10
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
KAISAR-I-HIND
***BHUTAN
RAJPUTANA MANTUA ***SOUDAN
RAWALPINDI BANPURA **BURDWAN
MALWA
RANCHI ++*SOMALI
CARTHAGE
12,000
8,000
From
About
Hoa Kous
1932.
2nd July
Noon 9th July
17,000 16th July 11,000 80th July 8,800 8th Aug.
17,000 13th Aug. 17,000 27th Aug. 6,600 3rd Sept.
11,000 10th Sept. 17,000 24th Sept. 6,800 1st Oct.
14,000
8th Oct.
Destination.
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marsailles, London, Havre, Hbarg, E'dam, A'wap & Hull Bombay, Marsilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, London, Harre
e barg, R’terdam, Aufwerp & Hull,
Mardon.
Marseilles &
& London.
Marseilles, London. Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hall. Bombay, Marsailles & London. -Marseilles & London.
Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
*Cargo only. ↑ Calla Casablanca. Calls Djibouti. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Xhedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-ÄPCAR SAILINGS.
1932.
, *SANTHIA
.8,000 25th June
3 p.m. 7,000 11th July 8,000 24th July
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
TAKADA SIRDHANA
* Calls Rangoon,
TIPPING ON LINERS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Proposed Percentage on Fare,
Cruising on ocean liners in be- coming a popular way of spending a holiday. Most of the passengers will have no experience of that form of travel, and it is pointed out that they will have, considerable difficulty with that nightmare
of
NEW GUNBOAT FOR SHIPPING TRADE IN
CHINA STATION.
To Be Constructed by Thornycroft's.
H.M.S. MOORHEN NOW 10 YEARS OUT OF DATE.
Will Be Replaced By H.M.S. Sandpiper Next Year.
BRITAIN.
Company Chairman's Plea for Protection.
were even
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932.
JAPAN
ROUND TRIP TOURS
SPECIAL REDUCED
It
The assertion that British cargo boats were being gradually wiped out by foreigners with low-running costs at which British shipping could not live, was made by the chairman at the annual meeting on The decision of the Admiralty to May 20, of the British Steamships order the new shallow draft gun-Co. which runs a fleet of 21 vessels. Apart from the large number of goats for Chinese waters of Messrs.
Com- ships laid up, he doubted whether, John I Thornycroft and pany is another event in the keen at the existing low level of freights, making travellers, the tip, comments a rivalry of that concern with Messrs. British ships
Yarrows, of Scotatoun, a rivalry enough to cover depreciation, Home paper. It is suggested that which has gone on for many years was time that the public realised the shipping companies should in- now, says the Journal of Commerce. this encroachment, he said.
The chairman then urged protec- Not only have they been running stitute some system whereby might neck and neck with the construction for British shipping, adding against Britian, be obviated the ill effect of the tion and design of torpedo craft ever that as there were 35 nations who mental strain of the last day in'de-since the 'seventies, but when the discriminated ciding who is to be tipped and how shallow draft gunboat became pos-either by the reservation of certain much is to be given to each reci aible by the invention of the tun-trade-routes and extra customs port they dues or by subsidies, it was difficult pient. The proposal is that a per-nel stern in the nineties, centage should be charged on the found a further field. It is true to see what retaliation could be ap amount of the fare to meet service that Yarrows specialised in them plied, charges rather than the present ne-rather more strongly than Thorny- farious system. That would be a crofts, turning out the first of the HONG KONG TIDES. welcome relief, but would it work type for service in Egypt, but their
The time used is Standard, or mean any better at sea than on land? It rivals were hard on their heels.
In 1897 Yarrows built the Nighttime of the meridian of 120 deg. E. has not been a conspicuous success anywhere, but if something were ingale, Robin, Sandpiper and Salpe, 00h. Is midnight, 12hrs. Is noon. The done to get rid of this worry sea little nine-knot ships, of 65 tons, heights are referred to the datum of trips would become even more en-drawing 20 inches of water, and the largest scale Admiralty chart of and the place and should be added to the joyable than they are. What trou-Thornycrofts the Woodcock
depths given on the chart unless pre- Woodlark, 18-knot ships of ceded by an asterisk (*), when they bles most people is not the tipping
drawing two feet. should be subtracted from the depths. itself but the amount of it and the 150 tons, persons who are to be thus favour-Both types carried two six-pounder guns and machine guns, The Wood- ed.
cock and Woodlark completed, over 30 years' service before they were! withdrawn from the Navy List in 1928, when they had the distinc- tion of being the oldest vessels in Wed, Aghting commission in the British i
Thurs. Navy. The Woodlark was the first steamer of any size to navigate the Fri. difficult gorge of the Upper Yang- tsze River from Ichang to Chung- Sat. king.
Sun.
CONSIGNEES.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
The Steamship,
Temporary Lull
June 22 to 28, 1982.
High Water Low Water Standard Ht. Standard Ht.
Times
Н. М. Р. H. M
PA
Date
Times.
June
22
01 18 4.2 04 24 3.8}
11 18 7.6 18 58 0.4
23.
02 02
02 02 4.29b 12
05 12 9.7
12 04 7.1 19 41 0.8
24. 02 46 4.8 06 10 5.0
25 ..
12 45 6.5 20 25 12 45 6.0 ZU AD
36 9.8 4.4 03 30 19.25 5.6 21 04 13 .25
1.8
26.. 04 10.4.0 0
4. 09 06
9.6
14 00
21 38 2.0) 27.04 59 4.3 10 31 3.8 14 52 4.1 22 10 2.3
5.0 28.. 05 40
11 50 2.9 16 15 8.5 22 45 2.5
In 1901 Yarrows brought out the Men. 180-ton Teal and Moorhen, and in 1904 the 195-ton Widgeon on practi- Tues. cally the same lines. Then there **BENCRUACHAN "
was a lull in ships of this type un- Consignees of Cargo are hereby intil the war, when Yarrows prepar-\(Continued from previous Column.) formed that all Goods are being land.
more ciant, and the old Moorhen, of 1901, od at their risk into the hazardoused designs for very much and/or extra hazardous Godowns of powerful ships which were used in the last of the old type, is past per The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf the various centres particularly prime, so that the new ship is very and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or | Mesopotamia, and have drifted out welcome to everybody connected from the wharver delivery may be obto China. They have a displace with Chinese trade. tained.
to rent
The New Gunboat.
No claims will be admitted after the ment of 625 tons, a main battery of Geods have left the Godowns, and all two six-inchers and smaller pieces.
The new gunboat Sandpiper, the Goods remaining undelivered after and a speed of 14 knots, although order for which was given to the 27th June, 1932, will be subject 18 knots on trial was quite usual Mesars. Thornycroft, is the sixth | So many were ordered that it was vessel of this type to be built since impossible to turn them all out at the War. The 17 existing vessels Yarrow's yard, and they were built are all serving in China, 12 in the by various establishments.
Yangtaze flotilla and five in
All claims against the steamer mus be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 11th July, 1932, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godown where they will be examined on the 25th June, 1982, at 10a.m. by Messrs, Goddard & Douglas.
To comply with the General Bond- B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for ed Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attend- 1st and 2nd class passengers.
ance when damaged dutiable goods are examined.
No Fire Insurance has been effect jed,
Bills of Lading will be countersign. jad by,
CASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
NANKIN NELLORE TANDA
1932. 7,000 2nd July 7,000 30th July 7,000 2nd Sept.
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney &
Melbourne.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agenta, Hong Kong, 20th June, 1832.
the Since the war smaller ships have West River, and the bulk of them are been built to replace the veterans, usually known as Tigris gunboats, and Yarrows have been built to re- having been built in 1916-16 for place the veterans, and Yarrows work on the Tigris during the cam- have turned out Seamew, Ternpaign in Mesopotamis. There re- Gannet Petrel and Falcon at their mains in service, however, the old own designs, ships which have China gunboat Moorhen, completed). proved invaluable during the recent in 1901, and still flying the White troubles in the East, and which Ensign at Canton. As the age limit have been kept very busy escorting for such craft is 20 years, the merchantmen up and down the Moorhen should have been replaced rivers through the most troubled more than 10 years ago, but she areas. But their number is insuffi- must wait until the Sandpiper is
(Continued in next Column.) ready for service In 1983.
SUMMER FARES.......
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THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.
Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
5
42 Days To New York.
For Passenger and Freight information please apply:-
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildings.--.
Telephone 25021.
Agents.
Regular monthly sailings trom Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Austraila.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union 9.9. Company's stanemera to the United Kingdom vis New
Zealand, Vancouver, Ban Francisco, etc.
The P. & D. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch 'Servics of steamare to London via Buen
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.
*
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan
1932.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD,
Tulograme
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:
"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG- KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG MATICE 19828,
KOWLOON DOGK 58968. DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MAKINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,"
FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
On Linyda
June to Sept.
*SOUDAN BIRDHANA
MANTUA NELLORE TILAWA RAWALPINDI *KASHMIR *BURDWAN TALMA
6,800 28th June Shanghai. Kobe & Tokohama. 8,000 80th June Amoy Sal Moji Kobe Osaka.: 10,000 30th June Shanghai, Hoji, Kobe & Yokohama. 7,000 24th July Shat Hall, Kobe Osaka & Thamza. 10,000 14th July Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, a 17,000 14th July Shanghal, Lobe & Too
9,000 14th July Shangal, Moll Kobe 6,600 27th July Shangbal Moj, Kobe Yokohama. 20,000 28th July Amoy, S'hair Moji, Kobe- &
Cargo only,
All dates are” apps
T.S.S.
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
imate, and, subject to alteration, without notion,
Harbou
Call Flags
ipwright
SAILORS' INSTITUTE.
1,395 Seafaring Men Accommodated.
The hard tennis court, and the milalature golf course were well patronised.
During the year the Institute Steward arranged 128 Asociation football matches between ship and shore teams. "A small charge is made by the owners of the grounds, and is usually paid by In- the teams
The report of the Sailors stitute, Singapore, for the 1981 states.
year
On January 8, 1981, the whole of the grounds were fenced around with wire netting.
On June 1, 1981, the entertain-
The number of seafaring men ment allowance to the Missions to Seamen was Increased from $20 to who made use of the Institute from 40 per month, and an allowance
January 1, 1981, to December 31, of $15 per month was granted to Mrs. Abraham to provide refresh- 1981, was as follows:-
mente.
Boarders, Officers 842; Seamen
On August 31, 1981, repairs were 706; Extra beds, (not including commenced to the roof, and finish- boarders) 848. Total 1,895.
ed on September 21, 1931, The work was carried out by the The credit of the Institute on P.WDEX December 81, 1981, was $687.265.15, The value of charts and books in and in transit on December 81; 1981; was: $13,567. ~
On October 10, 1981, a cinema projector was purchased at a cost of 4850. Flims are lent free by the courtesy of Mr. Paul Verdayne of the Paramount Film Co. Compared
The total annual unbscriptions re- with previous years 'a saving of over
were $505,
the year a total
were: held
$1,000 will be effected in this re- spect during 1982
con-On December 18, a new Chubb
Safe was purchased at a cost!
Many.
ses, wand clothing