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HONGKONG'S SHIPBUILDING

INDUSTRY.

LAUNCH OF THE WAR DRIVER," INTERESTING CEREMONY AT TAIKOO,

The Taikoo Dockyard was the scene of much animation yesterday morning, when')

*#** HONGKONG DAILY PHELD, WEDNESDAY, MAY

Commodore Garner M. Ross Thomp mon, ladies and gentlemen, Lady Tudor has naked me to thank you for the honour you have done her in inviting her to It is a fine launch the War Driver

achievement to build such a ship in Hong- keng, and I hope she is only a forerunner

this was that they made the abip fit the tride. As an example, I will tell you of one case that came under my own olwer- vation some years ago,

Commodore Gurner here related how the Germans trading on the Hoogly built their ships especially for the trade with

AIRING HER FEET! WOMAN LOSES HER SLIPPERS WHILE DREAMING RICHES. A Chinese woman was consulting a

fortune-teller, and whilst she was intent upon the visions of riches and future prosperity that was to be portion at

the War Priver, a standard ship, builof many more, and even larger, ships to cable wires aft, thus saving a great no distant date, a little boy, barely three-

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te built in the days to come. I under amount of time.

and-a-half feet high. is alleged to have stand that both iron and coal have been

Continuing, the Commodore said: Noi

carried away her slippers. the Shipping Controller by the Taikoo Dock and Engineering Company discovered in the vicinity of Hongkong. doubt the Germans, rere subsidised The boy was arrested and produced was successfully launched.

Visitors to the ceremony, of whom there Sain, day", no doubt, these will be work- [ heavily, but now that we have to build before Mr. Lindsell, at the Magistracy. | abh Add to them the supply of cheap many new ships I feel that, in many yesterday. He denied having committed was a large crowd,, were conveyed to labour which is always at hand, and instances, a little forethought is all that the offence..

you have all you require, and ought, to Taikoo by the Company's launches and

is necessary to get a perfect machine "to

The complainant said she was sitting CROQUET SETS, LAWN BOWLS, arrived at a pier which was gaily be able to compete with any other yard work with. In conclusion, the Commodore on the verandah, speaking to a decked for the occasing. A large plat in the world. Mrs. Butterfeld & expressed all good wishes to the lar when she saw three boys running away form had geen erected near the slip-way, wire, are agents for the finest cargo river in her future life, and to Taiko-one of them with her slippers.

Mr. Lindsell: You said nothing about and hoge the gathering assembled. Among ships sont and when they start to Dockyard for all time. (Applause). these present were E.E. the Offer Ad-signeand build for themselves will have His Excellency Ou behalf of the taking them off. Did the boys pull them ministering the Government. Lady Tudor,

a grand opportunity of trying to im Government. I desire to congratulate the off your feet!-Witness: "Do you think Commodore Curner. the Hon. Mr. W. Chathain. M.G. the Hon. Mr. 8. H.Prove on these ships. When I say. im-Taikoo Shipbuilding and Engineering I would let then "little brats "de auch Badwell, the Hon." Mr. E. D. C. Wolfo, prove, I mean in every respect-accom Company on having launched their fest a thing (In a lordly tone) I had taken

Rodation, cargo capacity, facilities for standard ship, and I wish it every prothem off to air my feet (Laughter.)

Proceeding, the complainant said she the Hum. Mr.-C. Mel. Messer, Mr. dealing quickly with cargo, and also sperity in the future. I ask you all to Hos Thontson, Mr. G. M. Young, Mr.speed. This last is a thing I can speak drink to the continued and increasing missed her slippers and saw defendant A. Shelton Hooper, Mr. W. L. Fattenden, of with feeling as I have escorted convoys surgess of the Company, coupling with M J. W. Graham, Flag-Capt. Fisher,

across the Atlantic from their original the toast the same of 3fr. Reid, who has Colone! Clementi-Smith. Capt. Carring inception until the end of 1917. It was been responsible, with his excellent staff, tois, 3r. E. H. Beavis, M. Paul

Tay 1-forting never to have a cargo for the work which has been done. Kremer. Mr. R. Ponsonby-Fane and Mr.

convoy with a speed greater than S knots (Applause.) Yasuda

on paper, which in practice seldom, if ever, exceeded T. even in fine weather.

The vessel, which is of about 8.100 tons

In acknowledgment, Mr. Reid said thank you very much indeed on behalf

running away with them.

The Magistrate reminded her that she said she saw three boys running away.

Complainant: That may be. "But de fendant had my slippers.

On being asked whether she was sure she saw defendant in possession of her slippers, she replied: One of the three must have taken them. It is sufficient

deadwright" capacity, was dressed with Mow it seems to me that the cost of coal of myself and the staff of the Dorkyard myriads" of small dags, and a bottle of champagne was suspended frons her side expended for getting extra speed up to n for your kind expressions. All I have for me if one is punished. I am sure I

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by a ribbon. "Lady Tudor, who performed the christening ceremony, said: name this ship the War Driver, and wish her all saccess and spred in her journey," The bottle of champagne was then broken ngainst the side of the vessel, which slid dowa gracefully into the water, amidst the applause of the spectators, the firing

of crackers, and the tooting of horns.

Following the ceremony all present partook af champagn, and other Hufresh-

ments:

to say is that we have done our very best to give to the world our best by building standard ships. We are only sorry that we are a matter of a year behind the time. We fully intended that the ship should have been ready earlier, but our friends the steel manufacturers said No, we are sorry we cannot do it." when the material came along we set to work, and I think we have proved we can, build a ship in Hongkong in very quick time.

The result is very creditable to Chiness inbour. I am quite satisfied my- self that Chinese labour backed by a good European staff in this port will be able "to turn out ships as good as those which can be built in any other part of the world. I hope in a very short time that you will see very much larger ships built

certain point is more than counter. balanced by the number of trips a ship could do in a year. In this connection I would like to tell you some of the difficulties une had to contend with in the class of convoy I mentioned, which was ver 30 ships. We cruised in 4 columns natif we got to the danger zone, and then we re-organised the convoy into 8, with ships in each eclumn, the object being to present as large a front as pos- sible to any lurking Fritz. If he saw a mob of ships going straight at bim Mr. Ross Thomson, addressing the

like this, his one object would be to get gathering, said: Your Excellency, Lady

ont of the way, either by getting on to the Tudor, Indies and gentlemen. on behalf Bank, where he could get in a shot, or of the Taikoo Dock and Engineering by deep diving where he had no chance Company I wish to thank you all most of being rammed. In either cast, by the heartily for having come here today to time he came up to periscope distance assist us in the launching of the far again the convoy might, owing to an ir Deiter, an event which marks a further regular zigzag, be miles away from him step forward in the progress of this and out of range, or he might find them Company and also a further step in the still heading for him. shipbuilding development and industry One great trouble was to make the of the Colony. This vessel is not the big-masters of ships keep station. Each ship was supposed to be 400 yards from the gret that has been launched by this Com- pany, but the occasion is unique in that next ahead. This was seldom realised this is the first standard vessel which for the whole convoy, and I have had, we have had the privilege of constructing when in this formation, a line of ships five miles in length. And, mind you, to the order of H.M's. Government, and, fame and reputation of this yard and on each flank, to protect the whole and to the aurreyers, who have done yeo consoy. You can see how utterly impos. man service in assisting us to turn out a

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saw one of the boys with them.

Mr. Lindsell: The fact is you did not You missed Bee anything of the sart. your slippers, saw three boys, raised an alarm, and had toe arrested. That will not do. I discharge the defendant.

A BOY THIEF. HIS CHARGE AGAINST A CONSTABLE.

A little lad, hardly as high as the "dock, was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with the theft of a purac.

The little culprit. whimpered that he did not commit the theft. He was walk ing along and saw a purse on the ground. He did not even pick it up. Suddenly.

he was chased and arrested.

in this yard, than the one launched 'to-

Mr. Lindsell: But there is evidence that day. The Commodore had a few things

you stole the purae.Defendant.—Ob,. to say about design, but unfortunately

these constables are very clever in con- we have not the last say in the matter. The owner is the man, and he is always cocting false evidence. The constable bas asking-How much will the ship burn, taught the complainant to say that I day! He looks at it from a very hard-robbed him. beaded, common-sense point of view. We all like to have fast ships when going Home-though not coming back-but we are entirely in the hands of the owners.

The complainant described how the theft was committed. The defendant was approaching from the opposite direction.

as such, it is evidence of the fact that the this was when I had only 8 destroyers. We are indebted to the superintendents Suddenly complainant felt a peculiar tug

DESCRIPTION OF SKIP..

The Bar Driver is one of the well

at his coat, and saw the defendant run- sible it was to guarantee any sort of prothoroughly satisfactory job, which I amning away. He searched his pockets and ere the owners of the Far Driver will

found his purse missing. testion under these conditions. Now, extra speed would have made this a fairly and we have done for them. (Applause.) simple matter, and one could have kept the ships together, as I will show you; but often, I regret to say, the meu in them were incapable of seeing the neces sity of close order. One day going up Channel I had the oiler Wabashe, a ship in here some months ago, that was

of Hungkong as a shipbuilding centre has become extended, going wider afeld and earning the confidence of the great est shipping authorities of the world We would have liked to have completed this vessel and her sisters, of which you may have noticed three alongside in various stages of construction, before the Armistice was declared. It was not the Company's fault, however, that it had none of theso vessels in commission before the greatest pressure on the tonnage of the torpedoed. Within five minutes I was length, 39 feet 2 inches: beam and 31 feet Empire had passed. This was solely due going 16 knots, and I can only state inches in depth to upper deck. Two to the inability of the Government to the fact that I was not dropping those 8 complete steel decks are fitted, with steel

known standard design steamers ordered during the war by the Shipping" Con- troller. The vessel, which is classed under Lloyd's 100-A1, has been built under special survey and is 413 feet over all in

|| Mr. Lindsell (to complainant); Why do you put your purse in such a pro- minent position? Why can't you put it

your inside breast-pocket 1

Mr. Lindsell (to defendant): Why did you do this?-Defendant: I am not Built I did not do it.

Mr. Lindsell: You did, and you'll get

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give us priority for the necessary steel knots tramps anything worth speaking forecastle, bridge and poop decks, the what you deserye Fourteen days in gaol MACARONI, VERMICELLI, NOODLES,

**SAUCING" A POLICEMAN.

A Chinese was charged before Mr. Lindsell, at the Magistracy, yesterday, (1) with assaulting an Indian constable, and (3) with obstruction

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to enable us to get to work on these of. Now I have told you these things so latter deck being. wood-sheathed. A cellu and twelve strakes with the birch. vesteia. The first material reached us in that you should understand our dificul- lar double bottom for water-ballast bas October, and the keel of the Far Driver tigs, but I would have you know that, the been arranged throughout, and the peaks was laid at the end of that month We great majority were men who honestly are also available for water balinat. have launched her to-day, her engines did their best, and towards the end of Seven water-tight bulkheads are fitted in and boilers are ready to be put into the time when they had attended the the vessel, forming four cargo holds and place, and we confidently expect that on classes which were set up at the various reserve coat bunker. The cargo hatches July 10th she will be ready to take her ports for instructing them in anti-sub-are exceptionally large, and suitable for place and share her part in the world's marine measures, there was a great im- the working of bulky cargo; two steam commerce (Applause.) I think under rovement indeed. Naturally, it was the winches are placed at each hatch, with

According to the complainant's version, the circumstances there is no better re-intelligent men who tried their utmost derricks fitted to table round the mast eard of a vessel of that size being com carry out orders, and as a rule they The, vessel has two steel masts fitted with

were found in the better class ships, telescopio topmaste arranged to suit the the defondant, a hawker, put his tray pletely built by Chinese labour in auch

During the war the two services have Manchester Canal Bridges. The accom- down by the side of the road skirting the a short time. The War Driver is one of

mixed up so intimately that I hope and modation for the captain, officers and! the well-known standard design steamers,

on the bridge deck in a cen- Praya Complainant told him he should' and is classed under Lloyd's 100--AI, It feel sure that a far better understanding engineers is 413 feet in length, 52 feet 9 inches in pow exists between the Royal Navy and tral deckhdise and wing houses. Ap- not sell there, and asked him to

Un." When he returned a few minutes beam, and 31 feet 2 inches in depth, and the Mercantile Marine than ever was the prentices are accommodated at the aft ase before. Personally, as you will have ind of the bridge 'tween decks A smoke. has a capacity of 8.100 tons deadweight.

The shipbuilding industry of this gathered. I have had a great deal to do room for the use of officers and engineers later, he found the defendant still in the Colony suffers front certain disadvantages with a large number of Captains of mer has been fitted up on the bridge deck same position, and acrested him. As he in being so far removed from the source cantils ships, but it is only the few of abalt the engine skylight. The crow are did so, the defendant throw a "dish with

called attention, berthed aft under the poop deck. Electric

an yellowish sauce at him, spoiling his of supply of materials necessary for it the kind I have

to that we want, not to eliminate, light in installed throughout the vessel, but in my opinion these disadvantages to train up to better things also a Marconi installation for wireless clean uniform." are set off by cortain advantages we enjoy until they are it to uphold the honour telegraphy. A steam warping windlass. Dafendant denied this saying that the

sauce which I think will insure the future of their flag and their house against all is 5tted on the forecastle deck for anchors

Was spilt on the policeman's prosperity of the industry in this Colony. concerned and in all seas Now this isand for warping the vessel, and steam clothes during the struggle that ensued The recent events have brought E.M.'s.

Mr. Lindsell fined the defendant. #3 on Navy and the merchantmen of the Empire levelling age and all men are equal, steering gear at the aft end of the casing when the constable arrested him.

or they wish to be so. hat the thing that on the upper deck with control on the into closer contact than, perhaps, they we must try to do is to level up and navigating bridge. Steam beating has the second charge," and sequitted him on have ever been before, and I consider it a happy omen for the future of this vessel pot down. Now to my point. The way been installed for all midship accommo, the first, remarking that it was fairly to do this is by providing better accomdation, and stoves have been fitted in obvious that the constable soiled his that we have been fortunate enough modation for the officers and ships com- the trew spaces. Ventilation of the holds clothes in the course of the struggle." persuade Lady Tudor, the wife of the panies tal! ships. In fact, generally and living rooms has been amply provid- Commander of the Fleet out bere, to so improving the conditions of life at sea.od for. The vessel will carry about 8.100 gracefully perform that part of the work I feel strongly on this point, and speak tons deadweight on 25 feet 1 inch draft, for us that removed the War Driver with a hope of doing something for our and a speed of 113 knots on trial is from the cradle of her infancy to take brothers in the Merchant Bervice, as I anticipated. her place on the bosom of the ocean which am sure better conditions of life, better The propelling machinery consists of The United Files Government has re- will be her future home, I wish to thank accommodation, and more consideration one set of triple-expansion surface-con- you, Lady Tudor most deeply for sr than they have hitherto received in ships dansing engines, having cylinders 97, 44 quisitioned the China Mail Steamship kindly interest in this vessel, and I (Applause) will lead to better educat and 73 inches diameter with stroke of Cos liner anking for the conveyance of ask you to accept this small soavent fed men than we now find in some of the 48 inches. Three single-ended multitu- troops from Vladivostock to Ban Fran the occasion. I ask all to rise and dishing that are knocking about the ocean, bular Scotch boilers, 15 foot 6 inches dia with me to the success, long life, and Now just one more thing about mak-meter by 11 feet inches long, will supply cisco, and all passenger and freight book- prosperity of the War Driver, coupling ing the ship &t: the trade, and not the afcam at 180 lbs pressure, working under ings made for the sailing of this vessel with the toast the name of Lady trade the ships. In pre-war days we had Howden's system of forced draft. Auxida Lane 14th have, therefore been can- Tudor, whom I have great pleasure in the bulk of the carrying trade of the liary machinery consists of Weir's feed called under instructions from the US asking to hocept this small token as world, but it was seriously menaced by pump, Weir's general donkey pump, Government Passagers who have paid the Germans, and in a few years if there Weir's, ballast pump and evaporator. deposits to secure their reservations by the had been no war I honestly believe that. The engines and boilers have been con June isiling of the Wanking may secure & they would have cat in considerably more structed entirely by the Taikoo Dockyard refund up application to the local

"bifices of the ́ Company. than we liked. One of the reasons for and Engineering Company."

Bouvenir of the occasion,

Mr. Ross Thomson then handed Lady Tador a diamond brooch, after which the Boast was keartily honoured.

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