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| SANITARY STATE OF SHIPS.
British v. Foreign Equipment.
In his report for 1920 the Melical Ollicer of Health to the Manchester Fort Sanitary Authority, Dr. W. F. Dearden, points out that the 1928 report showed, from Manchester ex- perience in ships' hygienic equip west, that pre-1918 foreign ships were worse than British ships of the same period; that the early part of the post-1918 perlod exhibited little difference between them; that the subsequent rate of Improvement has been much more rapid with forsign ships, and that these are now well. ahend of British ships.
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Intelligence
NEW CUNARDER.
NEW DREDGER.
EFFECT OF PLACING ORDER ON VESSEL MAKES LONG TRIP IN
CLYDEBANK.
96' DAYS.
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'The big event in the shipbuild-
Manila, July 15. ing world is materialising, The
Apparently unaffected by the order for the new Cunarder has been settled, but it is known that long sea voyage to which it has work on the vessel cannot be been subjected. the new Govern- started for some time yet, says ment dredger to be named Manila, the Journal of Commerce.
of the Bureau of Public Works,
Nevertheless, the fact that the ship has been placed is of vast under command of Captain G. importance, but only to the Clyde-Clausen, made port at about 6.50. bank establishment, but to many a.m. yesterday from Elbing, Ger- industries. in the country and many, viu Pillan, Emden, Algiers, thousands of workers who will Port Said and Colombo, directly and indirectly find ́em- It took the dredger 96 days to ployment.
negotiate the distance from
If the work of building the Elbing, under its own power. It vessel, itself is concentrated at averaged about 18 knots on the The report continues:-In certain Clydebank the equipment of such voyage, without any strain to the quarters it is held that the publica- a large and costly ship must in-engine. The voyage was made tion of Amended Instructions, involve a multitude of trades, which with a German crew
of 19 on 1929, and the persuasive powers, of in one way and another will bene-board. the surveyors of the Board of Trade fit from the order, And, it may The new dredger has a net ton- have distinctly improved the hybe said, that there probably never nage of 1,122 tons. Complying glenic standard of crews quarters was a time when the work on such with contract requirements, it REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING in British ships. built after that a vessel was more welcome than at has
FROM £88 TO £120 ON SALE
year, This is true to a limited ex- the present moment. tent, the weakness being that, ex- cepi in comparatively few cases, the improvements have been installed in oddments instead of in co-ordinated series, and even this method has not been progressive except in the soil tary instance of washing modation.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolula,
CHICHIBU MARU
SHINYO MARU
Thursday, 31st July. Wednesday, 13th August.
5th August. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWER!, ROTTERDAM vìa
Singapore, l'enang, Colombo, Suez.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Poris.
YOKOHAMA MARU
Tuesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
Monday, Monday,
nerom-
A comparison between ultra modern vessels and those built dur- ing the past ten years shows that hygienic reform is losing ground in the British ships, and making ex- cellent progress
in the foreigners using the port, which incidentally
illustrates the fallability of persia-
required.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,sion when a sustained effort is
Monday,
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
HAKUSAN MARI
HARUNA MARU
† RANGOON MARU
Saturday, 26th July Saturday, 9th August SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
ATSUTA MARU
Tuesday, 23th September.
28th July.
TAMBA MARÐ
11th August
Mexico & Panama.
RAKUYO MARU
28th July.
BINGO MARU
Wednesday,
6th August.
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
ATAGO MARU
Saturday,
2nd August.
Monday,
11th August.
CALCUTTA via Singapore. Penang & Rangaon.
YAMAGATA MARU
Tuesday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+HAKODATE MARU (Moji drs) Monday, ATSUTA MAKU
29th July,
. 28th July, Tuesday, 29th July.
+ MALACOA MARU (Moji rect) Monday,
+ Cargo only.
4th August.
Telephone 30291.
LIVERPOOL vit Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
+ DELAGOA MARU
4
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SAILINGS. FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATIO“,
LONDON, HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM &
Colombo, Sues and Port Said.
ATLAS MARU ...
ANTWERP Vis Singapore
Monday, 11th August.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-VI, Saigon, Blazers,
Colomha, Durban & Cape Town,
LA PLATA MARU BUENOS AIRES MARU
BOMBAY--Via Singapore & Colombo.
SHUNKO MARU
HONOLULU MARU
Friday, 29th August.
Friday, 3rd October.
Sunday, 3rd August. Tuesday, 19th August. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, BAR & MOMBASA—Vusingapore & Colombo.
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
CANADA MARU
MEXICO MARU
Wednesday, 8th August Friday, 26th September.
Friday, 1st August, Monday, 18th - August.
CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Bangoon.
HIMALAYA MARU
CELEBES MARU
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA &
Shanghai.
One notes first of all that, whilst British owners are somewhat sur- prisingly but very distinctly going back to the forecastle for crews quarters, foreign owners are so steadily concentrating on the pop or midship; that their percentage
has increased from 62.6 to 79.9; the
a length of 57.9 metres; breadth, 10.82 metres; depth, 4.7 metres; mean draft, about 4 metres. The craft will be class- led at Lloyd's as 100A 4 K, as a dredger.
From this point of view the Cunard directors have given out their order just when it is most needed. The effect cannot be felt for months to come, no doubt, but
According to the German skip- when the inquiries for materials per who brought the vessel from and specialities begin to circulate Elbing, the new dredger has a there will be a fillip to many sub-mean speed of ter knots, fully sidiary industries of which they loaded. It also has a hopper stand much in need.
To the shipyard workers of the Clyde, suffering as they are from growing unemployment, the order means a changed outlook, which will come as a positive relief.
here, and it will take more than ten years to put the matter straight. The direction and extent of the leniency can suitably be left to the Board of Trade, who could-define the same in regulations.
capacity of 600, cubic metres. The new dredger can work to a depth of 15 metres; or more than 45 feet.
The dredger was built in Ebling by F. Schichau and Company, under the supervision of an officer of the engineer corps of the U.S. Army.. The Reither-Akerman Company of this city are the local representatives of the German shipbuilding firm.
The new dredger will shortly go into drydock for inspection of its the fact that the Board of Trade other equipment, as the contract The supreme dificulty arises from machinery, hulls, propellers and possesses no machinery for dealing called for its delivery in Manila in British percentage having dropped with up-to-date problems of marine first-class condition. As soon as from 71.7 to 36.1. Foreign mess- hygiene, and the knowledge that the the Manila has undergone inspec- rooms have increased from 80 per onger the setting up of this ma-tion by local customs officials and cent, to 100 per cent, whilst Erl-chinery is postponed the greater will experts, it will leave drydock to tish messrooms have droppeed from be the lask, to be finally taken in begin its work in the harbour. 50.6 per cent. to 46.8 per cent.; the hand. New ships are being laurich- The Manila will supplement the hospital figures for foreign vessels ed in a steady stream, and are ever. Dredger, now in commission, are 96.5 per cent. against 60 per swelling the list of "existing ships." in dredging operations in the cont. whilst the British are
In the year 1929 British yards turn sent plans of the bureau of public Manila harbour, according to pre- per cent. against 19.1 pered out 239 ocean-going vessela for cent.; the figures for separate cabins are 82.7 per cent. against British owners and 70 for Dominion works. The Manila will be assign- ed to work on the fairways lead- 41,3 per cent., foreign, and
ing to the Government piers to en- 21.2 per cent., against 27.2 per cent, British. Only 4 of the Bri-
able occan-going vessels to dock with facility-Manila Bulletin. tlahers had the complete 7 hygienic units against 21 of the foreigners.
48.8
A Redeeming Fenture. The one redeeming feature likely to bring joy to the persuasive op timista is the fact that 68 per cent. of the new British ships were pro- wash basins, against 54.2 per cent. vided with both shower baths and
of the ten year period ships. The general retrogression shown in new British ships seems extraordinary, and scarcely what one would expect In a comparison with a ten year ZANZI-group containing ships commission-
and foreign owners.
New Ships at Manchester.
new ships
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS
One may surmise that hygienic building, and equipment of the 70 would for the most part be super- vised by someone acting on behalf of the home Governments concerned, but one knows that there would be no supervision of the same nature with the 239, if the which come to Manchester are cor- rect samples of the generality of new ships, it must be obvious that the longer definite action is post- poned the more difficult it will be and the longer it will take to deal Asia from Hong Kong
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of with "existing ships."
on. Jitne The first 25 arrived at Vancouver on Jury and most essential step is to obtain 12 (Saturday). the necessary machinery by means
ed during the four years prior to of an Amending Merchant Shipping the publication of the Amended Act, and the Government should Instructions to Surveyora.
It cannot, of course, be claimed that the figures given would be the VANCOUVER--Vie Japan l'arts from built during the periods under ra- same proportionately if all the shijs
Sunday, 17th August.
ARIZONA MARU (from S'hai) MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
MAIPHONG~~Via Follow & Pakhol,
MENADO MARU.
Thursday, 26th July.
NEW YORK-Vin Japan porta & Panama.
JAPAN PORTS.
KINE MARU
KOHSO MARU
Friday, 25th July, Tuesday, 29th July.
KEELUNG-Via Swatow & Amoy.
TAKAO-Via Swator & Amoy.
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
BATAVIA MARU
Sunday, 10th August.
For further paricular: please appl) 1--08AKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28061.
M. TAKEUCHI, Manager
Donations and Subscriptions must now
be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. H. E.
Goldsmith, 525, The Peak.
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
have little difficulty in getting Par- fament to do this without waste of time.
for an increase of the cubic space All that is required is to provide
view could have been Included, but and floor space for sleeping places It is quite reasonable to say that 47 to the Norwegian atandard, which ships, being 20 per cent, of a year's must be a minimum, and the grant- output (1929), constitute a fairing of power to the Board of Trade, sample of new British ships and iri conjunction with the Ministry of quite enough to show how things Health, to make regulations respect- [are going.
Shanghai for this port on July 22 The P. & 0. 8.8. Jeypore left at 3 p.m., and is due here on July 26 at about 6 am.
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.
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This fact about new ships should crew's quarters (including meas- help materially towards satisfying rooms), such necessary accessories any remaining doubts about the |ás privíes, washing and bathing necessity for instituting a compil places, oilskin lockers drying rooms eory hygienic code for Britlah ships, and pantries, and such condition as If powers are obtained one real dif- lighting, ventilation, temperature fleulty in the way would be the regulating, moisture, drainage, food question of how to deal with un storage and noxious odoura, It hyglenic arrangement of quarters would also be good policy, as well on exlating ships. Reform means as an encouragement to port sant- structural re-arrangement, and as tary authorities, If it were enacted this involves additional capital ex that any of these places not main- penditure the financial aspect may tained in accordance with the be regarded with some apprehension | regulations should be considered to in these bad days for shipping. constitute anulance within the Unifortunately this difficulty is meaning of the Public Health "Act, largely due to procrastination, and 1875, 90212,
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