1936-11-17 — Page 3

*THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1936.

GIRL PAT SKIPPERS' STORY OF OCEAN VOYAGE BOUDOIR COMFORT

'SHIP WAS TO BE GOT

RID OF' HE SAYS

-Spanish- Interlude

Skipper George Orsborne gave an explanation of how he came to give his name sa "George Black”' at Corcubion.

SKIPPER GEORGE BLACK ORSBORNE, giving and had got as far as "Black"

evidence in the Girl Pat case, at the Old Bailey, declared that Mr. Tom Moore, managing director of the trawler's owners, told him to take a ship out and "see she makes the biggest trip she has ever made."

He had started to algn his name when a spanish official said: “Sir,

s), negro."

"I said 'Negro?. No, Skipper"," sald Oreborne, "Bo'I wrote down "George Black, Skipper,*"

"I understood he wanted to get rid of one of the ships," Orsbornej told Mr. Christmas. Humphreys, for the defence.

Skipper Orsbome (known as "Dod") is accused with his brother was rather kenerous in giving me James of stealing the Girl Pat, owned by the Marstrand Fishing Company, of Grimsby.

Boll plead not guilty to the charge which follows a six-weeks' voyage of ocean adventure.

fending): You told Mr. Moore you What were disgusted with the trip. elut?—I told him I had a good mind

home at 60 miles an hour. He said. That would have been OK, by me Dod, as long as you did not lose any life,"

In March, 1936, his wife was and he remained ashore."

boots and a quid sub'." FOUND ATLAS

IN COAT POCKET There was a chart on board cover Jandle waters, but not giving any- thing south of the Royal Sovereign lightship.

GERMAN

PITIES

OUR "FREEDOM”

BRITONS are not really fres

despite frequent claims to freedom. An almost cruel method is used to restrict their liberty.

of the individual is restricted by laws and prohibitions, in England a much more fundamental, and one might almost say, moro eruel method is used.

So declares a German, Count "That is the terror of an educa- Pucekler, its London Correspon-lion which systematically destroys individualistle impulses and directs dent, writing in the Deutach the thoughts and behaviour of the Allgemeine Zeitung.

child so that it shall not be different from any other,

"It is useless and harmful when the slogan of freedom is used in Eng- land to build up something in con- to a Germany which is tradiction Reuter) tempting, for the first time, to dis-

individualism.”

The reason is, he says, that the Englishman has been trained up! fram childhood to think that it is a crime to be different." "This method of education," writes the Count (according to for it encroaches on every realm of personal life in which we are accus- tomed to greater freedom.

for use creation "But it is perfect of politically useful citizens. It is precisely

in Germany well recognised. It is all the more regrettable, therefore, that the Eng- Ishman should fail to understand our German methods.

George Frederick Jefferson, of to chuck her on the rocks and come ing the area from England to Ice- "may seem to our taste to go too far. elpline traditional and exaggerated] Milford Haven, an engineer, said in evidence that Skipper

Oratorne toid hilm ០វ April 3 that he would Uke to go to the west coast of Scotland and asked if the engines would be all right to stop at sea for five or six weeks. He (Jefferson) told him that they would.

Mr. Paley Scott, K.C., prosecuting, then called two directors of the Mar- strand Fishing Company, who denied

·

When he saw Mr. Moore at the office and Mr. Moore said he hid to and the job pay somehow make

to take one of the wanted him ships out,

the suggestion made by Mr. Flowera said, "Which one?' and he said, that the company was in Cnunciat difficulty.

"I don't know which one yet. You Mr. Paley Scott asked Mr. Jack are a chap who can do anything na I want you to take Vincent; n Grimsby fish merchant regards a ship. and a Marstrand director:

the ship out and see the makes the biggest trip she has ever made!" "GOING OUT,

Did

you ever hear of a suggestion from anybody that it would pay this company to lose a hip to get the Insurance money?-It is perfectly ridleulous.

IN DOVER·

PATROL AT 14

lie found an ation belonging to his eldest boy in the pocket of his cont, and that was his only chart for the rest of the trip round the world.

Of Jerney he told the men they would circle round the South Af

and leave the ship in Grimsby. lante, bnek by the North Atlantic,

Mr. Humphreys: Who was to pay for provisions on the way?-The Marstrand Company or Mr. Monre. Why?-I thought he would not object. It

of unishment for aslting in to take one Mr. Humphreya: What did you of his ships out in the condition he

NOT COMING BACK"

td.

would

be a

sort

understand?--I understond be want- ed to get rid of one of the ships.

At Careubion he said a Spaniard mude no arrangements about came on board and offered 16,000 George Orsborne, giving evidence, i dim quáng” added Orshorne. "So for penetas and another ship he was using for smuggling for the Girl Pat. suld he lived an a boy in Aberdeenļas 1 knew he was not going."

Mr. Humphreys What did you The offer was refused. At 14 he went into the Navy by

to understand by the mran Jim saying that he

1714. was

Orsborne had not finished his evi- volunteered for the Dover Patrol phrase "A paying proposition"?-- and served in it while he was sill That the chip was going out and notdence when the trial was adjourned.

coming back,

14.

He

He left the Navy in December, The Judge: Do you mean she wan 1910, und went home to Aberdeen; Koins; to be cast away?--Yes.

and worked on a form. There het

Orsborne sald they sailed in the

met Captain Wilkins, skipper at one Gipsy Love, but there was a break- time of the Cutty Sark. Captain down and she put back, Wilkins, who was then 80, persunder him to go back to stra.

Later, be sald, Mir, Moore told him he could have a half share in the Gipsy Love, and 15 per cent of the net earnings; he had to find £100 as security.

Eventually be railed in the Girl I'at, Jim Örsborne, going officially."

Replying to

Mr. Humphreys in said the ship was badly in need of dry docking.

The Judge: Is this the ship that "Alterations were made to the reached Georgetown?--Yes. Gipsy Love and I sailed In her," Orsborne said the they anchored by the Spurn Lighthouse and he then continued Orsborne,

"Mr. Moore said if it was not talked to the men, except Jefferson, success I was to go to a place called] "I asked them." he said, "if they Ullapool, a small loch in the West could win. Harris wanted to know Hebrides,"

why. said, 'Well, I expected you

Mr. Justice Singleton: Did you go to Ullapool I took the ship home in digust.

Mr. Christmas Humphreys (de-

that this is

"This may, in part, be due to the objection which the English-

Wedding March

Banned

man has to thinking. In the main,DOMAN Catholic churches in however, this lack of understand- ingle the bad side of the English

- method of education.

ust

Rottawa diocese are forbid

den to play or sing "God Save

"A man who, from childhood, has the King" during High Mass. been taught certain conceptions, and

The ban is imposed In a Pas- that it is a sign of bad taste and im proper to depart from these conceptoral Letter issued by Arch- tions will never be able to overcome an inter objection to all other points bishop Forbes,

ayolda The Englishmon view, everything that Is foreign, and at the the bottom of his heart considera foreigner as always of less value."

That England is by no means the land of "absolute freedom will be STER it

matters to the pne probes bottom, the article continues.

"If In other countries freedom

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Besides the National Anthem. the ban

would include "0 Canada" and favourite wedding marches and hymns used all over the world,

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The N.C. Bishop of Brentwood, Dr. Arthur Doubleday: "I know nothing of the practice in Canada, hut in all the churches in Enrland it is customary to sing 'God Save the King' in

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