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THE CHINA MAIL.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1930:-
REDUCED THNOUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING
FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE "
SAN FRANCISCO vin Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
CHICHIRU MARU
TAIYO MARU
Thursday, Sunday,
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIKAWA MARU
LONDON. MARSEILLES. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HAKOZAKI MARU
11th December 21st December.
Wednesday,
3rd December.
Saturday, 20th Nov, at 7 a.m. Saturday,
13th December.
23rd December.
Thursday, 27th November, Thursday, 11th December.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
TERUKUNI MARU
ATSUTA MARU
Tuesday,
ROMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
† CALCUTTA MARU
KAGA MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama
RAKUYO MARU
Monday
22nd December.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vla Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
KAMAKURA MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama,
† ASUKA MARU
† TAKAOKA MARU
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
Wednesday,
17th December.
Tuesday, Thursday,
25th November.
11th December.
+ DAKAR MARU
Friday,
12th December.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
† PENANG MARU
↑ HAKODATE - MARU
Saturday, Monday,
23th November. 8th Decembur.
SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+ DURBAN MARU (Calls Keelung) Wednesday, TANGO MARU (Calk Moji)
Sunday,
KAMO MARU
KATORI MARU
Tuesday, Sunday,
26th November. 30th Novembor. 2nd December. 14th December.
+ Carge only.
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oven the younger junior officers- and their talk skipped lightly about the globe. I began to learn a great deal about the more in-
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Friday, November 21.
timate characteristics of the Con-Indus Maru, Japanese str., 2,607
tinental ports and about many other places in the world, and ab- sorbed much picturesque Informa- A landlubber who on an ocean tion on such varied subjects as the beauties of Manley Beach at Syd- trip is an only passenger in eargo boat cuts himself off com-ney; the banks of the Yangtsze as pletely from everything that be-far up as Hankow; the island of longs to life ashore, writes a cor- Curacao, with its great oil reẞnery: respondent in the Times: from bow Honolulu, with its impression of to stern the freighter is a simple Japan; and the eastern seaboard nautical unit, and not a compro- of the United States, with its many mise like a passenger boat, where surprises, particularly those the traveller gets only a superficial tivities which are designated as experience of the sea.
"the Trade." I also took part (chiefly as a listener) in talks on the weather reports, ice reports, bearings, direction Anders, the ship's course and progress.
AC-
The writer left London in the summer for North America on board a vessel of 6,400 tona gross. She was only lightly loaded for the
As we left the last spot of Eng- outward journey with about 1,500 tons of mixed freight, including land behind-the Bishop's Rock- enses of tea and, a complete motor-I wondered what diversion I should car; but she was to pick up larger find In the 2.800 miles of ocean emounts for the homeward ahead. I scarcely realized then Journey. Her single deck was of with what interest I should later metal, red-painted and slightly be regarding the changing colours rusty. It carried nothing but of the sky, the cloud formations, hutchways, winches, derricks, the shades of the sea, the sizes and ventilators, and other marine shapes of wave and swell. Nor did tackle, and its bareness looked un- I realize how important the news UAMNURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore comfortable. The bulkheads loom-bulletin from Rugby would become Colombo, Suez and Port Said.
ed up like lonely white islands, in the daily routine, nor the keen excitement- and never a nook or shelter was interest almost Sunday, 14th December. LONDON HARU ANDES MANU
Wednesday, 24th December, 1930. visible. A huge pile of clinkers which the near passing of an un- RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singa- made the deck look at less at- assuming oil tanker would arouse,
pore, Colombo, Durban & Cape Town,
tractive. The steward led me to my or the smoke of a big liner-per- RIO DE JANEIRO MARU
cabin, which proved to be, with the haps the tips of her funnels on MONTEVIDEO MARU
first mate's cabin on the other side the horizon. These things, I BOMBAY—Via Singapore & Colombo.
of the ship, the foremost quarters found, go to fill in the lonely hours The day- SUMATRA MARU
on board. It was a roomy cabin, jof the limitless ocean. DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,
with two bunks and two ports, and time I would spend on deck or in ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via
was evidently used occasionally for my CANADA MARU
some kind of official, such as CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon
pilot confined to the ship by fog: TACOMA MARU
in nine voyages out of ton, how ever, it was empty.
LONDON,
Friday, 28th November. Tuesday, 30th December.
Thursday, 4th December. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN- Singapore & Colombo.
Saturday, 6th December.
Tuesday, 2nd December.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.
ARABIA MARU (from Shanghai) .. Monday, 15th December. MELBOURNE.-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
....... Saturday, 6th December.
• SYDNEY MARU......
(Calla at Wellington & Auckland.) HAIPHONG—Via Hehow & Pakhoi.
NEW YORK-Via Japan. Ports & Panama.
HOKUROKU MARU
Saturday, 6th December.
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cabin, according to the weather. I would idle or read; be- sides my own books I had some from the excellent little library provided by the British Sailors' Soclety. At odd times I would talk with members of the crew, from whom I learned much of the A B C
The 8.8. had not had a passenger for years, and a sense of solitude soon descended upon me during the journey down of ship's equipment. I also learnt Thames, with officers and
crew
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, AND busy, as at the beginning of every
PHILADELPHIA,
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE MARU
Tuesday, 9th December.
(Takao & Keelung via Amoyi
KEELUNG Vin Swatow & Amoy.
CANTON MARU
HOZAN MARU
TAKAO-Vin Swatow & Amoy.
Sunday, 23rd Novembar, Noon. Sunday, 30th November, Noon.
For further particulars picase apply to-OSAKA SHOFEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28051.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following British warships
are in harbour to-day :-
Sirdar-South will. Berwick North arm, Kent In Taikoo Dock, Lancashire East well. Marazion-No. 12 buoy.
Medway and Subs.-No. 1 buoy.
Moth-No. 8 buoy.
Neuralia-No. 4 bucy. Osirie-West wall dock. Petersfield-West wall dock. Serapis No. 7 busy. Somme-No. 10'buoy. Stormcloud-No. 11 buoy. Suffolk-No. 2 buoy. Thracian-No. 8 buoy
M. TAKEUCHI Manager
Foreign Men-of-War. Argus-French gunboat. Mindanao-American gunboat. Truxton-American gunboat. Patria-Portuguese gunboat.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
that if one of the quartermasters has a grudge against the cook he may settle the matter by putting the ship into a heavy roll during the night in an endeavour to pre- cipitate the cook out of his bunk. One of these grudges, according to private information which I re- ceived, arose during the voyage- it was a disclosure of which I had no reason to doubt the truth.
voyage. Not wanting to worry the steward too early, I found that I must sit on the hatchways or the bollards if I wanted to sit at all. but for the most part I wandered from one end of the deck to the other, being free of all parts of the boat, except the bridge. Soon after nightfall we were doing our full 11 knots in the Channel, under
Other boons were an hour of a clear sky and with a light breeze bridge each evening with two of ahead. I was to take my meals the officers and the chief steward, with tho officers, Ant the and still longer periods spent in first meals at which we were a full the wireless room, where the opera- table (apart from the officer on tor brought in both English and watch) was at 5.30 p.m. on the day American stations with remarkable of departure. There were three clarity, In the stern a squeaky meals daily-breakfast at 8.30. gramophone could be heard oc- lunch at 12.80, and high tes at | casionally, representing an At- 5.30, but at 4 p.m. and 8.80, also, tempt by the crew at self-entor- there were cups of tea and auch tainment, but their chief diversion, small eatables as one wished.
I concluded, was work. Polishing, The early restraints soon pass- painting, repairing, and similar ing, I came to look forward to jobs were done with quiet industry, Consignees of Cargo, ex 3.6. these mealtimes as one of the and without the pauses sometimes Java are reminded to take degreatest pleasures of the voyage. to be noticed
on land. livery of their goods which will be I had a place of honour on the visits I paid to the bridge (by per- subject to rent after November 20. right of the Captain, or Master.mission) and the engine room, and- Consignees of Cargo ex .s. On my right was the wireless there were few parts of the ship Benrinnes are reminded to take operator, and opposite, in order of with which I was not well delivery of their goods which will seniority, the three officers First quainted before we berthed. be subject to rent after December Mate, Second Mate, and Third The run of the weather was 1.
Mate. All were much travelled- contrary to long-proved precedent for the time of year. The sea was roughest, in à moderate galė, dur- ing the first three days in the At- lantic, and calment and clearest as, in the last few days, we approach- ed the American coast south of Newfoundland Banks. Hore, we had cloudless skies, a waveless ocean, and light breezes tempering. the warmth of the aun. We glided into Boston Bay on a calm, starlit evening, and shipped our pilot from a sailing` -boat-a... survival which distinguishes Boston from most other portsiskaityma
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So ended my 14 days on the Atlantic freighter. It was an ex perience to be remembered with the koonest pleasure, though some- times I yearned for another Idler to keep me company in the more monotonous periods, I was guilty once of seeking ahead not without hope, for signs of Icebergs; while. I gained a fleeting thrill one even Ing - from fer-distant lightning, which for a moment I imagined might be rockets. I missed: ar tennis ball and racket, with which I might have devised some solo exercise against the - bulkheada more dignified than that provided by the skipping rope. I also, un- reasonably, missed the joys” of a swim in the sea so vastly present, but I gained some compensation in hot sea water bath.
tons, Capt. K. Kurayanagi. from Sourabaya, buoy No. A9. -0.S.K.
Iowa, American str., 3,664 tons,
Capt. L. J. Swenson, from Shanghai, buoy No. A26.- State as. Co.
Saturday, November 22. Apsey, British str., 1,776 tons,
Capt. C. W. Shearer, from Hongay, Quarry Bay-Wo Fat: Sing.
Chip Shing, British str., 1,199 tons,
Capt. S. O. Mitford, from Wel-' helwal, buoy No. B36.-J. M. & Co. Hydrangea, British str., 561 tons, Capt. P. W. Grierson, from Swatow, Chiu On Wharf.- Chư On & Gói
Java, Danish str., 5,525 tons, Capt. A. Hjernum, from Singapore, buoy No. A24.-John Manners & Co.
Kaiapol, British str., 1,246. tons, Capt. Buldwan, from Canton, Stonecutters. Williamson 匙
Co.
Mau Sang, British str., 2,063 tons, Capt. G. F. Matthews, from Sandakan, buoy No. B47.---}- M. & Co.
Newchwang, British str., 1,480
tons, Capt. F. Gibbs, from Amoy, buoy No. B34.—B. & S4 Pleasantville, Norwegian str., 2.749
tons, Capt. Ludvig Hassel, from Shanghai, buoy No. A29. -Thoresen & Co.
Prominent, Norwegian str., 1,872 tons, Captaia H. Jinson, from Singapore, buoy No. B17.- K. Larsen & Co. Belstan, British str., 1,571 tons, Capt. A. C. Inglis, from Hoi- how, buoy No. A6.-Kwong Nam & Co.
Sipora, Dutch str., 1,594 tons, Capt.
A. C. Visser, from Samarinda, Yaumati.-J.C.J.L.
+
Sunning, British atr., 1,570 tona, Capt. W. Shaw, from Swatow, buoy No. B23. B. & S. Teucer, British str., 5,761 tons, Capt. J. Davies, from Mlike, buoy No. A5.-B. & S
tone,
Tonkin French str.,, 906
Capt. J. Bonnamour, from K. C. Wan, buoy No. C18.-M.M.
Sunday, November 23. Antung, British str., 2,100 tons,
Capt. G. Morse, from Hothow, buoy No. B13.-B. & S. Chak Sang, British str., 1,470 tons,
Capt. J. MeAnish, from Can- ton, buoy No. B82.-J. M. & Co.
Fooshing, British str., 1,428 tona, Capt W. Allan Bakch, from Swatow, West Point Wharf- J. M. & Co.
Hai Ching, British str., 1,289 tons,
Captain E. Walker, from Foo-
ANADIAN
STEAMSHIP
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
Will sail at
6 A.M.
on
THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 27th
for
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER
Via
SHANGHAI & JAPAN PORTS Passengers will embark
previous evening.
Passenger Dept.: Tel. 20752 Cables: "Gacanpac." Freight and Express: Tel. 20042 Cables: "Nautilus."
CANADIAN PACIFIC
ÄYORLDS GREATENT TRAVEL SYSTEM
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
́ ́NOV,—DEC. SAILINGS. DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2 p.m., 8.S. TAI HING" [1,068 tons-Capt. Trott]
MON.
NOVEMBER.
24th
SUN.
301
DECEMBER.
5th
MON. 22nd
10th
SAT. 27th
TUES..
FRI. WED.
8.8. TAI MING"
A new economical way to spena a shori, summer holiday.
16th Take a trip to Wuchow and back. Only requires four days. See all the sights of the West River. It costs you only $38.40 [649 tons-Capt. W. H. Lawton.] and can be done in five days. Your budget:
Passage for round trip....$20.00 Meals on board..... Lodging on board
Total
16.40
2.00
.838.40
Why not make a trial? The cuisine is excellent and the accommodation comfortable; once you try you will re- commend it to others.
chow, Amoy and Swatow, Douglas Wharf.-Douglas & Co. Lushan Maru, Japanese str., 1,507 tone, Capt. R. Nagayama, from Swatow, buoy No. B21- N.Y.K.
Menado Maru, Japanese str., 1,285 tons, Capt. T. Kawamata, from Haiphong, O.S.K. Wharf,
0.8.K.
Michael Jabsan, Danish str., 1,843 tons, Capt. H. Ipland, from Swatow, buoy No. B19-Jebsen & Co. Milan Maru, Japanese str., 3,409 tona, Capt. S. Suzumura, from Milke, buoy No. A10-Y.K.K.
WED. 26th
TUES. MON.
NOVEMBER.
FRI. 1911 WED. 24th
DECEMBER.
2nd 8th SUN. 14IN TUES. For Information apply to-
KWONG WING
29. Connaught Road, West,
Phone 20893.
30th
Co., Ltd.,
CURACAO FLEET.
TRANSFERENCE TO EUROPE AND STRAITS.
Amsterdam, Yesterday.
It is reported from Willsmatad, Curacao, that five of the Curacao Shipping Company's fleet of 33 oil tankers are being transferred to Europe and Singapore.
'It is also reported that in con- sequence of the resultant reduction in raw petroleum importation Into Curacao several dismissals of local employees are expected-shortly. Router.
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5th December: 16th December..
5th January, 1931.
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.12th December. 20th January, 1931.
ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
Loading for Mauritius, Reunion, Delagoa Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port
Elizabeth), Mossel Bay and Capetown.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, Ibo, Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderitz Bay Walvis Bay and Madagascar.
For freight or passage on any of the above lines apply to:-
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