cherished.

According to certain officers of the ship, the vialting Poles wera not permitted to go ashore. Ex- cept for Captain Jedrzejowski, who was the only person allowed Originally designed and con- to land, the remaining 45 men structed in a German shipyard saw Hong Kong only from mid- for a Norwegian shipping firm harbour, before the war, she was launched: when the war broke out and was not available from the Im- operated by the Germans as a transport.

In 1942, the vessel was tor- pedoed by an Allied submarine. To avold further attacks, she was sent to Poland, then occupied by the Germans. It was while await ing to enter drydock in Gdynia, Poland's Baltic Sea port, that the ship was aguin bombed. She caught Are and sank.

After the war, she was refloated by the Poles and rebuilt in a Gdynia shipyard. Modern ameni tles specially designed for long

sea voyages for passengers

(de

How's your harbour I.Q.?

Do you know where this picture was taken? it identi Be one of the Colony's pro.... minent shipping 'organisations the only one of its kind, Incidentally. Turn the pag® Around and see whether you're right!

*

{"BROM Ought up wijf Burddjys rang. Ajue ana ingud: 350M อย ๆ น ว น uplo

foto pak v

Pacific Far East Live, Inc.

DIRECT

Fast Regular Trans-Pacific Service

"HAN FRANCISCO, LOB' ÁNGELER

"TRADE-WIND”

"ANDREA LUCKKNDACH”

"NOETH. WESTERN

VICTOR

"WELLTAM LUCKENBACK"

OVERLAND PAND NEW YORK-LIIICAGO-DETROIT-TORONTO "MONTERAL/AND ALL AMERICAN GANADIAN, CITIES.

Best.. 24

Sept

San Franciscu vẫn Guum,

Tally Befrigerated, Bewylu,- Dry

(Though an plicial statement

migration authorities regarding the ban, it was learned that one reason given was that it was be- cause this was the first visit of the ship. "It would be possible to have shore leave call."

on the second

Husbandry only for Jap ships

Permission has been grant. ed 17 Јарановс merchant 'marine to call here.

BCAP has obtained ap. proval for the entry/exit of Japanese vessels at 27 major foreign porte, but the extent of clearance is sub-divided into several classifications- blanket clearance, husbandry only, for specific lifts and tankers.

under

Hong Kong comes the second category—necçês- saty ship service. · (Others in. clude Capatown, Durban and Singapore.)

No blanket olearance, has been given

British to any porte.

Santos

Russian subs off Manchuria?

Whether or not Rusalan sub- marines are based in Manchurian waters is a matter of conjecture; but speculation is rife among certain sections of the. Colony s Praya circles.

תם

Now and then seamen return-' Ing

Dairen-Tsingtao: from the area after prolonged visits have casually

remarked

having noticed at great distance a crati with the silhouette of a sub- marine when they were off the Manchurian coast.

Without supporting evidence- usually, "local" reports of such marine activity in that area-no serious thought has been given to the somewhat persistent "rumours."

However, a recent analysis of the position of the American fleet in the For East by a Washington asserts that the correspondent Russlan Navy is basing its sub- marines at a number instead of a few major bases; "undoubtedly out of Vladivostok, same out of Dairen...

The analysis further declared that the North Koreans "are ben Ieved to have no submersibles."

Nor hos Red China any such naval craft.

"The cruising range of big fleet type us means that they can roam Eastward from the Pacific as well as close In to the Asiatic mainland," it added.

NORWAY BACKS DEFENCE PLAN

Oslo, September 23. Norway today announced. her

The Global Plans

TO HONOLULU &‘SAN FRANCISCO

Pree. Olaveland Gen: Gordon Pres.- Wilton

vio JAPAN

Arr Oct 14 Galla Oct. 15

Art-

·ÁTN ·

Oct. 18 Balla ·OOL · 19 Nov. 3. Balia. Nov.

TO SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

vio JAPAN

Prik. Plarte Pres. McKinley

buna, Arti Oct.

4 Ballo Oct.

Afri Oct. 24 .Bail Oct. 25

TO NEW YORK, BALTIMORE & BOSTON

via PACIFIC COAST & PANAMA

Prom Fillmora Pros. Tyler

**

Arr. Bapt. 27 Galfa Supt. 20 Arr. Oct. 20 Balls Oct. 80

ROUND THE WORLD

-VIA MANILA, SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, CQOHIN, BOMBAY, KARAGHI, BUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, MARIEILLES, GENDA, NEW YORK and DOBTON

Pro Jettermon ...............* Pres. Van Buren* ....

20

24 Belle Arr Gapt: Arr Sept. 26. Balls

Bept. @upt.

26

Tel. 28172/6;

*OMITO MANILA, KARACHI & ALEXANDRIA

St. George's Bldg.

BEND LINE

a

"SENGLEUCH"

support of the proposals for joint defence forces in Europe.

After 日 secret session of Minister, Parliament, the Primo

Mr. Einar Gerhardsen, said the Norwegian Government and Parliament fully agreed with the All parties were proposals. also agreed that the Government should continue “negotiations this matter, he added. Reutor.

survivor

recalls

tragedy

an

They were all taken to Shang-

"BENYANNOGH"

"BENVQRLICH"

"BENMACDHUI”

"BENALDER"

"BENAVOND

"GENREOCH"

"DENVENUE

"BENLAWERS"

"BENVORLIGH” "BENALDER" "DENVENUE”

"BENVANNOOM"

"BENWYVIS"

#BENOLEUCHT

"DENMAODHUI”

the

"BENA

Five survivors of the 1,300- mine 12 hours before within the To quote Chief Engineer Stanton Panamanian freighter San-came vicinity. ley Goclawski: "at least 35 sea-tos, mined in the Yangtse last men on this ship out of the 48 June, headed by Captain hai without further incident risked their lives to ferry supplles Hwang Cha-fang, have return- for the Allies when Poland was to the Colony recently fighting against the

Germans.

Recalling the rescue of second cook who was the sel person bar

aboard the.. sinking-vessel because of his Many Poles died in the Battle of bringing with them the tragic and "stranded" Britain while fighting under the story of their experiences broken thigh, an officer said, they now disclored here publicly heard cries of "save life" when for the first time.

their lifeboat was about 20 yards

Allied banner.

we were given shore leave. Even should the crew forbidden to

"Now we come to a British port and -are-treated like suspl-The "Chlum Mat!"-learned-ex-off the Santos which was then clous people. Why?

clusively how the second engineer, already waterlogged up to the "At all the other British ports one of five fatal casualties, was upper deck. Aden, Colombo and Singapore knocked out and went down with We could not turn back be the ship; how a stoward talled cause it was regarded as dan to recover some 40,000 jen min

gerous as the boiler might blow jand a port, the captain and piao and drowned when he miss-up. But the injured man crawled the chief engineer by right shoulded a lifebuoy; the rescue of the to the edge of the deck and wat be given special permission to go

thrown bodily into the sea as the ashore to carry out certain duties second cook who suffered relative to the operation of the fractured thigh, and the escape of ship went down. The cook clung ship," the officer declared.

the Number One fireman from to a floating log and was picked the

informant room, where the mine up eventually the engine exploded..

related.

"Illogical

The group which arrived hero Steward's death by train from Shanghal recently A steward lost his life when he comprises the skipper, the second attempted to recover his savings. officer, the third officer, the wire Instead of jumping into the life- less operator and the third en-boat, he ran back to his cabin.on. sincer. The chief officer is mean the lower dock to get his money, while remaining in Shanghai with

totalling some 40,000 Chloese some 15 seamen,'

currency..

Chief Officer Radoslav Nowa- kowski, veteran of the Polish Navy in which he served for 20 years, retiring, as commander, thought it illogical for the man to be kept aboard. In mid-harbour "because British or any other | foreign ships' personnel are free According to the informants,

Finding his cabin already water- to come and go in our country. the Santos was sent to the Yang- logged, the man ren back but by There is no such nonsensical re- tse after plying between Dairen then the lifeboat was off the strletion."

and Tsingtao vla Tientsin for sinking ship. He added that the 'Singapore | 11 months beginning

*The steward thrown lifebuoy authorities were very co-opera- September.

Into the sea and jumped after it. tiva.

The 1,300-ton freighter, former-But he missed the buoy and was The Warts was held up inly a British hospital ship, reached carried away by the current "Re Kowloon Bay on her arrival on the Communist port without in- could not swim," the informant Thursday for nearly five hours before she was eventually freed" cident. to moor at A12.),

lust

added.

On June 19, 1950, the Santos The Number Ong'fireman had a cleared with only 200 bags of narrow escape from being sent to mail for North China. She ata watery grave, He was working chored some 50 miles downstream in the engine room with the

Another officer, denounced the ban. He assorted seamen care nothing for politics and all they want is to spend their money, go off Shanghal for the night "bosecand enginter when the mlüt touring and relax after a long cause we knew of certain dan stetick the

Kerous areas on the route and He remarked that personnel that it would be risky to proceed of certain Russlan and Chinese under darkness." Communist, ships. in Hong Kong

trip.

waters

were permitted to go Violent explosion

ashore, "which I learned from

certain local sources.

was flung from its position, and

hit the officer. who was knocked out.

Steam was then filling up tho room. The steel companion ladder was red-hot thus preventing the fremda from running out by that exit,

The Santos weighed anchor at "Now, tell me why we Polish 8 a.m. on the following day. One seamen are not given a privilege hour later, a violent explosion He crawled out from the ven which other Foreign visitors rocked, the vessel. A mine had tilators when the ship: had Ilsted have 7" the youthful oficer asked. hit the starboard side of the en- to a level which enabled him to

BOAT CROSSES

ATLANTIC

Now York, September 23,

Atlantic crossing.kove inʼsight off

gine.room.

Captain Hwang was on the bridge. He blow".." on the ziren but it stopped: 30 seconds inter because the steam had ¡given out, b The 67

lifeboats

euch the opening. He suffered

severe burns,

The "casualty toll listed by this informant was 15. injured; Includ ing. Ave seriously, and five fatal

ctims the

second engineer and A 30-foot sail-fost on'a trans- few scrambled into the COMEARENA APARAN D

alewards which were success«|-, Divers were

corpresa week as the Santos began cover the ent/down to re- Later

flantos, owned by the Santos

end of 3,000-mile voyage

to list

the New York consiline today. at fully adually from 'starboard; but none was found. D the Coast Guard reported that to port submerged totally Trinity Developront Company, of

the craft, soen off Jones Beach.

Long Island, headed into Now 124 minutes after the explosion. Hong Kong, has been declared York harbour, DER KAN A check latera disclosed, that tqUE Flose by the Shanghalau

Its crew of four Irish students Avo persons were missing they thoriulce, it was

left their bomeland bus June 16, have been declared fatal castle moye making their first stop at Bertok CATANIA mada on August 2R 25Th was BA Communist LST and 19 forint after 75 days

landing cratt "arrivedi two-houra in She i They left Bermuten Septem. Inter The Santos sensorial found to ber: 12. BUTIMI-403 ear old bone aboard the 55 per members or China the Itund, was bought) by the the crew of the Panamanian elan students for: PUReuter. İtreighter Valve, which bea bite t

nod. She left

Sarfall:victim to

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ARRIVALS

FROM UK. via Bingapore

on.or

SAILINGS

DUR

"27th Sept. 28th Sept 29th Oct gith Out

12th Nov. 26th Nov. Sid, Deo. 11th Dec,

24th Dec.

Loading on or abl.

L'on do'n

Antwerp, Rotterdam, & Hamburg

23rd Oct

18th Nov.

15th Dea.

London, Antwerp, Rot-

30th Sept.

terdam. A „Hyll,

Genoa, Livarpb61,"

Rotterdam & Antwerp., atti

20th Deo.

(abth. Bapt.

31st Dt.

20th Nov.

“Liversochy: QIKRISM,

Dublin, Antwerp Rotterdam.

Via Singapore, Colombo, Port Budan, Aden, & Suez

For Further, Particulars, Apply To

W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA); LTD.

Agents York Building.

Telephone: 34LOK.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

M.S. "KAMBODIA"

LOADING ABOUT 15th OCTOBER

for

ADEN PORT SAID, GENOA, ANTWERP, BOTTERDAM, HAMBURG, OSLO, GOTHENBURG, & COPENHAGEN

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

Quoma's Bldg, kad Deer,

Td. #4111

HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE

S.S. "MEERKERK"

LOADING 7th and 8th OCTOBER

FOR

MANILA, SINGAPORE, ADEN, HUEZ, MANU FORT BAID, ALEXANDRIA, KIENOA, MARSEILLES,

· ANTWERP, BOTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG,

COPENHAGEN, “GOTI

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