FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931.
P. & O.-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. .
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PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
S.S.
From
Tons Hong Kong
About
I 1931. 15,000 23rd May
Noon
COMORIN
*BURDWAN
+KASUMIR
RANPURA
KASHGAR
BAWALPINDI
30th May
9.000 6th
June 117,000 20th June 9,000 4th July 17,000 18th
July
7,700 25th July Aug. 9.000 Est 6,800 8th Aug.
*PERIM
KHYBER
SOMALI
RAJPUTANA *PADUA
•KARMALA
CATHAY
*SOUDAN
*KALYAN
1
17,090 15th Aug. 6,000 22nd Aug,
1.
9.000 2011 Aug.
Destinations.
Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hall,
Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp, Mars. L'dog, Huli, Ram & Awerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
L'ori, R'dan & A'werp. Marseilles & London.
Havre & London.
M'selilos, L'don, K'dam & A'werp Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull,
Rotterdaa Antwerp. Marseilles & London,
Havre, London, Hall,
Len Jon
4
↑ 15.000 12th Sept. 1 Bombay, Marseilles & London.
19th Sept. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull,
Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.
་.
| 4,000 26th Sept. | Murévilles & London.
* Cargo only. † Cal's Casablanca. ‡Calls Port Swettenham. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaus. Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TILAWA SANTHIA TALMA
1931.
1 10,000 Hath Mny 8,000 17th June 110,000 23rd June
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. ·
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for Ist and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
TANDA BT. ALBANS NELLOHE
1931 7,000 | 30th May 5,000 3rd July 7,000 1st Aug.
Regular monthly sailings from
and Hong Kong to Australia.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TANKER FLEETS.
NEW VESSELS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
Leading world oil companies are taking advantage of the pre- sent depression in the shipbuild- ing industry thoroughly to
modernise their tanker fleets (says the Financial Times). The present building programme of the
oil industry is without parallel in the history of the oll business, in the opinion of the Oil and Gas Journal, and has attracted considerable attention owing to the fact that the petro- leum industry, with the largest aggregate tanker tonnage in its history, has a considerable pro- portion of this tonnage tied up idle for lack of cargo.
On January 1 this year it is estimated that there was a total of 1,437 tankers of 500 tons gross or over, aggregating 11,825,013 deadweight tons, afloat This in all parts of the world. flect has an approximate carry- ing capacity of 88,688,000 barrels | of clean oil, or 76,863,000 barrels of dirty oil. More than 1,000,000 additional tons of tankers were under construction at the close of last year. Of these there were approximately 60 American tank- ers, aggregating 582,000 dead- weight tons, laid up out of the service, and reports from other countries indicate that - ap- proximately 100 foreign tankers were also temporarily inactive reflecting depressed conditions in the world oil industry.
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamer
Destination Ttau vis B'tow & Shai KWAISANG Tiou via E'tow & S'hal ..HANGSANG Ttau via Staw & S'hai ..CHAKSANG Tian via Stow & S'hai ..YATSHING S'pore, Penang & Calcutta KUTSANG B'pore, Penang & Calcutta HORANG S'pore, Penang & Calcutta YUENSANG Osnka via Amoy, Moji &
Kabe Osaka via Amoy, Aloji &
Sailing
Sun.,
24th May at 7 a.m.
Wed.,
27th May at 7 s.m.
Sun. Wed.,
31st May at 7 a.m.
Mon.,
3rd June at 7 a.m. 8th June at 3 p.m. .Tues.,
10th June at 3 p.m. .Mon., 22nd June at 8 p.m.
YUENSANG
KUMSANG
Ture,
.Fri,
Wed.,
2nd June at 7 a.m.
19th June at 7 a.m.
1st July at 7 a.m.
MAUSANG HINSANG
Wed.,
27th May at 3 p.m.
Fri.
Sun.,
Kule Osaka via Amor, Moji gUISANG
& Kobe Sandakan Handakan
5th June at Noon' Ttain via 'tow & Foochow CHIPSHING
24th May at 7 a.m. Tisin vla S'tow & Foochow CHEONGSHING Sun., 7th June at 7 a.. SUMMER TRIPS TO JAPAN-Excellent first class accommodation on through steamers from Calcutta to Japan at the specially reduced return fare of $225.00 to Hobe. These return tickets are available for three months.
For Freight or Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. Telephone 30311.
General Managers.
HONG KONG AND MACÃO LINE in Good Speed
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Daily Sailing 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, 241, Des Voeux Road C.
Tel. 26061.
meet the whole cost of the round voyage.
Serious Effect on Receipts. The shipping companies appar ently propose to bear the brunt
Oil companies operating tank- er fleets generally estimate the life of a tanker at 20 to 25 years, after which it must be classed as obsolete. Tankers used to carry clean oil exclusively have a shorter life, it being estimated that excessive corrosion and “pit- of this unfortunate situation ting" through the carrying of themselves, but in addition there clean oil shortens the life of a is the consideration
that the tanker by about ten years. Thus freight receipts on all the refri- a tanker may spend the first ten gerated and cold storage eargo or fifteen years of its life carry- which is carried from Australia In ing clean oil and then becomes a the high-class liners are now sub- dirty oil tanker, depreciation inject, to the adverse effect of the the carrying of dirty oil being exchange, which means a reduc- considerably smaller than in the tion of the freight earnings by case of clean oil.
about 25 or 30 per cent.
Consequently the decline in net receipts is such that shipping
SHIPPING FREIGHTS, managers, who are fully alive to
COLD STORAGE INCREASES AUSTRALIAN ROUTE..
the present difficulties of the Aus- tralia, hold that they have no al- ONternative but to ask the exporters in Australia that some adjustmont should be made of the surcharge in respect of exchange. Indeed, It is suggested that unless an ad- The recent news from Sydney.justment was made a point might respecting freight rates would not easily be reached
conditions completely have surprised any
AB the present the who have been following the maintenance of regular services on anything like the present scale might, owing to the heavy cost, become impracticable.
course
commerce
of Australian And, exchange movements, saya a writer in a Home paper. The statement was to the effect that
Montis, Itabaul, Brisbane, Sydney the shipowners have informed the Australian producers and export ers that they are prepared to re-
& Melbourne.
new for a year contracts expiring Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan on June 30 next at the existing freight rates for all classes of cargo shipped overseas from Aus. tralia, but that they will need a
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days. Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union 5.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New reconsideration to be made of the Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc,
The P. & O. Royal Mail Stearners to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service. of steamers to London via Sues.
exchange surcharge on refrigerat- ed cargo, which was fixed at three per cent, before the recent rapid
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and rise in the exchange. London vis Panama Canal."
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
RANPURA
FANTHIA
TALMA KASHGAR ST. ALBANS *PERIM TAKADA RAWALPINDI *SOMALI BIRDHANA KHYBER NELLORE
TILAWA RAJPUTANA SANTHIA KARMALA NANKIN
1991.
17,000 22nd May Shanghal, Kebe & Yokohama.
4 p.ns. 8,000 23rd May
Daylight 10,000 5th June 9,000 5th June June
Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
5,000 5th June sund June June
7.700 10th 7,000 18th 17,000 19th
0,800 27th
3rd
Oth
June ние June 8,000 2nd July July 9,000 7,000
July 10,000 18th July 17,000. 17th July 8,000 80th July 9,000 81st July 7,000 1st Aug.
* Cargo only.
Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Mojl, Kebe & Yokohama. Shai, Moji, Kobe, Ouka & Thema Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghal, Koba & Tokohama. Shanghai, Kobo & Yokohama. Amoy, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka.
Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama S'hai, Mojl, Kobe, Onka & Y'hama. Amey, Moj Kobe & Deaks. Shanghat, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Onaka. Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Tokohama,
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notics, Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamier
All Cabins are fitted with Electriz Fans on Punks Louvre System free
of charge.
Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Farcels measuring not more than 6 cu. It will be received at the Com- pany's Office up to Noop on the day previous to sailing.
A
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG-40, LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDEKS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. - We have over thirty years' experienta. Wa own two Blig Ways and can accommodate any craft or 200 feet long Town Oucer 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. 20489. chipyard: Sham-ahnl.pe. Kowloon, Hong Kong Kowloos Tel. 67909, Estimies furnished on application.
Bong Kong." April 1, 1924.
when in such
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following British warships were in harbour to-day:--
Bruce-In dock.
Hermès-No. 1 buoy. Odin-In dock.
Otus-In dock. Proteus-North arm. Sandwich-No. 7 buoy. Seamew-South wall. Sirdar-West wall. Sterling-North arm, Tamar-Basin, Tarantula-North wall. Thracian-West wall.
Foreign Men-of-War. Argus-French gunboat. Mindanao-American gunboat.
HONG KONG TIDES.
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- mialty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless preceded by an exporters receive payment in Great asterisk (*), when they should be Britain for their produce in Eng-subtracted from the depths. lish currency, and so
May 22 to 28, 1931,
It may be pointed out that the
there in
force in the argument that it would be only reasonable that the allowance in respect of exchange should bear a closer relationship than at present to the rate.
PORT OF ROTTERDAM.
SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARES
ΤΟ
EUROPE.
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
To San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York via Panama, The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Pres. Pierce May 26, 6 a.m. Pres. Wilson
June 9 Pres. Johnson
June 23
To Seattle & Victoria.
The Short, Straight Route to America
Fortalabtly sailings on Sundays.
Fres. Taft.... Pres. Jeferson
Pres. Lincoln
May 31/ June 14 June 28
£120, £112 Special trough rates to Europe via Unit-
•
ed States, Direct connections with all At- lantic lines, Chrice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight- sceing.
ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples
71
" Marseille
M
1
London
Fall particulars upon application,
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD.
£152, 5.0d.
£161, 0.0d. £169.15.04
Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genon, Marselllos, New York, und Boston
A.m
3.1.
Pres, Fillmore ....May 31, 3 Pres. Van Buren..June 28, 8 Pres. Monroe .....June 14, 8 Pres. Garfield ....July 12, 8 TO MANILA
Pres Madison May 23, 6 p.m. Pres. Jefferson June 6, G p.m. Pres. Jackson June 2, 6 p.m. Pres. Johnson June 16, 6 p.m.
CANTON BRANCH:-4, SIA KEE STREET.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL
BARFER
MUHBASEN W LINE
PAIANA
SERVICE
LINE
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other US. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en roule.
Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route, will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
42 Days To New York.
DATS
May
At
HOR WATRE LOW WATER, Standardi Rt. ebsparā Tmes
Times
11.
7
Traffic In The New Waterway.
of
Fri. 2 US JU
Sat.
Bun, 24
Mon. 2
Tues 2
Wed 27 10 85 17 00 Thare
67.0
19 65
11 10
13
14 33
29 45
11 40
*Queen's Buildings.
Entrances: March, 1931.-933
The agreement mentioned was a result of the general realisation two years ago that the cargo ship- The. Rotterdam Chamber ping companies in the Australian Commerce and Industry report route had been faring very badly that the movement of sca-going —a fact that the deputation which ships in the New Waterway was visited Australia at the suggestion | as follows! of the Commonwealth Government had no difficulty in demonstrating ships, measuring 1,535,399 tons by figures. The way in which net for Rotterdam; 267 ships, Australian commerce would deve- measuring 532,523 tons net for tho lop was evidently not foreseen at small poris in the environs. that time by those concerned in
1981, 2,743 January-March, the discussions, and it would not ships, measuring 4,440,898 tons have been fully appreciated a year net for Rotterdam; 822 ships, ago when the details of the agree, measuring 1,584,205 tona net for ment wero determined.
the small porta in the environs. The shipping companies, will, of After deducting the ship count- course, carry out their agreemented more than once in the differ for the full 12 months ending ent ports, the number of entrances. June 30 next, but since terms were | amounted during the month of agreed to the export trade from | March, 1991, to 1,122 (January- Europe to Australia has dwindled | March 3,807), measuring 1,902,797 so seriously that ships have to tons net (January-March 5,516,429 leave for Australia with very tons net), for the whole region of, little freight space filled, or even the port of Rotterdam with en- have to make the voyage in bal-¦ virons, comprising the delta form- last so that the lines have to looked by the mouths of the rivera chiefly to the homeward voyaga to! Rhine and Méuse.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
"Te AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manifs (P. Is.), Thuraday Is.... Cairns, Townsville, Brlibane, Sydney and Melbourne.
British Steamers: Changte - TAIPING (BURNERA)
FASTEST' M3 MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS IN THE SERVICE. KLECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, SURGEON 2 STEWARDESS CARRIES. -- Enjoy Your Short Lacoa in Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sydney—19 Days"
FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, ST6 RETURN. DAN ELS NOTTOKIS A LONDON (via Australia) from
volvo (Austeskan Hewspapeta na Blaj, Dan Dod Hong Kong
STEAMERI
\TATHING
QUANOTH
SAIPIKO
CHANUTA
£136.15.0.
Leaven Hong Kong Sleeves Mantas 19Dow 17354T
P). In port
June 10.
·July IT.
Aug 11
-June 19
Jana 21:
AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED
FIELD ANSWERK ČAMINA-HONG KONG-SHAKUHÁÍ,
For Passenger and Freight information please apply:-
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Telephone 28011. ·
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:
KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 29020,
Telephones:
'KOWLOON DOCK 58058.
Telegram: "MANIFESTO, HONG KONG.”
·DÓCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER" MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
On Lloyds
list of
approved
Cast
Eteel
Manufac
turers.
T.S.S."EMPRESS OF JAPAN."
Harbour Call Flags
Engineer
*K*
Boller.
maker
Shipwright
In No. 1 Dock: Dimensions:-66607 OA. x 93′6′′ ± 48′8′′” · Mild. 26.000 tone Gross......
The Company possesses Sir Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways. " The dimensions of No.1 Dock are 700′0′′ × 85'0" x 30′6′′ over sill, H. W. 0,S. T. Salvage Tug "Henry Kenwick.” 2,000 LH.P. Wireless Call Signaî V.PRT., and Flag Call Signal T.H.Q.B. Ehserlegs, capable of lifting 80 tons.
Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering, First and second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and, Watkins,
Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manager,"
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A., Kawloon Docks, Hongkong.