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Taking Corgo on through Bills of Lading to Flume, Genoa, Al Italian, Adriatic, Levant, Black Sea and Danube Ports. Taking Passengers to London Overland via Brindisi, Venice or Trieste NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
*S.S. “FIUME-L”
5.S. “VENEZIA-L”.
**M.V. "HIMALAYA”
M.V. "VIMINALE"
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* Cargo stenmers only.
For Shanghai
& Japan
Apr. 10
For Singapore
& Europe Apr. 26 __May_11 May 24 June 8
↑ Refrigerated. Space available, for perishable goods.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING
SECTION.
DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT. FOR YEAR PROPOSED.
COUNCIL WINS LAW SUIT.
SHANGHAI MUNICIPALITY GETS TLS. 3,500 DAMAGES.
INTEREST OVERRULED. EAST ASIATIC CO., while the Siamese Government's
active development of the country's seating expenses necessary for the Judgment for Tls. 3,500, repre- LTD...
means of communication resulted reparation of river pontoons, was in a considerable import, in which given in favour of the Shanghai the company has participated..
Municipal Council against the San The supplies of teak from the Pet Steam Navigation Company Prae Concession together with the Ltd., by Judge Ying in the Special| purchase of timber were able District Court, Shanghai. - NEW MOTOR SHIPS.
to keep the saw mill employed for
Mr. G. E. Wright, of Messrs. Han- the greater part of the year, but the sons, appeared for the Council, The 33rd annual report of the rainy season arrived unusually late while the defendant was not repre- East Asiatic Co., Ltd., for the year in 1929, and then with particular sontod-in-court. 1920, states in part as follows: violence, resulting in foods and
During the past year the world's various other difficulties.
Mr. Wright, in outlining the case, Towards stated that at about 6.45 p.m., on markets were characterised by over- the close of 1929 sufficient quanti-Thursday, April 25 last year, while | production, political evente in ties of timber had arrived at the proceeding up-river under her own important spheres of commerce and river rafting stations to assure the steam without the assistance of any local economic incidents in various employment of the mill in the com-attendant tug, s.s. "Vale," of the prominent centres of the world's ing year, while the prospects for San Peh Steam Navigation Com- credit, besides a severe, ice-winter the rice harvest are favourable. in the Northern Hemisphere, caus-
pany, negligently collided with the Under the Singapore branch are pontoon and the connecting bridge ing considerable impediments to embodied in close co-operation the on Peking Road belonging to the agencies at Kuala Lumpur and Pen- Although the East Asiatic Com-ang with the purpose of form-damages to the extent of Tls. 3,500. plaintiffs. The collision caused pany's turnover in commodities was ing a collective organisation for the greater, the world conditions referr-buying up of products in the Malaya Peh S. N. Company replied to the On April 27 last year, the San ed to influenced the activities of Peninsula and adjacent islanda, S. M. Council's claim and stated the company and in conjunction while the Soerabaya Agency under-that they with the extraordinary outlays ap- takes the same duties in the Java
admitted liability and pearing in the accounts conduced to sphere. The keaner competition requested that an estimate be made the net profit being approximately occasioned a smaller export from cordingly obtained from the Shang- to them. The estimates were ac- Kr. 800,000 less than in 1923, But Java, but the total turnover of the hai Dock & Engineering Co., Ltd, beyond sound depreciation, defray-agency was greater, resulting from and were sent to the steamship led out of revenue, continued con- an increased sale of industrial pro-
solidation and effective develop-ducts from Europe and a larger rice sary to be added to the damaged REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING ment of the company's organisation, import, owing to the insufficiency pontoons is estimated to be Tls. The reparation neces-
FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
the Board, as will be observed of the local-rice cropl from the accounts, is able to propose the payment of a dividend
All daten To subject to alteration without notice,
For Freight and Passages apply to:-
Queen's Building,
Tel. C. 1030.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
NYKLINE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghàl, Japan Ports & Honotaln.
ASAMA MARU
TAIYO MARU
Thursday, Sunday,
1st May, 11th May.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports...
MISHIMA MARU
SIBERIA MARU
Friday, Saturday,
20th June. 5th July.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday,
2rd May.
HAKONE MARU
Saturday,
17th May.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KAGA MARU
Tuesday,
TANGO MARU
Tuesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
+ RANGOON MARU
Monday,
20th May. 24th June.
28th April.
Mexico & Panama. HEIYO MARU
2nd May.
trude.
company.
$3,500. The defendants further wrote to the council promising to
of 10 per cent, and to carry for BRAALAND WRECK. pay within a few days on May 30,
Offers Invited for Purchase.
DRAMATIC RESCUE WORK.
award Kr. 2,228,907.70 to next year. The specific conditions in the world's markets, associated with the increasing world's tonnage the of fectiveness of which is further aug- mented by the prevailing tendency for purposes of competition to go over to faster vessels contributed to vited for the purchase of the It is learned that offers are in- a falling freight market, in which wreck of the ill-fated s.s. Braa no improvement had taken place at
the close of the year. When, how-nud, the Norwegian vessel which ever, the working results of the Reef, Paracels, early on the morn went aground on the Bombay ships can be described as satisfac-
Ing of January 29. tory, this is mainly attributable to
The-tug-Henry-Keswick-left-for
1929. Irled out.
This was, however, not car-
Judge Ying, in delivering the judgment overruled the claim by the Council for 8 per cent. per an- num interest-China Press,..
EASTERN PORTS
Details of Epidemic Diseases
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Jupon, Honolulu, Los-Angeles, economy in running and earning of the scene of the wreck at 2 pm. ports for the week ended April
Friday,
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
HAKATA, MARU
Monday, 5th May.
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
+ TSUYAMA MARU
Thursday,
1st May,
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.
+ TOYOOKA MARU
Thursday,
15th May.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
↑ RENANG MARU
Tuesday,
29th April.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+ HAKODATE MARU (Moli direct) Saturday,
FUSHIMI MARU
SADO MARU
26th April. Monday, 28th April Wednesday, 30th April
† Cargo only.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Tal. Central No. 202, 3821 and 380%. (Private exchange to all departments,)
0. S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON. HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore
Colombo, Suez and Port Said.
AMUR MARU .................... Thursday, 15th May. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Baigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town,
SANTOS MARU
BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo.
Tuesday, 20th May.
Sunday, 4th May. Monday, 19th May. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, BAR & MOMBASA-VIs Singapore & Colombo.
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
HONOLULU MARU SHINNOH MARU
MEXICO MARU
SEATTLE MARU
· HIMALAYA MARU
Saturday, 3rd May,
* CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
Monday, 5th May.
Sunday, 18th May.
moforships.
New Motor Vessels.
The health bulletin of Eastern the same day, but owing to ter 19, issued by the Director of rible weather conditions, did not
at
top of the reef to get them into their knees in water.
the lagoon, being at times above
Plague
Bombay: 4 cases, 3 deaths. Rangoon 3 cases, 2 deaths. Pnom Penh: 1 death.
Cholera Bassein: 1 case, I death. Bangkok: 30 cases, 2 deaths. Saigon: 12 cases, 10 deaths.
Small-pox Bombay: 114 cases, 78 deaths. Cochin: 49 cases, 4 deaths. Karachi: 9 cases, 3 deaths. Rangoon: 1 case..
of the new motor vessels for the arrive until the following Satur- Health, gives the following cases: company's world routes, intended day afternoon. It was not until for serving the general development the following day, February 2; of the company's various commerthat the crew could be got off. einl spheres of operations, the M. S. The tug returned with Alsia, of approximately 9,370 tons Hong Kong on February 4.
them to dead weight, was delivered by the
Officers of the Braaland Nakskov Yard in the couree of the cribed the seas
des- year and placed on the Straits-Siamtainous when the ship was final- as being moun- route, while the M. S. Amerika, of
ly abandoned. When it was about 12,000 tons dead weight, bullt last decided to take to the boats. by Messrs. Burmeister and Wain. which should have been delivered on the arrival of the tug, the crew had to manhandle them. over the at the end of 1929, was not taken over until the begining of 1930.
The various routes to the Pacific Coast, Australia, China-Japan, A Chinose fishing junk which Straits Settlements and Siam were happened to be at anchor in the regularly served with our own and chartered vessels, and, as in past boats to the opening in the reef, lagoon at the time guided the years, conjointly with other lines.
On the company's fleet, which consists of 21 motorships and 3 pas- senger steamers, 5 per cent, of the original cost of the ships has been written off for depreciation in the present accounts, the book-value then working out at Kr. 172.20 per ton dead weight. The average age of the fleet is about 11 years, and, as usual, the ships have been main- tained in thorough repair.
The sailing and motor vessel Kobenhavn, which left Buenos Aires, on December 14, 1928, for ZANZI-circumstances, she was expected to Australia, where, under ordinary
arrive towards the end of February, was last in wireless cummunication
the lee side of which the tug was waiting.
the return to Hong Kong that The opinion was expressed on salvage operations would prove exceedingly difficult, if not tually Impossible, at the time. owing to the north-east monsoon then prevailing.
·
12 MILES.
Chinese Territorial Waters.
Nanking, Yesterday.
1C-
It is understood that the Execu- with another ship on December 22.tive Yuan has approved the Cus- toms Administration's recommen When the company towards the
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Porta from middle of February had not yet dation that a limit to China's terri
Shanghai
AFRICA MARU (From Shanghai). Tuesday, 29th April. HELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
MELBOURNE MARU
HAIPHONG Via Hollow & Pakhol.
MENADO, MARU
..... Tusaday, 6th May..
NEW YORK-Yla Japan `ports & Panama.
ARGUN MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
KEELUNG Via Swatow & Amoy.
CANTON MARU
HOZAN MARU-
TAKAO--Via SWATOW & AMOY,
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
BOURABAYA MARU
Thursday, 1st May, 10 am,
Saturday, 10th May.
Sunday, 27th April, 3 p.m. Sunday, 4th May, 3 p.m.
Sunday, 11th May.
For further parlculars please apply to--OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
M. TAKEUCHI Manager,
Tel Central Na. 2088, 4089, 4090.
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received advice of the arrival of torial waters be set at twelve the Kobenhavn at the port of des-nautical milca from the coast for tination, a wide-ranging search revenue purposes, and the Customs was instituted with the kind assist will be empowered to search, all ance of the British Admiralty and China-bound vessels within this some British shipowners, joined by
twelve mile limit-Reuter. the company's M. S. Mexico and aided by two vessela chartered for the purpose, but to the company's deepest regret-the-search-for-the Kobenhavn proved futile.
The Head Office's total turnover of commodities in 1929 aggregated approximately 1,100,000 tons, against a million tons the year be- fore. Of that quantity 800,000 tons were conveyed by ships of other-mainly co-operating-linea..
Branches and Agencies.. In its branches and own agencies the company possesses an import- ant organisation for the, conduct of its comprehensive aims. The Increasing shipping interests and the growing mercantile turnover have had a reciprocal influence on the development which has taken place within the various links of this part of the Company's organi- dation, while the mutual trade be tween the branches also shows pro- grets..
The Bangkok branch, which is
WARSHIPS IN PORT
British warships in port this mora- Log-wore;~~~
In Basin of R.N. Dockyard: Tamar, Thracian, Sterling, Somme, Scamew, Moth.
North Arm: Vindictive. West Wall: Hermos No. 4 Buoy: Bridgewater, No. 6: Buoy Cumberland.
No. 7 Buoy: Serapia.
No. 8 Buoy: Bruce
No. 10, Buoy: Sepoy, Stormcloud.
No. 11 Buay: Sirdar, Scraph.
No. 12 Buoy Sandwich. No. 18 Buoy Marazion. Foreign men-o'-war. In port wären U.S. gunboats Mindanao, Helena. Portuguesa Cruiser Adamastor. French Cruiser Walldeck-Rousseau, French Gunboat 'Argus," Chinese Cruiser Hai Kung.
RECORD GOLD SHIPMENT.
New York, Yesterday
the centre of the company's mul- The liner. Western World has tifarious activities in Siam, was arrived from Brazil with £8,000,000 influenced by the year's de- in gold consigned to various banks creased rice crop, resulting in in New York.
smaller export, which affected ths, This is claimed as a record general purchasing power of the amount to be taken as cargo on nation. The company, however, a single ship between North and was able to maintain its Import of South America-Reuter's American finished articles for general use, Service,
Pondicherry: 1 case, 1 death. Pnom-Penh: 1 death. Saigon: 1 death. Canton: 2 cases, 1 death. Shanghai: & deaths.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever Shanghai: 15 deaths.
PASSENGER LIST
ARRIVALS
Per P. & O. s.5. Rajputana from Shanghai on April 25:-
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fayrer, Misa L. Hardy, H. G. Ivison, A. W. Kle, P. W. Massey; Major A. Mason, Staff Nurse C. L. Parnell, L. S. Pa, Mrs. A. Ravenscroft,! D. J. Wurren and child.
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'TUES.
S.S. "TAI HING" [1,068 tons Capt. Trett]" WED, 10th
APRIL, MAY. 6th THURS. 22nd MON. 12th TUES. 27th
SAT.
17th
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