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THE CHINA MAIL.
NYKLINE Shipping
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Parts & Honolulu.
TAIYO MARU!
CHICHIBU MARU
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Sunday. 28th September. · ... Thursday, 9th October.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIKAWA MARU.........
Wednesday, 24th September..
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via".
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, - KASHIMA MARU' "YASUKUNI MARU
Saturday, 20th Sept. at 11 a.m. Saturday, 4th October' at 8 a.m.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
ATSUTA MARU
AKI MARU
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
23rd September. 21st October. .
Saturday, Saturday,
27th September. 11th October.
HOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
+ MALACCA MARU
TANGO MARU
- SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama, HEIYO MARU
Tuesday,
30th September. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porta,
KANAGAWA MARU
Friday,
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama..
†TAKETOYO MARU
17th October,
22nd September.
7th October.
LIVERPOOL vin Port Suid, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
Monday,
† TOBA MARU
Tuesday,
.:
† LIMA MARU
.A. Tuesday,
+TOKUSHIMA MARU
Monday,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA
FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday,
CALCUTTA vin Singanore, Penang & Rangoon.
+ NAGATO MARU (Moji direct)... Saturday, TAMBA MAHU
JAKOZAKI MARU
↑ Cargo only
Wednesday, Friday,
14th October.
29th September.
20th September 27th September.
1st October. 3rd October.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
(Private exchange to all departments)
Telephone 30291.
O. S. K
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON, HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Via Singapore
Colotabo. Surz and Port Said. ALASKA MARU
Friday, 16th October. DARIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AMES-Via Saigon, Singapore.
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. BUENOS AIRES MARU SANTOS MARU
BOMBAY-Vin Singapore & Colombo.
HAMBURG MARU'. HAVRE MARU
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
ZIP & MOMBASA-Vl CHICAGO MARU
Friday, 3rd October.
Friday, 31st October.
Friday, 19th September. Saturday, 4th October, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN-` Singapore & Colombo,
Sunday, 28th September.
CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
BURMA MARU
Thursday, 2nd October.` VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.
PARIS MARU (From Kobe) ....... Sunday, 21st September. MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
BRISBANE MARU 1..
HAITHONG–Pha Huihawa Pakhoi
Monday, 6th October.
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports & Panama. **
SANYO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
NITTO MARU
HIMALAYA MARU
KEELUNG
Via Swatow & Amoy. - HOZAN MARU
TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amoy.
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
KOHSO MARU
Saturday, 25th October.
Monday, 22nd September. Wednesday, 24th September.
Sunday, 21st Sept, 3 pan.
Saturday, 11th October.
For further paricular- piesse apply to OSAKA SHOSEN RAJBHA.
Tel' 28001.
M. TAKEUCHL 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
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
ANTIGUA.
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WHERE NELSON LIVED AND MARRIED.
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Alins Men ekkor.
Intelligence.
LARGEST DUTCH MOTORSHIP.
Developing the East Indies Service.
Publishing a photograph of a group of buildings in the island of Antigua, in the Leeward Islands, Although trade between the which are among the most rest Indies and Europe is now markable of the surviving relics.ther thin, the Rotterdam Lloyd of the British Navy of Nelson's Royal Mail Line takes an optimis day, The Times points out that tic view of the future, and has put the chief among them is the Ad-a new motor liner on the service, miral's House, where Nelson lived the Baloeran, which- left in 1786 and 1787. He was at that Southampton in mail week on her time Senior Captain on the sta-second voyage to Sumatra and tion, commanding H.M.S. Borcas, Java. She is a 17,000-ton ship, and was Acting Admiral and Com- and is to be joined next March by mander-in-Chief after the depar-a sister ship. The Baloeran is by ture for England in 1786 of Ad- far the largest Dutch motorship, miral Sir Richard Hughes. The says the Journal of Commerce. future King William IV. came out The voyage from Rotterdam to to the station in the same year, Batavia is achieved in four weeks as Captain, of H.M.S. Pegnaus, and the maiden round voyage was and when, in March, 1787, Nelson Ja, marked success, Both the com- married Mrs. Nishit, Prince mander (Captain W. Boon) and William gave the bride away. On the chief engineer (Mr. H. J. the hillside opposite the dockyard Jansen) expressed grent satisfac- a house was built for Prince tion with the ship. William. "Clarence House" still The engine-room is in its way stands and is now the summer as much a work of art as the residence of the Governor. Nelson spacious public reams and cabins. revisited Antigua again and sailed A note of quiet comfort is sound- from English Harbour for the lasted throughout the ship, all the de- time on the long chase of Admirul carations are original and worthy Villeneuve, which was the prelude of a nation with so great an art to Trafalgar.
history as Holland. Her service The other buildings of the dock-speed is 16 knots, but she often yard were most of them practical did 19 knots on her maiden voy- workshops. The visitor who age; such a reserve of power is passes the porter's lodge and very valuable on this service and guard house which stand on either places the Baloeran at the head of side of the main gates sees a long her class. room which formerly held the paint and tar and pitch for caulk ing ships. The rings which the bases of the heavy casks formed
Messrs. Escombe McGrath, as London agents for the company, invited a group of shipping friends to inspect the ship, and
on the escaping pitch still mark Messrs. Bland and Luke, of that the floor. The Mast house and firm, showed the visitors all the Joiners' loft, the Engineers' points of interest on the ship. At workshop and the Blacksmith's lunch the Mayor of Southampton, shop all remain just as they were Mr. H. Young, pointed to the long in the great days of the West association the company had with Indian Station. The Cordage, the port. The first ship left Canvas and Clothing store con Southampton on February 2, tains some of the original wooden 1873, and next March they looked capstans, of immense size, and forward to seeing the sister ship the Copper and Lumber store is to the Balooran maintaining that still full of pieces of copper and splendid service. The Southamp- lead. Anchors and massive caulton interests of the Rotterdam
Captain Boon, who has fre- quented the port for the last forty years in Dutch ships, and is a well-known figure in Southamp ton, responded very pleasantly to an enthusiastic toast to the ship and to his future voyages in com- mand.
Design and Engines.
FORGETFUL CHIEF.
SHIP'S ARRIVAL NOT REGISTERED.
At the Marine Court this morn- Ing, before Commander J. B. Newill, the captain of the s.a. Paul Doumer was fined $20 on à charge of fail-
ing to register the shi, a arrival within the specified time.
The captian pleaded guilty, and stated that his chief officer, owing to stress of work, had completely forgotten the matter.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.-
Thursday, Sept. 18. Albert Sarrant, French str., 1.131 tons, Capt. M, Bianchi, from Saigon, buoy No. B38.--M, M.; Antenor, British str., 6.809 tons,
Captain R. J. Woodgett, from Birkenhead via porta, Holt's Wharf.-B. & S.
Chang Klang. French str., 1,717
tong, Capt. L. J. Cruchot; from. Hoihow, buoy No. B21. --Sing Kee & Co.
Chengtu, British str., 1,338 tons. Captain W. L. Thomas, from
Wharf.- Swatow, Douglas
B. & S.
Hamburg Maru, Japanese str., 5,219 tons, Capt. C. Iwasa, from Moji, Kowloon Wharf- O.S.K. Handicap, Norwegian str., 3,028 tons. Capt. R. Harnowig, from Manila, Stonecutters--Sander, Wigler & Co.
Hop Song, British str., 1,359 tons, Captain P. R. Cuming, from
CANA
PACIVIC
STEAMERI LALI
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1930.
EMPRESS OF JAPAN Newest, Largest and Fastest Steamer on the Pacific
15 DAYS--HONG KONG TO CANADA-
ASTABLISHED a new record for crossing the Pacific, making the run from Yokohama to Vic- toria in 8 days, U hours, 27 minutes, this being 4. hours, 20 minutes toss than the previous record held by the Empress of Canada.
NEXT SAILING TO THE PACIFIC COAST OCTOBER 2ND, 1930.'
CANADIAN PACIFIC
WORLDS GREATEST TRAVELSYSTEM;
Swatow, West Point Wharf. BRITISH WUCHOW LINE|
J. M. & Co.
Michigan, American str., 3,474
tons, Captain R. C. Rechuen, from Shanghai. Stonecutters. --States, S.S. Co.
Shoko. Maru, Japanese str., 1.321-
tons, Capt. Y. Noguchi, from Newthwang, Yaumati.-D.K.K Soochow, British str., 1,594 tons.
Capt. C. M. Mather, from Swatow, buoy
No. B12- B. & S.
Stagen, Dutch str. 1,510 tons, Capt. J. de Groof, from Tegal, buoy No. A27.-J.D.J.L.
Sungehan Maru. Japanese str..
1,503 tons, Capt. T. Honjo, from Swatow, buoy No.: C42.— N.Y.K.
SEPTEMBER SAILINGS.
DEPARTURE HOURS:.
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2 p.m. 8.S. "TAI HING"
[1,058 tons Capt. Trott.]
The Sai Kong (or the West River) TUES. is the third largest river in the Chin- ese Republic and second only to the Yangtsze in importanc). This magül- Acent trade route was opened to for eign traffic in 1897, but how many foreigners travel on this important
way?
SEPTEMBER.
23rd
MON, 29th
8.8. "TAI MING"
[849 tons-Capt. G. J. Spiak.]
SEPTEMBER,
SAT. 20飯:
THURS. 25th
The scenery along the For information apply to- route is beautiful. We recommend It to any person who wishes to spend a short and economical holiday.
F
KWONG WING CO
29, Connaught Road, West,
Phone 20893.
Ltd.,
curling itself round his legs. The man, hampered by his heavy suit and by the pressure of the thrown on the sea bottom. water, was in danger of being
"I struck the creature with all
str., 4,085 DIVER FIGHTS A SEA MONSTER. tons, Captain E. A. Jensen, from Manila, buoy No. A8-
Fishguard, July 14, Dodwell & Co. Tonjer, Norwegian atr., 1,949 tons, a diver under the sea and a A fight to the death between
Capt H. Rasmussen, from monstrous black conger eel occur- Canton, Stonecutters, Dod-red here to-day. The man won, my strength on the head with a well & Co.
with the aid of a hammer, a pick | hammer," Mr. Meany stated. Toyooka Maru, Japanese str., 4,388 axe, and a jack-knife,
"It went off slowly, but soon re- tone, Capt. I. Tominaga, from Mr. Pat Menny, a diver who is turned to the attack with ita Singapore, buoy Np. A6-preparing the foundations of a mouth open in an alarmingly
slipway at Fishguart Harbour for ferocious manner. Yamagata Maru, Japanese str., the use of the lifebout, was thirty "I took a pickaxe and pinned 3,322 tons; Capt. T. Iwashita, feet below the surface of the the eel against the rocky side of from Singapore, Stonecutters, water, when he saw through the the confined space in which I was
N.Y.K,
window of his diving helmet a working, and then with a long Yuan Lee, Chinese str., 1,661 tons, monster more than six feet long knife struck it deep under the
Captain A. Krankle, from and of great girth, writhing to- gills. Swatów, buoy No. B20-Yuan wards him.
"It then writhed slowly away, Seng Fat.
The eel attacked the driver, by leaving a trail of blood."
N.Y.K.
drons for boiling the pitch, old Lloyd were admirably looked after cannon used as posts and the oy Mr. Petersen and Mr. round stone pillars of a great boat Popplestone, the Southampton house, all bear evidence to the agents for Messrs. Escombe, Sun Kong. Chinese str., 322 tona, vigorous past of An.igue as McGrath and Co.
Captain Lai Kwong, from naval base. But the most striking
K. C. Wan, buoy No. 040--- building after the Admiral's House is the long building that
Taiping. Norwegian
W. Hop & Co. was once the officers' quarters. The upper part is of timber, freached by a double flight of stone steps, while the lower part is of stone and was constructed to hold at need a hundred tons of water, conveyed by pipes, which are still
The Rotterdam Lloyd motor- in working order, to the ships by ship Balceran is not only a strik the quayside. The timber part of ing addition to the fleet, of the the officers' quarters was badly in company, but is also one of the jured by a hurricane in 1928, and most interesting motor-lines on the authorities of the island are the ocean. She was built for the now taking steps to prevent the passenger mail service between collapse of many of the buildings. Rotterdam and Batavia by the The Governor of the Leeward Fijencord Shipbuilding and En Islands, Colonel St. Johnston,gineering Co., Rotterdam, to de- has been successful in recovering signs of De Schelde Royal Ship some of the old pieces of furniture building Co., Flushing, and the which were sold off by auction to latter company provided the pro- the inhabitants of the island many pelling machinery-two single. years ago, and the Admiral's acting two-stroke cycle Schelde- House is now their final home. Sulzer Diesel engines, each de But the Government of the island veloping 7,000. s.h.p. at 100 revo- are still endeavouring to raise lutions per minute. some £5,000 in order to preserve Her dimensions are:-Length, for the future the whole dockyard 574ft.; beam, 70ft.; depth 44ft.; as it standa, a singularly impres tonnage, 16,981 tons. Pas. sive memorial of the great days sengers; Firat, 264; second, 253; of the British Navy in the reign third, 70; fourth, 48. She is in of George II,
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The history of the line goes back to 1844, when an enterpris ing Dutch merchant and ghipown er, Willem Ruya 1. Dzn, dispatch ed one of the seventeen sailing vessels under his control to Batavia, Java, and followed this with other of his vessels for con tinuous trading with the Dutch colonies in the Far East, Ultim ately this venture resulted, in 1875, in the formation of the "Rotterdamsche Lloyd" Steam Navigation Company, now so widely known as the Rotterdam Lloyd Royal Mail Line under the management of Wm. Buys and Zonen. The contrast between the pioneer mail steamer Wybertón, 1,200 tons, and the new luxurious motorship Baloeran ja very strike ing..
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