The Ministry of Communications has issued a Certificate of Honour, through the intermediary of the local Netherlands Consulate-General, to Captain Van de Watering of the str. Tyitaroem of the Java-'China-Japan Line, praising his eneygy and perseverance when coming to the assistance of the China Merchants str. Hsin Chi after that. vessel had been beached on Tae Islands on November 11, 1928, Captain Van de Watering took a large number of Chinese and foreign passengers off the stranded Hsin Chi and handed revolvers and ammunition to the crew for self-defence and protection of the cargo against pirates, Shortly afterwards rumours were current "that the Foochow ait thorities when called to render assistance replied that the weather was too rough for a gunboat to go out, with the consequence that the Hsin Chi was thoroughly looted and afterwards burnt to the water's edge by pirates,
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