10
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
THE CHINA
THE PROPELLING MACHINERY FOR SHIPS.
MAIL.
1
tho merchant service and the British coalfields, carries the pro- mlse of a great reward than The subject of the choice of hitherto. Sir Alfred Ewing did suitable propelling machinery for not blind himself to the many ad- ships is one which appears to be vantages which ofl possessor as a af supreme interest not only to fuel for uso on board ship apart marine engineers but to every an- from its, higher efficiency when gineer who is concerned with the used in the cylinder of the in- vital problem of restoring our coal ternal-combustion engine, particu- industry to the stage of prosperity larly in its greater convenience in, which it enjoyed before the war, handling, and hence for naval It is hardly to be wondered at, ther vessels and the vessels of what he it 16 hardly to be won tormed the upper division of the dered
marine, i.e., the at, therefore, that Sir mercantile Alfred Ewing who.. we are luxurious express liners, he recog- gratified to note, has been nised that we cannot expect a re- nominated by the council as pre- vision in conl so long as oil fuel can be obtained at anything like
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND).sident of the British Association
MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
Its presont price,
by 138,218 tone than the figure for last June, and the present output is the smallest recorded for forty- | four years; according to the re- turns compiled by Lloyd's Register. On the other hand, new tonnage, 1,118,795 building abroad, viz., tons, is only 157,000 less than in The total reduction in June. work, as compared with September, 1930, which has taken place in the six principal shipbuilding coun- tries abroad, is only 17% per cent., as ngainst a reduction of 021⁄2 per cent. for Great Britain.
The world tonnage now being bullt is 1,531,120, of which Great! Britain is contributing 27% per cent. Before the war the British
shipbuilding output averaged .57.2 For the meetings which are to be held in York next year-in his ad- With cargo liners as well as with per cent. of the world's total. dress as president of the Engineer ordinary cargo ships of the tramp Fortunately, there are signs of ing Section of the association class the case, Sir Alfred suggests, i a break in the clouds. During the should have dealt with the pos- is' diffèrent, and he expresses the past few weeks the shipyards, it is opinion that they offer a possible understood, have booked contracts native to oil as the fuel for the field. for the use of coal where it which, although not numerous, re- propulsion of ships. There was, would be economically sound as present a greater volume of new however, another reason which led well as of great national advant work than had been secured during In cargo ship working, the the first eight months of the year. It so age. to this choice of subject. happened that his presidential ad- cost of fuel is a relatively big, fac-As yet, however, the Autumn orders dress constituted the first "Bram-tor, and as there is a clear nd-for new tonnage have by no means well Lecture," a lecture delivered vantage in being able to burn reached the average figure.
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF,Įsibilities of using coal as an alter
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.)
8.5.
Tons
From Hour Koag About
+CORFU
*150MALI
1931.
Noon
0,500 | 26th
"Dec.
1932.
RAWALPINDI 17,000 2nd
Jan. *MIRZAPORE 6.700 4th Jan. +KARMALA
9,000 18th Jan. CHITRAL
35,000 30th Jan. +KASHMIR
9,000 13th Feb. NALDERA
16,000 27th
Fab. **SOUDAN
4,800 5th Mar.
Destination.
Bombay, Marseilles & London. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. M'seilles, L'dan, K'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marillos, L'don, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Havre, llamburg
Rotterdam, Anwerp & Hull. Maracllies & London.
according to the terme of a trust, either coal or oil according to the whereby the lecturer was called cheapness of supply at the bunker- upon to discuss in the year 1931 ing ports, he makes a plea for the the fute of a prophecy made bysteamship equipped for burning Sir Frederick Bramwell in 1881 both pulverised coal and oil as de- Since the steam turbine that "in 50 years the internal-sired.
WHITE STAR LINE.
Changes in Commands
Of Ships.
important
combustion engine would have can hold its own with the internal driven the steam engine out of combustion engine, provided the practice into museums." There steam plant embodies conditions may perhaps have been certain which make for high efficiency, his 15,000 19th Doc, Martellles & London.
It is understood that at the end; reasonable grounds for the pro- ideal Installation consists of gear- Marselles, London, Havre, Hamburg, phecy when it was made 50 years ed turbines receiving steam from of the year a number of important ago although it may be noted in a small number of large boilers changes will take place in the com- Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.
passing that it was made some 10 of the watertube type at a pressure mands of White Star liners, notably years before the invention of the of, say, 500 lb per sq. in. and a
Southampton and New York service, heavy-ell compression-ignition en- temperature of 750 F., each boiler of the "Big Three" running on the Captain E. R. White, who is at gine-but as Sir Alfred Ewing em- having its own pulverising mill
in command of the present phasised, it was falsified by the and fitted also for burning oil as In such 1 invention of the steam turbine, an alternative fuel.
Majestic, will retire, and the ship which has not only added appre-scheme there would be no untried will be taken over by Commander einbly to the overall efficiency elements, but the combination of E. L. Trant, R.D., R.N.R., who will, the elements would be experimen-be transferred from the Olympic. Marseilles & London.
which can be obtained by the use Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre, of external combustion as in the tal and a conclusive demonstration Lieut.-Commander J. W. Binks, Jamour, Rotterdam & Antwerp steam generator, but has made of its advantages can be obtained R.D., R.N.R., at present in com-.
"&
possible the building of units only by testing it out on a large mand of the Adriatic, will become Kombay Mat London.
Captain which for power will probably re-scale in aca-going ships trading on captain of the Olympic. main for a very long time far in more than one route. In view of excess of anything of which the the change in the relative values Internal combustion reciprocating of coal and oil, an experiment of this kind might well be worth mak- engine is capable.
ing.-Shipbuilding.
CARTHAGE 15,000 12th 'Mar. RAJPUTANA 17,000 20th Har. *BURDWAN 4,500 2nd Apr.
CORFU
15.000 9th Apr. RAWALPINDI 17.000 23rd Apr. RANPURA
17,000 7th Kay 15.000 21st May 17,000 .4th June -10,000 18th Jung KAISAR-I-HIND) 12,900 2nd July 17,000 18th July 11,000 30th July RAWALPINDI † 17,000 18th Aug. RANPURA
CHITRAL
RANCHI NALDERA
RAJPUTANA MANTUA
& London. Bombay, Bombay, Marseliles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & Londen. Bombay, Marseilles & London. By Marseilles & Bumbay, Marseiller & London. & London. Bambay, Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & Londen. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 11,000 10th Sept. 1 Bombay, Marseilles & London. *Cargo only. †Calls Casablanca. Calls Djibouti. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers' and Cargo to Con- tapople, Pireaus, Smyrns and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
MALWA
17,000 27th Ang.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
SIRDHANA
TILAWA
SANTHIA TALMA
1981.
8,000
14th Dec.
10,000 26th Doc. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
3 p.
1932. 8,000 7th Jan. 110,000 1 22nd Jan.)
•
There is, however, another very important consideration which is still tending to falelfy Bramwell's prophecy and that is the economic question of coal versus oil. The importance of coal to the economie position of this country has led to a vast amount of investigation into the possibilities of using the solid fuel in preference to the liquid in spite of the fact which must always be admitted that the oil engine is capable of turning a far greater proportion of the heat of its fuel into work than is the steam engine. On the other hand in this country as well as in very many other
coal is substantially less than that of oil for the same quantity of
B.L. Apcar Linc steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st parts of the world-the cost of and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). hent, and it is to be noted that
NANKIN NELLORE
TANDA
7,000
1939 2nd Jan.
7,000 30th Jan.
recent economic changes in this. country must tend to widen the
Siuni, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney gap between the two, in favour of coal which is bunkered at home ports, so that the appen made by the lecturer for a re-establishment
A Melbourne –
! 7,000 4th Mar. 1
Regular monthly sallings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan of the ancient connection between and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days,
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New.
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco; ete.
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 Loodan via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
SANTHIA KARMALA
CHITRAL TALMA NELLORE
*KALYAN TAKADA KASHMIR KASHER *50UDAN NALDERA NAPH TANDA CARTHAGE BURDWAN RAJPUTANA CORFU RAWALPINDI *SOMALI
1921
8,000 18th
1932.
9,000 18th
Dec. | Amoy, Shai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Dec. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohania.
15,000 fat Jan.
10,000
Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.. Amoy, Mojl. Kobo & Osaka. Shol, Moll, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
1st Jan. 7,000 4th Jan. 9,000 Oth Jan. 7,000 16th Jan. 9,000 €.800 16,000
7,000 8th Feb. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. 15,000 12th Feb. Shanghai,
Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Moll, Kobo & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
15th Jan.
26th Jan. 29th Jan.
Shanghai, Kobe &
Yokohama.
& Yokohama *o
0,500 21st Feb. Shangkal, Kabe & Yokohama.
2015 17,000
Feb. 15,000 11th
Mar. 17,000 24th 6,800 5th
Apr.
17.000
Mar
Kobe
Shanghai, Kahe &
& Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Yokohama, pha. Kobe &
Kobe & Yokohama 7th Apr. 1 15,000 21st Apr..Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
28th Apr. Shanghal, Kobo 0.500
Yokohama. 20th Apr 17,000 5th May Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. NALDERA
10,000 19th May Shanghal, Moji, Kobo & Yokohama.
Juno KAIBAR-I-HIND |18,000 2nd
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. RAJPUTANA 17,000 16th June Shanghai, Kobe, & Yokohama. *BOUDAN
€,800 28th June Shanghai; Kobe & Yokohama.
RANPURA CHITRAL
BANGALORE RANCHI
* Cargo only.
&
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice, All Cablus are fitted with Electric Fans or Punka Louvre System, Steamers or London and Australan 'Lines are fitted with Laundries, Parcels measuring not more than 5 es. It will be received at the Com-- pany's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further information, Passage.
Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agents.
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Ed. C. Hong Kong.
SHIPBUILDING SLUMP,
British Output Lowest Since 1887.
J. B. Bulman will retire from the the command of the Homeric, and will be succeeded by Captain F. A. Frank from the Calgaric, Captain! E. Davies, of the Baltic, will also! retire, and Captain Hume, of the Laurentic, will succeed him; while Captain Jackson, of the Doric, will be transferred to the command of the Laurentic. Captain W. Quinn has been appointed to the command of the Ionic.
tember 30 shipping under construc- During the quarter ended Sep.
New oilfields over a vast area tion in Great Britain amounted to have been discovered at Petitjean only 417,385 tons. This is lower and Soul-el-Arbs, Morocco,
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER HAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slip- way and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Tel. 20459. Town Office: 54, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong.
Kowloon Tel. 57000. Shipyard: Shim-shui-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong. Aprit 1, 1924.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS : Telegrams: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020.
Telephone:
KOWLOON DOCK 18053.
"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.
Un Lloyds
approved
Cast
Elteel
Manufac..
turers,
T.S.S. "EMPRESS OF JAPAN."
In No. 1 Dock, Dimensions:-666′0′′ .Q_A. x 88′8′′ ± 48′6′′ Mid. 26,000 tons Gross.
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways.
Harbour
Call Flags
Engineer:
"K."
Boller-
maker
ww
Shipwright
The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700′0′′ x 88′0′′ x 30′6′′ over sill, ELW. O.S..T. Balvage Tug "Heary Kenwick" 2,000 LILF, Wireless Call Signal V.P.B.T. and Flag Call Signal T.HQB. Sheerlegs capable of, lifting 80 tons.
Codes Used: Al, A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering, First and second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and Watkins.
Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Managır,
***R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MJNA, Kowloon Docks, Hongkong,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 12, 1931.
SPECIAL ROUND
TRIP FARES
TO
EUROPE.
WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE
To San Francisco, Los Angeles
& New York via Panama. 'The Sunshine Beit via
Honolulu
To Seattle & Vistoria.
The Short, Straight Boute to America
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesday: Fortnightly eating on Budaya.
Pres. Wilson Pres. Hoover Pres. Jackson
.Dec. 22 Pres. Madison..........Dec. 13, 8 ...Jan. 5
Pres. Clevel; ......Dec. 27 ...Jan. 19 Pres, Taft
...Jan 10
£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe via
United States, Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Chotee of rail lines across United States and
Canada, liberal stopover privileges for sight-seeing.
„ROUND_TRIP_FARE_TO_EUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples
. Marseilles London
Full particulars upon application, EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD.
$132. 5.0d.. £181. 0.0d.. £159.15,00
Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Munila, Straits, Colembe. Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples. Genca. Marrollies, New York and Boston,
..
a..
Pres. Harrison...Dec. 18, 8 Prea. Pierce ... .Jan. 10, 8 Pres. Hayes ......Dec. 27, 8 Pres. Monros .Jan. 24, 8 TO MANILA Pren. Harrison Dec. 19, 8 a.m. Pres. Hayes ........Dec. 27, 9 am. Pres. Wilson ... Dec, 15, 6 p.m. Fres, Hoover ... Dec. 29, 6 p.m. Pres. Cleveland Dec, 19, 6 p.m. Pres. Toft .....Jan. 2, 6 p.m.
CANTON BRANCH:-4. SHA KEP STREET.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
WILHEUNGEST
EXPRESS
PARNA
THE
SERVICE
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
TRANS-PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE
via PANAMA. NEXT SAILING
M.V. "TAI PING"
on DECEMBER 17th.
for
4
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.
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR DEC, 1931 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 pm, Wuchew 8 p.m.
Arrive Wuchow
Steamer
Leaves Hour Kons
TAI HING BUN. TAI HING THURS. TAI MING SUN, TAI HING TUES, TAI MING FRI. TAI HING MON. TAI MING WED.
18th TUES. 17 SAT. 204 TUES, 22nd THURS. 25th SUN. 28th WED.
20th/ FRI.
Lenten
Arri:es Wachow Rons Kort.
*18th
21st
26th
:
20lb
1st
Ard
15th TUES. 16th WED. 19th SUN. 20th MON. 22nd WED. 24th FRI
23rd THURS. 24th **25th SAT. 27th MON. 28th TUES.
2011 THURS, 31st FRI,
180 SAT, 2nd BUN.
Regular Bervice of Fast, High Class River. Steamers having good Accommodation for First Class Passengers Electric Light and Fans in State-rooms and Baloon. The s, "Tai Hing is At- ted with Wireless,
Ports of Call-Bamshel, Shulking, Takhing & Doshing. Fares Return (ant including meals) $20.00. Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board. Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing, Wharf.
For Information apply to
20, Connaught Road, Wrat, SANG WO
Phone 2089).
Co.,
Ltd.,
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