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as could from time to time be spared. were made available for the miscellaneous requirements of the Const which were normally served by a much larger number of ships. The ss, pala continued to carry coal for the Kailan Mining" Ad- ministration. Every ran was most care- permitted, and charters, while hinding the charterer for a fixed period, reserved to the Hongkong Government the right to mouth's terminate the contract at 32" notice.

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WEST LONDON BRANCH: There was ad on the table of the it was finally arranged that the requisi-sufficient to meet rejuirements, and every

was matie to supplement it. 14-18, Cockapar Street, London, S.W. 1. Legislative Council yesterday a statement tioning should be done by the Commodore endeavour

of Girafalluch,

Singapor on the Shipping Control in Hongkong, in the mume of the lauperin? Government, Tha

EASTERN BRANCHES: 1917-19, by the Hon. Mr. A. but that the Colonial Government must Registry, was lying at the Taikoo "Dock- Fletcher, CM.G., C.R... Colonial Secrr necept full responsibility for the financial yard awaiting repairs, which the owners! Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo, tury, as

Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai. Ex-Chairman of the Vital, result of the scheme. The Hongkong werk nwilling to carry out, and the Requirements Committee of the Shipping Government proposal that the proat, if Hongkong Government asked permission of

The Corporation undertakes General Bankin Control Committee. The statement any, after payment of local expenses, the Straits Settlements Government to i occupies nearly twenty foolscap printed should go to the Imperial Government, pair the yed and gun her unter the and Exchange Business of every description pa pages, and is issued in view of the salgeel to the Imperial Government Hongkong Scheme, but that Government in addition to its Branches has Agencies in all. wide publicity which has been given to guaranteeing the Colony against heavy as unable to accept the proposal. The the principal Cities of the world

CHAMPKIN, nude recently indoss, but the Shipping Controller was overnment of the Straits Settlements

Manager. Shanghai.”

arable to accept this proposal. It was were further approached, but without sue: laid down that "the Imperial Govern and the is to be run under th

ress, for permission for the ss Huck Lee, SHIPOWNERS ALLEGATIONS, ment is in no way interested in the Hongkong Scheme. These vessels had the financial arrangements or their results be purchased by Hougkong owners The specific attegations which

that remuneration of but had remained on the Singapore Colonial Secretary answers in this loeuxcept to see»-

Colonial registered vessels is ant app Register Colonel Thomson arranged for ment are the following -

(a) that ́ certain Vessels were conciably higher or lower than that of com- mandeered by the Hongkong Gov-peting vessels registered and owned in ernment for the simple purpose of the United Kingdom.”

The statement made by Sir, H. May to making money out of them, and not for purposes rither connected the anotheint Members of the Legislative with the war or with the defence Council is quoted and then the Mentions ware-entered into regarding the BANKING-SHIPPING-THA VEL

certain statements

of the Colonyi (b) that the vessels were used by the Hongkong Government solely for profiteering purposes and Wat never used or intended to be used for war purposes or in aid or "defence of the Colony of Hongkong

ur in any connection therewith; (e) that the treatment of the owners by the Hongkong Government was pitiless and relentless, with the re suit that one company was driven into bankruptcy:

(d) that in most cases the vessels were

yun at a severe loss to the owners: (e) that the resaris were not requisi

tioned by the Commodore': (f) that the connection of the Imperial Government with the Hongkong Control Sebenie was kept secret from the owner's;

(g) that owners were not informed that war risk was covered by the Cor- ernment, and that they incurred no sinal cost in respect of such risk: (b) that immediately after certain' legal proceedings were commenced .. against the ¡Go.crament. the Colonial Secretary requested the owners to stay such proceedings on the ground that an amicable settle ment might be otherwise arrived at; and that the garners made the unfortunate mistake of connecting as it later transpired that the post ponement was merely used to give the Government time to prepare and ennet an Indemnity Ordinane Paragraphs (a) and (b) are answered at some length, the gum and substance of the history of the shipping control given in the statement being that the Scheme was promulgated by the Imperial Government and worked by them. In a telegram dated the 12th October, 1917, the Secretary of State for the Colonies referred at some length to the proposed appointment of Colonel Thomson,, Ship ping Adviser to the Indian Government, as Agent of the Shipping Controller in charge of all lines with headquarters in! the Far East, and he added:

Following scheme suggested as likely to speure most economical and advantageous use of tonnage avail- able. All seagoing vessels except those already requisitioned belong ing to shipping companies register ed in India. Straits Settlements, and Hongkong would be requisi tioned from fixed date. Thomson's control so far as concerns, fitiner will extend to all such vesels ex-

randum goes on to spy-

The Hongkong Control Scheme care into operation on the 15th April, 1918. and its great practical utility at once became apparent. A number of tramps, whose movements were being directed by the opportunities for profit-making aris ing from the requisitioning of competing ships, were now inde directly available for war purposes, to release and take the place of more sea-worthy vessels. It was possible ut last to use all British tonnage in the Far East in the most economical way to ineet pressing needs. USES TO WHICH VESSELS WERE PUT.

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pal of the Hongkong Government for the the placing of the s.s. Kolya at the dis purpose of carrying coal for the Naval Yard, but at the Inst moment the vessel could not be made available. Negotia

Nur Kas under the Chimpse thug, which had for a long time been lying fille in the harbour owing to a complicated lawsuit.

Eighty Offices are established in the Principe An offer was made to repair and ran the Cities of the World to provide Commerais ship for the account of whoever roight be Organisations and Private Individuals with ensued, but the vessel was so fast en complete World Wide Banking, Shipping and tangled in the meshes of the law that it Travel Service. was impossible to extricate her. An at tempt was made to arrang, for the salv | COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT. ing at the expense of the Hongkong DEPOSIT AND CURRENT ACCOUNTS. Government of a steamer which had been. stranded on the Siborian const, but the project was found to be impracticable. In August, 1815, three small and old British vessels, the herst, Cornelia, and Hok Canton, of 241, 914, and 299 tous register respectively, ware requisitioned by the Naval Authorities and were placed under: the orders of the Shipping Control Committee:

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An account of some of the uses to which certain of the vessels were put may be of interest. The sollurn, had been carrying coal for the account of the! Hongkong Government since December. 1917 and later the 8.5. Telemachuk

The relations between the Hongkong. Rotoran, Ching Chew, and Patriot were used from time to time for a similar Goviennent and the Shipowners were The first trip of the s.s. Patriot throughout of a most cordial nature. most patrio was-for accent of the Naval Yard, The All owners co-operated in Government was thereby enabled to supply the manner and did their utmost to make cost and coke to the Naval authorities the Control Schente work smoothly and whose requirements www considerable, successfully. A Shipowners Protection and abs to the Military Authority and Association was formed under the Chair. CAPITAL (FULLT-PAID)

various industries such as the Hongmanship of MA S. T. Williamson, of

RESERTE FUND king and Whumpa Dock Company, Messrs. Moller and Compaus, and his CAPITAL CONTRIBUTED BY THE Hongkong Strel Foundry. Hongkong, services, placed freely at the disposal of CHINESE GOVERNMENT Cantom and Macao Steamboat Company, the Government, were of the greatest RESERVE FUND and the Hongkong Electric Company. It assistance. There was one request press also suplied at a chráp rat: 1.200 tensed by the Association to which the Gov- monthly to the Chinese Section of the ernment could not so its way to acc.de. Kowloon Canton Bailway, without which The Association wished to be repre that Section would have been unable to sented upon the Shipping Contro. Com- continus its service.

mittee, and this was refused, for the rea- When, in the spring of 1918, arrange son that, the Comidittee had been chosen, ments were unexpectedly mudo by thens an independent body having no con- imperial Government to divert Dutch tonnection with the requisitioned ships, to age, and the trade in raw sugar between advise the Government on technical Java and Hongkong was in consequence matters connected with the ships. Mr. completely dislocated, the sollura Sutherland and Mr. Young sat ne repre was despatched to Java and brought up asentatives of Colonel Thom-on, Agent full cargo of sugar. The Government was to the Shipping Controller, who was in aki abio to arrange for the Russian constant communication with the Colony Tilim, not under its control, to bring with regard to controlled ships The

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Committee worked in close and constant The Government of the Straite Settle touch with the Vital Requirements Con- monts had in the meantime represented to wittee, which advised as to the employ the Hongkong Government the need for a ment of the ships for the needs of the increased output of un for war purposes | Colony, and Mr. II. P. White, represent- and had requested assistance in carrying ing the controlled vessels of the Douglas Chinese labour to that Colony. It was Steamship Company, took his seat upon possible to make arrangements to send coolies from Hongkong, but Singapore har the Intter body.. quarantined the Colony cerebrospinal meningitis, and was unable The question of the remuneration to to entertain a representation that the dis be paid to owners was one of consider He was understood to be quite as prable difficulty. The Shipping Control- rept those registered in United valent in Amoy and Swatow as it was isler's instructions were that the remunera Kingdom which are already under Hoffgkong. Consequently the... lotion was not to be appreciably higher or Fixed Deposits. Terms on application. Lo liner requisition "echeme. Vessels was placed on the Amoy: Sinage, lower than that of competing vessels, the Bills discounted. will be left to owners to be in Rangoon run, for the particular purpose vessels most directly concerned" being Foreign Exchange on the Principal Cities o! ns if for themselves but actually for of carrying colies to Singapore, and also those of the Indo-China and China. Navi- the World bought and sold.

QIL the normal trade with

R. A. RODGERS, Indian or Colonial Governments to carry

gation festa. The Hongkong Govern.

637] and Thomson's functions would be Rangoon

The s.. Hainan was taken up to cart London that in view of the increase in ment urged the Shipping Controller in those of General Manager. Owners would credit fall earnings and debit coal for Admiralty acount, but, as she prices and the rise exchange the re- THE INDUSTRIAL" AND COMMEROU

was found to be unsuitable, she was muneration should be payable at es charges after allowances. for re bates, commissions, etc., and would despatched in June, 1918, to Amoy change half 1/8 and half rate of day. be paid hire at rates paid in respect carry coolies to Singapore. She remain of vessels un full requisition subject on this run, and in August she was put This was refused, it being again pointed to adjustments accessary on con the trip Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, out that the payments to owners under count of charges payable by owners Singapore the reason being that the Green the local scheme must not be themselves. Balance of profit if Island Cement Company required tonnage favourable than payments to owners any would be payable to Govern. to carry cement for Government, works at under the Imperial scheme. Further, re- ment of India or Colony. Owners Pennag, while the Government of the presentations were made in the following Straits Settlements, required coolies, but terms: It must be remembered that would be reimbursed net cost of maintenance of organisation of would not allow them to come from the vessels brought under local requisi- officers and staff and would also be Hongkong Consequently the se, Hation are mostly old and in more or less "To" bad condition having been discarded, at entitled to charge customary pay. carried the comend via Amoy ment in agents. Do you see any Sptember the ship was diverted for a trip periods more or less remote, from the

to Java to fetch sugar.

regular lines; with the result that the objection to proposals? Despatch! The Telemachus was taken off a cost of repair. and upkeep is proportion follows by mail and detailed scheme charter bringing in Straits $115,000 aately heavier than in the case of reusets, will be communiented in due course month in order to carry coal for specified such as those of the Indo-China and but you should not wait for deg Hongkong industries, This coal came Caina Navigation Companies, on the re- patch or scheme before replying,"

from the Kailan Mining Administration gular lines. I was aware, when I sent The Hongkong Government, with some an whose behalf Colmel Thomson and the my telegram, of the 9th March, that ex hesitation and after further correspond- Admiralty had invoked the distance of pans connected, with repairing and ence with regard to details acquiesced in the Hongkong Government. The running were low owners' risk, if the the proposats made.

Patriot also carried the Kailan Admin owners were prepared to run the ves In due course the local Control Schrine stration coal. In November, 1918, she was sels; and, in order to offer the owners was prepared and was subsequently oper: details to bring rice from Saigon.

a sufficient inducement to do so, I accept- ated, in accordance with definite instruc tions from the Shipping Controller in be sentini, in the interests of Britished the advice of the Control Committee to grant the terms stated in the telegram trade and prestige, to keep as many as which I addressed to you on the 17th Colonel Thorsen supplied the Govern vesels on the regular coast runs, and in that telegram, that payment should be

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3.5. Haitas, Hai Hong: Manapouri, View certain representations which had the day, was based upon a careful re- Custlefield, Telemachus, hempenh Peking and Bangkok, and also representa hy the local owners. I am satisfied that been made by His Majesty's Ministers at view of figures and accounts put forward Ching Chow, Patriot, Lien Shing, tions made by the Governor-General in the cas of the ships now in question Mai Man, Brzalmine Rotor Indo-China regarding the Saigon rice the grant of this additional remuneration Upolu to which list was added the trade. The Douglas Company's ship is fully justified." A similar representa.

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These vessels were mostly old and customary Coast ports throughout the ion was made to Colonel Thomson, but out-of-date. Not one of them was suit-quisition period, with the exception that the Shipping Controller could not see his able for full requisition for Imperial the K. Hai long was lent to the Naval way to necede to the request. Colonel purposes, and several of them would Authorities for one voyage to carry rein: Thomson had written on the 25th March, perhaps not have been running at all, forcements from the Manchester Regiment 1913: You will observe, that London had it not been for the War.

to Vladivostock The steamers Castlefield, lays great stress upon the fact tant pag- In February and March, 1918, telegrams Harapour and Brisbane continued on ments to owners out East should not be 67, were exchanged between the Hongkong their original charters within the usual greater than those paid at home,' Government and the Colonial Office and coast, trade limita, and such other vessels,

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