co Castlegar News s2.ory29. 1906

Salvage expert unveils Chinese treasures

By BRIAN CATHCART AMSTERDAM (REUT- ER) A British salvage expert has unveiled a huge hoard of gold and , e porcelain worth more than $4 million raised last year from a wreck in the South China Sea. Michael Hatcher, 45, an-

for him in April. He took re- porters toa warehouse stack- ed ceiling-high with the haul.

It ineludes about 100,000 pieces of 18th-century Chi- nese porcelain in perfect con- dition, and 125 little gold bars whieh are worth $700,000.

They were all aboard a Duteh East India Co. ship which sank in about 1750 with a cargo from Nanking, now, Nanjing, especially made for the fashionable dinner-tables of Europe.

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Packed in tea — also meant for sale — the blue-and-white porcelain survived the wreck and two centuries under water to emerge as bright and shiny as the day it was made.

There are 50,000 teacups and saucers, 18 whole dinner services and an Aladdin's cave of teapots, beer mugs, butter dishes, salt cellars, gravy boats and chamber

pots. NEGOTIATING FEE Hatcher, who lives in Aus tralia, will not pocket the en tire proceeds of his discov ery. Ship and cargo are the property of the Dutch gov ernment, and he is negotiat ing what he and his team should receive as finders. Asked how he. would feel about a 50-50 split, he said with a grin: “Oh, I think we deserve more than that.” The ship belonged to the Duteh East India Co., man.

agers of Dutch colonies in the Far East, and it has been ivel fied as the

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Hatcher, who owns @ sal- vage company based in Sing- apore, found a hoard of tableware in 1963 when he raised $2 million worth of porcelain from an Asian junk.

He was evasive about the location of his latest wreck, saying only it is in the south of the South China Sea and in international waters — & point stressed for the benefit of any other government which might fancy a share of the booty.

Some of the porcelain is being donated to museums but the vast majority will be auctioned in Amsterdam as was intended when it set out on its journey 235 years ago.

Lots will range from single items to whole sets com prising up to 370 pieces, Christie's auctioneers said.

Written test proposed

VANCOUVER (CP) City staff thinks that Van- couver cab drivers should know traffic rules and under- stand English.

So they want would-be cab drivers to pass a written examination.

Currently, only taxicab owners are required to take a test before being granted a municipal permit to drive a cab. Drivers hired by com- panies or owners need only a chauffeur's licence.

Police chief Bob Stewart and Roger Herbert, city per-

director,

their grasp of English, and to make sure they know how to treat customers.

A report from Stewart and Hebert says the only basis now for refusing an applica- tion “is if the applicant is not of good character, and this is subject to appeal to city council.”

They would like the Vehi-

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MAnVeY, Plent ‘Foremon. DA KOSITSIN. ‘Otticw Manager MAGAW, Advertising Monoger LATHER HADLEY. Circulotion MICKEY READ.

cles for Hire bylaw amended requiring prospective cab drivers to pass an exam be. fore being granted a permit.

The examination would in- clude questions “on the loca- tion of major buildings such as hotels, hospitals, theatres and sports facilities, and the location of various streets in the city, plus questions on the duties and responsibili- ties of a good taxicab driver,” the report says.

A prospective cabbie would not have to pass the exam to get a licence.

The report notes that until two years ago, the Vancou-

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