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SINGAPORE SHIPPING P. AND O. LOSSES.
DEVELOPMENT.
British & Dutch Vessels
Predominate.
In spite of the economic depres- slon which prevailed in British Malaya during the past two years, the tonnage of shipping at the port of Singapore continued to grow, and reached a new high record in 1929, atates the US. Vice-Consul at Singapore, In Commerce Reports, says the Journal of Commerce i
mail week.
"OUTLOOK: ANYTHING BUT SATISFACTORY."
SIX NEW LINERS.
BRITISH SHIPPING
SUPREMACY.
Mr. Kelleway & U.S.A.'s Challenge.
Speaking In mail week at the opening of the extensions to the Marconi works at Chelmsford, Mr. Londen, Yesterday. The Peninsular and Oriental F. G. Kelleway, managing director Steamship Company's report for of the company, said the British the year ended September 30, in- Empire had done the pioneer work cluding £120,000 brought forward in the methods of communication. from last year, shows A credit whether by telegraph, telephone, balance of £866,000, compared aircraft or shipping, and had built with £948,000 for last year. 115 up
is carried forward.
The geographic position of the port, he says, gives it a great na-
Six ateamers, aggregating 84,- tural advantage over the ports of
000 tons.
are being constructed, During neighbouring countries.
namely, the 21,000-ton Iners the past 20 years it has lost a con- siderable amount of its tranship. Strathnaver and Strathaird, for the Australian service; the 14,500- ment trade in native produce
ton liners Canton and Chefoo for (spices, etc.). but this loss has been completely overshadowed by ita in the London, Bombay, and China creased transhipment trade in rub-line; and the 6,500-tons cargo boats ber, tin, and manufactured goods, Soudan and Somali for the London All these vessels in addition to its increased diree: to China line.
tin.
are of fuel burners. export trade in rubber and
The report adds that the outlook All indications point to the con- tinued growth of shipping at the is anything but satisfactory.
Sir Robert Horne and Lord port of Singapore.
Cromer have been nominated Directors.-Reuter.
The entrances and clearances of
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING (shipping of all classes at Singapore
FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.___*_
. CHICHIBU MARU
TAIYO MARU
Thursday, Sunday,
11th December. 21st December.
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIKAWA MARU
HEIAN MARU
Wednesday, 3rd December. Thursday, 18th December.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
TERUKUNI MARU
HAKUBAN MARU
Saturday, 13th December. Saturday, 27th December.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
Tuesday,
BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
ATSUTA MARU
KAGA MARU
† TOKUSHIMA MARU
Mexico & Panama.
Thursday, Sunday,
23rd December.
11th December. 28th December.
in 1929 totalled 64,266 vessels of 33,959.803 tons, an increase of 2,329 vessels and 1,880,749 tons over the figures-of-1928 Tho-entrances. of merchant vessels (all steamers above 50 net registered tons) at Singapore in 1929 totalled 19,536 vessels of 31,162,079 tons, an in- crease of 126 vessels and 1,772,266 tons over the figures for 1928. The nations ranking from Arst to seventh were:-Great Britain, with 12,552,012 tons; Netherlands, 7,064,726 tons; Japan, 4,118,176 tons; France, 1,874,925 tone; Ger- many, 1,599,029 tons; Norway, 1,268,120 tons; and the United
All States, 678,520 tons.
these
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, nations increased the tonnage of
RAKUYO MARU
Sunday,
21st December.
their merchant vessels at Singa- pore in 1929 as compared with
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, 1928.
KAMAKURA MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama,
Wednesday,
17th December.
Thursday, 11th December. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genon.
+ TAKAOKA MARU
+ DAKAR MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
Friday.
Monday,
Monday,
SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
† HAKODATE MARU
+ MORIOKA MARU
+AKITA MARU ...
KATORI MARU
AKI MARU (Nagasak) direct)
+ Cargo only.
12th Decembar.
8th December, 15th December.
Tuesday, Dth December. Sunday, 14th December. Wednesday, 17th December.
For further information apply. to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 30291.
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The share of the Netherlands in tto total increase amounted to 35 per cent. Japan's shipping at this port was considerably enlarged, probably as a result of the lifting of the anti-Japanese boycott by th: Chinese portion of Singapore's po pulation. The increase in Ameri- can tonnage is gratifying as com- pared with that of the previous year, amounting to 5 per cent. of France, while the total increase.
maintaining fourth place in the list of nations with greatest ton- nage entered and cleared in 1929, suffered a large decrease ás com- pared with 1928.
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PROSPECTS.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
AS
Sunday, November 30. Clara Jebsen, Danish str., 1,146 tons, Capt. J. Davidsen, from Macao, buoy No. B23.-Jebsen & Co.
King Yuan, British ́atr., 1,546 tons,
systems of incomparable strength and mobility.
In their own feld of long dis tance telegraphy and telephony, the British Empire, from the time of Marconi's Invention, had led the world, while shipping sate:prise and an instinctive sea sense had enabled the shipping owners to build up a position which no other country could equal.
"There is nothing finer In British industry than the way the British shipping owners. In good times as well as bad-they are now passing! through a very bad time-have maintained the supremacy of Bri- tish industry," he said. "Both la our own sphere and in that of the Eritich shipping owner our post- tions can only be maintained by ceaseless activity, use of the most modern_methods._and_cfficient and aggressive managements in every department of our industry. There has never been a time when these factors were more essential than they are to-day.
"There has recently been pub- shed in America a remarkable
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Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Amoy, book by a lending American public BRITISH
buoy No. B15.-B. & S. Muncaster Castle, British atr., 8,625 tons, Capt. F. M. Lee, from Manila, Lai Chi Kok.-Dodwell & Co.
Shun Lee, Chinese str., 949 tons, Capt. B. Miyaoka, from Dairen, buoy No. B17-Yee Tai Hong. Tjisalak, Dutch str., 8,613 tons, Capt. P. Meerman, from Amoy, buoy No. A8CL
An
The
ist, Mr. Ludwell Denny. book is called 'America Conquers It has not attracted that Britain.' amount of public attention in this country which its character and It ought to importance deserve.
be in the hands of every public! man and every leader of labour.
"Of that branch of communica- tion with which we are concerned. Mr. Denny says the International Monday, December 1. Telephone and Telegraph Corpora Lee, Chinese atr., 992 tons, Capt.tion of New York has probably 3. Kits, from Dairen, busy No.done more in nine years to break the British wireless communica- C22.-Yee Tai Hong. Anhui, British str., 2,080 tons,tion monopoly than all the other Capt. R. Turnbull, from Sings companies" activities combined in the last half-century of electrical pore, buoy No. A9.-B. & S. Benlawers, British str.. 6,000 tons. progress, but," continued Mr. Kel- the facts Capt. A. Webster, from Manila, leway, "so long as Kowloon Wharf.-Gibb Living- I are known and we receive from the British Government the same mea- ston & Co. Cheong Shing, British str., 1,256 sure of support in our internation-
tons, Capt. D. G. Burleigh, al business from Canton, buoy No. 838-ceive from the American Govern- J. M. & Co.
ment, we have no reason to fear Caucasier, Belgian str., 3,618 tone, this competition.
Capt. M. Lambe, from Antwerp, buoy No. A24.—Bank Line.. Hirundo, Norwegian, str., 1,125 tona, Captain J. A. Pederson, from Swatow, buoy No. A28 Thoresen & Co./
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about remains to be seen, but those who have little or no experience of "Mr. Denny also refers to British
the advantages of a well-built steel shipping, in his remarkable book.
motor yacht will be interested in and says America has determined
the recently introduced "Excol- to challenge British supremacy,
stor" cruiser, which is the first and for strategie and commercial
Although all large ships are now standard steel boat of Ita typo to reasons to put a larger American
be marketed in Britain....]
According to The Motor Boat. merchant marine on the seas at all bullt of steel, wood has until re- It is just as well that Mr. contly been generally employed in cost.
45 ft. 6 ina, in Donny has been good enough to the construction of small pleasure these craft are warn us of the efforts that Ameri- and cruising craft. There are length with a beam of 13. ft. and modation for four people and a Capt. T. Watanabe, from Can a dominating position throughout contend that the advantages of a
steel-bullt boat are so great that crow of two.. Priced at a little. ton, YaumatiYee Tai Hong. the world in all forms of commun-this type of craft will ultimately, ever £2,000, they are provided with RIO DE JANEIRO. SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Balzon, Singa.miralty, as revealed in the Supple-Muroran Maru, Tapancas Atr.,
cation, but I repeat, that in thei
When pair of 80 h.p. engines, giving a pore, Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
3,251 tons, Capt. M. Sumi, from flelds in which we are engaged we supersede wooden vessels.
ther or not. this will come speed of about 10 mp.h. MONTEVIDEO MARU
Singapore, Kowloon Wharf. have no fear of this competition."
0.
LONDON, HAMBURG.
Colombo, Sues and Pork Said.
LONDON MARU ANDES MARU
Sunday, 14th December. Wednesday, 24th December.
In one other respect besides tramp shipping our shipyards should find a little more work
Kamo Maru, Japanese str., 7,956 tone, Capt. 3. Shiratori, from Singapore, Kowloon Wharf N.Y.K.
ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore available next year than this, says Mao Leo, Chinese str., 1,209 tons, can capital is making to establish many yachtsmen, however, who are fitted with comfortable accom-
BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo,
Tuesday, 30th December,
SUMATRA MARU (Cails at Karachi) Thursday, 4th December. DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN-
ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo, CANADA MARU
Saturday, 6th Decomber.
CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
TACOMA MARU MADRAS MARU
Tuesday, 2nd December. Thursday, 18th December. VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.
ARABÍA MARU (from Shanghai) Monday, 15th December. HELBOURNE.-Vis Manila, Brisbane & Sydney," " 2
Saturday, 6th December.
SYDNEY KABU
(Calls at Wellington & Auckland.)
HAIPHONG-Yin Hollow & Pakhol.
MEÑADO MARU ................................................... Thursday, 11th December. NEW YORK—Yia Japan Forts & Panama.
KOKUROKU MABU ...
Saturday, 6th December.
the Journal of Commerce.
The 1930 programme of the Ad-
mentary Naval Estimates, Visue- lisas a certain very necessary ex- pansion in replacement orders. This programme provides for three eruisers, a fotilla of destroyers, three submarines, four sloopa, and one net-layer."".
How much of this work will be allotted to private firms, and how much to the dockyards, la, of course, still in doubt, but the work
to be done under these estimates is great than that under the 1929 estimates, and after the lesson of Dalmuir, the Government will be- blind indeed if it does not make the allowance to private firms as full
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW TORE, BUSTON, BALTIMORE, AND as the circumstances permit. -
PHILADELPWA.
JAPAN PORTS.
SEATTLE › MARU
(Takao & Keelung via Amoy.)
KEELUNG-Via Swatow & Amoy.
TÁKAO-Vid Swatow & Amoy,
day, 8th December.
For further particulars please apply to-09AKA SHOFEN KAISHA.
Tel. 28061.
TAKRUCHI, "Manager
Donations and Subscriptions must now
be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. HE
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JONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
GOLF AT SEA,
CRAZE SPREADS TO TRANS- ATLANTIC LINERS.
N.Y.K.
Shantang, British str. 1,568 tona,
Capt. A. Cook, from Canton, buoy No. B12-B. & S. Tacoma Maru, Japanese str., 5,856
tons, Capt. H. Kanegar, from; Sakito, Kowbon Wharf. 0.9.K.
Talkyu Maru, Japanese str., 1,303 tona, Capt. 1. Full, from Samarinda, buoy No. C49. Wada Jimusho, te Talyatau Maru, Japanese str., 2,889 tons, Capt. S. Matsuo, from Calcutta, buoy No. A26- Y.K.K. Tilkandi, Dutch str., 4,058. tons, Capt. J. Av/d Kolk from Semarang, buoy No. A10---
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS
The lead given by the Royal. Mail liner Atlantis in instelling a nidget golf course for the enter tainment of passengers has The CPS Rs. Empress of awakened wide Interest amongst | Hussia arrived at Vancouver on those companies who know that November 29 (Sat.) ; at 4 pm, one of the frat things the modern leaves Vancouver on December 6 ada traveller, wants is diversión and sport
(Sat), and is die at Hong Kong on December 29 (Mon.) She This is doubly so on board the leaves Hong Kong for Manila on araising Uner, as is the Atlantis. December 30 (Tues.) at 5 pm. 2.
Commander W. S. Nelson,
The CPS. RMS. Empress of D.S.C. has hit upon the Idea of Japan arrived at Koba on Decem manufacturing a special midget her I (Mon.) at 11 a.m. left Kobe |"course" - for use on board liners.
on December 2 (Tues) at 1 am.
It is known as Lilliput Marine and is due at Yokohams on De Golf, and is made, to stand stormy.
cember 8 (Wod.) at 8 a.m. She life at nea
leaves Yokohama on December 4 *(Thura.) at-3 pm
It may be set up in the ballroom Lidostred and cân quickly be stow. ed awayTI
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