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CHICHIBU MARU TENYO MARU
BHISHMA MARU
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
SIDERIA MARU
Thursday, 20th May at Noon: Thursday, 12th Juno.
Friday, 20th June. Saturday, 5th July,
LONDON," MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Poria.
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SHIPPING
SECTION
SALE OF OLD SHIPS experts at the Chamber of Ship
ABROAD.
REPERCUSSIVE EFFECT UPON BRITISH SHIPPING.
WHAT IS REQUIRED.
There is no more disturbing factor in present-day British shipping history than the increase In the idle tonnage figures. On April 1 there were 892,154 tons net of shipping laid up, and for January 1 the figure was 352,659 SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, tons net-an increase of 153 per
Mexico & Papama.
cent. in the first three months of ANYO MARU
this year.
TANGO MARU
MANILA.
TENYO MARU
+ CALCUTTA MARU
SADO MARU
Saturday, 31st May at 8. a.m. Saturday, 14th June..
Tuesday, 24th June.
Friday,
0th June.
27th May.
11th June.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Sunday,
MOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vią Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
WAKASA MARU
Thursday,
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
† ASUKA MARU
↑ TAKAOKA MARU
Monday, Wednesday,
LIVERPOOL. vin Port Sald, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa,
1st June.
5th June.
26th May.
4th June.
5th June.
,
Saturday, Tuesday,
Thursday, 20th May. Sunday,
8th June.
31st May,
10th June.
† DAKAR MARU (Calls Saigon)... Sunday, CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
MORIOKA MARU
† HAKODATE MARU
SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
AWA MARU
KITANO MARU
+ Cargo only.
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0.
AND RAZORS.
SHIPS MANNED BY
ASIATICS.
SEAMEN v. ARABS.
London, April 80.
ping to draw up some practical scheme. That it would be wel
A recent deputation from the comed by the shipowners there is National Union of Seamen to the not the slightest doubt Reports President of the Board of Trade that have reached the Journal of complained about the increasing Commerce show there is a wide employment of Asiatics in British spread desire to do something ships and stated that, although with the least possible delay to 20,000 British seamen were un- bring an end to a very unwhole-boats from, ports in the north- employed, the personnel of weekly some situation.
a
In examining possible solutions east of England was over 50 per to this pressing problem it is nocent. Arab. unreasonable to draw an analogy
The feeling aroused in this con- with what has been done with rection led to fierce fighting at success, in the licensed trade. North Shields between When a public-house is shut up, crowd of Arabs and a party of common fund recuperates the English unemployed seamen, in owner for his loss. The indivi- which three Englishmen and an dual subscription to this fund is Arab were seriously injured. naturally a small one. If such a
The trouble started when 13) These figures in fund was inaugurated amongst Somalis were signing on as fire-
shipowners, they would not obren in a British steamer. themselves are alarming enough ject to the breaking up of all All sorts of weapons were used, at this point of shipping depres-their old ships, when they saw it including knives, razors, iron, alon. But, they open up a fur- could be done without gravalles, hammers and sticks, ther problem of far reaching pos- losses. This would certainly be The fighting continued for half sibilities, which is daily engaging one step towards putting an end an hour until a police baton the attention of many British to the acquisition of cheap ships charge restored order.
by our foreign competitors to run.
owners,
What is going to happen to this in rivalry with our own expensive laid-up tonnage? Much of it is vessels on the same routes, and old tonnage, and the temptation at considerably lower running to sell to the foreigner, who wants coats. cheap ships, is a strong
one.
Under present conditions the Bri- tish owner cannot afford to break i
(Private exchange to all departments.up his old vessels, and he sells CRUISER SQUADRON,
S. K.
SAILINGS PROч ương KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON,
Colombo, dues and Port Bald.
HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore
ANDES MARU
....... Wednesday, 11th June. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. RIO DE JANEIRO MARU
....... Friday, 18th June. BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo.
CELEBES MARU SUMATRA MARU
Tuesday, 3rd June. ..... Thursday, 19th June.
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM.
BAR & -MOMBASA—Via Singapore & Colombo,
Sunday, 1st June.
CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, ́Penang, & KangooTE,
CHICAGO MARU
GANGES MARU TACOMA MARU
Reunion of Reserve Officers.
.
MARINE OBSERVERS HANDBOOK
(Fifth Edition).
ANADIAN PACIFIE
STEAMSHIP
MONDAY, MAY 26, 1930.
Introducing A New Empress
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
THE ornamental designs and
of the Public Rooms, the majority of which. are located on the Promenade Deck, immediately place the Empreas of Japan in the front rank of luxury liners. The decorators, realizing that n great number of her days will be spent In warm climates, have favoured cool, fresh colours and avoided the use of too warm furniture coverings.
The lofty walls of the Public Rooms are mostly of untouched or merely waxed wood, which enables the natural beauty of the grain to act as a main decorative motive. A fine example of this "nature" treatment, which has also been carried out in the De Luxe Suites and Special Staterooms. is the lofty, glass-domed Lounge in pale mountain ash and walnut. Characteristic here, as in all the Public Rooms on the Empress of Japan, is the wealth of light obtained by day from large windows and domes, and by night from a mate of electric light effects.
Speed made on Trial Trip 23 Knots. LARGEST & FASTEST SHIP
ON THE PACIFIC
Malden Voyage from Hong Kong Aug, 7th
:
CANADIAN PACIFIC
WORLDS GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
Opportunities of
MAY-JUNE SAILINGS. Charms of sightseeing not being DEPARTURE HOURS:
Yuctshing Goddess
This year,
TUES
The fifth edition of Marine Oliservers Handbook has been them at a low figure to the smaller
published by H.M. Stationery maritime countries, perhaps on the understanding that they will
Office by the authority of the Meteorological Committee of the be broken up. 'This, however, is
Air Ministry, London. This book not always the case. The old
has been thoroughly revised and ships are bought cheap. Then Many Liverpool. Reserve Off. brought up to date. The experi- they are "revived." Some more cers travelled down to London to ence gained and the developments paint and a few repairs, and the take part in the reunion dinner made in the three years since the old stagers re-appear under other of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron, fourth edition was published names in the active freight mar- for most of the ships in that have made it necessary to re- ket to compete with the costly armed liner force hailed from the write a great deal of the book. It the British market have compell these officers served with them. cise, new units that the exigencies of Mersey, and the majority of now contains a complete and con- general description of ed the British owners to build.
So many of the wardroom officers Marine Meteorological work, also
40 encouraging as in Hong Kong 5,30 p.m. Wuchow 130 p.m. A concrete case illustrates just of those days command their own full instructions and guidance for
B.S. "TAI HING" "the old days,” It will what happens. A vessel of con-ships now, and were, thus pre- Meteorological Observation at sea
[1,008 tons-Capt. Trott:] probably be the old."
27th
MAY. ZANZI.siderable years was sold for vented from attending, that the based upon modern experience timer who knows Yuetshing, on the
JUNE There is a roddean £30,000 to a competitor in Europe, sixty-odd who turned up was an and practice, together with the West River.
MON. 2nd TUES, 17th and was "revived" and placed in excellent muster. Admiral Sir descriptions of instruments, their there who is famous throughout the
SAT.
7th MON 23rd the refrigeration trade, for which Reginaid Tupper, although only care and use, and all the neces
province of Kwangtung.
THURS 12th SAT. 28th the celebrations will be on a very she was specially fitted. The com recently out of a nursing home. sary International scales and ambitious scale. Many of the gaudy VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from pany that sold her had to pay was in the chair. He commanded notations, with on appendix giv- tow-boats which constitute the life- £400,000 for a new ship of the squadron, during its most ing Tables for the correction of in-blood of West River ports will be at course, with more up-to-date re eventful service, and since his re-struments and conversion of the Tuetahing for as long as four or five frigeration equipment-to take tirement has been devoting him- different units of measurement daye, leaving very few in the trade.
MON. Yes, Yuatshing at festival timo is Judge of this comself heart and soul to the welfare employed in the meteorological well worth seeing! her place.
This year, the pany's surprise when it discover of the men of the Merchant Navy, services and ships of different festival falls on Wednesday, Jane the For information apply to ed the old vessel placed on the whose problem and handicaps he countries.
4th. The two comfortable steamers same route in competition with was at great pains to study during The book in fact embodies thes.s. "Tai Ming", and as, "Tai Hing" its own costly new ships!
his period of command. ✓ results of 10 years' post-war work which go up to the West River will This is only one example After a message from the King to which Wireless Telegraphy and visit this place. amongst many of the same had been read and another from renewed interest of Marine nature, and it all points to the Earl Jellicoe there were numerous Meteorology in the Merchant danger of British owners selling letters and telegrams from officers Navy has given such an impetus.
Its publication following so data collected so that. the great juld tonnage to foreign competi.all over the world.
The speeches were kept short closely the International Confer-problems of Marine Meteorology tors, and thereby helping them to compete unfairly with our ships. and were mostly of old times, but ence of Safety of Life at Sea. may have some chance of being Their ships can often be run the First Sea Lord and Admiral London, 1929, the British Empire solved and suitably compiled in TAKRUCHI. Manager, more cheaply, and they have not Stileman, who was senior nava! Meteorological Conference, Lon-formation be made available to
to come up to the high standards officer at Liverpool, spoke most don, 1929, and the International aid navigation. of efficiency required by the Bri-interestingly on the use of the Meteorological Conference, Copen- This fifth edition is for use imprisonment, for leaving the tish Board of Trade, Little won-armed liner and her high value to hagen, 1929, it contains informa- from May 1, 1930. Though this Harbour without a clearance on
Shanghai
'ARABIA MARU (from Kobe)
Sunday, 1st June. Wednesday, 18th June.
Wednesday, 28th May.
KÉLBOURNE—Via Manila, Brisbane & Bydney.
SYDNEYMARU
BAIPHONG-Via Holhow & Pakhol.
MENADO MARU *................
Friday, 6th June,
Thursday, 12th June.
NEW YORK-Via Japan porta & ́ Panama,
HAGUE MARU
JAPAN PORTS,
BORNEO MARU
ATLAS MARU
KEELUNG-Yia Swatow & Amoy.
HOZAN MARU
CANTON MARU
TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amoy.
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
BATAVIA MARU
Sunday, 1st June.
Friday, 6th June. Wednesday, 11th June,
Sunday, 1st June, 8 p.m. Sunday, 8th June, 3 p.m.
Thursday, 5th June, Noon.
Tuesday, 10th June.
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At the Marine Court this morning, K. Asano, coxswain of the Japanese schooner Jise Maru,
was fined $200 or three months'
officers were in the closest touch agreement reached at those Con- Corps of Voluntary Marine Obser- the regular navy. Both these tion and advice conforming to book is specially designed for the May 23.
with her work.
-IN WIRELESS TOUCH.
der that a profound sense of per turbation is stirring amongst our
Defendant pleaded guilty, hav- cargo shipowners, who daily see
ferences.
vers (those aea officers who co-ing nothing whatever to say to our old ships being bought at
It was the first reunion of the Thus it la hoped that all will operate regularly with the Meteo answer to the charge. bargain prices by our competitors, squadron for five years, but the adhere to the methods, scales and rological Office in ships whose and used in the scramble for re-suggestion was made and en-notations given in this book. Of names appear regularly in the munerative freights against us.
thusiastically received that it recent years changes have been Marine Observer) it will be found Several remedies for this sad should be an annual affair in all too frequent. Only by a long useful for general sea service and state of affairs have been put for future.
period of freedom from such candidates for the Board of ward in recent years. A definite
changes and by work with uni-Trade examinations will And al! rule that all "old" ships should be
form scales and notations can it the necessary information of broken up, and not sold to for-
be hoped to deal effectively with International scales in it. cigners, might be difficult to apply. But there must be some way out of the difficulty. If the from Hong Kong arrived Mar- trouble of redundant yards is to Beilles on May 23 at 8.80 a.m.
be solved by the National Ship-
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS
The P. & O. Rajputana
The T.S. Royal Prince from
building Securities, Ltd., surely New York sailed from Shanghai something of the same nature
could be arranged for shipownererive here on May 21. with their redundant tonnage..
Here clearly is a case for the
on May 25, and is expected to ar-
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The C.P.S. R.M.S: Emprèss of Russia, Capt AJ Holland, R.N.R., will leave here for Vic- toria and Vancouver, B.C., via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama at 8 a.m. on June 4 (Wednesday),EDERETRIE
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The MV Monte from. Karachi on May 24 and is expected here on Julie 18.
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