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Monday, 1st July,
Monday, 29th July.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports,
YOKOHAKA MARU
MISHIMA MARU
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KASHIMA MARU
Saturday, 24th June. Saturday,
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HAKONE MARU.
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1st July.
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Thursday, 2ith June.
Thursday, 11th July.
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THE CHINA MAIL,
SHIPPING
SHIPBUILDING COSTS
WHY THEY ARE SO HIGH IN AMERICA
year
SECTION.
NEW DEVICE
ENABLES MEN TO LEAVE SUBMARINES
EFFECTIVE AT DEFTH
Koy West, Fla. The newly deve- loped artificial "lung" for use in es- cape from disabled submarines on the This tendency is most pronounced ocean floor, has been proved suc- in the case of the shipballding indus-cessful from a depth of 200 feet in try of the United States. The the final tests conducted in Florida
waters récently. American Agure for 1928 is ong 91,000 gross tons, the lowest record Lieutenant C.-N.
Rose in 9 Mins.
Komsen, and chief torpedo the tremendous
ed volume of launching in the entire twenty years since 1909; and is Edward Kalinowski, FACTOR OF BIG WAGES.
equivalent to about 2 per cent. of engineer, overcance
the In following article, culled our output in the year immediately presaure of 200 feet when they step- after the war, 1919, when 4,765,000 ped out threagh a hatch on the deck from "The New York Journal of Commerce,"
surface
nine approximately Mr. Henry C. Hunter, gross tons of merchant vessels were of the submarine S-4, and rose to
minutes counsel for the National. Council of sent down the slipways in this coun- the
later. American Shipbuilders, show why it try.
Lieutenant Momsen, who invented in the
World Outpai ·! to build ships
mask the costs more
device... and oxygen of the shrinkage in The extent United States than abroad.
The status of the shipbuilding in American output is very marked in Kalinowski have made repeated sue- Bibmersible at dustry of the United States in in-contrast with that of other nations; cessful tests from varying depths. dicated by the fact that during the as is shown by comparative figures They first left the
For all 160 feet, then returned and the under- just passed & considerably covering the entire world.
was towel to "deeper small volume of merchant tonnage countries, the average output per water craft
any twelve annum for the five years from 1909, water, where they repeated their was launched than in
to 1918, inclusive, was It
2,488,000 feats.
Help by Lines months in the past twenty years.
Lieutenant Both
Momsen and SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, in of naked why the United States gross toni while the period
aided in making eannot compete successfully in the from 1924 to 1928 Inclusive, the
yearly average of launching was Kalinowski were price of ships with other countries.
their way to the surface by lines at A detailed study of this point has 2,219.000.
Of this decrease-268,000 tons per tached to the submarine and held on been made by the National Council of American Shipbuilders; and it has annum, American yards share aloze the surface with buoys,
to accuatorn it- to allow the body been found that the chief cause lies represents 119,000 tons; while Grest ney to the surface is made slowly;
Britain
and Ireland accounts for in the higher standard of living
Lieutenant Commander
H. here, as compared with other nations, 355.000 tors; the two countries de self to the changing pressure. and the consequent necessity for in-line being about double the net for
the Dunbar of the navy tender "Mallard," the world. Workers in me. creased labour
smaller maritime countries instance, small
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Tuesday, 9th July,
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Tuesday, 9th July.
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+ TATSUNO MARU
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Gema,
+ DURBAN MARU
Wednesday, 19th June.
Thursday, ith July.
Saturday,
20th July.
Saturday, 9th June. Monday, 8th July.
Thursday,
Monday.
10th June. 24h June.
· CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
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BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo,
Thursday, 2th June.
Wednesday, 19th June. Thursday, 4th July.
onets.
for
The jour
P.
So it is appained who has been in charge of the tests American shipyards the wages of how have a greater output than he here, declared the device a
doub
guccess.
are paid almost
-testa concluded That their gain has He said the latest those in British plants; and as the fore the war.
than that of been made in the face of Tosses by experiments in Florida waters. British pay higher other foreign 'countries will be the greatest potential producers and seen that the shipyards of the Unit- shipping the American and British
ad-States
a formidable builders, can be, attributed to the f are under handicap in a world-wide compet-
tion.
It is also often cited that other
American industries than shipbuild- ing-notably automobile manufactur with ing-do successfully compete
The chief reason industry. foreign for this lies in mass production. If had to meet American shipbuilders
the problem of producing standardis- ed merchant vessels in large numbers, then this industry could undoubtedly Keet the competition of other na.
tiona
Bat the varied trade routes. thai determine the types of merchant ves- sels necessary for service therein, the almost constant process of evolution and equipment
2)
ROTTERDAM & ANTWRIP-Via Singapore of their machinery
the changing requirements of Colombo, Saez and Port Said.
ers for passenger accommodations ALTAI MARU
Friday, 12th July. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Vb Saigon, Singapore, and cargo space, and the limited de- mand for merchant vessels with an Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
service of estimated average years when compared with the great
for demand for automobiles
many other articles of
produc piechanical tion are factors that contribute to make a merchant verse! a highly specialised unit of production, and to exclude it from the benefits to be derived from mass production.
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CHIFUKU MARU K
PURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR
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CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rengoon.
TACOMA MARU
Sunday, 7th July, ...Tuesday, 2nd July.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Vis Japan Ports from
Shanghai.
MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
HAIPHONG-Via Hofhow & Pakho
BURMA MARU
MENADO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE MARU
KASADO MARU
Thursday, 4th July.
Thursday, 9th June 10 an
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Pamna,
AMAZON MARU
KEELUNG-Via Swator & Amoy.
CANTON MARU
HOZAN MARU
AKAO-Via SWATOW & AMOT.
DELI MARU
TARAO & KEELUNG
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Light Is thrown on the much-discuss- ed problem of Hudson Bay navigation Streit by the report of the Hudson
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S.S. TAI HING" [1,068 tons Capt. Trott.]- JUNE
S.S. TAI MING" [649 tons-Capt. G. J. Spink.] JUNE.
WED. 19th SUN. MON. 24th
20th
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21st WED.
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At No. 12 booy-H.M.S. "Sirdar."ommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State.
Foreign Men-of-War
1.S.S. "Mindanao. French Gunboat “Alerte."
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
The P&O .s. "Kalyan from Hong Kong arrived London on June 15 at 8 a..
The P. & O. s.a. "Rajputana" left the 18th Shanghai for this port on Instant at 3.80 p.m., and is due here: on the 21st instant at about 6 a.m.
The C.P.S. RM1,8 "Empress of Russia," Capt. A. J. Hosken, R.N.R.,
cooms and Saloon. The ns. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless,
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LENTZ VALVES
88.5 PER CENT, SAVING IN COAL
the
the
So great is the handicap in costs between the United States and her lower labour, overhead and other nearest competitor, Great Britain, it costs prevailing in the smaller coun
that while is found on research, that
The steamer "Balticia," of suming that the overbead in British tries, with their lower standards of
living-
will leave here for Victoria and Van- yards and the labour efficiency there
trial If the figures for American and couver, BC, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, A. B. Allians, of Jonstorp, Sweden,
again proved are practically the same as in this British production during the last Kobe and Yokohama at noon on June has on
economy to be gained by the Lentz of an Americas country, the cost
twenty years are contrasted a strk-28 (Wednesday).
system. built cargo vessel is 69 per cent
Prior to conversion
WBS & Tur Oning picture is presented that forms more than for British one.
a tribute to the ability of this coun-
made to ascertain the exact fuel con- tankers the differential is 60 per try to
meet the call
call of industrial
trial a comparative sumption, and after conversion was held over the 54 per cent.
same distance; both runs were made under exactly similar conditions of Consignees
cargo ex 5.8. weather, time, engine output, revolu- same auxiliary and with the
în "Gogovale" are reminded to take tioné,
operation. delivery of their goods which will be machinery subject to rent after June 23.
From
daily coal consumption of Consignees of
M.V. 16.6 toxis ex
figure was brought down Cargo reminded to "Danmark" are
take to 9.56, equalling a reduction of 28% This grast reduction was delivery of their goods which will be per cent.
to some extent due to the old equip Consignees subject to rent after June 24.
of cargo ex sment being rather heavy on fuck bat "Benarty" are reminded to take notwithstanding this, the saying regis- delivery of their goods which will be tered is remarkable. The feed-water temperature, which before was ap- subject to rent after June 26.
cent: and for combination passenger smergency; our annual production by the end of the war in 1918 rising to Afteen times the output in the first year of the war, and in 1919 to twenty times, while for both years the British production was less than that for 1914.
and cargo interesting to briefly the status of world produc tion of merchant shipping during the past twenty years. This period falls naturally into cyclan of five year each; the firs representing the ner
Rise and Fall... mal conditions of the pre-war period The rise and decline of American and the others successsively, the war shipping output and the comparative period, and finally, the past five position of Great Britain and Ireland years which were locked forward to during the twenty-year period can be
return to natural conditions shown by the following
table of accompanied by a progressive pro- average annual launchings in groes duction
tons in periods each of five years Reviewing the figures, however, the fact stands out prominently that, adapted from the returns of Loyd's
Register of Shipping:- of all the world's great industris,
American British shipbuilding alone is still on a small- Pie-war, 1909 to erdale than before the war.
1918, both incla- last year, for instance, the returns
sive of Lloyd's Register of Shipping sher War, 1914 to 1918, the tonnage of merchant Vessals
both inclusive 082,000 1,098,000 launched throughout the world Post-war, 1919 to have been 2,699,000 gross tons, AS
1923, both incln- compared with 8,333,000 tons in 1913;
sive decrease of, roughly, about 20 per
cent.
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..
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The effect of the Reduction of Armament Conference held in Wash-
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CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
of
the
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proximately 47 degs. centigrade, was increased to approximately 143 degs: centigrade, whilst the temperature of the combustion gases has been re- duced from about 315 to about 200
centigrade.
de conversion consisted in alter- ing the high-pressure slide valve
the Lents system, cylinder to the
increas- which in- ing the boiler pressure, volved alterations to and the insala. tion of the bollers, alterations to smoke channel and funnel, and the stage introduction fo emperheater, preheşter and cascade tank.
This work has been carried out by the A. B. Lindholmen yard at Gothen barg, which has already in a short space converted fifteen vessels and installed six new Lentz standard marine engines. The yard har now it enough orders in hand to keep
the autoran of fully occupied until 1930,
The American Shipping Board hes. authorised the sale of its last five tankers to the Antietam Steamship 'Company, which has offered £530,000 for them.
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and long-needed and to the States merchant marine through the Jones White Act of 1928, the problem of the ship operated solely for the carrying of cargo, which type forms much the greatest part of the sen going tonnage of the United States, still remains unsolved
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