ABSTRACT
THE turn of the tide commenced with a dispute between Johnnie Northwood and Jock Baxter, Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register. Honest Jock is dead and gone this many a year, but there was a day when no man was better known in Singapore shipping circles. In private life he was said to be of a very kindly disposition, but as he lived a quiet and retired life few enjoyed his friendship. Officially Jock was a fair terror! He had a way of growling and snapping at shipowners which was the result of long practice, and inspired them with a salutary fear of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and of their Surveyor, Mr. Jock Baxter.
