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M.V. "HILDA";
M.V. "REMO"
From Hong Kong.
Sails on or about 27th December. .Sails on or about 2nd January.
HOMEWARD FOR TRIESTE, VENICE AND BRINDISI.
M.V. "HIMALAYA
M.V. "VIMINALE"
M.V. "HILDA"
M.V. "REMO"
From Hong Kong.
..sails on about the 26th December,
Salls hence on or about 2nd Jan.
.Sails on or about 25th January.
.Salls on or about 4th February.
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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,
TAIYO MARU
TENYO MAKU
Wednesday, 5th Jan. at 6.m. Thursday, 23rd January.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
MISHIMA MARU
IYO MARU
Tuesday, 14th January. Tuesday, 28th January.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
TANGO MARU
- AKI MARU
Saturday, 28th December. Saturday, 11th January,
Wednesday, 26th December. Wednesday, 22nd January.
27th December.
HOMRAY vla Singapore, Penang, & Colomba,
Friday,
† TOTTORI MARU
Mexico & Panama.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honclula, Los Angeles, „SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porta,
KAMAKURA MARU
Thursday, 2nd January.
: NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama..
† DURBAN MARU
Tuesday,
↑ TATSUNO MARU
14th January. LIVERPOOL via Port Sald, Constantinople, Genoa,
Friday, 10th January.
Sanday, 29th December.
"CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penung & Rangoon.
† AKITA MARU
SHANGHAI, KORE & YOKOHAMA.
DELAGOA MARU
BENGAL MARU
+
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Wednesday, 25th December. Friday, 27th December.
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SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS,
BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS.
THE CHINA
SHIPPING
PILFERAGE OF GOODS
IN TRANSIT
CARGO WATCHING & TALLYING METHODS
W
CRIME PUNISHMENT
Southampton, The pilferage of goods in transit is a vexed question as far as the shipowner and shipper are concerned, and it was therefore an appropriate tople of discussion at the luncheon meeting of the Southampton Master Mariners' Club.
The speak ers, without exception, gave their candid opinions as to the best methods of dealing with the problem, and it was a matter of satisfaction to hear Southampton mentioned
port where plifering was not too prevalent and
where the
Dock Police were carry ing out invaluable work in endeavour ing to stam it out.
Captain W. V. J. Clarke, D.3.C., who opened the discussion, said that pilferage of goods in transit was very serious consideration not only from the point of view of the ship-i
KS A
SECTION.
MAIL.
Proceeding Captain Clarke said they noticed the cases of men who come before focal magistrates for pil- fering odds und ends in the docks, and they noted that whilst in some instances the culprits were Ained, in other cases they were not Ho had read of enses where men who, because they had been employed by a firm for a number of years, had been bound over by the magistrates, Length of service in a case of pilferage was, he, thought, by no means an extenuation, but
rather an aggravation for the rea son that a man who had worked a long time for a company was trusted more than the man who had just commenced his employment.
addition, but whenever there is an out- crop we feel that we have to roturn to there special expensive precautions to prevent the bad practices growing again into a habit. Another point on which we laid great stress, and which We carried into effect when acting jointly with the Chamber of Com- merce, was that the claims do not all arine on the ship, and if bad pilferage is to be stamped out it needs the same care and precautiona on the part of every concern handling the goods from the warehouse to the ship, and from the ship to the warehouse at the other end."
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1929.
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
A DELIGHTFUL CRUISE DE LUXE
by the
Empress of Australia
21,850 Tons Gross, Length 615 feet.
LEAVING HONG KONG
Captain S. N. Braithwaite, M.B.E.. the "captain" of the club, brought the discussion to a close, and in so doing said the Dock Police at Southampton had a good system. Unfortunately pilferers who were caught did not usually receive the punishment which their majority or cases it could be taken for offence deserved, for in the
granted that a man was rarely caught the first time, and more likely than not had done the same thing dozens of times before. The great evil about pilfering was that if ships of a certain via Keelung, Shanghai, Chinwangtao (for Peking), Beppu, Kobe,
company were losing cargo to any ap-
17th FEBRUARY,
1930.
He was of opinion that if a man was greatly trusted he should receivo,preelable extent, then there was a dis- || Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, San Francisco, Ralboa, Panama, through
the Panama Canal to Cristobal, Colon, Havana and
40
a greater sentence than the man who
with his employer had not been
Pilferage was responsible for long. the majority of industries being saddled with overhead charges on that account. for companies found it necessity to provide detectives and other supervisors in their endeavour to defeat the results of lack of honesty,
In looking round for the reason for this pilferage, he had come to the conclusion that there Was something
Home For Christmas
From prairie farmstead, British Columbia fruit farm, the peach or chards of the Niagara Peninsula, the apple districts of Northumberland and Durham, and from the lovely country of Evangeline a steady stream heads towards Saint John, NB., whence the Christmas ships sail.
tinct likelihood of them losing the future carriage of similar goods, which would in preference be forwarded in another bottom.
It amounted, therefore, to the state- ment that pilferage might quite con- ceivably lose them their jobs. It was casential that the commanders and oficers of ships should endeavour to stop pilferage to the best of their ability, not merely in their employers but also their own interests,
“Montcalm”: December 12, "Duchess of of York" December 18. The last four Richmond" December 14, and "Duchess sail - cosa int John, but the "Minne- season.
Mulled a roasted 'chestnuts, real: Britons homeward in Inte November] "Duchess of Atholl December 6. English plum pudding. Tom Smith's and early December. crackers, the 'waits, the piping treble i of young carol singers, the Joyous Christmas peel of the Bells of St. Martin's, poulterers' shops with their rows of be-ribboned turkeys, the home-y foggy atmosphere of England on a slightly froaty Christmas morning and the myriad other recollectionE of Dickens' conception of Christmas at home are the beacons that guide many
owner but also from that of the manu, facturer of the goods stolen. It was, in fact, a distinct handicap to both the producing and transporting industries. It was curious, yet nevertheless true, that pliferage was more prevalent in certain countries than in others.
the present time pliferage claims were
It was true to say, however, that at
This year fire Canadian Pacific ships were detailed for the Christmas move ment: "Minnedosa" November 28,
wrong with the moral fibre of the people of this country. Pilferers wore not in the least concerned with the economia consequences of their act to industry, but were merely concerned for themselves, The only methot effectively to counter pliferage was by absolute, honesty of those in charge and unceraing vigilance
the-
generally speaking fairly low, but even After Captain J. King, 0.B.E., R.D., so they were considerably higher than R.N.R., had contributed to the debate. before the
war, this being due in some Captain Irvin Hayward, R.D., R.N.R. measure possibly to the fact that expressed the opinion that the plifer cargoes were more valuable, and hence
of cargo was a
crime. claims for losses were heavier.
Rhostly The
Captain RL, T. McEwan, sald charge per ton for pilferage was on an solution to the problem was to make average 10d. and whilst in companies pilferage increasingly difficult. It was as low as 2d per ton, in others was, for instance, nothing like so pre- it was as high as 2a. 28. per ton. valent in enclosed docks like South-
The country depended largely for ita
ampton. At the same time it was livelihood upon the success of the essential that there should be some maritime industry, and the question effolent method of watching cargo that had to be answered was no to whilst it was being discharged thereby how shipowners in this country could, taking no chances with regard to a be expected to compete for trade with man's honesty. their foreign rivals if they had to bear
for i said the burden of overhead charges
Captain L C. "King F.N.R., that whilat It had been pilferage,
It was, therefore, host stressed that docks in many Important that they 43 master places ought to ba guarded mariners should do all in their power more securely, it must not be over- to keep pilferage down, both for their looked that the mischief had then al
own sake and that of their employer.ready been done.: When cargo was
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pilfered the shipowners had to bent the brunt of matters, and the blame finally seemed to descend upon the commander and officers of the ship from which the roots were stolen. Quite frequently there werd two officers in ship watching the dis charge of cargo from five holds with- out anybody to naturally let them, and quite attention could not be directed everywhere at one time. For that reasbh He was of opinion - that shipowners might with advantage employ reliable watchers in each hold, as the cost would be smail as compar cd with what was paid to the insur ance company for the broaching of CATHOGE
Can The Only, Curo
Clarke than read an extract from a letter from the Ellerman and Bucknall S. Co., Ltd., in which the writer said: "The point I think above all which like to emphasise in regard to pilferage and shortage claiman that when there
cess, then the best, and Ol think the only real care, is to put on an excess of watching anỏ tallying Those were the chief rei
pramentat
Cations of the Pilfurage Com-, mi tee of the Chamber of Shipping. of which
month
an usual, closes tho Montreali
the British Isles and European coun-
A large number of Canadians from]
tries are planning on travelling to former homes for Christmas, and the Canadian Pacific arranged special train services from
inland points to the Christmas skipa.
their
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMER
The M.V. "Himalaya" sailed from Shanghai on December 23, and is due here on December 20. She will be despatched hence on the same day for Singapore, Colombo, Bombay &/or Karachi, Suez, Port Said, Venice End Trieste.
MV.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
Consigneas of cargo ex "Panama' are reminded 20 take delivery of their goods which will be subject to rent after December 27.
Consignees of
cargo ex 5.5. "Urbina" are reminded to take de- Jivery of their goods which will ba subject to rent after December 20.
Arriving NEW YORK, APRIL 17th, 1930
Two days available for sight-seeing in NEW YORK. Leave NEW YORK APRIL 19th, 1930
Arriving SOUTHAMPTON & CHERBOURG,
APRIL 27th,
1930.
Shore excursions and sight-seeing tours at all Ports.
For Particulars Apply :- CANADIAN PACIFIC.
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Tel. Address: "Gacanpac.”
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
You haven't been up the Wost River? Then let us tell you that you have in store one of the most inter- Sexting trips you can possibly taka The sa. Tai Ming" and "Tai Hing," after leaving Hong Kong, call at Samebat, Shlubing, Takhing; - Dosing and stop at Wuchow. These steamers are admirably suited to this service and you will enjoy the Ave-dayc*,round trip Immensely.
DECEMBER SAILINGS.
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1.80 p.m.
8.S. "TAI HING"
[1,068 tonsCapt. Tratt.]
DECEMBER.
FRI.
27th
5.8. "TAI MING"
(649 tone--Capt. G. J. Spink.] DECEMBER.
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