1938-09-13 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,

1,400 Passengers Sleep Through Sea Collision

CAPTAIN SAVES BOY AS SHIP

GOES DOWN

Seven Drown In Fog

While 1,400 passengers bound for Kingstown, Eire, were asleep in the L.M.S. mailboat Cambria recently, the 3,462-ton steamer, making her way through dense fog in the Irish Sea, came in collision with the trawler Alcazar (159 tons). The trawler sank; seven of her ten men were lost.

Most of the Cambria's passengers felt no bump, heard no sound, and slept on. Those who were on deck saw nothing in the fog except the lowering of boats from the steamer.

BO'SUN LOST

The Dead "I saw the lights of the Cambria.

Robert James Daines, rozd, Oulton Broad,

disappear. Then Frank Barber, the Bridge-bo'sun, came alongside, and also got

hold of the plank.

Charles Walter Barker, Blun- "I think he was wearing heavy deston, near Lowestoft.

boots. After we had been together Frederick Finch (second engineer), for about twenty minutes he just; Cambridge-road, Lowestoft

R. C. Dawson (male). Pakefield, Lowestoft

Edward J. Harvey, Clarence-road. Lowestoft

Frank Barber (bo'sun), Tite Ilemplands, Lowestoft,

Leonard 11, Peck (cook), St. Peter's-nirect, Lowestoft,

For nearly an hour the boots sturched. They returned with three survivors Skipper Ernest Swan, of Len Villa, Egerton-road, Lowestoft

fourteen-year-old nephew, Gordon Aldred, of the same address, and George Haylock, cook, of St. Georgo's-road, Lowestoft,

Gordon Aldred told how he was saved by his uncle, who pulled him from bla bunk by his bruces when the collision took place at 5.20 a.m.

SAVED BY OAR

slipped away.

"Neither of us spoke to the other as we held the plank."

Skipper Swan, who is forty-three, was the last to be rescued. He said: "I went to bed about 4 a.m., and left the mate in charge. About five o'clock the whistle woke me, and I knew we were running in fog,

"A few minutes later I heard the

trash."

Broke Neck -Laughs

AFTER breaking his neck in a

car crash, Mr. D. R. Jones, He said "I was sound asleep. of Cambridge-road, Worthing, and at first I thought 12 was a dream. {went back and drove a car with-

"My uncle pulled me through the water that was coming into the cabin, and when we got on deck I saw it was nearly level with the sea.

out feeling in the lenst nervous.

In fact, he laughed.

Four months ago he was operated;

on for a double fracture of the neck. He received the injuries after his

"I got into our small boat and wes tried to lower it, but the trawler car had turned a double somersault sank, and we were all thrown under and thrown him out. the water.

"I started swimming, and found, on oar. I held on to it.

"After I had been swimming for about half an hour a boat pleked me up.

"It was God's will I should not drown, but I'm not going back to the sea."

Haylock, who is Afty-seven, said: "AS the trawler went

down

clutched a plank.

SO PAINFULI

"Noodly can have any idea how natafut was," he said.

1 determined to help the doctors

In their fight for my life.

"It was a miracle of modern sur

again.

I

King George went ashore in a rowboat, from the ship on which he returned from his visit in Franen, to spend a day of the Duke of York's fresh-air camp for boys, at Southwold, Eng- land. He got into shorts and seemed to have as much fun as the boys. He was a patron of the camp before his accesalon to the throne.

MRS. DOLLY HUDSON

Treasure - Keeper,

Loses Her Charges

I hamn Palner at Love those

Na roont of a Georgian house under the shadow of Bucking

SEPTEMBER 18, 1938.

EMPIRE NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA'S EXPENDITURE

Capetown. Despite the recent warning by Mr. Havenga, Minister of Finance, that everybody would in future have to be very careful with public expendi- ture, Government estimates of ex- penditure for the year ending March 31, 1939, show a general increase of

£2,000,000 on those of last year.

The main increnses fall under the votes for Police, Post, Telegraphs and Telephones, Defence and Native Affairs.

A sum of £20,000 has been earmarked for a national scheme of physlent education.

National Publicity-An expendi Aure of at least £440,000 by South Africa on tourist publicity overseas during the next five years will be guaranteed by the provisions of the Publicity Corporation.Bill, which has been Introduced in the House of Assembly by the Minister of Rail- ways, Mr. Pirow, INDIA

SERGEANT-MAJOR '

STABBED

Calcutta.

Reg. Sgt.-Major W. J. Kerregon, 2nd Bn. the Border Regiment, hus been sinbbed while travelling by train from Calcutta to Darjeeling. He is stationed at Ferozepur and was on leave here,

It is alleged that an altercation with a Bengali student occurred in the train, and the sergeant-major was stabbed five times. c was taken to the British military hospital unconscious. The studeni has been arrested,

Bengal Debate The Legislative Assembly debate nise motions of Mr. Fazl ul Huq cante on the remaining no confidence in the Bengal Ministry of

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delayed pending an investigation into the allegation that £250 was offered in the House to two Govern-

ent supporters as bribe. Industrial Arbitration.The Indus- trial, provinces of India

ndia are keenly interested in the fate of

of a bill to be Introduced in the Bombay Le

Legislative Assembly for the settlement of In- dustrial disputes

conciliation and by conce Arbitration. This is the first serious effort to produce major legislation in Indin along the lines recommended by the Whitley Commission.

Bucking-th

son showed me the art treasures of the "Grande Dame" of Man- chukuo-Miss Kathleen Emily Alexandra ffrench, writes a Cor- respondent.

gery, and it's time to be back at work) Miss french died in Harbin in the cost of repairing her Lon-

I haven't lost my nerve. Look." January, aged 79, and the Dublin don home. And he drove off in his car, quite High Court has ordered happy.

the

Mrs. Hudson is housekeeper of sale of her treasures to meet this London home.

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure"

First patient:

"was a fool. The sign read DANGER, but I took a chance."

Second patient:

́"I haven't taken 'ASPIRIN" in time.

Fifty Years

1888 Tun 1931.

REMEDIES

It is not wise

Don't take chances with your health. or fair to yourself. Many a serious illness is the result of a neglected cold or sore throat. ""ASPIRIN” will guide you safely along the highroad of health.

‘ASPIRIN'

Bayer

means Best

Although she has lived t the house ever since she was born, 45 years ago, she has seen Miss french only a few times at long intervals.

"Goodness knows what it's all worth." said Mrs. Hudson, as she showed me round. "There it is just as it was 45 year ago.

Hindu Bhoots Moslems-One Mos- lem was killed and three injured this morning at Baghalpur, Bihar, by Bred four revolver Reuter. shots. A mart has been arrested--

NEW ZEALAND

· BROADCAST CRISIS DEVELOPMENT

Auckland. The Director of Commercial Broadcasting has resigned his post. The reasony for this step have not been made known.

The Parliamentary opposition has alleged that the commercial service. has been misused. Recently one Sunday there was considerable criti- cism of

commercial broadcasting talk, alleged to contain criticism of the national broadcasting service.

#Year In and year out I looked after the six rooms of the house.

Social Security Bill-The Labour Always I kept the place spotlessly party caucus has approved the terms clean for the day she would come

of the Social Security Bill, which was home. My mother was housekeeper introduced in Parliament recently. before me."

The bill provides for pensions at 80

All manner of Continental furni-and national health insurance. ture graces the two main rooms of AUSTRALIA the house, and in a prominent posi tion is a three-quarter-length port- rait by H. J. Thaddeus of Miss ffrench's father, bearded "Robert Perey french of Moniven."

"Somehow I feel now I shall be glad to get away for a change," said Mro. Hudson, as she dusted a faded artificial aspidistra-perhaps for the Inst time.

Field Marshal Vassliy Galents- Bluecher, commander in crict of the Russian Far Eastern army. Marshal Bluccher has

spent many years of his life building up Russia's Far Eastern terri- tory in preparation for the time,” he asserted, that Russia · must fight Japan. About 500,000 troops are reported there,

TIBER EPIDEMIC

Romana

AIRCRAFT STRIKE

Melbournic.

A strike of 300 engineers at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corpora- tion's works at Fishermen's Bend defence programme. It is likely that threatens to hold up Australin's Bir munition

will become involved.

workers

The trade unions have asked the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, to mediate in the dispute, which has arisen owing to dissatisfaction with arbitration court awards,

Mr. Hughes's Warning. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Commonwealth Minister for External Affairs, stated in an address to the Legacy Club here that the number of persons between 15 and 46 years of age was declining. Unless the birth rate Increased, he said, Australia would be doomed. 05 notion.

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£15,000 Party

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It was the most lavish social intro- duction for ten years, and more than 800 of the elect gathered at mid-night in an elaborate Italian loggia, special-

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