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ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO

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Mr. T.B. Wilson Tells Of Hoover Disaster

There wasan unusually large, gathering at yesterday's week- Iy Uffin meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club. In the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden, to hear Mr. T. B. Wilson speak of his experiences on his recent trip to the "Ill-fated "President Hoover which ran ashore off Hotshoto Island, 150 miles from the Colony- last month.

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already appeared in Press stories of the disaster, the. speaker so cleverly punctuated hils talk with amusing lite soec- dotes and witticisms, that he was listened to with raps attention

Major R. D. Walker, Fresident of the Club, was in the chair and a number of guests were introduced.

COUNTERFEIT COINS

Two Men Sent To Sessions

were

Lam. «Yul ang Lam Tim committed to stand their trial at the Criminal Sessioris by Mr. R. A D. Forrest at the Central. Magia. tracy yesterday on charges of pose session of counterfeit coins, mak Ing. counterfeit "coins, and posses- sion. of paraphernalia ft for mak ing counterfeit | coins, Chief- Detective-Inspector J. Murphy prosecuted, assisted by inspector A, Wright M

Evidence was given by Mr. V. G.

·Branson, Government Analyst, who said on December. 16 he received

These included; Major Mc-ins what to do with the soup he tram Inspector Wright sealed Donald, "Mests W. M. Barton, had sloshed the contents of the cardboard box containing various Yinson Lee, Q.-F. Bradford, Ful tin over the sausages the entire exhibits in connection with an Cade, R. Cass, L. Werner, D. H. ['mess being absolutely cold. As I alleged counterfeit coin case. He Wilson. E P. Mathewson, W. said, I have never been sea-sick analysed these and amongst other Clague, C, Mỹ Johnstone and T. T.- but this was almost too much. things he discovered many counter- Toon.

felt coins and moulds fit for mak- ing such

Mr. Wilson said:

It has been some time since I have had the dubious pleasure or standing here before you and at “tempting to entertain you for the usual routine lesture hour, which consists actually of about 15 odd

!"

CIRCUTIOUS ROUTE

I finally made him realize that could not eat the breakfast and by dipping a fresh egg into the tea pot. I conveyed the idea that

Inspector Wright said he led a raid on an unnumbered but in Lyeemun Village at about 9 p.m. on December 14. The main part I wanted some boiled eggs. I of the house was empty but in the. agine my embarrassment when he cockloft the two defendants were

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I have been prevailed upon to tell you of my recent adventurous voyage to the, shall I say, rescue of the ss. "President Hodver." 'The first news I had of the dbas- ter was a telephone call from the Radio Once at about 12:30 on the morning of December 12. As soon as I received word from the Master of the vessel at about 2 a.m. that she would require assistance and salvage. I arranged with the Talkoo Dockyard to handle the salvige.

It so happened that the only salvage tugs. available were those of the Nippon Salvage Co. which were then employed in salvaging the ss. "Asama Maru," which had Grounded at Satwan Bay during the typhoon of September 2,

́TO ROISHOTO Negotiations were completed on Sunday at about noon, and as my Port Captain was suffering from a broken arm, caused by his having " skidded on a polished floor while attempting to answer a telephone call the previous-evening;, and as my Port Engineer was required in Hong Kong to handle repalm on the steamers scheduled to arrive, it was necessary for me to proceed with the salvage tug.

You have a pretty good idea of my physical condition from having seen me exercising around Hong, Kong, which exercise consiste pri marily of walking from my office three or four times a day to the 'far distant Hong Kong Hotel tea lounge.

coal chatty. When first defendant saw witness he dropped a small file which he was holding in his hand at the time of the officers'

with hard boiled eggs on a plate which were shoved under my nose. I succeeded in downing a couple of the eggs, a few soda. biscuits and come cheese but from then on entrance. On the floor were $160

I took charge of the cooking my-in loose ten-cent coins of the old seli..

issue and two ten-cent coins of the 1936 issue.

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Because of the weather, we had to sail up the Ching Coast to the. Further evidence was taken after Lammock Rock, nerdss the Forma- which both defendants were cem- 34 Channel, then down in the leemitted as above. of the Island, to the southern point, which we rolinded, and again bucked the north-east mon-

soon

until we reached Hotshoto.

Island about 450 miles from Hong Kong.

We anchored on the south of the Island, where the water was quite calm, and had to walk 2) miles across the island to the north beach, where we found the 6.5. "President Hoover" lying broad- side on a coral shelf, which is the beach of the Island. At that time she did not, look to be in a bad

way.

WADED INTO SURF

I had with me only a rattan basket, containing, as mentioned above, my git, of, at least what was left of it, and 2 or 3 changes underwear, and shirts. Other than that my entire wardrobe was

on my back.

STOWAWAYS FINED.

Nine Chinese youths who stowed away on board the 5.8 Yuen Sang to Singapore from Hong Kong.on December 23 were brought back to the Colony on Monday' and charg ed before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. It was stated by the prosecuting officer that the defendants were discovered hidden in the holds of the ship on reaching Singapore. They were later sent back to Hong Kant by the sis. Mau Sang on Monday. A representative 01 Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Company told the Magistrate that the Company in Singapore had suffered great Inconvenience through this case and. they pro- bably had, to pay large Ane for bringing in the people, to Binga-

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communication by a hand-line be- pore.

One of the lifeboats was in

A defendants pleaded guilty to tween the ship and the shore. We had to wade into the surf nearly the charge and were each fined to our armpits in order to be holst- $50, or in default six works' im- ed into the lifeboat. The surf and prisonment. One of the nine de- the beach were covered with a thick fendants, Chan Yu, who had a sum coating of fuel oil, which was of 859 in Singapore currency and 3. At any rate, accompanied by caused by the ship's fuel oft tanks $10 Hong Kong money in his pos- Tom Brayfield, Surveyor to the having been damaged by the session, was ordered to pay.com- Londen Salvage Association, and pounding of the ship on the beach, perisation of 250. Jock Swan. of the. Taikoo Dock with the resultant escape of thou- yard; I boarded the Japanese sal-sands of barrels of fuel oil. In- yage bug. "Yusha Maru" at about cidentally, we received a bill. from 11.30 that evening.

the head man of the viage for

MONSOON WEATHER

As no foreign jood was available "on the tug. Swan had' supplled, what he thought would be tutfi- elent to last 11.5. for a week's journey. The provisions consisted of a few tins of biscuits, several lins of sausage, tinned soups, 4 dozen fresh eggs, a few tins of salmon, 2 dozen bottles or soda. and "a dozen bottles of beer. Thank goodness I had provided myself with a couple of bottles of Gordon, some bliters and a bottle of brandy for my stomach's sake.

We left Hong Kong at 5' a.m., and almost immediately ran into the heavy, north-east monsoon. '‚„The salvage tug is about 120 feet long, and when she stuck her nose into a wave, her decks were 3 feet deep

ip sen water.

Tom Brayfield took no chances qn being sea-sick, and remained In his bunk from the time we left until we arrived. He subsisted on 2 oranges a day; he having had foresight enough to bring along a box of fresh fruit.

SEA-SICK

Swan, I am sorry to say, was AER-sick from the time we Tert un til we arrived at Holshoto and

7.500 for having polluted the water and polled the fishing.

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Having ferried through the surf to the ship's side, we then had to climb a Jacobs ladder up to the On returning to his car which deck. The ladder was covered with was parked near the Tsim Sha fuel oll, and by the time we finally Tsui market, Monday, Sanitary got aboard the steamer, my clothes Inspector F Kaight discovered were eaturated with fuel oil and that his pair of black shoes was sea water,

missing: Driving along. Nathan

Having nothing into which Road a short while afterwards he could change, I removed my clothes noticed a man carrying a paiz, of in order to soak them in kerosene shoes similar to those he had lost. to remove the fuel oil, and wrapped He stopped the coolte, and con- myself in one of the ship's firmed his suspicions. He took blankets. I imagine I looked him to the police station. somewhat like an American Indian Before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon Police Court yester- day, the man, Chari Hing, 45, was Having, canterred with the Sur-charged with theft. He pleaded veyors. the Captain and the ship's guilty and was sentenced to one Officers, and having started sal-month's imprisonment. An order vage operations going, I felt that a was also made for defendant to be good start had been made,

sent home to Swatow at the ex- piration of his prison term.

REPORTED TO POLICE

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POLICE. REPORTS

Miss M. A. Meriscall of the Mult

The following morning, Brayfield, Swan and I were requested by the Japanese authorities to report to the pollee on shore. That neces- sitated our getting into our res- sonably clean and dry clothes, climbing down the olly Jacobs lad- der, taking another trip through tary Hospital, Bowen Road, in a the gurt reboat, wading report to the police stated that ashore in sea water and fuel oil to while walking along Bowen Rond our armpits, walking 21 miles across on Monday, a Chiness came from

so I had plenty of time to read, to the Police Station, sitting. Tor behind and snatched her handbag over, an hour endeavouring and a parcel, In the handbag, WAS to faduce the Japanese Police money order for £3 and papers. Officer, who spoke no English, that The bag was recovered." my passport which had expired a year ago was still valid; then, in our wet clothes walking back 21 miles, wading through the surf, transferring to the steamer and again climbing the Jacobs ladder.

--Ly being gán 'excellent 'dallor, was up and about early. on Monday morning. I was summoned to the 60-called Dining Saloon by the Steward, who knowing nothing about foreign food, had prepared my breakfast to the best of his lability,

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Loss of an overcoat, valued, at $45. from the dressing-room of the U.S.R.C. has been reported to the police by L Hawkings, R. E..

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He had opened a tiny of Oxford sausages, each Baysage being about Needless to say there was not a Mr. E. Fimore, of Nathan Road, the size of a small banana, and had great deal of business accomplish laid 3 of these in a soup plate, tolded by us on that day and my and, covered with caked great as physical condition was beginning they were, and had opened in to tell on me..

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