1934-11-26 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY,

NOVEMBER 26, 1934.

HOW BRITAIN GETS A BREAKFAST HERRING

By COMMANDER H. M. DANIEL, R.N.

[N-the blònk Island of Shetland, its proportionate contribution to

In the void of trees, ahia livelihood.

forest of masts and funnels ties

by the water Trout waying and

The little band of adventurers Jestling in the harbour swell. It looks to the voyage to supply most for themselves and Is the herring fleet assembled in pecessities

the ensuing winter, the sheltered port of Lerwick from families for all parts of the British const, but when boats must be laid up and mainly Scottish, for the summer work on the land resumed. For, Ashing.

Although herrings are plentiful in these waters in the winter months, But surely these boats number markets are poor and in such less than in former years? This stormy regions there is extra heavy! very question is proving an urgent risk of losing costly gear. problem for the British Govern- ment. How can the loglalators

THE HUNT

of

help to restore lost foreign marketa Stand on the hilla behind the of the herring industry? Already clustered chimney tops of Lerwick, the House of Commons has agreed Beyond Ita narrow streets and to aid the fishermen with grants slated roofs see the fleet dancing| and loans, but the major problem out to sen in the afternoon sun- of how to and new markets

shine. Each skipper boasta regain old ones remains. Among having his own idea about the best suggestions put forward Is Afshing grounds, but on comparison nation-wide "Ent more herrings" is strange how little they differ,; campaign. In other quarters it Some will week the bigger herrings felt that only a radical reconstruc-off the west coast, but the majority tion of the whole industry can apwill steam eastward in search of preciably improve the situation, numbers, shooting their nets 31

In the meantime among the company with hundreds of other Aahermen fresh hope finds expressboats on the banks where herrings sion in fresh paint at the beginning in their millions are thought to of the voyage in pursuit of possibly have collected from the ocean the most mysterious and baffling depths at spawning time. of all flah--the herring.

J Rrhind

you the women pause în j Shetlandera have been born to their task of rooing the sheep to the sea, with their crofts ashore got their man's boat by the colour second string to their bow her funnel, and wish her a good Few other seamen have contrived (ateh to reward the night's fishing. with much muccess to marry their. In the gray eatinges, dotted over calling with any other pursuit. the bleak hils, older women,

When each herring, season begins, the croft is abandoned to the women and the men take to the boats without thought of re turning until Christmas or later, and twining into the lace which for after the east coast fishing on the finess and fineness admits banks off Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.

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boasting of sons and grandsons In the fleet, work the wool their daughters have brought In-teas ing, cleaning, spinning, knitting!

rival. Indeed some of the threads

that these old women twist and

The Scottish fleet, unlike # weave without the aid of spectacles English, which is only half its ageeth no courser than a spider's | has for the most part clung tena wol and the pattern of

their clously to the old traditions private ownership, and few boats Hossamer just as fairylike.

True, even here, the machine belong to big trusts or limited. Hability companies. Each Scottiah has intervened.

and he

Timing in a band of adventurers, eration mostly scores auch dell. Later embrokery demanding ME every man with a personal stake

crew

in the expenses and a proportion.much time and patience merely for sake of crufimarship, nud ate share in the final profits, the

Havours something purporting to Nets and boats are mostly owned! by the Ashermen and commercially Rist as good turned out b each boat is a separate mult stand-machinery in a hundredth of the !time. But the older folk stili gang ing her own losses and enjoying their gait, sending their wares her gains without any pooling;

Landon and the other capitals of system to reduce profits or mitigate the world for sale to those who the effects of misfortune.

love beautiful handicraft for its own sake.

BROTHERHOOD

Notwithstanding keenest comi

THE NET

SOUTHERN PAPER BOX IL CARTOW

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This picture gives a moist Iden of the show put on by the weather man in Southern California the other day, Rainfall, in some places totalling more than four inchas, inundated homes and automobiles and left hundreds temporarily homeless. Near Long Beach kids paddled through once-teaming

thoroughfares in, homemade boats.

NEA

Echoes of the fatal fusilade that killed King Alexander of Yugo-Slavia had hardly died away be. fere an honour guard was posted boside his body. This radio picture, flown by plane to London and transmitted to New York, shows the dead king lying in siste at the prefecture of police in Marssilles.

dressed in the uniform in which he was slain.

start the race for part, where the market will decide the com- mercial value of the night's labour,

Things are not always what they germ. A bold full of good fersh Ash does not always mean, gonad

mércial rivalry, the fleet in united Through the gray twilt night earnings, or indeed a price at all. by the closest bonds of brotherhood which knows no stint in the face the drifter det by and losses Gluts

comes

and senreity have COEL

FRANCO- TURKISH ACCORD?

FRIENDLY VISITS SIGNIFICANT

HAS GERMANY LOST A FRIEND?

at the recent Conference of the Interparliamentary Union, when the French detegales were objects of particular attention, and, when the Turkish delegates invariably voted for all proposals emanating from their French colleaguCH.

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and As for many reasons particular, owing to her geographie situation the maintaining of most elose co-operation with the Soviets forms the pivot of Turkey's foreign policy, the new Franco-Russina "Kutente Cordiale" is a powerful fuetor tending in the same direc- tion

of danger or necessity, Labour with twinkling lights, dancing to sequences here in these unsophis. and capital

in the herring feet the rhythm of the swell. Ahead of ticated islands no less crazy than long line of oats, elsewhere; and from time to time find one indispensable to the other each bont

ploughing long tradition has accorded resembling coloured fotballs, such drifters may be seen and each its rightful place which nonelas children love to play with on their way seaward not to fish-

the sands, rise and fall to the roll-be o dump overboard the catch clisputes.

ing waves; beneath them hangs af the cannot sell, while only a few Mangus Anderson, for instance, giant "tennis" net, 30 feet fa depth miles away in England thousands has a one-eighth share in the boat and two miles long, waiting for u of unemployed are short of fond..

Turkey is expected -to- form - an and owns ane-quarter of the nets shoal of herring which may well As the summer months go by the which entails the obligation to comprise of 10,000,000 fish.

important link Ẩn the re-alignment tleet works in its way southward,

Istanbul, Nov. 12. keep them in repair. When the With early dawn

the still in pursuit of the herring.

The visit of the two French of European forces which is now in "shur-out" takes place, one-third grunting rumble of the steamshore fallows the army of 2,000 or super-destroyers "Guépard" and Process although, so far, she con

tinues to defend largely on her "Casard" to Istanbul, while a of the proceeds goes to the boat winches heaving

5141 oil-3,000 herring girls' owners, one-third to the owner of skinned backs are to be seen InHebrides and Settish highlands French air squadron of six military trade with Germany, this country the nets as the reward to capital, each boat, bending over the nets These also are hardy adventurers, planes is expected to pay a visit, being her best customer in Europe. By means of a liberal credit while the other third is assigned which deft and hardy fingers pull not knowing when it begins what in a near future, is being consider policy the French are, however, to labour and divided among the board, shaking and ficking the season will bring forth from as a further demonstration of trying to invade Germany's domain

the Franco-Turkish rapprochement crew as wages. Mangas, there-scores of silvery fish into the hold, bage sufficiency to plenty,

What which begun in the earlier part of

of economic preponderance In fore, knows no clash of labour And with the last, the skipper ever the earnings they are surely this year.

Turkey. va, capital, but looks to each, for,aounds a gay tool on the whistlelearned,

Simultaneously Turkey's attitude tries in the Turkish market

The competition of the two coun- toward Germany, as reflected by naturally welcomed by the Turks the press, In visibly becoming cooler as it bound to secure to them, at and more critical.

least for a certain period, quite France's recovery of her former substantial material advantages.- prestige in Turkey was also evident | United Prens,

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