SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1926.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA. "AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE.
"PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
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Frum Hongkong About
ALIPORE
MANTUA
Destination
ESQUIMALT DOCKS,.3 MILES
FROM VICTORIA.
THE CHINA MAIL."
LARGEST IN BRITISH EMPIRE.
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SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. FRANCISCO via Shangha, Japan Ports & Honolulu... SHINYO MARU
SIBERIA MARU TAIYO MARU
Tuesday, 18th Nov,, at Noon. Monday, 20th November, Sonday, End January, Omita Honolulu and calle Loa Angolos,
Angeles, Mexico & Panama..
ANYO MARU
BOKUYO MARU
Friday, 20th Novi, at Noon. Friday, 17th December.
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GRAVING DRY DOCKS lent condition for serving the com-dry-dock now building at Port mercial world to-day. It is 450 feet Clangows and to cause ship the long, 65 fast wide and hea a depth same for Port Glasgow, Mr. Wobb of 29 feet of water on the gilla at to be paid the post, charges and| high tide.
!fraight of the calc-timber,, and to) Under world wide competition be allowed for his experience and the contract for the electrically trouble in this: affair"thirty pounda) oporated, travelling, revolving boomsterling. Mr. Webb to be agreed Hammerhead crane for the new dry with to take the charge of the Tokyo, October 24-Of Interest dock has been awarded to the dry-dock at Port Glasgow for seven SAN to all the shipping world comes the Colby Crane and Engineering years from the time of its being t announcement from J. P. Forde, Ltd., of Vancouver, which is asso-to receive shipping, he being obliged district engineer of the Department|ointed with the Colby Steel and to keep men to open the gates and of Public Works of Canada," with Engineering Company of Seattle.. attend the shipping when in the headquarters in the Post-office The grane will have a clear height dock, to levy the dues and accounti Buliding, Victoria,
British over the coping wall of 60 fest and for sanw, and to be allowed thirty- SOUTH AMERICA via Japan, Jonolulu, San Francisco. Columbia, that the now Esquimalt a reach of hook over the dock of Avg pounds yearly for his expense graving drydock at Esquimalt, 99 feet and 1 Inches. This carries and trouble. Mr. Webb refers to three miles from Victoria, la now the 25-ton hoisting hook 5 fast bo- the Magistrates. what gratuity hel open and available for commercial yond the centre line of the dock, is to have for directing and over- service to all vessels.
An auxillary hoisting unit le prt-facing the building of the proposed "This gives Esquimalt two dry-vided on the crane having a 3-ton dry-dock; but the Council agroa Canadian Government. The donk capacity. The b-ton auxiliary hoist with this addition that Mr. Wobb is a big step in advance for the will reach feet from the centre be obliged to enter into contract STDNEY & MELBOURNE via Mantia & Ports.
The dock line of the dry dock. This gives the with surety for attendance on the Canadian Government. is the largest of its kind in all the crane ample power and facility to docks and accounting to the Mugin- British Empire and the socond work over the centre of the largest rates and Council for the produco largest dock in the world. beingship which might occupy the full or dues of the docks, in such man- practically the same in size as the width of the doek,
ner as they shall think fit to direct." famous Commonwealth dock 1 This crane will travel on a'track' From May 15 to November 11, Boston.
approximately 300 feet long, as it 1261, the Town Council paid John will be equipped with electrle trn-Webb 8106 on account of the dry- Develling swivel trucks and will serve deck. In Oetober he put in a claim both sides of the 1,150,foot dry for 100 guineas on account of the dock, passing around the head end wouble and expense" he had been ofthe dry dock and, the track will put to, and this sum was awarded be extended on to the landing him.
The dock was designed and con- structed by the Public Works Epartment of Canada,
Cameron. M.S.C., MEIO chef engineer for the department. and J. P. Forder M.EL.C., district en- gineer in charge of the work.
The total cost of the development was approximately $8,000,000. The doek in 1.150 feet long with a clear width at the entrance over the sills | 6278 | 8th Nov. | Singapore, Penang. Colombo & B'boy c: 126′ feet; the width at the top of the dock at the coping level is 1149 feet; the depth of the water S'pore, Penang, Colombo & Bombay on the sills at high tide la 40 feet, Mamailea, London, Antwerp & Hall The area at the botton of the dock Singapore, Penang, Colombo & B'bay is 142:800 square feet; and when Maruedies and London
the dock filed it contains 43,000, S'pore,
1000 Imperial gallons; and with the Marseilles, London & Antwarp. Marseilles,, London, Hamburg & R'dan electrically driven pumps the dock. Penang. Colombe. & B'bay lenn be emptied in three hours and Sard London Singapore, Penang. Jun.Marseilles and
20 minutes.
Marseilles and London.
service whard a distance of 150 feet, How delighted James Watt would All operations of the crane are cm-be to see, that quiet efficient power trolled by one man, located in the known in his day only as a labor operator's cab in the crare struc- tory agent now acting as the ture, where he can clearly see all motivating energy by which the the work and the surrounding great ships ware being warped into ritory, being able to travel the this babir and the water being crane along the track, hoist or pumped out, and how his stout old lower his loads or move same in or heart would swell with "pride to out on the boom while retating the Bear that this energy was being boom structure, doing any or all of measured in unite known the world these operations as the work may around as "Watts."
-Noon. 10,502 13th Nov,
Noon. DEVANHA 8,156, 25th Nov. MARMALA | 9,128 27th Nov. DELTA
8,097 9th. MACEDONIA. 11.080. 11th Dec. NELLORE
| 8,858 23rd
Dec.
require. Dee. 2,136 25th 0,715 Brdi 7043
KHOVA
MIRZAPORE
NYANZA MALWA
KALYAN
DEVANKA
MOREA DELTA KASHMIR
MANTUA KASHGAR MONGOLIA MACEDONIA
DEVANHA KARMALA
DELTA MALWA
KHOVA
MOREA
LI
10913 Eth
Fec.
Jan. Jan.
9,1-44 22nd Jan 5,156 29th
5th Feb.
1 9,097 18th
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Penang, Colombo & Bombay
London & Antwerp.
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Penang, Colombo & B'bay Marseilles, Colombo & Bombay
London und
Feb. | Marseilles.
9,000 | 19th 10.302 | 5th March
9.006 12:8 March 16,504 1. 10 March, 11.120 2nd April | 8,155 Uth April
9.32% 13th Apri 8.098 28th. April 10:04 30th App 935 h May 10,018 28th May
gore, worden and Antwerp Marelles. Lord, Antwerp & Ridam
&
London
Marseilles & London Marseilles & London
BRITISH INDIA APCAR SAILINGS.
Can Take Largest.
Accommodations Provided. Railroad connections and railgond Facilities, are provided on the dock, jand a railroad track will pass. vn-
The electrical equipment on this Dominion of Canada Esquimalt graving dock is said to be the last word in dry-dock control and pump- ing efficiency. The installation (E)
The dock was designed, and isder the portal of the crate to ex- the electrically driven mechanisms able to accommodate the largest pedite movement of machinery or was supervised by Allan Craig.
MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via, Singapore & Paria.
KATORI MARU:.
Saturday, 20th November. ATSUTA MARU
Saturday, KASHIMA MARU
MISHIMA MARU TANGO MARU
Saturday,
4th December,
18th December,
Wodnesday, Wodnesday,
24th Nov., at 11 am
22nd December.
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON, via PANAMA,
TSUYAMA MARU
ATAGO MARU
12th November.. 29th November.
****.. Friday.
Monday; BUENOS AIRES vin Singapore, Durban & Cape Town
WAKASA MARU
Sunday, 21st November.
Thursday. 11th November... Sunday, 27th November.
BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & CULOSIBU,
AWA MARU
TOKUSHIMA MARU (CALCUTTA" nu SI GAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON
SEIYO MARU... AKITA MARU
TANGO MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMAS
SHANGHAI KORE`& YOKOHAMA,
GENDA MARU (Moji direct) "HAKONE MARU TAJIMA MARU SUWA MARU
Tuesday, 9th November. Sunday, 21st November..
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Saturday, 20th November.
Tuesday, Monday,
13th November. 15th November,
Friday, 10th November. Monday, 29th November
rur fumber information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Teh Central Nos. 292. (Private exebanges to all departr 1
THE BANK LINE,
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LTD.
commercial or naval vessel afloat.other commodities to or from cars chief electrical engineer in charge AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE the design being such that effo or boats held at the dec't or along if slectrical work is the Domharse
Jean close the dock into sections, Long 400 feet and one 750 feet long, to accommodate vessels of varying B'bay dimensions; or the full basin of
1,160 feet in available.
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All equipment around the dock
the landing whart.
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of Canada dry-docks, Esquimalt; This is the second crane that this for the Department of Public Works company has furnished the Cana-of Canada. In a future issue of "Pacific Marine Review" we hope in Government for dry-dock work. Some five years ago they furnished to show in more detail the electrical
Marielles, London & Antwerp Marseilles, Londen & Antwer
Penang Colombo & and London Marseilles, Londory & "Antwerp
the crane now operating at the old Marseilles & London,.
is of the latest and most modern Esquimalt dry-dock. This erano Frequent connection from Port Suid for Passengers and Cargo to type a developed by the engineer has a capacity of 7% tons at 76 Constantinople, Pirexus, Syrna and other Levant Porta by steamers of the ing profession, all being electrical-foot radius. A photograph of this Khedival Mat Steamship Co.
ly operated. The deck is equipped old crane accompanies this article. new equipment is with Bollards of the latest design, and when the umply spaced around the dock, and installed and turned over to the de- there are nine carstars spaced at partment, photographs and a 'des- different intervals. Eight of these cription of this piece of machinery npstans are electrically operated, which was developed by the Colly giving a like pull of 25,000 pounds company will be published. cuck at a speed of 12 fest per inute. The large capstan at the head of the dock gives a line, pull of 65,000 punds at a speed of feet per minute.
TAKADA TILAWA TALAMBA
10.000
8,015-
1 6,949 14th Nov. Zurdo Nov, 31st Nov.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calentta
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)
TANDA
ST. ALEANS
ARAFURA TANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAFURA
! 6,060. 2nd Deg
4,500 31st Dec.
| 6,000 | 28th "Jan.
6,956 4th March
14.500 1st April
"6,000 20th April
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, & Melbourne,
Machine shops and modern repair facilities are provided on the pro- perty, as this dock will be the Pacific naval base for the Royal Navy.
and mechanical features of pumping plant and the caissons con- nected with this wonderful graving dock.
N.Y.K. RESUMPTION OF NORMAL SERVICE,
*
The quarantine regulations im- posed by the Japanese Government against Shanghai on account of the cholera outbreak during the sum- mer months have been withdrawn.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha an- nounce that they are now in posi
An unusual sense of contrast and an appreciation of the developments which have taken place in dry-dock accommodation during a century And three quarters may be gained on to carry paasengers to Japan from a perusal of the following ports on their Trans-Pacific liners. minutes of the Glasgow Town Coun- This practice was stopped during in August, 1758, relating to the the enforcement of the quarantine installation of a dry-dock at Fort regulation, on account of the risk Glasgow. The dock was designed of having the steamers quarantined Land-Locked Harbour.
hy James Watt and is "said to have to the great inconvenience of been capable of accommodating through passengers to America and Esquimalt harbour is a land-simultaneously two vessels of 500 Europe. Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-.. The Union S.S. Company's, steamers to the United Kingdom. via New locked harbour, with good deep tons burthen each. It was kept dry Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
water, having an area of approxi-by means of a pump worked by mately two square miles, and pos- horsel
Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan. Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other porte en route as inducement offera.
The P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canall The F&O. Branch Service of steamers, to London via the Cape,
London via Panama Canal.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
Shanghai for this port on November The P.&O. 8.5. "Alipore" laft
The Now Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and ground. Adjacent to the dry dock on affairs of the dry-dock-present; sessing exceptionally good holding "At a meeting with Mr. Webb
ls the ship's repair plant of Yar-the Provost, Baillie Speirs, Pro-3 at 2.80 p.m., and is due here on rows Limited, who are equipped to voat Cochrane and Mr. Golid Bunday at about 5 a.m..
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
NELLORE.
DELTA TALAMBA "
6.853. 13th Nov. 8:007 13th Nov. 8,018 14th. Nov. 0.136 22nd. Nov. 11.080
KHIVA MACEDONIA 11,089 ST. ALBANS
MALWA
MIR KALYAN ARAFURA MOREA DEVANHA"
KASHGAR
NELLORE
MANTUA TANDA
MONGOLIA
NYANZA MACEDONIA
ST. ALBANS
DEVANHA KARMALA
MALWA
ARAFURA
4:505
10.041
1,023
8.086
24th
10th
11th
Nov.
Dec.
Moji and Kobe
Shanghai, Moll & Kobo Koba
Shanghal, Mot & Kobe
Aghai, Moji and Kobe
Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama TRUNY Dec. Shanghai, Mohand, Kobe
Shanghai, Mo& Kobe
Meji and Kobe
13th. Dec. Dec. 24th Пер
Dec;
Jeit.
0.000 4th 10.918 7th Jen.
8.356 3th
-9,005
0,853
UB:1.
Јапо
at Jan.
31 at Jan.
10.902 4th Feb..
o and Kabe
Sube,"
Shanghal
"Osaka and Yokohama
Moji & Kobe
& Kobe
Moji and Kobe
Moji
and Kobe
Moji and Kobe
6.950 8th Feb. Moji, Kaba, Osaka & Yokohama
16,504 17th Feb.
7,023 18th Feb.
11.120
Shanghai, Moji and Kobo Shanghai, Moji and Kobe
4th March ⠀ Shanghai,. 'Moji and Kabo
4,500 8th March
| 8,156 18th March
0.128 18th March 1.10.980
6,000
1st April
Moji, Kobe, Danka & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji & Kobe
Shanghai, Moji & Kobo
Shanghai. Moji & Kabe
5th Apri Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
* Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. -Steamors on London and Australian Lines are fitted with, Laundries.
Parcels measuring not more than 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received
at the Company's Office up' to Noon on the day previous to sailing,
For further Information, Passage. Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG...
Service to
Agents.
SCANDINAVIA & NORTH EUROPE
The M.S."
"ASIA."
will be loading for Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen auf
ether Scandinavian ports en er about'
Farthor sailinga-
M.S. "AFRIKA".
MS. "MALAYA”
M.B. "JAVA”
30th October.
Expected on
or about:......
Will leave homeward.
bound on or about:-m
10th November
10th January, 1937
8th December
Sabject to change without notice.
For further particulare please apply to
JOHN MANNERS & CO. LTD. Agents for: THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD.
GOPENHAGEN.
do recaire on any and all classes Dunlop, it was concerted that The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress" of of vessels.
Mr. John Webb, ship carpenter Russia" arrived at Manilh yesterday Opposite the new dry dock is the in Irvine, should go to Liverpool at 8 ami leaves Maulla to-day at jold dry dock, possibly more familiar and inform himself about the dry-4 p.m. and is due at Hong Kong on to the shipping world. This was dock there and the dues payable | Monday at a.m. originally constructed in 1887 by by the shipping, from thence to The M. V. 8.5. Agra" (Swedish) the joint efforts of Great Britain, see to Wales and purchase a East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), loft.Antwerp Canada and the Province of British cargo of about a hundred tons on October 23 and is due here co Columbia. This dock is in axcel-of oak timber for the use of the or about November 30.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
· TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.
Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition, Engineering: Firal and Second Edition;
Western Union and Watkins,
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, ELECTRICIANS.
T. S. S. "SIANG WO"
Passenger & Cargo River Steamer, built and engined at Kowloon Dock, by the Hongkong,
óa Dock Co., Ltd., to the order of he Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.,
on the Middle Yangtze, Hank
lanne address enqu
the Chief
RMAYER
(ANDREW WEIR & CO., LONDON).
BOSTON & NEW YORK. SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE. (ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL SIS. CO., LTD.) NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE
8.8. "CITY OF BARODA" From Hong Kong vie Suez Canal 5th November, The above modern passenger steamers will be despatched as above for BOSTON and NEW YORK via PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, STRAITS, COLOMBO and SUEZ CANAL, arriving in NEW YORK on or about 6th January and 2nd February respectively. Fares 3100 Single. First Class, 4 Single Second Class.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT:
“ELLERMAN
LINE
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.8. CO., LTD.)
FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM & HAMBURG. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON & HAYRE. 8.8. "CITY OF PEKIN”
From Hong Kong 12th November.
FARES TO LONDON "A" 1st Class £88. 2nd Class £60.
"B" 1st Class £80. 2nd Class £55..
ORIENTAL-AFRICAN LINE. MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA.
Loading for Mauritius, Delagoa Bay, Durban, East Londes. Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay and Capetown.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimains, bu Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombass Killindini, Port Nolloth, Luderitz Bay, Walvis Bay and Madagascar
AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKŃALL 8.S. CO., LTD.). Sailings from Bingapore on 6th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO" or "CITY OF SPARTA” to Jaya, Fremantle, Adelaide, Mul 'bourne and Sydziey, and Vice Veras.
Through freight and passenger bookings from Hong Kong is conjunction with "Ellerman” Lind or other, services. **.
FOR FREIGHT OR FASDAUE ON ANY OF THE ABOVE. LINKS"
APPLY TUR
Tel. Cent. 4791.
THE BANK LINE, LTD,
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL" LINE.
(OCEAN SS. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LTD.........
SANDRA
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & BUGENALI SS, CO., LTD) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONGAS
"NINGCHOW"
"CITY OF CAIRO""
“YANGTSZEI
"COLORADO",
- VI Suez Canal.
Via: Suez Canal -
Via Buez CERRIES
Via: Sues Cinat
∙19th November."
3rd December.
·· 17th December, $1st December
Steamers proceed via Suez Catial or Panama Canal at Owners Option
Subject to change without notice.
Pas For Freight and particulars apply to:---
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD, Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.
THE AUSTRAL CHINA NAVIGATION CO.
For SYDNEY, ME
E & ADELAIDE via Manila, Halle, Sandakan, Baileyapan & Rabdul. SA. "CALUE
t-29th November, 1928.
For Frejat
& CO. LTDAN
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