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SURVEYOR TESTIFIES

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UNIVERSITY

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Witness said that at 10.15 am thing of testing the strength of a if anything at all, the qualification on May 18 he was present at the,j boller but the present "case even and ability for social service, and raising of the boller of the steam this test failed to reveal the defect these two quälities could only be launch. Dojima Maru at Queen's which must have existed. The acquired through experiences in Pier, and found that the boller

general appearance of all parts of actual society, and not in the snell had fractured along and

the boller were good. thereby a theoretical atmosphere of schools adjacent to the longitudinal lap complete absence of scale' or any and colleges. Hence, Commence- joint, and also that the shell had deposits and very little waste of, ment marked the beginning rather torn away from both end plates, Corrusion on the surfaces of the than the completion of education. which were ruptured along the shell and stays. The botter was

Altruism Landed · | head of the mange about 11 feet.

akilfully and carefully surveyed

"Your The cylindrical shell had unwrap-

graduation and well maintained. It appears

bears no greater significance than the fact ped and assumed a practically fat that from the last inspection il form On May 19 at 10 am he would be perfectly fit for the sea that you have only been shown the went to the Taikoo Docks and vices" intended. It is the practice door to knowledge. And it is your duty to enter that door to seek again examined the baller and had of the Engineer Ship Surveyors to

what I shall call the real part of since made a report.

inspect the böller and its mount- ings every six months where there your education. When you enter Is no European Supervision. Once it, you will find society, not in its a year, the boiler is subjected to a theoretical aspect, but in all its hydraulic pressure always in ex-practical complexity. perplexing. cess of the valve pressure allowed and challenging. Your servicable- by the safety valves. Every third ness to society will then be judged year the boilers are taken out o: by the degree of success with which the launch, cleared of all lagging you cope with those complications and subjected to a more thorough and challenges." examination,"

BUILT IN 1911 From the Government Surveyor's Office records witness had ascer- tained that the Dojima Maru and boller were built in 1911 by the Hong Kong and Whampos Dock Company, as the Fuse Maru, for Toyo Kisen Kaista, the name be ny changed to, Dojima Maru about May. 1939, when it was sold by the original owners to the O, S. K. Line, the present owners. Being privately owned when it was bullt it was not necessary to sub-

construc mit boller plans and tonal workmanship for inspection by a Government Surveyor. The criginal plan showed that the de- sign was up to the Board of Trade standard of that period. The standard had.

been since changed. The usual boiler.mount- Ings were fitted with the common type water gauge, "ma

now

The pressure gauge duplex spring loaded safety valves each-2 Inches in diameter 2 full check valves and | other small mountings of little "matter all of which were broken off the boller by the explosion as the plate was in motion. causing the "mountings to strike against obstructions. The portion of the safety valve recovered on Queen's Pler was not lacked. The whole valve was broken off and not blown off.

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Witness then stated" that he was when present at the University tests were made by Professor Middleton-Smith,

The most lamentable fact about society to-day was, Governor -Wu said, the utter abandonment of the principle of altruism. To prove themselves worthy of the training they had received at Lingnan, the graduates should set an example by placing service above sell.

FATIGUE **When we detect fatigue the plate is renewed without the public

Those who were about to receive knowing anything about it. Fati-

teir diplomas. Governor Wu added, gue may cause corrosion,, and. cor- 'rosion may cause fatigue. In this must not attribute their education case it took 13 years for the frac-solely to the individual efforts.

Anancial or ture. and this is one case in a million of which the hydraulic test fell short of showing the de- fect. The test material of ong square inch is 30 tons, but if the material exceeds 30 ton in strength.we must keep it at less than a square inch."

In answer to a question by Mr Prior. Mr. Jackson stated that the surveyor in charge of the vessel in 1924 had since retired from the service of the Govern- ment Surveyor's Omice but in the Office, recodra it was found that the letters K HL were marked "against the repair of the boller.

and in his opinion it must have been the Kwong Hp Loong, Com- pany.

PIN NOT FOUND "The securing pin holding the valve was not found." said witness. "The loop of the padlock stated to have been found near by may or

Mr. Prior then stated that Car- may not be one of the safety valve michael, Clarke and Company had locks. These locks may be of the also tested metal taken from the 10 cents class and still be up to same part of the boller and he requirements of the law. No part asked witness if he knew anything of the valve seats or the chest in about it. Witness replied that he which they are fitted has been re-knew nothing about it. He also❘ covered, and it is impossible to mentioned that he did not knew determine whether the safety valve if it was against the Ordinance seats and chests were all in work- ing order prior to the explosion, nor is there any evidence from the parts recovered and examined in the presence of Mr. Butterfield and myself that the loading of the valves had been tampered with in any way."

here in the Colony but in England it would be if a person tested material from an explosion with out having obtained the permis sion of the Government surveyors in charge,

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At this stage the hearing was adjourned.

The Coroner and jury will"pro- cced to Talkoo Docks to examine the metal taken by Messrs. Car- michael and Clarke for the tests:

·"PIRACY" IN CHINA

The following letter, addressed to the editor of the Times" should prove or considerable interest to

Witness continued that examina- "tion of the line where the rupture had occurred showed that the metal of the end plates where it had sheered was good and of am- ple thickness but rupture on the edge of the plate, along the long- tudinal lap jolat showed evidence of cracking which had penetrated into the plate from the water side to the irregular depths at even intervals along the line of fracture. } readers :--- This definitely must have appeared Sir-In a recent letter that ap- peared in your columns reference NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE was made to the possibility of "On the outside of the boller shell there is no evidence of any leakage having taken place before the explosion, such as would be expected to be present in normal cases of mechanical grooving or pitting." witness,

for 20 inches.

pirated editions of English books finding their way into other mar- kets. Possibly you might like to hear of a case of this.

We are the publishers of a very cracking, successful series for the teaching remarked of English to foreigners which is used in many parts of the world. Sales to China, however, are neg¬ ligible, owing to a locally printed pirated edition. We now hear that this edition is finding its way into

The boller appeared to be well built and carefully maintained, that is, repairs had been carried out 'from time to time.

An entry in the Government Malaya, where our edition is used

otherwise, of their parents or those who happened to support them. Personal accumula- tion of wealth was only possible because of social environments, and social environments were the result of the collective efforts of the people in general. Therefore, the graduates owed more to society than to those who supported them through college, and they were in honour bound to redeem that ob

gation by rendering to society the best service possible.

JAPAN AND BRITAIN

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hardly credible that the British Government would

consider I (Indeed, the general opinion in the there is Japanese press is that

ttle chance of such an agree ment.) None the leas, even a dis- creet modiacation of this might still be dangerous for China and presumably, if "formal negotia- tlong" have really been begun, the "preliminary discussions"

must

have revealed some basis for agree-.

ment.

The Chinese press, we consider remains extremely nervous, though Mr. Eden's reported assurance to Dr. Kung may have done some- thing to allay its fears.

But when negotiations are held in such secrecy one cannot. alto- gether blame a certain apprehen-. slon.

Meanwhile serenely and cour- ageously. China strides on to her great national objective regardless of external influences.

to register the books-at-Customs in the hope of excluding the pirated. editions in this manner, though the results of such procedure are not always completely satisfactory...

The loss to the author and our- selves on sales of this edition in China and elsewhere must amount to a very considerable annual sum: - We are, elr, yours faithfully,

WILLIAM LONGMAN," Director, Longmans, Green & Co., Ltd. “

Surveyor's records dated February extensively. All that we can do is 39. Paternoster Row, EC.4, June 10,

19, 1924 stated:"Boller, ashore.

shell plate fracture just above lap joint. 2ft.. Bins, long, new plece of

shell plate atted, the whole length of bofler being three feet vide. Hydraulic tests were applied on March 8, 1924." It was the failure of this new strip plate which caused the explosion by an affect- ed plate due to fatigue in the material as indicated by the test piece, and subsequently tested at the Hong Kong University.

HYDRAULIC TESTS

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A fracture was adjacent to the lap joint that was in a position where it would not be detected

quring the inspection of the inside

of a boiler, as it is impossible for

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a surveyor to enter a small boller, 81. 26

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a small boiler as he is able to get Tues 29 stuck-I remember a case when I

was stuck in a boller and had to Wed 20 ask someone to get me out by squirting water into the boiler from * hose," said witness "Hydraulic tests is the next best

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