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March 148.-19h. 17-Franje hat decreased slightly at Shanghai, and' in- eroased alightly averthe Philippines and Farmoss. It is nearly stationary at other reporting stations,
The anticyclone is no central over the Yellow Be
The monsoon is interrupted to the north of Foochow. It will remain, frosh over the N. China Fes
Hongkong Rainfall for the $4 hours ending at 10 am today," 000 ch. Total since January ich 70 inches, against an average of 4·74 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours ending at troon on March 15th.
1.--Hongkong to Gap Rock, E and NE, winds, fresh fine to cloudy.
-Formors Channel. NE winds,
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--South east of Chinà between donghong and Lambeks. The same se
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South coast of China betwood E rieds. Hongkong and Hinan moderate.
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In the course of a lecture delivered at the Society of Arts on "Fuel Oil Burning in Various Parts of thef The advantages of the Diesel World," Mr. Andrew F. Baillie, chief department, motorship were explained by Mr.
engineer, William Denham, the first chairman Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Company, of the US Shipping Board, when described the modern method of that gentleman appeared before a cousing fuel oil on board ship. mittee charged with investigations | "The oil," he said, "is sucked from on the Board's affairs. At the time, double bottom or other tanks by however, the section of his statement means of of fuel transfer "pamps! ment Diesel engines and his plan for discharging into two settling tanks building a feet propelled by them, placed on the main deck, each of did not, in many instances, receive these settling tanks having a capacity. attention and the full text is now of 24 hours' supply. The tanks are given as follows:-
fitted with heating coils, giving at The purpose of my appearance least one square foot of heating sur before this committee is to urge the face per ton of oil carried. The object revival of my administration's proof these heating coils is to reduce the ject to build a large fleet of Diesel viscosity of the oil in the settling motorships. Its rejection was the tanks over a period, say 24 homTS, SO climax in the tragedy of misfortunes that if inadvertently any water hea of the Hurley administration. Despite contaminated the fuel cit it will settle its notable accomplishments, he has out much more easily by aid of heat. anconsciously contributed more to From the settling tanks the oil is the success of our Scandinavian and sucked by means of boiler fuel oil British competitors on the sea than supply pumps, and thence discharged the most ardent of our few Anglo-through heaters and filters to the Un-American administrators, during burners of the boiler front."
Mr. Baillie gave statistics concern the war. When I put the word
the into the title of the ing tests carried out by *Emergency
it Corporation, Fleet
American Hawaiian Steamship Com- indicate the war emergency which pany some years go, when one of compelled us to build so many oil-fuel their vessels was tested when burning steam-engines, as well as our wooden coal and oil on different occasions. bulls. The obsolete character of the The actual cost of fuel consumed on wooden hull required no explanation. those voyages was practically the
When
feel cil using The wasteful use of oil under the same.
coal steam boilers, consuming nearly three against
the average speed the. vessel times the fuel of the many existing of
was increased motorships of the Danish East Asiatisaloost by one knot per hour, and 25 and other fleets, was well known days were saved on the round voy- For years these large motorships bad age-18 days owing to the increased sailed under my window over the speed and seven days owing to reduc Golden Gate. Admiral Lord Fisher tion in time of feeling oil against had already pointed cut the approach coal The savings in victualling, ing obsolescecze of the marine steam manning, and also the increased engine.
freight earnings, &c, together with the days saved per round voyage, Japan amounted to approximately £4,000 Tientsin per trip.
was
PARAMOUNT COMMERCIAL VALUE.
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**When I became chairman of the Shipping Board, the East Asiatic Com. pany and other Scandinavian owners, in scores of voyages some over a year in length and all around the world, had established the paramount commerci al value of the Diesel motorship. It was then beyond either practical or scientific question or doubt. Lord Pirrie, British director of shipping in the British,Jards, was building large motorships before and dur
the war.
band ing committee the photograph of 21 these Scandinavian vessels, all then in successful commercial use, scine for years before my administration. They range from 6,500 to 10,000 tons carrying capacity, at over 10 Knots speed. There were many more Besides these. The project for build ing them, the necessary licences, the plant, the Cramp's shipyard and the skilled workmen were all procured under my administration. A..con tract was offered us and we were debating whether we would com
mandeer and make it a national pro ject or accept the contact. It was
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Admiral Benson, head of the Unit- ed States Shipping Beard; admitted in an interview that he was still andecided as to what shall be done with the "Leviathan," the largest ship afout, which for nearly two years has been lying idle at her pier in the Hudson River, New York. So far the great ex-German liner has cost Satow, Amoy and Foochow Haibong the Government about £1,000,000 for Swatow, "Shanghai and North China....... Tangahing.
Chui upkeep, and every year means an Shanghai, North China and Japan
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oppertunity the Government had for Hotbow and Haiphong restoring the "Leviathan" to passenger Straits, Bangkok, Calcutta and ADEN... Yatshing service, Admiral Eenson declares, Shanghai and North China was when the International Mercan
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his once more sear the diplomatists fying to their gazetteers.
International statesmanship is not concerned with Yap's prehistoric re- mains, those remarkable stone monu-i ments which here, as on Easter Island and elsewhere in the Pacific, have so puzzled investigators." Nor are its modest exports of phosphates, copra, and mother-of-pearl the lure. Yop has a table station. This little island, an area of of the Caroline group,
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From Yap three cables fun
out. One goes to Guam, the American-Tel.
owned island to the north-east, which | in its turn is connected by cable with San Francisco via Midway Island and Honolulu. A second runs to Shang- hai: a third to Menado, in the Dutch b Indies.
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Opticians virtue of the League of Nations man-Tel. 2203, 28, Queen's Rit. Centerl date over the former German posses. insions north of the Equator entrusted to Japan at the Peace Conference.
This remote island bulks large in 3 HUDITY, in percentage of sator. the deadlock which has arisen over tion the tumidity of air saturated with the distribution of certain of the Ger- moisture being 100.
man-owned cables sequestered by the DIRECTION or WIND, to two points. Allies in the Versailles Treaty. 5. FORCE 07 WD, according to America claims that she should not Beadford Scale.
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tile Marine offered about £1,000,000 Shanghai and North China and promised to condition her at Weihaiwai, Cheloo and Tientsin "Heichow my administration's contribution to their own expense, but the Shipping Tientsio the commercial future of the Ameri- Board was prevented from accepting
Marques, South Africa, India, vi Dhsoushkodi, Egypt & EUHUPE vis MARSEILLES Eegistration 8.45 2.03. Letters 9,376.m
can mercantile marine. It would the offer by injunction proceed Shanghai, North China and Japan have taken no more time for Crampsings brought by Mr. Randolph Straits, Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, L to complete the Diesel plant than to Hearst. The admiral says the construct any one of the new plants great vessel is in a good state of for steam engines. The contract repair, because she is merely a steel was for 9.600 deadweight tonners, hull containing engines, and these with 11.6 knots speed. They were have been well cared for. The of the type Lord Pirrie was building longer she lies idle the less it will before and during the war.”
cost condition her, Admiral Ben- "OUR WASTEFUL STEAMSHIPS,"
son argues, so the Government will "Mr Hutley failed to adopt my really be saving money , as, he project or use the plant and license hopes, the final cost of refitting the
we had secured. There were ten vessel for passenger service is zo
£1,500,000 instead of Dirsel factories he could have com duced to mandeered. He actually converted £2,500,000, which was the figure a some of them to build wasteful steam year ago.
engines. In the 30,000,000 tons of our Shipping Board vessels
re
is but one motorship. It has not yet
urial trip. At Fun its present rate of consumption it bas been estimated by geologists-and practical oil men that the American oil supply will be consumed inside 25 years. This is the occasion of our note to the British on their man-
date over the Mesopotamian oil fields. Can we waste two-thirds of
our
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Owing to the funeral service for the late much lamented Mr. E. I. Noronha, Rev. Fr. Lynch's sermon at the Cathedral will commence at 6.30 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. to day.
A FAMILY NECESSITY.
VERY Lumily should be provided with Chamberlain's Pain Balm at marine fuel oil, through steam boiler all times. Sprains may be cured in tubes and up the smoke stack, in much less time when promptly treat wiew of this world oil condition? I sme back, lame aboulder pains in the The Diesel can burn coal tar products if we ever exhaust our bil Our wasteful steamships built for the
war emergency, are hopeless in com- petition with these Diesel. vessels. Motorshie
ide and chest and rheumatic pains are some of the diseases for which it is
and become soquainted with its qualities. and you will ever with to be without it. For sale by all Chemists and Store keepers.
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director. Hongkong, Observatory Mar. 14. 1921,
HONGKONG TIME SIGNALS.
Japan. Regarding the Yap cables, the Islands, what was known as German United States contends that the pro-Micronesia.
tocol of the Peace Conference giving The Japanese found at Yap an ex Japan the mandate over Yap intended cellent network of roads laid out that the cable-station should be inter: under German supervision by the matives, who are more intelligent nationalised. This Japan disputes."""
The problem is rendered the more and friendly than the inhabitants of Micronesia. There difficult in that the laws of a manda- the rest of tory State extend to mandated terri- were, in addition to the cable station, tory, and, by Japanese law, no for two wireless stations, high-power eigner may be in the telegraph ser- and low-power, for communicating with the adjacent islands, These vice.
destroyed The Japanese always put up E.
against the resistance
Germa
The whole question was threshed were out at the International Communica bad tions Conference which recently sat
Strong
at Washington for six weeks. Great attempt to kill all foreign trade Britain satisfied American objections competition by heavily subsidising to her retaining one of the German- steamship and trading companies, owned cables between America and, and they lost no time in developing Germany by agreeing to exchange it the trade of the islands. Many the Caroline and Marshall Islands, and for one of the American cables 10 Japanese traders have settled down in England. But no settlement was
Tived at with France and Japan, and the Japanese run a line of steamers from Yokosuka to the Marshall, and there appears little likelihood of the Yap- conference reassembling.
The natives of Yap possess what In the meantime the United States la probably the most extraordinary Government would seem to be look-currency in the world in the shape of ing to Great Britain to exert pressure limestone discs, varying from 6in. to The Time Ball on Kowloon Signal Bill on her japanese Ally in a dispute 12ft. in diameter, which it is cus- is dropped daily st 10 am and 4 pn which we, having adjusted our tomary to pile up outside the hut except on Saturdays when it is dropped.at
' difference'
e" with America. merely spectators,
are door.
10 am and 1 pm, and on Sundays and Holidays when it is dropped at 10 am
The Ball is brinted hali maat at the 55th It was in October 1914 that the minute and fali mast at the 57th minute Japanese Navy, in the process of Should the ball fail to drop at the cake clearing the Hun out of that time it will be lowered at 5 minutes past
The St. Andrew's Church Men's
the hour and the ordinary routine repeat quarter of the Pacific, occupied. Association will give their third Con-
the 内線 Yap. Yap ed at the following beur, if posible,
administration Should the Time Ball be out of order the German
seat
of cert in St. Andrew's Church Half, of. Kowloon, on Wednesday, 16th inst the above routine will be carried out with the western portion of the Caro commencing at 9 p.m. Many well- the flag"Z" on the Storm Signal mast lines," which, fanked by the Mar- known Artistes are giving their Time Signals are also given at night by shall Islands on the east and the services, including Lena and Tedo, means of three white lamps mounted Phlippines on the west, formed, with Mr Cyril Alan and Professor Goo- tickly on the Observatory wireless mast. From 6 to 9.00 pap the lamps extinguished momentarily at the even seconds, except at the 2nd, 28th, 5th, Blod, and 54th of each misuÉS.
The hours re'er to Hongkong Standard Timé (8 hours Burt of Greenwich)
the Pala, Mariana and Marshall salez. Admission will be free:
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