NYKUNE
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£120, £112, 110, £102, £83, via San Francisco.
G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
SHINYO MARU
SIBERIA MARU
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM yła
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
KITANO MARU
Tuesday, Tuesday,
27th November.
11th December.
KAMO MARU
Saturday, Saturday,
1st December.
15th December.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta.
SADO MARU
Wednesday,
AKI MARU
Wednesday.
10th December, Zird January.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
PUKU MARU
+ TOMIURA MARU
Tuesday, 27th November. Sunday, 3rd. December. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) vin Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles.
Mexico & Panama. GINYO MARU
Tuesday, 18th December.
NEW YORK and BOSTON via PANAMA.
†TSUYAMA MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porta.
Sunday. WAKASA MARU
9th December.
Monday, 26th November. Wednesday, 12th December,
Friday, 21st December.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Peng & Rangoon.
+ ASUKA MARU
↑ DAKAR MARU
↑ AKITA MARU
+ CEYLON MARU
Saturday, Monday,
1st December. 10th December.
SHANGHAI, KOBE &
YOKOHAMA.
I
ATSUTA MARU
† DURBAN MARU
Tuesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday,
27th November.
28th November. 28th Novembor. 28th November.
+ GENOA MARU (Moj direct)
AWA MARU (Kobe direct)
+Cargo only,
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Monday, 10th December,
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Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. MANILA MARU
BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo.
SHINNOH MARU INDUS MARU
SHINGO MARU
Saturday, 29th December.
Tuesday, 4th December, Thursday, 20th December. Sunday, 23rd December.
(Calls at Penang & Karachi.)
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR
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CANADA MARU
Saturday, 1st December. CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang & Rangeon.
* GANGES MARÜ
3rd December. .. Monday, CELEBES MARU
Tuesday, 18th December, (Calls at Bolawan Deli.)
porta
MADRAS MARU ..
SAIGON
MENADO MARU
HAIPHONG-Vis Hoihow & Pakhui.
Thursday, 6th December.
NEW YORK—Via Japon porta, San Francisco & Panama.
JAPAN PORTS.
SHUNKO MARU'
SANUKI MARU
KEELUNG-Via SWATOW & AMOY..
HOZAN MARU
TAKAO-Vin SWATOW & AMOY.
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
SANUKI MARU
Thursday, 29th November.
Thursday, 20th November.
Sunday, 2nd December Noon.
Thursday, 29th November 10 am.
Thursday, 29th November.
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It is stated that more than 10 per cont" of first-class passengers ar- riving at Bremerhaven-from-Amer-] - ira in 1927, expressed a desire to complete their voyage by air. The employment of a number of flying boats at Hamburg and Bremer haven for the purpose of conveying mall and passengers to and from The sarlly expensive and confined to liners has been decided on. urgent and perishable freight, and experiments on the C.G.T. liner that the total value of imports im-Ile de France," in August, are an ported into Great Britain by air indication of how things are begin
shape up in this direction. (excluding exports and re-exports) ning amounted to $1,251,921, it will be At each end of the trans-Atlantic realised that here is a very flourish-Journey malls were landed in Now Ing transportation industry. Fur-York and Paris respectively, several thermore, it is quality rather than hours before they could possibly quantity freight that is carried.
have reached their destination in
[A.C. Hardy, B.Sc., A.M.Inst., A.M.] we read, In official statistics, that passengers to the number of 28,764, and freight to It is services of this type which the ordinary way. A similar ar the value of £2,091,267 were carried will, within the next few years, rangement in the St. Lawrence is by air between Great Britain and become very serious competitors to designed to speed the mail from the Continent during the year the existing rail and boat services. Father Point to Quebec and points 1927, it is not without interest for They have the advantage, too, of a beyond. For this type of work-
the transference of passenger and those of us who are connected with passenger or cargo flexibility not shipping to inquire a little into attainable with a boat service.mall from ahipa at aaa, the pos the future of aviation in so far as Most of the cross-Channel bonts sibility of developing some large it may affect shipping services-run at peak capacity during June, type of amphibious machine sug- either in direct competition or as July, and August. During the rogests itself. Alternatively we can an auxillary.
mainder of the year they have think of flying boats of the short Calcutta type, meeting passengers It is conceded by many that many empty cabins. A large pas- transport aviation has limitations sengar carrying seroplane carries at Cherbourg and flying with them both mechanical and physical. 14 or 16 passengers, For
direct to London an in- These limits of freight space and crease in passengers, extra planes alighting in the Thames and Seine weight-carrying space perhaps do can easily be put on to take as many
respectively. not ordinarity apply, to the same people
Matters are as as the trafic offers, For} extent is the case of the land fewer passengers, a smaller plane degree, in the experimental stage in vehicle of transport (rail or road and therefore one less expensive to all that we have been discussing type) or to the water Instrument run can be substituted. This is above, but development is going on
or Faris, and
yet, to a great
of transport, the ship. But for re-not intended to suggest that flying space at such a speed that we can latively short distances the carrier services will eliminate cross chan, only begin to imagine its effect by air has the great advantage of nel services within the next few upon waterborne transport. Trans being able to leave a land port in years, but only to suggest that they port aviation is bound in the long one country, cross a considerable will become very severe competi-run both to modify and to collabor- water stretch, and arrive at a land tors. An "Intermediate" suggestion ate with existing ships and ship. port in another country, giving to has
an auxillary and been made, incidentally, to ping-partly as the freight or passengers carried eliminate the boat link on cross partly as a competitor. As a ship- auch complete immunity from the, channel services, with its potential, ping nation, Great Britain must be on the one hand, dangers; and the, seasick horrors, by the substitution alive to the possibilities of this the on the other hand, inconveniences of services of fast flying boats, newest era in transportation, and of two transhipments as is only en- which will clip the present steamer must foster the development of all joyed by a through rail and rail crossing time by half. Thia, how- Air routes. ferry service.
ever, will not eliminate any of thei "horror," far greater than the sea-,
The air journey, too, has the further advantage of tremendous sick horrors, of double tranship. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS time-saving at very little extra ment. Flying services unquestion- cost. Some Idea of the tremendous ably will make their presence felt economy of time is well shown in within the next few years, and if Hong Kong arrived Marseilles on this little table, taken from Im- they only accomplish an improve- Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. perial Airways services to the Con-ment of the passenger accommoda-|| tinent of Europe:-
ย
84
34
62
101
The P. & O. s.s. "Khiva" from
tion on cross channel ships they The B. I. as. "Talamba" left will do a great deal of good. 'They Singapore for this port on Wednes. will, of course. do much more than day at p.m., and is due here to- this.
day. Ship to Shore Transit The pure land plane of large size The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of will carry an increasing passenger France", Capt. S. Robinson, C.B.E. and cargo load during the next few R.N.R., will leave here for Victoria years, and as such is a direct com- and Vancouver, B.C., vla Shanghai, potitor of the ship for fast passen- Kobe and Yokohama at noon on ger work and valuable cargo trans- Wednesday. portation. The flying boat, on the The Ben Line s.s. "Bencrunchan"! other hand, is rather a special pro- from Antwerp, London, Strafts and position with spheres of activity all Saigon, is due to arrive here on its own, but the land type plane Wednesday. has also a mode of utility in ship-
The B. I. 8.8. "Thawa" will leave shore work, which promises to have Amoy for this port to-morrow at a great future. The germus of this p.m., and is due here on Wednesday future have already been sown in at pm,
on fast
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SHIP MOVEMENTS
H.M.S. "Berwick" left Osako for Yokkaichi yesterday.
H.M.S. "Foxglove" left Hong Kong for Wel-hai-wel on Satur-
Economy of Time in Transport
Rail & Air bont time, time, Saving Journey,
Hrs.
Hrs. Kra. London-Amsterdam 2% 11 London-Ostend ... 17 London-Brussels.. 2 London-Cologno
...3% 20 For the shorter distances the VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghal & Japan time-saving is considerable, but
LONDON MAHU (From Shanghai) Friday, 7th Decembor.
for fights of over three hours' MELBOURNE--Vio Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
duration, it must be confessed that, until night flying is commercially developed, the overnight bont and Thursday, 6th December 10a.m. train journey gets the passenger to his destination not more quickly, but with more "working day" left. This applies to services like London -Zurich and London-Berlin,
The average air speed is in the experimental flights carried out! nature of 85-86 m.p.h, that on land with 'planes carrying malls from Moji for this port yesterday at
The health bulletin of Eastern and sen not more than 40 m.p.h. ship-to-shore
Trans- a.m and is due, here on. Nov. 29 ports for the week ending Novom- for the complete Journey, Com-Atlantic passages. If this line of at about am. forts are improving on the airways development is pushed to a conclu- The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of every year, and so is the assurancesion, it may conceivably have a Russia" left Vancouver for Hong Plague-Bassein 2 deaths; Baug-day. of safety. This probably accounts modifying effect on the design of Kong, via Japan ports and Shangkok 1 case, 1 death; Pnom Penh 1 for the fact that whereas in eight passenger liners.
hal, on Nov. 17, and is due here case, 1 death. Five infected rats A tragedy occurred on board Plans have already been prepared on Dec. 5. She will then go to dry- found in Zone 8 in Bombay. months of the year 1919 only 870
the B.s. Yuen Sang" yeaterday passengers were carried by air in for fast aircraft carrying passen dock.
when a Chinese boller-maker, who 'Cholera. The C.P.S.. R.M.S. "Empress of British aircraft, this number has ger liners with big flat landing
Calcutta 38 deaths; was engaged in the engine-room decks after the manner of the big Canada", Capt, E. Griffiths, R.N.R., Madras 31 deaths; Pondicherry 8 of the ship, was scalded to death Increased to 18,874 passengers in the year 1927. The point to be naval aircraft carriers initiated in will leave here for Plymouth, Eng deaths: Bangkok 2 cases, 2 deaths; when one of the steam valves emphasised, however, is that the the British navy, and copied in land, via Singapore, Colombo and Saigon 1 case; Canton 1 case. burst. The body was removed to 23,764 passengers carried in 'planes many other navies. This opens up Port Said, at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, Small-pox-Aden 1 case; Baerah the Kowloon Mortuary. of all nationalities during 1927 a whole Interesting line of thought being due at Plymouth on Decem-14 cases; Bombay 1 case, 1 death; would certainly have been passen--as yet in embryo-as to the co-ber 28.
6 deaths; Nega- The Royal National Lifeboat gers in various railway and boat operation between aircraft and sea
The M.V. 83. "Ceylon" (Swedish patam 6 cases, 2 deaths; Pondicherry Institution has appointed. Com- services between Great Britain and craft, the aircraft being of land East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Dunkirk 1 death; Belawan Deli 1 case; From mander E. D. Drury, inspector of the Continent had no air services type.
on Nov. 15, and is due here on or Penh 6 cases, 2 deaths; Shanghai 11 lifeboats for the mothern district, existed. The same remarke apply has taken place in large all-metal
The recent development which about Dec. 24. to some 533,1 tons of cargo carried
flying boats leads one to suggest, during the same year,
the opening up, of a new vista for This is not a great amount of fast coastwise passenger and mall services; the British short Calcutta actual cargo in terms of ship capa-
Dornier city, but when we remember ships and the German the comparatively and necessarily Super. Wahl both show distinct small cargo capacity of each 'plane tendencies towards the fruition of and couple it with the fact that this idea, for in these types to a freight carriage by air is neces-greater extent than ever before has
a flying "ähip". Iden been incorpor ated. For coastwke and short sca work their use in the carriage of malls and passengers and fast freight will have a great future. The recent German proposals for an Australia-New Zealand and an Australia-Tasmanis service are of some interest. Flying boat travel, even in its present state, leaves little to be desired in the way of comfort.
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