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THE CHINA
MAIL.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1931.
N
YKLINE
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Peris & Honolulu,
ASAMA MARU
TAIYO MARU
SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Porta.
Wednesday, 4th February. Thursday, 19th February.
21st January. Thursday, 12th February
HIYE MARU (Leave from Kobe) .. Wednesday, TUKAWA MARU ...
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERI', ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
Tuesday,
Friday,
KATORI MARU
Saturday,
24th January.
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday,
7th February.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KAMO MARU
Thursday,
22nd Janurry.
KITANO, MARU
Thursday,
19th February."
†TOTTORI MARÜ
27th January.
‡YAMAGATA MARU
30th January.
Mexico & Panama:
GINYO MARU
KAWACHI MARU
TATAGO MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Sunday,
German MaEARUBA (
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WARSHIPS VISIT TO RAIL FARES IN U.S. MY SKIPPER COMES
SINGAPORE.
Twelve Aircraft Escort
H.M.S. Kent.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vin Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, two British warships H.M.S. Kent
NEW YORK, BOSTON- via Panama.
+ TAKETOYO MARU
Saturday,
Friday, Sunday,
Sunday,
1st February.
21st February.
6th February.
1st March.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa,
DELAGOA MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
+ RANGOON MARU
15th February.
Thursday, 29th January. Saturday, 7th February.
23rd January. 28th January, 20th January.
SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
† NAGATO MARU
HAKONE MARU
HAKODATE MARU
KAGA MARU
+ Cargo only.
Friday, Wednesday, Thursday,
For further information apply to:--NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Telephone 30291. (Private exchange to all departments. ›
0.
S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONC. SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS La Pista Maru
CALCUTTA via Singapore & Himalaya Maru
Mon..
9th Feb.
Fri.,
6th Feb.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-1 Atlas Maru
TERDAM & ANTWERP:
via Singapore, Colombo,
Suez & Port Said,
& BUENOS AIRES
vin
Saigon, Singapara, Colom-
be, Durban
Capetown.
BOMBAY via Singapore & Borneo Maru
Colombo.
DURBAN
LOURENCO Chiengo Maru
Wed.,
Thurs..
21st Jan.
5th Feb.
MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-
ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR
& MOMBASA via Binga- i pare & Colombo.
AUSTRALIA
AND
NEW Melbourne Mara
Wed.,
ZEALAND
Rangoon.
Seattle Maru
Tues., Sunday,
4th Fab.
20th Jan, 1st Feb.
VICTORIA,
SEATTLE, Africa Maru (From
TACOMA & VANCOUVER
Shanghai)
Sat.,
24th Jan.
via Japan Ports.
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Sanyo Maru
Sat.,
7th Ech.
Los Angeles & Panama.
Call Direct at Boston,
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
JAPAN PORTS (Freight Sar. Tacoma Maru
vice);
HAIPHONG via Holhow & Menado Maru
Sun.,
Thurs..
KEELUNG va Swain
Pakhoi (Fortnightly).
Hozan Maru
Amay {Every Sunday Canton Maru Noon).
TAKAŬ via Swatow & Amoy Dell Maru
(Fortnightly).`
Sun San.,
Thurs.,
For further particulars please apply to:
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 28061
25th Jan. 1st Feb.
REDUCTION DUE TO 'BUS COMPETITION.
NEW POLICY.
IN.
A Weekly Boat in Port.
She is
For some time the operators of Escorted by twelve aircraft, the passenger buses or stages have
My ship has come in. been making serious inroads into only a tramp, a small weekly boat, and H.M.S. Petersfeld arrived in the revenue of the railways of the adventuring from port to port, Singapore recently from Bangkok United States, particularly on the wherever she can pick up a cargo. H.M.S. Kent (Captain B. H. Ramshort runs, and more recently this If to you a ship means a gigantic; say. M.V.O.) was the first to arrive bus competition has been very seri- luxury liner, or a whitewinged and came alongside No. 8 wharf at ously affecting the trans-Continen- yacht at Cowes, you may not think 8 m., when a salute was fired.
tal railway lines. The railways much of the little Corinia, but to H.M.S. Petersfield (Commander F. have been considering various me she is much more of a ship than A. C. Baker), arrived a little later,
schemes for meeting this situation any palatial floating hotel. Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell, and have finally determined to meet Commander-in-Chlef of the China it by cutting the fares in auch a Station, called at Government way as to appeal to those who are House and H. E. the Officer Ad now utilizing the buses, i.e. those ministering the Government return- who are willing to sacrifice some ed the visit by going aboard H.M.S. luxury and perhaps even a good Kent, the Admiral's flagship.. deal of comfort in order to save
money.
The alreraft escorting the cruiser Kont and the Petersfield, which is a. minesweeper and tender to the Kent, were three flying boats and aix Hawker Horsley bombers from Seletar and three Fairey machines from H.M.S. Hermes, the aircraft
|
Week by week I follow her move- ments in the Shipping List, and when she is due at Millwall or the Pool I am always there to greet her.
Her skipper is an old man now, but has he not always been old! Even when I, a small and curlous girl in a sallor ault, arst made friends with him on the little quay at home he seemed some Methuse- lah of the rea.
Accordingly It has been announc ed by the Great Northern, C.M. St. P. and P., Union Pacific and Northern Pacie Railways that Outside, the docks are shrouded effective January 1, the following in a damp grey mist, but in the little drastic reductions will apply be cabin, under the bridge of the
CANADIAN PACIFIC
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
12 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 8 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND U.S.A.
Shanghai Kobe fomt font
Lane
Empress of Japan Empress of Asia Empress of Canada Empress of Runalo Emprene of Japan
Empress of Asia*,
Yokohama Lectu
16
VATICALTRE
Arriva
Leave Feb. & Feb. Fel. 10 Feb. 12 Feb. 20 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 2 Feb. 26 Mar. 7 Mar. 5 Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mor. 12 Mar. 21 Mar. 18 Mar. 21 Mar. 21 Mar. 26 Apr. 4 Apr. 1 Apr. 4
4 Apr. 7
9 Apr. 17 Apr.
18 Apr. 27 Apr. 10 Apr. 13 Apr. 16 Apr. Empress of Canadat Apr. 25 Apr. 28 Apr. 30 May 2 May 14
14 May Empress of Russia May 8 May 11 May
May 25 Empress of Japant May 23 May 26 May 28 May 30 June 10 Empress of Asia' Jung June 8 June 11 June 13 June 2 Empress of Canada June 20 June 23 June 25 June 27 July 9
of Russia" July Empress
3 July 6 July 9 July 11 July 20 Empress of Japan July 18 July 21 July 23 July 25 Aug. Empress of Asia July 31 Aug. 3 Aug. 6 Aug. 8 Aug. 17 Empress of Canada Aug. 15 Aug. 18 Aug. 20 Aug, 23 Aug. 30
(Calf at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghaj) Calls at Honolulu un May 8. Calls at Honolu.a on June 5.
HONG KONG MANILA SERVICE.
Leave -Arriv
Hong Kong Manila
Emp. of Canada Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Emp. of Rasein Feb. 23
Telephones: Passenger. 2075H Freight... 20012
Feb. 23
*
WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
carier now at Singapore on her tween Pacific ports (Seattle, Van- Corinia an oil lamp is burning BRITISH
way to Hong Kong.
Admiral Waistell dined at Flag staff House with Major-General H. L. Pritchard, Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya.
The list of arrangements for the warships' visit was as follows:-
Saturday, December 27: Dance on board H.M.S. Kent.
Monday, December 29: Dinner at Colonial Secretary's House (H.E. the Officer Administering the Gov ernment) followed by dance.
Thursday, January 1. H.MS. Petersfield with H. E. the Comman- der-in-Chief leaves.
Saturday, January 8: H.M.S. Kent galle.
H.E.
the Commander-in-Chief and Lady Walstoll are staying with H.E. the Officer Administering the Government during the visit of
H.M.S. Kent.
couver, Tacoma, Portland) and St. Paul-Minneapolis and Chicago:
Seattle, etc., to St. Paul and Minneapolis, tickets good for pas sage only in day coaches (One way), $40.
Seattle, etc., to Chicago, tickets good for passage only in day coaches (one way), $50.
shedding a cheerful glow into the dark corners, and lighting up the face of the old scaman as he sits puffing at his pipe. Then there is talk-good talk, spiced with the tang of the sea, and of other, stran- ger, ports than ours.
And then
proudly
other
we
WUCHOW LINE
JANUARY. SAILINGS,
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2 p.m. 3.5. *TAI HING"
[1,088 tons-Capt. Trott)
от
of ships Taranaki, The the old
A now economical way to spend
JANUARY.
a short summer holiday. Tako a
MON.
trip to Wuchow and back. Only requires four days.
SUN.
19th 25th
FRI.
Soth
See all the
speak gracious daya--the Wild Duck,
Cloud, for man knew them all, and many others, in which he had sailed in those days when London River was a-wing with canvas.
those Seattle, etc., to St. Paul and of Minneapolis, tickets good for pas The sage in tourist sleeper, (berth Flying fare additional), (one way), #53.
Seattle, etc. to Chicago, tickets, good for passage in tourist sleep er, (berth fare additional) (one way), $65. Stopover privileges on these tie hots will be same
as now allowed on one-way first class tickets, but from baggage allowance will be 100 lba. These fares will apply in both directions and will be maximum fares for these classes between in- termediate points where normal one-way fare is higher.
Then, when Piccadilly is blinking into light, and the Wardour Street ате filling with the teashops matinee crowds, we, too, have tea. Strong, sweet tea, in thick enamel cups, and mince-pie made by the ship's cook in honour of my visit.
"Six o'clock," says the skipper suddenly, "I'll see you to the gate
8.8. "TAI MINGTM
sights of the West River. It coats you only $38.40 and can be done in dve days. Your budget: [649 tons-Capt. W. H. Lawton.]
Passage for round trip $20.00 Meals on board .....
16.40
Lodging on hoard
200
$39.40
Total
JANUARY.
21st
TUES.
27th
WED. For information apply to- The Why not make a trial? casino is excellent and the ac
enco commodation
comfortable; you try you will recommend it to
cthers.
.
SANG WO
Com
Ltd.,
23, Connaught Road, West,
'Phone 20893.
this is no place for you after 'EXCEPTIONAL MERIT" ventor received, unless the term
Somewhere in a West End. res-i
walk sedately up and down the floor
Troopship in Port. The British transport Nevasa 25th Jan.
(Captain W. R. Steadman) arrived 22nd Janin Singapore from Southampton on The regular first-class fare carry- { dark.”
its way to Shanghai via Hong Kong | ing privilege of travelling in stan- with troops for the Eastern sta-dard puliman sleepers remains the taurant a band is playing. Couples tions. Those for Singapore include same (to Chicago $77.21 plus Lleut. W. B. and Mrs. Tristam, | berth). 29th Jan. 2nd/Lieut. G. H. Billson, Flight- We might add that we understand Lieut. F. L. Hopps, A.F.C. (from from our rall friends that the Southampton), Captain and Mrs. Santa Fe is putting in similar fares R. Nich, Mrs. More and child and from San Francisco, effective Janu- nurso (from Gibraltar), Lt-Col.ary int. and Mra, H. Harding and Mrs. M. E. Davies (from Colombo).
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,
WARSHIPS IN PORT. The following British warships were in harbour to-day:- Berwick-North arm. Cornflower-In dock Cumberland No. 9 buoy. Herald-South wall. Iroquola-North wall. Medway-West wall.
Odin-West wall. Oswald-in dock. Osiris-In dock Otus-West wall, Sandwich-No. 13 buoy.
Foreign Men-of-War. Argas-French gunboat. Helena-American gunboat,
FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS,
MECHANICAL, AND
ELECTRICAL' ENGINEERS.
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
E HONG KONG, LIMITED.
SALVAGE TUG “TAIKOO”
Wireless Call
V.P.G.N: 600 Meters.
Addres
TAIKOODOCE HONG KONG.
Over ANS. PENNANT
-DRY DOCK
Length 787 Feet Length on Blocks 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of
SUI (H.W.OS.T.) 84 ft. 6 ins THREE SLIPWAYS
Capable of Handling Ships Up
to 3,000 Tons Displacement,” eetrie. Crans at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius
UTTERFIELD & SWIRE
HONG KONG CHINA & JAPAN
The above reduced fares are being put in for a six months trial period only, at the end of which perlod, they will no doubt be ex- tended if the increase of business
warrants.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Friday, January 16, Chenan, British str., 1,355 tons. Capt. J. Newton, from Amoy, buoy No. B9.-B. & S. Pres. Jackson, American str., 8,377 tona, Capt. John Griffith, from Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf A.M.L. Steel Engineer, American str., 3,450 tons, Capt. G. L. Evans, from Shanghai, buoy No. All- Bank Line.
OF GYRO COMPASS.
Ten Years.
was extended for a considerable time. The first patent having ex- pired there would be a regrant for ten years, and for the second patent,
1932, there would be an extension for ten years also.
Mr. Justice Luxmoor observed that the money spent on the litiga- tion was not all lost, as it establish.. ed the applicant's patent.
WAS
to the accompaniment of the latest Patents Extension for which did not expire until August, American dance tune. "Have a good time this afternoon 1-where did you go?" Inquires my partner. "Callao, by way of Montserrat and LITIGATION LOSSES. Balboa," I murmur vaguely through An extension for ten years, the the din. He laughs: "I thought maximum extension allowed by the
Mr. Watson said Mr. Brown had, you were going down to the East Patents Act, was granted by Mr. End somewhere?""
Justice Luxmoor in the Chancery been the beneficial owner of the A nice young man, but strangely Division to Mr. Sidney George patents for their entire parlod, and undiscerning The Evening News. Brown, electrical engineer, and in 1916 formed S. G. Brown, Ltd., managing director of 3. G. Brown, which manufactured all kinds of Chiu On & Co..
Ltd., for two patents on the Regis- electrical and scientific instruments Nanning, British str., 1.484 tons, ter relating to a gyro compasa for such as telegraph relay wireless ap- Capt. C. Carrington, from use on ships. Of the two patents, paratus. The Erown telegraph re- Swatow, buoy No. B2. the first, it was stated, was taken lay was world famous. The second B. & S.
out in the year the war began, and patent here in question was made Taikal Maru, Japanese str., 2,469 the second in 1916 by Mr. Brown secret by the Admiralty and never tons, Captain C. Kitani, from in the joint names of the late Pra- published till 1919. No compasses Kotabaru, buoy No. 827-fessor John Perry and himself. The through Government control could. Hidaka & Co.
ground for asking for extension be sold until 1920. The value of Tonkon, French str., 906 tons, was that not only had the applicant the sales for 1928 and 1929
Capt. J. Bounamour,
from not been adequately remunerated, £10,839 and £16,782; the amount of Fort Bayard, buoy No. Cz.-but he had suffered loss calculated sales for 10 years was £57,842. The M. M.
at £18,274,
entire world field of gyroscopic As will be remembered by read compasses was divided between the Sunday, Jan. 18. Benalder, British atr., 3,047 tons, lers of The Journal of Commerce be-Sperry Co., Mr. Brown and his com. Capt. R. B. Dawson, from Sin-tween 1928 and 1926 Mr. Brown pany, and the Anchutz Co. of Ger- klang, Kowloon Wharf-Gibb, was engaged in litigation against į many,
of the Sperry Gyroscope Co.
The. Judge' said, there was no Livingston & Co., Cheklang, British str., 1,313 tona, America, which resulted in his doubt about the merita of the in- Capt. J. Maley, from Wahn, patent being held valid, but also invention, which was an extremely Stonecutters Anchorage.—B. &ja,
that the Sperry ingenious one. Not only was it Akita Maru, Japanese str., 2,815
9.
compass did not infringe the highly ingenious, but it related to tons Captain K. Irobe, from
and Perry patents. the most recondite subject, and Sakita, Kowloon Wharf Halyang, British str. 1,363 tons, Brown N.Y.K.
Capt. W. G. Erwin, from Foo Mr. Trevor Watson, R.C., for could only be produced by highly. Baid that over trained engineers and by mathe chow and porta-Douglas Mr. Brown, Wharf. Douglas & Co.,
that litigation £28,000 was lost, matical skill. Its merit from the
The Admiraltyvious. Gyro-compasses were Captain D. D. Richard, from cluded in the sum. Chefco, buoy No. B3.-B. & S. had accepted two or three Brown pensive to make, and the classes Kinsan Maru, Japanese str., 2,983 gyroscope compasses, and were which would require to buy them
must necessarily bo limited. tons; Capt. Inaba, from Sakito, satisfied with them buoy No. B28-M.SK
In the witness. box, Mr.. Brown Menado Maru, Japanose str., 1,285 said the compass would not vary tons, Capt. T. Kawamats, from more than one degree from the true Haiphong, 0.8.K. Wharf north in any weather, 0.8.K
Beneft To Public,
Wing Lee, Portuguese, str., 641 tons, Capt. J. Autunes, from K C. Wan, buoy No.. B10- Woo-Hop & Co! ·
Saturday, January 17.
Canton, French str., 976 tons, Capt.
decision
"F. L. Morvan, from Haiphong. Huichow, British str., 1.222 tons, and no part of the $18,274. was in-navigational point of view was ob
buoy No. C4-M, 'M, Feng Lee, Chinese str., 1,259 tons, Capt. Y. Yamajl, from Canton, buoy No B21-Loong Tai long.
Foo Shing British str., 1,423 tons, Capt. W. Allan Balch, from Canton, buoy No. B1. M. & Co.
„Golden, Mountain, American "atr,,
9,792 tona, Capt.4H. B. Han son, from Manila, buoy No. 47-States 5.8 CM
STEAMERS MOVEMENTS
AX.
The Ben Liño 8.8., Benreoch from -- Middlesbro”, Antwerp, London and:
Michael Jebsen, Danish str., 1,848 When Mr. Stafford Crossman, for Straits left Singapore for this port
tone, Capt. H. Ipland,, from the Controller of Patenta, auggeston January 18, and fe due to ar Bingapore, buoy No. C-Jebed that five years' extension was rive hero on January 24.N Hai Hing, British str., 1,445 tons, son & Col
long enough to give, the Judge The P. & 0.8.6. Kalyan from. Capt G. Hamre from Hol Shun Lee, Chinese str. 949 tons, said he did not agres. He Hong Kong arrived Marseilles on how, buoy Na Ba Thoresen Capt. B. Miyacka, from Chefco, should," he said, grant the full January 17, at 7.30 am
buoy No. B21-Yee Tai Hong term. He considered the Inven Hupeh, British str. 1.205 tone, Sinklang, Beltisk str., 1,616 tons, tion was of exceptional merit #ch Capf 3 W Jenkins, from * Capt. C. H. Jones, from Bwa- and of exceptional beneŭt to the
tow buoy No. B20
tow, baoy No. B9–8. & 8. ... | Jubile, in that it made navigation Tjikini, V/Datah »stí, v 3,014” tona, easier and safer. The loss sus Hydraugel, Beitlah str., 561, tons,
- Cap. I. A. AWillembe, from tained by the patentes was not like. Cant P.W Gri
Pasaruan, buoy No. A9-- ly to be wiped out, and a remunera Swatów Chiu
tion adquito to the skill of the In-
from
The C.P.S. R.M.8 Empress of Australia (round-the-world cruise) arrived at Bombay on January 10, loft Bombay on January 17, ut :8- p., and le duc at Hong Kong on Feurnery 14 at 8 a.m. She leaves, Hong Kong on February 17 at 10
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