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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1930.
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Thursday, Tuesday,
13th December.
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Thursday,
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Monday,
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Installation and Bapairs of Diesel Engines and Motor for Karina and Bailoners. ⚫spitality.
clamation will be commenced. LONE CRUISE ROUND
One area of 170 acres of the river bed which at high water is covered by the tide and at low water is mainly exposed as mud has to be filled in, and this work will be undertaken by the James Dredging Towage and Transport enterprise have had built a super Co., Ltd., who with characteristic pump for pumping ashore the dredged material.
THE WORLD.
"One-Man American Boat" in Colombo,
The first 1,000ft. berth to be
yacht, flying the American flag. A most remarkable one-man provided by the vast scheme of docks extension on the western
glided gracefully into Colombo harbour on the morning of Octo- shore of Southampton is to be
Reclamation Work. ready for the reception of ship- This is, in fact, the largest re-ber 20 and anchored a short dis- ping early next year, and, there- clamation plant ever built, and tance from the passenger jetty.
On board the yacht, which fore, the construction la being will be capable of depositing in rapidly pushed ahead.. Forty of the area to be reclaimed an aver-bears the name. Sturdy, is Capt. the 787,000-ton monoliths which age of 50,000 tons
Edward Miles, who built her of spoil a will form the new deep-water week. Even so it is computed single-handed and is piloting her quay wall have now been sunk to that something like 3,500,000 alone round the world. their final depth in the bed of the tons of dredged material will be Captain Miles first, built an-| River Test, and ere long the task required to convert this area of other yacht unaided although the of reclaiming the 170 acres en-river bed into solid land, so that task entailed a knowledge of closed by the reclamation banks it is readily apparent that the thirteen different trades. As a will be commenced.
completion of the reclamation trip round the world eastward The fact that more than half will take a considerable time. from New York had not been of the monoliths have reached
When all is in readiness for undertaken by any one man, their final depth is an achieve the reclamation to be com- Capt. Miles set out in August, Iment upon which the contractors, menced the firm's dredgers will 1928, in his first yacht. He Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons proceed with the work of dredg-crossed the Atlantic in 46 days in Ltd., can be heartily congratulating the new approach channel, spite of encountering stormy Although the work has which will have a depth of 35ft. weather. From, Gibraltar hel been of considerable difficulty, 1.w.o.a.t, and afterwards the new visited Morocco, Algiers, Tunis,] there have been no hold-ups such berths which will have a depth of Malta, Greece, Italy and other as would have been likely to de- 45ft. w.o.s.t.
Mediterranean ports. From Alex- lay the date of the completion of After the surface mud has andria he went to Port Said and
and conveyed to sea in hoppers, Sea. the scheme. The work of sink been lifted from the river bed via the Suez Canal to the Red monoliths which will form the the more solid material under-
Here he had a terrible experi- 3,800 feet of new dock wall to be neath will be deposited by the ence, his yacht catching fire and furnished under the first section dredgera into solld bottom of the scheme is now being barges. These barges will be tain Miles had
being completely destroyed. Cap- undertaken, and 23 of the 40 towed alongside the reclamation escape, reaching the lighthouse off a miraculous monoliths which are down to the pump, and the spoil will be pump the coast in his little life-boat. required level have had the bot- ed from the barges through long tome of their nine wells sealed, pipe lines and discharged into the
Determined to carry on with his This has been accomplished by "pond" or area of madland en-original intention of cruising the filling them to a depth of closed between the reclamation world in a "one-man American about 15 feet from the cutting tanks and the existing foreshore, boat," as he calls it, Capt. Miles edge with concrete,
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* LONDON,
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.... Sunday, 14th December,
Colombo, Sier and Port Said. LONDON MARU
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singa- ing the remainder of the 78
pore, Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
RIO DE JANEIRO MARU MONTEVIDEO MARU
BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo.
HONOLULU MARU SUMATRA MARU DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
Friday, 28th November. Tuesday, 30th December.
..... Wednesday, 19th November.
Thursday, 4th December. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN-
ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo, CANADA MARU
Saturday, 8th December.
..... Tuesday. 2nd December. VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.
CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
TACOMA MARU
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...Saturday, 6th December.
* SYDNEY MARU
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(Takno & Keelung via Amoy.)
KEELUNG Via Swatow & Amoy.
CANTON MARU ....
TAKAO-Yi Swatow & Amoy.
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18 Mar. 21 Mar, 24 Mar. 26 Apr. 4 Empress of Japan Apr. 1 Apr. 4 Apr. 1 Apr. 9 Apr. 17 Empress of Asia*
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Dec. i
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SAILING DATES FOR NOVEMBER, 1930 (Subject to change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2 p.m.
8.S. "TAI MING". [640 tons Capt. W. H. Lawton.] NOVEMBER.
21st WED. 26th
S.S. "TAI HING" (1,068 tons-Capt. Trott]
NOVEMBER. MON, 24th BUN. 30th
FRI.
Regnier Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Accommodation for First Class Passengore. Electric Light and Fans in Staterooma eau Saloon. The ss. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless. These vessels leave. Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samsbui, Shin- hing, Takhing.& Dosing) and return to Hang oog (via same Ports) every five or six days.
Farcs for round trip (not Including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are to be obtained on board.
Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Tal Hing Wharf, For informatiɔr 'apply to— 29. Connaught Road, Weat, Phone 20898.
The first portion of the re-decided to build another yacht The First Structure.
clamation to be undertaken will and returned to America. At The monoliths are
ROW more be of the area at the end of the Memphis, he built his second or less ready to be covered by the quay wall nearest the pier, for yacht, the Sturdy, which he concrete deck which will con-It is there that the first 1,000ft. brought by train to New York AND stitute the finished quay or which berth will become available for and from there on board steamer will be placed the quay cranes shipping next year. Finally, the to the Red Sea, from where he and permanent way. The first work of laying the culverts each continued his lonely voyage. permanent structure to be erect-7ft. in diameter, for supplying After looking over Ceylon Capt. ed under the extension scheme is and daicharging condensing Miles will proceed to Calcutta, now being built, namely the com- water to the Corporation elec Delhi, Bombay and on his return bined pumping station and electricity station, sen water to the will resume his voyage in the H.M.S. DORSETSHIRE. tricity sub-station, which is Corporation baths, and for deal-Sturdy, which will proceed cast- situated at the end of the new ing with storm-water drainage is wards calling next at Singapore. NEW CRUISER COMMISSIONED quay wall nearest the Royal now practically complete. Pier. This building, the steel skeleton of which is nearly com pleted will enable vastly import- ant work to be carried out with- | in its walls.
Sunday, 23rd November, Noon.
Thursday, 20th Nov. 10 .. For further particulars please apply to OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28061.
M. TAKEUCHI Manager
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Monday, November 17. Dorry, German atr., 878 tone, Capt.
J. Bruhn, from Tsingtao, buoy No. B23.Kwong Mow Tal. Nagara, Swedish str., 3,950 tons,
Captain C. H. Armstedt, from Gilman & Co, Sungshan Maru, Japanese str., 1,509
tons, Captain T. Honjo. from Canton, buoy No. C28.-
N.Y.K.
PASSENGER LISTS
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ARRIVALS.
Per as. Atsuta Maru from Au
tralia on November 17:-
Capt. J. H. Gregory, from Swa- tow, buoy No. A9-Ho Thong
In the first place the pumping & Co.
atation will deal with the storm
Mrs. Jane Ann Lawrence, Miss Honolulu Maru, Japanese qtr., 3,541 water drainage, secondly the elec- Dorothy Jean Lawrence, Master tons, Capt. S. Matsuda, from tricity sub-station will convert Leslie Thomas Lawrence, Master Moji, Kowloon Wharf.-0.8.K. current supplied by the corpora Raymond Leonard Lawrence, Mas- Kojun Maru, Japanese str. 1,805 tion into units, suitable for use ter Edward Novillo Lawrence, tons, Capt. Y. Nishimoto, from on the new docks estate, the por Miss Fern M. Taplin, Miss M. Canton, buoy No. B19.-D.KK. tion of quay wall upon which this Myrthe Metzger, Armando Nardi, Tal Yuan, British afr., 2,109 tone, building is being erected has Pie U. Ortiz.
Capt. R. Robertson, from been cleared of the gravel and
DEPARTURES. Amoy, buoy No. 12 B. & s. brushwood fascines, through Per as. President Pierce to San Tal Lee, Chinese str., 1,044 tons, which the monoliths forming the Franciaco via ports on November
Capt. Nakagawa, from Swa wall were sunk and it is thus pos- 18: tow, buoy No. C18-Loong sible to see practically 100 yards Tai Hong.
of the new quay in its finished Tilkembang, Dutch-str., 5,028 tons.
state. Captain P. Abbo, from Dalny: buoy No. A10.—J.C.J.L. Maru, Japanese str., 1,819 tons, Capt. K. Izumi, from Hongay, buoy No. B48-Hidaka & Co.
Tuesday, November 18, Anking, British str., 2,047 tans, Capt. R. Ritchie, from Hothow, buoy No. B34.—B, & S. Fulda, German atr., 5,525 tons,
Captain Arndt, from Manlle,| Kowloon Wharf. Melchers & Yei .Co. Hong Hwa, British str., 1,924 tons. I
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
Adolf Carpi, Mr. and Mra. Burton Danciels and son, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Ekins, Master Den- The sluice gates at the westeru nison Ekins, Mr. A. Bert Gottlieb, end of the area to be reclaimed Victor Hensen, Col. Curtis H. have been completed and are Nance, Henry F. Olds, Mr. and ready for dropping, and the date Mrs. Pieter J. Prins, W. J. Wilson, is not far distant when the re- David H. Atkins, Mrs. Mildred F. | Brown, Lt. and Mrs. Arthur A. Lee, UB.N., Lt. Homer F. McGee, U.S.N., F. Richard Miller, L. GI Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carmichael, Dr. Jenerala Evange lista, Antonio Evangelista, Mrs. Miguela Jhocson, Master Teodora Jhocson, Master Jesus M. Jhocson, Lt. John C. McCutchen, U.S.N., Mrs. Ildefonan C. Öslas, Lt. R. A. K Jacques, Rey: Sister Mary Yneš, C. L. Fader, Mark Hanna, J. J. Palmer," Mr. and Mra.. F. Groves, W. L. Hay, W. S. Leonard, L. Moore, WB Christian, R. T.. McDonnell, HB. Greatwood.
DRY DOCK
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.
SALVAGE TUG “TAIKOO"
Tel Address
Telephone
Call Flag:
ANE
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V.P.G.N. 600 Meters.
Length 787 Feet.
Length on Blocka 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of -
SI (H.W.O.S.T.) 34 ft 6 ins. THREE SLIPWAYS
Capable of Handling Ships Up
to 8,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tors at 70 Feet Radius
ALWARSHIPS: IN PORT:
The following British warship are In harbour to-day- Berwick West wall Bruce In dock, " Kent In Talkos, Dock "Marrion-No, 18 buoy...
Medway and S/ms. No. 2:buo; Osiris-In dock, fr Paterafleld TH dock. H.MT. Lancashire North arm. Seraph No. 10 buoy, -Serapia-No. 8 buoy, Birdar South: wall.
Capt. Miles, who is 51 years of age, is an Irish-American.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
Consignees of Cargo ex s.s. City of Shanghai are reminded to take delivery of their goods which will
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cruiser
KWONG WING
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which hoisted the pennant in mail week on her commissioning for her first term of active ser-
vice.
The Dorsetshire is one of the new 10,000-ton cruisers designed by Sir W. J. Berry, the late and has cost upwards of £2,000,- Director of Naval Construction, 000 to build and equip.
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS
Fis Majesty's Frobisher, which has been serving in the Second Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, has been paid off at Chatham Dockyard from fully be subject to rent after November commissioned service and placed
in reserve commission. Consignees of Cargo er B.A. The Frobisher will be replaced The P. & O. 8.8. Karmala left delivery of their goods which will by the new cruiser Dorsetshire, ber 18 at 3.30 p.m., and, is due Albion Star are reminded to take in the Second Cruiser Squadron Shanghai for this port on Novem
be subject to rent after November which has been built and equip-here on November 21 at about 6'
ped at Portsmouth Dockyard, and n.m.
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