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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936.

HARVEST-TIME

REALLY hardbitten skipper who has just nteamed into port with a top shot catch of hörring and has found tho markat "gono dead" on him La omphatically not the man to whom you talk of lila "historic background" or of the romance of the soa.

For him, lits job is gruelling hard work with a lot of discom fort and some real danger; but worse than these, he is not only ́pitted against his old enemies, 300 and weather; he is liable to 3 stab in the back from- economics.

Twenty-ivo years' close no- quaintanceship with herring fishermen and their wives has taught me that they are not un- aware of tills amazing background to the "great autumn fishing " off Yarmouth and Lowestoft,

There is some. 800 years of con- tinuous, lying history during which circumstance and to a cer- tal degree Intermarriage have ande and kept them almost as a eace apart the raw material of maritinic strength, specially bred to the sen.

B

UT since the war the longer view of story has been 'obliterated by the cruel fros- ure of economic disorder, Tho lmost astronomical figures of Come three thousand mlition her- ring landed in the peak year, 1913, dropped to one third in the worst year, 1934. But far more signif- zan. the vital foreign market. upon which 80 per cent of the total nalez were concentrated.

Rumped strkeningly.

dead

But statistics remain things unless there can be put into. the mind of the landsman (who Dag never sweated and cursed Lhroughout a stormy Autumn nilt with two miles of nets to haul in ..some vivid idea of the men and the boala who are the raw material of the "Herring Fishlog Bulletin " that from October 12 onwards this year, gives us the day-to-day progress of the fishing.

First, to get an idea of the Im- mensity of the business, visit the herring fisherman on board h drifter: better, go out for a brief trip.

The stocky Hitle steamer liter- ally stuba hor nose on the racing sean. Smoke stack far back, ahe appears to squat in the trough of cach succeeding wave and take the impact on hor rather high, up-

ted nose. Forward of the funnel is the small wheelhouse, below it the "d of the hold and right forward the capstan.

The after-cabin, the “best bed- room" that houses the seniors' of the tiny crew of ten. is reached. past both galley and engine-room doorway. My friendly skipper, on

To-day's Thought THEY brave the dangers of

the deep To find our breakfast while we

sleep.

-QUINCY.

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The Steamship,

"FELIX ROUSSEL".

No. 26 A/38.

Bringing Cargo from Marsellies te, arrived Hongkong or Friday, 30th October, 1936.

Consignees are hereby informed that their goods with the exception: of Optum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Godown of the Hongkong Kowloon Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery

be may obtained immediately after landing. All claims must be sent in to inc un or before 10th November, 1930, or they will not be recognized.

Damaged Fackages will be examin- ed by the Company's Surveyor Messrs-Goddard and Douglas in the presence of the Consignees nt 10.00 m. on Thursday, 5th, November, 1930.

Consignees must have a Revenue Omeer in attendance when any duti able goods are examined by the Company's Surveyors.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever,

T. OIL..

Agent Hongkong, 30th October, 1935.

CANTON AGENTS

for

Hongkong Telegraph.

WM. FARMER & Co.

Victoria Hotel Building, Shameen, Canton,

• Tel. 13501.

with the HERRING

by Joan Woollcombe

my first voyage of exploration, was tolerantly. Interested to see what an outsider, and one who, at best, boasted about aeroplane experi- ence, would make of this sterner test.

The fact that he has known me since infancy, and all knows me as "gel-Joan," made things casier when, almost defented by the com- bined stench of fish, oll, tar and brine. announced my pressing need for fresh air. AA we sat talking in his cabin.

Almost entirely Med with table. bunks, radio and stores, this cabin is apparently quite devold of ven- tliation.

A

BLONDE plant. aged 18. talking of his early expeel ence.. told me: "You

are senalek and homesick and you have to Ret over both, and Your no one mollycoddies you.

hands get raw with the ropes; but you have to carry on, or you'l never stand It.

'And how old were you when you started?"

"Fourteen. Ma'am-when I left school..

"for them,

No "romance of the soa

but hard gruelling work.

knowledge of the embryo skipper or his mante, but it is that vital in- herited knowledge, backed by the fisherman's fate, that make what we call the "lucky skipper."

"How do you know when, and where, to go out?”

The six-foot of weather-beaten humanity, clad in a strange mis- cellany of sweaters and oilskins, has to stop and think.

T

HEN R transpired that moon and tides must be just right (as they are these first two weeks of October), that water must have turned milky showing the presence of the herring; that the appearance of whales and gulls make the skipper decide to go out. He, and perhaps a number of drifters like-minded, steam out arc shoot" their nets in rota- tion. Most valuable of their gear are these 100 or so nets: most vul- nerable and so uninsurable, except In case of total loss of the whole vessel..

for

Tho reason

the 21FTIC "drifter" becomes apparent when the detalla of the actual fishing are described.

As-I-came-up-on-deck, a young--are ster of that age or so swayed in front of the galley stove, ...

The technicalities of the actual fishing are interesting. The nauti- cal school and the Board of Trade examinations

Lloyd

test the

acquired

Triestina

Herring swim near the surface of the water. Each drifter, there- fore, tralls some two milles of dell- ente nets, strung together much as coaches of-a-train, ór-a-series of hanging curtains.

The drifter then-drifts. The herring swim across the net bar- rler, and are caught by the gills.. When he Judges it suitable the skipper orders this tremendous

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trail of nets, now weighted by its burden, to be hauled in.

This takes some four hours-as the fish are "scudded or shaken free of the net and "in bad weather it's not very pleasant," Bays the skipper, briofly.

The catch may be a "top shot" of many thousands; it may be just n few Ash: the night may have been moonlight and romantic, or it may be brutal weather. Dis- comfort, there will be: but this turns to real danger for each man; for once overboard and weighted by sea boots, his chance is neglig- ible.

So small. Indeed, that lew Ashermen trouble to learn to swim. But the crisis as far as his livell. hood is concerned comes when the drifter gets back to port-the fear of too much supply, too little demand

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NTIL this year, remember. the herring fisherman had neither regular wage nor ar he was out of work) the "dole." The age-long custom of payments and division of profils has been tech- nteally adapted to give him the security of unemployment Insur- ance and workman's compensa- Lion, both of which he often urgently needs.

Thus it happens, all too often. "that"the"fishermait returns home at the end of the season. Christ- mas time, with next to nothing on which to keep himself and his family until the next season starts · with the Northern fishing in May or June. He may go trawling (deep sen fishing) in the interval i. he can get a job; but, theoretically, he depends on his herring flabing.

ROUND ABOUT by

The Showman

NO thô moro esoteric branches

T

of study, such as Fure Mathe- males, there must be added,

if we are to keep up with the times, that of Pure Tošli,"

For example, one of our clever young men has been writing about money. He thinks that a wind-

·fall of £600 would mean happiness to nine out of ton of us (what about the tenth?)"but £1,000,000, or £100,000, to a man who is earning, say, £500 a year, spells responsibility, anxiety, fear,”

I wish I know why the clever young writers of to-day are so nervy and so frightened of the world. They seem of n twitter to such an extent ut L would be cruel to shove buttercups under their china, even in fun.

Shall I assure this young man, on your behalf, .tunt responsibility. anxiety and fear are the last emotions that a present of £1,000,000 would arouse?

Or should he not be allowed to know that there are so many stupid people about?

Fair Play for Men MEN resent all these warnings to

girls about prospective husbande The latest is based on n man's hand- Hng of a molor-car-if he does this or that, he is this or that sort of man, Observe him enrefully, and beware! There is too much of that.

We men are perfect, aren't wo? The need is not for tips, about us, but for tips about women.

Tent women on their reactions to broken appointments. Choose a wet evening: tell one you will meet her at half-pant alx. Then do not turn up tintil half-past seven. Listen carefully to what she says. Observe her de meanour.

She may smile sweetly and say. "Please don't begin to apologise, be cause know you must have had something very important to do. I felt so proud waiting for you, and so Jinppy."

If she does. then you have found a woman whom it may well be toorti while moulding into the perfect wife. Irrelevance

ONE of my revered contemporarica

announces its possession of two reporters-an Ace reporter and an Ice reporter.

Al do hope that the Ace reportalı has a nice taline at his Ace Hockah Job.

And I'd like ter fink as the Ice re- purter-e isn't arf a card!--ives up ter 13 fine.

At trust Al 'aven't got mixed up laike.

POOR FISH

A MESSAGE has been flashed round the world from Massachusetts that Mrs Edith Lango is suing for divorce because Mr. Longo, on enthusf- matic angler. pinched her three pet guldfish for bait.

The sending of this message is eminently Justined," said an American legal authority, "when you consider its moral; which is why marry for gold- fish when you can buy them?

More Progress:

"In the old days a man took a house and settled down,' intending to live there his beard was long, white and wavy."

But nowadays we waive the beard. Also few nuthors can create with credibility 80, strained an atmosphere a that in the opening pages of this book."

But any of our international gab. biers could. Just with one tumour.

Wags' Corner MRS. A. came to tell Mrs. B., who

was rather deaf, of her husband's resignation from his employment.

"Well," she said, "Jim has burnt his bridges behind him."

"Oh, how annoying!" said Mrs. R "Thone they were not his best, nair."

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