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Shipping
Intelligence.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING COME BACK" AND made there can scarcely be any in
FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
ASAMA MARU
TAIYO MARU
Wednesday, 27th May. Tuesday,
9th June. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER vla Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIYE MARU
HEIAN MARU
Tuesday, Tuesday,
2nd June. 30th June,
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
HARUNA MARU
Saturday,
30th May,
KATORI MARU
Saturday,
13th June.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KUTANO MARU
Saturday,
23rd May.
ATSUTA MARU
Saturday,
27th Juar.
MANILA.
TAIYO MARU
Monday,
1st June.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
†TOKIWA MARU'
Wednesday,
KAGA MARU
Thursday,
27th May, 11th June.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama, GINYO MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.
Wednesday,
24th June.
+ KUMA MANU
.... Monday,
25th May.
DAKAR MARU
Monday,
jüth June.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
BENGAL MARU
Friday,
29th May'.
† PENANG MARU
Monday,
8th June.
YASUKUNI MARU
Thursday,
28th May.
† DURBAN MARU
Thursday,
TANGO MARU
Saturday,
28th May. 30th May.
SHANGHAI, KORE & YOKOHAMA.
↑ Cargo only.
For further information analy to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 30291.
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-1 London Maru
TERDAM & ANTWERP
VIA Singapore. Colombo,
+
Suez & Port Said.
& BUENOS AIRES via
Saigon, Singapore. Colom-
bo. Durban & Capetown.
BOMBAY
Tues.,
26th May
24th May
Chicago Mara ......
Wed.,
Fri,
3rd June
5th June
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS] Rio do Janeiro Mazu | Sun.,
vin Singapore, Sumatra Maru.....
Belawan Deli & Colombo. DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEINA, DAR- ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR & MOMBASA 'vin Singa- pure &
& Colombo, MELBOURNE vla
Manila, Sydney Maru ......
Brisbane & Sydney.
CALCUTTA vin Singapore, Tacoma Maru
Fri.,
Mon.,
6th June
1st Juno
VICTORIA,
Belawan Deli & Rungoon,
SEATTLE, Arizona Maru (From
Kobe)
Kinal Maru ........
Sat.,
Mon.,
23rd May
1st June
Burma Maru .......
.Sun.,
TACOMA & VANCOUVER via Japan Ports. NEW YORK via Japan ports, Los Angeles & Panamn. Call Direct at Boston, Philadelphin & Baltimore. JAPAN PORTS (Freight Ser-
vice).
HAIPHONG vis Hohow Pakhoi (Fortnightly).
KEELUNG via Swatow &
Amoy (3 p.m. every Sun- | day).
TAKAO vin Swatow & Amoy Deli Maru .........
(Fortnightly).
For further particulars please apply to:-
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. Telephone 28061.
Menado Maru (under
docking)
Gunton Maru
Thurs.,
Sun,
Thurs.,
24th May
11th June
24th May
4th June
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,
FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND
ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
COLLAPSE.
this direction..
Some shipbuilding employers · are urging the possibility of lower. ing costs by extending hours and
SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA.
87 Per cent. of Employers saving on overtime rates, and by Experiments in Design
Without Orders.
SHIPYARDS' PLIGHT.
What has suddenly gone wrong
new
regulations for manning machines and changing shipyard workers over from one job to an- other.
atate-
All these ideas are In the air for the moment, as the trade with the British shipbuilding in union leaders will need time to dustry? asks The Star.
consider the employers" Thin question is being asked inments, to test the facts, and pre- amazement by engineering and
sent their own views of the pro- other employers and also by trade
blem. union leaders who have more than the usual inkling of inside in- formation. It is an industrial
cause of the topsy-turvy mystery of a most puzzling kind. experience of the industry, there
The facts are these:-
was reluctance to fix on any rea- In 1980 British shipbuilding, son beyond "world depression," after years of depression, which bos checked the flow of
Tho industry orders.
"came back."
built more than half the world's ships-more than all other countries put together. Britain built a record tonnage for other landa.
situation
When The Star made inquiries among shipbuilding firms about
the
A member of one firm stated: "There are far too many ships afloat for the trade there is. If you go down to Southampton you will see a mass of ships laid up at anchor because there is no- thing for them to do.
Last
"Last year we were engaged on work given to us before the grent world slump had begun. January there was 1,500,000 tons of shipping laid up in British ports. We expect that the latest figures-those for April
The industry is now in a state At the end of of collapse. March, 80 per cent. of the berths were unoccupied and more than half the workers of the indus try are wholly unemployed. The facts of this extraordinary were placed before the shipyard trade unions by the shipbuilding employers at a yet available--will show an even private conference held in West-greater total. minster. The meeting was con-
This huge lay-up actually in- vened at the behest of the employ-cludes newly-built ships for which ers who desired to confer with the there are no cargoes. unions on the problem that faces them.
The meeting was secret and no official statement is at the moment available, but The Star under- atands that Mr. A. L. Ayre, the shipbuilders president, painted as gloomy a picture as had ever been presented at such a conference.
As far as orders were concern- ed, he stated that the March quar- ter this year had been the worst since the advent of steal ships.
are not
"The loss of our, foreign orders Is partly due to the development of shipping subsidies in the Un!t- ed States, Italy and Germany."
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Wednesday, May 20. Hangaong, British str., 1,355 tons, Capt. J. Moodie, from Swatow, West Point Wharf.-J. M. & Co.
.
Anhui, British str., 2,080 tono,
Thursday, May 21.
Capt. R. Turnbull, from Amoy, buoy No, BS---B. & S. Dell Maru, Japanese str., 1,293 tons, Capt. K. Sanada, from Canton, O.SK. Pier-0.S.K.
The employers booked in the quarter orders for 19 ships with a total tonnage of only 33,000 tons. Since the industry is at present organised to produce 3,000,000 tons of shipping a year, the pre- sident expressed grave concern about the future of the shipyards.linois, American str., 3,362 tons,
In January, he said, 87 per cent. of the shipbuilding firms did not receive a single order. In Febru- ary 89 per cent. failed to get orders. Last month 95 per cont. of the firms did not get a new
order.
As a result, it was stated, only 17 per cent. of the country's ship- building berths had work proceed- ing at the moment.
The Closed Yards. Lack of work had compelled 25 yards to close, and Mr, Ayre ex- pressed the opinion that more yards would have to close, and un- employment would rise still high- er than it is.
At present the unemployment in the industry Ja unparallelled. Taken
as a whole, the industry has 52 per cent. out of work.
In the Scottish sections of the industry there are 60 per cent. idie, and on the North-East coast -62 per cent.
One of the places worst affect- ed to Hartlepool. This district, for the second quarter la succes- sion, has not a single abip in hand.
The ahipbuilding employers, The Star understands, did not make any demands of the trade unions at the meeting. Wagen
the Industry. are notori- ously low, and if demands are
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of Ships.
At the Spring meetings of the Institution of Naval Architects in the Lecture Hall of the Royal Society of Arts:
Sir Charles J. O. Sanders read an historical paper on the Estab- lishment of an International Load Line. He said that while it was commonly accepted that Samuel Plimsoll was the originator of the lead line, it was doubtful whether the work would have bean started had it not been for the represen tations made by the institution and by James Hall, of Newcastle, before Plimsoll began his agita- tion. After writing letters to the Shipping Gazette and the New- castle Daily Chronicle, Mr. Hall wrote a letter which appeared in The Times
on October 17, 1808,
urging that legislation was re quired to prevent unseaworthy ships being sent to sea and men- tioning the dangers of overload- ing, The Times commented on the letter and said, "We trust that Parliament will give the question at least its consideration." The Times again referred to the mnt- ter in a leading article on Novem ber 6, 1868, same, and interest was aroused.
Other papers did the
Mr. J. Foster King read a paper International Load Lines, in
na
or
which he described what had been done since 1882, when, after a great storm which sank 648 Bri tisk ships and drowned 3,118 Bri. tish sailors, Mr. Joseph Chamber- lain, then President of the Board of Trade, accused shipowners of allowing ships to go to sea over. laden After laying down that there was dangerously laden.
such thing as a freeboard vations and that it was impossible which was correct without reser. to devise regulations against all ed by human capacity to err or the powers of destruction releas- wielded by the gigantic forces of nature, he said maximum lond nes for cargo steamers should Capt. A. Wie, from Kobe, buoy be defined as these which corres- Kwai Sang, British atr., 1,435 tons,
No, A9-States S.S. Co.
ponded to an average of the small. ent freeboards at which compet Capt. M. Costello, from Can-
ent and courageous captains wero | ton, buoy No. B1.-J. M. & Co.
prepared to take the ordinary Luchow, British str., 1,221 tons, risks of familiar voyages on ships. Capt. W. J. King, from Can- of known characteristics without ton, Talkoo Dock.-B. & S.
undue fear of damage to crew, Meriones, British str., 4,808 tone, ship, or cargo. Although the In- Capt. T. W. Hanney, from Sinternational Conference might have| Kapore, Holt's Wharf.-B. & S. devised maximum load lines for Nagara, Swedish str., 3,980 tona, all classes of ships which were Captain C. H. Armstedt, from less than would comply with that Manila, buoy No. All-Gilman definition, and while their inter- & Co. Naushin Maru, Japanese str., 2,970 cluded further experiments, these national adoption practically ex- tens, Captain Z. Horli, from disadvantages, if they were dis- Sakito, buoy No. B27-M.SK.
advantages, were out-weighed by Ningpo, British str., 1,228 tons, the greater good that freeboards
Capt. J. Nisbet, from Canton, had been stabilised buoy No. B20.—B. & S.
Ranpura, British etr., 17,000 tons,
Capt. G. H. S. Furlong, from London, Kowloon Wharf~M. M. & Co
Saka Maru, Japanese atr., 3,386
on a reason- ditions which eliminated unfair able and agreed footing under con-
competition.
The Cruiser Stern, Mr. F. H. Todd read a paper tons, Captain Fujinagn, from dealing with further model ex- Saklo, buoy No. B25.-Y.K.K.periments on the resistance of Santhia, British str., 4,041 tons, mercantile ship forms carried on Capt. Fred. L. Bell, from Cal- at the National Physical Labora- cutta via Singapore, Kowloon tory. The experiments were made Wharf.-M. M. & Co.
with models of coaster vessels Seattle, American str., 5,451 tons, comprising those up to 2,000 tone Capt. H. Klein, from Kobe, gross employed in trading around buoy No. A12. States S.S. Co. the British Isles, to the Continent Song Bo French str., 720 tons, and on similar voyages. A series Capt. Le Chevalier, from Pak- of models roughly 14 ft. to 16 ft. hof, buoy No. A8-Sing Kee in length ard of 8 ft. beam were & Co.
made and tested for water resist Thames Maru, Japanese str., 4,253 nnce, the dimensions being varied tona, Capt. T. Murata, from systematically so as to cover the Singapore, Kowloon Wharf-range of proportions usual' io N.Y.K.
auch vessels. The experiments Tjisondari, Dutch str., 6,019 tons, were arranged to enable the de- Capt. J. J. Duit, from Manila, signor to assess the change In buoy No. A6.-—JCJL
power associated with any change Tokushima Maru, Japanese strain beam, draft, or other dimen 5,975 tons, Capt, S. Kameyama, sions of the ship, within the limits from Singapore, Kowloon Invectigated. In addition to this
Wharf.-N.YK.
STEAMERS MOVEMENTS.
methodical series, a second set of modele was tested in which great- or departures were made from the parent form of the first series. The results showed that consider The P&0. as. Comorin left able savings in power might be Shanghal for this port on May 19. made by altering the shape of the at midnight, and is due here on
bull, the possible variation of re- May 28 at about daylight
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of stance with a given form being Asla arrived at Kobe on May 21-cases. The effects of such modi- as high as 20 per cent. in some (Thurs.) at 1.80 p.m., leaves Kobe on May 22 (Fiat 8 am, and is due at Nagasaki, on May 28 (Sat) at 6 am She leaves Naga, saki for Shanghai on May 28 (Bat.) fat 1 p.m.
fications as fitting & oraleer stern and other points of like nature were also examined. The effect of the cruiser stern was to reduce the resistance in some cases by 8 per cent.
The earnings of the Canadian Mr. L. C. Burrill read a paper Pacific, Rallway for the month of on the seaworthiness of coliler January were $11,418,873, and | types, and Professor W. Hozgaard the expenses $10,554,878, The net dealt with a new theory of the tarnings (were 8864,008, 1ánt in- | distribution of shearing stresses 178 over January, | in riveted and welded connections ekrnings.show and the application to discontinu- decrease of $1,399,615,2 – files in the structure of a ship).
crease
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931.
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
SAILS
10 A.M. SATURDAY
23 MAY
FOR
VICTORIA and VANCOUVER
VIA
SHANGHAI - KOBE
– YOKOHAMA HONOLULU
The White Empresses are the largest and
fastest liners on the Pacific.
12 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 8 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND U.S.A.
Hong Keng Shenglad Kobe Yokohama Honolulu
LEATH
Learo
Leuro Lente
Leavo
VARCOUTAT Arrive
Empress of Japan Empress of Asia Empress of Canada Empress of Russia Empresa of Japan Empress of Asia
May 23 May 26 May 28 May 30 June 5 June 10 June June 8 June 11 June 13
June 22 June 20 June 23 June 25 June 27 July 3 Jaly B July
July 11
July 20
-
Ang.
6 Aug. 8
Aug. 17
Aug. 30
Sept. 14
Bept. 27
Oct. 12
3 July 6 July July 18 July 21 July 23 July 25 July 31 Aug. July Empress of Canada 31 Aug. 3
Aug. 16 A 10 Aug. 18 Aug. 20 Aug. 22 Empress of Russia 28 Aug. 31 Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Aug. 28 Aug. Empresa of Japan Sept. 12. Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Empress of Asia Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Oct. 1 Oct. 3 Empress of Canada Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 15 Oct. 17 Emprese of Russia Oct. 23 Oct. 26 Oct 29 Oct. 31 Empress of Japan Nov. 7 Nov. 10 Nov. 12, Nov. 14 Empress of Asia Nov. 20 Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Nov. 28
Oct. 25 Nov. 9
NOT. 22
Dec. 7
"Empress of Russia" and "Empress of Asia" call at Nagasaki.
HONG KONG MANILA.
Leave Hong Kong
May 29
Arrive Manila
May 30 June 14
EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA
June 12
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Telephones: Passenger
20752. Freight 20042.
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR MAY, 1931 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2 p.m.
25th
S.S. "TAI MING”
(649 Tons-Capt. W. H. Lawton.)
Arrives
Wachow
THURS. 28th FIL
Leaves Wuchow
Arrives Hong Kong 23rd SUN. 24th 29th SAT. 30th
FRI.. 22nd SAT.
Leaves Hong Kong
TUES, Ports of Call-Samshui, Shuihing, Takhing & Doshing. Fares Return (not including meals) $18.00, Meals and Wines are to bo obtained on board. Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing Wharf.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
- GENERAL HOLIDAY.
Co.,
On Monday, May 25, the General Post Office will be open from
8 am to noon, Kowloon Post Office 8 a.m, to 11 am, and the other Branch Post Offices 8 a.m. to 9.a.m.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes and one de. livery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence at 9 a.m.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
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