NY.KLINE
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING FROM 283 TO 1129 ON SALE
·SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM VIL
THE
'FOUNDATION OF CONFIDENCE
IN THE DOMINIONS.
TRADE AND NAVY.
"ASAMA MARU
TAIYO MARU
Thursday, 18th September. Sunday, 28th September. SEATTLE. VICTORIA via Shangaul & Japan Ports.
HIKAWA MARU
Wednesday, 24th September
Singapore, l'enang, Colombo, Suez
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE viďł Manila & Porta
ATSUTA MARU
Tuesday,
AKI MARU
Tuesday,
KATORI MARU .....
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday, 6th September. Saturday, 20th September.
23rd September. 21st October.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
KAGA MARU
† MALACCA MARU
Thursday, Saturday,
11th September. 27th September.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama. HEIYO MARU
Saturday,
30th September. BOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.
KAWACHI MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
+KUMA MARU
+ TAKETOYO MARU
LIVERPOOL, via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa.
LYONS MARU
Tuesday,
0th September.
Monday,
1st September.
Sunday,
21st September.
Tuzsday,
16th September.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
† CALCUTTA MARU
Saturday,
+HAKODATE MARU
Monday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
MURORAN MARU
Sunday,
AKITA MARU
Friday,
SUWA MARU
SIBERIA MARU
† Cargo only.
30th. August.
8th September.
31st August.
5th September. Saturday. 6th September. Wednesday. 10th September.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
(Private exchange to all departmental
Telephone 30291.
0.
S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
There is some lack of apprecia- tion to-clay of the economic conse quence of departing from our traditional naval policy, writes Admiral Harry Campbell to the Morning Post.
CHINA MAIL.
Shipping
Intelligence
SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN.
The Use of Diesel
Engines.
According to Mr. Hyo Hamada chairman of the Mitsubishi Co., Ltd., the use of Diesel engines for large passenger craft was de veloped almost entirely by Japan- ese engineers.
MORÉA SOLD.
P. & 0. LINER. TO GO TO JAPAN.
The ss. Moren, of the P. and O. Line, which has carried many famous people to and from the East and has been in the service of the company for 22 years hast been sold to a Japanese company. She will arrive in Singapore on her final voyage East on October 4.
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Shortly afterwards she was moved to the Bombay and Far Eastern Services and in 1922 car-
Our Dominions overseas have sought to organise their lives on
In an interview, published in the basis of seeking the chief
Soon afterwards she will pass' markets for their raw materialsa Home paper, regarding the in the Home Country, and of Tatsuta Maru, the last of the trio into the hands of the Japanese drawing their supplies of manu-of Japanese motorships to enter and her ultimate fate is as yet un- factured goods as far as possible the NY.K. service, he said that settled. She may be broken up They when Diesel engines first 'began for material or be run as the from the Home Country. indicate to-day a willingness to to be used at sea,.other nations steamers of the "B" class.
The first commander of the develop further the potentialities were conv. aced that they would
for the never prove practical for the large Morea was Captain W. L. Brown, of inter-Imperial trade mutual benefit of the British na-passenger liners. The Diesels one of the senior commanders of tions.
vibration, the P. and O. service. Her first produced too much The foundation of that willing-they.considered, which for a liner commission was on the Austra- ness is, however, the confidence de luxe would be too great a dis- lian service where she made a that the Imperial Navy will keep advantage to be offset by what name for herself. During the the trade routes safe. That is als was gained in space and freedom War she served as a military hos- pital ship. Later she acted as, the foundation of our security from smoke. against. starvation in time of
The Mitsubishi Company, how-transport for the Australian trouble, the certainty that we can ever, tested the Diesel for a num- forces.
Early in 1917 she was armed get wheat from Canada, apples ber of years, and, considering that and butter from Australia, meat the vibration was not nearly so with eight 6-inch guns and coms from New Zealand, and oranges great as anticipated, decided to missioned as an auxiliary cruiser and foodstuffs from South Africa. engine the three new craft the with Capt. W. L. Elder, R.N., at- Can we face without misgiving Asama, Chichibu and Tatsuta, in tached to her. In 1919, she was the possibility of Canada giving this way. The Asama Maru, the reconditioned and went back to up the policy which she has so first of the trio, surpassed all ex- the Australian run in October of
that year. long faithfully followed of striv-pectations, vibration being re- ing to keep her trade flowing east duced to a point below that of to west the Empire. way-in-steam-driven vessels. stead of following the natural The Tatsuta is powered with geographical route, north to 16,000 brake horse-power. HAMBURG, "ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Kia Singapore south; of New Zealand and Aus, Mitsubishi - Sulzer single-acting, tralia being forced to the conclu-2-cycle marine Diesel engines, all sion that the path to the Mother parts being both made and as-Last year the Duke of Gloucester Country may not be safe, and sembled in Mitsubishi shops, the was one of her passengers from RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapor that the splendid achievement of company holding the manufactur- Marseilles to Hong Kong on his
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
the wool traffic during the Worlding rights for Japan for the Sulzer way to Japan to invest the Mikado War could not be repeated? interests. The home made plant with the Order of the Garter.
compares favourably with those of the sister ships which were a fact manufactured abroad, proved in the trial runs the Tatsuta attained a maximum trial speed of 20.93 knots an hour against the Asama's and the Chichibu's 20,653,.
Everything "Made In Japan." "Japanese shipbuilders," said Mr. Hamada, "hope eventually to purchase all materials "for their craft in Japan, but as yet this is not possible. Even in the case of the Tatsuta Maru the Mitsubishi PASSENGER LISTS. Company could not find the proper quality of certain steel, paints, and other materials in their country, and were forced in con- sequence to import foreign materials to some extent.
LONDON,
Colombo, Sues and' Port Said, AMAZON MARU ALASKA MARU
LA PLATA MARU BUENOS AIRES MARU BOMBAY-Vin Singapore & Colombo.
SUMATRA MARU HAMBURG MARU
• DURBAN, LOURENÇO MARQUES,
Wednesday, 10th September.
.... Friday, 10th October.
Friday, 29th August.
Friday, 3rd October.
Wednesday, 3rd September. Friday, 19th September. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN- ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo. CHICAGO MARU
Sunday, 28th September.
CALCUTTA—Vin Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
TACOMA MARU ................ ....... Monday, 1st September. VICTORIA. SEATTLE. TACOMA & VANCOUVER.
LONDON MARU (from Kobe) MELBOURNE-Vin Manila, Drisbane & Sydney.
SYDNEY MARU ....
HAIPHONGVl Hoibor & Pakhoi
....
Wednesday, 3rd September.,
Į
Wednesday, 3rd September.
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports & Panama.
SANYO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE MARU
AMUR MARU
SHUNKO MARU
KRELUNG-Vix Swatow & Azsoy.
TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amoy.
SOURABAYA MARU
Saturday, 25th October,
Thursday, 4th September. Saturday, 13th September. Sunday, 21st September.
TAKAO & KEBLUNG.
For further puriculars please apply to...--OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28001.
..... Wednesday, 10th September.
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
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS,
BOILER MAKERS,
FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
WATER LEVELS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
The following table, issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in English feet the water levels On the West River, North River and East River,
on the dates named:
Shiuhing Tsingyuen
Samshui-
Aug. 26 Aug, 27
10.2
6.1
5.8
4.9
4.7
Sheklung ... 4.5
5.5
The highest levels on record are: -Shluhing, 41 feet; Taingyuen, 29.2 feet; Samsbul, 27.3. feet; Sheklung 15.6 feet.
MOTOR SHIPS.
when
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1930.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
14 DAYS FROM CHINA ÂND 9 DAYS FROM JAPÁN TO CANADA AND USA..
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Jah Empress of Canada Dec. 25 Dec. 28 Dec. 30
1 Jan. 9 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Empress of Russain Jan. Empress of Japan Jan. 24 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Empress of Aain' Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar.
3 Mar. Empress of Canada Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 19 Empress of Ruhain“ Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Empress of Japan Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. Apr. 11 Empress of Asia“ Apr. 17 Apr. 20 Apr, 23 Apr. 25 May 4 *(Call at Narusaki the day after departure from Shanghai) SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP SUMMER FARES. From Hong Kong to Nagasaki & Return G3 82.50
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WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
ried Lord Inchcape from Mar- BRITISH 'WUCHOW LINE seilles to Bombay on his Indian Government economy mission.
SEPTEMBER SAILINGS.
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1.30 p.za."
8.5. "TAI HING" "
[1,088 .tens---Capt. Trott.]
SEPTEMBER.
MON,
1st
SUN.
7th
FRI
12th
WED. 17th TUES. 23rd MON. 29th
The a.a, Comorin (15,000 tons), until recently on the Australian run, will now be on the Straits-is the third largest river in the Chin The Sal Kong (or the West River) China service and is due here on December. 17. The Comorin, is a ess Republic and second only to the much more modern vessel and has Yangtze in importanc. This magni
ficent trade route was opened to for- WED. been in the Company's service since 1925. It is understood that eiga truffle In 1897, but how many TUES. this is a move towards providing foreigners travel on this important MON. 15 ur better boats on the Straits-China waterway? The scenery along the For Information apply to Service.
route is beautiful. We recommend it
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ARRIVALS
Per P. and O. s.s. Kashmir on August 29:-
"DEPARTURES..
to any person who wishes to spend a short and economical holiday.
S.9. "TAI MING" [640 tons Capt. G. J. Eplak) SEPTEMBER.
SAT, 20th THURS, 25th
9th
KWONG WING CO
29, Connaught Road, West,
Phone 28893.
CHANNEL COMEDY. they failed to
WOMEN AT SEA ON A LINER.
Ltd.,
hear the "All visitors nshore" signal.
The liner was under way and the tender heading back to Southampton, before the trio dis- covered that their last link with the shore had gone.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Nightingale, The lowest level on record at
"The policy of concentrating Samshul is minus 5 feet and at effort and attention upon, the Miss Bardelack, Miss Hollis, Mr. Sheklung minus 2.7 feet.
trans-Pacific service is becoming B. P. Daswani, Mr. Chuck, Miss
London, July 18. more and more pronounced among May, Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. H. An enforced trip seross the They quickly became reconciled the leading nations. Its import- Chilton, Mrs. M. Garrord.
Channel and a night spent in to the position, however, and en- once is enhanced from the fact
Cherbourg was the adventure joyed the trip across the Channel. that a mercantile marine forec must be considered in connection
which befell three London women They spent the night in Cherburg with naval limitation. In time of
who came to Southampton on after sending reassuring cables to on Wednesday to bid farewell to friends in England. emergency superior passenger August 28:- boats may have to be converted
friends sailing to America in the Dr. E. Kilay Ko, Miss L. Kllay Ko, liner Europa. into cruisers, and it is inevitable Mtr. J. Kilay, Ko, Miss J. Fuentes, that eventually Japan will come Mr. W. L. Hay, Mr. R. Cromwell, Mary Gilbert and Alice Pourtie, The three women, Mary Foster, in contact with problems arising Mr. J. J. Hurst Jun., Mr. S.. D. boarded the veggel by tender in able, but expensive, for they were Their adventure was pleasur- from superior tonnage and speedy Wolcott, Mrs. K. Willina, Mr. C. Cowes Roads. They were so e called upon to pay their fares
Bamberger, Mr. Mc N. Thomson. grossed in their farewells that both outward and homeward.
Temple Press, Ltd., send the China Mail a copy of the August issue of the Motor Ship. The fol- lowing subjects are dealt with in
this issue.
A Large New Motor Train Ferry (With Plans).
A Standard British Motor Tank-
er (Illustrated).
A Large French Oil-engined
Trawler.
The Course of Motor Shipbuild-
ing.
Torsional Vibration in Diesel
Crankshafts.
commercial ships. :|
"According to Lloyd's Register amount of shipping tonnage, but Japan takes third place in the
this country has so far lacked a ship capable of developing a speed of more than 20 knots; the three New 14-15 Knot Cargo Liners ships (referred to above) will The design of 17,000-ton Pas-have this speed. But their con- senger Liners.
atruction is only a step, and wo must strive hard to obtain more vessels of this kind"
Compressors for Diesel engines. A New Japanese Motor Liner.
DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
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Length 787 Feet: Length on Blocks 750 Feet. Depth on Centre of
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...
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to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius,
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS. HONG KONG CHINA & JAPAN.
KILLING WHALES.
NEW NORWEGIAN METHOD
SUCCESSFUL.-
The new Norwegian patented method of killing, whales by elec tricity has now been further test, cd, states the Anglo-Norwegian Trade Journal. According to Norwegian Press reports these tests have been so successful that it is anticipated the method will: be employed by several catchers. during the forthcoming acakon, The two great advantages the new method offers are:-That the whale, when hit, dies ini stantly and that it remains afloat.
(6) STEAMERS MOVEMENTS
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of Canada (from Manila) is die höre at 8 am. on September 1 (Man "day); 'and willcherth at-Père No.
6 Kowloon Whart
The CPS R.M.B. Empress DI As from Hong Kong" on August 120 left. Yokohama on August, 28, at 3: p.m.,, and is due at Váficou- ver on September 6,
Per ss. Empress of Canada
BANK LINE
AGENTS FOR
They returned yesterday to Southampton in the liner Deutsch- land.
LTD:
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO.,
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
M.V. “CITY OF LILLE”. London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull 8.S. “CITY OF MOHLE”..........London, Rotterdam & Hamburg
LTD.
ELLERMAN LINE
.13th September.
..... 9th October.
NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE..... AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
8.8. "CITY OF CHESTER”
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ANDREW WEIR & CO.
SERVICES TO
BOSTON, NEW YORK, & BALTIMORE
·M.V. "LOSSIEBANK”-
MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA
S.S. “TINHOW"
7th October.
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE
17th September.. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
.5th November,
Loading for Mauritius, Beunion, Delagon Bay, Durban, East London, Algus Bay (Port Elizabeth),
Mossel Bay and Capetowa
Through; Bill of Lading ixrued to Beta, Quiltuaine, Ike Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindial, Fort Nolloth, Luderits Bay, Walvis Bay and
on any of the above lies apply than
THE BANK LINE, LTD.