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SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
·BTRAITS, JAVA, BÙRMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
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PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
'8. &
Tons
†KHIVA
"MIRZAPORE *JEYPORE
MANTUA
KARMALA
From
Hong Kong About
Destination
1930 9,135 18th Jan. M'seilles, L'don, R'dam & A'worp.
Noon 0,715 22nd Jan. Straita, Colombo & Bombay. 6,336 25th Jan. Marseilles, London, Hall, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp, 10,946 Iat Feb. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
9,128 16th Feb. Marseilles, London, Hull, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Feb. *KIDDERPORE 5,334 19th
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. *Cargo only. Calls Casa Blanca, Frequent connection from, Port Said for. Passengers and Cargo, to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant l'orts by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TAKADA
TALMA BHIRALA TAKLIWA TILAWA
1930
6,940 21st JET
2.80 p.m. 10,000
2nd Feb, 7,841 10th Feb. 7,036 20th Feb. 10,006 3rd Mar.
Singapore, Penang & Calcatta.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
BI. Apcer Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
THE CHINA MAIL.
PIRACIES AND WRECKS
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harbour. The cargo boat was much damaged and eventually beached but not before all the cargo was lost. The loss sustained was con- alderable.
A
American
October 20, The Chinese str.. round and the propellers fouled a
On June 20, the str. Illingworth Yuen Lee wank in the Garden buoy in mid stream and sank it.and collided with the Japanese atr. was carried by the wind and tide Bridge bend after colliding with Mooring chains belonging to the Feng Yang Maru at the N.Y.K. the Japanese str. Talan Maru. The Italian cruiser Libls and to the wharf. wreck was a menace to shipping Japanese str. Shunten Maru were done to the latter steamer's super Considerable damage was until the funnel and masts were attached to this buoy and they, of structures and to the wharf. (removed by explosives,
couras, parted. The latter vessel November 16. The Chinese str swung round to foul another buoy
July There Yung Kia was wrecked at Dah Anand the Libia swung round just to
was nothing of very off Dah Yang-san in the vicinity of clear a vessel which was proceeding the outstanding accident saw
great importance during July and Wenchow.
to sea. Intensive work on the part collision between the Collisions and Accidents of the pilot and crew of the Fran-man-of-war Stewart and a loaded
January
conia and the Dock company (who eargo boat. This occurred on July The first big accident occurred on supplied divers and gear) enabled 21. The cargo boat was capsized January 13. The str. City of Bed- the liner's propellers to be cleared as a result of the impact and all ford first collided with the Kiutoan of the mooring chains at 5 p.m. onof the crew were thrown into the light vessel and then with the m.v. the same day and she left at 10 river. Smart and meritorious work Glenogle. Much damage was sus-a.m. on the following day to con-on the part of the American sailors tained by all three vessels.
tinue her task of transporting resulted in all the crew of the On January 20, the Chinese str. tourists round the world. A Hengehong foundered near Shawel-feature of this
native boat being rescued. accident was the shan light house. A strong gale excellent work of the plot, Capt.
August was blowing at the time and the S. P. Jorgensen, in the face
At 7am. on August 3, H.M.S. of Cornwall was in collision with the vessel went to the bottom. Over innumerable difficulties,, 50 lives were lost.
On April 14, the Chinese str. 7 Woosung.
German str. Scheer just outside The man-of-war was was stranded at Woosung, The inward bound and the merchant vessels struck the wreck of the str.steamer was putting to sea.. Kangtai (above referred to) and latter
The sustained then went aground on the end of damage and returned to port for the Woosung training wall being repairs. badly holed. She was refloated on On the same day the Dutch str. April 21 and brought to the Inter-Alderamin was trying her enginee
Then on January 24, we find that the US. Transport Henderson was in trouble on three occasions, En- tering the port the vessel was in collision with the Chinese atr. Hwahpeng near Tungkow boy
Amuller vessel. In the lower part" of the harbour, the Henderson foul- ed the anchor chains of a large lighter. This occurred through the Henderson dropping her anchor and the lighter's anchor chain was broken. Later, in the upper section of the harbour, the transport at- tempted to swing and in so doing struck a large cargo boat with her stern and the boat sank with loss of life. All cargo was lost.
January 29 sAW another thres steamer collision. The British str. Yunnan fouled the buoy to which the Chinese str. Klangyu was secured, set the vessel adrift and she swung round to crash Into the str. Toonun inflicting considerablo damage. This occurred in section, 2 of the harbour.
inflicting slight damage to the
February
national Dock for repairs
considerable
whilst berthed at the China Mer-
The Norwegian str. Vale ground chants Central Wharf preparatory ed in the river on April 25. The to leaving port. A Chinese cargo vessel was carried off her course boat got in the way of the moving by the strong tide and crashed in-propellers and was cut in two. The to the Peking Road jetty and grounded. The pontoon was badly tiles and all were lost.
cargo boat was loaded with 10,000 damaged and a large lighter was crushed between the vessel and the Pres. Pierce, swinging at the Dollar On August 23, the Dollar liner Bund. The steamer was refloated, Wharf in the upper harbour crash- some hours later and sustained ed into the Chinese patrol cruisers little damage.
Che Tee and Ching Yun. The ac May
cident was caused through the On May 12, a Japanese lighter liner's anchor dragging but not a owned by the Tokyo Salvage Co, great deal of damage was done to capsized and sank in a heavy sen the Chinese men-of-war. whilst engaged on salvage work in was nothing outstanding during connection with the wreck of the September, N.D.L. str. Giessen which struck the Button Rock on the night of March. Much cargo
WAS lost but the salvage crew were picked up.
On February 6, larger craft were involved. The German str. Havel- The N.D.L.. str. Trave and the land was leaving port at high speed Lloyd Triestino str. Venezia were and the suction thus occasioned in collision in the Astrea Channel caused the P. & O. S. Macedonia's in the river on May 29. The Ger- mooring wires to break and the latter vessel swung round into the stream. She was quickly secured and little or no damage resulted.
Cotton caught on fire in the No. 2 hold of the str. Haichow on February 22 but was extinguished within a few hours with little damage to the vessel,
On
March
man steamer's atem suffered con- siderable damage and the Venezia had a hole cut through her side amidships above the water line. À Feature of this accident was that the Trave had only left drydock some five hours previous collision, she having been damaged through being aground in the Yangtze three weeks before. Fur- ther, but for the sloping bow of the Blue Funnel would have
Mirzapore was found to be on fire Trave-similar to
March 8, the P. & O. S.
in section 9 of the harbour. In- vestigations showed that cotton was weli alight in Nos. 2 and 3 holds.
ships-the Venezia
to the
been holed below the water line and most probably would have sunk in
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). This was a very serious fire and it the fairway.
*NELLORE
TANDA
ET. ALBANS
1930
6,853 31st Гал. 4.056 28th Feb.
4,500 4th Apr.
Calls Port Holland.
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Debu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as in
ducement offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Naw Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via. Suez Canal
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London vis the Cape. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Senthampton Lendon via Panama Canal,
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
SHIRALA
KASHMIR TAKLIWA MACEDONIA
TANDA
TILAWA KALYAN RAWALPINDI
ST. ALBANS
MALWA
1930
Ga.m.
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was not until the two holds had The dawn of May 31 saw been completely flooded that the serious fire in the American m.v. fire was extinguished. All Are Chi Ta which was moored in the floats assisted In extinguishing the upper harbour alongside another fire and were on duty for some 30 upper river ateamer called the Chi hours. Considerable damage was Nan. The fire quickly spread to occasioned.
the Chi Nan and the upper struc-
+
near
October
There
A most serious collision occurred in the Garden bend on October 20 as a result of which the Chinese str. Yuen Lee was sunk in a spot situated about 300 ft. south end of the Bund garden in from the
about 60 ft. Reports were to the
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HONG KONG, TIDE
The tide-table, given below has dieting Machine, which includes 40 been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre-
components for the better prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis of the
tdal observations, taken at the Kowloon tidal observa- tory under the direction of. Dr. Doberck during the years 1887, 1888 and 1880.
The times and heights are girev for Kowloon; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very amall.
The
Himos of high and low-water must not be considered to coincide change of current, the two phenomena with the times of slack-water and being quite detinet.
January 18 to 24, 1930.
Ht
In the upper part of the harbour tures of both vessels were consider- on March 11, the French str. Com-ably damaged. mandant H. Riviere grounded and
June
DAY HIGH WATER LOWER WATER Another serious fire at sea was Was refloated. Later in the day she collided with the C.N.S. Wanhelen discovered in the C.N.S. Shantung January
Standard Stanford and the str. Kanlu. Much damage on June 5. The vessel was
Times
Timus was occasioned to the latter vessels. Steep Island outward bound. The Sat IE I 17 a
The Kangtat Disaster
4.3, m.6 14 108 fire was found to be in No. 2 hold On March 27 occurred one of the in which was cotton and tobacco.
Sua. 1 0 97.6
5 10 greatest disasters of the year when The vessel turned round and hurri-
9.244
32 the Chinese str. Kangtai was ed to Shanghai; meanwhile the crew.
Mon. 2018 67 712 1 andram of the Italian man-of-war Libia could. Arriving at Pootung Wharf,
carried by the current
2 49 a 14.7) . 7 18 a † à‚¢ on to the fought the flames as best they Tuss. 217 16 5.9 8 38 4.
3 31 608 66 3.4 at a spot about one mile off Woo- the fire floats were engaged for
Wed. 229 350m 9 13 27 sung Spit. She sank within a few two days in extinguishing the out-Thiar m 8 0 16 m
||24 211 | 5,3) £1 08 | 12 minutes and over 50 lives
10 7 3.1 were break and much damage was done. lost. The Libia was at anchor On June 5, the U. S. S. Luzon Fri. waiting to receive survivors from grounded on the Woosung break- the Italian destroyer Muggia which water and was very seriously holed. Was wrecked off Heachu Island it was not until June 12 that the near Foochow a few days before, man-of-war was released and to A feature of the disaster was the effect this, part of the breakwater excellent and fearless work of the had to be removed. She came up Italian sailors who saved many the river to the Kiangnan Dock and Hves by diving into the icy was repaired in dry dock. waters and assisting passengers On the same day, the German and crew to safety.
7,841 19th Jan. Amoy, S'hal, Moll, Kobo & Osaka.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Mej, Kobe & Osaka Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. Moll, Kebe, Osaka & Yokohama. Amoy, Holi, Kobe & Osaka, Shanghai, Moji. Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama, ** Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
8,980 28th Jan, 7,936 30th Jan. 11,120 | 81st Jan. 0,050 4th Feb. 10,906 10th Feb. # 9,144 15th Feb. 16,819 28th Feb. 4,500 11th Mar. 10,980 14th
Max.
* Cargo only.
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All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without nebios, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Ringapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabins are Atted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Farcels measuring not more than 24 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be receiveð
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The
April
J str. Kersten Miles and the Danish str. Tal Yang were in colliston near Cunard liner Franconia, Tangeha light vessel in the en- palatial round-the-world cruiser, trance to the Yangtaze. A heavy was subjected to the vagaries of fog was present at the time of the the notorious Whangpoo currents accident. Serious damage was oc- with distatrous results to her casioned to both vessels and they majestic self and to all shipping in proceeded to Shanghai and entered her immediate vicinity on April 10. dry dock. Attempting to leave her berth at The next day, the Chinese str. the China Merchants Lower Wharf Kwef Lee collided with a large and at 9 a.m, the vessel's stern awung heavily laden cargo boat in the
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DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS. FORGE MASTERS,
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85
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· x 28′ 0′′ Mld. x 11a 6” Mld.; D.W. 470 tons; B.H.P. 360; Speed 10% knols. Built and machinery, installed by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd, to the order of La Naviera Filipina Inc., Cebu for Philippine counting service.
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