TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA. CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT,, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SAIL WILL COME
BACK!
Capable of Faster Speeds Than Cargo Steamers
Everyone knows that the big ocean-going square-riggers are al small and dwindling company. The reasons for their supersession by the tramp sicamer as the world's cargo carriers are not, however, generally fully appreciated by the shoregoing "man-in-the-street.” Most people think it is due to the superior speed of the steamer. But this is only so in a very limited
sense.
Actually on the open ocean runs the big, well-found and well-man- ned sailing ship is often capable of | a higher speed than the ordinary cargo-carrying steamer. Few of the latter can make more than 12 knots and the average is not more thar 9 or 10 knuts. The big clip-2 pers of the Australian emigrant and won! trades frequently exceeded 15 knots for days on end; and for short spella touched 20 or 21 knots-the
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY pred' of a modern battleship,
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERŠ, (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
3.3.
Tons. Hong Kong
From
Vout
1931.
24th Mar.
*SOMALI
RAWALPINDI 1 16,642
*SOUDAN
1st
Destination.
The best day's run ever recorded by a sailing ship was 436 nautical mes, made by the Blackballer Lightning in her first erossing of the Atlantic and when running Eastward, so that, owing to the change in longitude the real time. was less than 24 hours. No less than eight runs of over 400 miles jin 24 hours by different clippers are on record, two being credited to
Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg. Lightning, three to James Baincs,
Rollerdan & Antwerp.
Mar. 1 Marseilles & London, Apr.
11th Apt.
26th
Apr. 2nd May i
May
SMIRZATORE
1 0,715
+KARMALA
RAJPUTANA
1KALYAN
19.141
COMORIN
15,182 | 93ml
*KASHMIR
| 8p3 | Cth
May Juno
RANPURA
1 14001, 2015
June
TEASHGAR
101353
RAWALPINDI
16.610 18th July
1991) 14t
RAJPUTANA *KARMALA
CATHAY
KALYAN
+KHYBER
July
Aug.
1 18 5AS 15th Aug.
# 9,128
29th Aug. 12th Sept.
116,121
$3.144 26th Sept.
Cargo only. Calls Casablanca.
Straits, Colenbo & Bombay. Mars.. L'don, Hull, R'dam & A'werp Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp. Mars, Lion. Ilu. R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Mars, I'don, Hull, R'dam & A'wers. Bombay, Marsellies & Lenden. M'scilios, 'don. Ridam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & Lendon.
M'seilles, L'don, R'dam & A'werp Bombay, Marseilles & Leniton. Marseilles & Lonjor..
Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marsellies & London,
Calla Port Swettenham.
two or Red Jacket and onc to Donald Markay. Of runs between | 300 and. 400 miles a day there are so many that it is impossible to en- umerate them,
The fast six days' runs of the Red Jackel totalled 2,020 nautical miles, an average of 336 miles per day, or over 14 knots, even without allow ing for change of time. Even this
BLUE STAR LINE
Far Eastern Service.
Regular Monthly Fast Freight Service. Refrigerated and general cargo
Next Sailing
S. S. "OREGON STAR"
on
MARCH 27th.
for
LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG
AND LIVERPOOL Via STRAITS.
For Freight and further information apply to:--
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildinga.
Agents.
Telephone 28021,
HONG KONG, AND MACAO LINE in Good Speed
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Daily Sailing from Hong Kong at 200 p.m. Sailing from Macao at 7.50 a.m. Sundays excepted.
Freight and Passage apply :- CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.
241, Des Voeux Road C.
hand, increases the crew necessary with the size of ship much more rapidly than the horse-power of a steamer is increased for a corres- ponding increase of size and equal speed. So that provided full car-
is not a record, for the famous Cut-R003 can be obtained for them, the
ty Sark once ran 2,163 miles in six days on a passage to Aus- tralia.
But speeds anything like this
Tel. 28061.
STARBOARD AND PORT.
Bill To Ratify Changes in Helm Orders.
big steamers are more economical than very big sailing ships, if the
The Shipowners' Parliamen- square rig is retained. The advan-tary Committee understand that lage has been increased yet more
the Government will introduce a
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to were exceptional and nothing ap-by the rising standard of living of Bill in the House of Lords at an Constantinople, Pireaus. Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the proaching an average of 14 knots the past few decades, which has early date for the artification of
Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TILAWA PANTHIA TALMA TAKADA SIRDHANA
1931.
10.00625th Mar. 7,754 Bad Apr. 10.000 ! 14th Apr. 6.949 2nd May 7.745 11th May
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Cairvila, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapure, Fesang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apcar Line steaners have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
was ever done over a whole voyage, say from Britain to Australia. Had such been possible not only the eargo steamer but the liner herself would have been hard put to it to keep up with the sailing ship. Nevertheless the average of sailing passages was quite fast enough to keep the sailing ship to the fore, provided the steamer had to cover the same distance to get from port to port.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). sailing ships proportionately as
1931
ST. ALBANS NELLORE TANDA
4,500 1 Ist A nr. 6,258
1st May 16,956 30th May
There can be little doubt that, but for the other factors loading the dice against the sailing ship, design would have progressed, so that to-day we should have had
superior to those of 1869 when the Cutty Sark was built, as are our Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney steamers to those of that time.
I was not so much actual speed * Melbourne.
that gave the steamer its advantage as that conferred on it by the open-
This en some 1,000 or 1,500 miles on the trip, both out and home, to Australia
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan ing of the Suez Canal. and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-15 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
abled the steamer to save
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New and China, and a good deal more to
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mall Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London vin Suez, The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton
London via Punarna Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
•SOUDAN
TALMA
1931.
India. The clippers were almost at once beaten out of the China ten trade, and hard put to it in the
and | Australian trade. For a long time they held the South American al- trate trade, in which the Canal did not give the steamers the same
20th Mar, Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
Daylight
10,000 24th Mar. Amoy, Moj, Kobe & Osaka. KIDDERPORE 5,334 25th Mar. | Moji & Kobe.
RAJPUTANA
NELLORE
TAKADA KALYAN
BIRDHANA COMORIN TILAWA KASHMIR TANDA SANTHIA RANPURA KASHGAR
ALBANS RAWALPINDI
KHYBER
NELLORE BAJPUTANA KARMALA
16.580 27th Mar. 6,853 8th Apr. .6,949 10th Apr. 9.114 10th Apr.
7,748 16.132 10,000
22nd. Apt. 24th! Apr. 6th May 8,985 8th May
8th 6,056
May 7,754 22nd May
22nd 16,001
May 9,005 5th June 4,500 6th June 10:019
19th June 3rd July 9.114 6,853 6th July 16.580 17th July 9.128 31st July
* Cargo only.
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama Amoy, S'hal, Moli, Kobe & Osaka, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amor, Moji, Kobe & Osaka; Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Arapy, Moji, Kobe & Danka. Shanghai, Aloj, Kobe & Yokohama S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & T'ham. Moji, Kobe & Osaka." nghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji, Krbe & Yokohama. S'hal, Moll, Kobe Osaka & Fbama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. Shanghai, Holi, Hobe & Yokohama. Shal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Bingapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabius are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2 ft x 2ft = 1 ft will be received
et the Company's Office up to Ncon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Fassage, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to:-y
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
i
Agente.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON. FOUNDERS. All work done ́in' this 'establishment 19 · guarenteed." We 'have over thirty years' experiance. We own twa Blip- ・waya and' can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Town Olies: 64, Comaught. Road Central, Hộng Kong, Tel, 20459. Shipyeir Shantui po, Colbon Hour Kog Kowloon Tel 52039.
"Estimates" farmlaffed on application Hong Kong, Apill 1, 1994; ch
advantage. But the Panama Canal
has now beaten them even here.
The Suez Canal was no use to the square-rigged sailing ships because apart from the expense of tow
been accompanied, if not caused, by the devolepment of more efficient engines and the use of more econo- mical fuels (as oll), not merely at
but
sca
generally. Commander Herbert .Shove in the Nautical Magazine.
MENACE TO SHIPPING.
Torpedoes Adrift Near, Black, Sea.
the Convention on Safety of Life at Sea, and of the Load Line-Con- vention,
These Conventions include a proposal to standardise, inter- nationally, the helm orders "star- board" and "port" in the direct sense. Great Britain and Japan are now the only remaining mari- time nations which order star- board helm to turn the ship's head to port, and vice-versa. The British practice is a relic of the day when the tiller was used by hand for steering.
Constantinople, Mar. 3. Derelict torpedoes believed to
The Admiralty have decided to be of Russian origin are causing amend Naval practice to that of uneasiness to shipping using the the Royal Merchant Marine narrow passages between the which, with few dissentients, Black Sea and the Sea of Mar- favours a change in Brition helm morn. For some weeks the num-orders to bring them into har- her of these torpedoes have been mony with those of other coun- increasing and, although the Tur- tries. The need for universal kish authorities. take prompt ac- practice at sea is emphasised by tion to remove those reported to
Admiral Richmond and Admiral them, all vessels are warned of Oliver, who were President of the the danger that others may still Conferences held on the subject be drifting.
in 1920 and 1930.
HONG KONG TIDES.
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During the traditional period, if the Bill becomes law, the orders Starboard Right and Port Left will be employed, and thereafter Starboard and Port in their direct; sense.
The terms "Left" and "Right,”
The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. E.; 00h. is midnight, 12hrs. is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Ad-are, the Admiralty atate, definitely miralty chart of the place and unsuitable for use in the Royal should be added to the depths giver, Navy, and with this view all sea- on the chart unless preceded by an men will be in hearty agreement. asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
March 17 to 28, 1981,
Ing through it, the route passed through two light weather seas, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, in which the very lack of wind that handicapped them was an aid to the making of good passages by steam- ers. But even the Canala would hardly have forced the sailing ship so much into the background if it had not been for the concurrent trend of man-power to become more expensive and mechanical power us 17 19 5 cheaper. For a given cargo capa- city the steamer corries far less Wed 18 men than the square-rigger. The
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NEXT SAILING
“TAI YANG”
on MARCH 18th.
for'
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK & BOSTON,
42 Days To New York.
For Fassenger and Freight information please apply:-
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Queen's Buildings.
Agents.
Telephone 28021.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS :
KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 29020.
Telephones:
KOWLOON DOCK 58053.
Telegrams: "MANIFESTO, HONG KONG,
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
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Call Flago-
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In No, I Dock Dimensions:=866'0"¬0;A.x89′0' 48'6" Mid. 20,000 tons Gross
The Company possesses Elx Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways. The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 70007 × 89′0′′ x 306" over sill, H. W.. 0.9.T. Salvage Tug Henry Keswick." 2,000 LHP. Wireless Call Signal V.F.BT. and Flag Cell Signal T.H.QB. Shaerlegs capable of lifting 80 tons
Codes Used: Al, A.R.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering, First and Second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and Watkina.
Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Mangger,
.R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.