10.
P. & O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
SUEZ CANAL.
THE CHINA 'MAIL.
Directors and Question
of Dues.
The seventy-seventh annual gen. eral meeting af the Suez Canal Company was held in Paris.
The Marqule de Vogue (the president) said that under the in- fluence of various causes shipping activity through the Suez Canal fell off considerably. To this was added the effect of the reduction in dues of 25 centimes, which came into force on September 1, and the result was that there was a reduction of about 80,000,000 france in the transit
OPEN SHELTER DECK SHIPS.
Plan for International Measurement Rules.
WHAT A YACHT !
The Shenandoah III Reaches Italy.
The most remarkable yacht in the world, I hear, came gently into Towards the end of July the Mentone harbour the other morning Technical Committee of the League out of the heat haze of the Italian of Nations will meet in London to Riviera, says a writer in the Daily consider the proposal for
Intor- Mail. national rules for 'ship measure- ment according to the scheme put
t
She is the 1,000-ton 4-master Shenandoah III, owned by Mr. and forward by Captain L. Aall, prin- Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, who have cipal of the Norwegian ship the Chateau de Montaleigne, near measurement department. One of Nice. Mr. Fahnestock bought her] the questions concerns the getting out in Hong Kong. Her name was rid of the water which oozes out of then the Kalmelos, and she had perishable cargo-such se sugar and quite an interesting story of adver
BTRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF receipts as compared with the pre- beans, and which remains stagnant | tures experienced in the South Seas.Į
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
on the shelter. deck through, the lack of an outlet.
vious year. Thanks to the steps
. Her new owner and navigator taken in the years of prosperity, the
procured a Chinese crow and had position of the amortisation funde.
Mr. D. Paust, shipowner, at apainted up la the bows the devil- and various other provisions was recent meeting of shipowners in such that the directors were able to Oslo, suggested that an alteration in caring eye with which every Celcs- propose that the amounts to be set the present regulations should be tial junk is provided. He had her nside should be substantially reduc-made so that it would be possible drawing-room fitted up as a replica to get the facility for providing of the little temple at Peking which PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY.ed, enabling the gross dividend per inboard an outlet for the water from was the favourite retreat of the late
capital share to be fixed at 650 the shelter deck.
Dowager Empress at the time of the DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.
francs..
In the course of, an Interview The directors had received from with a representative of the Nor- Boxer risings.. The doors (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
weglan Journal of Commerce, Cap-sandalwood, and the wall decora shipowners - and especially from tain Aall stated that in the draft tions are carved in gold, copper, and British shipowners repeated re-rules it la proposed that the scup red lacquer. quests for a further and substantial pera in the shelter deck should be
In one corner is a jovial god hold- of real reduction in the company's transit discarded without their space being
included in the measurement. ing a bunch of grapes tariff. The argumente which were whether shipowners would have the amethyst and jade. A curtain was submitted in support of this request deck equipped with an outlet In-once the beautiful robe of a bygona had received most careful attention. side or outside was a matter which
mandarin. An enormous vase, hun.
8.9.
Tans
From Hong Kong About
193),
Destination,
0,700 9th July! Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
Daylight 17,000 7,700
·0,000 6,300
18th July Bombay. Marselle & London. 25th July Marsellles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
*MIRZAPORE
RAWALPINDI
*PERIM
+KHYBER
*KIDDERPORE
*ISOMALI
1 0,800
RAJPUTANA
**PADUA
TKARMALA
CATHAY
❤SOUDAN
KALYAN
**Carga only,
1st Aug. 5th Aug. 8th Aug.
Rotterdam & Antwerp. *. M'seilles L'don, R'dam & A'werp Straits, Colombo & Bombay. M'seilles, Gib'tar, Havre, Ldon, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. 17,000
15th Aug.
Bombay, Marseilles & London. 6,000 22nd Aug. Marsellles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp 9.500
20th Aug. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, werp & Hull. 15.000 12th Sept.
Bombay, Marseillea & London. 6,800 19th Sept Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg, 9,000 20th Sept.
Calls Casablanca.
Rotterdam & Antwerp.
are of
If they could have believed, as con- they themselves would have to de-areds of years old, was cut from a
cide; for the rest. some charterers demand an outlet having regard to the sweating of cargo.
solid mass of jade. Almost every- thing in this unique cabin is from 250 to 800 years old. Some of the old ivories in miniature need a magnifying glass to reveal their exquisite detail.
Mr. Fahnestock himself skippered his ship home to the Riviera from China by way of Saigon, Singapore, Rangoon, Colombo, Suez, Malta, and Naples. After the brief call at
It is es- destination, Antibes, where he has
tended in certain quarters, that the Suez Canal transit dues were on
In all probability, Captain Aall appreciable factor in the economic depression, they would not hesitate says, the draft scheme will be adopt. ed with slight alterations at the to meet the wishes of shipowners, forthcoming meeting. It has been at least in part; but the investiga- agreed to by representatives of the Ant-tions which were made had led the four countries which are at the directors to the opposite conclusion draft committee, namely, Norway, A reduction in tariffs made under Great Britain, Holland and France, present conditions would Impose and, if adopted, copies will be sent Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Art-upon the company a further and Im-to the interested countries for an Mentone, he sailed on to his final
werp & Hull.
portant auerifice which would cer-expression of opinion. tainly find no appreciable compensa- timated that from two to three dropped anchor, after an 8-months tion in a cerresponding development years would elapse before it would cruise.. in traffic. A time would come, they be possible to bring the interna hoped, when, circumstances having tional rules into operation. From changed, a reduction in dues would the point of view of the Norwegian appear opportune, and then they ship measurement department, Cap- would not fail to put it into effect tain Aall states that under the pre- spontaneously, as they had done sent rules there is nothing in the many times in the past; but they way of the arrangement of an out- refused to do it to-day under the let from the shelter deck down to pressure of an opinion which they the engine-room in addition to the considered to be ill-informed.
ecuppers which the department de mands, such outlet being provided with a stopcock.
Calls Djibouti. § Calls Karachi.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- 'xtantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant. Ports by steamers of the
Khedival Mall Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
*TAKADA :
*SIRDHANA
July
1091. 7,000 12th
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta 3 p.m. 8,000 27th July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
1.
*Calls Port Swettepham.
B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st amounting to only 31,668,759 tons and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).sent continued to feel the effects of
NELLORE TANDA NANKIN
1931
through an
CONSIGNEES
THE BLUE STAR LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Steamer:
hours
"CELTIC STAR " From CONTINENTAL PORTS. The traffic through the Canal in 1930 showed a substantial falling off
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby as compared with 1929, and was The attention of Mr. Bryn, direc-informed that all Goods are being even below the level of 1928, tor of the State Shipping Board, has landed at their risk Into the Godowns and Godown Company. Ltd., at Kow- been drawn to the question of the of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf net. The number of transits was proposal to close one scupper on each loon, whence and/or from the wharves 5,761, against 6,274 in 1920. side of the shelter deck and let the delivery may be obtained.
The year 1931 had up to the pre water pass
Optional Cargo will not be landed to the engine-room outlet fitted with a here, unless notice has been given 48 prior to vessel's arrival, bat the economic crisis, and the traffic stopcock." From the standpoint of carried on from port to port to the of the first four months still showed his department he states that there final port of call to which the option a reduction as compared with the is nothing against such an arrange extends, results for the corresponding period ment; the ships would be none the the contrary, It was true that the less seaworthy, on falling off in traffic only began to If then the arrangement should be make itself felt in March 1980, and approved by the Ship Measurement continued until the end of that Department, he remarked that it was, therefore, reason would also be sanctioned by the to believe that the comparison would State Shipping Board. be less unfavourable henceforward than during the first quarter, and it
7,000 1st Aug. Manila, Robaul, Brisbane, Sydney of last year. 7,000 31st Aug. 7,000 2nd Oct.
& Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan.year; there and Hong Kong to Australia,
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
The Union 8.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Susz.
was interesting to note that the if the industrial and commercial tonnage movement In April was depression continued, it seemed un- alightly greater than that in the likely that would get worse. corresponding month of last year. The report was adopted, and the Moreover, the position presented a retiring directors, Including the Right Hon. Sir Robert Horne, M.P., ally speaking, it might be said that, were re-elected.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and few encouraging signs, and, gener London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan, June to Sept.
TILAWA RAJPUTANA *ALIPORE SANTHIA KARMALA NANKIN
1931.
10,000 | 17th July | Amoy, “S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka, 17,000 || 17th July | Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,
6,800 | 22nd July Shanghai, Moll & Kobe. 8,000 81st July Amoy, Moil, Kobe & Osaka. 0,000 Bist July | Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama, 7,000 | 28th Aug, ] Shanghai, Kobs & Yokohama.
only, Calls Nagoya,
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 steamer.tel
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans on Punka Louvre System free, of charge.
Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Com pany's Office up to Noun on the day previous to sailing.
HEAD
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 9th inst, will be subject to rent.
be presented to the Undersigned on or All claims against the vessel must before the 19th Inst, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Gedowns. where they wil be examined on the 9th inst. at 10 am, by our surveyors,
Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,
ed.
by
No Fire Insurance has been effect
Bill of Lading" will be countersigried
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