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SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Tuesday,
Tuesday, 14th April. Wednesday, 29th April.
HEIAN MARU
21st April. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HAKOZAKI MARU
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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1931.
THE EMPRESS ROUTE
÷ YAMAGATA MARU
J
TERUKUNI MARU
Saturday, 18th April. Saturday,
2nd May.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports,
KAMO MARU
Saturday,
KITANO MARU
Saturday,
25th April. 23rd May.
BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
TOTTORI MARU
Monday,
BOKUYO MARU
Wednesday,
Thursday,
27th April. 22nd April, 30th April.
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
TSUYAMA MARU
Saturday,
2nd May.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa.
TOYOOKA MARU
Friday,
15th May.
CALCUTTA vin Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
+ MURORAN MARU
Thursday,
16th April.
AKITA MARU
Werines lay,
29th April
SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
KITANO MARU (Nagasaki direct). Wednesday, HIKAWA MARU (Yokohama dirret) Wednesday, HARUNA MARU
16th April.
16th April.
Friday,
17th April.
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Teleptune 30291.
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26th May
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SAILINGS FROM HỒNG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON, HAMDUNG, REF. London Maru
Surz Part Said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOSÍ Santos Maru
bo.ingapore n
TERDAM
via
Singapozos
& ANTWERP
Copernic
Mon.,
27th Apr.
6th May
18th Apr.
& BUENOS AIRES via
Saigon.
Colom-
BOMBAY via Singapore. Part Havre Maru
Wed..
Swettenha & Colombo,
DURBAN, LOURENCO Mexico Marit
Tups..
15th Apr.
5th May
MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-
ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR
& MOMBASA via Singa
pore & Colombo.
MELBOURNE vio Manila Melbourne Maru
Wend..
Brisbane Sydney.
CALCUTTA
vin Singapore Himalaya Mara
Sat.,
Belawan Deli & Rangoon
VICTORIA, SEATTLE,
- TACOMA & VANCOUVER
via Japon Parts.
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Kwanto Maru
Wed.,
22nd Apr.
Los Angeles & Panama.
Call Direct
nt
Boston,
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
JAPAN PORTS (Freight Ser-Nitto Maru
Wed,
15th Apr.
vice).
RAIPHONG via Hoihow & Menade Maru
Pakhol Fortnightly).
Thurs.,
KEELUNG vis Swatow & Hozan Maru
Sun.,
Amoy (3 pm. every Sun- Canton Maru day).
Sun.,
(Fortnightly).
TAKAO via Swalow & Amoy
For further particulars please apply to:-
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 28061.
10th Apr.
19th Apr. 26th Apr.
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
JUMBLE SALE
MAY 5th, 2 P.M.
CITY HALL.
CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD GOODS gratefully accepted at CITY HALL any MONDAY or THURSDAY, between 10.30 and 11.30.
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
HIDDEN OCEAN.
SAILING UNDER ICEFIELDS OF
THE ARCTIC.
Final preparations are almost completed for a daring submarine expedition to the North Pole, which will be led this Summer by Sir Hubert Wilkins, the distin- guished Australian explorer.
The reconditioning of the sub. murine is proceeding apace, and it is expected that the vessel will leave the Philadelphia Navy Yard within a month.
Trials will be carried out until the end of April, when the pedition will start on its thrilling voyage to the Arctic circle.
be eighteen aboard, including the| British, American, German, and Dutch nationalities, and myself, representing Australia.
When the Nautilus is ready, it will be taken to Maine or Nova Scotia, where the crew will test the ice-cutting machinery and the equipment for coasting both along the bottom of the ocean and beneath the ice pack.
"We will leave for London dur- ing the latter part of April After a few days there, we will continue to Norway and Spitz- bergen.
Fifty Days Trip.
"On July 1 we shall start the ex-long trip which will take us from Spitzbergen to Alaska by way of the North Pole. I figure that we
will can do the trip in fifty days.
When it reaches the Arctic re- gions it will submerge and pass through the great ice barriers by cruising twenty-five feet under the surface.
The submarine will be able to remain under the ice for two and a half days, and travel at an average speed of three and a-half miles an hour.
The purpose of the expedition
"From Spitzbergen we head for the Behring Sea, circling the globe. The average thick ness of the ice should be about ten feet, but in order to avoid spikes we will probably submerge to a depth of twenty-five feet.
"Our radio will keep us in con- tact with the outside world inter- The drill will bore mittently.
the
is to study ice conditions in mid-holes in the ice, and through Summer in the Arctic with a view these holes we will hoist to establishing a score of meteo-
radio antennac. rological stations from which ob- servations of weather conditions can be made which may prove of inestimable value to the remain der of the world,
The submarine, which is named Nautilus, was formerly attached to the United States Navy, and has been leased by the Govern- ment to Sir Hubert. It is 376ft. long, and is of 350 tons.
"The Nautilus will carry an electric refrigeration system which will convert the interior of the submarine into a modified re- frigerator."
Sir Hubert said that electrical engineers estimated that if the sub- temperature inside the marine was higher than the water outside it would result in condensation of moisture in the interior, making conditions un- bearable.
Scientific apparatus has been fitted to the submarine which will enable it to bore through ice fifty
The refrigeration will keep the feet thick, while steel
runners interior temperature at ap- have been attached to the deck
proximately the same tempera- on both sides of the conning-ture as that of the water. tower. These runners are some- what similar to those on a sled, and with them the explorer ex- pects the submarine to slip along beneath the surface of the ice cap, should conditions warrant.
Observation Balloon,
The submarine will alsó be
equipped with a balloon for ob, servations, and will be provided with both radio and television apparatus,
CINEMAS AT SEA.
Successful Demonstration on Board Booth Liner.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Friday, April 10. Hilda, Italian str., 2,794 tone, Captain Tarabocchia, Front Shanghai, buoy No. A6-Dod well & Co. Kojun Maru, Japanese str., 1,305
tons, Capt. H. Ikeda, from Newchwang, Yaumati Anchor- age.--M.B.K.
Tai Poo Sek, French str., 1,219 tons, Capt. M. Paul, from K. C. Wan, C.M.S.N. Wharf. Wo Hop & Co.
Saturday, April 11. Canton, French str., 976 tons, Capt. F. L. Morvan, from Haiphong, buoy No. B16.-M. M.
str., 1,266 Cheongshing, British
tons, Capt. D. G. Burleigh, from Chefoo, buoy No. B8.-J. M. & Co.
Formosa, Swedish str., 4,330 tons, Capt. R. W. Ahlberg, from Shanghai, buoy No. A3-GII- man & Co. Granville, Norwegian str., 3,507 tons, Capt. A.. Kaldoger, from Shanghai, buoy No. A18.-— Thoresen & Co.
Hervar, Norwegian str., 761 tons, Capt. J. Sirlie, from Bangkok, buoy No. Ch—Chin Sing Hong Hydrangea, British str., 561 tons, Captain P. W. Grierson, from On Wharf.- Swatow, Chiu Chiu On s.s. Co. Kanchow, British atr., 1,222 tons, Capt. R. H. Fairley, from Che- foo buoy No. C4.-B. & S. Kittawa, British str., 708 tons
Crosthwaite, from Capt. J.
Swatow, Yaumati Anchorage. -Williamson & Co. Kronviken, Norwegian str.,, 1,519;
tons, Capt. T. Kvammie, from Hongay, buoy No. C7.-Wallem & Co.
Shinyo Maru, Japanese str., 6,376 tons. Capt. S. Shiratori, from Manila, Kowloon Wharf.- N.Y.K.
Sinkiang, British str., 1,616 tone,
Capt. C. H. Jones, from Swa- tow, buoy No. B9.-B. & S. Sunning, British str., 1,570 tons,; Capt. G. Evans, from Canton, While the Booth liner Hilde- brand, which makes the 1,000 Tonkin, French str., 906 tons, Capt.
buoy No. 120.-B. & S. mile cruise up the River Amazon J. Bonnamour, from Fort from the Mersey, was berthed in
Bayard, buoy No. B17.-M. M. the Queen's Graving Dock, Liver-Yatshing, British str., 1,424 tons, pool, her first class dining saloon was temorparily converted into a miniature picture house for a demonstration of an all-British
Finding an uncharted way be- neath the ice packs of the Arctic is not at all dangerous, according to Sir Hubert. "The expedition is absolutely fool-proof," he said in an interview. "The more you look at it the more safe it ap-suitable for such a demonstra-: pears.
Capt. C. Alexandre, from Can- ton, buoy No. B2.-J.M. & Co.
Sunday, April 12. portable talking picture machine. Alster, German str., 5,328 tons, The saloon proved eminently Capt. Habban, from Saigon. Kowloon Whart.-Melchers & Co.
tion, and on the invitation of Mr.
Capt. H. Maki, from Canton, buoy No. B18,Yee Tal Hong. Gustav Diederichsen, Danish str., 1,852 tons, Capt. J. Jacobsen,: from Singapore, buoy No. CZ. -Jobren & Co. Haiyang, British str., 1,863 tons, Captain Erwin, from Swatow, Douglas Wharf.-Douglas S.5. Co.
After we have crossed the At-Charles Booth, the chairman of Eng Lee, Chinese str., 865 tons. lantic the danger will be over. Down under the ice we will have no action to contend with. The submarine has a cruising radius of 7,000 miles, while we will have only a 3,000 mile cruise to make. "Our ice-cutting machine will bring us up through the floor whenever we need to come up. If this fails, or is damaged, we can butt the ice with metallic cal- cium. There are numerous waya of getting out.
"The expedition will be inter- national in character. There will
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the Booth Line, who was present with Mrs, and Miss Booth, repre- sentatives of the White Star, Canadian, Pacific Steam Navi- gation and Anchor lines wit nessed the display of the film. The apparatus, which can be in stalled with one projector for £500, proved 80 satisfactory recently that the Booth Line have decided to instal it in the Hildebrand for her Amazon cruise leaving the Mersey in May, and if the results are as favour- able as they were before then it is likely the company will fit it in all their vessels for the benefit of the passengers and crew.
M.A.N. ENGINES FOR YACHTS.
The popularity of the M.A.N. Diesel engine for yacht propulsion has been made the subject of a catalogue recently issued by the company, whose Augsberg works were the first to construct Diesel engines 26 commercial power units and now have 38 years' ex- perience.
Kamo, British str., 725 tons, Capt. L. Beer, from Canton, Yaumati Anchorage-Willamson & Co,
British Kwongsang,
str., 1,428 tons, Capt. A. B. Osmond, from Swatow, West Point Wharf.- J. M. & Co. Lima Maru, Japanese str. 4,298 tons, Capt. S. Amano, from Dairen, buoy No. AT.-N.Y.K. Lisbon Mara, Japanese str., 4,307 tons, Capt. 1. Kamekawa, from Iloilo, buoy No. A6.-N.Y.K.
THAMES COLLISION SEQUEL.
In the Admiralty Division, Mr.) Justice Langton concluded the In the catalogue are reproduc hearing of an action brought by ed illustrations of typical yachts Messrs. Richley, Halvorsen and fitted with M.A.N. engines of the Sample, of Newcastle, who claim-Į airless injection
four-stroke, cd in respect of damage sustain- single-acting design, including ed by their steamship Horsley in Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith's twin- a collision with the American screw yacht Vita with two eight steamship West Celeron, which cylinder engines of 670 s.h.p. occurred in the Thames on De- each, and Mr. K. L. Guinness cember 14, 1980. Defendants twin-screw yacht Migrant, which blamed the Horsley for the col- has two six-cylinder engines of llaion and counter-claimed for 800 s.h.p. each. The Vita, which | damages.
is 178 feet in length, has a rule Mr. Justice Langton, giving ing radius of 5,500 miles at 1415 judgment, said the evidence knots, and the Migrant. 188 feet given for the plaintife was clear in length, a speed of 12 imots and concise, and he believed the The M.A.N. Company has master of the overtaking ship works at Augeberg, Nurnberg changed his mind in the man- and Gustavsburg, the British ceuvres he took. He held the agents being Messrs. John Le West Celeron was alone to blame Boutille Ltd. London. A for the collision.
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