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SIBERIA MARU (Calla Los Angeles). Tuesday, TAIYO MARU (Calls Nagasaki).... Tuesday, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vla
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday, Saturday,
2nd October, 16th October.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports,,
Wednesday, AKI MARU
MISHIMA MARU (Calls Zamboanga) Wednesday, BOMBAY via Singapore, l'enang. & Colamba,
† NAGATO MARU (omit Penang).. Thursday, AWA MARU
22nd September.
6th October."
24th October.
21st November,
27th September. Thursday, 11th October. SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japán, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Saturday,
20th September, SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & t'orts.
Tuesday, KANAGAWA MARU
7th October.
Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU
NEW YORK and BOSTON 'via PANAMA.
+ MAYEBASHI MARU
*TOBA MARU
Wednesday, 26th October. Sunday 21st October. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles."
+LIMA MARU (Calls Glasgow).... Sunday, CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
+ RANGOON MARU
+ GENOA MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
MISHIMA MARU
21st October.
Sunday, 30th September. Monday, 8th October.
Friday, 19th October.
SHANGHAI, KORE & YOKOHAMA,
(omits Shanghai) Sunday,
TAMBA MARU
+ TOYOOKA MARU
Sunday, Monday,
30th September 30th September.
1st October.
*Cargo only.
+ MALACCA MARU (Calls Keelung)
Subject to alteration without notice.
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ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP---Via Singapore LONDON, HAMBURG,
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Thursday, 11th October. ALASKA-MARU
RIO DE JANEIRO, BANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Vis Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town
HAWAII MARU
LAPLATA MARU
BOMBAY-Via Bingapore & Colombo.
INDUS MARU ........
Saturday, 29th September.
Friday, 26th October.
Thursday, 20th September.
SHUNKO MARU (Calls at Karachi). Thursday, 4th October.
BORNEO MARU
Friday, 19th October.
DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND
MOMBASA Via Singapore and Colombo,
... Friday, 28th September.
CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoan
CHICAGO MARU
TACOMA MARU
Tuesday, 26th September. Thursday, 25th October.
SEATTLE MARU
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghai and
Japan ports
LONDON MARU (Sailing from Dziren) Friday, 21st September. MELBOURNE Via Mandla, Brisbane.& Bydney.
BURMA MARU
HAIPHONG-Yin Hoihow & Pakhol.
MENADO MARU
Saturday, 8th October:
Thursday, 27th Sept. 10 a.m.
NEW YORK-Vin Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama
ARGUN MARU -
JAPAN PORTS
IIONOLULU MARU
ANDES MARU
KASADO MARU
KEELUNG-Via SWATOW & AMOY
KISHU MARU
HOZAN MARU
KISHU MARU
TAKAO-Vin SWATOW & AMOY
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
SOURABAYA MARU
Thursday, 20th September.
Tuesday, 25th September. Saturday, 0th October. Wednesday, 10th October.
Sunday, 23rd Sept. Noon. Sunday, 23rd Sept. Nonn. Sunday, 30th Sept. Noon.
Thursday, 4th Oct. Noon. Wednesday, 17th October.
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GERMAN SHIPPING. FEATURES OF THE FIRST SIX -MONTHS.
UNPROFITABLE FREIGHTS.
SECTION
This idea is embodied In its ex; tromest form in the Brazilian valorisation Institution. for the protection of the prices of coffee. A similar policy is being adopted, on a smaller scale, by the wheat growers in the formation of "pools" |[to, regalato supplies to the markets. The fact that the wheat exporta
do. more than mention the Ameri, plono' from the River Plate in the about can State fleet, the Lloyd first half of this year are Brasillero, and a few Italian com 2,500,000.quarters, or about 15 per cent. less than those of the cor panies.
In addition to this there has re-responding period of last year contly been coming to the fore cer must to a certain extent be attribut- tain tendencies the object of which ed to these efforts.
Thus it will be seen that the the supremacy of The situation of German freight is to establish shipping during the first half of the shipping of a single State in a situation of tramp shipping at the This form of present day is one of extraordinary 1929 is reviewed by a writer in particular sphere.
The large amount the "Kolniache
who competition is especially apparent difficulty. Zeitung,"
the Pacific Ocean between of capital invested in it secures comes to the conclusion that while In
Various 'con- the United States. little or no return. the liner companies have reason to Japan and be fairly well satisfied with the re- Taking them altogether, however, cerns can barely earn the interest! sults of the period, the "tramp" these are only lealuted instances of on their mortgages, to say nothing The possibility of enterprises, on the contrary, are in disturbances which do very serious. of appropriations for depreciation an extraordinarily difficult post-ly affect the total result. One can and reserve. tion. The first half of the current say already, nevertheless, fudging ceding their ahipa to the liner com- year, the writer says, was not al- from the results of the first half of panies on time charter grows less together favourable for freight the year, that for liner shipping the and leas na the companies increase shipping. The disparity between freight business, owing to the de- their fleets.
In the distribution of merchandise the supply of cargo space and the pressed pricas of 1928, will bring!
A smaller profit than 1927. This is new tendencies, somewhat vague at amount of cargo offering for ship all the more probable because the first, are malding their appearance, realisation of which ment, which was less apparent in crop yield in Europe should not the dull the preceding year, owing to the make it necessary to call for extra threatens to deprive tramp ship- after-effects of the English coal ordinarily large wheat shipments ping of ita only trump card, namely, strike and other events lying out from the River Plate and Canada. its greater elasticity, as compared side normal shipping business,
TRAMPS DIFFICULTIES. with Hiner shipping, in the dispoal- These came sharply into prominence duri
Incomparably more difficult is the tion of its cargo space. ing the first half of the current
prospects almost year. The large mass of unusable situation of "tramp" shipping, that unfavourable tonnage had a strongly depressing is to say, of those concerns which compel comparison with the once
place their 'ships wherever the flourishing sailing ship trade. effect, and led to an almost un-largest supply of cargo happens to tramp shipping condemned to death broken decline of freight rates.
For German liner shipping, that exist. Tramp shipping, in Ger- after it has fulfilled its economic many, as also in other maritime mission of preparing the way for is to any, for those companies countries, is carrying on nearly al- its stronger competitor?
whose services
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Is
The report shows that the ac-
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GREATEST
WORLD'S
TRAVEL SYSTEM
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
оп the various
ways a desperate struggle for its trafic routes are established by existence. The mere fact that the SWEDISH PORT TRAFFIC. programme for a long time in ad-liner companies are provided with a
Sweden now has 261 ports, in- vance, business in the current fairly adequate supply of cargo,
three free year, from the point of view of while the total volume of goods car-cluding the
parts volume, has, generally speaking, ried has declined not only in pro- of Stockholm, Gothenburg and an official been satisfactory, while freight portion to the available cargo Malmoe, according to rates have stood very much below space, but in gross amount, is auf report just published by the the level of the preceding year. ficient to show that the tramp trade Swedish Board of Trade (Kommer- of these All the same, and especially for the has been forced into an extremely skollegium). Fifteen. large companies, most of whom are uncomfortable position. As a mat-ports have an annual traffic exceed- able to find in the fairly brisk paster of fact, things in this trade ap-ing 1,000,000 tons each, 27 have over 500,000 tons and 64 over senger businaas a certain compen-pear to be practically hopeless. sation for the decreased yield from Tramp shipping is being thrust 200,000 tons. freight carrying, the prospect is in an ever-increasing degree from
its original field of activity, namely, 'tivity of the Swedish ports fa gen- not, too gloomy.
THE CONFERENCE SYSTEM. the transport of bulk cargoes, while eral during the past year developed As is well-known, on all the the liners which formerly devoted most favourably and that, in com.
The Sal Kong (or the West River) most important traffic routes, the themselves almost exclusively to the parison with 1926, the traffic in- freight business is consolidated in forwarding of case and general creased considerably in practically is the third largest river in the Chin- international associations, the so- goods, are extending their sphere all ports, especially as regardese Republic and second only to the with steadily increasing success to Stockholm and Gothenburg, where Yangtze, in importance. This magni- called conferences, which fix cer bulk goods. Thus, in the current the increase amounted to 700,000 ficent trade route was opened to for- lain minimum rates for freight
900,000 respectively. eign traffic in 1897, but how many year, whole cargoes have been fix-and earrying to which all the members of the conference are bound to ad- here. The conferences possess & Very effective weapon for warding off occasional under-biddings, by
The tramp trade has no chance of 1,600,000, 500,000 and 280,000 tons to any person who wishes to spend a outsiders, namely, their "Treura- standing against the development, respectively, and all Norrland ports short and economical holiday. batten" (rebates for shipping only Certain companies attempted to find also show increases owing to the by conférence lines), These are a way out by building larger and rising exports of wood goods. the sometimes very considerable re- faster ships. But this alone will comparison with the pre-war payments out of the amounts paid not improve the general situation. figures of 1913 in most cases shows |
tons
SEPTEMBER SAILINGS.
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wachow 2.00 p.m. 6.8. "TAI HING"
[1,068 tons Capt. O. B. Wilks.]
BEPTEMBER.
SUN.
23rd FRI.
28th
OCTOBER.
WED.
3rd
FRI.
19th
MON.
8th WED.
24th
SUN.
14th MON. 29th
8.8. "TAI MING"
[849
tona-Capt. G. J. Spink.]
FRI.
**21st WED.
SEPTEMBER.
26th
MON.
Let
MON,
SUN. FRL
7th
22nd 28th SUN.
12th 17th
FRI.
2nd
ed by liner companies, and this has Thanks to a heavy increase in the foreignera travel on this important WED. been done, at rates which would export of iron ore the ports of waterway↑ The scenery along the have been impossible for the tramp Lulea. Gefle and. Norrkoping in-route is beautiful. We recommend it trade. and agend creased their traffic figures by
ora
FINDS..
OCTOBER.
For information apply to-
KWONG WING
4
The
$7, Connaught Road West,
Phone: Central 893)
Ltd.
General Yan Hai-shan, who is one by the shippers. These repay- For years past the liner companies a striking Increase. Thus, the port. CHINA'S FOSSILS.
of its officials, saying that all ments are made after a certain have also been following the policy of Gothenburg traffic rose from 6.6| time, generally every half year, of constructing larger and faster to 9.8 million tons, Umen, from DETENTION OF R. C. ANDREWs articles of scientific interest, whe-, ther curios" or not, should be re- but, are forfeited if the shipper, units. The higher speed, however; 199,000 to 888,000, and "the
tained until the Association's ex- within the period in question has means the quicker completion of shipping port of Oxelosund from
Generally PRESERVATION OF CULTURE. parts have examined them. Proposed Action. forwarded goods through a com- the single voyage and, therefore, an 1.66 to 2.08 million tons.
the above-mentioned pany outside the conference. Increase in the available amount of speaking.
Association also proposes figures serve to illustrate the
Peking,, Yesterday. cargo space.
that the cases be brought to growth of Sweden's export and of
The latest development in con- Peking and that all materials of nection with the fossil specimens} belonging to the Roy Chapman archaeological interest should be Andrews expedition, which have retained by China. Of the remain- ing specimens, those without Penses. A real revival can only be for carrying goods other than pas har, is that the Tatung"
luggage, namely, brought about by the laying up of senger's
The conference system, which, through the regulation of sailing dates and in other ways, provides against ships sailing with empty or half empty holds, has proved in ordinarily effective means for
Thus for a revival of the tramp trade the modernising of single fleets is not sufficient. Such a Course can only effect a reduction
its international trade.
The master of a passenger boat
the course of time to be an extra in certain items of working ex- was fined $10 at the Marine Court been seized by the Tutung of Chat-duplicates should be retained by
the
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maintenance of a business equill the superfluous space.. As things! baskets of eggs.. A. similar fine says that he has examined all the China, while those with duplicates
brium. The various freight wars are in the tramp trade to-day, how was imposed on the mistress of a
cases, and has found that "most of can be divided between China and
the United States.
The auggestion. In made that all of the last few years have abundever, it is simply., Impossible to cargo junk on a charge of failing them are not curios." Therefore he
La inclined to release them, antly shown that such organisa-dream of such a form of close co- to exhibit regulation lights.
specimens retained by China shall tions have the power to protect operation. The interests of indivi-
This does not satisfy the Anso-be properly catalogued for study, themselves against the penetration dual companies stand, in some in-
The Harbour Office notifies that ciation for the Preservation of and in this connection special faci- even of strong outsiders into their stances as the poles asunder, and Murray Pier will be closed for re- Cultural Objects, at whose instiga-itles can be granted to the organi sphera of operations.
it is hardly possible to find a com- pairs lasting about three months, tion the specimens were held up. sation, responsible for their dis-
The Association' has now wired to covery-Reuter. Very severe competitors with tha mon denominator for the form and as from Monday next. liner companies, however, are those quality of the individual feets, It: companies, which, operating out- would be found very difficult to side the conferences, are able, persuade the owners, the majority thanks to State subventions, to ac of whom work with antiquated cept cargo at such low rates that craft, to join a combination which they do very considerable damage would dictate the laying up of their to the private companies, which ships, while the rest of the com- have always to think about a re- panies would certainly avoid any turn on their invested capital. In Partial combination of, which the this connection there is no need to sole advantage would be that they
alone would have to pay the bill.
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4 Event were possible, how- ever, to overcome, all these difficulties, one could entertain very little hope for the future of tramp shipping. The principal work of "free" shipping consisted in the anapping up of large and urgent cargoes which suddenly appeared on the market, as for instance, in the event of large crops in Argentina and Canada. It also made use of the seasonal fluctuations in the general goods traffic. These fluctuations, however, have boon. growing less and less in the course of time. On the one hand, the in creasing denalty of the liner service has facilitated a smoother outflow of goods. This development Is asalated by liner shipping, which enables even small consignments to be forwarded on the changing con ditions, whereas the use of tramp vessels makes if necessary to assemble large quantities of cargo in advance. On the other hand, It is strongly supported by a process. which is going on outside the actual shipping trade,. The producers of bulk goods are making increasing, efforts to cut out heavy pries Buctuations by the gradual and eve introduction of their goods Into ordinary channels of consumption.
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