NY.KLINE
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ÓN SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
CHICHIBU MARU
TENYO MARU
MISHIMA MARU
Thursday, Thursday,
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
SIBERIA MARU
Friday, Saturday,
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING
SECTION:
NETHERLANDS SHIPPING.
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| KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSCHE REDUCED PROFITS.
The Koninklijke Nederlandsche
LAVISH SUBSIDIES TO ceed the standard speed of 24 Stoomboot Mil., Amsterdam, re-
U.S. SHIPS.
29th May. 12th June.
NEW CONTRACTS CALL
MANY LARGE VESSELS.
20th June, 5th July.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday, 31st May at 8 am. Saturday, 14th June.
SPEED OF 24 KNOTS.
The announcement
FOR
knots."
cord a gross profit on truding nc- The Jones-White Act provided counts of 5,883,764 gis., compared ja revolving fund of $250,000,000, with 5,975,256 gls. for 1928. supplied by the United States After adding other income, de. Treasury, with which to make ducting Intereat, allowances for loans to builders of vessels secur-depreciation, and contributions to ing mail contracts These loans reserve funds, the not amount) are made up to three-fourths of available for distribution is the entire cost of the ships, are 1,264,421 (1,258,804) gls., from that the for a term of twenty-years, and which a dividend of 5 per cent, is United States Post Office Depart-bear only nominal interest In paid on ordinary shares, the same ment has awarded ten new con- other words, they are practically for 1928. The total sum set aside tracts for the transport of ocean part of a Government owned mer- for depreciation is 4,226,046 mails is a matter of world-wide chant marine. The mail contracts|(3,065,772), gls. importance. The contracts re- have a fixed minimum of ten The annual report states that quire the construction of 22 new years, so that operators are pro-in the West Indies trade condi vessels aggregating about vided by Congress with every pos- tions
satisfactory, but 247,000 gross tons and costing sible aid in running their ships, owing to the fall in prices of coffee approximately £28,000,000, while Contract Competition.
the public buying power in those those on Class I routes must have SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports. In view of the present tremen- there has been much competition homeward voyages of the Pacifle regions is showing signs of weak- It is not surprising that, in viewness. The poor sales of nitrate of a minimum speed of 24 knots of these favourable conditions, soda, the chief commodity. for
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta.
TANGO MARU
MANILA.
TENYO MARU
Tuesday, 24th June.
Wednesday,
4th June.
27th May.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,
† CALCUTTA MĀRU
Tuesday,
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) vin Japan, Hoaninlu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama.
ANYO MARU
WAKASA MARU
ASUKA MARU
NEW YORK, ROSTON via l'anama.
Sunday,
Thursday,
Monday, Wednesday,
1st June,
5th June.
26th May.
IAKAOKA MARU LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
↑ DAKAR MARU (Calls Saigon).. Sunday. CALCUTTA via Singapore. l'enung & Rangoon
MORIOKA MARU
4th Jane.
5th June.
Friday,
30th May.
SHANGHAI KOBE & VOKOHAMA.
TANGO MARU (Nagasaki direct) Friday, + DURBAN MARU
23rd May,
Friday, Monday,
23rd May.. 26th May..
+ Cargo only,
BAKUSAN MARU
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 30291.
(Private exchange, to all departments,)
0.
S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
from
were
dous over-supply of ocean tonnage for the coveted mail contracts-Lines, has caused exceptionally and the fact that all the leading Certain clauses of the Jones-low rates of freight and dearth maritime nations are building or White Act, however, were ambi-of cargo. have recently launched new super-guous, and for months Washing- linera, the question naturally ton has been the scene of much Libertador (1,713 gross tons) has, The new passenger steamer El arises as to where passengers, wrangling and contention. New freight and mails are to be found legislation to clarify the disputed ened a new regular passenger to provide revenue.
roints is expected shortly, one Maracaibo, while in March the service between Curacao and Although a policy of favouring unsettled item being the liability Bodegraven (9,052 d.w.) sailed Amerlean ships for the transport of the Post Office Department to on her maiden voyage to the West of mails was first approved by the give preference to owners of Coast of South America. A mai American Congress in 1891, no vessels purchased steps to make this policy of prac- United States Shipping Board..
the motorship of 8,700 gross tons for tical benefit to American ship-
the Colon service, to be named It is natural that, whatever Columbia, has been ordered, and taken until 1920, may be the final effect of all this for the same service the passen. owners' were while the Jones-White Act, under vast expenditure on the pockets per steamers Prinses Juliana and which the present shipbuilding of the American taxpayer, the Koningin der Nederland of 8,000 plans are taking form, was passowners of the shipyards should and 8,500 gross tons, have been The advantages for several years to come be purchased from the Nederland which that Act gives to American busy and prosperous. The reSteamship Co. Three new carge shipowners who are able to secure juvenation of American ship-steamers of 2,790 tons d.w. each mail contracts or building loans building is a striking one. Since have been ordered in Germany, under its provisions are such that the end of the War boom the the difference between prices of foreign shipowners are confront shipyards have mostly been dere German and Netherlands ship-
with new, artificial. formidable obstacles in seeking to reached a lower degree of depres-enable the company to give the and lict, and no industry in America builders having been too great to retrieve the lost prosperity of sion in 1921 and after than the order to a firm at home their industry."
shipyards.
ed in 1928.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore ed
Colombo, Huez and Port Said. ANDES MARU
Wednesday, 11th June. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saikon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
RIO DE JANEIRO MARU BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colomba.
CELERES MARU
Friday, 13th June.
Tuesday, 3rd June. DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM.
BAR & MOMBASA—Via Singapore & Colombe. CHICAGO MARU
Sunday, 1st June. CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
GANGES MARU.....
ARARIA MARU (from Kobe)
.... Sunday, 1st June.
Wednesday, 28th May.
MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
Must Have Subsidy.
The
On February 1 construction of steamers Notos (2.215 àw.) and Without some form of national new ships in progress in Ameri-Jan van Nassau (4,955 d.w) wERY aid American shipowners would can yards, not counting those in-old, and the steamer Arlonis was find it almost impossible to com-cluded in the recently signed mall lost at sea. ZANZI-pete in the open tonnage mar-contracts, was
244
per
cent.
kets of the world with other coun- greater than on the same date in RUSSIAN SHIPPING. tries, because the higher operat- 1929. At the ing costs of ships under the greatly was production expanded same time, sa American flag, due to. the La to meet the submarine losses in
Uniform Control by VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Yin Japan Ports from Follete Act and other legislation, the War, the yards are even now
Shanghai.
Soviet. are too great to be overcome. only engaged at about 75 per cent. The new ships which are to re- of capacity. Last year American
As a result of a décision arrived ceive mail contracts must be built yards launched 126,063 tons of at by the Council of Labour and in American yards, and it was merchant tonnage, and in Defence all the sea-going fleets estimated in 1928 that construc- February of this year had 359,000 and river shipping in the hands of tion costs in American yards tons under construction. It may the different State organisations were from 50 to 60 per cent. high-safely be assumed that, within and the co-operative societies er than in Europe or the British another six months this figure were handed over to the organisa- Isles.
will be materially expanded.
SYDNEY MARU
HAIPHONG-Vis Holhow & Pakhol
MENADO MARU
Friday, 6th June,
Thursday, 12th June.
NEW YORK-Via Japan perta & Panama.
HAGUE MARU
JAPAN PORTS. ·
TACOMA MARU
KEELUNG-Via Swalow & Amoy. TAKAO-Via SWATOW & AMOY.
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELLING.
BATAVIA MARU
Sunday, 1st June,
Wednesday, 21st May.
Thursday, 22nd May, noon.
Tuesday, 10th June,
For further parlcalars please apply to-05AKA SHOSEN, KAISHA
Tel. 28061.
American Express
Travelers Cheques
To the argument that ships built under an American scale of costs must be compensated by liberal rates for mail carriage is now added the argument that an adequate merchant marine is an indispensable auxiliary of the
gent Naval Conference have!
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Sailors or Politicians? Presumably the builders of these fine new ships under such generous law expect to sail the with passengers. Where these passengers are to come from far from clear. While Govern-
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1930.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
14 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 9 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND US.A.
Hongkong Shanghai Leave LOLYO
Yokohama Vanojuver
LEAVE Arriv
Empress of Rusala" June Зиля 7 June 10 June 12 June 21 Empress of Asia June 25 June 28 July 1 July 3 July 12. Empress of Canada July 1 July 13 July 15 July 17 July 25 Empresa of Russia* July 23 July 26 July 29 July SI Aug. 9 Empress of Japan Aug. 7 Aug. 10 Aug. 12 Aug. 14 Aug. 22 Empress of Asla Aug. 20 Aug. 23 Aug. 26 Aug 28 Sept. 6 Empress of Canada Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 19 Empress of Russla Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. z5 Oct. Empress of Japan Dei. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 17 Empress of AsiaTM Oct. 15 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Oct 23 Nov. Empress of Canada Oct. 30 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov, 14 Empress of Russia' Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 29
*(Call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghal.)
Leave Hong Kong May 27
May 29
HONG KONG
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Arrive Manila
Emp. of Russia Emp. of Asia
June 17 June 19 Telephoses:
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S.S. TAI HING"
S.S. TAI MING” [1,068 tons-Capt. Trott.] [649 tona-Capt. G. J. Spink.]
MAY.
MAY. THURS. 22nd TUES. 27th SUN. 25th. FRI.- 30th
Regular Service of. Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac- commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and. Fans in State- roems and. Saloon. The 8.3. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless.
'These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wachow (via Samshul, Shlubing, Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Porta) every Ave daya.
Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are to be obtained on board,
Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Hol On Wharf.
For information apply to "
87. Connaught Road West,
1
Phone 20893.
KWONG WING
Co., Ltd.,
As
tions of the Railway Commis- enable, it is claimed, its work to, ber floating operations will be sariat on April 1, the Soviet Torg-be consolidated, transport to be carried out by the State river and the river navigation company. mental competition between the ception of work in the roadsteads flot (merchant fleet company), improved, and mutually detri-navigation company, with the ex- official organ of the Council of avoided.
The Moscow Ekon Sjisn, the different organisations to be and other less important work. Labour and Defence and of the
In conclusion, it is stated that Many-Sided Control. the Railway Commissariat binds M. TAKEUCHI. Manager. Navy. The bickeringe of the pre-ment aid has been of great ad/hat the decision is. of great im-ed out by the Moscow newspaper of all the cargo for the account Railway Commissariat, states At the present time it is point itself to undertake the transport. greatly, strengthened the hands Vantage to American ships in but also for the national economy. sea-going and river fleets is in over their fleets, and to reduce portance not only for transport, that a considerable part of the of the organisations which hand of those who want to provide some respects, the tyranny of The water-borne transport is the hands of different trusts and the freights and tariffs. American shipowners with large the prohibition laws has until restated to be growing at a rapid other organisations. resources from public funds, and cently been a serious obstacle for rate, while the tonnage available
traffic on the Russian railways at have made it difficult for those in them. Strenuous attempts have has not been increased in recent on April 1 all the above ships disorganised, the transfer of the At the beginning of navigation the present time is completely Congress and elsewhere who have been made to induce Americans to tried to point out that there is travel on the ships of the United years to the necessary extent were placed at the disposition of whole of the merchant fleet to the already much more tonnage afloat States Lines, formerly owned by State shipyards of the tonnage river navigation company, the Commissariat does not appear to owing to the non-delivery by the the Soviet Torgflot and the organisations of the Railway than the volume of passenger and the Shipping Board, on their ordered, so that it is considered only freight traffic justifies to obtain a journeys to and from Europe essential to utilise in the most hands of the other State organ- point of effecting improvements vessels remaining in the he very promising from the stand- hearing.
this propaganda appears to have rational manner the ships which isations and co-operative societies over the existing system of divid $21,000,000, Annually.
been successful with many mak-are already available. The con-heing those required for internal ed control of the maritime and Including the contracts just ing their first trip, but the season-centration of the entire fleet will industrial services. All the tim- inland navigation fleets. awarded, it is calculated that pay-backbone of trans-Atlantic travel ed travellers who furnish the ments by the United States postal have continued to use the British, authorities to provide ship opera-French, tora will reach $21,000,000
•German, or. Italiar all-vessels with which they are best nually. The subsidies given in
The United States such contracts provide rates of cquainted. payment varying from $1.60 to Lines were greatly handicapped $10 a knot, varying with the size by the fact that the Shipping of the ship and the importance of tics before its ships were trans- Board was so dominated by poli-; the route, and further bonuses ferred to private operation, and for any Class I vessels which ex- many travellers seemed to prefer trusting their lives to vessels navigated by sailors' rather than by politicians.
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The B.I. 8. Tilawa will leave Amoy for this port on May 22, p.m., and is due here on May 23,
p.m.
The C.PS, R.M.S. Empress of Ruasia arrived at Koba on May 20 (Tues.) at 12.80 p.m., left Kobe on
May 20 (Tues.) at pm, and is due at Nagasaki on May 21 (Wed.) at 5 pm. She leaves Nagasaki on May 22 (Thurs.) at 6 am,
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British warships in port this morn
were:
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.10th July.
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ophose-27291.
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