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REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
TENYO MARU
TATSUTA MARU
MISHIMA MARU
THE CHINA MAIL.
SCRAPPING OF SHIPYARDS.
SHIPPING
Thursday, 12th June. Thursday. 10th June.
20th June.
5th July.
BELFAST BUILDER'S FEAR AND CRITICISM.
f
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
SIBERIA MARU
.... Friday,
Saturday,
LONDON. MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vla
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday, 14th Juno at 8 a.m. Saturday, 28th Jung at 7 am. SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vla Manila & Ports.
Tuesday, 24th June.
BÁKOZAKI MARU
SECTION.
SHIPYARD WAGES.
Employers Reject Claim
of Assistants.
MERCHANT NAVY OFFICERS.
UPHOLDING THE REPUTATION
OF ENGINEERS. ·
DEBATE IN COMMONS.
The following latter appeared In the Journal of Commerce:—
Sir. May I ask the favour of space in your columns concerning a matter of considorable import- ance to that most indispensable body of men, the engineer officers of the British Mercantile Marine? As has been made widely known
The claim for an advance of 4s. a week on the existing rates Speaking at a luncheon during of wages paid to planters. helpers. the trial trip of the new steamer and rivet heaters in shipyards through the medium of the gen- Cefalu in Belfast Lough, on was considered at a conference
eral Press of the country, assent April 23, Mr. William Strachan, In London last week by represen- was given in the House of Com- managing director of Messrs. tatives of the National Union of
mona on the 15th Inst.:- Workman, Clark (1928), Ltd., General Workers, the Transport General Workers' Union, criticised the recently-launched and scheme for scrapping redundant and the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation. The claim was bas- shipyards.
"There is much to be said," he ed on the fact that the class of **OUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan. Honolulu, Los Angeles, declared, "in favour of the amal-workmen represented were exclud- takened from the general wage settle- gramations which have place, but scrapping simply be- ment agreed to in 1929, and cause there is an excess of supply which came into operation SOUTH AMERICA (Eust Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & l'orts, under present prices and condi- January and April of this year. NEW YORK. ROSTON via Panama.
TENYO MARU
TANGO MARU
MANILA.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,
SADO MARU .....
TOTTORI MARU
Friday, 6th June at 4 p.m.
..... Wednesday, 11th Juna.
Friday,
20th June.
Mexico & Panama BUKUYO MARU
Friday,
29th June.
+ TATSUNO MARU
Wednesday. 25th June. LIVERPOOL via Port Sald. Stambou! (Constantinople), Genoa,
+ DAKAR MARU (Calls Saigon).. Monday,
JAL CUTTA via Singapore. Pennng & Rangoon.
9th June.
Sunday,
8th June
Sunday,
15th June.
Saturday,
Tuesday, Tuesday,
7th June. 10th June. 10th June.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+ HAKODATE MARU
↑ MALACCA MARU
† GENOA MARU
KITANO MARU
+ TOYOHASHI MARU
+ Cargo only.
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O. S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
tions has personally no favour with me. Such a policy looks to me like admitting defeat and hauling down the flag, and it goes against my grain to do either the one or the other.
"That leave be given to bring In a bill to enable the Board of Trade to suspend or cancel the certificate of any master. mate or engineer engaging in the illicit importation of in-1 toxicating liquor into the terri- tory of the United States America." In introducing the menure, It was contended by the unions) that these men were plain time. Mr. Foot (according to the Par- workers and entitled to the ad-liamentary Official Report) said that the Intention was to give vance in wages now claimed.
in
of
After an adjournment, the Ship-power to the Board of Trade, in- building Employers' Federationdependent of the action of any "It may appear presumptuous made the following reply:-"We foreign court, to withdraw or sus- atill definite of the view rend the certificate of any master, on my part to express an opinion are contrary to that of the giants in that acceptance by the unions of mate or engineer who knowingly he continued the national uniform wage engaged in the traffic. The cer cur industry,"
Was a "especially when 80 many of scheme, including the Federation tificate of these officers them have associated themselves of Trade, of, which both your most precious possession, and with the policy of scrapping, but unions are members, rules out of should not be used in pursuance Belfast had an unpleasant experi- consideration an application for uf a policy contrary to the de ence of the truth of my argument an increase in wages, not only on claration of the present Govern- some years ago, when certain behalf of those men who benefit-ment. The measure was intended nills were scrapped, with the re-ted by the scheme. but all men to vindicate the integrity of an sult that the Continental mills covered by the application in rea- ancient, and honourable calling. a settlement was to prevent the base misuse of the were extended, and the last state pect to whom of those who put up the money made until the lapse of at least British lng, and to strengthen friendly relations between was worse than the first, inasmuch six months after the first full pay the as they had to compete with more week in April, when the Inst set-two great peoples,
In opposing the bill, Mr. modern plant than they possessed tlement became completely opera.
(according Apart entirely from this McQuisten
to the tive.
oint, the Employers Federation Official Report) sald there were master or mates engaged in is not prepared at the present no "I fear the same with the scrap- time to agree to the application the traffic (the Italics are in all of shipyards or any other on behalf of platers, helpers and cases my own), and he knew of
110 case where any British works, especially when we know rivet heaters."
After at further adjournment. ter or British mate had been 1. that in other countries Govern- ments are doing all they can to the union representatives" stated, volved. It was a crime which did their industrirls to that the reply of the employers not exist among British captains | encourage
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore themselves and against cheaper
Colombo, Suez and Port Said.
ANDES MAHU ALTAI MARU
Wednesday, 11th June. Saturday, 12th July.
labour.
*IO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Yia Saigon, Alagapping
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
RIO DE JANEIRO MARU MONTEVIDEO MARU
GOMBAY--Via Singapore & Colombo
Friday, 13th. June.
Friday, 18th July.
SUMATRA MARU
Thursday, 19th June.
PANAMA MARU
Monday, 7th July.
CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
TACOMA MARU
MADRAS MARU
Wednesday, 18th June. Wednesday, 2nd July,
United States' Aims.
QURBAN. LOURENÇO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI beat us. The United States, hav-was unsatisfactory, and they pro-and mates, and it was on behalf ing overtaken and overcome us in posed to report the proceedings of that body of honourabin men BAR & MOMBASA—Via Singapore & Colombe.
that he regarded the bill as some- ether directions, are obviously to their respective executives.
It was agreed that the confer-thing in the nature of an insult, i that Britannia no out to see
He defied the hon, member who longer rules the waves, and to ence should stand adjourned.
hud asked leave to bring in the that end they have passed the
bill to tell him of any British captain or mate (or at least more than one or two out of the tons of thousands) who engage in the in-
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Via Japan Ports from Jones-White Act and have sane-
Shanghel
AFRICA MARU
MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane
SYDNEY MARU
BAIPHONG-Via Hoihow & Pakhol.
MENADO MARU
.... Friday. 1st July,
& Sydney.
Friday, 6th June. Thursday, 19th June.
EW YORK-Via Japan ports & Panama
JAPAN PORTS.
ATLAS MARU
BORNEO MARU
<EELUNG-Via Swałow & Amoy,
CANTON MARU
HOZAN MARU
TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amor.
TAKAO & KEELLING.
BATAVIA MARU
Monday, 9th June. Friday, 13th June.
Sunday, 8th June, 3 p.m. Sunday, 16th June, 3 pan.
Tuesday, 10th June
tioned the payment of huge sub- aidies under the cloak of mail con 1racts, and have enforced the
hipment of goods to even our
NAVAL BUILDING.
Grandi's Suggestion Not Cuatry, and he opposed the bill
Official.
because he thought it a piece of nonsense that the Honse should have been asked to waste time: upon it.
My purpose In writing now is
not to engage in any controversy |
STEAMENIP UNIS
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1930.
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WHITSUNTIDE.
The summer months in Hong Kong ste very trying. When there is a chance to recuperato Why yourself, do not miss it.
not take the opportunity of the Whitsuntide Holidays to make a The trip up the West River. round trip only takes four days and it costs you less than $40 including meals & stay overnight on board at Wuchow.
+
The two comfortable steamers 15.5. "Tal Ming" & 6.3. "Tal Hing" go up there from Hong Kong re- gularly,
regards the merita or demerits war, and I should
like to make
own Dominions in American bot- toms. They are going to spend 16 nillions on Atlantie greyhounds
Paris, Yesterday. without turning a hair, while we
French circles declare that Signor get excited over the prospect of
Grandi's suggestion that Italy and une new Cunarder.
"While all this and more is go-France suspend naval building in
of prohibition of to discuss the it clear that at the very least all ing on, our Imperial politicians 1930 was not made officially.
Anyway, the suggestion does not pros and cons of rum-running, that can be said in defence of the are busy crushing the heart of our shipowners by the heaviest taxa appeal to the French, who consider but to point out how regrettable integrity of masters and matea Maneger.tion in the world. When is it all it favours Italy rather than France.it is that Mr. McQuisten should should in justice be said of en-
have confined his remarka in the gineers also.-Yours, etc., going to end? When is British in--Reuter.
House of Commons to upholding Justry going to get a chance to re-
the reputation of maatera cat mates only, when engineers are also so clearly struck at by the bill. I am afraid that the omis-
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ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS:
cover its lost position?
"It is little use crying out for the people to buy British goods
MASTERS AND OFFICERS.
D. BRAMAH, General Secretary, Marine Engineers' Asso., Ltd., London Bridge House, London, S.E.1.
take
so long as the law permits foreign goods to be dumped here which A meeting of Hull members of slon to utter one solitary word Perve our purpose at a cheaper the Mercantile Marine Service in defence of engineer officers price. It is not in human nature Association was presided over by may give rise to grave misappre- to do so, and it is difficult to the general secretary (Mr. Thos. hension in the mind of the gen-
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE understand why Mr. Thomas Scott). There was a large gather-eral public.
Engineer officers of the British) makes such a fuss about the pal-ing of masters and officers.
have a long "Hilda"
Consignees of Cargo par C.M.V. A report of the association's Mercantile Marine
are reminded try 300,000 tons of steel which he Arranged for Canada to order employment bureau proved that and honourable record of service delivery of their goods which will be
peace and subject to rent after June 7, here, when he permita 3,000,000 the number of members now re- to their to 4,000,000 tons to be dumped gistered is about double that for into the country. Think what it the same périod of last year. This would mean to the coal and steel egrettable state of affairs is un- industries," concluded Mr.doubtedly due to the alarming number of idle vessels at the vari- Strachan, "if that steel were
The opinion of ship- manufactured at home. I believe ous ports.
that the distress in these indus- masters regarding the advent of tries would vanish, and that a motor-lifeboats is that the respon- trial of Protection would be well sible authority should exercise worth while towards that 'end." care to prevent these boats be-
coming cumbersome.
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BATEST AGENTS. HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN,
A matter which has attracted the attention of the association is the sale of obsolete tonnage to
country, in
to
JUNE SAILINGS. DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1.30 p.m. S.S. "TAI HING"
[1,068 tons Capt. Trgit] JUNE.
SAT. . 7th MON. 23rd THURS. 12th SAT. 28th TUES. 17th
S.S. TAI MING" [649 tons Capt. G. J. Spink.] JUNE. MON. 9th WED. 25th BUN. 15th MON. 30th FRI.
20th
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WARSHIPS IN PORT
Co.,
The following British warships were in harbour yesterday:
1
Tamar-Basin. Marazion-Basin. Thracian-West Wall. Bruce In dock, Tarantula-No. 9 buoy..
Foreign.
Sirdar No. 12 buoy, Adamastor-Portuguese cruiser, Helena-American gunboat. Hat. Fu-Chinese gunboat. Vigilante French gunboat. Mindanao-American gunboat.
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A resolution supporting the proposal was unanimously ried, and it was remarked that the practice of selling old tonnage to foreigners was a foolish policy, end one that should be condemn- ed..
The secretary intimated to the gathering that action is being taken with regard to the manning cf ships and hours of labour at
sea.
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rive here on
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