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December 27, 1939,

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Fish and

By JOHN PUDNEY

Mines

YOU want to hear about magnétic mines, about tor- pedoes, about fish, about strange fish, about dangerous fish?

Bomb in Well-Known City Hotel

Macno was rudely shaken on terrific Saturday night by

bomb explosion in the Central Hotel, where is situated one of the Colony's most popular gambling establishments.

A grent panic followed the sudden

The explosion occurred on the first On England's eastern front, where the winds howl floor at a time when the building is normally packed during week-ends and the home fires glimmer in the front line, that huge with visitors from Hongkong and margin of the unknown which is thejunlighted sea and the many other parts of Kwangtung. darkened mainland, men talk casually of these things. detonation. Hundreds rushed helter "We live by fish in Grimsby, It's the world's first fishing, skelter to the elevators and staircasey port, y'know. Yes, many's having a change now. They're and mat are said to have been in- Outside taking the trawlers for minesweeping: another big batch just go-jured in the mad scramble, ing.

| minutes Bad for business, yes, bad for employment. There's been great crowd collected within a few and traffic became In-

in Job's passable

street. a rush of follows, though, to sign on them minesweepers.

the narrow Police were quickly on the scene, got to be done."

but Investigation showed that illo damage had been done.

So they understate, in their Then I encountered the porcupine soft unboastful voices, the tale who is carrying on.

a porcupine, there, in a Zoo, of courage, of hard times, of de-raised on piles on the seashore, kent termination.

by William Pinchbeck, optimist and I may be the Mayor, Alderman animal-lover. John Sutton, before the fire in his

was feeding the porcupine, the Jennie the monkey, the baboons, the red plush parlour: it may be docker

(out of work these six coloured birds. I'm paying 205 weeks), David Troop in the pub they year for the place; I've got to feet call "Kingeys," much frequented by the animals twice a day all the win- dockers, fish-lumpers (those who carry ter, and then what about the sum- fish from ship to shore) and deal mer?".

Hc

carriers; It may be the little woman The porcupine ate a cauliflower in new lack whose hand they take with a touch of the Pagliacci spirit,

Accordling. to a Hongkong resident who was an eye-witness, the explos lon occurred on the staircase of the Arst floor and, as far as he knew, there were no casualties. Hongkong resident, who

Mr. Fu Wai-sang, a well-known

owns

the the

Central Hotel, was staying in Hotel at the time. The motive of the plot is still obscure and police in- vestigations are proceeding.

silently, when she turns up as usual and we shrugged and listened to the MINES EXPLODE

("must carry on") at the Saturday wind.

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night show at the Excelsior Club, "I was a plumber by trade," said where

sorts Mr. Pinchbeck, "but It was breeding skippers, lumpers, all meet; it may be the men whose cavies (guinea pigs) put me on my feet and bought me this place. I'm names may not mention.

sticking to my animals."

Nor is he stining them. They Sing So Loud

In The Rah' Nest

About Magnetic, Mines Constantly I met these nameless salfors

whose of nameless ships

I shall not forget the staunch-Ile names one would delight to honour.

People in Grimsby don't under- of Grimsby, the pubs and clubs: the estimate danger or overstate forti- Oberon, where the sqippers sit ("that tude. I wish I could print the things fellow there without the tle usually towy said about magnetic mines in the knocks up ten to three thousand a cold, prim light of 1 morning: year"): the Rals Nest, where they } can only skin that they have sing so loud "one for luck, mute, I'm off in the morning"); the cafe-supper wrecked nobody's spirit.

The Mayor's voleo brake when he rooms, where you hear itle English, tishermen were spoke of the 1.207 Grimsby shermen where the Danish host in the last war. "We shall lose quarrelling "funny, they can't take the Engineers' Club. some lads and some ships again. It whisky"); will be awkward; but we're prepared where the boss, Billy Newton, dous to do our share,"

Jan act in a funny hat ("the Duke of

started ITA of Portland

off ០១ the Th first fires and comforts safety are offered to shipwrecked stage")..

have seen the England to which Queen fall nations at the

the war has brought prosperity. Mary Hostel in Riby Square.

"We've Lukken 240 shipwrecked money to burn. It is good to feel the men in one muath," said Captain L. old breath of the sea, but sad that

U

ON ISLAND

Thrill For Residents At Cheung Chau

Two mines exploded off the recks' at Cheung Chau Island on Christmas Eve.

The first mine exploded about 500 yards south-east of the Cheung Chau Police-station, causing some of the windows and plaster in the O.I.C.'s Quarters to full off.

The second luc exploded on the rocks north of the Island. Neither! of the mines were sighted before the explosion. No one was injured.

Lt. Dallies, of the Anti-Piracy vessel Britannia, reports that a drift. ing mine was sunk by revolver fre about three fathoms south of Pine Tree Bay.

F. Yelland, the superintendent. who the sea's daily danger brings no prus BUSY CHRISTMAS

has been looking fler victims of perity, only anxiety, even want, to some disaster or other every

week these home Ares. end since the war. There are mal- tresses even on the billiard tables.

the Billy Nolton, of

Trawler

| Owners' Association, cous a volun-

tary job for the Shipwrecked) Mariners' Society, puts the men with their Consuls, toucl

in

arranges

for new outfits, buys them tickets heme.

But this rescue work must be a great strain on the town.

A Monument In

Local Football

You talk fish, if you know how to, with everybody, whatever their in- terests.

Water Rents To Be Made Quarterly

Effective As From January 1

"The great figure of George Pearce-As--from-January-1,water. wholesale Ash merchant, with whom charges in Hongkong will be I talked haddock, is a monument in made quarterly, instead of local football, for he is a chairman

of Grimsby Town F.C., who returned annually, according to a bill to after beat-be introduced before the Legis In triumph recently

lative Council to-morrow, ing Lincoln.

George told me he has received as It is stated that it is considered many as 10 radio messages from Ice-preferable to fix water rents at quar land after a Town success. Those terly instead of annual rates, and to

float never forget the Town. collect them quarterly.

With jovial shipbroker, ex-Mayor, Metre rentals will also be made Alderman Ernest Harrison, we dis quarterly. eassed madrigals, light opera and the delights of the amateur, stage, in which the Ish industry excels.

FOR AIR PATROLS

LONDON, Dec. 26 (British Wire- less), The Air Ministry announces: "Throughout yesterday, although it was Christmas Day, the R.A.F. con- tinued with unrelaxed vigilance their i patrols covering our fishing fleets in the North Sea..

"Certain of our alrerafi observaci German patral vessels in the castern North Sea area. These Vessels opened fire on our aircraft which Look

action. retaliatory bombing Hits were not observed and no dam- age was done to our aircraft."

PEARL RIVER RE-OPENED

The Clun Navigation

Company

has been notifled by its Canton office that the Pearl River has been re- opened to the usual limited British service,

immediate

The river was closed on December 17 and was to have remained closed Other Business

until the end of the year. Its closure Other business to come before the occurred only a week after pennis

sion had been granted for the fort- The fish-men are restarting mad-Counell will be the first reading of

nightly salings of the Fatshan from rigal sing-songs-with a buy-nonny the bill providing for the registration no swing.

of dentists. The provisions of this Hongkong to be made weekly. The Teddy Glanvill, manager of the bill were published in the "Tele-result was that the sailings had to

stop altogether and one Tivoli Music Hall, keeps his end up graph" last Saturday

departure cancelled. by sticking to his hat of an evening The Attorney-General, the Kon.

The weekly callings of the Fatshan and hanging the tin one in the office: Mr. C. G. Alabaster, is also to move a

will now be resumed early in the The seafaring house cheered the high mation that the by-laws made by new year. kickers while I was there on Satur- the Urban Council under sections 5

The closure on this occasion was (Food) day night and queued up with gal-and of the Public Health lant orderliness in the long bar for Ordinance, 1935, arsending the by

tion has been given, drinks in the interval,

Jaws in the schedule to that Ordin- "Not Hitler's flag, I won't, I said. ance under the heading "Sale of Mill

Dairies and Mills I'll tattoo the proper German Dax" generally and

"And what did the Germans says Shops" be approved. to that?"

"They just looked silly-seeing they were here in England."

So Professor Manley, tattoo artist, explained his last contnet with the enemy before the war in his studio for suloon, or consulting room?) with its offer, of a thousand choice tattoo designs, near the docks.

"And since the war I've had sea- men come to mo to have the swastika removed. I laltosed a nice shly in- stead.

"Any war-tinc design17"

now.

"No; the lods like names Their mother, their girl or their wife. Sometimes their own name and ad- dress in caso something happens."

Times not being good-with the ships a'sweeping and the fish trade un ently war muddle-I met many unemployed.

Trade Union Organiser P. G. Tripp was pleased with the dockers rise of 18, per day, but since the rise there has been preclous little work. There is no alternative to the fish industry in Grimsby, Only signing on a mine- aweeper.

So David Troop, who has tried to sign on twice and been unlucky, finds times hard with six children and compulsory attendance to report twice a day at the docks knowing there is no work.

Jonnia, The Sonsido

Zoo's Porcupine

To seo the seaside in a war I ̧mə- tored out to Cleethorpes, In the grey carly surisot, and found the haunis of fun desolats but for a few strog- glors who said, "When will it over come back?!!!

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