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SHIPS OFFICERS. HISTORY OF THE RECENT
DISPUTE.
STEAMER FIRE IN MANILA HARBOUR.
HEMP CARGO DAMAGED. Gas masks which had become almost obsolete after the close of the world war, as the Manila Times, played an in
SATISFACTORY DECISION.
Commenting on the withdrawal by- Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, of the proposals referring to inlary reportant part in extinguishing a fire which started in hatch No. of the steamship ductions for ships' officers the China) Press of February 28th says:-" Steel Seafarer at Pier & on the morning The decision of the Company was re- of March 1st Sailors, Customs guards ceived in Shanghai with general satis.and firemen who fought the blaze were faction by those concerned, and has all equipped with gas masks furnished by brought to a conclusion a state of affairs the United States Quarantine Office between the men and their employers that First attempts of fire-fighters to enter the was, to say the least, fraught with graver hatch where the fire originated proved possibilities and difficulties
futile because of the volume of smoke It has been common knowledge" along which repulsed them. It was only after the China coast for many months that! it was proposed to reduce the salaries of the distribution of the gas masks that officers and engineers on the ships of a the blaze could be effectively controlled. certain company, and when the announce- Smoke coming out from hatch No. 9 of Co., it was not unexpected. Consequent the vessel was first discovered at 10 ly, when the proposal was made, it-metoclock. An alarin was immediately turn- with strong opposition from the China
meat came from Jardine, Matheson &
Coast Officers Guild and also the Marine ed in by customs guards, and several Ere Engineers' Guild, both of which made stations reponded.
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it known in no uncertain voice that such would meet with the united disapproval According to Captain Jorenzo of the Fire Department who was on the scene, of the members. ..
Negotiations have been in progress the fire was dus to spontaneous combus since last August, wher, the first official intimation of the Company's intentions tion. The blaze apparently started in a were made known by letter to the Guilds. corner where bundles of newspapers were The letter stated that Jardine, Mathe- son & Co., proposed certain reductions stored, he said. He could not give an in salaries and asked the Guild to sup- estimate of the damage, but he said con port them. The matter was discussed at siderable cargo, principally hemp, had various meetings of the Guilds right up to the present time, and a conference was heen damaged by water. Persons along also held with the Company, but nothing the waterfront place the damage by water came out of them and no settlement could
at P20,000. be effected. When it was found that the
The principal export cargo of the Guilds would not agree in a body to the proposals, private meetings of the Com Steel Seafarer loaded at Manila was pany's own employées were called in or hemp valued at P270,000 Contrifugal der to put the matter before them, but the men intimated that the only proper sugar ou board was valued at F15000, method of discussing the question was and dessicated coconut at P34,000. through the Guilds. The Company then
came back to the Guilds and wanted to
make the reduction effective and, also,
THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. M.P. WATT ALL NIGHT FOR SEATS.
The King, accompanied by the Queen, opened the second session of the present Parliament with the usual ceremony on February 2nd. A Parliamentary corres- pondert, describing the ceremony said:
His Majesty's voice as a rule is remark- ably clear and reaches to the utmost limits of the House of Lords. To-day however, there were periods when he could not be heard so clearly.
THE MEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
FOX MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LON- DON AND STRAITS. The Steamship BENVENUE.”» CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform
that all Goods are being landed at their riak into the hazardous and/or extra hazardons Godowns of the Hongbong and Kowloon, Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whance, and/or from the wharves, Delivery may be obtained.
No
Claims
will be admitted after the Goods Dave left
the Godowns, and all Goods remaining: undelivered after the 15th instant, will bu subject to Rent
A
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned an ar before the
be recognised. The Prince of Wales was not present 99th instant, or they will not
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are do at the ceremony, not having suficiently in the Gotic was, where they will be
eramined on the 15th instant, at 10 sm. recovered from the effects of his recent
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by hunting accident. The Duke of York
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Agents. however, was in his place at the head of the bench of dukes, and bowed. with the
Hongkong, 9th March, 1926, rest of the Peers to their Majesties when they entered on the stroke of noon.
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Actually there were more Peeresses than Peers present, and their 'appear- ance in, the conventional colours of half mourning, black, white. maure, and purple, contrasting so well with the scar- let and white of the Peers robes, made the spectacle even more than usually beautilu, and provided the ideal setting Barometer for the wonderful array of jewels. Many Temperature ladies wore violets clasped to the shoul-Humidity ders of their clats c
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M. Rakovsky, the Russian representa- tive in London, was a noticeable figure
Earlier in the day there was the usual Highest open-air Temperature on 8th among the diplomats present.
Lowest open-air Temperature on 9 h gathering in Palace Yard of members of the House of Commons. anxious to be present in good time to claim their seats. By ancient custom the placing of card establishes a right to a position for the rest of the session, and two members waited outside the House all night "for this opportunity. They were Sir Frank Nelson (Con, Stroud) and Dr. Vernon Davies (Con., Royton), both of whom began their vigil before midnight.
Lady Astor, who appeared on the scene
opened at 8 am., was the first to enter
wanted to know what the men were go THE RECENT MISHAP TO THE only few minutes before the doors
ing to do. The answer was given in the
ultimatum issued on Friday.
UNITED FRONT.
SARPEDON."
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONGKONG
ER
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From March 10th to 16th, 1925.
HIGH WATKE.
Dayı
Days th
Blong
Standard
Height
LOW WATER,
Hong Standard
Time:
Time.
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Most seats were reserved" and oc- cupied when the Speaker took the chair This was the history of the dispute as
The following account is given in hema shortly before noon to await the sura- Wed 10 m given by Mr. Watson yesterday, and i he added that, so far as the Guild was papers of the mishap to the Sarpedon as mons of Black Rod to the opening cere. concerned, the matter was finished with she was leaving Liverpool on her outward mony in the House of Lords. The Prime Thar. 11 m
Minister linked his arm with that of Mr. now that the proposal of the Company voyage: had been withdrawn.
A serious collision between the Cunar- Clynes, who deputises as chief of the the absence der Carmania and the Holt liner Serpe Socialist Opposition in
to the
other Sun The sending of the ultimatum was the don was narrowly aferted in the Merses abroad of Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in the Batur 19 outcome of the decision made at a cam-on Saturday afternoon, January 30th. subsequent procession bined meeting of the two Guilds held on Roth vessels were outward bound, the House." Thursday evening, but what transpired Carmania for New York with several at that meeting and what was to be the hundred passengers. The steamers were attitude of the members had the Company alongside the landing stage, and the Carmania was proceeding into the river persisted with their proposals, has not been divulged. Suficient it is to state when she was carried by a strong ebb tide that the officers of the Company, both to the Sarpedon. The front of a dammy barge was crushed to matchwood, deck and engineer, were prepared to pre and the gangways leading on to the sent a united front in the defence of
Sarpedon were quickly cleared of passen. their mutual interests and bad come togers. The Carmania was caught amid "momentous and serious decision "
ships by the bows of the Rarpedon, but the matter,
fortunately it was only glancing blow. Mr. Kirby said that it was not his The hawar ropes on, the Holt liner were intention to make any statement regard carried away, and the Carmania scraped ing the reasons for the Guild taking the her way along the Sarpedon. The sides decisive step that it' had, as his idea was of both vessels were bared of paint for that, in all negotiations of this characa considerable distance. There was. ter between the officers on the Coast and crunching sound and the Sarpedon tilted their employers, it was always the party over slightly, but the Carmania got clear who made the first move who should make without smashing in the sides of the the first statement. As the Company had Holt liner, ar at one time seemned possible. called for the reduction in wages the onus
After examination in mid-river the
in
of making the first statement for the Carmania was found not to have suffered benefit of the public rested with them.
Mr. Watson added that he wanted it serious damage, and proceeded to sea, made clear that so far as the Guilds but it was decided not to allow the Halt were concerned the matter was finished liner to sail, and she was removed
In conversation later Mr. Watson said Alfred Dock for thorough examination. The passengers were, told they could that, in view of the present high cost of either remain on board the Sarpedon or living, it was well-known that the wages secure accommodation in Liverpool were really below a fair average, but up hotels. Most of them left the vessel. to the present, the Guild had refrained! from making any advances for an in- Subsequently the Sarpedon was allow crease. The recent trouble only served ed to sail. Ehe reached Hongkong yester to show the value of the Guilds to the day (March 8th). officers of the Coast since, without a united front, and without the support] of the other members, it was more than fa likely that the officers of the Company. concerned would have been unable to meet the crisis. He did not feel, justified id giving any statement to the public at this juncture and would withhold any comment until the Company made their statement.
PAY AND COMPANY'S EARNINGS. Just, however, to show that the officers were justified in taking the stand, they had, he quoted from the report of the statement made by the shipping come panies before the arbitration body's In 1917. The companies, Jardine, Mathe son & Co., and Butterfield and Swire, stated before the arbitrators inter aliat That the rate of pay is not necessarily dependent on the earnings of the com- pany, but by the volume of the services rendered by the employer in question.” The clause went on to state and it is for the officer concerned to establish that the existing rate of pay is out of pro-
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Since a reduction in pay was the matter in question on this occasion, not an increase, it was for the Company to show that the services rendered, by the officer were not in proportion to the pay and, in doing so, the earnings of the company could not enter into the ques tion. The officers of the Guilds realised that the companies Had not been experi- encing the best of times and this bad been a great factor restraining: them absolutely Iram making" say advances for an increase in salary, despite the in- crease in the cost of living.
Mr. Watson stated that the recent trouble was the first that bad," occurred since the strike in 1910, which was main- ly over the recognition of the Guild and also for an increase in pay. The result of the strike was the granting of an in- crease in wages. There had been absor tely no trouble since that time and every, thing had gone along smoothly.
FOR MARCH, 1928.
STANDARD TIME OF THE 120TH MERIDIAN, EAST OF GREENWICH).
Date.
Saarise. March 10th......6.38 a.m.
11th... 8:37
**
Sunset.
6.31 p.m.
6.31
*
"
19th.......6.36
8.32
77
13th........6.35
4.32.
14th........6.34
0.32
16th......0.33
0.53
18th.......0.32
8.33
17th........6.32
8.33
7
-18th......0.31
6.23
"
19th........6.99
8.34
20th......0.29
Sint.......8.27
8.35
.. 29
"
13
13
22 d.......6.26 23rd.........6.25 24th........6.25 95th........6.24 26th........6.23 27th.......6.22 98th........6.21 99th........6.20 30th........8.19 31st.6.19 ...
1.35
6.36
6.36
17
8.36
17
0.38
**
8:37
6.37
IF
+1
0.39
6.38
27
6.37. ST
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