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LOSS OF
RIDAY
MARINE COURT FINDING NAVIGATION.
MASTER'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDEI
A Marins Court of Enquiry was held at the Harbour Office, Hongkong, yektor- day, as to the loss of the British steamer Hong Wan 1 of Singapore, which was stranded on a reef of Green Island in the early hours of January 29th.
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The Court was composed of Lieut. Cop. way Hake, R.N.R., the acting Harbour Master (President), Lieut. Commdr. W R. M. Wyne, H.M.S. Ambrose, Cap AJ. Hösken, master of the Monteagle, Captain E. D. Blackburn, of the China Navigation Co, master of the of the s.s. Changchaw, and Captain ERER Courtney, master of the ss. Canga
Mr. F. C. Vaux, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Crist, attended the inquiry on behalf of the owners.
THE "CAPTAIN'S EVIDENCE.
John Sylvester Liddell master of the Hour Way 7 (certificate No. 477, New Zealand), said:On the 8th January, at 5.10 p.m. I left Amoy, in charge of a pilot named Thompson. The ship's draft was 19ft. 4ins. at the bow and lat at the stern, I passed Teingyou hight at 6:10 pm at 7 pm. I made Chapel Island. Then I steered on the S. 48-17. course to come down inside, the. Brothers, passing them at 11:20 pa. Tthen oltered on the same course inside the Lammocks. The Lammock Light was abeam at 150 a.m. on the 99th, 13 miles distafit 1 then steered across the Bay to the Cape of Good Hope, South, 53 Wyby magnetic compass. At 3.90 we picked up the Cape of Good Hops Light. At. I took charge of everything myselfs The chief
Lieut ported your did you fe the time the e
ARS?
You say you lly Howmuch course to starboard at truck could not
tell exactly 1 was watching the island. You have to keep hauling her out all the tints. She was N. by when he struck
Did you ever see the red sector of the Cape of Good Hope light prior to ground ing? Nob til after grounding
Capt. -Courtney. Did you take many, bearings-We were, steering Straight for the Cape of Good Hope it was right
abend.
How was the Capo belling 1-N. 83. The President 83 not a bearing. What was the bouring of the light 7
Witness: N. 83 W
Capt. Courtney After you had altered your course for teen drinnd, on your port bow, anfrom them up to the time of stranding, did you take a bearing of the light did not take a beatings 1 was too busy watching the ship he on Green Island to take's bearing,
Capt. Blackburn Was your steming gear in good order Quite good order
Lieut. Lomind Wynne. What helm was ship carrying when you are the approaching the Cape of Good Hope Port helm.
How much? Aboutuive degrees, That is all, then.";
After tanding up for Green Island, how much port helm did the entry She was carrying, 15 degrees then.
Doesn't the ship fly up into the wind No, I noticed she is very sluggish on 'port heim.
Dors ale fall the wind 1-Yea
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Hinterland FCcholio magnzfire: 74%
Without atering ng recording it more
Kowloon and.
local RomaŸ
SPORT LAWN TENNISS, YESTERDAY'S TOURNAMEN
Opon Championship Singlomera beat Yamazaki, 0-330-0, a
Club Championship. -- Capi Ollive beat L. Nelson, 7-8, ¤, bàn
Handicap Singles!"" A "Grand for
** Hayer boat Col. Nicholson, 6-3, 2, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles-Major H and Miss Burdett beat Cas and Mrs. Timmis, 6, 8
Eidicap Doubles.-T. Ring and a. Blaker beat Capt. C. S. Fishes and Lieut. A-S. Lindsell, 6-8, 6-1; 8-2-
comments and item of news, it is ant that lending horseracing enthu
ats in Hongkongbar for some weeks past been considering otal for the formation of an internatigil Run Club Over the Contrafferty that raged some what warmly three years ago regarding the admision of Chinese members to the Jockey Club we et ncerned, but that the tapt has rived when a larger organisation it des table in the interests hy, been of horne-raeing Hon admitte
kenest sup- (porters
part of Kings and That the leading Chinese gentemen promotes of the proposed International Rage Club Hongkong are a strong combinatiouknowledge of the names associated with the schon leaves, no doubt in our minds And that the pro moters wilfulmately succeed in their undertaking are also equally certain. according to present plan this new Face Clube will be modelled on the lines the International Race Crab at Kiang date wan. Indeed, so accesfully had the latter organisation been worked since.
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FOOTBAL
LEAGUERFIXTURES AND DIVISION,
Below are the tures for the 2nd divi son of the League for to-morrow:-
Unded v.
Kowloon, South China ground, 3 p.m.
Staff and Depts. St. Joseph's, Soo kunpoc ground, 3 p.
Olling Club, Nady B" gro ground.m.
The following are back fixtures which must be played off pu their respectiva
St. Joseph South China. Joseph's. ground, April
St. Joseph's Club, St. Joseph' its inception that last yeas the Stewards ground, April 4th, 5.15 p.m.
Club Sookunpoo ground, of the Shanghai Race Club bought a very large block of shares of the Kiang, April 26.10 p.m. wansluternational Race "Club In Shang hai, that i togas, at Kiangwan, sure peans and Chinese and ace ponies in healthy rival Such a condition does not exist on the course of the Shanghai Race Club nor on that of the Hongkong Jockey Clip. The new association remedys this defect, and our #Chr hendy will be garded equal nities with British and forh to ponies in Hontion
As Inthecapital the for, the Race Bi
Owing to the Cowite being away from Hongkong term has resigned from the League and all fixtures have been can- cellet All points are conceded to her opponents af from March 30th. 4 -
DETERMINATION OF SEX. BATESON ON MODERN INVESTIGATIONS, ཨཔྤཝཱ ས
officer-then told me he thought the Light when the ship struck, aletit.15-mm son as the details in còn that sex determination is a problem that
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Passured that no thicalty will be experi Jalented in traişine required amoight. The heredity of sex was the object of
The capital, fin
ariously stated. a lecture delivered on February 10th by The minimumre figure, was stated in one Dr W. Bateson, MA., F.R.S. to an »ve quarter to apummy to 82,200,000, but when audience of London County Council FIRST AND SECOND OFFICERS.
ading spirit in the movement was teachers, in the hall of the Regent-street
Polytechnic." Harry Conway, first mate of the Hope we were sured that sum
The point I want you to cart away Wan, said he held the certificate of hot, nesto large as the figure men- ordinary master After giving all tiqued, would be required, and this sum very clearly in your minds," said Dr. culars from the log as to the portion of the promoters assure us will be forth Bateson, in concluding his subjent," 18 the vessel the witness said was below com
the the chema Have been cat.-investigated, and that accurate went on the bridge. Considering the sett Lidsthe project is ready for knowledge can be and has been brought farge number of predgers board it launch As regards the fite for the to bear upon it. in all probability these was considered best to gun her aground cage the Government will have to be determinations are mads in the develop- to prefenther sinking in deepwater approached. On the part of the pro ment of the germ cella, and that having In reply to the President, the witness moters preference is shown or a site on been made in essentials, they are fixed." said the speed of the hip at 4 was the Island. It inthehieved that a suitable **Teatral will bayailable when the new 10 knots
Martin Gaggino cond officer wolle Toad through the Wongaeichong Carton vessel, said he had no certificate. Ho the southi hiig for relieved the Chief Officer at 4 arrel Ap alternative site is proposed at Shat ing the course; South 65. West. The skip Valley meetin They were hauling was a strong N. Edwind and sea, and the her out whcartheeverol-struck her weather was slightly hazy. Licut Commdr. Wynne
of the Cape of Good Hope was about 3 miles away. On looking, I thought that about right. At 4.5 I picked up Green
altered the course about one point of the port, bawAt this time it was blowing very hard-a N.E.monsoon with a strong in-setting edtrent. I was keeping Green Island in sight off the time, although ention that I wired from Amoy for a pilot. The reasons why I did this was that owing to the Chinese New Year tarn the course was altered to starboard was anxious to get away on Saturday afternoon to avoid Chinese New Year in Singapore,
does no
In old days," said the lecturereit was accepted as a fact that we could dones any deeper into the mystery of sex and that we could not show how it came about that there were typ sexes. Only five years ago it was thought that antartically being.
CU way of predec etascertained which showed that sex could E determined in certain mothe and
tig's by process of hybridisatio bad
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SIR DONALD MAGALISTER AND CHINA,
to bring Cape of Good Hops one, po on the port bow, before sighting Green. Island, point on the port bowls for NEED FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION. as I can remember, yes.
Capt Blackburn: You say the course was 8.85 W. and the Capo looked like.fwo miles off Had you any bearing 1-Its way. right ahead, or only half a point either
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Capt. Courtney Was that before the course was altered Tes was the next witness called
Archibald Buchanan, the chief engineer,
now now been established that by means of cross-breeding in moths we could alter the proportion of the sexes by interference in the fertilisation. blindras, Brateson said that if a oing on the subject of colour- ano is colour-blind marries wontan Who is hormal their children! prob
Chinese was referred to by Dr. Harold the daughters marry the blindness in
The ancient knowledge possessed by
ly be without the time, which would re-appear inthe next generasion wher Balme in a lecture which Re delivered perpetuated through the daughters and before the Royal Socie of Medicine in hot through the song, and is far mor
common amongst wüten than men. It presided, said that as president of the China." Sir Donald MacAster who London on Medical Education in is estimated that 6 per cent of the
population are colour-blind.
Several interesting examples of the
re
At 4.30 am. I was still porting my helm. Owing to the strong N.E. breeze and strong inset I was carried on to the reef just outside Green Island. The ahip was making water fast at the first sound- ing, which was 10 feet in No. 2 hald After going astern for five minutes, the vessel came off, and as she was making water so rapidly I thought it advisable for the safety of the passengers of which there were 600-to beach the vessel, which I did, between Green "Island and Bill Island.
The President: What time--The next morning they came down from Amoy reported to the officer on duty. I intend pot of medical education in China. The bird the hens will be gold and the cock- about five hours,
ed to keep her at that spoed but at 4.4 the immediate prospects were limited They arrived about there was a message by the telegraph to only by the extent of the support and
progress had been really remarkable, and birds silver, four or five o'clock in the afternoon,
The President: Tell us what happeneduce speed to hall after you beached the ship. R
reinforcement which the Western world
LANDING THE PASSENGERS, The witness. She was making water fast. I tried to get all the passengers Ashore, but could not land them on the
ship making on the night of the 28thod he welcomed the members of his profes were throw upon the sorcen, one show The President: What speed was the General Council of Medical Education sults of cross breeding in maths and birds goin From the time we left Amoy until sion to tecting which had to discussing that the gold cook-bird if the 330 am, the ship was making 19 knots, such an important subject is the pro- Sebright species bred wind a silver hen- At 3.30 I slowed her down to 103 and
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I waited until acat morning, when the weather became finer, and then landed thens ou the mainland beach, near Green Island. There were no accidents except for three kranics (clerks) who were drowned while going ashore to Swatow, iu a sampan, without permission.
The President: Did you land, with
the No.
Tell us what happened. The agents people took charge of the passengers and conveyed them to Swatow. On February 1st a Hongkong salvage company sent a Lug down to try to salve the ship but they were not successful and on February 23rd last they suspended operatione finally.
Have you your log book with you, cap tain 7-Yes, p
The witness produced the log book and with it before him the President asked Did you sight the Sugar Loaf Light No. 1 did not sight it. If I had it would I have been all right.
you reduced, speed 7--About 31).
What speed was the ship making before And also after you reduced speed!
Five
The witness then produced a new plan of Swatow harbour made by the Chinese Customs, which he was using at the time He loft the witness box to explain this in detail to the President.
your ship Well, I usually judged bho he had been associated for many years it is announced that six new directors The President: What is half spanion was willing to accord. Sir Donald said BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHIRE, gauges. I should say she was doing about with Christian propagande in Ching and dave been elected to the board of the Was the engine room machinery in good in particular with medical missions.tanque Industrielle de Chine. The new orderft-In perfect order.
had long begit his conviction that true The President announced that the cor method of spreading Christianity in directors are:-Mr Emilo Ogier, ex- necessary and naked Captain Liddell and when he went about doing good and heal potentiary in the Far East; Mr. Louis Mr. Vaux if they wished to say anythinging all manner of sickness amongst the Dopples, vice-chairman of the Banque Neither having any remarks to make the people. He was convinced that when du Sud; Mr. Emil Oudot, manager, Court adjourned until 2.30 the dy after-Ching and her own colleges and students Bunque de Paris et des Pays-Bus; Mr. Française et Italienne pour l'Amérique O.
she would make a valuable contribution Georges Grandjean, director of the Ban- to the international stock of medical que Française pour le Commerce et The Court re-assembled at 3 p.m., when Dr. Balme, referring to the contribu director and manager of the Société the President read the finding, gas-folton whith the nineteenth century madeçaise, Distilleries Indo-Chine. Further lows: We find that the British steamer
Contribu Industrie: Mr. Bourcier Saint Charaza Hong Wan 7, Official No. 73866, of Singa-tody of medicine, said that medi- nominations to the board are to take place pore, of which J. S. Liddell (certificate of ingery, and the prevention of in in due course, and the names of the other competency No 477, New Zealand) was fections diseases had been utterly ravolu new directors will shortly be announced. Master, left Amoy with cargo and pastionised since bacteriology and relogy This reconstitution of the board is the sengers at 5.15 p.in. on January 28th, 1991, were developed Balme traced the Ridvance outcome of recent dificulties, which have at 3.20 am, the Good Hope Canc light country was ahead of Great Britain in dibing Express. en route for Swatow. On January 29th, mad China In some respects that now been satisfactory adjusted. London
THE FINDING.
course was then altered to N sa deg. Chinese pharmacopeis compiled, nearly was sighted bearing No. 81 deg, W., and medical education.o stated that the
At 4.0 am. Greenland was sighted on 700 years ago, contained a number of
KRYPTOK LENSES
altered to place Green Island one point act on waek thoroughly understood in for both reading and distant. In the the starboard bow, and the course was drugs now universally used, and whose are the most perfect double focus glasser on the port bow and speed reduced to six China at that time, the knots. It was then observed that the ship resolution, submitted by Sir Alfred Ordinary bifocal lens, the segment or helm was ordered, and the sahip struck sympathy with the efforts made by the tant lens, raising the segment above the was making considerable leeway: port Pearce Gould, was carried expressing part for reading is cemented to the dis Engines were put astern, and the ship ofern medicine, and offering their this shoala pastward often Island. Chinese Government in the development surface of the main lene. The segment. Spated after a few minutes, but owing a stance to promote in every way pos. and the line of union are always more to her making water fasthe Master ible the advance of medical education in or less noticable. In Kryptok léas, no decided to beach the ship, which he did in Chia the bay to the west of Green Island here
he still remains
Licut Commdr. Wynne: What distance Could you sco land at 4 A.m. I menn The Court is of option that the strand- land not a light. I do not think you ing of the ship was entire que to the could see very far. Not more than four careless davigation of the Master, in view miles away, if that much. The visibility of the fact that no attempts made by was very bad, we
him to keep Good Hope, Cape, light on Laent Commdr. Wynne: Was there a noon? There was no moon. It had been would have averted the casualty PI
na safe bearing, which simple procedura perfectly clear most of the watch, but as of this fact the Court pers we neared and the fog was patchy We Mastor Mr. J. 8. Eiddell' certailicate to had to come close up to the Cape of Good be suspended for two years, but gran Hope to pick up Green Island and get a him a first mate's certificate during. course to come up to the pilot-anchorage, tif).
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