THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931.
THE
CHINA MAIL.
LLOYD TRIESTINO Shipping
FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE
vix Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez & Port Sald Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading
to Fiume, Genan, All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,
Black Sen and Danube Ports
l'arnengeta to LONDON (Overland),
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
For Shanghal
& Japan
S.S. MONCALIERI (cargo boal)
9.S. CARIGNANO (Cargo boat)
*S.S. PILSNA (passenger boat)
Oct. 19 Oct. 20
S.S. GANGE (passenger boat)
Nov. 19
For Singapore & Italy Oct. 25 Nov. 22 Nov. 1 Nov. 28
S.S. VENEZIA-I: (pass, & cargo boat) Nov. 16
M.V. HILDA (cargo boat)
Dec. 14
*S.S. CRACOVIA (passenger boat)...
Dec. 15.
Dec. 20 Jan. 17 Dec. 27
• Outward voyage to Shanghai only. Particular attention is called to the .. Gange which will make
the voyage Hong Kong-Italy in 24 days thus allowing London pas- sengers to reach London in 25 days in time for the Christmas Holidays.
For Freight and Passages apply to
Querer's Building.'
Tel. 22021
DODWELL & (0), LTD.,
Azarts
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Intelligence
THE S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.”
Particulars of New Palatial Liner.
DOLLAR ENTERPRISE
WEST RIVER PIRACY RECALLED.
New Naval Attache to Embassies.
CAPT. J. U. P. FITZGERALD.
The appointment is announced. of Captain J. U. P. Fitzgerald to be Naval Attache to H.M. Embassies! at Paris, Brussels, Madrid, and, Lisbon, and to H.M. Legation at The Hague, with headquarters at
He suc Paris, from October 8. ceeds Captain G. W. Hallifax, who' completes two years in the post this month.
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The President Coolidge, second of the Westinghouse combination of the Dollar Steamship Line's impulse and reaction type. Thoac |$8,000,000 ships, is exactly the units operate at 2,660 r.p.m. for same as the President Hoover in full power conditiona. They are regard to tonnage, dimensions and designed for use with steam at !cargo and passenger carrying 275 lb. gauge pressure at the capacity. The only difference of throttle, 200 deg. F. superheat and any consequence, between the two 28" vacuum. vessels is in the machinery Instal-
Main Turbines, lation. The propulsion machinery Each main turbine Te fitted with and electric auxiliaries for the Pre- a full oll operated governor. This sident Coolidge were furnished by governor depends for its operation the Westinghouse Electric and on the variation in oil pressure Manufacturing Company. She is produced by changes in speed of scheduled to leave New York, Oc-an impeller which is mounted on tober 15, for California and the the turbine rotor. Since the speed Capt. Fitzgerald is an interpreter Orient.
of the propelting motor with this In French and Spanish and Propelling Equipment.
system of propulsion is controlled graduate of the R.N. Staff College. The turbine electric propulsion by varying the speed of the tur- He last served in command of the machinery on the
Caledon, Prealdent bine, an adjustable speed, mechan- | cruiser
Mediterranean i Coolidge includes 2 13,250 h.p.ism is provided in connection with Fleet, and was promoted to his pre- |4,000 volt, 3 phane, 44 cyclé, 40|the turbine governor. Thia con- sent rank in June, 1920, while
pole. 133 r.p.m. propolling motora sists of a simple relief valve which serving on the Naval Staff. of the cynchronous type. These is located on the main control motors are self-contained units.board and is operated by a lever. the rotors being carried in sleeve Thus, the only connection between type bearings supported by heavy the control, board and the main end brackets secured to the motor turbine required for speed control frame. The motors are separately is a small pipe to carry the oil ventilated the cooling air being from the governor nhd n. drain
pipe to the sump tank. drawn through the motor, and passed out duct in the after stack. This ventilation is obtain ed by means of a motor driven propeller typo blower mounted in the duct above each main motor.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING taken out of the engine room,
FROM £79 TO £120 ON SALE.
•AN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,
SHINYO MARU CHICHIBU MARU
Tuesday, 13th October. Wednesday, 28th October. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER vla Shanghai & Japan Ports.
HIYE MARU
Tuesday, 3rd November.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.
HARUNA MARU
KATONI MARU
Saturday,
Saturday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Alanila & Ports,
Saturday,
Saturday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Columbo.
KAMO MARU
KITANO MARU
TANGO MARU
+ GENOA MARU
SOUTH
Wednesday,
Monday,
AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan,
Los Angeles, Mexico und Panama. RAKUYO MARU
SEW YORK, BOSTON' via Panama,
Thursday,
Wednesday,
17th October.
J1st October.
24th October.
21st November.
14th October. 26th October,
conolulu,
15th October,
11th November,
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa
†TSUYAMA MARU
& Marseilles,
† LIMA MARU
+ HAKODATE MARU
↑ MORIOKA MARU"
CALCUTTA vla Singapore, Penang & Rungous.
Monday,
12th October.
Thursday,
Thursday,
8th October. 15th October.
Friday: Thursday,
18th October. 10th October. 22nd October.
~HANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
KITANO MARU (Nagasaki direct) .. Friday, HAKONE MARU
+ DAKAR MARU
• Cargo only.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Telephone 30291.
0.
(Private exchange to all departments.)
K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTO8 Rio de Janeiro Maru Thurs.,
& BUENOS
AIRES via Salgon, Singapore, Colom-;
bo. Durban & Capetown.
MOMBASA,
•
ZANZIBAR, Arabia Maru DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOURENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, PORT ELIZA BETH
& CAPETOWN THENCE TO RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS &
BUENOS AIRES vin Singa-
porc..
& Colombo
BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL Melbourne Maru
5th Nov.
Wed.,
4th Nov.
TERDAM & ANTWERP Alaska Maru......Bun.,
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Tokai Maru
Los Angeles & Panama.
Call
Be,
Bolawan Dell &
Colombo...
For supplying power to these motors there are two main turbine generator aets each consisting of a 14,000 b.h.p. turbine and a 10,200 kw, generator. The turbines are
NEW LINER.
President Coolidge's Maiden Voyage.
The inishing touches are being put on the President Coolidge at Newport News shipyard, pre- parutery to the huge all-electric Dollar Liner taking her place in the New York California; Manila ser- vice.
The President Coolidge under the command of Captain K. A. Ahlin, will sail from Newport News on the morning of October 11, arriv ing at New York the following ber morning and departing on initial voyage westward on October
15.
Shipping experts have -pro- nounced the President Coolidge fully the equal of the President Hoover which has been pronounced America's most beautiful liner.
Mr. William Dugan is Chief En- gineer of the President Coolidge with Mr. Edward Seeley as Purser and Mr. Harry Laycock in charge
| of, the Stewards Department.
WATER LEVELS.
Details for West, North and East Rivers.
The following table, issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in feet the water levels on the West River, North River and East River the dates named:—
on
The turbine is also provided with an automatic stop, governor and an oil operated throttle valve, Lubricating oil for the bearings of the main units and oil for opera- tion of the governor systems is furnished by either of two small turbine driven lubricating oil pumps which provide oil, for these services nt required pressures.. The lubricating oil is pumped through coolers to a gravity tank and from this point It is led to the bearings.
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WILL ROGERS
KING'S
A Connecticut COMING Yankee NEXT
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In the war he served in the battleship Collingwood, the flotilla leader Vampire, and the cruiser Champion. During 1925-27 he was senior officer of the gunboats the West River, China, and while holding this post was concersed in the investigation of the murder of an official of the Asiatic Petroleuma Co. by Chinese pirates.
WARSHIPS IN. PORT,
The following British warships| were in harbour to-day:--
Berwick-North arm. Bridgewater-North wall. Cornflower--No. 8 buoy, Medway-In dock. Moth-South wall. Perseus-East wall. Sandwich-North arm. Sepoy-Kowloon wharf. Seraph-Kowloon wharf. Serapis Kowloon wharf. Sterling-Kowloon wharf. Stormcloud-No. 13 buoy. Submarines-West wall. Tamar--Basin.
·Foreign Men-of-Wor. Argus-French gunboat. Hal Wai-Chinese gunboat. Helena-American gunboat.
SECOND
AROUND PACIFIC CRUISE
S.S. "MALOLO”
AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY
to cruise on the famous Matson Liner “MALOLO” enjoying the advantages of carefully prepared shore ex- cursions at ports of call under direction of the American Express Company.
SCHEDULE:
Yokohama
Kobe
Miyajima Chinwangtao Shanghai
""
Leave Oct. 9
Oct. 13 Oct. 14
„,.. Oct. 21
Oct. 25
3.5
Hong Kong
Oct. 29
Manila
Oct. 31
Bangkok
Nov. 4.
"
Oct. Oct. 5 0. West River at Shiuling...10.4 12.2 North River at Samshui ... 8.8 7.9 9th Oct. North River at Tsingyuen. 8.1 7.8
East River at Sheklung... 38
Fri.,
6th Nov.
TOURNE AUCKLAND &
WELLINGTON via Manila.
JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Indus Maru
Fri
Services).
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-
11th Oct
Singapore, Colombo,
Suez & Port Bald.
Fri.,
23rd Oct.
Direct at foston,
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
& KARACHI via Borneo Maru
Mon.,
19th Oct.
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Havana Maru
Ponung & Rangeon.
HAIPHONG via Holbow & Menado Maru
18th Oct.
17th Oct.
Pakhol (Fortnightly).
KEELUNG vin Swatow & Canton Maru
Amoy (8 pm, every Bun-
Sun.,
day).
JAPAN PORTS' via Koolung Nitto Maru
& Shanghai ..............................
Wed
Thura,
The highest levels recorded are:-Shlubing, 41 feet; Taing- yuen, 29.2 feet; Bamshul, 27.3 feet; Sheklung, 11.5 feet.
The lowest levels on record Jare minus 5 feet at Samahui and
minus 2.7 feet at Sheklung.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
Sun.,
Bat.,
Consignees of cargo ex els. Ben- Docking No Bailing wyvis are reminded to take de
11th Oct. livery of their goods which will 12th Oct be subject to rent after October
14. 22nd Oct.
TAKAOʻvis Swałow & Amoy Dell Maru
(Fortnightly),
For further particulars please apply to:-
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 28081.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
Tho, P. & 0."" 8.8. Alipore "left Singapore for this port on Octo- bor 5 at 2 p.m.; and in due hera on October 11 at about noon,
thence to Singapore, Batavia, Macassar, Sydney, Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago, arriving Honolulu December. 11th, San Francisco December 16th.
Fares include all sightseeing expenses at intermediate ports.
Desirable accommodations available to all ports,
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For booking and Information apply to
THE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY,
General Agents. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
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15
Yokohama VANGUA
SeaTa
Arrivs
25
Shangha I.CATO Empress of Canada Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. Oct. 17 Oct. Empress of Russia Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 29 Oct. 31 Nov. 9 Empress of Japan Nor. 7. Nov. 10 Nor. 12. Nov. 14 Nov. 23 "Empress of Russia" and "Empress of Asia" call at Nagasaki..
Empress of Russia
Salls for
MANILA
THURSDAY, 15th October.
For passengers wishing to travel economically on a limited budget to Canada, USA. or Europe, it will be well worth while to ask about the new
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Telephones:
Passenger 20752. Freight 20042.
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#REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
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LONDON SERVICE.
* PERINUA**
Kotterdam and Hamberg
13th Oct. For Marsciliói, Casablanca tendon,
"SARPEDON" 27th Oct. For M'Bes, London, R'dam and Glasgow
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
"ASPHALION" *TROILUN"
12th Oct. For Port Said, Hart, D'pool & G’gow
3rd Nov. For Port Said, Liverpool and Hevre
NEW YORK SERVICE.
› "GLAUCUS"
5th Nov. For Boston, New York, & Baltimore ́vis Philipplaws and Singapore
PACIFIC SERVICE.
(via KOBE & YOKOHAMA.) **TYNDAREU! ** "PROTESTLAUS ""
17th Oct. For Victoria, Vancouver & Beattie 10th Nov. For Vistoria, Vancouvas & Bastile INWARD SERVICE,
"ACHILLES” "NELEUS
Dos lith Oat. For 'hai, Köbe and Yokohama Dun 13th Clos. From New York
Also cargo steamers with limited passenger accommoda- tion at specially reduced faren.
For freight, 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.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Blasiin (P. La.), Thursday Is.... Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
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