NYKLINE
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA:U.S.A. VARYING FROM 489 TO £120 ON SALE
ASAMA MARU.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Porta & Honolulu.
..... Thursday, 18th September. · ·
Sunday, 29th September.. | SEATTLE, VICTORIA vin Shanghai & Japan Ports::
'HIKAWA MARU
24th September.
TAIYO MARU
Wednesday,
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via ́
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. KATORI MARU
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday, 6th Sept. at 11 am. Saturday, 20th Sept. at 11 am.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
ATSUTA MARU
AKI MARU
Tuesday.
Tuesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,
KAGA MARU
Thursday, Saturday,
23rd September,
21st October,
11th September. 27th September.
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† MALACCA MARU SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama. HKIYO MARU
Tuesday,
30th September.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porta
KAWACHI MARU
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
LYONS MARU
Tuesday,
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
+ TAKETOYO MARU
Sunday,
† TOBA MARU
Monday,
9th September.
21st September. . 6th October.
Tuesday,
16th September.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
+ HAKODATE MARU
Monday,
+MORIOKA MARU
Monday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
* AKITA MARU
Saturday,
SUWA MARU
HAKATA MARU (Kohe direct)
8th September. 15th September."
6th September. Saturday, 6th September. Monday, 8th September. Wednesday. 10th September
+ Cargo only
SIBERIA MARU
*
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
(Private exchange to all departments.
Telephone 30291.
0.
K.
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
THE CHINA MAIL.
PORT OF LONDON.
Shipping
Intelligence.
gage, and is: complete with benches arranged down its centre to meet the re- quirements of Customs officials.
DIRECT SERVICE,
THE NEW TILBURY LANDING The complete facilities are now O.S.K. LINERS TO CALL AT NEW
STAGE.
The
ZEALAND PORTS.
This new direct service from
Hong Kong to New Zealand will, it is felt, satisfy merchants who have business connections with New Zea and by assisting them in develop- ing their export business.
such that within-half-an-hour a' passenger can disembark from a liner with all his cabin luggage, Each year the number of pass through the Customs and With a view to meeting the ever passengers using the Port of hoard a train for London. This increasing demand for direct calling London increases appreciably, the improved accommodation and ser- at New Zealand ports, Osaka Shosen deal Kaisha have decided to let their Aus- total last year exceeding 306,000. vice has been provided to Among the modern equipments with the steadily growing passen tralian liners call direct at Welling- and attractions for their conger traffic through the port, since ton and Auckland, commencing with venience at Tilbury is a new land the annual number of passengers the MS. "Brisbane Maru,” sailing ing stage which was recently put has increased from 144,712 in from Hong Kong on October 6. into commission by Mr. Ramsay 1921 to its present figure of be-
Following M.S, "Brisbane Maru," MacDonald, the Prime Minister. tween two and three times that M.S. "Melbourne Maru" and "Syd- This important extension is the total: The Cleveland Bridge andney Maru" also call direct at those outcome of a Bill promoted in Engineering Co., Ltd., of Darling- two ports in New Zealand. Parliament by the Port of London ton, were responsible for the Authority, in conjunction with main work on the new stage, the the London, Midland and Scottish works on the shore and embank Railway Company, for sanation ment being carried out by Sir to construct such a stage in the Robert McAlpine and Sons, 50, River Thames to render it pos- Pall Mall, London, S.W. sible to discontinue the practice Port of London Authority, which of conveying passengers by ten-was constituted in 1908, controls der to the shore from ships lying the five groups of docks in the in the stream, and of embarking Port of London and the tidal or disembarking passengers in portion of the Thames, some 69 miles long. It possesses a total Tilbury was selected as the dock area of 3683 acres, a water most suitable site within the Fort area of 722 acres, and about 45 for such a landing stage because miles of quays. Warehousing ac- ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST the largest liners can navigate commodation is provided within and berth in the river at that the area for over one million-tong point, and also because on shore of merchandise, some six hundred there was already a good railway and fifty cranes with varying connection to London. The new capacities up to 150 tons being in floating stage, by the side of use for handling auch tonnage. which liners now berth, consists There are also ten graving docks, of a platform 1142ft long and providing accommodation for 80ft. wide, constructed of heavy some of the largest ships, afloat, steel girders with jarrah timber and the shipping entering and decking and built on 6 pontoons. leaving the port is over fifty million net tons register annually.
dock.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore Projecting 300ft. into the river in
Colombo, Suez and Port Bald.
T
AMAZON MARU ALASKA MARU
Thursday, 11th September. Friday, 10th October."
Not the least interesting feature of this new Tilbury land- ing stage is the modern system
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore, by means of four hinged steel of lighting installed to permit et
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. BUENOS AIRES MARU- BOMBAY--Via Singapore & Lalombo,
HAMBURG MARU DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
Friday, 3rd October.
Friday, 19th September. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN- ZIBAR & MOMBASA—Via Singapore & Coloniba. CHICAGO. MARU. CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
MADRAS. MARU
Sunday, 28th September.
Thursday, 18th September..
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER. MELBOURNE.-Vis Maulla, Brisbane &. Sydney.
BRISBANE MARU
HAIPHONG-Via Heihow & Pakhol.
Monday, 6th October,
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports & Panama.
SANYO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE MARU
AMUR MARU
SHUNKO MARU
KEELUNG-Via Swatow & Amoy,
TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amoy.
· TAKAO & KEELUNG.
SOURABAYA MARU-
Saturday, 25th October. -
Tuesday, 9th September. Saturday, 13th September. Sunday, 21st September.
Wednesday, 10th Sontomber.
For further paricular: plansą apply ta—OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Tel. 2806).
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Wednesday, September 3. Chang Chow, British str., 1,203 tons, Capt. W. Andrews, from
Canton, Talkoo Dock-B, & S. Ninghai, British str., 1,482 tons, Capt. Layton, from Amay, buoy
No. B12-B. & S... Tikarang, Dutch str., 6,054 tons,
Capt. P. Hopman, from Mun- tok, buoy No. A4—J.CJ.L.. |
Thursday, September 4.
Chang Klang, French str. 1,717 tons, Capt. L. J. Cruchot, from Shanghai, buoy No. 820Sing Kee & Co.. Haldia, British str., 1,141 tons, Capt. C, Boyce, from Salgon, buoy No. C44-Wo Fat Sing
front of the original bank, the stage is held against two massive timber dolphins, one at each end, booms and heavy mooring cables, an all-night service. A special which allow it to rise and fall with type of lighting unit, designed the tides. The usual range of for dock illumination by the Gen- figure eral Electric Co., Ltd., gives the spring tides is. 21ft,, a sometimes exceeded on exception required light distribution when al tides.
an approximate The pontoons, varying operating at from 80 to 100 feet in length and height of 30ft, with a spacing 15ft. in width, were assembled on Of from 100 to 110 feet, the dis the foreshore and launched by a
tribution peak intensity being at temporary slipway, each com- some 65 degs. to the vertical and plated length of about 300 feet the cut-off at practically the same being towed to its final position in angle. the river.
It
WATER LEVELS.
RIVERS
The following table, issued by. the Kwangtung River Conservancy Gommission, shows in English feat the water levels on the West River, North River and East River, on the dates named
*Shiuting
Tsingyuen Samahui
Sheklung
Sept 22 Sept. F004
6.2
6.0
5.1
2.2
6.1 -1.6
The highest levels on record aro:
Shiuhing, 41 feet; Taingyuen, 29.2 feet; Samshul, 27.3 feet; Sheklung 15.5 feet
The lowest level on record at
Samshui is minus 5 feet and at Sheklung minut 2.7 fest
PASSENGER LIST
DEPARTURES
Per a.s. Empress of Canada on September 4 for Vancouver
Dr. M. K. Breitlander, Van Bochave, Mtr. N. Bercovitz, Miss
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
1930.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
LATE LALTE
14 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 9 DAYS.FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND USA. Hoog Rong Shanghai Koka
Yokebam VOTE
Leave Arrien Empress of Japan Oct. 2 Oct $ Oct. 7 Qet. 9 Oct. 17 Empresa of Axia® -Oct. 15 Oct 18 Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Nov. 1 Empress of Canada Oct. 30 Nov. 2 Nov. + Nov. 8 Nov. 14 Empress of Russia Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nor. 29 Empress of Japan Nov. 27 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Dec. Dec. 12 Empress of Asia Dec. 10 Dec. 18 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 271 Empress of Canada Dec, 25 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 Jan. 1 Jan. 9 Empress of Russia* Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 24 Empress of Japan Jan. 29 Feb. 1. Teh, 3. Feb. 5 Feb. 13 Empress of Asia" Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 3 Mar. 8 Mar, 14, Empress of Canada Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 19 Mar, 27 Empress of Russia Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar, 31 Apr.. Z Apr. 11 Empress of Japan Apt. Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 11 Apr. 10 Empress of Asia Apr. 17 Apr. 20 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 May 4 Empresa of Canada May... 2. May 6 May 7 May 9 May 17
* (Call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai)
SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP SUMMER FARES. From Hong Kong to Nagasaki & Return G$ 82.50
» Koba
Yokohama
Tickets on sale to September 15, Anal retara limit October 81.
Telephones: Passenger 20752 Freight-10042
.G$105.00-
.G$117.50
WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SEPTEMBER SAILINGS, DEPARTURE HOURS:* *-
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wachow 1.30 p.m.
8.8. "TAI KING” –[1,058-tons-Capt. Trott.]-
BEPTEMBER.
7th
12th
TUES 23rd
MON. 29th
-SUN, FRI.
The Sal Kong (or the West River) WED.
17th
6.8. TAI MING"
is the third largest river in the Chin-"- ese Republic and second only to the Yangtare la importance. This magni- · [640 tons Cape 6. J. Spink.) ficent trade route, was opened to for-
SEPTEMBER. elga traffic in 1897, but how many TUES - 29th FLAT. -20th foreignera travel on this important HON. 15th waterway? The scenery along the For Information apply route is beautiful. We recommend it
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to any person who wishes to spend # short and economical holiday.
B. Bercovitz, Miss C. Bermarl Silva, E. H. Marsh, T. Monaghan, Miss J. Mrs. Z. Begdelskaya, Mr. and Mrs. McGenchie, W. McMiller, Mrs. A. S. G. Black, E. D. Bush, Miss V. Car Martinez, J. S. Martinez, Mrs. A. B.
THURS 25th
KWONG WING
29,-Connaught Road, West,
Phone 20893.
Co.,
A Chinese named Yu Kwong, (32),
Constructed of heavy- gauge copper, strengthened with Temporary staging in the river steel straps, each unit comprises was used for the erection of the a single-piece reflector, a porce bridges and booms, which were lain lamp-holder, and a 500-watt afterwards lifted and floated to
Osram zig-zag-filament gasfield the stage on pontoons, four of lamp. The whole of the lighting these bridges providing communi- scheme was evolved by the G.E.C. cation between the floating por in collaboration with the Port of tion and the baggage hall and sta-London Authority's own electrical tion circulating area for passen- department, the actual instalia
living at 15, Shing On Street, was gers and luggage. A fifth bridge on being carried out by Messrs.
alleged to have attempted suicide in H. TAKEUCHI, Maunger.vehicular traffic. A two-storey
gives access to the stage for Harland and Wolff, Ltd.
valho, C. Cavillier, HJ.Cate, T. Y. Osmond, Miss M. Olatt, J. Pascaalo, the harbour yesterday afternoon. Deane, G: H. Dickinson, Mr. and J. E. Perkins, L. Pickering, H. R. He travelled ·ad building 600ft. long on the stage
CHINA STATION. Mrs. J. D. Danby, Mrs. C. Duvall, Pinus, Mr. and
pasyen- Mr. F. H. ger from Hong Kong on provides waiting-rooms, shelters Kueichow, British str., 1,220 tons, and other accommodation, while
PT.. Carey, Mrs. A. J. Ermakott, Pentycross, Eldon Potter, R board. the Yaumati ferry launch Capt. D. Williams, from Canon its upper floor is a
SHIPS RETURNING HOME FOR Miss Ellie, B. E, Elliott, S., GR. Roxburgh, Miss S. da Man Chi and jumped over-
REFITTING. ton, buoy No, C46-B. & S.
Feltham, Mrs. G. Flores, Miss M. Silva, van Sick, Miss E. Samy, Dr. beard as the vessel was passing the Faurote, H. Ferguson, H. M. and Mrs. E. K. Stretch, N. Sales, H. No. 2 buoy in the central fairway. Michael Jebsen, Danish atr., 1,843 gangway giving direct access to a vessel by means of elevated tra-
The Cornwallis next on the Gregory, E. 0. Gochleon, G. 3. G. Sheldon, S. Spencer, J. F. Steiner, The alarm was immediately given Holhow, buoy No. B86. Chiu velling gantries. When necessary list of the five dips of her class Graver, Mrs. R. H. Gregory, Miss J. Miss G. Steiner, C. C. Tyo, Mr. and and a seaman of the launch named Oldekerk, Dutch str., 4,568 tons, to double. Its present length. The home for refit and recommission Humphreys, van Alen Harris, J. R. Jaime, Miss Jaime, L. Jones, R. was taken on board the ferry which the landing stage can be extended in the China Squadron to return H. Van Der Floe, J. Hoffman, E. Miss R. Towers, J. Jaime, Mtr. E. the would-be suicide, Yu Kwong Gregory, FC. Hall, E. C. Holbook, Mrs. W. A. Tyler, A. Thompson, Laung Wing dived in and rescued Capt. Lenjes, from Shanghal, erection of the baggage hall and ing. The Berwick and Cumber- Ireland, Josy Heine, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan-Fowler, G. Varias, W. continued its trip to Yaumati, where Ramses, German str., 4,898 tons, construction of a reinforced con- the Suffolk is now at Portsmouth: D. J. Lewis, G. Little, Mtr. J. Love. Varindas, Vrede, W. E. Lorkin, E. he was handed over to the Police,
new railway station involved the land have already been home, and Capt. B. Jansen, from Shang crete platform 600ft. long over The Cornwall is due to leave Mrs. C. J. Lowe, Miss E. Lowe, Misst R. Magra, G. M. D. D. Wolf, Miss who removed him to the Kwong hal, buoy Ne. A26. Jebsen & the foreshore of the river, the Hong Kong for England on Lowe, Miss E. Lopez, M. Meyer, Watson, C. M. Xavier, Miss A Ma, Wah Hospital auffering from the Suiyang, British str., 1,594 tons, 65ft. long, with the outer groups been manned from Devonport, but
concrete piles employed being November 1. She has hitherto Mrs. F. H. Mody, Mtr. F. H. Medy, G. S. Walden.
Seng Hong.
buoy No. A24.—J.C.J.L.
Co.
:
covered
هست
Capt. J. Newton, from Swatow. encased in oval concrete cylinders will become a Portsmouth ship on buoy No A8--B. & S. Tean, British str., 1,851-tone, Capt. ;
and sunk to a depth of over 50ft recommissioning, R. Allinson, from Swatow, barrel plaster type of roof, the G. S. Arbuthnot, D.S.0., returned Of brick construction, with the The cruiser Suffolk, Captain buoy No. B21-B, & 5, baggage hall is internally 295ft to Portsmouth in mall week from Taurushima Maru, Japanese str, long, 72ft. wide and 88ft. high, her first commission, which has 8,851 tons, Capt. Kawakami, is designed to give the maximum been spent on the China Station. from Milice, buoy No. B60 of light and ample space for the The Suffolk was the frat of the Y.K.K.
lug- British 10,000 ton post Washing-
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
sorting
of
passengers
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.
SALVAGE TUG TAIKOO
VPGH 600
ton cruisers, and was authorised
In 1924, laid down in September
effects of immersion.
BANK LINE LTD
crew for forciais Service in ELLERMAN &
of that year, and completed to full
Febrilary, 1928. The Suffolk is to reft Portsmouth where she and will recommission She is due to leave
In Septem
Kong
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BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
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UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
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NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE
CHESTE
ELLERMAN LINE
13th Beptember.
9th October.
́ ́AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
7th October.
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ANDREW
WEIR &
CO.
BOSTON NEW
MERI
ORIENTAL LINE:
DRY DOCK
Length Length on
Dept
cha 750 Feets
MAURETAN
18 VOYAGES AVERAGI
KNOTS:
The Cunard Mauretania, which: left Southampton, in mail week for New York, has added yet an- her list of striking per-
of her last 18 east singa she has averaged ots, a feat which no
liner afloat has ac
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8.8. TINHOW
Loading for Mauritius, Reunion,
Mossel Bay and Capetowa Through
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