LLOYD TRIESTINO
FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE
vis Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez & Port Said Taking Cargo un through Bill of Lading
to Fiume, Genoa, All Halian,
Adriatic. Levani,
Block Sea and Danube Parts
Passengers to LONDON (Overland).
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
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S.S. "PILSNA”
M.V. "COL DI LANA"
* S.S. "CRACOVIA"
For Shanghai
For Singapore
& Japan
& Italy
Apr. 12 Apr. 19 May 10 May 17
May
• Outward voyage to Shanghai auly. Passenger Steamers with First, Second and Second Intermediate passenger recommodation.
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PERIL ON THE SEAS. as technical and economic, for a
gradug return in the Royal Navy
PRES. JEFFERSON.
to the use of British fuel, but the PROMINENT VISITORS TO THE
case for such a re-orientation of BRITISH NAVY DEPENDENT ON policy can be proved to be over-
FOREIGN OIL.
The
whelmingly strong.
COLONY.
Mr. L. A. Da Costa, representa- five of the Standard Oil Co., re- turning to Hong Kong to continue
It would be graceless indeed! not to acknowledge the great debt the country owes to the oil com- panies, and to those scientists his business.
Mr. Thos. Henriques, business who have devoted their lives to release the Navy from its pre-executive of the Equitable Eastern Banking Corp. at Hong Kong, re- sent bondage to foreigners.
a turning from a trip to Shanghai,
accompanied by Mrs. Henriques.
London Morning Post (says a mail week issue of the paper) learns on the highest authority that the Admiralty views with growing concern the rapid increase of the use of oil Our present oil policy is fuel by the Royal Merchant legacy of other days. The pro- Marine, whether burnt under sent Board of Admiralty are the boilers or in the internal com-unhappy inheritors of a state of bustion engine.
affairs which, it can hardly be Grave doubts are expressed doubted, is a growing source of whether the fuel reserves in the anxiety and embarrassment to it. country, in the event of emer.. gency, are adequate to meet the essential requirements of tho Navy as well as of the Merchant Marine, the Air Force and the Army.
It is an open secret (writes the Naval Correspondient of the paper) that during the Great War there were occasions on which the ships of our Fleet, with their boil ers burning oil, were in serious straits for the fuel necessary to enable them to put to sea.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING pendent upon oil, the importation
FROM C83 TO 120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shantai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
MIHINTO MARU
CHICHBU MARU
HEIAN MARU
Tuesday,
Tuesday, 14th April. Wednesday, 20th April. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER vin Shanghaj & Japan Ports,
21st April. LONDON, MÄRSEILLES. ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM vla
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. -HAKOZARIMAU
BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
NEW YORK, BOSTUN via Panamin.
-Saturday,
TERUKUNI MARU
Saturday,
18th April. 2nd May,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KAMO MARU
Saturday
KITANO MARU
Saturday,
26th April. 23rd May.
TANGO MARU
Saturday,
TOTTORI MARU
Monday,
11th April 27th April.
BOKUYO MARU
Wednesday,
22nd April.
† LISBON MARU
Monday,
13th April,
TSUYAMA MARU
Saturday,
2nd May.
+ LIMA MARU
Monday,
13th April.
+ MURORAN MARU
Wednesday,
15th April.
AKITA MARU
Wednesday.
29th April.
SHANGHAI KORE & YOKOHAMA,
KITANO MARU (Nagasaki direct). Wednesday, HIKAWA MARU (Yokohama direct) Wednesday, HARUNA MARU
16th April.
Friday,
f Cargo only.
Telephone 30291.
LIVERPOOL vin Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
15th April. 17th April,
For further Information apply to:-- NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Private exchange to all departments
0.
3. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
BUENOS AIRES via
bo, Burbin
&
BOMBAY via Singapore, Port Havre Maru
Tues..
25th May
If all, or even a majority, of our merchant ships had been de-
of essential supplies of food and material must have been more gravely jeopardised than it was.
If such was the case in 1918, when the vast majority of Our ships were coal-burners, .what would be the -posi-
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Thursday, April 9. Japanese Prince, British str., 3,656 tone, Capt. E. Jonce, from Shanghai, buoy No. A4 Furness (Far-East) & Co.
E. Meyer. from Sourabaya, Java. Danish str., 5,216 tous, Capt,
Shan Cheung Wharf.-Pure Cane Molasses & Co.
Captain C. P. Cooper, A.D.C., Kalyan, British atr., 5,679 tons,
D.S.O., from London, Kowloon Wharf.-M. M. & Co. Tjiliwong, Dutch str., 3,061 tons,
Capt. A. A. Berkhout, from Amoy, buoy No. A13. J.C.J.L. Takada, British str., 4,223 tons,
Capt. J. G. Lindon, from Sin- gapore, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M. & Co.
Friday, April 10.
Capt. E. Jones, from London via Singapore, Kowloon Wharf. -Gibb, Livingston & Co. Celebes Maru, Japanese str.. 4,258
tion to-day in a national emer-Benglue, British atr., 3,425 tons, gency, when the Navy, by scrap- bing the four coal-burning battle- ships of the Iron Duke class, and the battle-cruiser Tiger, is now exclusively oil burning, and of the total British merchant ton- |nage of 20,300,000 tons, no less than 7,500,000 tons is absolutely dependent on oil?
Since 1920 a motor tonnage of less than 150,000 has grown to 2,300,000 tona.
Those who regard the Air as our new first line of defence will "do well to recollect that it cannot move a propeller without a sus- tained supply of foreign fuel, which the Navy, and the Navy alone, can secure so long as it is u free agent.
Question of Reserves.
No practicable reserve could be expected to meet these require- ments, even if the Government consented to attempt such a task.
"The shortness of supplies for the Navy is sufficiently indicated by the reduced time that H.M. ships now spend at sea, relying, as it must, on efficiency, and by the slow speeds at which Fleet exercises have now to be carried out.
It is a fact, if an unpleasant one, that our six weeks' supply of home-grown food is a'less source of danger than is our dependence 27th Apr. upon foreign and sea-borne fuel, only 2 per cent. of which is ob- tained from the British Empire, and not a drop from Britain. We 15th Apr.
cannot defend our food oil is 5th May cut off, as it may be, at its source. The Admiralty, like the nation, has confidently relied on scientific research to extract a river of oil 6th May from our own coal resources, but it is n fact notwithstanding, that in spite of 19 years of the most 18th Apr. atient research, and the outpour- ing of millions of money, public as 11th Apr.well as private, the goal is not in
sight.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- London Maru
TERDAM & ANTWERP
via Singapore, Colombo,:
Suez & Port Said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS) Santos Maru
Mon.,
bo, Durban
Saigon, Singapetown.
Colom-
Wed..
Swettenham & Colombo.
DURBAN,
LOURENCO Mexico Maru
Tues.
MARQUES, BEIA, DAR-
ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR
&MOMBASA via Singa
pore & Colomba.
MELBOURNE via
Manila Melbourne Maru
Wed.,
Brisbane & Sydney.
CALCUTTA via Singapore Himalaya Maru
Sat.,
Belawan Deli & Rangoon
VICTORIA, SEATTLE,
TACOMA & VANCOUVER Africa Maru (from
Shanghai)
via Japan Ports.
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Kwantu Maru
Sat..
Tues.
23rd Apr.
Los Angeles & Panama.
Call Direct At Boston.
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
JAPAN PORTS (Freight Sor- Niito Maru
Wed.,
vice).
HAIPHONG via Holhow Menado Maru.....
Pakhol (Fortnightly).
KEELUNG vin Swatow & Canton Maxu
Amoy (2 p.m. Every Sun- Hozan Mara day).
Thurs.,
Sun., Sun.,
>
TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy
(Fortnightly).
For further particulars plaasa apply to:-
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. Telephone 28061. -
It is commonly supposed that the Navy burns oil not because it chooses to do so, but because it 15th Apr. must; that, in fact, oil is so in-
comparably more efficient that it: would be little short of murder, 16th Apr. and a direct cause of defeat, to 12th Apr. ask British coal-burning ships to 19th, Apr. meet foreign oil-burners.
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
JUMBLE SALE
MAY
5th, 2 P.M.
CITY HALLA
CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD GOODS gratefully accepted at CITY HALL ⠀ any MONDAY THURSDAY, "between 10.30 and 11.80.-
Nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, properly de- aigned, armed and armoured coal- burning vessels would make short į work of our post-war-burning "greyhounds," as is universally admitted in the Navy to-day.
Merchant Marine.
The attitude of the Admiralty. towards the Merchant Marine on this question of high policy is a little difficult to understand. Rightly or wrongly the shipown- era of the country are turning over to oil because, in their view, it pays them financially to do so. They are responsible to their shareholders.
And the Merchant Navy is en- gaged on the business of the na- tion which maintains ita Navy as a beavy Insurance policy for that business
Surely an insurance company should itself be free from the risks against which It is its busi- ness to insure its policy-holders? Space does not admit of enlarging i ́upon the case, strategical as well
tone, Capt. J. Itow, from Singa- pore, Kowloon Wharf O.S.K. Hanyang. British str., 1,207 tons,
Capt. C. Harris Walker, from Canton, buoy No. C6-B. & S. Helikon, British str., 1,220 tons,
Dr. C. L. Park, surgeon, stop-; ping over at Hong Kong beforej continuing on to Singapore to take up his duties with the League of Nations Bureau at Singapore. He is accompanied by Mrs. Park.
Mr. Douglas Forbes, manager of Anderson Myor & Co. at Hong Kong, returning from a business trip to Shanghai,
Mrs. S. Shirrmacker and Miss Edna Stagen, tourists, stopping!
few at Hong Kong for a days.
From here they will con- tinue on around the world.
over
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following British warshipa ere in harbour to-day!--
Cumberland--No. 6 buoy, Hermes-North arm. Marazion-No. 12 buoy. Medway-In dock. Osiris-East wall. Oswald-East wall. Pearleaf-West wall Perseus-In Taikoo dock. Petersfield-North wall. Poseidon In Kowloon deck. Sandwich-South wall. Tamar-Basin.
Thracian-No. 13 buoy.
Foreign Men-of-War. Mindanao-American gunboat. Paul Jones-American destroyer. Vigilanto-French gunboat
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES
Consignees of Cargo ex s.s. Col Capt. W. Anderson, from Saldi Lana and s.s. Pilana, are re- gon, buoy No. B21.-Wo Fat minded to take delivery of their Sing.
goods which will be subject to Kanchow, British str., 1,222 tons, rent after April 13.
Capt. R. H. Fairley, from Che- foo, buoy No. C4.-B. & S. Karmala, British str. 5,680 tons,
Capt. W. Rolls, from Yoko- kama and Shanghai, Kowloon.. Wharf.-M. M. & Co. Kingyuan, British str., 1,546 tona,
Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Call- ton, buoy No. B16.-B. & S. New Mathilde, British str., 842
tons. Capt. D. Thomae, from Pakhoi, buoy No. B17.-Yick Tai 3.3. Co.
Pres. Jeffersen, American str., 8,449 tons, Capt. A. D. Lustie, U.S.N.R.. from Shanghai, Kow- loon Wharf.-A.M.L.
Tango
8.8.
Consignees of Cargo ex Bengloc are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which will be subject to rent after April 17.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION"
WHILE
Hi AM
Maru, Japanese str., 4,238 tons, Capt. M. Uchino, from Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf.- N.Y.K.
LUR
UTE
REI
CHOL ORAWL
Tchekam, Chinese atr., 806 tone,
Capt. Lai Yee, from Hoihow, buoy No. C1-Ping On 5.8. Co.i
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
INWARD MAILS
SATURDAY. Shanghai and Swatow
SUNDAY, Japan and Shanghal · Shanghai and Amoy Manila
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
again lowers
Pacific Speed
Record
by
3 hours
40 minutes.
WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR APRIL, 1931 (Subject to change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2 p.m.
SS. "TAI HING"
S.S. "TAI MING"
[649 tons-Capt. W. II. Lawton.! APRIL 24th
28th THURS. 16th TUES.
WED. THURS. 30th
22nd
[1,068 tons-Capt. Trott.] APRIL. MON. 13th FRI. SUN. 19th-
Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Electric Light and Fans Accommodation for First Class Passengers. in Staterooms and Saloon. The as. Tal Hing" is fitted with Wireless. These vessels leava Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samahul, Shiu- hing, Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every five or six days.
Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are to be obtained on board.
Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Tai Hing Wharf. For informatior apply to—- 29, Connaught Road, West, Phone 20893.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but
our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harber, plow,and altho.)
12
16
7
18
10
13
114
15
APRIL 11.
APRIL
Sinklang
16
12.
.Hikawa Maru
97
18
19
20
Tjínegara
Shinyo Maru
22 23
24
25
Manila
MONDAY,
Australia and Manila
TUESDAY,
APRIL
18,
.President McKinley
.Changte
APRIL
14.
27
128
29
30
Van Heutaze
.Tjibadak
34
35
.Angers
.Kitano Maru
36
APRIL 17.
Hakozaki Maru .Haruna Maru
137.
138 39
Straits
Batavia
Japan and Shanghal Australia and Manila
FRIDAY, Japan and Shanghal Straits
Manila
OUTWARD MAILS
SATURDAY,
Amoy, Shanghai, Japan & *Europe
via Siberia Foochow via Swatow Amoy
Salgon
Amoy
SUNDAY
Swatow, "Amoy & Formosa
MONDAY.
Hoihow and Bangkok Haiphong 3watow
APRIL 11.
President Jefferson. 2.30 p.m.
Takada
Cheong Shing Anshun APRIL-12-
Helikon Anshun Canton Maru APRIL 18,
Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. *Canada.
C. & S. America & "Europa vin: San Francisco
Klangsu Canton
: Hydrangea
4 p.ra. p..
5 p.m.
A
'Da.m.
9 a.m.
9 BAN.
12.30 p.m. 2.80 p.m.
3 p.m.
President McKinley
(Due San Francisco, May 5.) Parcals
.Apr. 18, 8 p.m. Registration
.4.16.p.m. Letters
.5 p.m.
Registration Apr. 13, 5 p.m. Létlers
.6 pm.
*Superscribed"1⁄2 correspon
only,
Shanghai and Europe via Siberia. President. McKinley.
46
HORIZONTAL 1-Covers with the
Wings - B-A shore-bird · (pl.) .-Within
10-Feminina mama 11-Point of compass
(abbr.)
12-Planted
14-To
appoint and consecrate 16-Worship $7-Foundation
19-One (German) 22-Isthmus, now PANLAR
+24-Trapped
26-An atletia dance 30-Track#
'34-Nothing but
35-Makan (20
36-Fatters
ST-An account book
+40-Render ineffective
41 42
45
147
/
| HORIZONTAL (Cont.) |43–Three-Poed sloth 44-N. W. State of
U. 8. (abbr.) 48-Bane (Latin) 46-Hazard 147-Dakes in an oven
VERTICAL
1-Chopped into umail.
pitoas
2-To strive for
superiority
2-Terminats
4-To render sorrowful K-Breathes noially when asleep -Country of Aala
(abbr)
7-A vegetable
-Trenagrossed 13-Comfort
15-Restrain
VERTICAL (Cont) 17-Brother (abbr)
13-Patsagsway 20-British province of
the Union of 8. Africa 21-Comparative suffise 23-Constellation 25-Elongated nigh 25-A simple popular
song 27-Long" Meter (abbr.) 29-Largo Jako 20-Extreme fright ¡30-One who dures
hidow ¡31-Ascend 22-Existe ¡33-8lumbers
38-Boy's name 30-A light, twó
wheeled vehicle 41-A gazet of Tibet. 42-Beast of burden
(The solution of the above cross-iword puzzle will appear in co-morrow's issue along with a new cross-woord puzzle)