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H.R.H. P RINCESS MARGRIET
ROYAL OCCASIONS
H .H.. H . Pri ncess Margri et, the third of H olland 's fo ur Roya l princcs5es,
ce\ ebrated her birthday on 19th ]anu::uy.
Just 2 1 ycars ago, during th e dark yea rs of th e war, Pr incess Marg riet was
born in Canada. She is the godchild of the Netherl and s Mercham Nav y.
anel fi ve of their represe nt atives werc prcscm at her bapl ism. Afte r the war ,
a fund , named aftcr her Royal l-i ighness, was fo undeel for rh e wid ows and
orph ans of th e casualti es of \-Vorlel W ar 11 in th e Merchant N avy.
Thc engagement wa s announced in Februa ry of H .R.H . Princess Irenc to
H .R.H. Pr ince Hugo Carlos de Bourbon Parma . This photog r:l ph of the
Royal co uple wa s taken at th e steps of the Palace Soes tdijk.
NlOto: Max KOOf
From l!Je Editor
TH E ROYA L COUPLE
ARTIST AWAY
T hose readers who turn Nrsi la Ihe inside of Ihe back-cover (is th ere :tnyonc,: who docsn' I?)
will sec undcr th e hc:tding of ' Lcavc' thc name of Mr J.C. dc Geus. Om special than ks
go with him (or Ihose dcli c:itcl y-drawn piclures 011 Ihe back cover wh ich we have enjoycd
ever since b SI May. We arc happy 10 5;IY Ihal he will continu e the series until Ihe end of
Iltis year.
CROWDED OUT I
All thaI remaili S is 10 say Ihal Ihis issue is crowded wi lh " Ships :tnd Men" (sec page 53 / 53)
COlltellt!, witli I/U e.ruptiolJ of ar/ieln dcritw/ from
otlier plib/icatiollJ, may be rcprinud; acknow/cdgc.
mClit of tllC JO Ifret:, Iio wcl/cr, t/lould bc apprecltlfcd.
Mr
Spe~lmlln clldlJ
wjtll ,\Ir Reyntker.
.\Ir de
Halln Îmroduu! Mr G.H .I . UQn Echttn ,
(J.) and Mr H .E.P.A . CmUr! (r .),
011 ol C. D.
Mr
R.I. l onk hofl
Grurjul! .\Ir 1..0 l 'inK Fai (F .S.) lUlll
Mrs ' Eli)" CIm/ lig (S. D )
AMSTERDAM VISITORS IN HONG KONG
Mr êr Mrs Rödl arri/Jt at Kai Ta k.
J hr. E. W.
Röd l, Delcgate Mcmber of the Board of
Dircc tors, Acw in to H ong Kong w ith Mrs Röell on 271h
Jan uary, acco mpani ed by Drs. L. Speelman, Managing
Director, on a visit l O get acquainted with lh e Company.
Mr H .M. van der Schalk also arri ved, and consultation s
lOok pi ace with Managing Directors, H ong Kong.
An in fonna l reception was held in l nterocean House af ter
working hours on 3Jst January, at which H ome, Reg ional
and Special StalT we re prese nted.
Mr Speelman, accompanied by Mr van der Schalk Aew
back to H olland on 11 th February.
Mr anel Mrs Röell sa il ed Erom H ong Kong on thc sam e
day on board m.\'. St raat Mozambique, o n the way home
vja Singapore.
" Goodhye Hang Kong"
" Wdco r/u A botlrd" Irolll Capl. N . K,.oOllt.
ANNIVERSARY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Gold Wafches T a Be Won!
R.I.L. Photographers - have you sent in your el1tri es yet ? The c10sing date is April Ist, 1964, so iE
you have not yet don e so, just pack those photographs in so me protective cardboard and post them
immcdia tely to:-
The Editor
R.LI.. Post
P.O. Box 725
I·IONG KONG
Thc regulations arc set out in the Novem ber, 1963 issue.
Let's show in picturcs that
SHIPPI NG IS OUR BUS INESS.
FREMANTLE
W es /em Galeway 10 Au stl'afÜl
Thc 'Wes tern Third' - onc-third of thc land l11ass that is
Au st ralia - is th e state of West Austra li a, a milli on squ are
miles in area.
roe
At
mouth of th e bca utiful Swa n Ri vcr in th e sa ulhwest lies the pOft of Frcmantle, first port of eall for ships
Erom EUfope and A friea, a nd gateway to the state capita l
oE Penh.
On 91h August las t, Iwo R.I.L. -ships were loading in Frelll :llltie at
the sa me time.
The "Straat Cumberland" ( weslbound in the
ESAAS) was loading 3ï 8 live sheep , 3 S well 3 S Rour for Mauritius,
..nd Aou r, 13110w , frozen mU L and pOlalOCS among the general cargo
for ACrica.
The "Straal Clarellce" ( northboulld in Ihe INDlAS) had som e
1900 sheep on her decks when she ld. fOf Malays ia aud India ,
logcther wÎth Hom, oals, froze n meat, pOlaloes and vegetabl es amongst
her general ca rgo .
Captain Charles H owe Fremamle, aftcr whom the city was
namcd, wa s bom in 1800 into an English family with
nava! trad itions j h is father, Captain Thomas F remantl e,
(later, Sir Thomas FremaOll e, G.C. B.) se rved wi th Nelson.
In 1828 the Ca ptain wa s commissioned by thc Lords of the
Admira lry in L ondon to procced to th c 'Swa n Ri ver
Colony' . H e lefl Portsmouth on C hr istmas Day in H .M.S.
Challenger (a carvctte of so me 600 to ns, ca rryin g 26 guns),
landed on 2nd Ma y, 1829, and hoiSlCd th e Union Jac k,
to take possession of th e whole of the W est Coast of ew
H olla nd "i n the nam e of Bis Britannic Maj esty King
George IV."
PlJotograp/ld by tlle kind cooperarioll ol
Elder Smilll, ollr Age1l1J ;11 Fumamle.
Today, Fremantle is the chi ef comm ercial po rt for West
Australia and is reg ul arl y employed by R. l.L. ships in
the ESAAS, l NDIAS and WSAAS, and often by those
in the ANZS. Behind it lies a large area of fertile
count ry : th e forests of giant hard woods : the rich farm·
ing belt: to the northwest, large Aocks of sheep: and
furth er north still , great herd s of cattIe. Gold, steel ,
cement, and more recently oil, all co ntribute lO the
prosperity of thi s ever·g rowing port.
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A'k JUJ
M.V.
STRAAT
FREMANTLE
LAUNCHED
On Chrislmas Eve, a billcr cold day in ROllerdam, thc fourth of Ihc
STRAAT F-shi ps, m v. "Slra:Jt Frclll allllc", was launchcd by Mrs A .
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Lcnnep. BaI1e1 fro m Messrs Piel Smit Jr. 's yard .
Many (ricnds, mem bers ol the Board , officers, personncl on leave :md
Amsterdam Office st3ff wit h their wivcs , were th ere in their warmest
dot hcs
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w:llch R.I.L. 's lates! ship go dow n the sl ipway .
In his speech , Mr Speelma n sa id thm he had no dou bt that this ship
would be as grcat a success as iu predecesso rs built by Messrs Piet
He al50 pa id a special tributc to Mr ~1cerdink, as the
Smi!.
"Straat Frem antle" was the IOOth ship built by him for KJ CPL/ KPM.
The keel of Ihis ship was laid last April and the vessel is expected
10 be delivercd abotlt mid-April of Ih is yea r.
Captain D. C. 1\.1. van den K roft :md Chid Engineer A. Vink arc
dcsign:ned to bri ng Ihe ship OUI 0 1\ he r maiden voyage.
PRESENTATION PICTURE
Capta in Rose, Chief Engineer du Bois and Chief Officcr
Mak aboard th e Straa t Freetow n (delivered last December)
ad mire the pai nting give n to the ship hy Mrs A.}.T. van
Karnebee k-Pauw va n W ieldrecht.
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M.V. TJI NEGA RA -
INDIAS
R.I.L.
SERVICES
This month 1 with the ' discove ry' of fo ur m Ofe R.I.L. Services, we complete thc roll of all twel vc. Vnder thc head ing
of ' R. I.L. Activities', any alteratÎons whieh arc ma de, lO fi t changing sÎ tuations, arc reporteel cach mo nth. W e trust
th at all readers \ViII now correctly interpret "those odd~soundi ng initiais".
INDIAS: India - Australia' Service
T hi s ser vice, spread wid e across Sou th East Asia, links
ln dia 's tccm ing millions with the wide open spaccs of
" Th c Sourhl and Vet Unknown" or " T erra Au stra lis
Jncognita", as thc Auslral ian continent wou ld have bee n
ca ll ee! by Wille m }a nszoon when he dropped anchor from
his ship, the " Du yfken" (Li ttie Dove) in 1605. He was
the n rst Du tchm an - anel indeed the n rst Eu ropea n - to
sa il in Aust ral ian waters.
Nowaelays, the Dutchmen in R.I.L.'s Tjin egara , Straat
Cook, Straat Cla rellCe anel Straat Joharc follow in hi s wake,
ca lli ng at fragrant Cey lon anel fe rtiJc Mala ysia befa re sa it·
ing rhrou gh the T orres Straits on their way to a\l main
Australian ports with their cargoes of Bombay textiles,
Ceyloncse tea and fi bres, :l.Ilel Malaya n rubber anel tin.
On co mpleti on of their coastal voyage, the vessels round
Cape Leeuw in anel re·cross the lnel ian Ocean , back via
Singa pore, Malacca, Pon Swettenham, Penang and Colombo
to Bombay, anel perhaps Karachi , with Au stralian Rour,
dairy products, and reefe r cargo.
On th e northbound voyage from Ncw Zcaland anel Eastern
Australia , they load Rour, dairy prod ucts ~lI1d reefer cargo
for Sa bah, the Phili ppines and Hong Kong. On the
return voyage, th c vessels sail via Sin gapo re to Fiji alld
Ncw Zealand , ca rrying ri ee, textil es, anel oil in drum s.
Ahogeth er, the round voyagc takes slig htl y over 100 days .
Kata Baru in W est Iria n is :I n optiona l port of ca ll.
M. V. VA N NECK -
NZEAS
NZEAS : New Zealand East Asia Service
That in trepid Dutch seaman , Abel j anzo n T asma n,
bcqucathed to us a nice descri ption of hi s d iscovc ry of
" Thc Lini e Co untry" in 1642: when native boats put out
in Golden Bay to in vestigate his 100·ton ' Aute' (ca rgo
vesse!) 'Zeehacn', same o f the natives we re pl ay ing " an
instrument like that of a Moo rish trumpet". Uncertain
of thei r motives, T as man kept hi s end up by cal ling upo n
one of hi s ow n sa il ors " [0 pla y some tunes in reply" on
hi s trumpet. Nowadays, the ships in R.I .L.'s five·wee kl y
service, connect ing Ncw Zealand anel Australia with thc
Far East, have no time for such musica l indu lge nce I
They are: !TI.v. Van Cloon
m.v. Van Nec k
m.v. Van Noon
Pllolograplud in Napier by eh. SM. Wong Su; ehan
- now 011 m .tI. RI/ys.
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M. V. SINA BA NG -
SPS
SPS: Sout h Pacific Service
W hc n Cap tain Coo k 'd iscovercd' 50 many of the P ac ific
lsla nds at the end of the Eighteenth Century, he spe nt 3
long deve n ycars in doing SQ . More recentl y. Rogr rs &
l-Iamm crstein 's delightful musical 'Sout h Pacific' has
fam ilia ri zed many of us w ith [he name. Co ra l isla nds and
'c nchamed even ings' , howevcr, arc all very wei l for th e
leisurel y beachcomber; the ships cmployed in R. I. L:s
romantically-na med serv ice have a mo re workaday exi stence.
by: Siaoe
nl. V.
In . V.
Sibigo
Il1.V.
Th c four well-fi ll ed ships arc kept busy, exchang ing
A ustralia 's Aour , z ine a nd da iry produets with timber,
rubber, riee a nd kapok.
EAUS : East A ustra lia Serv ice
In support of the t hree foreg oing services, lhe motor vessd
Houtman ploug hs a lonely furrow in t he seas between
A ust rali a and Singapore alld Malaya. A s the solitary
navigato rs o f old might al 50 have c1aimed , she follows a
Aexibl c, sdf-contained üi nerary!
Th c SPS is a reg ul ar thrce-weckly cargo service maintained
In.V.
from Sarawak back to Mala ya a nd Singapore, then lead s
straight down co Au st ral ia's Ea stcrn seaboa rd again.
Sigli
Sin aba ng
The H outm an's voyage ta kes a pproxima te1y seve nty-fiv c
days, always ca ll ing at Bangkok whcn northbound, and
sometim cs ca llin g at Fiji on the retu rn voyage, or Sa ndakan
for logs to A ust ralia. Sa igon, also, is sometimcs a port
of ca ll. The cargoes carr ied by thi s vesse! are similar to
those in the other services , gi ving assista ncc w hcreve r
rcqu ired.
Each of these smalI, st urdy vessds makes a thrcc-months'
voyage from Ea stern Au straha: hrst a short haul down to
Tasma nia from Melbour ne, anel then via Sydney fight
through th e tropieal seas to Th ai land , to the pons of
Songkhla alld Bangkok. Th e return route, at fi rst veering
M.V. H OUT MA N -
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EAUS
R.I.L.
MANAGES
R .I.L. takes on many jobs, bu t thi s must surely be the
fi rst time it has handl cd a whole Un ivcrs ity! Fo r that is
what m.v. " Seve n Scas" (Europe-Canada Line) really is :
an accred itcd Un ivcrs ity of the Seven Scas, inco rpo rated in
Cali fo rn ia, which combines regular coll ege co urses with
simu ltaneous vÎsÎ[i ng of peopJe a nel bnds all over
\Vorlel .
me
M.v. Seven Seas ( 12,5 74 gross ra ns) was Ollee a ll aircraft
ca rrier, co nvcrted to a ll ord inary passenger vcssel, anel now
ch artered fo r \Vorl el cru ises hy the Univcrsity of the $even
Seas. She is of a size which wiU cnable her to enter most
ports and she has bee n mod ified to include the necessary
dassroom s, li brary, study all el rcc rca rional areas.
When the Seve n Scas sailed on her First Semester last
October fro m Te w Vork (where l:-l ol b n d~A merica Line
acted as Passage Age nts), she carr ied approxim ately 300
male and fe male stu dents from 15 di ffere nt co untries, as
weil as a hig hl y qu ali fied Facul ty. R. I.L. had thc picasure
of ac ring as agents d u ring her stay at H ong Kong, Kobe
and Yokohama in Janua ry. These were rh ree caHs on a
world cr ui se which inc1 uded sÎxtcen ports in the Mediterra nea n, Mi dd le anel Fa r East befo rehand, and another in
H onolu lu before her fina l landfa ll in San Diego. Th e
Second Se mester will be a voyage via the Fa r East, Ind ia,
UNIVERSITY
S. Africa and S. America
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New Yor k.
In each pon, sho re excu rsio ns are arra ngcd and there are
two-way visits with local u nive rsities, as weil as visits with
important local d ign itar ies. Whilsr in Malaysia, for exam plc, the Prime Minister, T enku Abdul Rah ma n, in vited
the whole University to his home.
When at sea, the student s get do wn to serious slUd y on a
wid.e and varied choice o f subj ects, on whi ch they have to
ach leve the same standard as in a land-based institu tion.
The onl y compul sory subject is th ar of " Arca Stud ies",
especiall y des igned to furt hcr the main object of the
Uni versity, w hich " using the insights of many nations and
cul tu res, offers an ed ucar iona l cna ll enge to the problcms
of man".
Wc understa nd Erom 1-IK MB that for most of the
stu dents, H ong Kong wa s " th e hig hlig ht" of this cruise,
when there were no com pulsory visits ashore, leav ing them
free te shop and expl ore as they pleased. For R.I. L .'ers,
howevc r, thi s was anoth er sh ip to look alte r : - berthi ng,
bu nkers, etc. - all the normal routi ne which they tak e in
their str ide, bu t perhaps a little casier tha n usual w ith only
' hu man cargo' to care fo r.
R.I.L. ACTlVITIES
m .v. Roggeveen will proceed lO East Afri ca o n the com~
pletion of her present ex tra Au stra lia - Far East voyage.
She is expccted at Bcira towards the end of March and
aEter ca lli ng at other Africa ports witl then return to the
Fa r East.
m.v. Van Linschoten, on complet ion of her present
FEW AS voyage. will sai! fro m Japan vla Man il a, and
poss ibly other Fa r East ports, to Africa .
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THE • AJER MAS '
From Mr A. H . Veltm an:" I n you r l sr January issue yo u printed 3. " lcn-ycar-ago
picture" of a rcndez"ous between " Tjipondok" & " Aj er
Mas" , which at th at time sen 'cd as ~l weathcr ship far
K.L.M. Thc then ed itor did not "choose ,his picture lor
ils artislic va/ac but because lh ere was a story auached
to it". R./L. Post's prese nt reade rs may care to know
more about lhis "story" . . . . . ?
Weil , it wa sn' t really " 3 story"; it wa s thc hard facts
which the DUlch had to face, a nel th ese facts were thar
the J ncl ones ia ns had decided tha r [hey dcsi red to he a free
natioll, comparabl e pcrhaps with the 350 years' ea rli er
decision hy the Duteh when they were n OL particubrl y
anxious ta sec their country run by rh e Sp.:lI1iards. In their
st ruggle fo r freedom th e Indonesians had moral) and
o n occasio ns also physical suppon from other coumries)
among Lhem Indi a) which put a n embargo on K.L.M.
p\anes landing in their coumry. H olland. however. anel
for thal m alle r a l50 K.L.M., was fu ll y elclcrm incel la
maintain thc air-line belwecn Amsterdam anel Batav ia.
The on ly alternative wa s [0 route the K.L.M . H olbnd f
Dutch East Indies Service via Mauritiu s.
BUL Aying condit ions we re nOL whm they arc loday anel
ten yca rs ago thc range of thc planes the K.L.M. were
operming was such that the B:HJvi a f M au ritius hop was a
ve ry hazardo us one. Th ese planes under favourabl e cond ition s "could just make it" if th ey taok in extra fue! in
special ta nk s) wh ich in its turn unfavourabl y rcduceel their
ca rrying capac ity o n lhi s st retch. In order ta reduce the
dangers of na vigat ion errors a nel to supply the planes
with the best possible information on the Batav iaf Maur itiu s
v.v. stretch , the Nelh erlan cls & Dutch East Indi es Government decid ed to have a spec ial weather ship in the l ndian
Ocean, which certa inly played a big pan in the successfu l
operation of the ve mure. There we re no mishaps.
Th is weather ship howeve r) neeeled supplies and occasiona ll y
a ch::lIlge of crew) anel thi s is lhe reaso n why in the photo
the " T jipondok" is seen so close ta " Aj er Ma s" , R.LL.
being the only DU lC h shipping lin e opc rating this route.
On these occasions Aj er !vlas woulel leave station so as [0
lessen R .l.L. ships' deviatio n. Th ese operalÎons) although
at times handicap ped by bad wealher) on the whole were
successful , but ex R.I.L. Captain Visse r can give R .l.L.
POst more details than I c:.lI1 ."
MAIDEN VOYAGE
FROZEN WATERS
W h en m. v. Straat Franklin arrived in Ja nu ary at
Yokoham a, the fi rst Japanese port on the ship 's maide n
voyage, there was a pleasam visit aboard from anractivc
Miss Yokoh::1I1la and lhe harbou rm asler, Mr Urabe.
W hen m. " . Van Waerwij ck a rri ved at T angku (nea r
Ti entsin) towa rds the end of Janu ary, ie wa s necessary
for all ice-brea ker to clear the berlh before she could come
alongside.
Ca pta in P .J . Ba ld er is seen receiv ing the gift of a model
of a n old j apan ese "Sa mura i" helm et from Mr Urabc,
whilsl Mi ss Yok ohama wa its to present her bouqu et.
Throug h lhe good offices of Mr Ti ong, our Agent in
Ti cntsin, it was possible te ta ke a photag raph of t he pack
ice, a not very common sight round a "esse! in R. I.L. 's
cmploy.
PI/OIO: 2/1d Offic(r J Eikel(lIboom.
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Orinbble? Not yeti the process of fe rmentation must go on in the
large open vats for some time.
Amt ral iar
FROM GRAP)
via i
"A fll g of
Wine , a LOllf of
As to th e last lWO, we would not know, bUl old C
wille nowadays. The art of the vigneron, for so Ir
tak en to Auslralia over 150 years 3g0, and loday
on their own merits, each with its own individu ~
tr
In such a huge land area, it has been possible 10
regular rainfall, linie frost, hOL summ ers" and ol
poor soil. These requircmems have been found: 11'
:1I1d Adclaide: in thc so ulh-wcst, in the fcrtile v~
smaller extent in Quccnsland, on the Dal
De
produccd in Au stralia.
The knowlcdge of wine growing, picking, crushing, I
- has been passed on carefull y, in many cases thr~
Well-known 10 tourists in Adelaidc is the famou
who brought their own wine-growing trad itions (r
The photographs on this page (reproduced by kind
Au stralian Wine Board) show a [ew of the stages
The grape harvesl in Austr:llia goes on from Febn
export, it is subj ecled to vigorous inspection by th(
standard.
Through lhe help of R.I.L.'s Ade1aide Agems, MCSl
brandy bcing loaded illlo the hold of the Straat Clar~
As the poet went on to say: -
.. Ah my 8 eloved, fil!
Today of past Regr
Unlcading the grapes
at
the Winer}'.
vincyard.
~s
TO GLASS
~ .l. L.
~read
anti Th ou . . . .
RubaiYfll oIOmar Khayyam
l1ar Khay yam might find it casier to get lh e jug of
lIly centuries the monopoly of the Old World, was
~ wines and brandy made anel matured there sta nd
.ily.
;nd exactly the right cond iti ons for vi ne culture:en what, agriculturally speaking, might be ternled
linly in the south*east, in the hinterlands oE Sydney
.Iey of the Swan Rivcr, outs id e Perth; and to :I.
.vns
Ir Roma. Almost cve ry type of win e is
: rmcnting anel storing - all the cxpe ni se of viticulw re
Jgh several generations.
Wine Inaturing in hogshcads.
Barossa Vall cy, home of: the pionee r Luthe r ~lIls,
m Europe more than a ce ntury and a quarter ago.
permission of Messrs B. Scppdt & Sons Ltel. anel the
in wine*proeluction in this area .
:try to May. When cventua ll y the wine is ready for
Australi:l.ll \Vine Board, to cnsure that it is up to
rs Elder Smith, we show some cartonned wine anel
nce (I DIAS) last Dece mber (or shipm ent lO Malaya.
lhe Cup that clears
·u and FftlUre F ears."
Loading ca rtons into the Straal Clarencc.
OF
ON THE BUOY
O n 6th Janu ary, a nice grouping of four R. I. L. ships in
H ong Kong harbour, 3nd an earl y lifting of th c doud
which had seemed [0 forecasr ra in (a ias!), made us rush
halEway up ,he Pcak '0 gc, ,his pho'og raph.
In the fo rcground, on lhc leEt, is the Straat Moza mbique
(east-bound in thc ASAS Freigh t) anel centr e foregrouncl
is the Tjibamjct (west-bound in th e Ext. EAFS). Behind
Tjibanrj et - mid-ce ntre - lies the Straat va n Di emen (wcstbouncl in , he ASAS F rcigh,), ancl jus<
,he righ' is thc
Straa t F rank Iin on he r ma iden voyage from H olland ro
Japa n.
Q uite a few of ou r re:.ders wi ll have had a look al "The Emerald
Isles of the South", but wc doub t if :ln yone has COOle across Ihe
beauly,spols depicled in this d clighlful book .
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Q uoling from page 10, wc must agree thaI when " Iooki ng round in
any of Ihc big eities. olie flnd s il hard la believe thaI it is on ly about
:. hundrcd )'ears sillee se rious settlcment began; sa much has been
accomplished in sa short :1 lime".
If we had waited a few more he urs, we cDuId ha ve added
thc Van W aerw ijck exactl y in the m iddle of the quarret ,
after her arrival Erom Manila .
Bul more important to Ihe lr:lvc ller alJd (Q Ih e casual visitor la tht'se
shares is that ~o liule has been rllined h)' settlcmell l ~lIId devclopmcllt:
thaI sa m:lll y pbees where natural beauty keeps alle spell-bound have
beell made accessi bie, but have not been spoilt: thai alle ca ll reach
breath tak ing scenie splendour without being take n on :Lco ndllcted tour
of syndi ca ted wonde r.
Sto nec utters Isla nd look s fairly ve rdam, bu t thc ba re hill s
jn the Ncw T er ri tories be hind reAcet clearly the months'
long lack of water in H ong Kong. T he d ouds roll ing
away Erom Tai Mo Sha n (Hong Kong's highest peak) do
not hing to encourage thc idea that thc much-needed rain
will come soon.
A pict urebook, nat llrall y, de r~e s ils :lII ract ion from Ihe pictures anel
in this respect Robin Sm ith has fully mct the rcqlliremcnts for a book
of Ih is Lype :lIld with dm titie. He takes us over count ry wh ich
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AND MEN
ON BOARD
F ro m expcri ence, we k now what efTorts arc req uired to
pcrsuad e even two peo ple to be photogra phcd sim u ltan c~
A SEEING EYE
!to bjn Sm ith
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~h jrc
ously.
T idy: " Looki ng at Ncw Zca la nd "
We can only guess at the ' naggi ng' th at went on,
before altn ost the ent ire ship's com pan y was mu stcred
(At/glfs 6- Robewoll , Lol/don-Sydney /963, 55/·)
for Tally Clerk T ong Bing Sun to take thi s p:ctu re on
he
apparently
kno w s
weil
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a lld
11:Is thc gi ft cd eye of both a
J! is on l)' ""hen arriving al thc
back- Aap thaI O IlC " nds con fi rmcd w h :l1 is sa ev ident in th c picturcs:
his q ucst for (rcsh cxcitcm cll t alld ncw pI aces in th ese isl:mds of
cxtr:lOrdina ry d iversit y.
I11 . V.
Boisseva in .
photograph cr :md a nat ure-lover.
Ca ptain G.W. de Bruyn (on the cve of departure in Buenos
Ai res) looks rema rkabl y upri ght in the centre, :.lIld thc
Mairc Tid )' is :1 ncw [ hum 10 Ncw Zcabnd ; shc chose il fOf a sccond
homcland :m d has made h Cr sd f at home there. H er Ih ifly p a~cs of
fro nt row have obviou sly decided th at ' hands on k necs'
co mm cnta ry o n th c physical p roperties of th c Ncw Zcal:lIld landscape
( Oll t:l În m uch lhal is wo nh k no wing, :m d m o rc w on h !loting.
- F ortunatcl y, thc piclurcs h ave a ll been provid cd w ilh a co mprc h cnsi vc
dcscri ption, so thcrc is no nccd 10 co nsult thc tcxt w h en vicwillg
thc plclu rcs . Th c m ap at Ihc back m ak es il c:lsy 10 idcnti fy th c
placcs mcntio ncd.
is lhe best atti tude, but what about all those wh ite~
stockinged legs?
Som c six tccn p icturcs :lrc in co[o ur , m aking OIlC jcalous o f thosc w ho
arc goi ng 10 ha ve a look al thc rC:lI th ing .
Joki ng apart, it is a pleasure to ident ify old friends, a nd
the ' rig of the da y' loo ks very smart.
\V.Z. M.
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Co ngra tulations I
COMPANY
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O n 17th Jan ua ry, t he [WO AJ H AS vessels we re
- u nusu all y - berthed togcthcr at KowloOll
Wharfj m .v. T j iwang i was m aki ng ready fo r
sea after her a nnu al ovcrha u\ a nel m, v. T jilu wah
w as prepa ring to go in to doe k . Whilst t he
two ships werc lying alongside, 108 passengers
were t ransEc rred Erom In .V. T jil uwa h te m .v.
Tji wa ng i, to cont inu e their ro u nd-lrip la
Australia.
JUST FOR KICKS I
A Report Irom Th ird Engineer R .CL . Camphorst
W hilst a t P o rt Swcuc nh am , la ad ing timber :lnel rubber ,
the Straat Van Di em cn's tea m o E o Aîcers anel crew pla yed
socce r twice , aga inst t wo sh ips of lhe Bluc F un nel L inc .
Thc n rst ma tch was aga inst the E nglish c rew o f the
' Ne!eus'. Though th e field looked mo re like a swi mmin gpool , half-time arrears ( 1-3) were transfo rm ed into a d raw
(4-4). T hc seco nd matc h was aga in st t he 'Eum eus', wi th
a D u tch crew. T hough we sti ll had ach ing m uscles Erom
the match l WO days befo re, our betre r play wa s rewa rded
wÎth a victory (5 -3). A s a resul t of this game, both the
C hief and Ass istant E ng ineers of ' Eumeus ' had to stay
in bed for scveral days - but please don't t hi nk it was a
rough game !
Wou ld it he possible
by other teams?
lO
get thc res ults of m atc hes played
SYDNEY SHIPMENT
H ere, in Au stralia, is m.v . H outm an (EAUS) load i n~
telev ision t ransm iss ion equ ipment fro m A WA (Aus tralia)
L td. to T V Singapore. Th e co m pa ny wo n the supply
contract against worl d compet iti o n.
Wcll, R.l.L . sllips, wllat about it?
(I)lIoto by ki lld pcrmission of
" Ovcncas Trading")
.. FREETOWN
ot
IN BUENOS AIRES
p artt y camoufl agcd by thc grain elevators
behind her, m.v . Straat Freetown lies
alongsidc at Bucnos Aircs, Joading frozen
mC:lf, sugar in bags, :md pol1ard s for
I-long Kong and Japan, bcrore making
thc Fcbruary FEW AS saiJi ng.
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BOOK
PERSONALITIES
Mr Terwogt, accompanied by Mr J.M. Hens,
d irecte ur, made a short business trip
of February.
lO
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Japa n at th e e nd
Mr J .C. Zwan, O nde rdirec teur, ret urns to H ong Kong
Erom H ome Leave on l st Mareh .
Jhr. C.L.C. van Kretschmar, Onderdirecteur, allel Mr
C.W. Jerernjasse, Su peri ntendent Enginee r, made a twowee ks' business trip to Japan in micl-February, accompa nied
by M r Ph. Meerdink a nel M r J. van H aaste rt.
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Mr P.A. de Loos, went on H ome Leave on 3rd February .
Du ring hi s absence Mr M .W. Pennell will take over as
General Ma nager for Au stralia all el Ncw Zealand .
Mr G .M. Pliester, Manager of the Passage Department,
left H ong Kong on 16th F cbru ary for a [wo-wee ks' business
trip to Au stra lian main po rts, allel wiH thereaher a ttcnd thc
13th anllU al co nfe re nce of thc Paci fic A rea Travel Assoc iation (PATA).
O n hi s return from leave at thc end of February, Mr Ph.
Bangert retu rned to Mom basa where he will ta ke ove r
aga in as R.I.L.'s Represen tative in E ast Afr iea trom Mr
P. va n Sehaardenburg.
NEW YEAR IN JAPAN
E aeh eoullIry has iu own pce ul iar way of eclebrating thc corn illg ol
a ncw ycar. Area Correspondent Ok uda wri lcs 10 us from Japan:-
Mr S.R. E lgersma has been ap pointed to sueeeed M r
G. D.M. Boot as R. I.L .'s Represe nta tive in W est Afriea .
H e is expected to arri ve in Lagos during Mare h.
" Guarded by Iwo Irim lasses ( Miss Hisayo lshi yama and Miss
Michiko Konishi of R.I. L. 's Nagoy:1 slaff) drcsscd up in ]apanesc
kimollos, is a " KAGA .MI -MOCHI " (decoralcd riee cakes) whieh
symbolizes a H appy Ncw Yca r.
Mr F. Kummer, Ma nage r, Ca teri ng D epanm em HK H O,
went on a shon routine visit to Aust rali a during F eb ruary .
As is euslomarily dOlle in Japancse homes in the ncw year, MI
Yoshioka , Managcr of Nagoya, adorncd his officc will1 rice cakes
fo r bl ess in g Ihe prospcrity of R. L L . in 1964.
Thc picture shows a riee cake pi led 0 11 a bi gger one of a sland
of wood. Dceoratiotl is made wÎlh dried persimmons 011 skewer,
a piece of lallgle, fern and dried lobs ter (somclimes a bitter
oran gc lakes place of a lobslcr): each of Ih cm symboli zes
happincss and renova tioll of people in thc Il CW year. Ol
In Kobe, RIL's usual Ncw YeaT pa rty was en joyed by 180 guesls
from ronva rding agellls, chcekers and stcvedores, Mr H. Fuji wara's
ph olographs or Mr S. Okashi, Chai nnall of lhc Kobe Fonva rd ing
AgClll S Associa liun, and of RIL's Manager, Mr Dirkzwagcr, ~ they
gi ve ,hei r New Year grcctillgs, seem 10 rcAect Ihcir ehecrful hopcs
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fur th e fUlure .
S H ORE LlNES
Our back-page co mpetition is producing etJtries from
all over the wor/d, and apparently the picture in th e
lanuary issue was known to quile a lew readers. lt
was, ol co urse, ol th e Apapa Quays at Lagos
(Reproduced by kind permission of th e Ministry of
lnlorm atio n , Lagos, Nigeria). R.l.L. ships in the
W SAAS, FEWAS or e H/ WAS may regulariy be
see fl there.
The 'lucky-dip' produced this m onth 's winner ol
HK$ i5 - Mr B.Th. Schreuder of ,he Freight Dept.
of Our Amsterdam office .
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A VQYAGE TO INDO- CHINA
Wt' hear a lot aboftt Indo ~ China in these days, but
10 many of us it is stilt a In7Jd of myslery. It occurred
10 me th at these Icw n ales, made i" thc course of a
business trip, might be of interest to readers of thc
R.f.L. P OSI , WIlD have thc pleasure of a visit still;n
store
A Ir
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ta ke a ral h er d 1111
vIew
0
a passenger,
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arrivwg at the a;rfield less than one hour before the
tim e of departure; planes, however, se/do m depart
on time.
Our departure from Hon g Kong was dela yed by 24
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hours, then hy 28 hours, then hy 30 hours and tuhen
we {inally look ol! trom Ka; Tak , we were 3 / hours
late.
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Wh en leaving for Ph ompenh Irom Saigon, wc were
on/y onc hour late, which was quite. sa/islae/ary, hut
wh en we were ready 10 taxi to the rul1ttJoy thc radio~
operator suddenly faint ed.
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Luekily a few g u/ps from a battle of good J-/ennessy
the trick and ten minutes later wc were in t he
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DEPARTMENTAL DEFINITION!
R .I.L.'s Sydney Office are to he congratulated fo r lhcir
ini tiat ive in runnin g a scri es of lecturcs, covering ~t11 phascs
of th e shipping industry. as pan of thcir staff lraining
schemc. These Iec tu res, two per momh anel eightecn
altoget her, are be ing g ive n by all Management anel
Dcpartmcntal H eads.
From time to time we have heard R. I.L.'ers den ne lhc ir
work anel their associates in 110 uncertain ter ms! Now
Mr R.R. Ull ett, Senior Traffic Office r in Syd ney, in the
opening word s of hi s lecture last December, sets OUt vcry
clearly exactly what thc Traffic D epartm em is:-
" This even;ng we are going la talk abo ut Ih e duties of a
T ratfic Department and I must say na swashbuckler ever
led a finer buneh of cut-throalS than we ha ve in th e T ra ffic
Departments on the Fint Fiool' of ln terocean /-louse. Nert
time you are passing through just waleh tll e pOOl' dev;ls
at work. Th ere they toit day and night Irying va!i(w tly
to combine the elhics of a saint lUi/h the achievements ol
a Roth schild; alf wi/h th e dedication ol pll rpose ol AI
Capone - in quadrup!icate lUith extra copies for VZ-3 ,
PCT, Amsterdam (3), Port Office and Preight Dcpartmel1l
etc. Indeed the very word " Y raffic" always eOlljurcs up
in my mind lh e picture ol that policeman on point "aty
oUlside Ihe Sydney T own Hall, overwhelmed with cars,
buses and trucks coming at him Irom all direelÎons and
Ulith horns blaring. Weil, sa it seems la us.
NoUl , befm·e I go any farther and put my foot in it, I
want 10 make it perlectly d ear that th e Tratfic Departm ent
is na more important th an any other section ol our office
- tue all co mbine our various lalents into one wholeth e R .l.L. Ruth" like the limbs ol a body - all the parts
are necessary for the Ulhole to funct ion. Th e Management
is the head, th e ca nvassen /he eyes, the Freight Department
the arms and th e Passage Departm ent the legs etC. I tt/on't
say which part th e Tratfic Department is, bUL believe me
it takes a l ew kick s , . , . , , "
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STAMP COLLECTORS AHOY!
A noth er keen R.I.L. sta mp -collector, Mr J. Ishib:lshi (Osaka), halO
scnt us four )ap:l.Ilcsc stamps - all Tcn YCII - with picturcs of ships.
all of which commcmoratc SOIll C :IIITlivcrsary:On thc top, leh , is lnc stamp iss ued to comm emorate the Centcnary
of thc J:lpancse. AlIlcrican Trcat y of Amit y :tn d Com merce in 1860.
all it is the old s:J iling ship, the " KAN RIN MARU" .
The stamp at the top, right , symbolises thc foundat ion of the new city
of Kit a- Kyushu last year. This was a merger of th e mctropolis ol
Kyushu , Ihe port of Moji, the comm crd:11 ci ty of Kokurn, Ihc coaling
pa ri of Wakamatsu, the iron and steel city of Yawata and the city of
industrial and marine produelS. Tobata , to makc a vast ncw city with
a IJO pulation of over a lIlilli on.
OOilam , Idt, is the stamp iss ued on 10th May, 1958, th c CCIllenary
of the ol>cning of Japan for forcign lrade al Hakod ate, Yokoha ma and
Nagasak i. The statue is of Ii, )apanesc leade:r in 1858, and there is
a nice contrast bet ween old ancl ncw shi ps ancl harbou rs.
June 18, 1958 was Ihe 50l h Annivusary of Ihe landing at Santos in
Brazil of the fi Tst Japanese: immigrants in 1908. Thc last stamp
cl cpicts thc ship in which th ey sa ilcd , Ihe "KASAT O MARU" , a
stylized map or South America. and pa rt of Ihc 8razilian llaliOllal Rag.
POSTINGS
On 1st Mareh, 1964
111 . tI ./I.I.
Captail1
m.I,'. Ruys
P .H . Zweers
m.v.
H. Klei n
T ECE LRf.RC
DJ e.D.
H~ad
G. Vischer
B.A .C. H.G. van Zutphen
P. Smi t
J.G.H. Vcrkerk
m.v.
BoISSEVIlIN
H .A. Schcybdcr
Th . Kuike n
m.v.
Tjl TJA LENCKA
\V.A. Cic!
O.M .A. J. va n d er Gugten
!!IlISUJ3l
*ra.:i!',
g~ llJl
Lcung Ti m
Wong S:. ng
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lJt
TJIW A:-:C I
J. Ku iken
A. 8 0s
Vip P:lk
m.I,' . STRAAT BANK"
E.M. Drukk er
J. R. Meyer
Kwok Ming
m.I,' .
'-I. J.
G.J . Oo ves
STRAAT MOZAMBiQUE
m.I,'.
STRAAT MAC EI.II AEN
m .I,'.
ST kAIIT VAN
m ,v.
S TRAAT RI O
rn,v .
D IE ~I E N '
S TRAAT FR EE1'O WN
N. Kroonc
Gcrkcn
1>1<
!Ol
lW
jt
'iJl
lj}j
T s:m g I-lin F:.i
'iK t!!:
l!il
Wah
!lil 1L
lW~f!
I.I-I. W . Voigt
W . Ba kker
Li ng Yau
J.R. Ezcnd:ull
J.
T o ng Chung Kin
rA: 11,l
/ti
J .P. du Bo is
fl
tllHéttt
K#
J.
D.J.8. Valk •
Chan Lam
L:.m YÎu Bun
m , v. Sn"....r COLOMBO
L.A. C)'souw
rn.v.
S TR AAT C '. EM F,N T
P.
m .I,'.
ST R...... T
G. Poth:u st
D. Coppool sc •
m .v. STRAAT CW.THAM
l .O. Jclijs
R. Jo nker
m .v. STRAAT CU MIlf.RLAND
Th. G. Wccm:.es
P. Reuvcrs
CI.ARf.NCE
m.v . TJ IPANAS
rtl .v. STRAAT JOHORf.
n.
d e Roodc
d en Hoed
D. Procee
I11 .V.
TJ ILI\\'O:-:C
m.v. T JIMANUK
l11 .v. TJITARUM
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ó.\t lil! JI'#
ii 7k
e~~w-
r"ll: ii3
L.i ng Kee
m
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Lam Cheung
/Sf.
j;j;
T sang Sui \Vah
ó.\t lII;l ')j'
~ i.~I1't
SO Keung
lit l!il
Lee Siu Kee
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Cheung Ding
IJH1;M;
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1...1i Fook
'l" ffi
Loek Van
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C han C hun Ming
T se Tak Wah
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Kwok Ming
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R.F.V . Ribeiro
~;R JI'#
Lee Sang
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Lam Yuen
ID;l
Kan Vip Fai
P.A. Zwart •
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Chan Sh ing
i!I~*
Lam Siu
j;j;
W. Lautenb:.g •
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Liu To Hing
j;j;
rA:iiliflV
Lam Lok Ming
Lam For Hing
j;j;:.k~
T ong Kow
Lee Kwok !-ling
La Sang
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Lcung Ngau
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'*ik~Li n Sze
Shum
• ActÎ ng
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5&
Lcung Fat Ket
C. van he t Maalp:ld
jJ\
Wong Moon
lID: ~ ~1t JiX
S. Tj . Doornbos
A.J.M. Mich icl scn
Loo 1'00
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Au -Ycung \Vai Shing
M. de Groot
T sa ng Sue)'
*~h ,J t
Cha n Vim Hing
A . Geurts
W.
Lau Kwai
G.H. Me nses
E.F. A:.lbcrts
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Liu Kwan Yueo
lSiJ tE
Ma k Kam Kwo ng
m .v. STR...... T T ORlHS
jijt
Lee C heong
;t
Lam C hiu
iMiUI;
J.
A. P .C. Reynhoud t
f# 1J.!
J8Ji;jifJ;(
Loh Sn)' Fong
G .J. Noë
Cho}' Ving
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H . B. Visscr
H ung
Chan Chuen
J . van Boven
m . v. STRAAT SINCAI'ORE
m.v . STR ...... T COOK
j;j;111 W
Bi rz a
Lcung Hoi Kwan
~1fijJi;j
U
Vip Ho Hung
J .P. Kalma·
U zp
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J.G.
Propcr
til
Lam Ping
:m:
I.G.M. Spijker ·
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Leung Yiu
'W*I*
Chan Kcc
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A.J . Pouw
P. Tigchclaar -
Tang Kali
Keung Chee
A.J. Winkclmokn
\V.H. Sch rödcr
Cheung Sai
Wo ng Loi Po
m ,v. TJI HANTJt:T
TJIPO:-:OOK
w-
Chan Shui r ook
~Jt
m .v.
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Chcung Wah
U
C h iang Lam
M:l)'oor •
:ti JI'#
5&
Liu H in Mi ng
Lam Kam
Shek Shing
Lam Kec
F.L .T h.M. Pictcrsma
T1180 l>A 5
Lee
'*t.lJ~
Poon Pak
1-1 . Muys
Vcrburg
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r.!f :i!'.ill
m .I,'. STRA AT M .H ./ l KK ...
STRAA T SOF,N I)A
MI El
~:g:m
C han Keu ng
Shurtl \Va;
Th . Rosc
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Chan Leung
J8P1iIlJl
Vip \Ving Kai
Pro nk
1Ji ,t,
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A. Oum ais
M.G. Iku nder
W.r . H .
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W e ng Chung
Leu ng Yung
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H o W oon T o
(öJ~1flI
Lcung Yu ng Kan
f3?Jiili
J . StOOp
1L
Cheu ng Ming
m .v.
m.I,' .
j;j;
W6 'ft
T sui Fook
A. Snoek
Lam Ko w
~t
Li Moon Chung
P.C . Spuybrock
W. Inekc -
Tang Kee
!lil
1>1<fi:f.!II'
S. Jochcm s
m .v. STRAAT BA U
Lam Lin
U iili
Cheng La u Ma n
TJ I LUWA H
Steenbergen
Lau C hung
ISIJ ,%"
Yiu Kwong
Zee Yuen Ching
m.v.
TI INEC"R'"
No. J Firemon
/JoalsltJain
llJl
Lee Ng
Yiu Shu Su m
.lJ6t.lJ~
Kwok Mee
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Cheung Chai
Lam t!!:
Sui H ing
U~r,~
L:lDl Fook
U
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Lam Chuc
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j;j;
Lam Van
j;j; !l:\
Ng Moan
Chan C h iu Fat
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th at
MEMORIAM
It is whh deep rcgret Ihat R.I.L. announces the dealh iu Holland of
M r J .D_ Carrière, who retireel from the Comp:my in 1950 aher a
long alld dislinguished ca reer.
wc h ave 10 :1Il1l01l1lCC the dca th of
Mr Ho C huc n :1gcd 5 1, in H ong Kon g on 191h December, 1963.
K now n 10 cvcryOIlC, cspccially 10 those who uscd thc Compan y' s
launch in Hong Kong harbou r, as ' De Bolle' , Mr Ho wi1l be
Mr Carrière fi rst joined Ihe old }av3-Chilla-}apan L ijn in 19 18 and
worked in H ong Kong for two yeafs. !-Ie then spent !line years in
Java, finis hing as J.C.J. L .'s M:mager in Balav ia.
In 1930, Mr
Carrière was appointcd Manager of the Company's offi ce in Shaughai ,
where his service was interrupted on ly by thc war, until 1950.
O uting thc wa r he looked aftcr thc Com pany's interests, firSl in
New York alld then in Londoll, and was :lIIached 10 lhe Nethcrla nds
Embassy in Chungki llg for a whi le prior to relurning 10 Sh::mghai
in 1945.
rcmcmb =rcd as a very ch cc rf ul and cvcr- will ing m an w ho was :1
skilful coxswain.
H e had g ivcn tbirt )' )'cars of service 10 Ihc
comp:tn y, interruptcd ani)' by the war , unti l his rttiremen! in 1959.
R. I. L. Post scnds ils sympathy 10 all his fam ily :tnd cspeciall )' 10 his
son , Mr Ho Tu ng Choy, thc presen l coxswai n of Ihe laul1ch
Intcrocc:m 11.
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AT T/-IE PASSING AWAY OF A GREA T FR/END
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For 1//(II1Y ycars Mr f.D . Carrièrc IUIJ bUil living il1 rctire fm:nt all d
yct cvuy JO oflcn, somcbody 0111 Ilcrc wil! flJk: " WllOt's I/Jc la/cst
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Tlu re m fl of/ly hc a sad lll1SWer 1I0(V (lnd grru/utllly all 1/iS Ir/ends
w;lI k now that IJ(: IUIJ left us, but our "CII/na coast generallon "
wi/l 1l0t forget. For man)' years befarc, (U/d scvcral years tIlIer Ilu
war l olm D. Ca rrière was a lamous figurc in SI/(wgllai (lIld w elfkno wl/ IllrollgllOw tlu Eost. No I/lomler, for Il c f//as a grctlt dlaracter tllld a IIltlll of lIIally q//alifictlliofls. Bcsidcs kccpillg tlu alti
"Iavalille" firmly all thc m ap ill Chil/a, lu f//aS for a grCat 111(IIIY
yca,.s tllC very mcccssll/l General Manager of HO AL linc, aud i n
those dtlys thiIJgs tIlere very ml/ch left la Ilis judgemeflt anrl insig"' .
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At OIlC time Iie tIIt/s a m cmbcr of tllC ;1I1emutiollt/1 "Sllallgll(li
Mlw;cÎpal COl/llci/" - ti grcal I/OI/our for sOll/conc Irom a lIali01l
IIQt ellgt/gcd il/ pOtller politics in China.
REUNION
Ex·pupils of th e H oge re Zeevaartschool Scheveninge n are
in vited : -
Mtm y tIIi/1 recall his decÎsi vc aClioll - for tIIllidl Ile I/ltlS deco raleil
by tll C Nethcr/alltls Govermllellt - i1/ orrol/ging for Ih c cvaCllal;Otl
of DI/feil wamen (lIJd children (/lh ell ill 193ï Sino-Iapallcse figluillg
tIIas raging througl/Out thc city .
" Veel oud-leerli ngen V:ln de Hogere Zeevaartschool Scheve ningen
hebben scvraagd of hct niet mogelijk zou z ijn een rcu nic V:l n
oud- Iccr hngcn te houden.
, 10lUl D.' was the very firsl to ycappctlr ;11 Sha llghai rigllt af ter rite
tIIor llIul frolll !tim tIIC le(fmed I/Of/J om' Co mptluy h(ul bccn farlllg
Ihrougl/OllI Ihe f/Jor/d-f/Jide hos/ilities.
Natuurlijk is dat mogel ijk, als wij ten min ste beschikken over
voldoende ad ressen van toekomstige rcunim:n. U krijgt dan
beri cht, wanneer de rcunic zal worden gehouden.
In the m atly yetlrs 11101 Ilc lived in Sllangllai, !Cveral peoplc ;11
di{ficull cÎrCllf1lSf(U/ces ob/ailled - Ihroflgll !tis SOf/lid advicc, J,is ill flucllcc tllld tJcry gel/crO/fS I/elp - (f lUW lease 011 Ilu:;r I/lturc.
Oud Schcvcni ngcrs, U weet nu va n onze plannen ; aan U om
even bericht te sturcn naM de school, Vissershaven weg 56.
d at U ook ko mt.
Wilt U Uw naam, :Jd rcs,
C VCnlUCcI
telefoon -
nummer e n de jare n dat U :l:ln onze school studeerde d uidelijk
ver melden?
En . .
vC rt c[
Nis vcry Iltflllan (/11(1 tIIurlll -!teartcd approt/c11 la cvcr)'ollc's problcf1ls
IIcver lailed la generale arcsponse, alld !te tI/tllays commandcd rl,e
greatcst ,.espect alld mpporl 1,.0 /11 tllOse tIlIlo worked for Ilim .
Uw kcnnisscn-oud 1ccrli ngcn va n onze
pbnncn 1 I
He f/Ji/l bc mOl/nleil by IIUlI/y, and ;11 r!te fiYSt p/acc ollr deepest
Syll/ptltlly ~oes /0 tlle tllru persoIIS la wholIl Il c f/Jas sa deeply
dc t/olet!, Ills wilc, !tis dtlUghter (flld !tis gral/dsoll .
J. Dij kdremh , Directeur Bl auwhocdenveem.
G. Zaayer, In specteur Nauti sche Dienst KRL.
U.w. van Bemvcld, Di recteur !-logere Zeevaartschool Scheveningen
W. M.d.H .
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TRANSFERS OF CAPTAINS
NEW PERSONNEL
AND CHIEF ENGINEERS
A hearty welcom e is eXlended to the following
ncw R. r.L.'cr who recemly tao k up employ ment :
~'I r
M.H . de Graaff
41 h Officer
N.E .F.M.v .d. Schricck
I.R .
V:lO
E'~l Pl o}:d
der Wijck
SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATIONS
O ur cong r:-t t uiJ tions go te t he followin g oflîce rs,
who pa ssed examinations :"I S i ndicacd bel ow :
Mr
J.L.
l nd Officer
Nobc:Js
F. van Gro lI
Went
E.
I
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II
T h. 1I
II
5th
VD
3rd
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... w.r.
.. G.G. J. Wilkam p
Vcrmeer
A.W.J.H. n" A! fc n
) , d Eng'inc(.'r
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PROMOTION
Our co ng ratulations go te Apprentice Eng ineer
A.W.}.H. va n Alfcn who wa s promored to 5th
Engin eer o n llth October, 1963.
LEAVE
Th c fo ll ow ing personnel we nt on leavc :
Mr F. Li st
.. J. Scho utrop
.. p,J. de Wit
TRANSFERS SHORE STAFF
Chîd Offi cer
"
" ' ,P. H.M. I3rculs
" J.J.H . Vogel
Mr W .K . Min k, Ad j . Chef, fr om HK H O to I-IK MI-!.
Mr P.E. Rabé, Employé, fr om I-IK HO to Dur ban .
(KI'M)
Weddings
Engi "neer
H .A. Sleuen :! :'!r
Hooylna yers
H. Pcsch
" J.e. M. Lint
Captain D. Kuik en, Master of m.v. Straal Ba li, went on ho me leavc.
C hief O ffi cer W . loeke was posled as Acting. Captai n (0 m .v. Straat
Ba li foll o wing hom e 1cave.
Captain T h. T erhorst, Ma ster of m.v. St raa t van Diemen , went o n
ho me le:l\'e.
Capta in J.l-I.W. Voigt was posted 10 m .v . Stra:lt van Di emen follow ing home lcave.
Chief Engineer A. S noek of In.V. T egclberg was poster! IQ m.v .
Slf3:lt Bali.
Chid Engineer j .G.I-I. Vcr kerk wa s postcd (0 m .v. T egc!berg followiog ho me lea\'e.
Chief Engineer H .B. Vi sser of m. v. Straat Bali was pOSled to ol . v.
Tjipanas .
Ch ief Engi neer G. J.C. BcvehlOdcr of m.v . Tj ipanas wcnt o n hom e
lea \'c.
Chid Engineer B. Kragt of ol.v. T jiwangi went o n ho me !ea ve.
Chicf Engi neer (tcmp. servi ce) A. Bos was tc mpar:lrily pasted to m.v .
Tjiwangi.
Acting Chief Engi neer D. j .B. V:l lk cf m.v . St raat Soc nda went o n
home ]cave.
Chief Engi neer M.G. de Wever of m.v . T ji m:llluk wa s posted to
nl.V. Straat Soend a.
2 nd Engineer P.A . Zwart was posted to m .v. Tj imanuk as Acti ng
Chi ef Engineer fol lowing ho me Jea"c.
In Si ngapore, Captain W. Micog (m.\' . Straat Cook) to
Miss Cita Kuik en (daughtcr of Captai n J. Kuik en, and
reccntl y working at HK MI-I) o n 3 Jst Jan ua r y.
.' J.
.. H. Meyer
W.A.M. Snel
" ).M . Fcringa
\V.A. Mulock Houwer
.. J.C. de Geus
Chr. t-,'[oe$
H.
Em pl~;'é
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Those who relUrned a re :
poslcd 10
Mr L. P. Vink
" J.L. Ih.kel s
.. J. R.j . Visser
R.B . de Vries
" F.J. Br uil
G.D.M. Boot
2 nd Offieer
) ,d
m .v. T egclberg
Boissevai n
Str . CJa rencc
Tjiliwong
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Str o Soenda
Lagos
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Engineer
Adj. Chef
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P.J. Rutgers
A.W. R. T ctenburg
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