FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1927
P. & 0.-British India Apear and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR . STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CÉYLON, 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
STEAMERS.
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL..
(Under Contract with H.M. "Government.)
2,007 18th Fels.
p 10th Fob.
"Destination
S'pore. Penang, Colombo & Bombay
Marseilles, Londen, Antwerp & Hull
2nd March
a
5. B..
Tons
Frem Hongkong,
About
DELTA
KALYAN
NELLORE MANTUA KASHGAR NAGPORE
NYANZA
MONGOLIA
KHYBER
DELTA
MALWA
MACEDONIA
DEVANJA
NELLORE
KHIVA NYANZA MOREA
KASHMIR MANTUA KALYAN
6.852 .: 10,909 0.006 6,283 7.023 36,504;
B: 190
3,150
8,007
6th March
12th March
ith March 16th March 10th March 2nd April 8th April
106
Bch
April
18th 27th April
-10,941 "30th April 0,853 11th May 9,136
May
17,023 25th May 10,918 28th May
3,046
11th June 17,002 28th June 314 Oth July MACEDONIA 11120 2010 July
Marseilles & London
BRITISH SHIPYARDS.
(Continued from Page 4.) „
mines and these two events are now checking the welcome re covery, because steel in sufficien: supply will not be available for two or three months.
In due course we shall have the corrected figures for the past year, but in the meantime a fairly accurate estimate of the ships Mlaunched and the ships com- menced can be made from the quarterly returns for 1926 of Floyd's Register.
1925.
│.
Commenced.
Gross
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter
No. tons.
74 193,121
47 168,483
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
1023.
1st Quarter
28. 68,324 39 152,404
188 582,835
Launched,
Cross No. tons." 59 190,705 End Quarter 68 171,725 3rd Quarter .. 58 207,741 4th Quarter
67,843
:
20
106 638,014 The Turn Of The Tide.
THE CHINA MAIL.
It will be seen that in the third quarter of last year only twenty- eight keels were laid while fifty- eight ships were launched, which means that, while in the earlier months of the year new work, judged on a tonnage basis. had kept pace with the launchings, thirty additional slips had be come empty by Sept. 30. When
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION 00, LTD,
Sailing
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. . Destination
Steamer Sandakan
....... HINSANG ..... .Sut. Osaka via S'hal, Moji & Kobe HOSANG Tlentain..
CHIPSHING
That via Swatow & S'hal: MINGSANG
Sun..
Sun .Sun.,
10th Mar,, nd· Noan. 20th Fab... at. a.m.. 30th Feb., at 7am. 20th Fob nb 7am. 21st Feb., až 3 p.m.. 22nd Feb., at a.m.
Straits and Calcutta...... NAMSANG
tein vla S'tow, S'hal & C'too
TINGSANG Canton
HANGSANG
Tues., 22nd Feb., nt a.m. Tau via Swatow & S'hal HANGSANG.. Sun,
27th Fob.. at 1a.m. tau via Swatow & Shai HOPSANG Wed., 2nd Mar., at Tam. Tientsin
CHEONGSHING Thurs., 3rd Mar, at Noon.
Sandakan
MAUSANG
Straits and Calculta
LAISANG...
Osaka v. Moj Y'hama & Kobe KUMSANG
Taos
Tues
Buli Manu at 1pm. 8th Max at 8 pm. 15th Mar, at 7am.
For Freight and Passage apply to:--
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Telephone Central 215.
The total merchant tonnage building in other countries 1.172,943 tons-is about 97,000 tons more that at the end of September, 1926:
General Managers.
building at the end of December In Great Britain and Ireland 263,900 tons-amounts to 53% per cent. of the steam tonnage. under construction. "'"
The tonnage under construction
In Danzig. Denmark, Holland, abroad exceeds by no less than Italy, and Sweden the motor ton- 412,859 tons the tonnage build-nage under construction greatly ing in Great Britain and Ireland exceeds the steam tonnage, the The figures for the. lending combined..totals for these countries abroad are: Italy 239 countries being 297,401, tons 776 tons; Germany 211,062 tons; to
motorships und 102,096: United States 151,685 tons; Holtons of steamers." The land 145,005 tons; and, France world figures include 51 motor- ships, each of between 6,000 und 143,068 tons..
10,000 tons, 8 of between 10,000. and 15,000 tons; 6 of between 15,000 and 24,000 tons; and 1 of about 33,000 tons.
Spore, Penang, Colombo & sombay Marseilles, Londen, Antwerp & Reamit is remembered that the ship-onge commenced, and an S Files. L'don, 'burg &R'demyards possess about 650 ships, and Spore, Penung, Colombo, & Bombay that only 177 of them were occul Marcilles & Lundon
pied at that date, some concep Halion may be formed of the tragic state into which the industry had Bbay fallen, with the dismal prospect that things might become worse B'bay before they became better. Then
Marseilles & Lordon Mo, teden, werp, R'dam
& Antwerp Marsailles, London
Penang, Colombo & Singapore, Penang, Marscillus and London
Penang. Colombo &
Singapore, Pent
uilles, London & Antwerp
Penan Mürselles & London: Marseilles and London Marseilles, London & Antwerp Marseilles, London & Antwerp Murselfles and London
&
Frequens connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Canstantinople: Pireau, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
TALMA
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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS:
SIRALA CAMBHIRA TAKADA
TALAMBA
10,000 22nd Feb. 1 Singapore, Penang & Calautta“
10.30 am.
78440 4th March 5,207 18th March 0949 th March 8,070 31st March
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Shgapore. Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta
t
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE
AND
AMERICAN MAIL LINE
A(Admiral Oriental Line)
JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
A Regular Weekly Sailing
TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE. THE "PRESIDENT LINERS” TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
"THE SUNSHINE BELT".
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
PRESIDENT GRANT
PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
Tuesday, Mar. 1st 10.00: a.m.
Tuesday,"
Mar. 15th 10:00a.m.-
Tuesday,
Mar. 29th 10.00 a..
Tuesday,
Apr. 12th 10:00, n.m.
Tuesday,
Apr. 26th 10:00a.m.
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.
HONG KONG TO EUROPE
SPECIAL LOW RATES,
"
Via San Francisco or Seattle.. £120 £112
DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES
Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with libern! stop-over privilegeh for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested itiner aries!
Frons
Hongkong
Via
Brom Consewfin gwith-
Stone Dige X. York
Arriving at
SO
No less than 271,237, tons were commenced abroad and 342.428 os were launched, an increase. as compared with the previous quarter of 71,210 tons in the Summing up the situation
in- far as our shipyards are concern. crease of 163,602 tons in the toned, though the outlook of the nage launched:
industry is far less dark than it Owing to various causes, many of which are not beyond our con.
was, it must be apparent from these latest statistics that nothing. trol, foreign shipbuilders are now has yet occurred, even if account obtaining orders which in the be taken of the orders recently past would have come almost au placed, to encourage a spirit of tomatically to us. probably never a time in the his- good promise that during the There was exuberant optimism. There is the tide. Fortunately, began to tory of this industry when so lit-present quarter a considerable turn. During the final three months the amount of tonnage the work was being done in Bri- proportion of our shipyard work- be able to put in hand was more than twicetish shipyards for the shipownersers will once more as great as that which took the of other countries, as the append, secure employment, but many water, and there is now solid edges of work in band here thousands of them must resign foundations upon which to base
themselves to a further period of unwelcome idleness. the prophecy that 700,000 or 800,000 tons will be begun, during the next three months. But, even when all this work. has
British Dominions been begun, it is doubt-
Brazil ful whether the shipyards
Equador throughout the country will be France. working at much more than half Holland their capacity. These figures ex- Italy.. pose the fallacy which underlies
Jugo-Slavia all the talk about "a shipbuilding Norway
indicate:
Countries for No. of Gross which intended. veseks. tonnage.. Great Britain and Ireland......
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) boom. If the ships under con- United States
*TANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAPURA TANDA
ST. ALBANS ARAFURA "
6,966 4th March 4,600 1st April 6,000 29th April 6,950 1 3rd June 4.600 1st July
4,000 29th July Calls at Kolambugan.
Manila, Sandakan, Iloilo, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne
Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia,
The B. & A. 5.5. Co. Ltd., ateamors will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timmy. Darwin, or other poris en route as inducement
offers,
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
ני
1
123. 592,385 16.44.000 4 15,790 260 4,560
1 28,000
5,000 4,700 1,·4,644
3. 950
1
1 2,600 4,700
15 80,195
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
STEAMER FOR
STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN FORTS
AND LONDON.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.
THE Steamship
"DELTA Captain F. SUDELL, carrying His Majesty's Malls will be despatched from this port on or about FRIDAY, taking Passengers and Cargo for
the 18th February, 1927, at 4 p.m...
the above. Ports.
France and London (under arrange Silk, Valuables, and Tea for Italy, ment) will be trunshipped at Bom hay into the Mall Steamer proceed- ing direct to Marseilles and Lon- don.
struction at any period of the Venezuela year approach 1,000,000 tons Jug-Slavia shipbuilders will consider them. For sale or coun- selves extremely fortunate, but
try not stated they will be conscious of the fact that a real boom would mean
Total
..163 760,084 that they would have anything
Another disturbing factor. is foom 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 tons that more attention is still being under construction. There can devoted abroad to the motor be no great revival in this in- dustry until the surplus tonne ship, in preference to the steam now afloat has disappeared comer, than in this country. In this pletely, as it is fortunately dis-sents some arresting figures, in- connection Lloyd's Register pré- appearing at the moment, and dicating the larger proportion of trade and industry in this coun-motor-ships being built abroad try have recovered, providing the than in our own shipyards: cargoes for ships to carry.. But The tonnage of vessels now The New Zealand: Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and British shipping also fulfils inter-building in the world which are
national functions, and the die- to be fitted with internal turbed conditions in China, Java, bustion engines amounts to 905, and elsewhere, inspired by the 675 tons, while the tonnage of Communists, and the trade bar steam vessels under construction riers which many foreign coun-is 1,005,224 tons. The motor ton- tries are still maintaining, must nage is thus 90 per cent of the to inevitably check an improvement steam tonnage, showing the re in the shipping situation, and markable development which is thus limit the volume of orders taking place in the adoption of for new ships, for shipowners will this system of propulsion, not build ships" unless they are assured that there will be em- ployment for them.
The P. & O.. Royal Mail stedmers to London via Suez Canal The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Capo.
London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
NYANZA
3,023 19th
Noun
Feb. Shanghai,,, Moji and Kobe
6,257 24th. Feb. Kobe. #1,320
4th March Shanghai, Moji and Koba 0,04% 6th March Kabe Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
Moll th March
Shanghai, Moji and Koba
GAMBHIRA
MACEDONIA
TAKADA
ST. ALBANS
4,600
2,114
8,018
XHYBER TALAMBA
DEVANHA LAHORE
MALWA
JEYPORE NELLORE
KHIVA NYANZA MOREA TANDA
8th March
12th March Kobe 18th March
6,252 2711 March
10,980. 1st April 3.007 1st. April 6,000. fith April 7,048 12th April 16th April 15th April 7.023 29th April 10,968 29th April 6,968 8th May
6,863 4,135
Moji and Kobe
& Kobe
Moji & Kobe Moil & Kobe Moji, Kob
Kobe, Osaken & Yokohama Shanghai, Mej and Kobe Shanghai, Moji and Kobo Shanghai, Moji and Koba Shanghai, Meji & Kobe Shanghai, Moji & Kobe Moli, Kobe, Osaka and 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 expanses at Singapore while awaiting the, on-carrying steamer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Stcamera on London and Australian Linus 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, Pannage Freights, Handbooks, atc., apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agents.
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd, C., HONGKONG.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
JOINT SERVICE OF THE......
“BLUE FUNNEL LINE.
(OCEAN S.S. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N.. CO., LTD.,
AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL B.S. CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
com-
The tonnage of motor-ships
The Revival Abroad..
TROUBLESOME COUGHTS.. “ Passing from these general A TROUBLESOME, sleep disturbing considerations, the statistics for anntly stopped by taking Chamberlain's night cough can be easily and plea the last quarter present some in- Cough Remedy. You will like the teresting features. Grenter ac-soothing, healing coating is puts on an tivity is prevailing in the foreign infamed, tickling throat and shipyards, as well as in our own, promptness with whisk the troublesome Lloyd's Register remarks:
cqugh is stopped. where.
the
For sale every-
CHINA BORNEO-SHIPPING CO.
HONG KONG-BORNEO ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
To Sandakan, Tawau, Semporna and. Labied. Datu,
Returning via Sandakan, Jambongan and Jesselton.
Offee until 5 p.m. the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages must be declared.
Parcels will be received at this
For further Particulars, Apply MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agents. Hong Kong, 14th Feb., 1927.
Apr," Apr. 13, Apr 20 Apr.
Chrg-S'buyin Puth-Brg Förg Bibropla Path C'Brg
Koy
bhptr Garg-Shupta. May Corgon May 1
Mar
9:
Tan FranciKJO
Srattle
Mujestio
Apr
Pro. Roosevelt Apr
far.
30 San Franoluso
vimpia
Apr.
10
Mar.
23: Argilio
on, Washington Apr. 20
Mar.
20 San Francisco
Hanforlu
Apr. 30
Apr Apr..
4:
Seattle
Larlathut
Apr. 80
19 San Franciaco
¿quirendy
May, 11
20
Soullio
Mijente
Miny" 14
Cbg8hnj
TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"
PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
wy
BARCHES
Wednesday, Mar. 9th 10:00 am. Wednesday, Mar. 23rd 10.00 a.m, Wednesday, Apr. 6th 10.00 a.m. Wednesday Apr. 20th 10.00 a..
Wednesday, May 4th 10:00:08.m.
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesdays. TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK.
VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ— RORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA—NAPLES
-GENOA-MARSEILLES,
Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.
it
PRESIDENT WILSON
...Tuesday,
Tuesday, Tuesday,
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
PRESIDENT HAYES PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT ADAMS
.Tuesday,
.Tuesday,
Mar. 1st 6.00 a.m. Mar. 15th 8.00a.m.
Mar, 29th 6.00 a.m.. Apr. 12th 8.00 a.m. Apr. 26th 8.00: a.m..
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdayı.
TO MANILA.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
Feb. 21st Mar. Int Mar. 1st
6.00 p.m.
6.00 am..
6.00 p.m.
6.00 p.m.
.Mar. 7th.
Mar. 15th 8,00 m.
For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to
ROBERT DOLLAR CO.
GENERAL AGENTS. "Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor
Telephones, Central 2477, 2478 & 795,
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO” HONGKONG.
Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edition;
Western Union, and Watkins.
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEER"
MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTEL...... ELECTRICIANS.
BOILER
$.3. "PELEUS"
Via Suez Canal
8.9.. "CITY OF BRISTOL"
'do,"
·8.8. "ATREUS"
da.
8.8. "TEUCER"
do.
25th February.
5th March.
25th March 8th April.
Steamers proceed via Suaz Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option
Subject to change without notics. *)
ir
For Freight and particulars apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIR) or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.
The 8.8. "Lok Susy carg despatched from the port named on or about 5th
For Frol his Pakage and Pan CARMICHAEL & CLARKE
or W. WATT & CO. Ageda, Co
ger & Cargo Birm
TS. S. “SIANG WO"
and engined st Kowloon Dock, by
he Indo-Ching Steam Flavigation
Dock
Fongkong
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