MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1931.
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
THE CHINA MAIL.
CHANNEL RESCUE.
GREEK APPRECIATION OF BRITISH BRAVERY
On November 2 last about 7.20 p.m., the Leyland liner Napierian, under the command of Captain George Baker, when outward bound in the Channel between the Owners' Lightvessel and St. sighted a Catherine's Point,
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
vessel showing signals of distress
on the starboard bow. The course was altered to close with the dis- tressed ship, which signalled by Morse that the ship was half- full of water, and they wished to abandon the vessel.
Captain Baker manoeuvred the Napierian as close as he could with safety to what turned out to be the Greek steamier Mene- laos. It was blowing a gale ut the time, with a high sea rumine. GULF,The starboard lifeboat was run-
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
3.8.
Tons.
SMIRZAPORE
KARMALA
RAJPUTANA
SOUDAN
*IKIDDERPORE
IKALYAN
COMORIN *BURDWAN
From tlong Kung About
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1931. I
23rd May 10th May
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9.128 16.54 25th Ind
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5.304
5th
5th Apr. 111 Apr. Apr. May
May
9th
15,192
!
*KASHMIN RANPURA
1 8.985
1 1,60
KASHGAR
1.005
cth 20th 1th
RAWALPINDI
16,619
13th July
9.114
1st Aug.
*SOMALI
RAJPUTANA
16 568
*KARMALA
CATHAY
*SOUDAN
*KHYBER
KALYAN
Juno June July
8th Aug,
15th Aug. 9.128 29th Aug. 15,121 12th Sept 10th Sept.
Destina linn.
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Mars., 'don, Hall, Pham & A'werp Marseilles & Ludoa.
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[nel and lowered, but owing to the i heavy rolling of the ship the boat was badly damaged and had to be hoisted inboard again. The |Napierian was then turned round, making the port side the lee side, and the port lifeboat was
then, manned and got away safe
ly from the ship's side.
The bont proceeded towards the Menelaos in charge of Lieut- Commander R. B. Wood, R.N.R. (second officer), with seven men of the deck department. By care- ful handling of the boat in the heavy sea they managed to get alongside quite safely and took off 12 members of the crew of The captain and the. vessel, several of the crew, however, re- fused to leave the ship, and the Napierian's boat then returned, the rescued men were taken on board, and the boat safely hoist-
and up
secured. .The Napierian proceeded to Plymouth. where she arrived on the evening of November 3, and landed the Greek scumen. The Menelaos į subsequently grounded and be- came a total wreck.
Marseilles, London Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp, Straits, Colabo & Bombay-
I'don, Hul, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilies & Landon. Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburge
Rotterdam & Antwerp, Mars, Ldan, Hull, Rilan & A'wers Bombay, on, I'dnm & A'werp.
Marscilies & London. M'scilles Benhay, Marevilles & London. M'scilles, Lon, Renm & A'werp Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp.
Marseilles & London.
& Lonjon. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
A report having been sent in to the Liverpool Shipwreck and
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
Destination
Steamer HANGSANG Tiau via, Stow & S'hai Itou via Stow & S'hal ..WAISHING Tinu vin Stow & S'hai ..YATSHING
& Calcutta KUTSANG S'pore, Penang S'pore. Penang & Calcutta YUENSANG S'pore. Penang & Calcutta KUMSANG Osake via Amoy, Shanghai,
Moji & Kebe Osaka vin Amoy, Shanghal,
& Kobe
Sailing
Wed
8th Apr. at 7 a.m.
Sun.,
Wed.,
12th Apr. at 7 a.m. 15th Apr. at · 7 a.n.
Wed.,
Mon.,
8th Apr. at 3 p.m. 20th Apr. at 3 pm.
Fri.
8th May at 3 p.m.
KUMSANG
Fri.,
17th Apr. at 7 a.m.
SUISANG
Sandakan
Sandakan
MAUSANG INSANG
Sat., Wed Sat.,
25th Apr. at 7 n.m.
Tain in Stow & FonchowCHEONGSHING Sun, T'ain via Stow & Fanchow CHIPSHING Txin via Stow & S'hal ..YUSANG
San...
Tuck..
3 .m. 8th Apr. at 11th Apr. at Noon 12th Apr. ut 7 a.m. 1918 Apr. at 7 a.m, 7th Apr. at 7 a.m.
To San Francisco, Los Angeles |
& New York via Panama.
For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Managers. Telephone 30311.
HONG KONG AND MACAO LINE in Good Speed
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Daily Salling from Hong Kong at 2.00 p.m. Sailing from Macao at 7.50 a.m. Sundays excepted.
Freight and Passage apply:- CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.
841, Des Voeux Road C.
PASSENGER LISTS.
B-
ARRIVALS.
Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg, Humane Society by the Imperial Mrs. II. M. Cavender, Mstr. Howard
Rotterdam & Antwerp. Marseilles & London.
$Calls Port Swettenham. Calls Bremen.
9.144 26th Sept. Cargo only. +Calls Casablanca. Calls Kechi. Calla Havre.
thanks from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Frequent connection Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TALMA TAKADA SIRDHANA TILAWA
1 1931.
Apr. 110,000 1 18th
May
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 16,949 3rd
May 7,345 R
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10.006271): May Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
Per 8.a. President Taft, on April
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Benitez,
Cavender, Mise Alita Cavender, Dr. Merchant Service Guild, the so- ciety have awarded an illuminat. Costelli, Mrs. F. Gonzalez de ed vote of thanks to Captain Alberto, William K. Grove, Mrs. C. C. Hammond, Carl Hess, Mr. and Baker, silver medal. vote
combined Mrs. W. M. Moseley, Mstr. John R. and
Moseley, Mstr. W. M. Moseley, Jr. clock and barometer to Lieut.-Commander Wood, R.N.R., Mstr. H. E. Moseley, Dr. and Mrs. and a bronze medal and vote of Anthony P. Rubing. thanks to each of the lifeboat's
The Greek Consul in: crew. Liverpool, with whom the Guild 4--- has also been in communication
of
Per 8.8. President Polk on April
Tel. 26061.
Kotwall, J. Kotwall, Miss R. Kotwall, Col. F. Eaves, Mra. W. A. Hannibal.;
Per 86. Hakusan Maru for Shanghai and Japan on April 3:-
Y. Kurimot,
K. K. Keto,
Toyosawa, Ichii, M. Fujii, G. 1, Nakajima, U. Yano, K. Takaoka, G. Kubota, T. Sukano, Miss N. S. Bishop, Miss C. Renshaw, Mies D. Heywood, Miss C. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Southwell, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gibbon, Mrá. T. Fujita and a son, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schabeek, Mr. G. T. Cottle, J. A. Heist, T. W. Charles. F. Hirayama, N. Ikeda, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Meyers, Mrs. Thomas Stacey, Miss Marian Stacey, Miss Elizabeth Stacey, M. George de Almeida.
A. H. Compton, Jean Martin, HONG KONG TIDES.
regarding the services rendered Nicolas Vernier, Miss Mabel Smith, by the Napierian, has been asked Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Veenman. by his Excellency the Greek Minister in London, to convey to the Imperial Merchant Service Guild his high appreciation of the "valuable and gallant assistance" of the crew of the steamer Bolam, H.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). Napierian in the rescue of the
sailors of the steamer Menelaos, and to inform the Guild that His Excellency has transmitted
a
Per 9.5. Nellore on April 4:- Mrs. M. S. R. Sinclair, H. H. Yuk, Miss H. Bourke, Mrs. L. C. Hawkins and child, Mr. and Mrs. Linden, D. Lightfoot, Mrs. I. C. Gurner and child, Mrs. Mary Fox, Miss W. H. Robertson, Miss O. C. R. Kerr, F. Kauffmana, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gordon, E. P. Pearce, Mr. and
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney copy of the report to his com- Mrs. W. L. Foun, M. Storchilo, Mr.
ST. ALBANS
1 1931 1RL 6,853
Mny 6,950 30th May 4,504 1st July
& Melbourne.
NELLORE TANDA
and Mrs. Strange and 3 children, petent department in Athens.
The secretary of the Guild has Peter Kirawaka, Otomatsu Maru- E. Wattimena, Alois Akun had much pleasure in transmit-yama,
Batchelor and child, Mrs. ting this message in appreciation Mrs. Regular_monthly cailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan of their services to Captain Baker White and 2 children, Mrs. W. C. and all concerned, together with Specht and child, Mrs. W. A. New their congratulations on
the and child. Mr. and Mrs. Whited and
shipwreck and Hamane Society.
and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New awards made by the Liverpool child, Mrs. E. Knight, Mrs. E. H. Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Suez,
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal."
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
NELLORE
KALYAN TAKADA
BURDWAN BIRDHANA COMORIN
TILAWA
KASHMIR TANDA
RANPURA
ST. ALBANS
RAWALPINDI
KHYBER NELLORE RAJPUTANA KARMALA
1031. 6,853 6th Apr. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
4 p.m. 8,144
Shanghai, Moji, Kebe & Yokohama. 10th Apa 11th Amroy, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 17th Apr. anghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Danka, Sanghat, Kobe & Yokohama.
6,945
7,745 24th 15.132
May Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka
Yokohama
Osaka &
WAGES OF NORWEGIAN SEAMEN.
Brady and child.
Per 8.3. Hakusan Mary" from London via perts on April 3:—
The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 320 deg. E.; 00h. is midnight, 12hrs, is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scalo Ad- miralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless preceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
April 6 to 12, 1931.
R WATER! Low
DAT+
· prii
Tales
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↓.
Тов 7 & h
1. Wed
C. C. Black, H. B. Collier, Dr. and Thare Mrs. G. H. Delprat, Miss E. M. ! Ellis, K. Gjertsen, Mr. and Mrs. O. | Fri. The Executive Committee of L. Gibbon, R. R. Goulding, G. H. Sat Norwegian Shipowners' Associa- Hardy, 0. Jensen, G. E. F. tion has discussed with the men's Jensen, E. Jahns, A. E. Reynolds, Sun. union the question of the scale of Mr. and Mrs. Sandifor, Mr. and wages in Norwegian vessels en-Mrs. C. A. Schitt, Mastr. W: D. gaged in foreign trade, states an Schutt, W. W. Stark, D. P. White, Oslo (Reuter) message. No offi- Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Zandt, cial statement was issued, but ac- cording to the newspapers, the committee decided to inform the
Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & hama. Government mediator that the Hay Moll, Kobe Yokohama.
S'hat, May Shanghal, Koba
24th Ape,
10.000
8th
8,986 6,956 18.001
8th
May
8th
22nd
7,754 24th May
0,005 4.600
Jane
5th
Juns
19th
June July
16,619
-0.114
Brd
Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka Shanghai, Moji, Kebe & Yokohama. C'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama. Bhanghal, Kobu & Yokohama. Shanghai, Holi, Kobe & Yokohama.
0.353 6th July Shai, Koji, Kobe, Osake & Yama.
38,586 17th July
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,
9,128 31st July | Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
Cargo only,
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Rangoon must deltay their own Hotel, expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
:
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 24 ft. x 2ft x 1 ft. will be received
at the Company's Offco up to Noon on the day previous to sailing,
For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO., P.&O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
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Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. Alle work, done in this establlahment. la guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Bilp- waye and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long. Town Office: 64, Connaught Road. Central, Hour Kong. Tel. 20459,
* Kowloon Tel: 67099. Shipyard: Sham-shal-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Batimates furnished on application
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
DEPARTURES.
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Per 8.8. Empress of Asia association did not wish to pro- ceed with the negotiations for a April 2-
Mra. H. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. new scale. These have been go-
H. E. Goodsmith, Mra. K. M. Bowes ing on for some time.
The leader of the union states Smith, H. A. Keller, Nicholsen, W. that if the negotiations
are de Hoogh, C. E. Holmes, A. H. broken off he expects that organ- Rosado, Lt. H. Mayell; Lt. R. W. ised workers will leave the vessels Marshall, Major J. T. White, H. L. in which they are employed. Denys, J. Trilio, R. D. Beaumont, As the union does not in- Mr. and Mrs. C. Preyaler, Mrs. F. G. clude officers, and only a portion Gray, W. J. Riddiford, Mr. and Mrs. of the men, the owners do not F. D. Tracy, Andrew Franels, Matr. anticipate any serious trouble at J. W. Tracy, Miss H. J. Tracy, Miss present.
M. A. Stlerer, A. Zimmern, J.
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May, 10
TAIPINGA 100s. CHANOTH TALFING
May 13
May 18 200
Hay
June 19
June 27
Joly 30
July 17
Jala 20
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To Seattle & Victoria.
The Short, Straight Route to America
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings on Sundays.
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Apr. 28
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Full particulars upon application,
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD.
£162. 5.01.
£161, 0.0d. £169.15.04
Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Mantin, Straits, Colombo,. Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Gen on, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
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via PANAMA.
NEXT SAILING
M.V. "TAI PING YANG"
on APRIL 18th.
for
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,
NEW YORK & BOSTON.
42 Days To New York.
For Passenger and Freight Information please apply?—
DODWELL & CO., LTD,,
Queen's Buildings.
Agents.
Telephone 28021.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:
Telegrams: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 22021.
KOWLOON DOCK 58053. | "MANIFESTO, BONG 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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maker
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In No. 1 Dock. Dimensions:-666′0′′ · O‚Å‚ x 83′6′′ x 48′6′′ Mld 26,000 tons Grosh.
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways. The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700'0" x 88′0' x 30′6′′ over sul, H. W. O.S/T. Salvage Tog "Henry Keswick.” 2,000 LHP. Wireless Call Signal V.PET. and Flag Call Signal T.H.Q.B. Sheerlegs capable of lifting 80 tons.
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Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manager,
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A., Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.