SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1931.
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
THE CHINA MAIL.
NAVAL REDUCTIONS.
SERIOUS EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.
The responsibility of the British Navy, in spite of international agreements, and the effect on the personnel of the Navy of constantly ·
strength were
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.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government,)
S.S..
From Tons) Hong Kong
About
1931. 17,000 20th June
Noon 9,000 4th July 6.700 8th July 18th 17,000
July 17,900 28th July
1st 0.000
Aug. 6.800 8th Aug.
17,000 15th Aug. 6,100 22nd Aug.
RANPURA
+KASHGAR
MIRZAFORE KAWALPINDI
*PERIN
†KHYBER
-SOMALI
RAJPUTANA *PADUA
KARMALA
CATHAY
9,000 15.000
*SOUDAN
10th Sept.
+KALYAN
9,000 20th Sept.
29th Aug. 12th Sept.
Destination.
Borbay, Marseilles & London.
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M'seilles. I'don, R'dam&A'werp. Straits, Culombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre & Londen. M'seilles. L'don, R'dam & A'werp Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull,
Rotterdam & Antwerp. Hamburg,
Marseilles & Loatien. arseilles, Havre,, London, Hull.] Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp, Marseilles & London.
Hembar, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull,
Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp, Marseilles & London.
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Cargo only. Calls Casablanca.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- atantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steumers of the Khedival Mail Steamship. Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
SANTHIA
*TALMA TAKADA
1931.
8,000 17th June.) Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
3 p.m. 10,000 20th
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. June 7,000 7th July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Culls Port Swettenham.
among the questions discussed by Admiral Sir Richard Webb in a lectàre he delivered at University College, London. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellico presided.
Sir Richard Webb first emphasiz.. ed the provision that he claimed it necessary to make for the protection, of British shipping, in spite of In- ternational peace agreements. He turned to the present use of well all fuel on which the Navy was wholly dependent and the British mercan- tile very largely so for motive power, and he declared that this subjected the Navy to great anxiety. and to a very grave added respon- sibility for its safe transport to these shores. Moreover, in almost all cases we were dependent on aup- plies, which, by enemy action, sabotage, or other causes beyond our control, might be cut off at the source without warning at
any moment.
It would be aneconomical, he said, to produce oil from coal except on
a very large scale, and its, adoption fer naval purposes would call for large and elaborate plant. It was essential also that such plants should be near coalfields, inrgå towns, and ports like Rosyth and Milford Haven. Experts estimated that to obtain the Navy's annual peace requirements of 750,000 tons of oil would mean treating 20,000,- 000 tons of coal. This could be ob-') tained ut about 50s. a ton, compared with 129. a ton for well oil. It would enable the Navy to obtain its oil at home, reduce the present oil) transport risks, help to relieve un- employment, save the east of guard ing present sources of supplies and some 300 miles of pipe lines, which would wipe out the difference in price.
If war come again, Sir Richard Webb added, it would be waged, 'not merely by rulers or Governments, but by whole peoples. On the psychological side, it was asking a great deal; even of such an intensely loyal service as the Navy, to give of its best wheir all the talk was of naval reductions, disarmament, and
B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for let yardsticks. and 2nd class passengers. *·.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). tons, even for a gun of 12in. A
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
FAST
REGULAR AND
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES |
LONDON SERVICE.
**AUHILLES**
** PATROCLUS",
3rd Jane For Port Said, fuoflies, Caan Blanca, London, Rotterdam and Haraborg
Stl July Fce l'ork Sail, Marseilles, Lundos, Rotterdam, Hamborg and Glagow SERVICE
LIVERPOOL
"MERIONES"
21st. June For Port Sud, Genoa, L.'pool, Harro and Glasgow
** ADRASTUS " 2nd July For Port Said, L'pool, Harte & Lilagow
· PACIFIC SERVICE.
(via KOBE & YOKOHAMA.) "IXION"
"TYNDAREUS”
27th June For Victoria, Vancouver 25th July For Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle
Seattle
INWARD SERVICE. "MENTOR" Dus 18th June For S'bai, Moji, Kobe & V’kama “PHILOÇTETES" Das 18th June For Shai, Kobo & Y'hems
Also cargo steamers with limited, passenger accommóda. tion at specially reduced fares.
For froight, passage rates and information apply to the andermentioned.
All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Company's Bill of Lading..
Butterfield & Swire,
Agents.
HONG KONG AND MACAO 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.
In place of big capital ships, Six
business to carry en unrestricted Richard Webb said that he prefer warfare against merchant ships? red smaller vessels, which he
Personally he could not conceive" thought could be much under 20,000 that a treaty was going to stop that fleet of such ships, he thought, coulder of thing unless it was applied in some way to aircraft, which was a accomplish everything the present
far more savage method of warfare fleet of large ships did, but it would than anything else, and nothing 3rd July Manila, Rabuul, Brisbane, Sydney also enjoy strategical advantages that had yet been done to limit which greater mobility and radius armaments had yet touched the air. of action would give. It seemed Only the Navy, which was the shield probable that eventually the best
ed on of this Empire, and, in some cir-
been touched.
1031
ST. ALBANS NELLORE TANDA
5,000
7,000
7,000
1st Aug. 31st Aug.
& Melbourne.
Tel. 26061.
U.S. SHIPS' CREWS.
It was recently officially re- vealed, states the Journal of Commerce, that slightly less than half of the seamen on U.S. flag- ships are natives of the U.S..
Out of a total of 288,496 sen- men who were sailed and regail- vessels of U.S. registry year 1930 143,169 were native Americans. This was exclusive of officers.
Of the men signed on 87,922 were naturalised. Among the erews on these, ships were 23,734 British seamen, 17,555 Germans,
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan pes of cruisers would be found cumstances, its sword, had so far during the fiscal
and Hong Kong to Australia,
**Hong Kong to Sydney—15 days."
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
a few vessels of about 7,000 tons, with. Bin guns, and a large number of vessels of 5,000 tons and Gin. The reference to oil fuel interest. guns, In destroyers we Jacked ed him. Before the War we had in
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New numbers. The aircraft carrier, he Britan something like four Zealand-Vancouver, San Francisco, etc...
The P. & O, Royal Mall Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Suez!
thought, might be "superseded by months' reserves of oil fuel for the flying-boats, with which every Navy. In 1917 we had come down. squadron at home and abroad should to three weeks supply, and such was
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and be equipped. He hoped Parliament. The position that he had to issue
Landon via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan, June to Sept.
TAKADA.
+RAWALPINDI
*SOMALI
SIRDHANA KHYBER NELLORE TILAWA RAJPUTANA SANTHIA
KARMALA
NANKIN
་
1931.
. 7,000 10th June Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka.
17,000 10th Jane
!. 6,800 30th June
July
July
July
8,000 3rd July 9,000 3rd 7,000 6th 10,000 17th 17,000 17th July 8,000 91st July 8,000 31st July 7,000 28th
Aug.
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka,
Shanghai, Moll, Kabo & Yokohama. S'hal, Mejl, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. | Shanghai, Kobé & Yokohama,
• Carga only. †Calls Teing tau and Wel-hal-wei.
All dates are approzimate and subject to alteration without notice. Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabins are fitted with Electr to Fansion Punka Louvre System free of charge.
Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries, Parcela measuring not more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Com- pany's Offler up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooke, etc., apply to:
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong...
Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
MAENGINEERS 2nd. SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER : MAKERS, BRAES and IRON-FOUNDERS All work done, in this establishment: in guaranteed. We hard over thirty years: experience. Ws own two Slip- WETA BUG CAN" accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Towa Offer 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, 2. Tel. 20489. g.
· Bhipyard: Bham-khul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong Kowloon Tel. 57009
es furatered on application
Hong Kong April 1, 1924
would give this subject the "con- ordera to the Fleet that they were sideration it deserved..
never to steam at over 20 knots ex- Lord Jellicoe.
cept in the presence of the enemy. Lord Jellicoe, in proposing a vote. He was, therefore, greatly interest of thanks, aald that any interference ed in what the lecturer had said with our lines of communications about the prospects of a home oil in war would mean starvation for fuel supply.
for 趄
the people of Britain. If it were Touching upon the effect on the continued
few weeks, it personnel of the Navy of constant would also mean less of prosperity reductions, Lord Jellicoe said it If there was any serious reduction must be difficult for members of the In the amount of our Imports. On Navy to see the force being gradual- the question of whether the strength ly wiped out of existence and to of the Navy at prosent was adequate retain that efficiency which the for its purpose, he entirely shared country expected in such a high the lecturer's misgivings on the sub- degree, and which was absolutely ject of the number of cruisers, necessary for Britain. There were destroyers, and submarines.. I also the hardships inflicted.. on aircraft were going to bomb de- the officers, who entered the Service fenceless cities and kill thousands of as a life profession, and who owing. women and children, could anyone to reductions were cast" ashore be expect that they would not equally tween the ages of 30 and 40 in such bomb merchant ships coming to a position that it was almost impoc these shores in the narrow waters? sible for them to find new employ- Could anyone expect that if that ment. That kind of thing, must in took place that submarines would the end reflect on the moral and, not also think that it was their efficiency, of the Navy,
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO AUSTRALIA. Cailing at Manila' (P. Is.), Thursday is... Cairns, Townsville, Brubsne, Sydney and Melbourne.
BRITISH STEAMERS: CHANGTE - TAIPING (BVANING) FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS IN THE SERVICE. ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, BUROBON STEWARDESS, CARRINO Enjoy Your Short Leave in Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sydary-19 Days
FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, #76 RETURN AME
BORSTEAMER
CHANGTH. TAIPING
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| TAIFING",
W LONDON (via mustrália) from £136.15.0.
Fur Hoop Konserrat Hong Koun Leaves Manda Dar Byds
JAN July 17%,
July
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11.
10
AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE LIMITED
FIELD & FWIRE-AUSS-HONG KONG-SHANGHAI
and 13,065 Spaniards.
There are now a total of 5,700 Brain storage elevators in Canada, with a combined capacity of nearly 400,000,000 bushels.
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NEXT SAILINGS: S.S. "PRESIDENT JEFFERSON" TO VICTORIA, B.C., & SEATTLE 8.00 A.M-SUNDAY-JUNE 14
ROUND-THE-WORLD
3.8. "PRESIDENT MONROE" 8.00 A.M-SUNDAY-JUNE 11 WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE
To Seattle & Vetoria,
To San Francisco, Los Angeles
& New York via Panamu.
The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings on Tuestiny
Pres. Johnson
Pres. Jackson
Prea. McKinley
The Short, Straight Route to Americe Fortnightly sailings on Sundays,
.1.1.
2.3.
Pres. Jefferson....June 14, 8 .June. 23
Fres. Lincoln
..June 28 July 7 July 21 Pres. Cleveland .....July 12
£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe vin
United States, Direct connections with all Atlantic Inès. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPE.. From Hong Kong to Naples
Marseilles
"
IT London
Full particulars upon application,
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND. THE WORLD.
£152, 5.01. $161. 0,00. £169.15.0L
Fortnightly falling on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genos, Marseilles, New York and Boston,
a.m.
Prés Monroe.....June 14, 8 Pres. Van Buren..June 26, 8
Pres. Garfield....July 12, 8 Pres. Folk...July. 25, 8 aim. TO MANILA
Pres Johnson..June 16, 6 p.m. Pres. Cleveland July 4, 6 p.m. Pres.. Lincoln.June 20, 6 p.m. Pres. Taft July 18, 6 p.m.
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BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
TRANS-PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE.
via PANAMA. NEXT SAILING
M.V. TAI SHAN"
on JUNE 18th.
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:
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KOWLOON DOCK 88151,
"HANIFESTO, HONG KONG KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 1938. DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
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turer
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Boller.
maker
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Shipwright
In No. 1 Dock Dimensions:-666′0′′ O.Ax 87′E' x 48'6" Mid. 26,000 tons Grogs.
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways. The dimensions of No. L-Dock" are 700′0′′ x 88'0′′ x 30'6" over sill, H. W. O. ST. Salvage Tug Henry Kenwich" 2,000 LHP. Wireless Call Signal V.P.R.T. and Flag Call Signal T.HQ.B. Sheerlege 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 Ménager;
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.I.N.A., Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.