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"B" Class "A". Class
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NEXT SAILINGS.
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA,
S.S. "ROSANDRA"
S.S. "FIUME L"
KOBE & MOJL
From, Hongkong.
5th August.
4th September.
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S.S. "ROSANDRA"
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.31st August,
.30th September.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
FRENCH SHIPPING. ITALIAN SHIPPING.
TOTAL OF TONNAGE VERY STEADY.
That the total tonnage of the French Mercantile Marine le now about 3,380,000 tons as compared with 3,100,000 tons last year shows that sales and acquisitions of veg sels by French shipowners are very nearly balanced, and that after the considerable rise which occurred following the war there is now a stabilisation, which may, however,
be followed by a marked decrease as a result of the present stoppage in shipbuilding orders.
The high rate of the duties laid on all ship transfers in France
BIG INCREASE IN TONNAGE AND VESSELS.
LOCAL SHIPPING.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926.
TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND
CLEARANCES...
CANADIAN
T
THE MORNING LIST. Discussing the future of Italian
This morning, the following shipping. Gr. Uff. Marco Pas- of the Transatlantica Italiana, were reported: salacqua, the managing director sea-going arrivals at Hongkong
Empress of Australia (12292) pointed out that the progress al from the increase in size of the ready made can easily be seen Br., from Nagasaki: C.P.R.
Soochow (1594) Br., from Italian Mercantile Marine. July 1, 1923, the feet consisted
Shanghai, Amoy; B. & S. of 795 motorships and steamers of 2,865,890 gross tons, and October 1, 1925 (when the latest. statistics were available) the gure was 1,865 vessels of 3,091,- 078 gross tons.
On
on
Ixion (6520) Br., from Liver- pool, Singapore; B, & S.
Tanda (4298) Br., from Mel- bourne, Manila; M.M. and Co.
Tenyo Maru (6277) Jap., from San Francisco, Shanghai: NY.K. Poo Sang (729) Chi., from Kwong-chow-wan; Tui Sing
Departures.
For Amoy Yingehow. For Nagasaki: Genoa Mary, For Manila: Pdt. Van Buren. Ships In Port, ·
under the bonding of "drolta: The success of the Italian Mer: d'enregistrement" has for the last cantile Marine during the Fascisti few years prevented the renewal of regime cannot be denied, especial- the French merchant fleet by means by when it is taken into account, of purchase of foreign veseeld: continued the head of the Trans- Favourable results are expected in atlantica Italiana, that (1) the
At 9 am, to-day there were in French shipping spheres from the tonnage has been increased with"
a rather medium size of vessels; port the following number of recent reduction of this duty.
salos
that the
be
British
PACIFIC
EMPRESS EXPRESS
| QUICKEST TIME AC ROSS THE PACIFIC.
17 Days from Hongkong to Vancouver
LARGEST & FASTEST
STEAMSHIPS.
Special FARES to EUROPE, £120 £112 £83
}\, VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER
Vin Shanghai & Japan Porta.
Honorowa, SKANORAL.
STEAMERS
*
Kora YokogaKA... · „VANĪTA,
LEAVA LMAYM 1926.
Aug.19 Aug. 22 Aug. 25. Aug. 28 Sept. 6 Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept, 11 Sept. 30 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Oct. # Oct.. 14 Oct. 17 Oct, 20 Oct. 23 Nov. I Oct. 29 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 8 Nov, 15 Nov.It Nov. 14. Nov. 17 Nov. 20. Nov. 29 (B/Asia and B/Russia call at Nagasaki the day
after departure from Shanghai). .
Empress of Asia. Empress of Canada,
Empress of Russia,
23.
Empress of Asia,
Panama
1
Danish
1
Empress of Capada, Empress of Russia,
Japanese
4
Chinese
11
.5
French
2
Total
BUILDING ORDER.
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17
Dutch
Following the recent increases in (2) the increase has made still vessels:- taxes that were voted by Patilament further progress at the end of the rate of the registry duty on ship 1925 and during the first months sales was brought up to the high of 1926; and (3) construction figure of 7.60 per cent. ad valorem. now in hand has brought Italy to In view of the most prejudicial the second place among the ship- jeffect of this tax as far as shipbuilding nations of the world.
Gr. Uff. Passalacqua added that! are concerned, several deputies proposed some months ago in his opinion the number of registry duty should cargo ships is quite sufficient, to a fixed meet the present requirements of converted into franes on each contract. But the Talian trade, although much re- present financial straits of this mains to be done in connection. country made it difficult for the with the renewal of passenger TO BUILD LARGEST ISLE OF Government to agree to that impor-liners. It is certain that a great tant curtailment of revenue, so that number of old liners, only having! a reduction was first brought about a speed of 16 knots, cannot. com- by the Chamber of Deputies at its pete, particularly in the North They then American route, where speed is sitting of March 23.. approved a bill aiming at maintain essential for success, with liners ing the ad valorem duty, but re-which reach 22 and even 23 duced it from 7.80 to 3 per cent. knota.
Proposed Now Service,
L
MAN STEAMER
The Isle of Man Steam Packet with
beam.
with
Co. have placed an order Mesars.. Cammell Laird and Co., Birkenhead, for, a-large-fant pas-- senger steamer for their regular Rorvico between Liverpool and Douglas. She will it is expected. A further restriction has now been introduced by the Senate, It is reported that negotiations be ready for service in June of which decided recently that this are taking place between the 46 feet beam, with a speed of 22 next year, and will be 356 feet long, reduction from 7.60 to 3 per cent. Compagnia.
Navigazione
knots. should only apply to sales of Italiana San Marco and Russian
The new steamer will be foreign ships to French shipowners interests for the establishment of is the company's largest steamer at 15 feet longer than the Viking, which or to sales made by ne French direct steamship service be present, and will have 4 feet more owner to another. This provision tween Adriatic ports, Odessa, evidently aims at facilitating the Novorossisk, and Batoum, and it¦ purchase of vessels by French com- is hoped that such a service would Steam Packet Co.'s Ptoamer King As. in the case of the Isle of Man panies from foreign shipowners, lead to the reduction of the cost Orry, also built by Messrs. Cammell and consequently an increase in the of transport from the Black Sea Laird and Co., she will be fitted French mercantile tonnage, and onto Italy..
It should be noted that the turbine
single reduction the other hand the maintenance of the high 7.60 per cent. duty on all Lloyd Triestino has reorganised with her Increased speed, greatly engines and will sales of French vessels to foreign their express de luxe service be- reduce the time of crossing to the firms is intended to deter the export tween Trieste and Alexandria, Isle of Man. of French ships to foreign flags. and has included a call at Venice An interesting development in on the homeward journey, while connection with the increase of the it has discontinued the freight chuse of foreign vessels is the Aegean porta," which had been French merchant tennage by pur- service from the Adriatic to
London, June 14," decision recently taken by the Com-created last year to meet the com- pagnie Generale Transatlantique to petition of the Jugoslav ship which, it is naturally assumed, will The fate of the White Star deal acquire from the Harlem Steamship owners, who, taking advantage of go through, depends on the vote at Company the modern carga the depreciation of their currency, next Thursday's meeting of the In-
and Oklahoma, were loading at very low rates.ternationa! Mercantile which sale has now been completed. It appears that during the con-Company." VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Via Shanghai and Japan The Utah, built in 1917, has a gross ferences which have been he at willingness to sell the White Star In explanation of the tonnage of 5,136 tena, while the Split, Italian and Jugoslav ship-leet Mr. Franklin has admitted Oklahoma, alac built in 1917, has owners have come to an under that it was a question either cf a gross register of 4,579 tons and standing which has enabled selling these vessels or of provid-
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Tuesday 31st August.
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MONTEVIDEO MARU
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BANGKOK-Via Saigon.
Porta
Friday 3rd September.
Wednesday, 4th August,.
Thursday, 18th August.
Wednesday, 25th August.
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MEXICO MARU ..........
......Thursday, 12th August.
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco and Panama.
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VRE MARU
JAPAN PORTS
....(From Kalung) Monday, 2nd August,
SUMATRA MARU
ALASKA MARU BINGO MARU
KEELUNG via SWAT
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TAKAO SWATOW &
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AMOY,
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Wednesday 25th August.
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"CITY OF BARODA " (9670 tons d.w.)
THE above steamer having accommodation for over 100 First. Class passengers will be despatched Via Philippines, Stralts, Colombo and Suez Canal on 5th November, 1926, for New York where she is due to arrivo on 3rd January, 1927.
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steamers
Utah
geared
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT FORMATION.
Marine!
a length of 400 feet 3 inches. Both them to cease the competition on ing capital for a large building vessels are propelled by triple- the routes, and have, worked outi expansion engines, and have been a programme of co-operation. placed on the North American and
Pacific service of the C.G.T.
·
tion Station.
Programme by a fresh issue of shares. The objection to this policy being adopted is that any capital now issued' would have to receive prior rights, and this is one
The real
With regard to new tonnage, French ahipowners are still indie-" peaed to place orders. This is de-
London, July 12.-Twenty of the reasons why shareholders of monstrated by the fact that during nine East Indian Moslem se- the International, Mercantile the first Ave months of 1996 there men quitted the British ateam-Marine Company are being pressed were only two notable venacle ship "City of Newcastle." at ascent to the. White Star deal ordered by a French firm, viz., two Philadelphia objecting to the food with British interests. 10,900 tons d.w. tankers to be built on board which was prepared by truth is that the International Mar- by the Chantiera Navals Francats
a Buddhist cook. They encamped cantile Marine Company was form- for the Association Petrolifere. on the pier and prepared food and ed on an inflated basis, and took later were removed to the Immigra-over the White Star and other fleets The Captain notified lacluded in the combine at boom A ̈FAMOUS CLYDESIDE YACHT, the British Consul-General and prices. It is not surprising in the threatens to send them to England circumstances that nearly $50,000,-
000 of to answer a charge of mutiny.
Ordinary stock have| One of the most famous yachts which Messrs. Scctts, of Greenock,
hardly ever been within sight of a dividend. and that holders. ofi turned out was the Margarita, built The London Shipping Athletic the Preferred have generally had for Mr. Drexel, the Philadelphian Association held its first annual to watch their dividend going into millionaire, in 1900, She has just athletic. meeting on June 12, at arrears. Even now there are large been chartered by a New York lady the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.'s arrears on the Preferred stock, and for a twelve months' cruise round aporis ground, Blackheath. De apparently the earnings of the the world. When she was launch-pite the uncertain weather, a large combine are
once more on a de- ed she was the largest and fastest company of spectators gathered to elining scale. There is, however, pleasure yacht ever built on the witness a good afternoon's sport, the further consideration in con- Clyde, and-it-is a great tribute to which comprised no fewer than 20nection with the sale of the White the shipbuilding of the river that ovents. Mr. A. N. Lubbock, direc-Star fleet that the Majestic and an American millionaire preferred tor of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Olympic and their sisters have to come to a Scottish yard for his Co., distributed the prizes; which been important contributors to the yacht, rather than take advantage were varied and handsome.
of the very favourable offers which
were then being made by American
earnings of the combine. On the other hand, having regard to the
shipbuilders in an attempt tol The most important accident an- general position of the shipping obtain a big share of the yacht pears to be that incurred by the industry, the reported price of building business.
Her designer Aips Maru, bound from Bremen, £7,000,000 is more than the market was G. L. Watson, which is enough Hamburg, and Antwerp for Yoko-value of the asset which the White to indicate that she is an exceed-hama with general cargo, which Star fleet represents in the held- ingly sightly vessel, with beautiful stranded in the Scheldt on leaving ings of the combine. lines, for it is truly said that ire Antwerp, and apparently broke her good deal to by' said on both sides, nover turned out an ugly ship in back. The several reports avail- but those who have made the offer his life.
of
4.
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AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE
....
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able make the case appear very for the White Star ships represent serious, but apparently all hope of experienced shipowning interests salvage has not been abandoned, who may be trusted to be able to and in any event her cargo should estimate chances, to a very ac- An Interesting account
& be salvable. The vessel herself curate degree.. Swedish built motor-boat voyage is is one of the Osaka Shoson Root, just to hand. The vessel was built with twin screws in 1917, of oquipped with a charcoal-burning 7,790 tons gross. generator, and, carrying a load, f two and a half tons, has completed a trial trip hetwoon. Malmo andi Stockholm, a distance of approxi- mately 450 miles. The total cost of the fuel is stated to have been
PANIE of foar seites mother whòn about Ba. 6d. Experiments with sudden and savere cramps, agoniz. charcoal generators have booning Intestinal pains and weakening going on in Sweden, for some time, diarchous prostrate some one of the Colle as well as with a mixture of petrol family. Keep Chamberlain's and wood alcohol, both of which and Diarrhoes Remedy in the home and aug emorgencies need, cause methods are reported to have been neither fehr az alarm. It casos pain Phone C. 2008. Ist floor, Queen's Bldg. perfected for commercial purposes, almost instantly. Bold everywhere.
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