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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 16, 1939.

2,526 COASTAL LATEST PARLOPHONE & REX RECORDS.

BRITAIN HAS LOST SHIPS SINCE THE WAR

Worst Gap in Country's Women Scrub

Plans for Defence

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By MORLEY RICHARDS

RAILWAY engineer sitting in the 10.30 morning express to the west recently told of what could happen if enemy aircraft bombed certain junctions of the G.W.R.

He thought it possible that the with whom he regularly did busi whole system might be dislocatedness;

for a time, at any rate,

Britain has two olher transport routes roads and the sea.

If, in war-time, the railways were put out of action, our roads could not bear the burden of all the nation's transport.

We would take our goods and food around the coast in little ships. 'as we did in the last war.

But then we had 3,430 roastri Vessels. Now we have 904. And the Dutchmen.

discussed

this problem with several shipbrokers during my in. vestigation Into Britain's coastal tradle,

The Arst nineteen names were

ali foreign; the next six, regis- tered at Somerset House, all have foreign capital and. In kome cases, foreign directors.

Gravestones

WOMEN of the village of

Ruiton, Staffordshire, spent some time reocully looking over their supplica of scrubbing

· brushes, buckets and soap.

Every evening that week, as their incestors have done for 137 years, they scrubbed clean nil the village's gravestones.

Their menfolk meantime planted flowers, and cleared away weeds.

For the next Sunday was the an- niversary of the village's Sunday school, which is the second oldest in the country.

The graveyard were warming

The oficial figure for the amount with people during the clean-up," of trade enptured by the Dutch is the Rev. J.Brierley, minister of the 13 per cent. for ships up to 500 Congregational Church, said, tonk, and 7 per cent. for vessels up to 750 tons.

FAIR QUESTION Actually, it is higher than that.j Coal-carrying is excluded from these Agures. They also do not include British-registered firms who Are actually foreign.

one or two Instances:—— Every one of them saw In It the worst gap in Britain's defence plans (Jonal Shipbrokers Ltd., who

NEVER REPLACED

Mr. Charles Tapper, a broker of Teignmouth, sald: "This little port used to have a fleet of ships. Their ensualty rate was high in the war. They have never been replaced. Now we have only one, veskel be- longing to the port.

Wo

"When I have a freight for, say, the Baltic, I have to charter foreigners, usually the Danes. "When

bave potter's cluy-our principal export for another Eng- lish or Scottish town, the Dutchmen

it for us. carry

1 suppose if wor came we should have to employ the Dutch all the time-if they would stay.

"But our coastal tonnage has de- creased so much (it is now 243,170 ID14 it was 432,558] that gross; we should never be able to handle the goods allowing for casualties,"

I saw a broker's list of shipowners

4 SHOWS

DAILY 1,30-5.15

7.15-0.30

have lately changed their name to Antoi Ltd. Messrs. Marinus Jacques Van der Eb and Arie Von

der Eb, of Holland, and Mr. Joseph Steven Brüers, a Belgian, are the principal directors, with Mr. Ar thur Albury Pollard, an English

and fourth. man, as the

They have been in the trade for six years, Messrs. L. Dens and Co., Ltd., have four shareholders. These are the Compagnie Dens-Ocean Soclely Anonyme, of Antwerp (2,325 shares), George R. Hardy, of Lon- don (101), Pierre Paul Rubbens, of Antwerp (75), and Leon Dens, of Antwerp (1). Millanderian Motor Coastal Ltd., have two shareholders-Mati Albert Ranby Milton, of Hendon, and Anne Van der Laan, of Hol-

land. No one suggests these, and many other firms, bave not a perfect right to carry on a business.

"I am not much in favour of the custom, since it is unnatural for a stone that has been weather-beaten for years to appear too new.

"However, I would not like to change it."

But it is a fair question: Why aren't British goods carried in British ships by British people? water towns of Devonshire la Kings-

One of the most secluded back-i

bridge.

branch

railway. You can also reach it by

It is the terminal point of saling up a seven mile long, lovely creek, through the South Ham hills.

DOUBLE-DUTCH

The Dutch do reach it that way. When I was there, three ships were loading cargoes-one English, two Dutch.

Exeter, capital of the county, is further still from the sea. It has a canal.

Two Dutch ships have regular con- tracts to net as carriers from the beautiful old city. Devon and Dutch accents mingle strangely.

IL to me.

President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua,.loft, greeted by Freal- dent Roosaveti on arrival in Washington. General E. M. Watson. military alde, in front,

Borstal's Best Boy Turns To Crime

"They were the happlest days of my life;" he said.

FREDERICK_JAMES COOK, once "the best boy in Borstal," cried in the dock at the Old Bailey recently when he was reminded of his successful career at the Borstal Intituiton at Feltham, Middlesex,

for "He got certificates

cricket, football and athletics, and ever so many good conduct stripes. The Cook, for his good conduct, was discipline was strict, but otherwise presented with a rolled gold watch things were the same as at any by the governor when he left the }

The ordinary school.

Loys were reformatory three years ago.

should not be taught that key Recently he pleaded guilly to ashamed of Borstal. They were breaking into premises and stealing told that it could be the making of properly worth

"He heard them. It was as good as a public Judge Beazley say, "Although you school for a boy in his position. did so well at Borstal, you must be "When the governor was ever at

He waa sentenced

to Wandsworth, near my home, he would drop in for a cup of tea and had talk to me about Jimmy. He good hopes for him.

all sounded like double-Dutch Not long ago Dutel ships were carrying lead pipes from Poole in punished." Derset to Scotland for the Royal Air (Continued on Next Column.)

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Cook's mother, who had unsuccess- fully pleaded in court that he be given another chances, described how her son came to be "the best boy in Borstal."

"The discipline did him good. He seemed to like it," she said:

"When it was time for Jimmy to leave the governor presented m with a rolled gold watchfor good conduct and all-round athletics. That watch is now in pawn. I'm sorry to say-for 75. And it's been there more than once.

"When they sent him away from me, I thought I had seen the end of all that was best in him. You

"When he came out of there hear such tales about boys had a one, chance to start again. he being mode into hurdened criminals But he was always a boy who was in these places--but I was astonish-

ed at the good that it did him. He easily led. He got back into the old properly turned over a new leat. Ways, met bad friends again. Now

this.” He worked hard and tried to make good.

'DOING SPLENDIDLY'

Church Tries Coin Box

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"When I went to see him there everybody was most kind to me. The officers seemed pleased to tell me how well he was doing, and i really felt that I was welcome. They

The Rev. F.

C. Vaughan-Elrch, told me he was doing splendidly atminister of St. Mary's Church here, all the sports and was behaving him-declared the church didn't need col self perfectly.

lection plates and would do better if they were discarded. The suggestion was put into effect; the plates were Force. There are numerous cases cf removed and a small box was install- the foreigners being chartered by ed at the front of the church. The private firms to carry goods to coun- ty counella all along the coast..

"How can we help i17" my friend Mr. Tapper said. "Of pourse, we would sooner give freights to British

immediate effect was that although collections had not diminished, congregation had increased

the

chips. But they just aren't there, Friend of King Of

or their prices are prohibitive,"

We took a day's shipping list, sc- lected at random. He ran his finger

Greece to Wed

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down the ports: Plymouth, four The engagement was announced Dutch ships; Par, one; Fowey, two; recently of Lieut.-Col. Dimitri Le- Mevigissey, two; Falmouth, four; vidls and Mme. G. Veoutsinas, Swansea, four; Southampton, Ave. prominent member of Athens society. They will be married in Athens "Now looks at the North Water shortly. way" sald Mr. Tapper, Indicating the sailings from Holland that day,

Col. Levidis is Master of Cere.

We counted them:. thirty-three ships monies at the Greek Court, and he outward bound.

Yea. Bound for Britain.

is also a personal friend of King George of Greece.

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