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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.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
8.8.
Tons
THE
CHINA
MAIL.
FUELLING OF NAVAL were bigger, then the total number
SHIPS.
Why the Admiralty Favours Oil.
0
CONSIGNEES.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.
The Steamship
would be smaller: Admiral Back- house assured' the deputation that not only, the higher off- cers of the Admiralty, but the technical departments, too were continually confronted with tho problem of making the Reference was made in the Liver-best possible use of space and weight. It was impossible to do- pool Journal of Commerce to the
to sign
modern warship verbatim report of the discussion burn coal
the on
prosent which took place when the deputa.
important qualities were sacrificed. tlon representing the Back to Coal Movement was received at the Ad-It was not only that they could not miralty, particularly with regard to the views expressed by Vico-Ad- miral R. R. G. Backhouse, C.B., C.M.G., Third Sea. Lord and Con troller of the Navy, and Engineer Vicc-Admiral Sir R. W. Skelton, K.C.B.; CH.E., D.S.O., Engineer-in Chief. In view of the wide Interest which has been aroused by the aug- engineering aide of the question be presented to the Undersigned an or gestion that coal burat under modern conditions should again be used in the Navy, the paper gives speeches of Admiral Backhouse and Admiral Skelton, in which they stated the technical grounds on which they' base their apposition to the re-introduction of coal.
* BENWYVIS "*.: Consignees of cargo are hereby fu formed that all goods are being land- stow the coal, but they could noted at their riak into the hazardo accommodate the men on board, and/or extra hasardons Godowns of Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from and, therefore, if they had the coal The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and the wharves delivery may be obtained. they could not work it.
No claims wil admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the All claims against the steamer must 14th instant will be subject to rent.
before the 28th instant, or they will not bo
Engineering Point of View. Admiral Skelton said there was only one point with which he would deal, since Sir David had raised the First of all
All
chafed, and damaged where they will be examined on the Goods are to be left in the Godowns, 18th Instant at 10 am. by Messra Goddard & Douglas.
ed
No Fire Insurance has been effect "Bill of Lading will be countersign- ad by,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 7th October, 1981.
the propelling and allied machinery
rather prominently. they were continually in the en- gineering department considering whether they could advise the Lords of the Admiralty in any way to make use of coal. The deputation need have no doubt about that, and If he controverted entirely some of Admiral Backhouse said there Sir David's statements it was not were two definite points to consider, done from a point of view at all. one in regard to engineering, which obstructive or antagonistic to coal; he left to the engineer-in-chief, but it was simply that from a purdy Sir David the greater problem was construc-engineering point of view the use
of coal was impossible. tional, with which he could deal to had compared merchant ships with
Sir David. Lelwellyn
In a destroyer was 80 to 32 lb. per some extent,
warships, and the comparison was Con-
The weight of all had mentioned conveyors,
run through not comparable. There was neither home-power. veyors could not bo the bulkheads because, as no doubt the space nor the weight in a war machinery, in running condition, of the ship that there was in a merchant that was, of a modern light cruiser the deputation knew, one
Sir David had referred to not only in this country, but more! ship. was the greatest problems now watertight cub-division of ships. a ship which was well-known, or or less in other countries-it was Designers were faced with the ships which wore well-known of competitive--was in a recent class of defence certain classes of the C.P.R., which 45 lb. weight per horse-power, and tremendous problem
He was not giving against shell attack, mines and tor-burned coal with chaingrate stokers, in one latest design was down to pedocs.
the weights That meant they had to The engineer department knew all about 40 lb. have very efficient watertight sub-about those ships, and were not away secrets because division of ships. If they were to ignorant on those points, and he were published in the engineering through the bulk- asked Sir David if he knew what papers for anyone to read. The run conveyors heads in order to carry coal from the weight of machinery of those weights included the ship running Nov. Marsellies, London, Rotterdam, Ant-one part of the ship to another, ships was as compared with the at sea, boilers in use for steaming, they could not maintain water-tight weight of machinery which they water for condensers, shafts, pro- are compelled to put in warships. pèllers, everything running. What He would give them a few figures were the weights of the mercantile The weight of all ships? There were very few of them that were under 200 lb, weight, to think over..
of machinery per shaft horse-power, and they are up to 40 lb.
From Hong Kong About
+KASHMIR
9,000
tBURDWAN
€,600
1981. 1 24th Oct. 91st
Oct.
NALDERA *KASHGAR
RAJPUTANA 17,000 5th CORFU
15,000 19th 18OMALI
6,800 28th
10,000 9,000
7th Nov. 21st
Destination.
M'seilles, L'don, R'dam & A'werp. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay, Marsellies & London.
werp & Hull
Dee. Marieffles & London. Doc.Marseilles & London,
Doc. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.
* Cargo only. Calls Casablanca. Calle Djibouti. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Carge to Con- stantinople, Piroaus,. Emyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TILAWA SANTHIA TALMA TAKADA
1981.
10,000 10th Oct. 8,000 29th Oct Nov. 10,000 12th
7,000 20th Nov.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Bingapore, Penang & Calcutta. Bingapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.
sub-division.
A
HONG KONG TIDES.
Limited Displacement. Another point was that ships
built 0 nowadays werc limited displacement. That meant of the ship the task that
and designer Was constructor
than
The time used is Standard, or It far
difficult more
mean time of the meridian of 120 ever was in the past. They had to design on a restricted basis, and deg. E.; 00K. is midnight, 12hrs, is get everything that was required noon. The heights are referred to into a more limited space than they the datum of the largest scale Ad- They miralty chart of the place and used to do 20 years ago. had to make use of every cubic foot should be added to the depths given of space in the ship. If they used on the chart unless preceded by an coal they would have to stow it asterisk (*); when they should be from one end of the ship to the subtracted from the depths. other, and then a large proportion of the coal could never be worked, and even then they would not get the same endurance, irrespective of the speed question.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). got at in a sufficiently practical
NELLORE TANDA
NANKIN
1091 7,000 81st Oct. 7,000 2nd Doc.
1982 2nd 7,000
Jan.
& Melbourne."
October 13 to 19, 1981.
Bron WATER: LOW . WATER.
Standard Standard H
Rt
Times Times
02 63
16 31
|
How could they think of having mercantile machinery or short' ma- chinery burning graded coal inside His colleague, the B warship? Director of Naval Construction, and
It was he on the technical side, constantly talked over. those things. absurd to suppose that they had any antagonism to coal at all; if they could use coal they certainly would, and it was not that they had considered graded coal, but they had also considered pulverised coal. Hours and hours had the Engineer- in-Chief's Department boen cerned in the consideration of But the scales pulverised coal.
con-
were weighted, and they could not compete with oll when they were 38 building a Návy on competitiva. 1.4 lines.
DATE
ctt1
He was in a largo ship in the war, when they carried hundreds of tons of coal in reserve bunkers Tus which were never used, the only reason being that it could not be Wed 14
II. M
r
13
10 40
6.6
#1 16 11-35
17-5
04 46
22 49
76
1894
3:3
ship had good Way. Unless a endurance she could not remain at Fri. 161 sea for a long period, and that
Thurs 15
124
10 61
3.T
1.6
4.8
17 10
4.3
08 04
1-3
51
00 $1
***
Mon. 19; 1 40
48
a certain total tonnage; if the ships
sea at any one time depended upon Sun. 1000 43 Manila, Rabaul, 'Brisbane, Sydney meant that the number of ships at Bat. 17
their endurance. They could only get a certain number of ships on
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan
and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney--19 daya.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union 8.8. 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 Suez.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
1981.
9,000 | 16th 10,000
11,000
29rd
1st
Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Nov. Shanghai, Moji & Hobe,
.6th
8th Nov.
8th
Nov.
Nov.
NOT
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE·
Consignees of cargo ex as. Ban-| wyvis are reminded to take de- Ilvery of their goods which will 1 be subject to rent after October
14.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Telegrams: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020.
~Telephonest
KOWLOON DOCK 58053.. "MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."
DOCK OWNERS,"SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1931.
PRESIDENT HOOVE R
The Continental Lounges
on the new President Liners are lofty ivory and gold
rooms of beautiful oppointments. Directoire in feeling,
with tall cathedral windows. Low stages at one end'ac
commodate silver screens for first-run Talking Pictures.
They are among the many attractive features of the new
President Hoover and President Coolidge, soon in
service between the Orient and New York via California.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES
Fortnightly Round the World
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
EXPRESS
PAKAKA
SERVICE
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
TRANS-PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE
via PANAMA. NEXT SAILING
"M.V. “TAI YIN”
on OCTOBER 18th.
for
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 Bulldings.
Agents.
Telephone 28021.
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
:
SAILING DATES FOR OCT., 1981 (Subject to Change).. DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 6.30 p.m., Wachow & pin.
Leaves
Arriven
Bteamer.
Leaves
Hoar Konr
Arrives Wuchow
Wachow Hong Roar
16th BAT. 18th MON: 22nd FRI.. 24th BUN. 28th THURA. 29th FRL
17th SUN.
18th
19th TUES.
20th-
23rd SAT:
24th
25th MON,
28th
30th
30th SAT.
..
Blat SUN..
1st
KASHGAR
TALMA MACEDONIA
*KHIVA
TANDA
TAKADA
AJPUTANA *80MALI SIRDHANA
CORFU TILAWA RAWALPINDI, *PERIM
7,000 17,000
6,800
8,000
Oct. Shanghai, Hoji, Kobe & Yokohama. 23rd Oct. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka,
∙14th
20th
4th
Nov. S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Thama."
Mojl Kobe & Osaka.
Yokohama.
Nov. Amoy Moll, Kobe & Osaka,
Nev. Shanghai, Kabu & Yokohama, Des. Amoy Meli, Kobe & Osaka- Dec. Shanghai, Kobe
16,000 20th 10,000
Yokohama, 17,000 4th
7,600 Oth Doc. Shanghai & Yokohama. 7,000 7th Dec. S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hamn. 8,000
18th Dec. Amoy, Molt Kobe & Osaka. 0,000 18th Dee. Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama.
*Cargo only.
NANKIN SANTHIA KARMALA
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice, All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans or Punka Louvre System. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcals, measuring net more than 8. en. Ik will be received at the Com. pany's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing..
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
Agents.
On Lloyds
But of ·
approved
Cast
Steel
Manufac
T.S.S. “EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”
In No. 1 Dock. Dimensions: 6660 O.A. x·85′6′′ x 48′6′′ Mid. 26,000 tons Gross.
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways.
Harbour
Call Flags
Engineer
Boller-
maker
Shipwright
-- The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700′,0% x 88′0′′ x 80/8" over sill, H. W. 0.8. T. Balvage Tug "Henry Konwick.” 2,000 LH.P. Wireless Call Signal V.P.B.T. and Flag- Call Signal T.H.Q.B. Sheerlegs capable of lifting 80 tons.
Codes Used: Al, A.B.C. · Fifth Edition: Engineering. First and Second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and Walkins.'
Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manager,
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A,, Kowloon Docks, Hongkong,
TAI HING WED. TAI MING FRI. TAI HING TUES, TAI MING THURS. TAI HING MON, TAI MING WED."
14th FEL 16th SUN. 201ь THURS. 22nd BAT. 26th❘ WED.`· 28th FKL
Regular Service of Fast, High Glass Diver Steamers having good Accommodation for Firat Cines Passengers. Electric Light and and, Saloon. The ss. "Tai Hing is. - Fans in State-roomE ted with Wireless.
Porte of Call-Samabul, Bhuihing, Takhing &. Doshing, Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00. Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board. Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tal Hing Wharf.
For information apply to-
29, Connaught Road, West,
Phone 20898.
Co.,
SANG WO Lið.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS
and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Blips. Ways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long,
Tel. 20459. Town Office: 54," Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. 'Shipyard: Sham-ahul-po, Howloon, Hong Kong. Kowloon Tel, 57000. Estimaton furnished un application
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
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