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Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.00 inch. Total since January tat: 12.02 Inchos, against an e averago of lũ:83 inches.

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showery.

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CHINESE TRAINING

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THE ALLEGATIONS OF INSUBORDINATION.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1924.

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As reported in yesterday's lesuo, the Chinese training ship Hwah Jab has boon in port, and

Yang Captain

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A fow months ago the str. Hwal] Jah (an ox-Austrian Lloyd stoamor which was taken over by Chiria on her entry into the war) loft Shanghai for a trip round the world, carrying about 45 cadots. The original idea, says the North 308 Sydney and Melbooru 2/57/18. New York/Lon: 86

China Daily Nee, was-that the cadets should make thie telp round the world to allow of their seoing othor countries. and observing the manners and modes! of other peoples, and at the same time, by means of a more or less intensive course of instruc- tion in the duties of a soaman, during such periods as their vessel was. at son, prepare themselves for employment as officers of the Chinose Mercantile Marine.

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POST OFFICE NOTICES.

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Our contemporary continues: Arrangements were even mado wo beliuvo, for certificates to bo issued to those who passed the course and the test. The trip was financed, we understand, by a concorn calling itself the Far Eastern Shipping Syndicate, in which a prominent Chinoso from Singaporo is stated to have held A predominant interest. Judging, from information and reports that have roached us the oruise appears not to have beon as gue- cossful as at first was hoped and anticipated, and there appears to have been considerable defection Am07

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In one of the most ousential Hoihow a siphong features to the successful outcome Japan of such a venture-the discipline

of the cadois.

The following is a letter from a foroign member of the crew of the Hwah Jah, which was receiv ed in Shanghai a fow days ago, and which is, supplemented by further details obtained at a per- Bonal interview. The latter is reproduced in full, excepting that a few references, either personal or irrelevant, have been omitted.

LITTLE OVERSIGHTS.

"Dear......

Str. Hwah Jab,'

Tsingtao, April 28, 1924.

"I have boen'intending to write to you for some time to let you know how things were going on but we have had so much trouble here that I did not know whore to start. However I will try und tell you all I can. When we loft Shanghai on January 12 we had to anchor at Woosung with slight engine trouble and when Iler go the starboard-anchor-the 15 fathom ahackle jammed in the pipe anti on investigation. I found that the 15 fathom shackle on hoth sidos bail beon put on the wrong way round, that is round

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Thurs, 16 inst. 8.35 a.m. Thurs., 15 inst. 0.30'a m. Tours., 15 inst., 8.30am Thurs., 15 insl., 1,20 a m

Thurs., 15 inst., 10 20 a.m. ...Thari, 16 'inaj. 3.39 pm.

...Thur 16 Jork, 6 p,m

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Begistration 8 a.. Letture 8 30.10.

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Europe via Sibaris)

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Kachow

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Fri, 16 in., 4pm. ...Sat. 17 lost. 10.m.

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Lettere 10.30 ■.m (Das Marseilles 14th Jura.)

Fri., 16 lust., 10 30 a wo. Fri, 16 fost., 19.70 a.m

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Moa 10 lost., Registration 145 p.m. Letters 2:30 pm (Dum Marojen 18th Jane.)'

"The stores have boon handed over to the 2nd Officer, a Chinese. time in here but I am Well, I should like to have puti my absolutely fod up now and havo put in my rosignation today, hoping to be relieved at Hong- kong..

end coming on board first, and the water all went into No. 1 who was responsible for that hold and if the bilges had not don't know. The next trouble choked up with bean cake wo we had wak on the way to would have been able to pamp it We out that way. On that same day Yokobama from Dalny. got into a heavy gale and one during the galo of course the morning we found 4'9" of stearing gear buffor carried

"I am enclosing à copy of an water in No. 4 bilge on both sides away, but I fixed that up all and we just managed to keep it right. Woll, wo arrived at Yoko- at that until arrival. All the hama again, it was about eight anonymous latter I received in cargo in No 4 was damaged and in the morning and we had to Yokohama, also a copy of a letter this would make a we found that in making the anchor and wait for a pilot. I am sending to Shanghai. Well, cadots' quarters in the poop, a Well, the Captain eang out let go Mr.

it is all facts, but you lavatory pipo had been cut and the starboard anchor and it wont good story for the North China know just what to do. no flange put on, the hole on the all right, also 15 fathom chain. and

I was Oh, another thing, we cannot outside of the ship heing only 16 Goodness knows what happened will

stores or very little above the water line whion loaded; but the next minute so we were lucky to got to Yoko laid out, something hit me get hama at all. Thon at Vladivostok h-of a blow in the back, and cannot even got oil for the was laid up for a few daysatooring gear and before we can I was just on the point of going but no bonos were broken. Be-discharge this cargo at Hong- ashora, ship nearly loaded, when love me-she is some ship all kong they must get some cargo wires.. We are leaving for Hong kong to-morrow night.

the oassab came to mo (by

right.

the way we have had no car- The funnel caught fire once and ponter since first arriving at Yokohama, he cleared out) down came the main topmast

Interviewed in Shanghai, the

and said have got 5.7" of water stay and three funnel guys. To-writer of the latter reiterated,

in No. I bilge. I thought he day shifting ship one of the bar was crazy, but soon found out role of the windlass broke cloan that it was there all right. On in two, and a sailor had thres of looking for the trouble I found his fingers nearly cut off and his it in the fore-poak, in the shape back hurt.

aholl of three holes in the plating near the bow and on the! starboard sido."

and another foreign member of the orow corroborated, what has been given, with come additional dotalis.

"

THE CADETS'. SPATE, '- The informants wore emphatla NO WORK BEFORE "CHOW," "Now a fow words about the in their statements that the cadets. They are a fine bunch all cadols are utterly opposed to any WHEN ANCHOR,WAS DROPPED. right and there is not the making Hemblance of discipline and "I plugged up the holes as best of an officer in any of them. They equally indisposed to perform the sadots, cadots are as I could but could not success-are all afraid of work and are lost work to which, on a British abip fully stop the water coming in. in an emergency. One night in carrying

the life, boat variably woro spats on board. Next day we got a diver and he Yokohama I told them to come put. The cadets almost in- plugged up the holes from out-and pull up sido and i cemented inside and they had boon ashore in and There is a story of one they told ma they had ex-ongineer-cadot who posBOSSES & wo thought wo would be safe

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until we got to Yokohama ponded all their energy and beautiful pair of hands and who, grounds that he had booninstruct and early demies of the roolplent again, but no such luck. We besides it was not healthy to pull before he touches a greasy span ed, by a representative of the was hinted at; and that disobaline got heavy weather again and the up boats before chow. Another nor or anything of a kindred Syndicate, not to use any paint among the cadets was so lax that plugs came out and she started time when they were not pulling nature, soos to it that bis hands whatsoever on the ship; that the they were simply doing as they making water again. We could all together I said to them You are gloved or otherwise protooted second officer had been placed in pleased, wi

not got any pumpe to work for will never make sailors if you from the contamination associat charge of the ship's stores; that On April 30 a representative of more than 10 minutes or so, so don't all pull together, and they od with manual labour, in the at Yokohams, three of the foreign the Syndicate caths on board an

anonymous threatening, letters, in captain, öblaf offic had to put all hands bailing and said they came to learn to be engine room of a ship.. Another members of the crew had received dismissed all of the foreig the water, was making about a Captains not sailors. It is very used cotton waste foot a day on us. Such a lively Amusing, bellevo me. At present

one at least of which a sudden and soond engine crowd of sailors I have got the endote are running the ship The fore-peak bulkhead, which is and doing just as they please and supposed to be watertight I have done my best to try and must be leaking somewhere as keep them in order. -

Matters appear to have reached climax when the Hwah Jah arrived at: Tsingtao towards tho end of April. The chief officer sont in his resignation, con: the

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