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LAUNCH OF THE SS.

"LUNG SHAN,”

NEW STRAMER FOR THE HONG- KONG-CANTON SERVICE AFLOAT.

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very pleasant duty to perform, that of thanking Mra Clarke for bør great assistance at this launching and to request her acceptance at my hands, on behalf of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. of this little souvenir of this auspicious ocènsión na a memento of the part she took in it

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you to drink to the success of the Lung Shan

TYPHOON DAMAGE AT

MACAO

PRAYA WALL DAMAGED.. PEDESTRIANS KILLED BY FALLING

.... HOUSES.

Macno suffered from the typhoon far A good deal of more than Hongkong. damage was done by the high winds and

WEDNESDAY, JULY ATB, 1998.

CORRESPONDENCE.

AMAHS AND DISEASE

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

SI-1 am interested in the letter written by " Health," in Cunt theralirems to be good reason for knowing that the

Yesterday morning a large company of Spectators assembled at the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks to witness the launching of the 5.8. Lung Shan, which has been built for the Hongkong, Canton and and to the continued prosperity of her eas. The Praya wall was very badly statements are perfectly true and not Macao Steamboat Company to replace the well-known old steamer, the 'sa Honam, on the Hongkong-Canton service..

As is usual at such ceremonies, the hull

owners, the Stambat Company,

The toast was cordially responded to. 'CAPT. CLARKE'S WARNING TO

LABOUR...

exaggerated,

The root of the matter seems to be in the obtaining of mahs. A large number

and highly dangerous to children. They are not, however, entirely to blame for what is, after all, their birthright,

knocked about, and much of it has fallen into the Harbour. The hangars which houso Mr. Ricon's seaplanes were made total wrecks, but the seaplanes themselves," Captain Clarke, replying on behalf 'his as far na can be ascertained at present, of them come from the poorer classes, of the new vessel was gaily bedecked withife suid. I have been in the servies of are but slightly damaged. In the district and consequently have the crullest notions Bags whilst the Dockyard itself was

the Steamboat Co., for over 18 years, known as Kwong Kou a number of small of health, while at the same time prae- en, inte, à raison platform had been

and I consider it a "great, compliment, houses collapsed, and the Chinese who ticing habits which are most undesirable built around the bow of the vessel where that my colleagues on the diretorno were passing by at the time were killed, the guests of the Dockyard Company as have asked my wife to perform the The inmates of the houses were injured, sembled, whilst crowds of Chinese work- launching ceremony of this most to but none apparently were killed. A junk which failed to seek shelter in time was

Unfortunately, the majority of Euro men at the Docks assembled in large date and fine steamer, the Long Shan. numbers to witness the vessel glide into On behalf of my wife. I think the wrecked, but the crew were rescued." A peuns in this Colony have no option but the water. The launching was carried builders for the "very handhane souvenir number of smaller craft which. found to engage such an amah, and, while a na this themselves in the same predicament were careful course of training can eliminats out with great success, the hull gliding they havo presented to her. gracefully down the slipways after Mrs. auspicious occasion, and I am sure she also wrecked,

a lot of danger, yet the whole system A large number of Hongkong people unsatisfactory in the extreme." The WE. Olark (wife of Captain W. E. she will always treasure it as a memento

who had gone to the Colony for the work-i Clarke) had severed the retaining cord of a very happy day.

I am sure the shareholders of the end were stranded, and were unable to and broken the customary bottle of cham-

As she Steamboat Co. and thetravelling get back to Hongkong till yesterday events pagna on the bow of the vessel: slid down the ways, the apretators chrer-public, will appreciate the fine-additioning, when they came back by the .sence of an amal; references, are abuseed to our fleet, for which the builders, and Saida. The Sui Tai, which leaves and passed from one to another; henes

ed her progress and the Chinese set off strings of crackers, whilst the fussy little tugs, waiting to take her in tow directly she reached the water, hooted and scream od, proclaiming the delight of their coxs wains and crews at the success of the operation.

are to be congratulated for turning out such a fine vessel.

ordinary person cannot obtain reliable information about the character or exper

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all who have looked aftz her construction, Mnexo in the morning, was stranded in the actual position is that there is na an unexpreted alternative but to take on trust the first the harbour owing to ebbing of the tide in part of the harbour one recommended. It is no wonder, then, where she was moored. The vessel was that such things happen as Health" so not injured at all, but she had to remain graphically tells us. in the sante position fill the tide rose once again, and she is expected, to leave Macho, this (Wednesday) morning.

When the late Sir Thomas Sutherland, of P. & O. fame, remarked at a general meeting, some years ago, that, in years to come, vessels of large size would be built on the banks of the Yangtze, it was a pity, and I have, often wondered why 1. did not mention Hongkong, `for here, as

Bood work.

There is undoubtedly a real necessity

for trained amahs, or, at least, a place

where an anah, can be obtained on re liablo grounds. The increasing number of children in the Colony demands that some- we have seen in very recent years, some Stenboat. Company and the Dock Com very fine, large steamers have be built pany, and he was sure that the visitors thing shall be done to protect them from the real dangers to which their little lives and wholly completed, nid with out fine would agree with him that no two finer hubour and general facilities in the services had ever been put before the are subjected. great works now established surely we

It would certainly save me much worry Coldy than those of the two Companies my hope to see is uitfuntion of this in question." His own experiences did not if I knew of in place where trustworthy extend as far back as those of "Captainamahs could be obtained." One's' joys and I have personally watched this Deokärke, but they covered a period of 33 pleasures tend to be marred every time Co. since the early seventies, I was zun officer on the first steamer to enter the years, eight years of which he spent as one leaves the children for nay length Cosmopolitan Dock in 1973, before the engineer with Capt. Clarke. No fuer of time, unless one determines to forget Dock Co. purchased it, and while Captain existed. He was a man who sub and hope for the best.

Perhaps some people will say that more ting the many improvements made, there ordinated everything to the beat interests are ever more and more needed to keep it of his Company and to the safety of his trust minst be placed in the amah and ship. Mr. Bailey continued to, sprak in this, I think, everyone would willingly do, Labour leaders must have a carest to a reminisernt strain and recalled the and wishes to do, as soon as the amah increase costs, and so drive" the work period when Mr. Thomas Arnold was has shown that sho.is reliable heree tha el whore. Again Mr. Chairman, I thank manager of the Steamboat Company. He very real need for a training centre, or you Captain Clark, then proposed the referred to him as a man of exceptional se suitable method, which will enable health and prosperity of the Dock ability and he likened him to his name people to obtain trustworthy amaha Company which was responded to in the sake. Dr. Arnold, the great headmaster Yours, etc., usual way,

The vessel, immediately she was floated, was taken in tow to her moorings, where she will be engined" and completed. It is hoped that she will make her trial trip in about six weeks to two months' time, after which she will replace the Hajam on the Canton run. It may be mentioned that the popular old paddle steamer' has now completed over 20 years' service for the Company. In all she made 13,500 trips to Canton, and on occasion she has been on the Macao run. Her milenge is enormous, during her 40 years she has covered well over a million and a half miles, and as Mr. W. S. Bailey aunounced to the gathering later in the morning "the vessel is still able to do her sixteen, knots at any time."

Amongst those present at the ceremony were the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Hon. Mr. R. Kotewall, Hon. Mr. Chuu Sui Ki, Commodore Grace, Colonel Roberts - (Offeer Commanding the Bombay Gren adier), Mr. J. Arnold (Secretary of the

of Rugby School, famed for the respect Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company), Mr. E. Cock (Acting Chief THE DOCK COMPANY'S EFFORTS, and fear accorded to him by his boys. Manager of the Hongkong and Whampoa The Hon. Mr. Holyoak in thanking the It was so with Mr. Thomas Arnold. It had been said that when even the Captains Dock Company), Lirul Conway Hake visitors said:-On behalf of my co- (Assistant Harbour Master), Mr. J. Reid directors and myself I thank the visitors in his service called on hit their knees (Manager of Taikoo Dock), Mr. W. E for gracing the launching of the ss shook as they entered his office." Mr. Clarke, Mr. G. W. Barton, Mr. K. Lung Shan with their presence and the Bailey proceded to say that the early Greig (Chief Engineer Talkoo Dock), Mr. Chairman of the Hongkong and Whampoa steamers of the Steamboat Company were

.. up to date.

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June 30th, 1923,

HOPEFUL."

THE WARFARE IN

KWANGTUNG.

and Mrs. W. S. Bailey, Capt. F. - Dock Co., for the sentiments he has ex-build in America: They were wooden/PROPOSED ADVANCE TO’WUCHOW.

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was drunk to-the success of the vessel-, . THE SPEECHES.

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THE EAST RIVER: Our Canton contemporary says:

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Wheeler (Marine Superintendent Indo-pressed regarding our new steamer and vessels possessing single "cylinders and

In order to completely crush these is China S.N. Co.), Mr. D. McMurray the prosperity of the Steamboat Co. they steamed to Hongkong under Ame (Supterintendent Engineer, of the Indo-

It is nearly 10 years since our friends rican eaptains and engineers. One of Vaders once and for all, says the Canton -China S.N.:Co.), Mr. C. F. J. Quarles vau

the Hongkong and Whampoa Duck Co. these vessels the Kubians, held the record Daily Neer, the Cantonese troops are Ufford, and many others.

launched the last steamer built for us, for many years for the fastest trip to determined to advance up to Wachow After the launching ceremony the.com but some of the older residents present Canton, doing the trip in about five The cruisers Yung Ha'ang and Yui Chang, to co operate with the land pany adjourned to the spacious new today will remember that 28 years ago hour In those days too these Captains have been sent -offices of the Dock Company where a toust they built for us another steamer of the ruled their ships, so to speak, with reds forces in order to accomplish the purpose.

same name as the vessel just launched.

of iron and the captains were strict dis General Ngai Bong Ping is directing the We are pleased that since 1890 when

a very high standard of efficiency was Mr. G. W. BARTON, Chairman of the new tonnage has been required, it has ciplinarians. The result of this was that West River campaign. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.; in not been hersary to order vessels from maintained throughout the ships. There asking the Company to drink to the Home, as was our practice in the early was only one man in the picture and that account of the heavy rains during the last. success of the Lung Shan, said:We are years of the Company. Our friends the man was the skipper, still he could safely few days, the work on digging secret.

in open competition with other assembled there to celebrate the launching

Clarke he found him not to be such a bad wall to Waichow, has been greatly delay- of the good ship Lung Shan, which you shipbuilders both hore and at Shanghai; say that during his service under Capt. passengers towards the base at the city have, just witnessed and to Irink a toust have been able to construct our vos felowing far all-Laughter.)

with their well-known care and attention The speaker then referred to the ed. In some places the rain destroyed to her successful carver and to the con- tinued prosperity of her owners. The to detail nosessary to ensure good results. Honam which was now to, he replaced by several sections of the tunnel, which be It has given me a great personal this new vessel. The Ionam was built by trayed to the enemy the presence of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat

firm-of-builders,-and-their-name on a ship Co.,Ltd., more familiarly known to us all pleasure in asking Mrs Clarke, the wife AJ Inglis & Co., of Glasgow, a very fine suppers at those particulars spots. Other of Captain W. E. Clarke, my old friend was & guarantee of first-class workman- new tunnels will have to be dug, and this the Steamboat Co. has long been one of

and colleague on the Steamboat Com ship. The foham must have beco far in means that more delay for launching the the institutions of the Port and its con pany's Directorate by perform the laun. advance of any other river steamer in the next general assault, is neary, Fight-

Colony. She could do 16 knots per hour. tinuous activities are so well-known taching ceremony and the launching could! He had the honour of serving in her fiveling has been suspended for some time. more and a half months," and he had served While the enemy troops within the city. not have taken place under auspicious circumstances. Ladies and for seven and a half years in the fieing are anxiously waiting for reinforcement, shan. The Honan' gines were exccla Colony and the famous ports of Canton gentlemen, I ask you to drink to the can loadly built and it spoks well for their from outside, the Government troops are and Macao, it still at this date commands tinued prosperity of the Hongkong and builders and for the care of her engineers waiting for the completion of the tunnels, a premier position on these runs för Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd and with this that, after 44 years' continuous service, her cargo and passengora,

teast 1 couple the names of Mir Dyer, original boilers were still in the vessel which means, explosives will be transport- Vensel The

we have just seen launched the absent Chief Manager and Mr Cock and were working as well as ever. and red to the foot of the city, wall, for its the vessel was still able to do her sixteen destruction As far greinforcementa forms he it wore a cycle of ship-building the Acting Chief Manager.

knows at any time. Mr. Bailey referring ne, I understand the Lung Whan is to take the place of the Honam, which has been

you all that it leaves' we to add

For time the sole link between our

both

to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock for the enemy are concerned, there is no defeat the Government Company said that in the early days of likelihood of a sufficient number to the Company they had their times of successfully depression just as they had today.

Ho

forced

Mr. Cock, in a few well-chosen words, thanked the speakers for the kind things on service for many years. There comes said about the employees at th's Dock

time when it is more economical to re- Company We have none of us kiryed the recalled the excellent servico rendered by Lor place old ships by those of a more modern blarney stone," he said, "and you must type and a progressive company must excuse me as spokestaan, for my bosity always keep this in view,

ia, returning thanks"

OLD DAYS RE-CALLED."

Mr. WS BALLEY, replying on behalf of the visitors, thanked the Dock Company

Mr. David Gillies, who as manager of the

Dock Company brought the Company out

of low water until it had now risen ta

its present rank The Company now had DR. SUN YAT SEN (AND, THE

a service which turneed out work na good te

As it could be turned out anywhere else. (Applause.) He had worked shoulder to shoulder with many of the European

PRESIDENCY SERIES

Dr Sun Yat Sen has received a petition

We old hands are prone to think at times that old things are the best, old friends. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., and the Steamboat Co., are old for their kind invitation to the guests inembers of the staff and he knew their friends and it is a great pleasure to us to to witness the launching of this the vessel great value. He had also very pleasant purporting, to be isigned by 1457, "members memories of the Chinese No. 1's and be pof Parliament orging him to resume the conserve that friendship..

It was also a great pleasure to see present took that opportunity of thanking them Presidency as the only means of saving The Lung Shan, wo hope, will streng- his old friend, Mr. WE Clarke, looking the servies and help they had given the comery then the bonds between our companies as well as ever. The sight of Captain him in those days. On behalf of the

we have put into her the best we are Clarke recalled many memories of in-visitors he wished the best success to the Tha sigustures represent a majority of

Company (Loud Applause.) able and wo look forward eagerly to her cidents which he had experienced with the ship, to their owners, and to the Dock the members of both houses of the legis

lature (457 out of a total of 800), (Continued at foot of next column.) This concluded the proceedings

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