THE
CHINA MAIL.
NYKLINE Shipping
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING
FROM £83 TO 1120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
ASAMA MARU TAIYO MARU
Thursday, Sunday,
18th September. 28th September.
Wednesday, 24th September. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIKAWA MARU
Singapore, Penang, Colomba, Suez KASHIMA MARU
Saturday, 20th Sept. at 11 am. Saturday, 4th October at 8 a.m.
YASUKUNI MARU
AYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manilf & Parts
ATSUTA MARU
AKI MARU
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
SOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
MALACCA MARU
Saturday,
23rd September. 21st October.
27th September,
ALSO #1.
LOSS OF LIFE ON THE That in itself
SEAS.
Penal Cognisance of Maritime Mishaps.`.`
Master ...The Southampton Mariners Club, representing be tween 400 and 500 foreign- dis- going masters, having cussed at length the question of concurrent jurisdiction in interna. tlonal law 80 far as it concerns
Intelligence.
WAH T sufficient WHARF MONOPOLY. punishment, for the reason that it robbed the holder of his livelihood. SHIPPING FIRMS KICK ON USE
OF LEYTE, DOCK.
Particular System of Law, Machinery existed to-day where- by civil liabilities arising out of a collision could be settled, but they as master mariners were not con-
Manila, Sept. 3. Two local shipping firms yester- day filed with the insular collec- for of customs a complaint, for alleged monopoly, by one shipping company of the wharf at Tacloban, Leyte.
cerned particularly in that aspect of the case. What their objective was, was to see if they as a club could do anything which would tend to limit the penal jurisdiction of countries to vessels flying their According to a complaint which own flag, as if only they could was filed by the Compania Gen- Ty Samco Sobrino, the Compania
SOUTH AMERICA ¿West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angest | merchant shipping, considers that assist in that direction they would cral de Tabacos de Filipinas and
Mexico & Panama,
HEIYO MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (East Const) via Singapore"Cape Town & Perts,
KANAGAWA MARU
NEW YORK; BOSTON via Panama.
21st September.
Sth October.
LIVERPOOL vin Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
Tuesday, 30th Septeniber.
Friday,
17th October.
+ TAKETOYO MARU
Sunday,
TOBA MARU
Monday,
LYONS MARU
Saturday,
13th September.
CALCUTTA via Singapore. Penang & Rangoon.
†MORIOKA MARU
Monday,
+ TOKUSHIMA MARU
Monday,
Wednesday, Saturday,
15th September. 20th September.
17th September. 20th Septembew. 20th September. 20th September.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
AKİ MARU (Nagasakl direct)
FUSHIME MARU
RANGOON MARU (Kobe direct). Saturday, YAMAGATA MARU (Kobe direct) Saturday,
'+ Carro niz
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Telephone 30291.
(Private evehunợc tr all depuridiente'
O. S. K
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON,
HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP—Via Singapore Colombo, Suez and Port Said. AMAZON MÁRU
ALASKA MARU
.. Friday, 12th September. Friday, 10th October.
.... Friday, 3rd October.
RIU ÚR JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES--Vin Saigon, Singapors
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. BUENOS AIRES MARU *HOMBAY—Via Singapore & Colombo.
HAMBURG MARU HAVRE MARU DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
Friday, 19th September. Saturday, 4th October. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN- Singapore & Colonibo.
ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via CHICAGO MARU CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
MADRAS MARU
BURMA MARU
Sunday, 28th September.
Thursday, 18th September. Thursday, 2nd October.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER. MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
BRISBANE MARU
HAIPHONG-Vin Holhow & Pakhol
NEW YORK-Via Japan porta & PanRMA.
SANYO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
AMUR MARU.
SHUNKO MARU
KEELUNG-Yin Swatow & Amoy.
TAKAO-VL Swatow & Amoy.
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
Monday, 6th October.
Saturday, 25th October,
Saturday, 10th September. Sunday, 21st September.
For further paricular" please apply to OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28081.
M. TAKEUCHL Manager.
penal cognisance of maritime mis. haps involving loss of life should belong solely to the country whose flag is flown in the ship by which the wrong is done." This Interest- ing, and important resolution was unanimously passed by the mem-
bers of the club at their weekly tuncheon meeting, when Captain J. G. Saunders, R.D., R.N.R. occupied the chair.
be doing an immense amount of good.
Captain Clarke then put the re- solution.
was
The local concerns asked the in-
Maritima has been granted by the Leyte provincial government pre- ferential rights for docking faci Captain J., Klag, O.B.E., R.D., lities at the Tacloban wharf.
Although the privilege R.N.R., said he imagined that any decision or resolution which came granted the Compania Maritima from a body of men such as them-ly the provincial hoard of Leyte, selves would carry weight, the two local shipping firms pro- especially in a country such agested against the action of the Britain, which owned such a high board on the ground that their percentage of the world's tonnage. rights and privileges for equal Captain W. V. J. Clarke, D.SC... It was a tribute to the integrity of opportunity to use the Tacloban who opened the discussion, men tioned a number of cases in which the maritime courts of the country wharf, had been infringed.
that Important cases concerning injustice had been meted out to British-mariners, and said that foreign vessels should be brought tervention of the insular collector of customs so that all shipping definite risk and here for jurisdiction, and it was
and companies operating vessels which danger that the masters or officers evidence of fair dealing
which they call at the Leyte port may have equal rights to the use of wharf of British ships might be arrested straightforwardness in foreign countries for offences could all appreciate.
Captain E, W. O'Connor, D.S.C., at that port. over which they had no control, identified himself with the remarka The customs collector declared for an offence which they had no of the previous speakers, after that the complaint of the intention of committing, or for an
which Commander L. R. Palmer, shipping firme y under' con- error of judgment which might reD.S.O., R.N., said he thought that sideration. He refused to state sult in a collision or stranding there would be great difficulty in what action he will take to re-
the alleged monopoly. It was, indeed, possible that they might be imprisoned for a long getting nations to agree that ac- medy term as the result of such an incidents happening in their terri-Manila Bulletin.
torial waters could only be tried cident as he had mentioned, as well as being called upon to suffering vessel was flying their flag. a heavy monetary penalty,
there was
Criminal Intent.
In his estimation that was entirely contrary to all principles of criminal law in England where the essence of crime was that there must be criminal intent. A crime could not be committed by ne cident; there must be intent, for a man in law was taken to intend the consequences of his act. The principle usually adopted was that if the state of mind-In other words, intent was not present, then no crime had been committed
In the
of oillaions or strandings, the number brought
any
Case
in their own 'courts if the infring-
He would very much like to see the proposition made taw, but-i imagined that if such jurisdiction was agreed to in respect of sea- men, then everyone who travelled abroad who was trouble would probably claim the
same thing.
involved in
Captain Clarke, replying, sald that the point behind the resolu- tion was that we in this country did not regard' a collision as crime.
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PASSENGER LISTS,
ARRIVALS.
Per P. & O. s.s. Mantua from
Chine and Japan on Sept. 3:
Mr., Mrs. and Miss W. Gates, Rev. J. W. Ford, Mr. A. F. Jenkins, Mr. M. O. Lee, Mr. R. Dudley, Miss N: Seaborn, Misa D. Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Miss A. C. Payton, Mr. and Mrs. C. Nock, Mr. E. R. Duckitt.
Per s.s. President Jackson from U.S.A., Japan and China, on Sept. 12:-
A collision here was re- garded as an accident, a stranding as an accident, and if loss of life occurred, that too, was regarded as
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Brown, an accident and not à crime. The position as matters stood at the Mr. John Carr, Mr. Frank V. present time was that in the event Chamberlin, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur of a collision or stranding occur. French, Jr., Miss Katherine D. ring abroad, the master or officer Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. W. Keates in charge of a vessel could be and son, Mr. K. McMillan, Dr. thrown into gaol. They wanted to Esther Morse, Mr. and Mrs. E. W make as sure as they could that a Nelson and son, Miss P. J. M. shipmaster should know under Salmond, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. what particular system of law he Sandstrom, Miss Buelah Stich, was to be tried, for whereas he Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Thornton, Miss Thornton, Mr. H. had nothing to fear from trial Grace under the law of his own country, Vaterlous, Mrs. E. O. Wilson, Mr. he might quite reasonably have it. R. Womack. fear of being tried under foreign jurisdiction..
Captain Saunders then put the resolution, which, as stated, was carried unanimously.
about by criminal intent was in finitesimal, but in any case it was exceedingly difficult to state how they had been brought about. The atandard of professional conduct the competency amongst British masters and officers was very high; and he had no hesitation in saying that it was unthinkable that any collision would be brought about by British ships with intent to kill people in another ship, except perhaps in time of war, such the ramming of an enemy sub marine. They could therefore, rule out that possibility altogether. He thought it dangerous that whatever of shipmaster ¡pany, and although her gross ton-
nage was only 1,037, she was an nationality the ship might be Improved edition of the well-should be in the position of find- known Electra.
ing himself faced with the in- Like most of the Eastern Com-justice to which he had already pany's cable steamers, she had a referred, and he was glad to state Of the big fleet of cable ships very graceful appearance, in spite that there was to sit in Antwerp Eastern Telegraph of the excrescences necessary to in August a committee charged which the Company and its associated con- her work. On her trials she aver- with Investigating the entire ques cerns owned when the merger aged well over 13 knots. Ever tion of concurrent jurisdiction in rendered them surplus to require since she was a new ship she has International law. -..... ments, there was none more in been engaged on cable mainten- As far as disciplinary action
The Netherlands Parliament is teresting than the veteran Amber,ance and repair work, and has against a British master. or officer asked to sanction plans for the which has now arrived at Mahon done it well.
was concerned, their certificates construction of a new canal con to be scrapped, after being sold as Reboilered in 1895 and again in were issued by the Board of Trade, necting the port of Amsterdam she lay at Gibraltar.
1927, she has been kept up to who had the power to order and with the River Rhine, the cost of She was built by Napiers, of date and in good condition, and, hold an inquiry in cases of ac which has been estimated at ap Glasgow, in 1888, the fifth cable in spite of her age, it seems a cident, and who could, if the cir-proximately 65 million guilders, ship that the same yard had built pity that there was no market for cumstances demanded, cancel or or nearly 6% million pounds for the Eastern Telegraph Com her other than the scrappers. otherwise deal with the certificate.
CABLE-SHIP AMBER. FAMOUS OLD VESSEL TO BE SCRAPPED.
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
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Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocks 750
750 Feet, Depth on Centre of
SID (H.W.O.S.T.) 84 ft. 6 ins. THREE SLIPWAYS-
Capable of Handling Ships Up
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.
NEW CANAL.
$5,500,000 UNDERTAKING PROPOSED AT AMSTERDAM.
sterling.
Of this sum the Corporation of Amsterdam will bear 16,4 million
guilders, and 3.2 million guilders
SHIPPING AGENTS' PROTECTION]
The British Association of Ship ping and Forwarding Agents (In- corporated) has, state Messrs. Jordan and Sone, been registered as to public company limited by guarantee "to promote, watch over and protect the interests and wel- fare of shipping, and forwarding egents in Great Britain and North- ern Ireland, and the shipping and forwarding business in general."
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930.
STEAMINI
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
Newest, Largest and Fastest Steamer on the Pacific 15 DAYS HONG KONG TO CANADA
ESTABLISHED a new record for crossing the Pagile, making the run from Yokohama to Vic- toria in 8 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes, this being 4 hours, 26 minutes less than the previous record held by the Empress of Canada.
NEXT SAILING TO THE PACIFIC COAST October 2nd, 1930
CANADIAN PACIFIC
#WORLDSGREATENT TRAVELSYNTEM"
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SEPTEMBER SAILINGS.
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2 p.m. 9.5. "TAI HING"
[1,068 "tons-Capt. Trott.]
· SEPTEMBER,
FRI. WED.
12/h
TUES. 23rd
17th
The Sal Kong (or the West River) is the third largest river in the Chlu esa Republic and second only to the importanc. This magni- Yangiszo ftent trade route was opened to for- elga traffic in 1887, but how many SAT.
MON.. 29th
5.5. TAI MING"
[849 tons Capt. G. J. Spink.] SEPTEMBER,
MON. 15th THURS. 25th
20th
foreigners travel on this important for information apply to
The scenery along the waterway? route is beautiful. We recommend it to any person who wishes to spend a short and economical holiday.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Wednesday, Sept. 10. Chinhus, British str., 1,359 tone, Capt. A. N. Taylor, from Amoy, buoy No. B9.-B. & S. Kaga Maru, Japanese str., 6,860 tons, Capt. M. Tani, from Yokohama via Kobe, Osaka, Moji and Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf.-N.Y.K.
Sancho Maru, Japanese str., 694 tons, Capt. M. Tauge, from Keelung, Yaumati.-M.B.K.
Thursday, Sept. 11. Amazon Maru, Japanese str., 4,823 tons, Capt. T. Tasaki, from
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Phone 20893.
Co.. Ltd.,
Shanghai, buoy No. A24. O.S.K.
King Yuan, British str., 1,540 tons, Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Canton, buoy No. B38. B. & S.
Lim Chow, French str., 1,591 tons, Capt. P. B. Morganti, from Canton, buoy No. C42,-Sing Kee & Co.
Malwa, British str., 10,985. tons,
Capt. P. O. Britten, from. Lon- don via Singapore, Kowloon Wharf.-M. M. & Co.
Tal Yuon, British str., 2,109 tons, Capt. R. Robertson, from Canton,
buoy No.
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AGENTS FOR
B12.--.,
will be paid by other interested ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
parties, leaving 45,4 million guilders to be paid from Govern- ment funds.
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The canal will have a depth of 18 feet, and will be in three sec- tiens.
The main part, from Amsterdam to Utrecht, will have a bottom-width of 164 feet, while the width of the subsequent sec- tion for Rhine. barges from Utrecht to Wijk bij Duurstede will be 181 feet, and that of a branch to form a direct connection with the south of Holland will be 116 feet. The existing canal.con necting Amsterdam with the Rhine is over a century old.
WARSHIPS IN PORT
The following British warship are in Harbour to-day-
Moth-In dock, Moorhen-Eastwall SeamewEast wall," Seraph In deck. Serapis In dock. Sterling North arm. Tamar Basins
Adamastor Port
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
M.V. "CITY OF LILLE" ...London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull S.S. "CITY OF, MOBILE”. London, Rotterdam & Hamburg
NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE
S.S. "CITY OF CHESTER?
ALSO AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN LINE .14th Sept: (Noon)
5th October.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
7th October.
ANDREW WEIR & Co.
SERVICES TO
BOSTON, NEW YORK, & BALTIMORE
M.VA LOSSIEBANK”
MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA
B.8. "TINHOW":
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE
25th September. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
5th November.
Loading for Mauritias, Reunion, Delagoa Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth),
Mossel Bay and Capetow we take fo
Through Bill of Lading Ikroad to Beira, Quilmaine, Ibo Port", Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindini, Fort Nolloth, Luderita Bay Walyis" Bay and Madagascar,
For freight or passage on any of the above, losa "apply
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