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THE CHINA. MAIL · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, '1957,

Another Fascinating Instalment In This China Mail Series

JOHN LUFF

presents

The Pirate Was A Gentleman Telecrit

Courtesy from a pirate chief: now this

this was something unusual. Not only was the man polite-but he spoke English!

AT a period when piracy was rife on the China coast, when desperadoes were committing some of the most atrocious crimes recorded in the annals of twentieth century seafaring, the capture of a Scandinavian passen ger ship in 1934 provided a startling.contrast to the usual run of incidents.

For not only was the pirate leader on this occasion comparatively youthful-his age was said to be 30-and well-dressed but he spoke English,

the 'Gentleman' pirate daughter of a Hongkong resl-

#OMEONE asked me this week; "What can Telc- vision do that the Cinema cannot do better?"

Fair enough, let's have a look

rcoma

on

at it, I have not found the Cinema responsible for, say, causing people to darken their a sunny afternoon. Nor for causing the housewife to re-arrange her furnituro so that the TV set becomes the focal piece of the room. Nor for placing the family on Mina Hornell was going to diet that can be adjusted to the

Usually when a ship who in ship arrived off Chilang point She was Mirs Peggy Hornull, the hazio of piratea, she was and taken well out to sea and her ordered the Captals to cruise dent, Mr E. B. C. Hornell, and lights were doused at night timt about the vicinity until a junk niece of Sir William

Setting out from Shanghai could be commandeered to take former Vice-Chancellor of 4,000 tons of cargo, Captain loot. with 217 passengers aboard and off his men, the hostages and Hongkong University.

Berantsen took his ship down the Eastern Sea for Swatow, his next point of call.

Around 6 am when the ship was abcam of Turnabout, the pirates who were travelling as made simultaneous passengers armed raids on different parts of

That is not all his gang was courteous and, unlike the ship. others active at the same time, used their weapons dis- creetly.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 By Att Formosa, Japan. 9 p.m.

By Burface

Macno, & p.m.

By Air

TUKADAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Malaya, Ceylon, Aden, Middle East, Great Britain & Europe, 11 a.m.

Maeso, 1 p.

Macko, D.,

BBC Programmes

In Chinese

Numbering more than 20, the plrutes rushed the bridge where Second Officer Bergean was held up al pistol point,

IN PYJAMAS

Possibly the severe men sures taken by the Hong- kong courts against pirates convicted of murder had persunded this gang to play safe. After all, murder was At the same time raids were not an essential accompani- directed at the Captain's Chief

opera ment to pillage and plunder Engineer's and wireless

tor's cabins. All of them were and if the main object forced up to the bridge in their could be achieved without

the cool March Pyjamas in having to go to desperate morning air and they were kept extremes, here WAS ола pirate chief who was going to try.

USUAL COURSE

Another strange feature of this piracy was that the piralo chief, possibly to avoid arousing aurpicion, kept the ship on the usual course taken by veals from the north and, in fact, it passed a number of other ships on its way south.

The vessel vena tho as Nor- viken. It was. March, 14, 1834 and the ship was en route from

Shanghai Swatow.

Although the pirate chief had taken

over the

wireless room at the outset of the raid, 1, was not until the last of his gang had left the ship that it WILE disabled and that wog the full extent of the damage done to the ship. Evidkotly the pirates believed that they could force the wireless operator to reply to any rignals of enquiry received, so as to allay suspicion that anything was amies on board.

NAVIGATION

The navigation

of the ship

Hornell,

After cruising around for several hours, Ashin junk Swatow to stay three weeks with time interval permitted by 17

her undo, Mr H. D. Hillard, Nor for causing visitors from was sighted and hailed along-

Commissioner of Customs Hongkong to be led into darken akke. The people on the junk pensing something wrong tried before coming to Hongkong toed rooms, and greeted casually to make off, but a hall

Icad marry an Army Major.

дрц all questions an their health and voyage Vostponed from the pirates' guna chraged.

until the last their minds. They swung about

flicker handled OUT OF SIGHT and moved alongside

away from the TV screen, In short. I have not found tho movie taking over the house- "hold.

But TV yts, and again,

ROWED BACK

All

this lady lost way valuable wrist watch..

Look at it from another angio,

During their stay on board,38. the pirates had acted with the almost courtery treating passen and see the kind of business it officers quite well. has become. Just have a look at Kers and

In half an hour the pirates had transferred their $7,000 worth of loot into the junk with their hostages. Leaving thirte pirates on board to guard the bridge and wireless Toom, the test cast var bi the junk.

When the jak was cbout a mile off, Captain Berentsen was ordered to lower a

Heboat. This done, the pirates dismantled leased the lifeboat and sailed the wireless set, throwing the away out of sight, transmitter into the sea. They

by GORDON HUNG

there under armed guard for then forced the Captain, Chief rboul an hour.

They were fed regularly and the TV Film Production side, were allowed to sleep and During this year, TV film pro- the pirates were disappointed duction will top the US$100 they certainly did not show it.

million mark. Studios are turne TEC pirates of the NOT viken lived to

ing out films at the rate of 40 another hours fight

week. This is roughly day. The last the crew saw of four times the amount of filin them was when the junk reproduced in Hollywood during the heyday of feature pictures.

RADIO Hongkong

Te

Quile a number of people as far apart as London and New York are curious as to how TV is going down here, The In- crease of viewing time is a good thing: I think this means a con- siderable step up of plans which | the progress 50 far made, justi-

fies.

5:30 pm. Talking about Teaching Listoners Magazine: 545, Болест Promenade Orchestra:

Of course, there are plenty Bignal. Programmas Summary: 6.07, Variety Highlights: 830, Ciawica of complaints. Only this week, Requests presented by Alleen I found one viewer who wants Dekker: 7. Cocktail time Robert a science fletion show every Farnon and his Orchestra: 7.30, Talking about Books; "The Fateful night. Then there are others Years Hugh Dalton Mamolis; Tho Life of Richard Stafford Cripps by our local sports

who are asking me if I think events are Colla Cooke. Reviewed by kawis

Offer and five sallors into the Weboat, which wus rowed to The

"Gentleman" lender of the waitng juric.

The remaining three pirates the gang told Captain Berant- sen that if he followed his in- jumped into the junk and tools

ix tow structions the ship, ofcers and the lifeboat

with the passengers would

come to no ship's captake and crow 011 harm, but at the first, sign of board. They were towed ler this when the the Captain or crew disobeying way for two miles,

of the eboat's his order, they would be shott Pirates let go

priater. Then the pirates held a cõff---

Uncertain-of-the-pirates: intentions, the men in the life ference in the bridge houso

boat allowed their cruft to drift leaving a few armed men to

but as the junk straded into watch the officers. afterwards the leader told

Shortly the distance, they picked up the Peter Morton. The third in a series tain Berantsen to keep the ship to the Norvikot. on its course and head for Chilang Point, just outside Hongkong.

RANSACKING

taken ashore for fansom.

ALL INTACT

Knux: 745, Interlude for Musworth Telecasting.

harold Smart Quintet 10, Weather Report: 8, Time Sigart. Well, of course, the only The News; 8.09, Commentary: ki, The Rolling Dir", Presented by el musical travelogue BE

BITAL

Signal

REDIFFUSION

First the complaints depart- meat. "I think we could have better set denture programmes. So do I. I always think that. But fair's fair. Our Socal pro-

way to get a programme you like all the time, is to have a private station of, your owth. Movie Magazine Edited and "Pro- It's the same with any enter duced by Tim Brinton; 9.30, Recital tainment, you can't please by Lucy Wang (Soprano) With

all everyone

the

time. Plano Accompaniment by Moya Fion, Whether I live (H. Parry Armies Nevertheless, on the sports side Garden (11. Parry); Ah, Yorse & Lui of things, I do suggest that our from La Traviata (Verdi) Lorie local people get hold of the (Liszt): Vilatioils (Eva Dell'Acqua) | 50% LA Rural Song); 040, Hathleen old films of top flight sports Miraculously, It acemed no Long (Piano). Something Con events, and even though we hall of fire followed them. They natal Music from Hungary: 10 know the results of the events, Educating Archie - With Peter clambered aboard and Captain Brough and Archte Andrews, the there is still a viewing interest. They then began the task Berantsen set course for Swipeat of last Saturday broadcast) The Gillette people do this in ransacking the ship, pitloging

in 10.08.

Weather Report: 11. Tips voluables low. All his navigational the deck pasengers'

the States when there happens *Newsreal;" Radio struments were intact and he Goodnight Music; 1150, Clow Down, to be no fight coinciding with and clothes.

Nex1

selected they

six Drrived safely later that night.

their viewing time. wealthy Chinese from the sicer-

At the time age travellers and locked them

it was thought in a cabin, They were later that the pirates had received wrong information regarding Then a search for the ship's the number of cabin passengers was not jeopardised in any compradore was started, but he and value of goods on the way and she was allowed to could not be found anywhere, Norviken for they appeared 3pm. Musical Matinee: 3.30, Claude gramme "Hitabcock Presents" steam along as if nothing hat He had secreted himself under bitterly disappointed when, Thornhill and his Orchestra tenir-happens to be one of the high- of the is the Snowflakes; & Toe For lights of the ITV programmes of happened, even to the extent of some of the ship's cargo when after goining control

430, Strictly Instrumental; 5. Child- running through the night not the alarm was first given.

steamer, they found so Uitle of ren's Corner-Presented "by Aunile home; and the same people aru only with her navigation lights The following morning after value on board and only

one Ray: 5.30, Monday Requests Pre-selecing the "Rosemary Clooney

Batty: 0.68 Birthday Show!! as a winter feature. on but with the promenade an uneventful night teaming

Mailbag: decks a blaze, of light,

down the south China const the Indy.

Presented by Jeannette Pity: 0.30, Moment For Metody, With Foll It's been going here for quite King, his Plano, Orchestra, and

a bit. In the States, "Highway vocalist Barry Kent. Dorothy Car Patrol" and "Dragnet" are two less and Gerry Grant; 7. Person-

lity Parade Tate Wallar: 7.10, top feature numbers, the latter Mat By Moonlight"-interviews with Michael Powell,

a selection of FTV Bogarde, Dirk

also. You Marius Goring and David Oxley may not like any of them, but 7.30, Eddle Fisher with Axel millions of viewers have plac Stordahl's Orchestra: 7.45. The ed them at the top of the TV Story of Jane Armitage: 8 Time Signal, and the News: Loo. Weather ratings. And the figures are for Report, Announcements and Inter the sponsors who pay out good lude; 8.15, The Taps In Popular money to sponsor these pro Music: 0.30, Show Caso-Belections From "The Merry Widow" by Į grammes, Frank Lehar with Kitty Carlide: 9. A Milo of Bliss: 939, Monday Concert "Hebrider Overture" (Fingal Cave) by Mendelsohn played by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Heinz Unger, and “ist_and_3rd_Movements of babune'a Buita La Mer" played

Ingredients Of A Mooncake

(Continued from Page 10)

cabin passenger - a European rented by Lo Musique Francais

FRENCH GROUP IN CHINA

Tokyo, Sept. 2. A 16-member French economic ·

delegation, in China to seek closer co-operation arrived in Pelding on Sunday afternoon, the New China News Agency reported today.

power, chemical and electrical equipment and manufacturing, the

agency added--United Press,

Typhoon Bess Latest

Looking at what is going on

Henri Rochereau, leader of the delegation, told newsmen en his arrival at Peking's airport that the purpose of the mis-

Tokyo, Sept. 2 sion was to "talk on the closer

its by the Orchestra Du Theatre Des at the moment. Mons Fong is an Typhoon

with Bess,

Champs Elysees conducted by D. E extremely popular local singer co-operation between France

howling and China and to study the intensity,

windy building in Inghelbrecht 10, BBC, Jazz Clubs with

Chinese and menacingly 100, One Night Stand: 11, Bate moved the techniques Chins needs in toward the thickly populated with reamland; 1152 Prelude To European cabaret sophisticates. Midnight; 12, Midnight, God Save Next Friday, at 8.45, brings us the second Ave-year plan."

Japanese island of Honshu 10-] The Queen, Clos Down, The French group includes top- day,

There aro two kinds of "mashed bean paste" cakes, one made of red pea and the other of green pea. The latter more savoury for the awetloded pea is mixed up with Curry The BBC's Chinese Section which produces ✡

nice very recently offered to broadcast flavour. Interviews and messages In One kind called "Ave- Kuoyu and in Cantonese, from

The centre of the storm was ingredients-mest" cake can also

level teclmical exports from Chinese In Britain for their re- be recommended for its partleu-

France's various industries. It last located

miles about 300 latives and friends in South and for taste. It is both sweet and

includes representatives of northwest of Twajima and wee South-East Asia. Listeners sup-salt as it contains meat or ham Peking thangbai, Kumming, Han-plled names and addresses.

such industries as electric loco-reported moving northwest at a mixed up with

motive making, mining, water | leisurely pace of five miles per such sweetened ow, folhown.

conservation, almond

bydro-electric 1 hour.—United Press, ingredients as walnut, and melon seeds.

The Shanghal mooncake un- counterpart has a much thicker crust and contains proportionately ICHE ingredients. The crust is madu of four copiously noaked with oli, which produces a number of layers and makes it very crlap.

Laos, & ar

Tholland, Bürme, India. 5 ..

On Sunday, September 0, the Cambodia, Malaya, Jodonesia, Cey- Arst of these messages will be 104, 9 a..

Pakistan, Middle East, Great Br. broadcast in a new weekly pro-ke its Cantonese

Lain, Europe, 10 s..

Philippines, 1 D.m.

Indo-China, Francw, 3 p.m. Guam, Itawall, U.3.A., 3 pm. Aurale, New Zealand. É p.m. Thailand, India, Pakistan, Stidore Est, Africa, Clevat Detial de Burge,

8 p.m.

Canada, 4 pm. Hewall,

U.S... p.m. Chlon, People's Republic, ↑ a, Mapẫn, North Borneo, Moon. Pakistan. & D.M.

Macao, 8-piz

WEDNESIAKY, SEPTEMBER 4 By Surface China, People's Republic, 7 a.m. Thalian4 2 p

Food

Japan, 3.5.A, C. & 8. America, Kacho, & D..

THUMBAT, BEPTEMBER V By Burface China, Peoplów Tropskilte, 7 alin. Indo-Chin, Thaiend, Noon Merpi, Maly, France (Třetherland, d Germany, Megta diewol), # DE

Japan, Canning $ 9.19. Scorp, & pm.

BENFRIDAY," SEPTEMBER

"CHROM""TROPHY ENQUDIE, TAKE

T

gramme.

The BBC continues to invite listeners to write and tell the Chinese Section if there is any one they would like to hear on the air from London,

There are fewer kinds of Shanghai cakes. The salt cake usually contains minced meat or

and the sweet calco

The BBC also welcomes com- ment and suggestions on the kind of programmes listeners like, and listeners are invited to write to ham any of the following Post Office | “mashed bean paste? boxes and give the BBC their "mashed date paste" or pickles. ideas-listeners in Hongkong to

P.O. Box No. 1688, Hongkong.

The

Chinese Service BHC broadcasts DOWE buitelin in bath' Kuoyu and Cantouose, në well as objective 'comment and expert opinion on topics and versonalities of the momecit.

New Attack On Ting Ling.

or

Tokyo, Sept.~2, The leading Chinese worTEELJA Who ABC Chinese Borviço | playwrighi, Ting Ling, come in from London can be heard in for a further scathing attack the 11, 19 and 10 melor bands against "eightista” and “anti- and on relay by the BBC Par party elements” by the oficial, Haster. Stations". It the 25, 81 Faking Propia's Dally today, 4 | and 41-meter bands;

United ProER.

China Mail Entertainment Guide

What's On Tonight

ROXY and BROADWAY: "Oh! For A Man!" or "Will 'Success Spoll Rock Hunter?" The Broadway success starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall. HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Silk Stockings," Fred.

Astaire and Cyd Charisse team up with Cole

··Porter in a mad, mirthful, stockingful of enter-

tainment.

QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "The Brothers Rico."

Richard Conte in manhunt murder syndicate drama.

KING'S and PRINCESS: "Jumping Jacks.” Dean

Martin and Jerry Lewis in a Hot Wallis farce. STAR and METROPOLE: "The Beast of Hollow Mountain.” An antedeluvian monster terrorinės. Mexico.

TELEVISION

both

a surprise item. A talented young Chinese, Lucy Wong studying in England, is going to

sing for us.

The camera boys did n good job in the Harmonice number, the

6 p.. Children's Hour-Cartoon: presenting Mr Lau Mek; 8.16, Puppet Theatre; 530, Eve close-ups were very good. This

Dodays Tours Zikshal,” #luering:

Douglas

as Stevo; 6. Close week, Harry Oro will be at the Down; 750, Meet Mona Tong: 7.45, piano.

et World

New reci

and Colony Events B. Cantonese Tiimi-Tappy

Tufure* (Part 1); 8.30, Playhouse Here's a late flash, just come Fifteen: "178 Artnit "Artist," | through, Henry Kessler is in the Featuring Jarnie Smith, Scott Mckay

and Helen Ray: 8, Calling Card. Colony. He made his name as a Presented By Jock Sloan; 9. The violinist with the Vienna Unexpected: Calculated flaks Philharmonie Orchestru. Bom.. Played By Louis Jean Heyds and Bochalle Hudson; 930, Cantoness diffusion Television have fixed

up to Texturo Fling Lucky Fellow 11. Jum

two per give Late Night · Pinal:--Newa Kłosdlines,

Ton Weather Report and Announcements Thunday at 8.30; the second on

formances.

Arst, next

Close Down.

Wednesday the Bith, at 7.30,

No Decision

some

Henty/Kessler is on his wRY, to the States. After Having the Vienna, Phil" he became the director of Western Erber- tamment for Ali India Radio,

Singapore, Sept. 1. An independent Malaya prill not decide to recognise China or

time Formosa for

I had a number of other- come, oficials at Kuala Lumpur things to tell you, but I have weed up my space, I haven't -wild, privately today,

They refused – to. comment said anything about Television further on the surprise Peking Talent Time starting on TuREA move yesterday: In an an- day, because

I'shall be there, nouncement over Radio Paking and I shall give my impremiosk. that China had decided to re- of the show. In this paper on dogales the worldly..../xmment.com- Wednesday, Bo, unil thank BonUnited Fress.

good viewing