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THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES.
$
̧ ́£120, £112, £10, £102. £83, via San Francisco.
G$440, G$120, via Japan and Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
TAIYO MARU
TENYO MARU
KOREA MARU (Calls at Keelung).. Tuesday, LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.
HAKUSAN MARÚ
KITANO MARU
Tuesday, 29th May. Tuesday,
12th June. 20th June.
SADO MARII
Saturday, 2nd Juna. Saturday, 10th June. Saturday, 30th June.
.Wednesday, 20th June,
Wednesday, 25th July.
Sunday, 27th May. Monday, 11th June.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles
Mexico & Panama.
RAKUYO 'MARU
HARUNA MARU
TANGO MARU
AKI MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
↑ MOJI MARU
Thursday, 31st May.
THE CHINA MAIL,
OIL AND COAL.
SHIPPING
SIR E. H. T. D'EYNCOURT'S VIEWS.
OIL-FUEL IN WARSHIPS,
SECTION.
SCRAP OLD SHIPS.
MR. J. T. BATEY'S SUGGESTION TO SHIPOWNERS.
DIESEL DEVELOPMENTS.
crew are not fatigued by the ar Newcastle-on-Tyne.-Sir William duous task of, gotting the coal to Raeburn, president of the Clyde the bunkers and trimming it: In Navigation Trust, was the chlef fact, they have practically no work guest at dinner of the North of at all while refuelling with oil, England Steam Ship Owners A880- and are, therefore, fresh and un-ciation at Newcastle. Sir Walter fatigued when the ship puts to sea Runciman presided over a large In a letter to "The Times" on again ready for action. The num-attendance. the state of the coal trade and on ber of stokers is reduced to a Mr. John T. Batey, president proposals to bring about an in- minimum with oll. and none is re-of the Shipbuilding Employers' creased demand for coala for bun-quired for trimming purposes. Federation, proposed the toast of kering mercantile ships, Sir E. H. The oil can also be stowed in al- the shipping industry, and said Tennyson d'Eyncourt, K.C.B., the most any vacant space which can finality and not been reached in the Director of Naval Construction be made oiltight, and the space for Diesel engine, but an engine hat from 1912 to 1923, explains "the larger coal bunkers easy of access been produced which would compete present position of the use of oil is greatly reduced. Further, much with any nation in the world. OI and con! as fuel for ships, and how larger boilers, giving steam for had come to stay, but coal was not that position has arisen."
10,000. h.p. each, and even more, done yet, and there wore still "Sir John Biles, the well-known can be used with oil, of such a size, developments by which coal could
SOUTH AMERICA (East Const) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.naral architect, clearly shows in in fact, that corresponding coal be used in more economical form
WAKASA MARU
Saturday, 9th June.
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA,
Monday, lith June. Saturday, 18th June, LIVERPOOL via Singapore. Colombo, Fort Sald & Ports.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Perang & Rangoon,
+KUMA MARU
ASUKA MARU
↑ DAKAR MARU................
Munday, 11th June.
† MURORAN MARU
† MORIOKA MARU
Wednesday, 30th May. Sunday, 10th June.
NAGASAKI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
AKI MARU SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
22nd June,
↑ NAGANO MARU (Moji direct)........ Sunday, 27th May, KAMAKURA MARU (Kobe direct).... Tuesday, 20th May. KAMU MARU
Tuesday, 29th May. AWA MARU
Thursday, 31st May.
Friday,
†Cargo only
Subject to alteration without notice. For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN ·KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)
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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,'
LONDON, RAMBURG, ROTTERDAM
Colombo, Suzz and Port Said. ANDES MARU
his recently-read paper that the burning bollers could not be fired. He suggested that instead of selling steam engine in its latest form, in All these considerations for ships old ships to foreign owners, owners conjunction with the most up-to-using, perhaps, 100,000 h.p. or more should scrap their old ships, and date form of water-tube boiler, is when at full speed, made the use build new ones.
ment to bring about peace in in Oil For Atlantic: Liners,
dustry, and urged that wages in Knowing the advantages, the sheltered
Industries should be
Sir William Raeburn said
he
a more economie prime mover than of oil for the Navy practically a Mr. Batey commended any move. the Diesel or similar forms of in- necessity. 'ternal combustion engines, as now Atted to ships. In fact, with coal at its present figure, the steam en-shipowner, when the war was over, brought nearer to the wages paid gine can compete with the Diesel found it convenient in high-power in the skilled industries.
ed ships, such as Atlantic liners, engine, even if the oil fuel used in the Diesel is considerably cheaper to adopt oll for burning under believed there was improvement in than the present market figure, their bollers rather than coal; for, trade in general. Though shipping Now this fact-namely, that the although the oil cost more, great was in a bad way, in due time, steam engine is cheaper than the saving was brought about by the however, it would get the benefit. number of fire- What they were suffering from at Diesel engine-is of the very first reduction in the
It means that coal, men required in looking after the the moment was a plethora of ton- importance.
Can be boilers, and in coal trimming. By nage. They had never been able to in some form or other,
fuelling more quickly the vessel evolve a feasible scheme for laying- used, and used to advantage, as the fuel for mercantile ships, rather could be kept less time in part, and up of tonnage. He was afraid that the period of useful employment now the liner was hedging out the
increased. "There was an interesting discorrespondingly
An- tramp steamer, He had dread of the paper read by other consideration was
that the combines, whether in shipping or Sir John, the participants includ-supply of the best steam coal ap anything else, but he believed we ing the Engineer-in-Chief of the peared to be mere uncertain, owing were going again to be the carrying Navy, and other great engineers. to frequent strikes of miners. The nation of the world.
than oil.
cussion upon
but none
of them traversed the very important consideration of the
above-mentioned outstanding fact. most economical type of machinery
A good deal was said as to the rival merits of horning coal in the
& ANTWERP Via Singapore ordinary manner, that is, hand-fed into the boiler furnace as in the
y Tuesday, 5th June.
new, steamer "King George
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AMES--Via Saigon, Singapore, which has the latest high-pressure
Colombo, Durian & Cape Town SANTOS MARU ... MANILA MARU ......
BOMBAY—VE Singapore and Colombo
.Friday, 25th May.
.Saturday, 30th June.
Sunday, 3rd June,
Wednesday, 20th June.
Friday, 1st June.
Friday, 26th May.. .Monday, 25th June.
of ordinary mercantile trading
over coal, oil was
MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.
ships was therefore somewhat ob-
The Swedish East Asiatic Co. cured by the special circum- stances, attached to the fuelling of M.V. "Ranking" left Hamburg on warships, and, to a somewhat less April 14 and is due here to-day.
The CP.S., R.M.S. "Empress of extent, of fast Atlantic liners.
The owners of ordinary ships, Russia" from Hong Kong on May turbine machinery supplied by Sir
however, were quick to see that, 9, left Yokohama on Friday, and it Charles Pursona's Company; or of mechanical stoking, by which ar though, it had certain advantages due at Vancouver on May 27.
three or four
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of rangement the coal is fed Into the times more costly. They therefore Asia (Capt. A. J. Haley, R.N.R.) sought for an engine which would is due here on May 28 at 8 a.m., dian Pacific Steamships; or third-
duced. This they found in the loon Wharf. She will leave here ly, of the use of coal in the pow Diesel engine, which burns only for Victoria and Vancouver, B.C dered or pulverised condition.)
half the quantity of oil per horse via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe and The discussion on these points, and however, did not affect the main power compared to the quantity reYokohama on May 30 at noon.
The CP.S., R.M.S. "Empress of issue. that coal could be usedquired when the oil is burnt under
baller furnaces of some of the
DURBAN, DELAGOA HAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND latest vessels built for the Cause less oll per horse power pro-and will berth at Pier No. 5. Kow.
CELEBES MARU
INDUS MARU
CHICAGO MARU
KASADO MARU
MOMBASA—Via Singapore and Colombo.
CALCUTTA-Vin Singapore, Penang and Rangoon
TACOMA MARU
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghai
Japan ports
AFRICA MARU (From Shangha)..Thursday, 31st May.
ARIZONA MARU
........Monday, 11th June.
"
HAIPHONG-Via HOCHOW & PAKUD
MENADO MARU
Friday, 8th June 10 am. NEW YORK-Yin Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama
JAPAN PORTS
ATLAS MARU
KEELUNG-Via SWATOW & AMOY
KISHU MARU
HOZAN MARU
TAKAO-Vin SWATOW & AMOY
DELI NARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
SOURABAYA MARU
Wednesday, 8th June.
Sunday, 27th May Noon. Sunday, 3rd June Noon.
Thursday, 31st May Noon, .Wednesday, 6th June
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...12th June.
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economically, rather than oil.
How Coal Was Superseded.
they
ties in running that type of
a bollar for. raising steam. For Canada" left Vancouver for Hong the time being many lost sight of Kong, via Japan porta and Shang- "It may well be asked how is it the advantages of the steam hal, on May 17, and is due here on that coal, having been the fuel for combustion engine_when
gine compared to the internal June 4. bunkering from the very inception found that it required more oil. Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Antwerp on The M/V "Agra" (Swedish East of steamships, has been given up They ignored the much higher cost May 7, and is due here on or about to a great extent in favour of oll of the Diesel, the greater difficul- June 16. whether the latter be burnt under
The M/V "Delhi" (Swedish East or used in an internal combustion engine. This question maintenance. There are, however. on May 13, and is due here an or machinery, and the higher cost of Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Hamburg certainly requires a studied reply.
"At the beginning of the war with perhaps greater prudence,
a large number of owners who, about June 17, steam coal, generally from South Wales, was the standard fuel of and the use of coal.
still adhere to the steam engine the Navy. Just before the war, however, the Government appoint-admirabis papers that by adopt
"Sir John Biles has shown in his;
a boller
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
Consignees of Cargo ex M.V
ed a Commission, under the preal- ing high-pressure turbines a fur-"Viminale" are reminded to take dency of the late Lord Fisher, to ther ecotomy can be effected, and delivery of their goods which will report upon the use of fuel oil for coal can be, retained as the most be subjected to rent after May 25. the Navy. As a result of that
economie fuel for sea-going ships.) Consignees of Cargo ex 8.8. "City Commission and its report, it be- There is, it is thought, less risk of Chester are reminded to take came abundantly clear that the of a breakdown by using the well-delivery of their goods which will use of oil as fuel for warships pre-tried turbine and suitable water-be subject to rent after May 30. sented such enormous advantages tube boilers than by adopting the
Consignees of Cargo ex M.V.) over coal that its adoption was internal-combustion engine, with "Benvorlich" are reminded to take strongly recommended; and when its economy in the actual amount delivery of their goods which will the necessary precautions against of oil burnt in the engine, but with be subject to rent after June 1. danger had been taken and ar-its increased cost in most other rangements for storage and tran- directions. In fact, by rejecting sport had been made, the use of the turbine with water-tube boil- Fleet became general. oil for all warships in the British ers and adopting the Diesel engine, the owner is straining at the gnat Now the advantages of oil for and swallowing the camel. warships, compared with coal, are much more outstanding than for fore, be done to retain the steam "Let everything possible, there- merchant ships; especially is this engine in such ships as it suits, the case in wartime. The refuel with the possibility of burning coal ling in port can be done more ensi-in some form. This will help the Jy and quickly than with coal; the shipowner, and improve the con- dition of one of our staple Indus-
SHIPBUILDERS,
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STOWAWAYS.
REACH HONG KONG INSTEAD OF AMERICA.
Before Mr. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, two Filipino. lads, were charged as stowawaya on Ꭿ . "West Nomentum," and fined $80 or 3 weeks' imprisonment.
According to Sergiant Moretom, of the Water Police, the vessel in question left Manila for this port last Monday and on the following day both lads revealed their hiding. places in the cargo hold, and were brought before the captain. They were given work to do and behaved well the
On arrival In the Colony, defen dants were handed over to the Police. Apparently it was their intention to go to America, not knowing that the vessel was calling at Hong Kong.
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