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Mails.

THE RONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER

Intimation.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.

BREMEN

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE

.For

NAPLES, GENOA, GIBRALTAR,

WEDNESDAY,

Nopa, 21st October.

STEAMERU

TO SAIL

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Į About WEDNESDAY,

21st October,

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THURSDAY,

5 P.M., 5th November,

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About the 18th Oct

For further Particulars, apply to

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MELCHERS & CO.,

GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINA.

Hongkong, 9th October, 19ob,

No. 1 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft.; bottom 75 it. Water on blocks, 27.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours,

TH

No. 2 Dock.

1908.

KRUGER'S MILLIONS,

·STIRRING 'STORY OF TREASURE SHIP.

EQUIPPING ANOTHER EXFEDITION.

In South Africa, there is a widespread belief that the late President Kruger's fortuna lies buried in the holds of the barque Dorothea, a hopeless wreck on the Zuluised coast.

Some of the circumstances associated with this impression were related recently, and now comes the veralon of Captain Charles Gardiner, recently the commander of the exploring ship,

from

-adhering tozu which an aspart valued "Another vassal wa were,

off Cape Agulhas in 1869 name, because sha is ĝin a positi might easily be found. She conte of tin, and tin was then worth Zi We were commencing operationa the Alfred Nobel, whed we got instrut London to proceed to the Middlið. plied that it was not the season for the burg, and that we were doing very wall where we were, but the directors thought they, kpaw best. Sa had to leave the vossal, which is in caly 44 or 5 fathoms of water, on a rocky bot tom. At least half, or two thirds of her cargo

Length Inside, 875 ft. Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. bottom 45.8 ft, Water on blocks, 28,5 ft. Time | Alfred Nobel, who is at present in London, could easily have been recovered.

to pump out, 8 hours,

HESE DOOKS are conveniently situated in Yokohama barbour and the attention of Ospains and Engineers is respectfully called to the advantages offered for Docking and repairing Vessels and Machinery of every discription

The plant and tools are of recent patterns for dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always at ̋kand, (plates and ingles all being tested by "L'çyds' surveyors).

Two powerful Twin Screw Towboats are available for taking Vessels in or out of Dock, and for taking Salling Vessels in or out of the bay. The dration derrick is capable of lifting 35 tous,

We want

Captain Gardiner, saya the. To's, raphy lips

A DISAPPOINTING EFFORT. twice visited the wreck of the prothes,' and

Toep you know where she is?" according to his accountshe is indeed a transuro.

Certainly I can find bar again. V ship worthy of attention. But he disconats, the

to the Middleburg, where we pomped out,no theory that the gold beneath her, hatcher ever belonged to President Kruger. On the con less than $7,000 tons of sand before we could trary, he states that although, a fortune was get at the chica. When the work was half hipped in the vessel, President Kruger had completed we were ordered to the wreck of the not only no interest in it, but had no knowledge at Aura Pequena, in German South of it. Still, there the gold lies, apparently West Airici. The Dunỏith was a brand-new could be related, and I wish to say here that awaiting any man who makes a determined British steamer on her maiden voyage. She effort to get it.

the German authorities never put the slightest obstacle in our way. On the contrary, they. helped us in every possible direction. We were ordered from London to go to Cape Town order to get the extra salvage gear that was required, leaving half of our crew on the Dun. which was in possessing of a watchman. But when I got to Cape Town I found that, no · arrangement had been made with the underwriters as to the terme of the salvage and that there was therefore no certainty of making much out of it even if we did get

Captain Gardiner states that he first visited the Dorothea three months after she WAS wrecked on the coast, about a couple of miles from Cape Vidal. At that time, he says, one of her masts was still standing. I had heard that a quantity of gold, worth about £650,000, bad

that the value was not more than £110,000. The story, at investigated it, shapes some

Steam Launches of Steal or Wood, Lighters, Steal Buildings and Roofs, Bridge been placed in her, but afterwards I learned Work, and all kinds of Machinery are made oo the premises,

Tenders will be made, ay whan required and the workmanship and material will be thing like this. Certain officials of the Trans guaranted

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The cost of Docking, and repair work, will be found to compare lavourably' with that going to pieces, and desiring to feather their her off. I was ordered to go back to Asgra

of any port in the wield.

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vaal Government, seeing, that things were

own pests, issued permits to several indivi duals, permitting them to engage in illicit gold buying.; That is to say, they armed them with authority which enabled them, without feat, to buy gald from mine managers and others at their own price, with a view of getting it out of the country. Apparently these officials wore looking to make a fios profit between the per- chase price plus the costs of shipment and the figure which the gold wauld fotch in Europe That there was something shady about the business is clearly suggested by the fact that when one of the men engaged in the enter prise was arrested, he openly dared the Trans- vaal Government to prosecute him.

CEMENTED IN THE HOLDS. But, said the Telegraph's representative, the public persistently believes that the gold was the property of President Kruger.

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Pequena and fetch my men, and on my arrival found that the chief officer had patched all the boles and bad pumpad out two-thirds of the water. In fact, so was only waiting for the

additional gear to refloat the ship, The up. shot of it was that we wasted from £1,200 to

61,500 when we could have very well got that ship off. From this point we went back to the Middleburg and thence to Cape Town, where, tired of being buffeted about, I resigned my

post as commander of the Alfred Nobil..

Had you your eye on any other ship? Yes, there was the wreck of Hin Majesty's' ship-Grosvenor lost at the time of the Indian Mutiny. She was a transport coming homa from Tadia, and had on board, a cargo includ- "ing precious stones, gold and silver bars, and tin, valued at bo less than £1,714,710. Sho was wrecked off the Pondoland coast in si to I know that, but Kruger doesn't come into six fathoms of water, and is completely the story at alt. He was the one who got left covered with sand. I believe a portion of the over it. The gold was taken to Delagon Bay, Contents could very easily have been reco and there a sailing-abip was patchased for its

vered with its help of the gear which we had transport. She was then called the "Ernestine, on board the Alfred Nobel which,, I may, say, but they changed her name to the Dorothea,

was the finest sea-boat I have ever known in She had been condemned by the authorities as my life, and the best adapted for our class of asseaworthy, on account of some acid having sivage work. For myself, I cannot ses why baea spill in her lower bold. She was mada

our expedition should not have turṇed out-à- seaworthy, and then twelve big boxes of gold | very great success, for I am certain there lu bars were brought down and placed in the bold money in this class of advanture. I am hoping abit the foremast, Afterwards they were 'ce.

to arrange another expedition, bot in that event mented over, and 200 tons of sand-ballast were | 1 'must have an interest in the enterpriss-In- dumped into the ship, which then sailed, oston- | that caso; I shall be perfectly willing to go for sibly for Monte Video. As you know, the Dore- a small retaining fon. I say, with the know- "then was' wrecked a few days later. Ons of the ledge I have, that such a cruise is not a pomi-

four men interested in her cargo was drowned; bility, but a certainty, from the point of viam of- and the others were picked up by a passing success. There ought to be no difficulty in steamer. Personally, I didn't believe the tale getting a permit from the Natal Government until I saw a letter from a man who was former to work the Dorothea, For other wrecks, in all

numbering thirty-two, I have already permits.

The Breamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light and have Accommodation for a limited number of Saloon Passengers, and will take Cargo to all Netherland. India Portly of great consequence in the Tracevast, and on through Bills of Lading.

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who is pow not permitted to land in South Africa, in which he naked a boted German firm to get a permit from the Natal Government to work. the wreck of the Doroshen, and said. that he himself would, at his own expense, fil out the expedition."

Then you believe the gold is still there? There must be truth in the story, or people

Intimations.

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PROFESSIONAL TATTOOER

AND

like Curria and Morrison, of Durban, would THE EXPERT REMOVER OF TATTOO

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hardly have.équipped_one_of_their lugs, and senf to England for one of the flaest divers they could get, in order to make an expedition to the Dorothea, Bot, although they worked for two months on the scene, they never succeeded in finding her. It was, of course, in the programme of the Alfred Nobd to go to the Durathes after Currie and Morrison had abandoned operations | ** My 34 years' experience in tattoologis a but, as a matter of fict the Alfred Nobil never guaranice of good work and prompt execution. went there, for reasons which I will presently My colours are absolutely fast and perfectly explain. But have ant 'told you of a more barmless, and produce a charming effect not successful visit to the wreck by other pouple. attained by any other, as their composition is only known to me, In tattooing unlike some It was then thất,n diver named Kramer, who species of engravings, care must be taken to I was subseqannily killed at Sir John Jackson's have the work done in a perfect, high toned manner. In order to take special precaucion, works at Simon's Town, had his hand on the cement which encases the gold. He got up against possible dangers, I use fresh materials

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was protruding. These pieces of cement and this piece of gold are in South Af ica to-day. I have bad them in my hand. They absolutely vouch for the story,

LACK OF DYNAMITE,

But why did the ship leave the wreck when Kramer had made certain of the presence of the gold?

Well, you baye 18-wait your time. They had no dynamite with which to blow up the cement There was no means of doing it, ex- cept by dyasmite, and before they could get it bad wraiber set 1o. 1. ought to tell you that Kramer was working for a very small expedi. tion with very small capital, which preceded that of Currie and Morrison had hoped, of course, that we should get on the scene with the Alfred Modal, for before her expedition be gan had been out over two years on the African Coast, surveying wracks: which were known to be valuable. But the Dorothea was by no means the only vessel we had in our eye, One of them was the Biddfeburg, which, with a worlth of old chins on board, was wrecked. on the 17th October, 1714. She wasja Dutch vessel, bound from China to Amsterdam, and was chased by the British into Saldanha Biy,

where her desperate crew sank" ber.. From her wreck the Alfred Nobil recovered over Boo pieces of valuable old chias, including

Chinese god, for which an offer of made ca the spot, and a bowl wi

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