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Latest Changes In Personnel
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Captain W.-Lumsden, of the Ta tung, is on recorve..
Captain J. B. Bruce, from reservo, has gone master, Tatung.
Captain J. H. Hodgkins, of the Wantong, is on reserve.
chow,
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SECTION.
PERSIAN PORTS
NAVAL NEWS
New Crews For Tamar
and Petersfield *
The Vindictive, cruiser, which is shortly to be relieved as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron by the Hawkins, has been detailed to leave Chatham towards the end of January for the China Station with new crews, for the river gunboats and the Peters-
Some Interesting Facts held and Tamar. The Cambrian and
and Figures
The new port of Bandar formerly called Khor Musab, is likely to supersade Bushire as the principal Persian port on the Gulf when and if the projected railway from the Gulf to Teheran is completed.
Garyafort had been detailed for this service, but will not be required.
The Cumberland, cruiser, which re- cently returned from the China Sta Shapur,tion, was paid off at Chatham on De
cember 10, and, was recommissioned the following day with a special com- plament complating to full numbers for further service on the China Sta tion shortly before the end of her reft. The Cumberland is expected to be out of Dockyard hands, on February 28,
Captain W. J. Andrews, C.N. Co., The main Gulf ports in Persian ter- from Home leave, has gone to special ritory at present are Bushire, Moham duly
merah, Bandar Abbas, Lingeh, and Captain
G. A. G. Morse, of the Jask for general cargo and Abadan for Anking, has gone master, Klung-oil. Considorable cargo also is landed at Baara, Iraq, crossing the Porelan Captain R. Ritchie, of the Kiung-frontier at Kaar-i-Shirin (Customs chow, has gone master, Anking. station. Kermanshah).
Captain C. M. Mather, of the Lu- chow, has gone master, Scochow.
Captain J. T. J. Layton, of the Sorchow, has gone master, Luchow.
Mr. J. M. Hall, from reserve, has gone chief ofeer, Yingehow.
Mr. F. J. Griffiths, chief officer, Yingchow, has gone chief officer, Shantung.
Mr. 3. G. Grant, second officer, Soochow, is on reservs.
Br. D. C. Sim, from reserve, has
second officer, Soochow.
ON THE POLK
In the feat year ended March 20,
The 6.5. President Polk arrived 1928, the latest period for which sta- today with Captain W. A. Ross en tisdes are obtainable, ships calling at route around the world with 116 Bushire numbered 307, of which 803 cabin passengers of whom 28 landed were British steamers of 1,175,900 not tannage and 65 wero small Persian sailing boats.
More vessels cleared through Moham merah, but the tonnage was hardly half as much as at Bushire. The total clearances at Mohammerah were '1,021, of which 780 were small Isaq sailboats gone
and motorboats. Steamers were T1 Mr. C. Corrington, chief officer, British, of 202,000 net tonnage, 7 Ger- Wanliu, has gone chief officer, Sos-man, French, 2 Dutch, and 2 Not-
wegian. Calls
at Bandar Abbas num bored 911, of which 688 were little Persian sailboats and 141 were British steamers of 290,000 not tonnage. Six German and three Norwegian steamers also visited Bandar Abbas.
chow.
Mr. P. Jenkins, from reserve, has gone second officer, Fatahan.
Mr. E. R. Graham, second officer, Fatshan, has gone second officer. Sinklang.
Mr. J. A. Johnson, second officer, Antung, has gone second officer, Ichang.
Mr. R. N: Learmouth, second offi- cer, lehang, has gone accond officer, Antung
Steamers entering Lingoh were 83 British of 188,000 net tons, and 1 Ger- man; 591 Persian and Arab sailboats many of them, pearl fishers, entered and left Lingeh during the year.
Fifty-aix British steamers of 100,000 net tons cleared at Jask. At Abadan 555 British steamers called and loaded 3,570,200 tons of oil from the Anglo- Persian Co.'s plant; also, 52 steamers
Mr. G. R. Torrible, chief officer, | Nanchang, is on reserve.
Mr. J. S. Turnbull, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Nanchang.
Mr. J. H. Forbes, chief officer, Cheof other nationalities taking away klang, has gone chief officer, Han 497,000 tons of oil.
yang.
Mr. E. H. Muton, chief cfficer, Hanyang, has gone chief officer, Che- kiang.
Mr. E. Hardman, second offeer. Wanhsien, has gone zocand officer, Newchwang.
Mr. D. Smith, second officer, Now chwang, is on reserve.
Mr. J. H. McLaren, chief officer, Liangchow, is on reserve.
Mr. S. de Candia, from reserve, has gone second officer, Chekiang.
Mr. E. G. Long, second officer, Cheklang, is on reserve.
Mr. D. E. Kermode, third offeer, Waishing, is on reserve.
Mr.. E. V. de Maimanche,, from re- Wai-
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Thursday, -2örd: January. Francisco & Panakis.
iday@24th: Jánta
Novn. Noon
shing.
Mr. A. F. Jamieson, third officer, Fooshing, has resigned.
Mr. S. V. Griffith has been appoint ed third officer, Fooshing,
Mr. R. J. T. Hopkins, chief officer, Chaksang, is on reserve.
Mr. E. J. A. Porter, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Chaksang.
Mr. J. Fant, third efficer, Chak sang, has gone third officer, Hin Mr. H. J. Cairns, from reserve, has gone third officer, Chakrang!
Mr. N. D. Fletcher, second officer, Mingsang, is on reserve,
sang.
Mr. J. M. Meikle, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Kiawo.
Total cargo landed at all Persian ports on the Gulf was 189,967 tons, and cargo takon aboard, including oll. was 4,026,345 tons.
here.
Amongst those on board are:-
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock and family of four children en route around the world. Me. Fahnestock is a ship owner of New York City.
Mr. David C. Berger in the U.S. Consul at Swatow. He is returning to his post
vacation at his home in Gretna, Va.
after
Mr. F. Benbow-Rowe is a merchant of Shanghai, returning to his business after a trip abroad.
Mr. Casper Durgin and family, Mr. Durgin is going to Manila ta take up a post there in the Geodetic Survey Department, having been transferred from the Pacific Coast.
Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Belbin are en route to Singapore, where Mr. Belbin will be connected with the General Motors Co.
Mr. Jacob Pfeiffer and Mr. John Brown are returning to Singapore for the Standard Oil Co. after a vacation In the States.
to
Mr. Victor Helm is en route Singapore for the Goodyear Oriant Co., Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Steyffert are en route to Singapore, where Mr. Steyfert will take up his datier with the Ford Motor Co.
QUARANTINE
Quarantine measures
have been
All the present ports are shallow and, with the exception of Abadan and Mohammerah, are exposed to bad weather. Consequently, Bandar Shapur, which is protectable agains! the weather conditions, has been projectable against the weather con- ditions, has been chosen as southern adapted in two places against arrivals terminus of the projected railway system. It was planned originally to from Hong Kong, on account of the base their rallway upon Mohammerah, alleged presence here of smallpox.
It is ad- but that port was rejected.
All cabin and steerage passengers en- vantageously situated at the mouth of tering the Philippines from Hong Kong the Karua River, which is navigable will have to be vaccinated or to pre- by boats of 8-foot draft as far as acnt satisfactory evidence of vaccina- Ahwaz - al the Ahwaz barrier {tion within one year..
bove to Shuster, but foreign engineers found Khar Musah better adapted to has declared Hong Kong an infected the railway_scheme.
port.
A
The Now Part The Khor Musah inlet is a large, deep waterway, extending in northerly direction from near the At its head of the Persian Gulf. mouth it is crossed by a short bar
The Straits Settlements Government
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
M.V.
Consignees of
ex cargo
having a mean water depth of 5.7
*} "Rema" pre reminded to take metres. Beyond this the chame delivery of their goods which will be despens to from 11 to 50 metres, subject to rent after January 18. and carries by 10 courses with easy Consignees of cargo, ex angles about 45 kilometres to
a
سكول
take group of islands on the north and "Benvenue" are reminded to
delivery of their goods which will be west side of the channel, where the new port of Bandar Shapur will be subject to rent after January 14.
Consignees of cargo ex .. "City Inlet, however, con-
are remainded to of Kobe" wide, deep navigablo
Mr. J. A. Duggan, second engineer placed. officer, Hanyang,-is_on_reserve.
The
take
Consignoes of cargo ex
M.V. "Java" are reminded to take delivery of their goods which will be subject to rent after January 17.
tinues Mr. W. Curran, from reserve,, has stream for several kilometres beyond delivery of their goods which will be gone second engineer officer, Yannan. the port alte. At the port the exsubject to rent after January 16.
Mr. K. E. Wilson. third engineer treme range of tides is about 8.20 officer, Faustion, has gone third en- metres. gineer officer, Wanliu.
A rallway syndicate has contract- Mr. A. C. Ford, third engineered to prepare plans for the perman officer, Hanyang, has gone third en ont development of the port. A rail- gineer officer, Wanhsten.
way, which begins at Bandar Shapur, Mr. D. 1. Grear, third engineer will cross the Karan River at Ahwaz, officer, Wanhsien, has gone third, en- where piers of a bridge a mile long glacer officer, Hanyang..
and part of the steal work already Mr. J. Tonry, second engineer have been placed. Grading has been officer, Taming, has gone acting chief done to Dizful, 261 kilometres from engineer officer, Hanyang.
the port, and about 100 kilometrus bour Office and obtained certificates of Trains competency, as masters, mates and en- of rails have beon lajd. should be running into Dizful gineers is published in the Gazette.
year..
project
Mr. W. C. Jones, second engineer
officer, Fengtien, has gone second on gineer officer, Newchwang,
inrly tala Mr. G. D. Bell, second engineer calle for offeer, Newekwang, has gone second engineer officer, Fengtien.
Mr, A. Baggett, from reserve, has gone second engineer officer, We
chow.
Mr.. F. H. Todd, second engineer officer, Wonchow, is on reserve.
Mr. D. Anderson, from reserve, has gone chief engineer oficer, Sul
10.
Mr. E. W. Coron, from reserve,
1
tho
The eventual
PASSED EXAMINATIONS
The names of those who during 1929 sod examinations at the local Har-
There are 21 masters, 11 mater, :10 sion of the line through exten 1st class engineers, seven 2nd class
Laris-engineers. *.
to
Lan Mountains meet the German section coming down from the Cas plan Sea, making a cross-country line of about 1,500 kilometres through Teheran, and probably
through Hamadan, though that part of the route seems not yet
to have been definitely decided_apez.
On the Caspian Ses Paraian ports on the Caspian Sea
has gone third engineer officer, Slang-are open only to traffe through Rus-
WO.
now
sia. The principal ports are Pahlovi, Mr. J. J. O'Callaghan, from re Mosqedsar, Astara, „and the serve, has gone second engineer of portorn terminus of the Trans-Per- Bandar Shah (Bandar Gaz), cer, Tackwo
Mr. E. Clark, second engineer off-sian Railway. der, Tuckwo, la'on reserve.
Mr. E. J. Grainger, second, en gineer officer, Sulwo, is on reserve.-- Shipping & Engineering,
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The health bulletin of Eastern lev in 1927-28 were 316 steamers and 236 salling vessels. Merchandise ports for the week ended January landed amounted to 67,466 tons and
issued by the Director of embarked te 55 198 tons d Medical And Sanitary Services, give the following cases
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From Meshedsar, the port of Mäganderän Province, 26,841 tons of merchandise, mostly raw cotton,... WAS carried to Russia by 227 Russian steamers and 56. sloops. Goods, land- Fed: there largely ngaramounted to 12,240 tons, the harbour is shallow and goods are landed la, lighters
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