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VOL. Ill NO. 4 R 0 Y A L INTEROCEAN LINE 5 FEBRUARY t 956

TWO ROYAL. JJIRTHDAYS

I f.R.I1. l'r1n«u lk:atri!t

During the month of January twu birthcl:ay~ took place in the Dutch Hc;ynl family. Princes~ lkntrh:. :1 cltnrming ycluug girl_, rcnchcc.l the age of clphtcc:u on J:tnu:try J ISt und her sister Margrict_, ihird l)l lhc: quarlc:t ()( Royr•l .~i $1.trs~ became lwche on Janu~ry u1th.

For Princ~t llc.1uit it mC'lns n'IUclt w lX"C"otnc: dgh1an yean o£ :ag('.

In the Janunr} 1956 progr:amanc: n£ the 1ntc.rmuion:•l Services of " ltndiu Nedcrlnnd ", Mrh van tlr Mt•rbrrg wrote the following intc re:'iting nrticlc on tbc oecaslun u( ibc Crowu Princ:(j~o;'s bir1·hday.

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On f.muu.ry il).r, *''''l abc pcnplc: ,.r lilt !\t.'dM'rUnd\ undcrwrt~t .. lr.in•l o£ spc:IL They knc .. ~· thut on tlr ~ruuod thn pOitUculoir lll~)' ~ linlc prince •lor JH"Inces.s wa~ 11..1 ho. t.,.,mt, llu: fir:-t t:ltilrl of the hdrcb tu th<: lhronc., Princn~ lu\l!tn!l ,

Anti then. ••1dcknlj'' the tdc:prinft.t' i:ll1f'P.t'd foAIIIinJt in the Ctli1Nf1.11 uffic:o., m ::abnn t: J;_llt~ l IOUnricrl 2Ut1 .a (ew K'<t•nd~ :lft«'l'. IICdJ \\ r 11-f'C'"' fr~,n, tlte 'fl gun ~lute! tb~t (OUld be bt,.rd b~· radio ;~II mtt the cnut\U') d121 -1 fl"iDCC~ b:ad hrnt l'tWn. tll:~lO.x .,-;n !1cr QAOM'. "i.hc ""'" brinJ• h.;~Jlrlnc»". Batn" W1lhclmiru Amtg<l('d, Prin«•

C•f Or.m~c- ~""''-"'• l'nrw:~ ()( LiJl'flC' tti!Micr!t.Ml, oow the cl.t('~t r\f (l•ur dauj.:ltli;h

Some pt:•tpl\' ('.til them .. uur fuur·ltr.tk·tl c:Jtwer' '• a nubcr ttlvl.tl U\ttJ,'Ipll t>ric, \\ hh:h h.1; never 'luitr ClutJ.:IU uti. The Dutch, .thhtlttt;lt ther li\'C in .• ,., .... w r rj{ Huwt:rt., h!IW IW\ff ' ·~n ~,..,~ :II ('ilntl'lvios: lluweq• •IH'CI.Iflh•>l"' .an"' b-.t\'(! nr\·tr 1'((11 ~JUic}. ttl adopt dwm. l~ltl ....... dnulpth II f the place m~ Duwh J•tln~' (.l(tbf'f .amt n,; thtir ~'P""· 11 '' .IJ~ t-nough. Orchirl~ nml the !.ocJ.ou11:; rtr~a -Att: hnu6fu1 ;md ('~ilnt • • . .lnd lht.,.th but du\rt ,h,nn nin. 'lh'"ft ~nd "'m~hinc tvi1h C'-'ft"'th'ln_: ('he 1h.a1 ~ In the tlfliCU Huu· ~Inc:• .1 trtl'f .l;tt:r 1n 110 .l'r't"r.lgr hutrh f11mah· lhcl Well, •he ~fir..+. tn "X'hf.'lll ttn lu:-r hi(.Hlc:. about h •If ~'·''l l.;gl:~ in the mt1tning:. She bu~ln" 1•11 •l0\1 worries J•tdt:~ 'ht' lui \ hsn.;h .anll •linn('r Il l ht•mt: with thr r l''l 11f tht• ro\11111\': >he .:.ludiC,\ 1n tht: GH'nings ;LOCI \\'t'I.'~•C'Illl•, "he dqc11 llll'rt• Ill' lt-\1, .l~ she hJ:cs , , , rl.t ~ \ II rill I~ f•f luxkr.:) t lf l i ) tl:"lh Ill ,SI'!II!Il)ph!lllt' l't"\'tlfJ~ •

rn~~ ~~~!tb ., 00 dt.fft'f'Cl1l f(t•m .. ,,.,, .... , l,f her ~· I( )ljU thtnl. ~he ii.. ju~t ,n·. ;.n~noc wP,. Ln""'"" ""h.u ~ Oil in ~nil .tNtuncl :,;.~d~ 11~ .Inti the 'fhi•~ ur .. l"'t "'"""'"' ft\\ mib aw·.ay, \\It~ u'no1U d.n.-.a ~( n,:l•t tu tro puplh JYC' hetng C'duc.atC'd in llcer;r,lancc w,tJ, up·w·dJtc fnlllt•ICI' t.f t~.u.:hlhJC. It ft:~u ,l]tl not knnw them !nnu thdr pt,,~n"~, \"u wot•ld n11C '('C.IJ.lnr~c the f'rin«:<~\4:' lklllti, .md Irene ,tiiHtfi}! l u: '""~"' p..un~\IC'Ill w,-,tvlng their ~ttht~u1L\,I,I:t~ . rc:1fl)' fM 11 nrw ct.•ily do~ 'u( g~;•uu, t ;t r, m.athr:matics :tnd w lt ttt i'Vl'1' OIK" lherq a ••n dtc c.:urricuh un of" Uutt h llt:ctmd;'ltV :;chool. l't•in'"~"s lkatrb. c•;mt• lw hkrde, r.U.n nr ~hlnr, ;Hid whCn the k•"bR\ o~rc 6oi.)hnJ, lhrrt h Ck.1 hmou~n.: w.-hin,; t~U,'\iojc.. Tht' t.thcr rurih don't bt~thn' n\udt .tl1100t ~ Eutucc q11n:n brinl!. in thdf'. ~~. •nd lb~; futllt'C •t\llt"CA d-.C'I nt< dm:wxJ t"of J"\p«< ,it«UJ pt'l\1kxn. :\nd

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"-r(:n if .l11:' dKI. ncith« her mother, th~~; ~tcc:n. n()C' bcr bther. Prin«: &:rnh;~~d, \H'IUid bt blc:h· to 3:ppt0\-c. The,· wam he1 In k.ad 1he: li(~: nf ;a norm~l l'>uich girt, wilhout 21\,. {~rm-llit)• l.tl:c o~ll thC' ocl~ in her cW.s, Prinet.$$ Batrix rowe lc-;arn h4-r lo,oM and ,he muu IC~rn 1bcm ""CCI~ ~ute &he)" form th~ 1~4" of hff ~c.t.~kmic cduc1tion -:and the: per(orm;anco of her fvt\ltc Uto~ "' • Qu«n

)Jnnet:l>\ l~trh lill-h IAAguas;:a hut is. onlr mocJer:Hd)' c:tuhu\iauic :.1)fl'U gr:unmar. ~ltc: !>~aks l!:og'li.m flucndy, \ ... hidt is nnt 'urpri:..ins:, tf )'OIJ l'f:ln('-lllb(.'r )he ~JX'Rt fi\'f: rc:.Jts of her e:.rf}' )'<IUih 1~)40 • 1~)45-­in Can:ul:•. :-ihr 101kC'~ " g rc:ll i ntc:tdt in historr, cuhural M'ICn tctt .md the ~ru. f.r,lm her grandmlldlcr , l'rinct$; Wilhelutiuu, she h.1:. inlu·rilt•ll ::& prnnmtn c~o.,_i :Lrlistic talent nnd numCriJU) are the tlrawin~~>o little pamtings an~ !>latueucs slu; h;a, gh·en :tWll)' at bintulaf· ,tnd ChmunJ~ p.,uics. She likcf. •UU$ic~ uw.lcru IU wdl :IS d •• ~,~~ , rc.td> e..·ucll)' 1hc 1>:1mc. kind c,f b•Wk.\ tnlu:r ~irl~ 11f h~r :.gc like, :md there: i ~ plcmv of bric.a~hr::~c if\ her bril!:ht :.uti nuJriern h(:d·-.iltin!;" rovm. She li"~ ~wecl~, but h::~v(' ~hU cVCT met ~ )'Oung ~irl f1ut dr~ts noc • • . l

She ~ ,a 'f"'"h!..tr l, :~nd lu,c:s horseback riding, JMhng. 3Win1n1ing, u:nnh :1nd wmh:npc•rh. It i\ no lnngcr 11 5Cn\:atinn when th(' 1ncl PrinM) lrcnor ,l~f 2l etluc<qrian mOW'\_. .md nobody i.t surprhcd when lhC')' ,lfc ;~mun~ thc pri'K'\;nncn.. Of ClDUI.lC, the]· cuukl nne h.avc .. bcntr tt'Xht'f than Prioce Banhvd, ~hn U proulrnt <Jl thr lntcrrution.,~l &auc"nan f«kntion. Each .s.umma- lnnca' BQut\. ;r,nd tw.T d:t\\ -'prnd a wttk camping 10 JOmC plfl ol thf' «JUntr~ Mid, h:a,int 1hc 'rnning spirit, sh<- p«h pouu.a and rlt;an' ,-~-ublr• h~t a••)' <llhcr scbool-j.!U-1.

When ~hC' 1Apf"C':an in puhlic, hu :aff;~~bility and n:uurd ,;aitl)' ohc:n lend :a _,., ~i:.t ch:~rm cu such c\'ent.s. The Duuh don'l ~'i:l t~citt'd whtu 1hc:y 'ot.'C her with :s. ft:\\ of her bes~ fric:n~,h .u a ttJnt(rl, in :1

Prom the h'tUior:

Mr C N:mninga, who reprcscnlcd the ~cafn.rcr:i on the F.clitorinl Commtttcc of tbc R.l.L .·Post for ncorly a year, wc111 on le:l\'C during the momh o( Janu:uy 1,95€1. A:, thi" m:,kc:lC personal contact with the editor vcr)

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th~tre, ;:~ mu.seum Or :a rciot~ur.ant. Ol«oenp.micd only by :1 bdy.in· "0111ing. Somt- fOrtigocrs bavr J.trangc Mk"3~ ::.hout Roy.thy, ~ptci2lly 1n crun1rin wh<.re a moru«h)· u ;;tn unktaOWn in'Sfitution. 1~ .b.WO .. t~ R.O)~Ity with pomp and ClfCURhll:\(('1 somdhi.ng in aD, •wn• II)W'U1 bf- ~"< the comnl(»fl prop~e. When 1hq- tocne 10 I lnlbnd, 1her nuy be sol'OeYo lu.t dt~o;:~ppo!ntcd td st(! ROJ21ty going to iehool un :a biqoc:k:. 1-low~_\'(;( 1 thC'ir f.tiupputnc~nt m:ay tum in1o mild ptoo~r when tb:y du.GJ\'(1' thst M.nphy in Holl:and i ~ \'Cf}' much -:.live. For ~c .Roy.11l Guml) nut onl~· li\'f:'' it1 (he he:~rt of tltc cr,untr''• ltltt .Uso m the ~~~~~ n( 1he P'Vp1c.

On Janu;lr')' 1at, Crown~princus llentrh: will hr riJ,l:ht«n . . . TI1a1 dar will bring new r:i~bb .md l'lc:w chnies, She will take: hcr pl:i.Cl~ in the- four ccntun c!l nfd " lb:ad v,&n ~1 :11e" ~ more or In' !he ~uiv:tknt of tht: rrivy Counol in Urit~in. 0£ C:UUf !iC, llldC

will be numerous pr~.'Jidcnde~ :~n.l honornrr hmuil'lth waiLing ior lu:t, fiiJt U) ~~:Jk of inaugur-Jliun~. otlici:•l \bit:~ anti more sud, l.'erc-mr,nic~. She will give partie, ;and will he tht' ho~les.s :u r~:ccJHi•)n~, nnt onJy :al SObl(hjk l,,,l a~:~. but prob;•bl)' " lso at the uld lluis ten Bosch neJ1 Tile· H :lJtll(, ·nu: potOJ)Ic o( The H:ague h~vc tOI'I long bttn un~.~\' lilt lhc ideo~. that their Ot}', although ufficially s:cill fhc rcsi~nce :..( the ko~.1l (nm•ly, hJ.s nu d«ent p:1bcc 111 ntlc:'f. So chC.)' tu\'c been wQrklft)t very h1nl 111 l'dWtc l luis ll"ll Bosch, .;md i1 is. now rc:ld} tb r«c.••e die- Ruy:.l HLIU.5thoJ.rl.

Ytt., thi) uill he a yar uf j(t(;J.t dun~ lnt l'rinct">' lk':urix. She will t:qin her 14ud)o, at k)dc-1) l:l\i,crMty. founckd nc-:nly .;on reus ;a~ Mo her mc.rst fauwu-'1 ana;,.uw. William the . Siknt. and visited h)· m:anl tqc:n-hcn of the IIJ•u,.; o( Oun~, •nduding her own mOihc:r-. Sluwl\' the donr th~t 1CJ»>rald cbilcltMXId frum growing ur. ;2nd un ... ptikd j,lca:~o'Ur-e from cool 1hinkin~. ucritic:t-i 2nci ~Jf.deni~ • \\ill bt ftJXned. Jt h~,. be<-:n ;a bapp)' )'1.1\Jth ,n :1. h~Pfl)' flmily "!lnd lmid~t ::t peopk that still rc-mcmhcn Janu:lf') 3uc, 1938 ••• when, for :. fc:w d:J)~. we (f•rgol all 1hc blocl: fK\\ • u( ~ \\Orld prt'p:uing iutlf fr~r ;, nc:w w_.r.

difficult. he: resigned a~ a member of 1hc: (";(muniuce. The vacancy was Riled by Mr J. Jacobs, C hief Officer, who i s now tcmpur::Lrily 3tt:u;.hcd to Lht Murine Department o( IU.L.'s Hong Kong Hcadoflicc. We thank Mr Nanninga for the hd p he has been to U) nnd we wdcnmc Mr Jacnbs.

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NEWS OF NEW BUILDING PROGRAM

These IW() )hip, of ju.!.l 0 \'Cr r.ooo tOll$ dc:u.lwcight a rc being huilt L>r rhc ynrus of Messr' llocle (Bnlnos) and ''Wed Gusto'' (Schu:dn•n) rcspccLively; 1hdr keds were lnic.l in July h1~t year, s-ine~ when ~teildy progrc;s.s in Lhcir construe;· tion h:a~ been mndc. Tt is c::xpected th;_n the m.s. "St·•tM'I COoK" will lx: lnunchcd rm Fehru~•ry ztsl nexl and the m.$. "5'1'1\AAT TORR.Es" to Marth. Their trinh. will lx· held in J\ugu.n, nfrcr which tht:y will enter the R.I.L. liner «<:rv ice~ ;a$ soon :tl- pos:.-.ible.

The two sincr <hip~; which :arc bui1Jing for :acc,;unt of the K.P.M., m.s. "SnAAT loMBOK .• and .. STitAAT M.uwaA", :ue :.lso c~pccttd to be 3\'ajlable for mtpluymcnt in the regular ~rvi«s in the sccond half of thi~ year.

M.S. ~·stra:u Singapore" -and "Stn.;Jt Johorc"

T bcsc two ~hip), which were _also ordered l:t11-L yc::ar, will be built by "De ~ierwede" aoJ ~icssrs. Bode rc>p<ctivdy. Their Jc~ign w <h dt\'cloped from the- "STR.v.T COOK" type-. o£ wl,ich i1 h a modification. offering 7,400 lOll!!

detu..lwci~ht (c11"1 :1 .S\nnmtr J raft of 241 7 ~~ ~') nlid sliJ:hlly more b:~Jcspa<:.c. The)' will have fi"t.' holdsfh:uchc.;, :\g:liu:>l

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four in the hSTJt.MT CooK"--type. :md will carry len p:Jssengers.

A:, thcs~ were l:uc::r orc.Jers th:an the 01 her two, dcliv~y will nlso be later, r1:Hncly in t he 1niddlc and \Ccond h:.H c•f I'J.57·

Two more New Motorships ordered

Tht lloord of Directors have approved the plncing of an nrckr for two more motor-cargove-.~ds fM rhc TtLL..Jiocr scn•ite ...

They will be \1tsSCl$ of ~bout 9,500 con.. summe:r­c:lcadwdgbt, with a $pc:ed of over an knol'f. . \ ccom.noda­tion will be pro\·ided for about tw<h·c p.,tM::ngcrs.

The builders will be the yard of P. Smit Jr .. Roncnbm, who ha\'e already construcccd !IC\ c:r:a1 fine \'C~'bd$ f"Cw the: 1\. I. L.·llCC't.

Delivery of these two cargmrcsscls i~ •. cJu::t.lulcd l O take pl::tct tow:~rds rh¢ end of 1958. As 1hc l't'\tlh of 1he great flow u{ orders to shipbuilding yard~ in the Netherlands} rio e:arly delive.ry of vessels of chi.; lYJ~ r:ln be ob1..1inc-d from ~U)' l,f tlu:m .

The K.P.M. also builds

rn OUr" Dt-ccmbcr •955 issue we j>ublished 3 transl:uloi~ frorn the K.P.M. housc..-magazinc ''De Uidaat", coru;;c,rning n building ordor of the K.P.M. for £'our ships, intended to be commissioned in the R.l .L ... K.J>.Jv1. combin:rtion.

V/c now received -information that the names of these four ships will be:

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.. VAN DI!R HllGE.N,

H vAN' l.--INSCIIO'J'EN ..

u vAN SPILOF.RCHN "

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The present '~VAN LIN"SCHOTF."N" nnd ''VA~ Sr•rLBP.RCF.N'' of the K.P.M, whicl1 are employed in the Holland-West Africa Line of the "Vcrccnigdt Nedcrlandsche Scheepvaan M:'l:'ltsch:-.ppij>', will be renamed.

Trad itionally, the K.P.M. sdect for part o( tbeir fleet the names of explorers, navigators, n1crchant-scafarcrs, ctc.1

li nked with Durch ro:tritime hi.:aory. and a11 t.hc above names were alrc~tdy previou.s)y borne by e-arlier K .P .M. 4

ves$ds, wcH·kflown and remembered by many of our vlder rc;;.1dcrs.

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R.l.L. ACfMTIES

Tristan da Cunha (Again)

In the R.J.I •. -PoSI· of November '951 an article was dedicated to the looc:ly i~laml u( Tristan da Cunha, on the occ...1sion 9£ the m . .s. ' 'S·rrtM'r B.nr" c::aUing there. In the June 1955 jssue 3 review was published o( a book, beJCing the n:unc of the island (by Jan Brander).

The island came again into the limelight, when it was visited by the n1.s:. " TJISAJ)i;\:KE" ' on D:.~cmbcr 4th ::1955 upon spt·cial rcquestt in order to pick up an injured Englishman - a str~tcher case - who "had to be transported to CapelO\Vn for medical trcatmcm.

f rom Copt. P. Algm w e henrd thot the night before :trrival there was a thick fog but, thnnks to the rad3r, Trist~u• wjs nevertheless spow.:d ttt ~ d israoce of twenty miles -at o;so on D ecember 4th. The hl::1ild became visible at a di.st::Ulce of five miles :'lnd soon afterwa rds the ship !lOcllored, at wbicb moment three rowing boals left the shore, full of offidalsl islanders and also the patient.

It wt.ts lint tried t9 t mbark the patient Cln <!! J'l;atiotm; thar did DOL w·otk.

The ship had meanwhile prepared a slabhatch to be lowered onto the rowing boat by means of a derrick, in

order ro provide a platform on which the stretcher could be hoisted oo board with the least possible d iscomfort for rhe: parienr.

As the boat appeared to be of a very light ·eonmucrion, it was thought to be too risky to lower the slabhatrh on it.

ft was then dcddcd1 upon recommendation of- chief officer J. Versteeg, to hoist the entire rowing boat with patiem a n4 all on board the m.s. HTJISADAt-:B' ', which medwtJ

Ko:u with p:niem (su-etcbc:t case).

The ben w3y : hc3\'C boot and aU Ot• deck.

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w.1~ a grc:at )UCc:es.,. A double: c,~bin w01s transformed imo a )ickroom in which the p:tlient fc:.lt n:ry comfor1nble. 1'bc: f?'3S'iCilgcn Of the m.s. ""TJIS,\I't\Nt •• were \'try onthuSiastic about the ,;sit to tho dc.olated island. when they w<re told about il af1er departure from South Amoriea •nd, wi<h ChriSim3s noaring, they decided I<> do wmcthing for the inhabirants of Tristan, whu the M1

f>r away fr<>m the rest of the world. A •pxi31 "Hingo ..

Th~ Tri~t3n Gi£1 Stand.

M.S. '' Van Nc:c:k'', which we welcomed already in our June •YSS issue on the: occasion of her dcp;~nurc rmm Hn11:md on her way to Bombay~ for her rirst :i:'liling to Austr:.lia Ill the INDCASt rcc:endy m:1<Jc her firs1 :appc!)r:wcc: in llong Kong. The ship was Lransfcrrcd frum the IND IAS to give nn t:xtrn sailing in the: E.A.F.S.

M.S. HVan Nec-k" in port jn Ilong Kong.

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C:1p1. Algra has :\ chou with the udmmhtr:uor of the. h !:mtl: ~rr 111om(»')ll (~tr" 'non,~n ldt).

C\'ening w~s org3niz.cd o{ which the proceeds \V(:te wed to provide pro,•isioru, c.lw)(ol:ucs, mag3zincs, clothing, bc:veroges «c. A .. T ri>tan Gilt Stan<! .. wa. <rectrd by the p;:asscngcrs, draped wilh 1he Ncthcrl:ands, Portugucst", South Alrieon and British Rags.

One of the American p:t!.~t:ngen, Mr Corndiut Vanderbilt wrote an interesting anicle :•bout the "TJU.AO:\N.:'s'' c:~IJ :n Tri~t;tn for one of his own ncw:r.p:tpct!o, illu,tt:ued with many photographs nnd tried to induce lhc C:1pt:.in to sta)' a full 24- hou.rs at Trist::m, ~tJ that ptlS!!-tng:crs could go ()I) tU) expcditi"on. T1lis l'cquc.~ot w:l$ politdy turned down ! The Administrator of tht.: island \'cry kindly buslcd him­~clf in providing evt:ryhocly wid1 Tl'i-:tan de Cunha st:unps anJ acting :.s, postm:lstcr. Your Editor, a~ :t ~t:'lmp cn1lcc:tor~

~incerdy hopes that calls nt the: idand will be restricted co the bare.u minimum, as otbcrwi'c: i:.) nuw rlther ran !lt:trnps will become too common I

!\ir Thompson accepted the romcm' of th: .. gif1 stand .. on hch:tll oi the isbnckn. >3)'1118 tiiJt a caU of a IU.L.-ship always mcom • la!i\'ol for th<rn, b:iog r«chcd on board in such a fricndly manner.

At 11.00 a.m. 1he ship Jc:ft Tri51an d;t Cunh3 for Capetown.

The ll"'l.s. '' Van Neck'' on her fl•·n YiSil ICJ Hn1lgkong, W:'IS fortunate: in saving the life nr n C:O\V, \VhiJst the ship w:as t ied to a buo~' (n very prominen1 une: A 1) her Chid Officer saw something Aoating in Lhe water, which he firs t believed to be a mat. Th: thing howev<r w:Js moving, and a closer \'iew tiJ.,closed th~u a c:uw wa~

s-wimming 3rQund in Hong kung harbour.

The poor bcas1 opparcn1ly h:td follrn or JUmped off a junk. The Chid Officer w:u abk co rngog< a mo:orboat of .t\ \Ving to come tO the rc~uc of the cow. which was thus towed alongside the ship. A c:argo net w:ss lowered by a derrick and so the: poor ~nimal was hoisted to safety. Tht following day the H arhour Police took the cow under its c.in: ::md we lr'uSL that it will hove been returned to it.s rightful owner. 'vVc doubt howc\'cr whether this episode \Vill ha"t: s~•-ved Lhe cow from bc;ing ~l:lughlered J

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S.S. ' 'Nicuw Hn11:uul'' in Colomho

On Do:cmlxr 6th ~nd 7th t955 the t.s.s. ..Nuuw I lot.,L.\Nb.,, well known and muth liked in Au\tralian pons, visicc:d Colombo, Ceylon, giving an incidental $0uth· bound sruling in the INDI:\S. In our September t955 issue il was said 1hat the "Nn1vw Hou.u~T)', although

r:uhcf aged for :a ~hjp - she. is tweuly-sc~c:n )'t3rs old- has smncthiog in common with fenule human beings of equal age: she is :~lso :1n cycc;"~.tcber on nccoum of her attractive liuc,, The abovt pictun; clearly illustt:ncs th:u this is no Ulu.lcrstatemcml

M.S. "Vm Cloon" disemb~rlu St. Nikol~s ot Momboso

St. Nikolaas (or Simcrkloas :u he is usually called) is a wckome arrival on the 5th of Do:cmlxr in Holland ond :mywhere: else in the world whe-re Dutch ehildrcn a.rc living.

It >hould be particularly noted th>t the old Saim has nothing to do wilh Christmns. I le: visits the hnn'IC:s of rnany Dutch children o n his binhdny} Dc.:.cemhcr 5\.h~ '''ith hi..; bl:1ck lttcnd:uu, Pictcr, giving away prc:.cnts tO the: c::.gcr young people. Sometime" he even hlh more than one Blxk Pictcr.

In the old Jay> he :mivcd by ship, travelling on deck sentcd on his gn:y horse; he n()w very often 1rnvds by plane. \Vt remember seeing him once - it was in Amsterdam - ~urrounded by one hundft'd Bbck Peters on motorbikes.

l n Mombas.a Sintedclaas disembarked on December 3rd [rom the m.s. "V~os CLooN•\ ,...,here he treated \he Dutch childrco during • beach porty, not for b·om the ship.

The R.I.L. is \'cry proud th•t St. Nkolaas che»c to tr:lvcl by one of iu \'C:Sscls. thus S«uring n timcly arrival ••.. two days before hi< birthday I

Tolly Staff Mooossar Mr M. Said, a member of the tolty staff of the Macassar office, scm us the photograph at the left, together with his Christmas and New Yc:ar·s Grf!Ctings and those. of the others appearing in the picturti mostly ncwcCJrncrs in the ltf.l ... organization. Sranding, first (rom the eight, is Mr P .. M. LiJipory, G()(]ownh'Cpcr, who emerc:d 1hc servk e of the J.C.)J... way back in 1919. :-lc:x1 to him stan& Mr Said, the ,.ndcr of cbis phulograpb.

Announcrrnenc l)uc to tht overwhelming quruniay of cory , or which the greater p>rt would lose iu actuality i it would b: kept for the next issue, this month's issue is considu­ably larger than usual.

EDITOR .

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CAPTAINS' l'ET S From • f2ithful tanale n::aoo of th11 nl.lgnmc: w< ««1\<tl • kner con12iuing the follow.ng. It u with the: grc:;~tcst of J>ko>ure th•t we publi•h thl> rcminbcC"ncc of :an unforgt:tt.lblc experience. ~ng the photo of C:lptoin St;nkcnhurg'> two ln\cly sr:anteh Duke 2nd Amber. '" the Jonuory number <•f the /U 1~.-Porr bring> back 10 m) mind J memory nl wmc· thins which boppcn..J whc:n I was uo,dhn~ on nne ol the thdl J.C.J.L. bo31S. I think it wo• the "TJII.I~'oNO" •nd the ~U..cr. C:lptain von Schc:rmbo<k, bod • dog .. n..J Bl:tclcie who bec2me quue anxbcd In me:. It wa• • \cry hOI trip uom Ja. .. tO !long Kung ond ooc: nljlht I :a~kc:d permis)ion to ba\'C my m3l lffi.' c.Jrr1cd up to the bontdcck; I W2$ travd ling with my nicte nnd <he dog Blockic <lept thot night lt my fee<. In the uigln I r(l!< wuh a .s.tart :u I h3d a drc:Jm ah:u my uwn tlog had jurnpc:d into the w:ttc:r :rnd h:~lf aslttp I r.1n m bc:twttn the bo.1ts; irnmeJi:ndr BJ:ackic wmo in (rout o( me :.tnd putting his gre11L- Crout· p::~w.s on both nl)' .,hou1tlcr:~, J'tU!Ihccl me b:~ck from tl1c side o( the ship nnd I woke. The offiCer of the wotch told me afterward• th"' he hclcl hi• brc.uh (or a moment '""hen he ~w me ~et up :and run. Nn:d1c~ co U) that I w:lll not aJiowc-.1 tu \fccp on the bnatdeck anymore but Blackic slept c>cry night out,ldc rny cabindoor. C.1ptain vrtn Sc::hc:.rmheek tnld me 1h:1t he h:u-1 n('\Cr been dc:scrted before. in thi• moanncr but the clog guudal me always ot oigbt unul we rach<d <>ur c1ci1in:nion.

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PICTURE OL' Ti lE ~10NTH

The: R.IL.-PoJt ruclers w iII wonder why • photograph dcpkung • c;tt

i~ chosen for pteturc of thoe month. The :uuwc:r is e:h)': in the fir.t ploce she is lhe nKt~ c:.n Hl Hong Kong. but [ur­lhcr, r.he. i\ n R.I.L. e"'ploycc, The Store> C:lt, k<cping the R.I.L. go<lowm • • Nvnhpoi n t tree from •nice ond ra"l Mr Lou Yuk Luen

IO<•l the: picture .11 t.oo p.m., with 30 opcrturc of l/ t6 :'lnd RU c:xpo!urc tin'll' of 1/ 125th of a 5tcond.

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BOOKS ON R.I.L AREA

f . .fPON hy Werner Bi>drol. cduor: Achille Weber. Porn, price obout £>.t~s.

A p~tturc-book for ~ults, apeciolly lor tho<c odultt "ho •pent ~amc umc or other an jgp:w he 1t before or ahcr the lost World C:ltastrophe. Tbc l>icture• were ••ken by one who C\en amon!!St the ll.ighly artisuc :md CDI'IJblc Japanese art·photogro.;hcrs, mU>l be d2'.00 •• • w11.>rd, one in ;a u~-ct~s.s. ;ll;u- no longer with ut now.

The hundred odd picture~. the mo~t b~autiful one<~ 1n '~Upcrb e61uurs1 tdl :i slOt )' in Lhcmsch'C$\ needle:~" en ""Y chcy art al.:;o indexed on scp~u:llc p::.gcli :.fl('r c:aeh rdc\•:an1 port; the division i• the Jhojt, the paper •liding-door thot (orm~ rhc w:.lls, doors and partilions in ;m old r.-a.,hion(d Jap;mc!le home, 1hc: sliding-dour,, in tht.• p:'lpcr scctlom n£

whteh, conoo< b)-.uodcrs •nd duldtm used to poke tiny pecphol<t when we of the old Jaa line wed to rat in :a JJJ>:ln~c inn nJ\c.l trictJ to quench our phenomenal thint; Ute ~;~me -'Hding ttoors th:~t .scr~.n the real japanese:, the Jopone<c •• h<>me ond ot e>>< . from iuolly inquishivr Curer~'"'"· Bi>drof d<diat<s hu lim orty pictures to lt(c h<hmd thc»e Joor< ond the """' fifty f.hotogroph• tlcrk• life in po't·wor Japan before the JhoJi close< uu i1"' IX'tJI))c. All ph<Hographs ha\'c bcc.n c:aken in Oc.c"pic:cl JnJ»ll ond tell her story mucb more eloquently th•n 10rtport\'' :and ''\l:tlr:mems .. C\'C-t could hupc to do. The Anal twemy are de\'nlc<l lo .. which maybe will not get 1o~;t·• whh which we c:tnnot but heartily :agree:.

AckJtowl<dg<mtniS

fn chc December issue an :article w.:al c.lcdac::u«< w the Mnc:a~'f::lr office. iu which it was omam:d to mcnciuh chc name of th:u well known old-tamer: Mr P. L:alopu11, whu

J<>tn..J thoe J.C.J.L. way h>cl m 1930. We huten to tttllfy th" rcgr<telblc omw;on I

Mr I'.J. \. lien' ol the Tokyo office w:u in the Jonuary imtr rdcrrcd to •• n cousin of Mr J.M. liens 111 Hong Kong. It now appc::u> th,, Mr J.M. Hens (ollhaugh young in yrm) u the uncle of Mr I'.J.A. Hens. so 1h21 Mr F.J.A. Hen' n Mr Pl. I kns' ncphc:w! Tht Eduor r<gn:u ho' tng "uck hi, hngtt in thu hens' nat.

Cbln<sc Wi><lnm lor D2lly Consumption

Oath and life b.vc their dctcnninccl •J'I"'intmcnt; riches ond bollO!Jrs d<pdld upon Heovm.

Jt.~;r;<r -t ~.c..7'-

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The penalty ""' ol He:tvcn is wgc and wide, but In• nathtng through.

~ Jril i* 14: Jt. .., ;r, ""

Since the Captain of the ""'· ' 'SnAA1' BALt' ' took up the fir~l guumlc::t, Lhrown :at him and his coUcagucs in the 1?./.l ... ·Post of November t955, Capt. P. H octjtr was !.he firSt to pick. up r.bc one left •nd sent us a photograph o£ !.he complete complement of hi• ship, lined up in • m<»t origin:al way.

The: m.). ... TJIW.\:-:GI" i,; the fJrM new ship adtlcJ tU the R.I.L.·ncct after the war. She w"' built in 1950 nt the }':lrds of Me~srs C. van dcr (1icllacn :u Krimpen nan c'c Y ssd os lilt open .shdterdcck , hip and h:" 1 ho following rtl:'lin mc:uutcmcnts:

lcosth over .oll 0' ~· nctc ttt,&::~ tunn~ nR~ hrc~ .u·- dc:»>ttto'riJ:h• (11M I

depth "!;; J. nK'U Jlr.aft >f 7 grou rf'J;. IMnl~ l!6o6 h:lfnpii« ,,~,~

On )nnunry 2ncl '95' nt OjSt(<lMT) >he left the I"''' of Am$tcrd:nn on her first voyage to the East , under comrn:>nd of Copt. Th.A.K. Novotny (now retired :urd n mcrnbc.r of the board o£ Exam iners for Mate's Crrtifk-:atc,; at T he llnguc), arriving in Hong Kong for r.ho firn time in the: morning of February 3rd. whL'l'< she "''okc:d muclt admir.uion.

Capt. No\'Cll O)' was destined for Lhe m.s. '"Ruvs" nnd w:1s con,<etf11 <111ly ''"'" oi1orw:~rds relieved by Cape. J. Mor.u, who rcmnincd in command unti l tf 11,f'5 t when he lcmporadly bct:nmc- Macil\c SuJ)trh\h;ndcnt 3r lhc l lemg Kong Ht:~doffiec, during the lc:tvc of Mr B.). 1-locn. Upon tltc Iotter'$ n:tum. Capt. ~IO<'Il retired from the O!mp>ny'• .crvi«.

Hi$ su«C>"'r on boord '""' "TJr~<Asm" Capt. W. Vrolijk. rerirctl t":.rly in 199· Suc~M'r. {(lr cwu mnntfu was C:.pt. C.H . Gns.sd ink (now m.s. " 'l'JI'f'fAt.u.;cKAP), thcu c:l mc Capt. J.l-1. Vcrwijs for one rrwnth (now m.s. "Ruvs"), whcrt!upou her present commantlct·. C:apt. P. Hoctjcr wa!i ::Jppoiulc:d l"•n June:: tst ~~3·

The "'·'· "1'JIWA."cl'' h3S been soiling foithfuUy on<l unmtorruptc:d between lndone-io •nd Hung l>uug ond her life t" "n for un~·.cntful. She •~ how~vcr popuhlt with bQth •hipJ>C<S 30J p>S1C11!,'1:nt. ()[ the Iauer she SOnJCUn1C$ c:uric:11 Jc..'C.Ord erowd.s.

Th;,t ~hu (nud her Capraili, oOic,r~ an11 ~;rew) arc liked by $hippc" ;, proved by the "jo«lhj(, which wo• P"""'"tal 10 C.1pt. P. 1-loctjcr by the 1-bcass:tr Chine.<>< Trndiog Cnmmuoity.

She ~l"n n·uat.lc .1 good name (,r her crew. whv untlt:r C hief Officer Scheybder "'"d bo>!Awoitl Mr C heung Wnh ,·cry c.nlc:iemly cxtingui:shcd :1 fi1e in the S.M.N. Gutii)\VII in MaClls$flr .

. A brunz(' p1uLc: was recently Hffcred to Lhe boat.<wain by the S.M.N. I~ COnlmemoratc the rac.l.

Capt. HooJer joiood !.he Comp>ny jwt o••er thiny yr:~,.. ago. and tc>chcd hi., pracnl rank qn july m '95'· He is placed number four on tho ll!r, after !.he Caplllim Zewald. St<'l!nbtrgen and Vl:rwij>.

F LEE T REVll

M.S.

M.S. "T JLWA.'<ct's" first Chief Eng;nccr was Mr N. de Zttuw who w•• olready :usignc:d to the •hip when she was under con.itrucc.ion :tnd who hdd th:n ~'\OSition until Jnnuary 14th '<J52, when he w>s succcctlcJ by Mr J\. E.gmoud. Mr n~; z~:cuw is . nuw retired !:rom the Company's .se.rvicu :1nd lives iu Am,.tc:rdant as .Superin lcndcm of rr •ubslrliary C.omp;my of Lhc K.P.M .• t he "Ncdcrlandsc Trrnk· en Pakewaart MnnllO~hnppij".

Mr Egmond '~ <ucc«tlcd tow•rtb !.he end o( October '953 by Mr H.C.A. E•·cb.r. tbe present Chid £ng;n«r. Mr Evda>r a\.., r•nk. high in the list; of1<r ~lr Egmond't impending rclirc.ment, he. will be num ber four. \Vhen the photngrnph Wil~ 1nkcn Mr Evda3r WO) Ol'' a 11hon le:nvc rr nd tcmp<>rorily rcpln<.<od hy Mr 1'.). ''"" G:rmcl'cn, who therefore is " i u the picwre ...

,jiwangi "

In the- other ranks_, even in the higher nne.~>, there has not been muc.h continuitY. T he "TJtW";-.;rcrl' has had. many Chief officers siucc s'hc was commissioned and the sam~ applies to 2,ruJ Engineers. For instance no ' 'old lilllcrs" who brought the sh ip om arc on board any longer.

T he Ct:ll m:-tjor now comprises the fo11owiug officc:rs, aL

the time ol writing this article. Some changes have t:lkcn pbcc since the photogr<.aph wols l :'lk Cil . :lit c-,ur readers will no doubt notice.

Chtcr OIT. c. U:L:Lk Chief Eug. H.C.A . .Evd:l-'t

~nd " G.J~ No<: ::-n<,l E. F. ~f()(:n

;rd Th .A. KiC.s ; rd P .. :\, {'iam;ln

.th E.H. Vegtcr .;th K.. Uijlcng;~

••h " H. Sili:tku~ 4'h "

I I.C. Smeenk

.;th Officer T. den Dool t;th Purx::r J, Vijihui?.C \V . Oper:.lmr H.W.R( Chandler s•h "

G. Zwecgm:~n

.. " J:),J.M. Wac,>f;t\:t:l r s:h " R. Mu1.11h:t:u'l

Shi Ji .s Su q~<am I lung Sui Kit Appr . .. J 1.R. ten Or-:~;~kc

Chinese Purser Wong 'l'"jn J\ppr . .. A.J. Odink .. 'll\d

" Lee P'ak Yucn . 3rd " ChenJ.! Yin Kec

Th~ Chid Chinese ratings arc : Uoac~in Mr- Cheung Wab ,\l>'itr<.: d'I-Jotd .\fl" Yii' P'>1\: :-J•I· 1 f iri 'ID<IIl :\-fr l .umg Yiu Sici«>k~-cpcr Mr f..uk Shel:

l.>t:scribing tht group phowgraph~ it should he ?<Jrnc in mind that several change$ have taken place !ilnCC the: pi<;Lure was taken. \Ve begin with the Capt. P. Hoetjcr­Ac is st<~nding :tt the rail third to the lcf[ of the hindmost daviL

Looking a[ the picture from_ righl to lcfL, arc the Chid Engineer: Mr P.J. van Gamcrcu, Chief \\firdcss Offi, er; Mr H.W.R. Chandler, 2nd llngiuccr: Mr E.F. Moen, Chief Officer Mr C . Baak, C hic£ Chinese Purser Mr Wnng Yin~ who is follow~d by the entire Chinese Purser's staff (standing on the rafts). However, between Mr \Vong Yln and his staff sronds Mr Soong H ing (wearing cap), rhc headwaiter.

r\ l t he captain's lcf1 (b etween the Ca ptain and the hind· most d:wit) Mand the ~nd -and yd Chiuc:)t Pursers, Mr ~Lee l'ak Yucn and Mr Cheng Yin Koc.

llctwccn the two da\•iu we find tbc rcsL o[ lhc oA-iccrsi from left ro righr: Appr. Eng. Mr H.R. ten Braakc, 5th llng. Mr ). Boone, 4th Olf. Mr E.J-1. Vegrcr, 4rh Off. Mr H . Siliakus, 2nd W ireless O lli. Mr l'l.J,M. Wagenaar, 41h Eog. Mr 1(, IJi)lenga, 3rd Eng. Mr P.A. Saman, 3rd Off. Mr Th.A. Kics, t\ppr. Eng. Mr A.J. Odink. 4th Eng. Mr H.C. Smct ok, 2nd Off. Mr G.J. Noc, Surgeon Dr Hung Sui Ki!, 5th Eng. Mr G. Zwccgmon and 4th 0/f. Mr 'f. den Dool.

On the highesl deck is gathered the Eng1nc-rom:n trcw with. in Lhc middle~ at Lhe corner of t he rai1J t he No- 1

Fireman. Mr Leuug Yiu. At his right the Eicrtrici:u• Mr Chow Hok Chucn> the Nr,, :2 Mr Lee Ti n and at

hi) \e:fl t.hc foor fiLters and. at rhc cxtrcmt: right. ::mother' Eleerricinn (Mr Po Kam Sui).

On the lower deck we tlnd the C~tcring crew. At the ~xtremc right Chef de Cuisine (i nscruclor) Mr B. \V. A:1Jbcrs; n::xt to him the barkeeper Mr L ;m K:tm . The Iauer h:1s a respectable number of )'Cars of servic::e, :1s the C:l_p~ain rCm<:mbcrs hirn from dtt: time th:tt he was ;1 4rh officer. Funhcr. going from righL tu ldL (in uniform): lwadsteward Mr Yip Sung, Stcwartle~s Mr~ Lee Sn Ching, M:'l.itrc d' Hotd Mr Yip PakJ ·as~L si'Orc keeper Mr Toog Kau. adm. asst. Mr R.R_ de R. Br:ancn

1 :.Lorekeeper -Mr Lik Cheng ;md asst. storekeeper t\'lr -Leung Kim Fai.

The kitchen personnel arc. sdcking thd r hc.:lds: through the porlholcs. In thei r midst rhc very :~hle Chef de Ctti,ine (Mr Mok Yucn), whose son (2nd from th: left) ~fok. Hoi T:t.i give.o; every indication of becoming •l good ~uecessor to his father.

[n the lifeboat st.1nds rhc complete cleckcr<::w. 1\.r the c..xucmc righc the- boatswain, 1\{r . C beung \V.:lh) in the middle the lamptrimrncr \Von~ P:tk :md the carpenter .Litm Shi"ng. At the: left Lllc qullrtermastcr~.

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Special memion mu.r be made of the paimer Fok Choo (siuin~ r~l to the quartermasters) who obt3ined his paint from the Storeroom, by C.pt. Hoctjcr, when the b n<r was Mill 3 \"Cr)t JUnior 4th offittr 1

" * * The n:unc ur the ship can be divided into two p:trL'I: "T1i" .Htd "w:mgi". Usualiy tht:: prefix hTji'' to :t n:un~, indicntt< in Indonesia (specifically in Java) that it rc fer1 to

a river, or a place of which Lhc name relates w :1 ri"er in its ueighbourhOO<I. •·Wangi" (Sundancsc) me:~ns "fr.tgram". prob•bly b<clusc il$ water ;, 1lighdy fragrant. In East }a"• there is a place: o£ the same name: Uanjuw;wgi {=fngr:~nt water); &nJU (l;t\ancsc:) mC3ning •·,vatcr··.

(n J3\'3 there is a pbm:ttion. called "Tjiwangi"'. situ-Jtcd South of Ijirc:ungas, Suk:tbun'i. There is also a j::~_vanc:se \'illagc: of that n:~me in \Vc!'lot Jnva, ncar Garul.

THE SHU'S OF THE WEEK

'l11c .ahiJ\'C' ph..nugr.aph~ wt··rc !;IL.tn wbcn, un L.>rcc.Tmhrt l~lh t~-;. the t«<tdiog) wtte m-.de o! lhe bro:adC.U\l u( ll1t followinJ: d-.r to the m,,. "Vw llrt'Til., (kft, E..i~ip) :tnd rhc: !l\.S. ''TJIWIST1 so",

The opponunity of the Occcmhcr t6th bro>dcan wa' t>kcn by the Am,tcrdom Headoflice nut nnly to include the b:u-m~jor of tbc m.$. ..TJIMt~IF.l'"r." and "VAN

I hursz'' in their ;~ddress. hut also other lisccner~ nn board IU.L. ship•. wishing them all a \Cf)' £1oppr. New Year. The following i:s ., tr:mshtdon of wh::n Mr f-.~!. Rouffae:r, m~nngcr o( the Personnel Dept. said through the microphone:

\Vc c:1ll uur:>clvcs h;rppy \'11aL 1hc "\Vcrddomroep" ha.) given us Lhc opportunity 1·hi$ yc:u al:m to witness :t Christm:1.s hro:uJcast thus cn:~hling us w send our Sc:•sou's Gr('CI i ng~ lH lht: omccrs of the .~hips t<J which the brva .. lcast will he dir«tcJ to m.s. "VA~ HF.uTsz" :md 1n.s. •'TJU.IUNH,NG".

~aturally the!<oe wi~hes arc also intcndl-d for C\'crybody on bo.ud all IU.I .. 'hip> ro <hat I hope thot many of uur pcuplc will ha-·e the opportuni<y to linen to tbh bruadc:aJL I )(lC here in thi$ .srudio man)' happy bees of old :a.ncl young. who arc :mxious to talk to you through Ute micrnph~1le '<t th:at I will not take much of your t.imc. :\ ~ cunvmary we linger for a while on the rno~t important hnppcuin:r of the past year. As [ar as our Comr,:my b conccrnt ~ we m:1inly ha\'C happy memories, :a_) [ t •lnk of the continuc.tl <!xlcnsion of our traffic, in which we were nssistcd 1hi5 yc:lr in nn imponant way b)' the many ships which our sister Cornp~ny~ rhc K.P.M. put at our disposal. The fleet w:•s cn1nrgct:l again by onl' ship, the m.s.

.. TJlSOXDAJ.I"', which prc,•iou$1)' m:adc K\'Cral trips for us umlcr the name: of "SIL\'EI.un ...

During the ne."tt three ycth two ne:w ships will be dcli\·ered yeoxly.

Although no doubt a few of the older ships will be Uisc:trded, it look$ 3$ if the fleet will be cn1argc:cl in future:. Thi~ yeat many families of our orllccr:, left for th~ Far Ea."t to make their horncs there, we hnpc 1 hat they will like it there, and that m:1ny olhcr$ will folluw their example. \Vith the ·fa rn ilies who st:•)1 behind in Holland and Lhe many pc.oplc on le:tvc we entertain ;1 happy and regular (Ootact.

Sc:a.[.arccs, we know that. much h asked from you and we :tlso know that you are carrying out your dutic..c: \'ery oft~n in very diffituh drcum\120CC_). It is lh~orc gr:atif)•ing- to notice 1hat your !ipirit h good and 1 can mu~ )''OU th:u your diligence:. dt,otion to duty and cbccrfulnc.. arc evoking grrot od1mwiot~ We hope that in the nc;w year all your wl$hcs, whether in )Out domestic li£e or on board, may come true.

Scvctal members of the associrnion of former J .C.J .L. and R.l.L. personnel were prcs~m during the rccurding. who all seemed to enjoy the ooc'lsion very muc.:h; C\'cryonc present. recci.ve<.l a R. LL. cnlcnd:1r.

The abm•• photograph depict> the following ''old hanJ," and others: (from left LO right &om row) Mr H.E. Roullncr, Mrs Burger, Mr J. Kcrs (ex <.:hid Engineer -2nd row), Capt. W .F.H. Burger (rctir<d), Mrs P1101 (znd row), Mrs Naerebout. Copt. ). NocreboUI (r<tircd -2nd row), Capt. H. Punt (retired), ~' de )ong (2nd row), Mrs K<rs and (2nd row) Mr J>. de Jong, of the Pcr$0nnd Dept. (an ex ship's officer). ..

* * In our issue or December 19;5 we Jr-IV~ pankul:us (derived &om "l)c Uitlaat") nbour the hiS<ory of "Radio Nederland \Vcrddonuoep'' , of which the t Olh annivcrs:try took place on Oetobcr tJth t955·

h w:as :again in ;.De Uitlaat" •hat we read thac on chis d:ne T-J.R.H. Prince Bcrnhord o( the Netherland> was inSLallcd as pau·on of the ''Wcreldomrocp" by Mr d'Ailly, Mayor of Amsterdam during an official function at the town haU o£ lillvusum. It w3s :ilio rue:tlcd in ··De Uitlaat" that the cnvdopc, handed to Mr H .).v.d. Brock (M:an. Director of " Radio Nederland") by Mr ). ltocring of the K.P.M. (see phowgraph on page "'' <)f our volume (II}, 'ontainct.l ~J $Ufll of 1noncy, intc;.nded to fulfil the wish o( the "Wercldomroep"; i.e. the purchost of a lighting orMment, to be ~d near the microphone, ha,•ing :t

be:. ring on Lhe purpose of the broadcasts: to reach those on bonrd ship. This problem is not easy to solve :md we sh:oll be glnJ in due course to p ubli<h n photogroph of wh:.t the atli:ct~ h.a,·c worked out!

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C:~pt. J. Kuiken of the m.s. "V" H•u·,·sz", which ship is employed by the K.P.M. wrote as follows w "Radio :-.' ederland".

Op t6 Dec. j.l. h 3ddc:n wij hct gcnocgcn Uw uit1..cnding van " Hct :.chip v:tn de wc:ek" aon hct m.:.. "'Vnn H cutsz" tc. bcluisrcren.

Hicrtoe wos in de: It kl:tS salon cen r:uliotocstd opgesrdd w3armedc: \1i:l de schcepsantenoc wcrd gcluistc:rd, ccrwijl tc,•c:ns met bet toe~tel van de Hoofd W.T.K. hct programma wcrd gevolgd.

Heeds cc:rdtr op de: avond wcrd "prodgestoomd'' en nnar de juiste imtellingen der tOdtdlcn gczocht, wa>rbij blcck dat P.C.). m« mocite opge''>ngeJl kon worden op 1ft Me:ter.

Ue cc:rstc uitzcuding ten tt.lA G.M.T. w:•s cl3u ook juht hoorb:a:ar. ma:ar \·crdcr praclisch l)fl\"erst:aanl».ar. ln Sinf<><Odc: "ll'· l .. lc:t geluktt evenwd ccn (w~n.idu 1c verkrijgc-n van de volgordc van hct progrnmmn, 7..0<.bt de opgcruepenc:n gc;hccl op "stootgnrcns·· en met spanning de tw«dc uitxcnOiog afwachuen.

Ongc,•tc:r ttn half uur n3 de custc:: uitz.ending kw3Jn I'.C.J. uitstekc.nd door, o1n c:venwel tc:g(n htt bcHiu dcr twecde uil7.tllcling iets zwnkkc:r te worden mel

' "" van fading. lruus.scn was het sc.hip tcr rnlc:: Teg:ll ten ankcr gckome:n en dus gelegcn hcid om me:t 3llc opgeroc-pcncn dczc hcthaling 1c volgcn.

Oe twcedc uitzcnding wcrcl op 16 M<t<r go<:d opgcvangcn1 :alhoewel ictt zw:1kk~r- d:an ' •66r de nanvnng hier,·an, e.e.n. in Sinf<><O<k +4S33· De opgcrocpenen kondcn hct hen toege<prokcnc goed ver$Utan.

Over bet algcmecn cerci de indruk vcrkregen dat sommige familielcden-oproeper· /sttt, hun programmo tc sncl uitspraken, bctgcen de duidclijkheid cnigszins n3delig helnvloeddc.

W ij wilJen dit vc:rslag bcsluiteu met "Radio Nederl:tnd'' en •lie medcwcrkenden on> :1llcr bartdijke dank voor de7.c uirz.endlng te doen toekomcn.

C.ptnin ).R. Ezendom of the m.s. "T JtMENTENC" reponed thot the broadt:l>t to his ship on December <6th '955 was very succcss(ul , as- mny be seen from his letter 10 "Radio Nederlond Werddomroep".

" Tijdens de uitz<'Ddingen be,·ond h ot 5<hip zich nobij Cape Agulhas, op weg van Mossclbaai n::e:sr Kaapst:uJ. D~1ar bij de a:tnv~ng v:ln her progr:unma te t8.oo MTG reeds bleck dat de ontvangsr gocd zou zijn. wcrd door tlc r:td.iobez.iucn hct bdub.tc:rcn dcr hun bc-kc::nde slc:nuncn op eigcn toestd gcprcfcrcerd bon:n hct gezamc:nlijk Juisr~rer1 in de hut van de: marc.onist, die: aile m:mtrcgclen l1nd gcnomeu om ccn 1.00 gocc:.l 1nogdijke ontv:tn!,"St tc: vcrzckcrc:n.

Bij de « rstc uitze:nding van t8.Js MTG kwa.rn de: 2.5 mc.tcr uiununtc:nd door, tcrwijl de 31 meta Iicht gcstoord wen) en de 19 meter tum weerszijdcn ingcsloten wns door s1onrzcndcrs:.

De uitzending van •3·40 MTG, wdke door de mcestc lcdcn tier Etat M3jor ook gC\•olgd wcrd wa.> minder goc:d en op de prive toestdlcn bijn• ni<t te vcrst:.:an; de omv;angst \'ia ~hcepsame.nnc was m:uig maar de stcmrncn toch u! herkc:nncn.

Mede n:uncns de Etat-Major dank ik U h•ndijk ell nllen, d.ic aan dezc uitzcnding hebben mcdcgcwcrkt; juis1 in da.e dageo vour Kcrstmis, als c.le gcdachtc:n m~r d:an gewoonl.ijk bij c.lc £am.ilie in Holland ~ijn, wc.mlt c:cn uitzending hijzouder op pri js gcstcld.''

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During the year of 1956 ~here will be Sc\'cu brondc:1:.t:-o to JU.L.-ships, namely on jonuary 13th, March " "'' May <8th , july 6th, August "4th, November 2nd and December >1 st.

The "Ships of the Week" progr•mme is in the air e\'cry Friday nt the following times:

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\"1 ;wclr:ngths:

Wemltip (directed

u.28 - J l-5.~ G.M;r . '5·58 - r6.z3 G.M.T.

r6,88- 19,~5 ami ·~·7' m

lo Airic:.1) '9·35- :!().(JO C.M.T.

\Va,•dength.; : 16,88 or :z;,sS m 3r,2/! and 49,79 m

ro South America) oo.4o- 01.45 G.M.1'.

PERSONAL I TIES

Mr- A.J.J . Veltm:an, M:ul\lging l)irccmr, returned from homclta\lt:' on Janul'l' 23r<.l 1956 ami resumed his duties.

C:lpl. W.J. Eggink, who relinquished his corum:md O( t he s .s . ·'N t 'tUW HoLL ... rm'' to c-~pt. A.G. Schoeller or> October 6th •955, passed through 1-lotlg­koug with Mr.< Eggink <>n a lioU<hty trip w )"JXU\. C:tpt. Eggink is 011 leave, <'It the t."Xpiration of which be wm rcti [C: &om the Company's scrvicel thus ending a· career at sea of about twenty-nine years . Tbc M~naging Directors took rhis oppornmity <>f

arranging a farewell luncheon party for Capt. Eggi!lk, to which several Company's oflicials were- also invited.

Mr A. Egmond, Chiei Engl•'ec;r of th:.: m.s. "S·r.~.t;\i\T Mo?.AMBlQVIi~' :tnd the. Con1pany's 1'f\OSl ~e.n ior tlflic:er in that rnnk passed rhroi>gh Hong Kong for whot most likely will be the bst time dud ng his C.1f¢Cr. H¢ rclinq-.lishcd bi$ post ::ac Sjngapore lO -his StlCCCs.sor, Mr R.v.d. Brug and fltw ~o Holland for :1 lc:n·e, '-'him:ttcly to retire :1Etcr nC.1rly thirty·tW<J years of scn•ice.

The: above photographs wetc. taken ()n )-lrlu:lr}' 5th, when the Managing Directors- ofTercd him il f:trewcll luncht"on at the Hong Kong Club, which w>s also auendcd bt• st-vcrol R.I.L. official.<. ·

Mr EgmonJ joined rho Corrrpn ny ~rs a ;th Engineer on May 15th 1914 a l the early :'lgc o( cighu ... 'Cn }'C:irs. Two

f'rom I. lo r. : Mr Van O$~Jcn, Mr F..:.; monel, Mr \Varning and Or Enklaat ,

C>pt. Eggink entered me K.P.M. "' a 4th oflicer on Novt:mber 11Lh l9261 at a cimc when p:-omorion W:l.S rwt so b:1d: m1 Ocwbcr 1st 1928 he Qccamc 3rd officer. h was however Apr·il 1St 1936 before he reached the rank of 2nd officer. Elc\'cn years later he was promoted to Chief officer and oo J::mua ry 1sl 1951 tn CapLain. He h:1d howcw:r ~lr<;:ldy acrcd :1.$ captain since November 26th 1949t when he received his HrsL command: the m.s. " MAJ.TSUYCK1Ht",

This was foUowed by th~ "B£Rt.,M.a;'', ' 'TJIDESAR",

''TMMAN" and ''T)Il>1\Di\R."J unlll his rinnl oppoimment : the $.s. "NH·:uw Rott.;\Nu"1 nu Nm1cmbcr 2oth ""~952 ·

C:~pt. Eggink, who is married to ~n Au:;tr~lli:lu , wa$ :t

popul:tr figure OJl the Au_str:di" run, hdng ~~pprcc.:i:ued hy shippers, passenger$~ olticc personnel !l.l'ld subocdin:nes :1ljke.

\Ve 'wish C:-tpt. Eggink agood ~nchnr:•ge". after his retirerneJnl

:lnd a half yeao hllCr he became 4Lh Engineer. Another tWtJ and half year$ lmtr he was _promolccl to 3rd Engineer, but it unfortunately mok him m<m: than .seventeen years to h<Xome 20J -Engineer. On J:muary ut 1949 he was promoted to Chlef Engin~er, although he had"1ctcd a lready iu this rank since May 1948 (s.s. "TJ181lSAJI"). During h is last leave he was assigned tO the m.s. ' 1S'l'H,..\T MozMIIHQUEt1

to supervise the installation .o{ the engines; in September ' 954 he returned East as C hief EngiJJccr of that ship, which position he _has held undl now.

?\<it Egmond's J'nany friends will b<:: sor.cy to sec him go, but we at'e sure there M<: others who arc awaiting his final homecoming with pleasure : his wife and cltrce children! \\'c wish him many more b;lppy yea.rs with them.

:\ drink before luueh.

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Mr J. Jordtns. Chic! officer of 1he m.s. '"Bo•uEVAIK ••

recently paid hi$ flt'St '·ilit to I long Kong since the -actual date of his ~5th scn·ic~ anni\·crsary: June ;th 1955, which vpportunicy was taken to obscn·c the occasion officially. ~1r J.H. Worning and Mr J.R. von Ossclcn, followed by ITW~1 of_ the departmcutttl man::tger!i of the Hong Kong l lc:Hiufficc and $CVernl o1hcrs~ bo:lrclt:d the ship nt

lt.uc) a.m. on December t4lh 1955, where they were r<e<ivcd by C:~p1. C. 7.cw3ld. In <he lounge :oll ship"s (.{'fi(eh and peny nfficcn wer( g3thercd.

~r Warning, j" his spe«:h rcla1ed 1h>1 Mr Jordcns scned '" • gral many shiJ>" of 1he K.P.~i. bdo"' he finally JOined 1he R.J.L. on january 1>1 1919 :u >nd olf~«r of 1hc ... s. ··TJIIl.\b.\R ••. Also, th:u Mr )orderu was one: o( those pcnplc. who started their C:lrccr at the wrong moment, •t~ he h:'l!' been \C.f)' unlucky ~s reprds promotion. Ship's officers ::.rc promoted ~tceording lQ the number of places :1\':tiJnble i1l the higher rnuks :md oc.cording to their pl:1ce on the li51. 1f few J><:oplc leave the service of the Company :wd if lhe number o£ ships to be: manned is reduced, promotion, unfortunatd)' (or those concerned. must be slow. Thus. i< took Mr jordens se,·cn and a hill yars 10 become Jr<l officer from 11h, cighl years 10 become •

'" 1he R.lL.I

Mr K.F. Handel, who u Ill

charge of lhe Frcigh• ond Claim> D<pL o[ the Sydney office w::ts 25 years with the: Comp>ny on l)cccmbcr >9th '955· M r Handel elllcn:d I he scrvic:t of the Compauy at the c:tl'ly age of seve nt ee n . Through lhe years he gained n lot of e:<periencc cspcci3lly in handling c:argCKlaims. This brough1 him lhc nickname of "'Leg•l Beagle'", which clearly indico~es Mr Handcl"s v2lue

A very pleasant function was rt.-cclllly hdd in honour o£ Mr K.F. H~ndcl on lhc occn:.ion of his 25 yc:~.r Service Aunivcrsnry.

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2nd officer and it took a further six years until he bc:c.:unc Chic! Officer. Allhough this mWl hove been a ilisappoint· ing f3ctor in Mr Jordcns' life, he oevathclcs.s CXttUlCd his duties in :tn cxempl~ry m:umcr :md with much gusto, :1"

he i~ :1 se.:unan 10 lh¢ b:1c.kbonc with his heart in his ship. Strange as it may sound: his other love is farming: and we: ntt:d not be surprised if, when the time comes lo retire, we lind him on a farm in South A£ric:a, where Mr$ Jordens is now holdiog the wheel, ns it were.

\Vc remember that, over fifteen years ago, Mr Jorden) met with au accidc:m on bo:trd Lhc m.s. ~'IM.ND)t.aMMIN'', whilst looding in the ro•d• of S.:marang. His foo< got c:lUghr in a sling of c:argo :and was nearly se"\'C:~c.l from hi• l<g. Fonunatdy 1hc bone was no1 b:oken, but 1hc grC'3ter part of the Ae:$h :around it was rorn away. h was n>ore or le.<o decided th>t t he fnm should b: amru!Olcd whe.n :a docwr, who bad previous experience with simil:ar cnses in the: port of An'lslcrdnm said th:n it might be possible lo save the Coot. And saved iL was; six and o hoi£ month• la!<r Mr jordcns was wolking again I

The R.lL.-Post wishes th31 he moy walk through life for mMy more years to come, for 1he hcndi1 of lhe R.I.L. and (la1cr on) lhe farm.

~fr V:tn O~M:lcn ~ong·r:. tulo.tes Mr jOfdcns.

The Sydney office Slaf!. toge~hcr wi1h 1he mas1t< and most officers of s.s. "TJliADAat" and many more: intere!.u:d people mode up quiiC a Iorge gathering.

A souvenir golden wrht w:ttc.h from R.J.L. Directors was hrmdcd to Mr Handel wilh npproprbtc remarks by Gcncr01l M:anngcr Mr A. van BochU\'c, !>uppont:d hy t\s$L Monngcr Mr M. Pennell and Mr Handel aptly replied thcrctu. from the Maoagcmcm and Sl:Jrf o£ R.I.L. Sydney, and prcscmetl by Miss M. Churchill, Mr Handel rtecived n silver tea service..

The prcscntalion took pbcc in :1 most enjoyable aml.osphcrc ond will be long remembered by lhC15t prcsenL

h is much regretted thot we :ue un.lblc to print some pho10graphs of 1hc func1ion •• JU.L. Sydney's "official photogrophcr" (staff member ). Thorpe) a1 the last mumc111 could not attend.

Mr J.J. Eddman, am. manager of the C:nering l)epartmcnt and stationed in this capacity at Singapore. has b«n 25 year< with the Company on Jann3ry 64h 1<)56. Bclore he entered d1e: sen•ice of dte: K.P.M. as a l'ur~r, he was • Wireless Officer. H e gained a lot of experience in the C3tc:ring ftcld :uxl it was thct-dorc th:n. in 1935. he w:'l)

cntrW'Itcd wich the: manage-rship of the ''U:.li t lotcl"' (property o( the K.P.M.), which hoed b«amc famnu• all ~.wer the world £or its lLLxury and efficient man:1gcmcnt. rrom August 1940 circuuu,ancc~" were such that be w:~s nccJccl ngain Oil bo>rd ship. Until November 1946 he wns Purser o( the m.s. " Bo Js.sEVAJN'' and for ncar1v nnot hcr yc.-r o( the m.$. " Run"1 whereafter he wns sf,orcbn-.et.l :tgnin , this lime pcrmanemly.

On (>cbrua''Y a41h 195r he was oppoinrcd l<l A!sl. Monogcr of the C>!cring Dept. of the JU.L .. of which he was Ac1ing M:~.nage•· during Mr Nolson's home le:1ve.

Mr Edelman's 25th .sc::rvkc anni\'c:::u.:uy W:"l( tJbscr,·cd on bo!'lrd m.s ... TJILUWAH .. at Singapore on )ru1u::1ry 61l1 1956. From :a friendly l>OUrcc we h3\'c rc.-ccived the (()Howing C)~twitncu' :account.

Mr and Mrs Edelman were received on board by the ho.t. C.1pcain J.E. Ra.-.t whcrcaft:a ~irs Eddm:an W:l' prncntctl with a houqu<t of orchids on beholf of the ~lonog~ng Oircccor$. The Managet for Singapore and che Fctlcr:uion o£ M:alaya, Mr L. Let Braakc g:wc 30 outline of Mr F.delman'$ c:Jrcc:.r with the K.P.M. :tnd R.l.L. which w;t<

>pent p:mly on boord ship and partly on shore. On board :b Pur.,.cr anti on shore a:s: Man:lger of the "B:11i Hotel'', :and :tlso with lhc Catering Dcpartmcnc of the K. P.M. n.nd 1hc IU. I.. T h:1L hi> clfons were opprcd:ttcd hy the Monngin!l Directors had been shown by tl1c fAet ch:tt in 1952 dun ng Mr Nolson's lca\'C.t he wa:\ cntrUl'ILcc.l wilh the mnnngcmcnt of the Catering Dcp:trlnu:m nf 1 he ( Jvng Kong Headnfftcc.

\Vhcn il WOtS dt:c:mc:d nc:c,:ess:arv 1u c:stabli\h :.1 C.D inspc:clion ::ll Singapore' it wa.s Mr i:.ddm:m who w:u. called upon 10 org:aniZ<" s3mc: and to m:ln:tgc 1hi$ new depart· mcnt; the p:ast year has show'n th.lt ~ir Ecldm3n h:u made 3 SUCCCS$ of il. On beholf of the Managing Dira:tor> the >pe>k<r thanked ~ir F.ddm:rn for the scr"iccs rendered to the Comp:~ny. in which cribute M.rs EJdman wa~ :tskc:::d to $h:.rc (or chc .support .)ltc had alw::.ys gi,·e:n to h~r hush:mcl during hi~ cnrccr. \ViLh the congratubtion~ of the M~tn~•ging DircctOrll Mr tcr 8ra:1kc: h::.ndc:cl uvc:r 1hc: Cump:tny's tncmcnto, ::1 gold wntch~ specUic:tlly ml;'.nl ituling: huw wdl Mr Edclm:tn succeeded in blendiug hi:> c:xpc:rit nec; with the K.P.M. with his new work for the tCI. L. 11c cilccl tv{r l!ddm:m as ;m cx::tmplc: for the coupc.r:uion between 1hc:sc two ccunp:mks. During hi~ six ye.an with tb~ C:ttcrinA D<"p:mment o£ the R.l. L. he g>ined tl>e high<>t e>tccm of hi> colleo~u"" nnd thche working under him. T hil> w:u cmph:hi7.cd by Mr N'c>l'(m's rcqueM to the :~opcaker lO h:a.ud Mr Ec:klnt:an on 1hi) occ::~)ion 3 beaudful sih:c:r cigarc:ue c:1~ on behalf uf 1hc entire personnel o( the Catering and Purch:l)ing and StorC1o lkpartmcou. Also on behalf of the C.O. pc:rsonnd he pr<><:nted a be:lutiful bouquet to Mrs Eddm>n. Finoll,, Mr ltr Ur:Jake ~pok~ a few worcb as K.P.~. A gem. I J~ th:anked Mr E.Jdman fur hb coopc:r<nion :mJ offered him on bch•l£ o£ tl1e K.I'.M. AgeoC)' personnel • mnrblc desk ~Cl, ending his ~pccch with a toasc to Mr Eddman and his wife. In hi :. word:, of th:tnk.:. Mr "Edel th:H'l l)::tic.l th:u he: hdong~d ln du: very few wlw had :;t:r\'ed 1hc Lhrcc: to•npanic.o;,

J.C.J.L., K.P.M. and the R.I .L. Before he entered the "'"'icc o( K.P.M. he ha<l sailed on boarcl J.C.J.L. ship :ss a wirde;s:s QiTlCer. His expcr~~ with thc:.sc companies bad olways been pleasant ond he will wear the Company's mcmc.mo with great siuitf:~clion. Also Mr Eddman empb3sizcd the. .spirit of cc)()pt:r:uiun. He thanked ~'lr tcr Br.uke for the kind wortb •poken on behalf of the Managing Oirtttor:-. :md Mr Nolson, and for the prcsenr of the Singapore Agency. After ha,ing also thanked Captoin B:ISt for his hn>pitolity he ended by proposing a toast lo Lbc iuture of du: R.I.L., K.P.M. and the combina­ti<Jn. .-\ fter the official ccrtmuniC$, tJ,c gucl!o!S remained c)u board for snme tiJ\'lc in the cxcdlcnt c~rc CJf the cmc:d ng st:dl of the m.s. "TJn.uw,.u''.

OPF.N LETTE R

Dear S irt Sinl(tlfJOrc, 1 ttl• fnnuar,\1 • 1956.

M:ly I use the medium a( your n"'n);:tz.inc to th:lnk :tU who sent congra[U1ator)1 me:s.s:1ge~ co me on 1hc ocQ.l.;on of my Sih·er Jubilee.

It is practically impoosible for me to reply personally to 311 the td.egr:tms and lcner~ I rccch·cd £rom .1lmon C\·ery part of the globe and the $hips 31 5<2.

The presentation o£ the bc:mtiful ''~t pocket watch and various other pr~ms. the kind words :!~pokcn h:· Mr L ler Braake.. the R.LL. Rcprcscnt:uivc at Sing;tpun:. and the fact that this little ceremony took place on our be:lutiful "Tjiluwah'' made this U3y an unforgcct:tblc: one for boc.h my wife and myself.

Yo11rs fa itlifullv. J.J. tfn P.l-'1-!\N .

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JEUCil l IEitiNNERING

( >J> ner jeugdigc ledtijd br:td>tcn zc ous op ~<hwl al hi) wn' de N~o.-dt·rl:uukt: 7.cclui in ouz.e h..i~torie lc h~Lckcntn h~;~t l t.lt·n. Yo1 a.wdt1c:h1 luistcrdc-o wii n~ar grll(lb.C \'crh:t1~n C1\'c;r 11h·rn•lont • .tet'pgrapi~ en kc:uin~wtrk. . Stc.'Cdi weer wntcn dir kJ.;ukupics icdc.'T«':tl lC' ''lug :ef. \Vij ka:aplcn de k-.ail~ ,·an 1cd~rs brood. D:: his.1orie \1l.fl onu zcchu i.~o indcrcl;mc.l /.~r rocmrijk.

Wij haoltlen np on> d<>rpssch<>ultje ceo onclerwijur- menccr Kr:o>n httue hij-en "'" hem hcb ik c:i~lijk mijn bcrncp>k<:1l« t< tl:uikcu. Dcu gra<c m•n hceft ccn otcmrel (•p me gedrukt. lu mocilijkc ogcnhlikkcn '""' hii h~t die mij a~nspoordC': kiezen (tp clkaar. (()(ill hct jc w:'l3.rdig • • • lk htb uu \'ttl aan dcz.c: rnan tc dankcn. I )at znt "";

Mcnce:r Krnnn kOll enorm bcx:i<:•)d \'<!rtdlcn, cwcr:•l ~vc:r. l li j w.ts ~;cu uundij k klc.·in mmme.ke, mc1 ccn gmlt: hri1 (lr, litcctlt• gtkl~cd in teo. blauw confccli~ p:lk, w:a:u'\'IU1 cl~ rcthu:nHuuw .thijd oudcr bet kri)t z:.\L 't \\'u<~ typisch, Jn1 :rl1'11 fi~uut z6 tekcncnd de. hdt lt•Julaclcn vnn uu;r,c: zcelui wi$t tc ''tthnlen.

I )c RuyH:r WU!! 1.ljn f:a\'OricL l:Jij vont.l h~t prijzcu~ \\'!l!lrdig, dat de:tt nleL~OUl (draaic:r :l:'IU h~• gl'oltt w1col ••• ) cloor hord wcrken zo'n groot man is gcwt.u·dc:.n. ..Nc-('m lm:r l"C'U \(Jt}tha·ltJ OU.Il. lununcls,'t )ChtccU\\'J-C' hij d""· Hf"S,'twondcn dnor 7~n ,.crha:JL "1ullic lummden hier ll'I:J3-r \.\'ill, m.t.tr ~WC!tkt m~t rt wonkn Om iCI'\ te bttcikcn !"' ~ll:<"'t<"t K man drocg bijna icdcrt dag ccn hL>uw gtruot \trtJrfwJ;a,jc: en \\'.:11 1nu hij graag tH'b :a.llcu in «n bl:auw gcruilcn kid go.token h..ebbr.n • • •

"Dk z.cc:lui'', zci hij dikwijls met glin.stcrcndc ngcu. "llie zce:lu1 \VJI'l:h kercl"-. c.o dat zi1n zc nog I ~Iannen \'till

.. uaal en groantct. Uit (oC-u Stuk! Stuggc strot\C ,·it"rkantc l)(mkcn, mur- ho.ncn yau gou<;l. lc k;tn c:rmct: rccht dt.or zccl"' Hlcrbij kcck hij qllS zo ;tr:Jk :onu, <lat we <la<hten: m el Cttllf, Jummdtjc:., kiln mc.·ester nr'loit rccht dti'Ur z,t, wij W(trd~u nooil kcrds \'Tin .sta\-+nst . . , .

i led c.l'g kwaJ.d werd hij :1hijd. wnnnccr ICmnud \' :111

ons cc1b nlcl wist w:mnctr L)e R.uyu:1' gc:horc:n Wll\, Gclukklg :aeldc hij oict dikwljis \'1'-:tgcn\ m:t;lr ~om11 gebcurdc: hct wcl, d:u hjj c.•r plmscling ccn op jc rd\'uur~!e: ~> Ill du:1r . . • . , jij. -vcrtd 111(!. ecns, w:-mncc;r is de ltuyH·r gcbott:ni . . Nou? \V::uu: is hij d:tn g<:h~rcu, in wdkl.' plnats-~ Suffcn. weet je il:tl nic:t? .... "

Z'n klcinc hijz.icndc oogjc!:' begonnen dan kwaud;1.1rclag, ochtco ;~;"n bril Lc llikkercn. \Vocdend bmk hij d•n lo•; ••Jullic wctcn nik-s, hdentaal Jlib. \V:.t 7.iin jullie \'nur cen stdlcljt kcrcls; . . . . Ongc:intera.ooer<k >Chofli...,, ongcliklc hcrcn! J ullie hcbbc:n cr gt'<'ll id«: •·:uo wat clic hcbl bc<ckend hcclt. 't Int-rt jullic nict ook. ' t K•n julhc yecra rn«r \'C'l' •• 4 • (rnttster Kr.t:~n blun'\C.k d:m hoorboor w•nt op de Cbr. Iague scll4Kil mochtcn wij zulkc krn<htig< uitdrukkingcn nitt gcbruikcn). ~\II hc.-c:t)C \'lltl 'f.·u .\tuk gcbr3Cht door htt incident ging hij \'c.rdc:r: V oor zctlui: moctdl we respect hchhen. hij ,-,ijn her, Uic de. .$1nrmcn en nndc-rc g~o:,tt~ten ttm~cr~n.

Heiden zijn hct, rotSen, manncn om tmb op le ?.i/'n, l lolhwds: glorie. Dcnkcn ju)Lic. wei ecns aan z~, nl~ 1cl s•onm, en z.tj met hun :;chct!pje." in huizc::nhriJ:t~ gol\'~o:n

1,iqcn, kanlpcnd mt't grondzce~n? (waL grontlzccCn w:aren hecf1 h1CO:tcr Kr;1:m w:aarschijnlijk nooit gcwctcn • • • ) ~bar n;~ ~o'n uilb3rMin.g w.aren we :ddjd lnngc: lijtl \1ill Tocn ik -v;m cJ~ lugcre school kwam dacht ik rne ccn 't«tnan 2l<J cen OOnkigc troiSC' kcrd. met hockigc \'ierk:uuc '-(huuldcts. mttStal wijdbcc.ru:. met ccn cerlijkc, w:u .1twcz•gc btik. E.cn nun \'30 wijdc ,·ercen, ''30 het ruime "'I'• bruingcbr:md. en hannooia SJ><I<nd

\\'c wrtcn wei bctcc nu:

l:.r j, \·c;d \Cr.:mderJ: \":ln_ die cchtc: ••pf.a)·c:u koppcn·· t,ic jc met m<"cr. ie:~era.n kan ou naar ..:cc. Gcen po'iticvc: CiJ;C:t1.)Ch tapf>C11 ?;03b "aaulcg·• O[ ''zecm:m~hloed" •worden li\l'Ct \'crciM. De n\odcrne: vereistcn? Nic:t imhecid t.il" n. noel doo( or h• lf blind. Dit Ievert L"<:ll nnd<r >lag Z« ul up.

\Vc mocl<::n wcl ~uuJcrc dgensch:~ppen bc:t..iltL'U dan die: lui \'un vrocgc.r; i\UJa .s1:.tlcn 7,.enuwen dcw:n we nitt~ ru 'tO rc.cht door 1.ec: .!r-l:•t 1cgcnwoordig 1nng- uit'l icdcrcc:r1 OlCC:I' .

M:•;~r tuch lnch(:ll we .scharnper mn die zccm:•o \' Oil

l"fO<gor. Hnmtonic:~? . . . • pi<k-u1> bcdodt V. Twi nti~ \.t:un klcin ? Dr:1::.i mo:tr nan rl:u knupjcl Mi~t.? • • . . \Vc lachcn crom. zct clc r:'ldttr m:a::.r bij l \V,n._J,.u1? •.• . cukd t'cn anc.lcr cijfl~nJc: vovr de n'lelco~ .,,.Jc. Sl<tht weer op kom.n? . . . . C<-ylnn l<>>t hct ptublccm op: Fr<>nlllc storing. Middag1cmp. Schiphvl 1t.S C.

lloc doc zcdu1 her \"ro<gtt 7.ondcr da.c mldddtn ki.Mr>pcddcn. z:tl voor on> gesbchl wd cen ondoorgton· Jclijk malhcl blij,·cn. icB wa:1r \Vt' nict bij kunncn. icc .. onbcgrijpclijks. \Vij hobbc:o zc in icdcr gc<'>l wei IIO<Iig, brooJnoclig • • • .

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PRO~IOTlONS

The following p (qmotion:; were :mnouncct.l on J.- nu:try ast H)56. CcJOgranal;nions I

l'o Ass. Milnag<'t (Adj. Chd v:m DicnM}:

Mr H.E. V:lli t.(,l(\1ll7.~.:n

Mr I.Ph. Roosq.;:~tardc Dil>s<.h1.1p

T o • • H~(dtnt(llo)'C "r Mr 0. W, v:m Wulifll'n l'althe ~lr ·n,.J. Ol•wdJ.-.nd ~lr r>. l . l.:.bl:uh Mr W.K. Mink

Mr W. u,,.,gc:nl•:•u l\.-fr 1·(. Jkl'inp: Mr M. P:1ch Mr G,.M. dt: Jung

To C;aluaiu: TH Chief Ufll<:n: Mr J. Kltilcn

'I'~J :md Offkr-r: ~l<:s:ors J.G.M. Spi;!..~:J

G. l'•>ll1arst

To J rd OIII~C'r: McotSrS A.l.. l{, tt:n lllr..l~'h

M.P. v~n lcperen lt.W.V. '':m &:k

T n Cl•irr l~ngiuecr :

,\(r G. IX>ut

T u ":!rtcl EuJ,riuc~r:

i\!r ll.J. \':•n 11Cr l ltod :

Tu Jnl En~intn-: r..h~»f$ E. I1;.Uuir

f.C. ~h:uknlx:tt:

i'.A. S:l.man

Tu oflh En~iUcf'l':

t-. l l·N~ c.;, Krul 1\~ L>ohn:m c:;. Houuntm J. T:uuhuer \\r.J , -.:an SIIIC:Crtlijk

To 5d1 £u~;incc-r ;\ le~r;\ A.G. s1)1itut:t

T o) l' ui'!IC'r:

H .A. Kb:t.cma G. W, l liohbdink W .F. de Vlu~t

J l)lvq;

Mr f,J, U:ur.l>

'f., A.Nt. l '11r~r J.C. : ~lr r. Mindcrh~·m

To ,\r;~ ilrt d'liCJt.d: .\ fr Ng Choi

Mr L,A. t.'ijwu ....

Mn: .. t \ N. Vi-'Sn W , I, IJ<:rd1."<l..

~~~·~~rs ·n •. A. Ki~~ J.J. \';m ~U•

w.~t. Wijr

Mt1:.~r~~. H.J. l{• P<:r~o

T, u(,ldu•r:.t ;\ . Bennis

).h•J.:.f\ J. K•Jlft iU.UI

\\r.J. Eplnk I. J·h:)'UC.,J..-;I,rtlfl H . .S c c~l:ul .ll1

J .J •• v •• n (1..-r We:rJl

u·tr•'•ot~'lit't' pet:

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Mr M.J. lku\\'t r

NF.W PCkSONNEL

t\ lu.::trty wck omc i:o cxlcndcd to the following new IU .I . .'ors, who recently took up employment ;

.;tf1 (,)tllCl~ Sltt Hn;.,..;necr­.\pf!t. J:turser

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Ml' P.A. ' ':en der liurg Mr J .P.! I. ))ost

~Lr J.A.I r. llt'<>~.·st· Y:tn Gn.-e•U)U r-..1'[ l..IC Smit Mr J, F. Kippn almx:k

27/ Jl/ 19)5 I()/ I J./ 1955 •i/ ••1•955 '7/ 1/ H)S(,

{ I lK I TO filinJ;; & Mailiu~ Dcflt .)

I~Xi\ ,\IU'IA'f'ION RESULl'S

()ur congr;nulations g·c, to the following officers, whu passed cxam inatiQn~ as indicated below :

., " ;td ,, ,. .. .,

Mr N. Krwnc: Mr W.t~ Vcrd«t:: ).1r C.S. Nul r>. ~r G. Vcrk1."t'k Mr w .fl. l:crin.,;;•

I 'tid

Th . ll

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4l •/ •956 ~J/ • 21 1955

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S/ ••I •95j t6f t'!j 19)5

-jth Enginc·~·r t>. tr W .1. van Huut~:n M r \V :r. \':tn tkr lli!l•k

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LEAVING (OR L EI'"I") 1\.l. L. SEI<VICJ; 3ri-l UJT, Mr 'rh. ,\. Kib: 4th Eng. ~rr ,\. 1.~1. l>u1link S. Surgc<m .Mr r:. t>i jk~lra . , Mr G.ri.F. v:an

lh:n lkr,s;

l EAVE The fotlowi 111; pcr~oimd wen~ c.m lt.:t\'c :-

,. Ch . O tf. .:nd ,,

R ~ St:~rkcnhurg n,.G. Wcem:aes Mr )_.R . \':an lll:-r.~o:cn Mr C . N:innir,)t:t ~tr W .M . cl~ U:111n

(Djokorto) ~lr II.C.C.L..

Ribl:iink (Kvi-!C'

Ch. f.n):.

"J.ntl , . ,,h lh.~. r•m~~·r

.\lr A. Ebmtllltl (rclirin;.u

Mr T h . K.uihn Mt J, \':ul dl."f' W:•l Mr ,.II.J, f>clwd

T hutJ-C who rcturn<.'tl arc : l'ost~1J liJ

CAJllain ClL ()Jlitcr

II.,\. Sch~-rbclcr (111 ·' · ••S>•'"· !;,, •. , .. , Mr --S. Jua:h~ms (~.,.. · ' T JI NJ!Ili>Ol-•• )

., :nd

ct •. ,;rd 4th

" ,. Eng.

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~fr J. l •,ral~rh l •h .s. " l:lo iSSf.\',\ lS")

~lr N. Kroonc (s.~. " T rrn(ln.,s") ,\ fr \V.L. l1er.tcd: (ms . ·~M.\ I I'tliiH'•'~K~-a"'

Mr R. \';m dCJl 8ru~ (rll.$. " S1"R . M ot.,HIUIQN.'')

Mr J. 1\laar,;ch~lkc:rw('(rd (m.:-. :: ~~~~1\V,\I~'. ' ) Mr w:r. \'! Ill dcr Hvck ( Ill .~ . !)Til.. 1t,\J.,.I ) Mr A,f'l. Vclun:m (:M:an, ,L>ih-ttf,t:-. Hung K(mg) Mt n.F. \'::m Uu~m·n (Yokuhama) ,\lr J .C.'U. v;m l )ic;pc.n (Hong Kong) to. lr W. Gc-u~ (Tg-. Prlok) Mi~s- F..C. W. \' .d. Windt (HK. 110 SD)

Mr C. \V. Jcn:rui3!-\(', until I'OCCtUI}' Chief li uginctT1 .,,';* pcrm;an<:nl\y tr~nJcrrcfl In lhc: ~oh01'1:S1~ 1l 2l!- .. A~~t . S~l ~l\~rinttl.llk/11 Enj:inccr (in dlc_ mok <>f A~>~t. M:ul:ig~·r), ·

Tht: J c.:;tth \V:t:. :wnouuceU oti lJ<..'(:CH)bcr 2t)tb HJ55 u£ Mr A. T ocrng:t, w;llchm :ur of

t he R.I.L. Godown c:st:'tblishmcm at Tg.Pct:~K. :ll the age of ne-arly lilty·.ninc yc:.1n :.

Mr T ocr~tgn, whu h:tih: £rom McnlUk<:. !lt on~: lime .served jn the Roy:tl Ncthcrl:tnds

Navy. He entered the service uf tim Jt.I.L. un August rorh 1951.

iu pe;tcc.

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