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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.
*MIRZAPORE
-t†*BHUTAN
RAJPUTANA MANTUA **SOUDAN
RAWALPINDI RANPURA
*BURDWAN,
MALWA
RANCHI ***SOMALI
CARTHAGE
NALDERA
*t*BANGALORE
RAJPUTANA
From
TORS
Hour Kor About
1932.
Destination.
6,700 7th July Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
4 p.m. *6,000 9th July Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre,
H'burg, R'dam, Awerp & Hail 17,000 18th July Bombay, Marsellies & London. 11,000 30th July Bombay, Marsellion & London.
6,800 6th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles, London, Hayss 17,000 13th Ang.
& London. 17,000 27th Aug. Marseilles & London.
6,800
3rd Sept.
Adam, Antwerp & Hall,
& London.
་
Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Rombay. Mar Antwerp & Huil Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg. 8th Oct. Botterdam, Altwerp & Hall.
11.000 10th Sept. 17,000 24th Sept.
6,800
1st Oct.
14,000 16,000 22nd Oct. 6,500 29th Oct.
17,000 5th Nov.
Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles & London, Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull, Bombay, Marseilles & London.
*
*Cargo only. † Calls Casablanca. Calls Djibouti. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargó to Con stantinople, Piresus, Smyrna and other Levant Porte by steamers of the
Khedivial Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
1932.
TAKADA SIRDHANA TILAWA
7,000 11th July 8,000 24th July 10,000
Singapore, Penang á Calentta.
8th Aug.
THE CHINA MAIL
SHIPOWNERS MAKE THE LATEST FRENCH
PROTEST.
Complaint Against Heavy Charges.
Nanking, June 10. Reduction of the 'fees prescribed by the Shipping Law for the re-
WARSHIP.
Light Cruiser That Is Heavily Armed.
Brest, May 21.
SUEZ CANAL COMPANY.
Lower Charges. As
Relief to Shipowners.
At the seventy-eighth annual France's new 10,000 ton cruiser, general meeting of the Suez Canal gistration of ships is urged by the the Algerie, was launched to-day Company, held in Paris the preal- Shanghai Shipowners Guild in tele- from the Government shipyards at dent, the Marquis de Vogue, referr- graphic petitions submitted to the Point-du-Jour, Brest, after having ed to the inevitable result of the world trade depression on the ac- Executive Yuan and the Ministry been built in 14 months. of Communications.
This is the tenth cruiser to be tivities of the company, which, after The petition points out that ac-laid down by France under the an improvement during the Arst siz It montha, showed a decline from July Washington Naval Treaty. cording to the Shipping Law, ship- owners, must register their new differs from the other nine in onwards. The figures for the full ships, either newly constructed or general line and construction, and year exhibited a fall in tonnage of newly purchased, with the Ministry in the strength of its protection per cent, as against 1950, and of |10 per cent against 1929.· This of Communications. For such re- against artillery and aircraft. gistration, a fee equivalent to 4 per
The Algerie is one of the most diminution in the volume of tonnage quite mille of the value of the ship is heavily armed light cruisers in should be considered, as charged. Moreover, the Shipping the world, being equipped with moderate in the circumstances, and Law provides that where a mort-eight 8-inch and eight 3.9-inch was, in fact, distinctly favourable, gage has been created on a ship as guns. Her engines develop 100, having in mind the decreased acti- security for a debt, the ship-000 horse-power, giving a speed offvity throughout the world. Their owner, that is, the mortgager, must 82 knots. Three seaplanes will be company was particularly well plac also register such mortgage with carried, and two catapults are pro-ed when compared, with others whose profits were directly depen- the Ministry. A registration fee vided for launching them. equivalent to 2 per mille of the With one funnel and one mast, dent on the volume of goods carried. amount of the mortgage debt is the Algerie presents a novel a shipping companies, hard hit by the As a measure of relief to the
charged.
Infant Industry.
The petition points out that the shipping industry in China is still in a state of infancy. While, even in advanced Western countries, Bubaidies and other forms of en- |couragement are given to the ship- ping Interests; prohibitive registra- tion fees are being enforced in China where shipping needs every possible encouragement and prefer- ential treatment from the Govern- ment.
Moreover, the petition empha- sizes, the Provisional Constitution contains an express provision re- quiring the Government to encour-
What is mast is A
crisis, the directors had made cer-
pearance in her class. normally the rear stump for carrying the wireless tain temporary reductions in the aerial. The deck is specially, pro- transit charges as from November tected against bombs dropped by 15 last. The traffic receipts aircraft.
had,
UNWANTED SEA SERPENT
Dutch Captain Who Found It in Java Bay.
therefore, felt in 1981 the double affect of the de- cline in traffic and of de- creased rates. They were happily| able to reap the benefit of the efforte made during years of prosperity for the improvement of the canal, and could now considerable reduce their efforts without in any way compromising the ease and safety of navigation. Already in 1981 ex- penditure on this account showed a noticeable reduction.
Naples, June 2. Captain Bassum, of the Dutch In view of the circumstances age and promote the shipping in-ship Sianter, is shocked to find that which had caused the decrease in dustry. Instead of assisting, the nobody wants the authentic ses ser-profits, they felt fully fustified in Government has imposed registra pent he found in Java Bay and has taking from the extraordinary re- tion fees calculated to hamper the been offering it to every aquarium serve, built up during the years free development of the industry. at the porta between Java and when the frane was depreciated, the
Regarding the registration fees Naples.
Bum of 50,000,000 francs, which
for mortgages, the petition draws The serpent la nearly 4 ft. long, would allow them to fix the gross attention to the fact that as a result and looks very much like the land revenue at fra. 505 per capital of the colossal losses inflicted by variety of serpents, except that it share. Further, the statutory re- the recent
Shanghai hostilities, has fins. Since it was caught it has serve would remain intact at 200,- many shipowners have been com- lived in a tank all to itself, where 000,000 francs, a sum very consider- pelled to mortgage their ships for Captain Bassum kept the water be ably in excess of the amount fixed the purpose of obtaining loans with tween 82 and 88 degrees Fahrenheit. by the statutes of the company. which to carry on their operations. "Everybody has been interested The situation still remained uncer If 2 per mille of the amount of the in it; but nobody wants it," he said tain and it could only be hoped that loans obtained has to be surrend-ruefully. "And to think that for the regrettable tendency of almost ered as registration fee, how can years learned men have argued all the countries of the world to live they bear such a crushing burden? about whether sea serpents exist or in economic Isolation would be
Without Parallel
not, and now they have got it alive speedily abandoned.
The report and accounts were The petition further points out they won't take it.” that no registration fees were The expense of providing it with adopted. charged for mortgages on ships the proper food seems to be the main when the Customs authorities were reason for rejecting this rare, if not in charge of the matter. In fact, unique, specimen. Captain Bassum the petition claims, the imposition goes to New York from Gença, and B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for of other than a nominal fee for hopes to dispose of it there. 1st and 2nd class passengers,
the registration of ship mortgages is without parallel in other coun It is stated that a British com-
Brisbane. tries.
pany has proposed to the Egyptian The cutter Gullmarn, in which EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). Concluding, the petition urges Government to dry up Lake Mariut party of men and women is making that the registration fee for new land to relieve the port of Alexandria a voyage to Europe left Brisbane ships be reduced from 4 to 2 per by building there an. Inner harbour for the north. The party will ex- mille of the value of the ship, and a business town. This would plore the Barrier Reef and la not Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney & while registration fees for mort involve the laying bare of 500,000 due at Bowen for about a month.
Melbourne.
gages should be either completely square metres, the building of quays It is possible that the cutter will not jexempted or reduced to nominal and sheds, the dredging of a ship be in touch with the mainland dur-
eum.
(cana) and other extensive works. mg, this time.
NELLORE TANDA KANKIN
1932. 7,000 80th July 7,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 1st Oct.
Regular monthly salifngs from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan
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
Lealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
·
The P. & 0. Royal Mail Steamers to London, and
The P. & O. Branch Bervice of steamers to London via Buss,
The New Zealand Shipping Com vany's steamers for Bouthampton and London, via Panama Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan -
BAWALPINDI *KASHMIR TILAWA
BURDWAN TALMA
RANDURA
TANDA
SANTHIA
*SOMALI
MALWA
TAKADA RANCHI
BIRDHANA CARTHAGE *BANGALORE NALDERA
RAJPUTANA
1912.
June to Sept.
17,000 14th July Shanghai, Kobe, & Yokohama.
Shanghai, Koji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amey, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama,
8,000 14th July 10,000 18th July 6,500 27th July 10,000 28th July
7,000 8.000 11th Aug
17.000 28th July at Kobe & 19 9movi
5th
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Read Mojl, Köba, Ung
'Osaka '&' Y’hema. Holl, Hobe & Tokohama. Moll, Kobe & Fox
& Tokohama. ope & Yokoham
11,000 11th Aug.
6,800 $28rd Aug
26th Aug. Amo7 Bhai Moll, Koba & Osaka. 5th Aug. Shanghai,
Va TokohamÍS.
8.000/ 8th Bept Amoy Molly Kobe
6,500 17th Sept 16,000 22nd Sept:
14,000 8th Begt: Shanghat Kobe & Tokohama. Shanghai, Koba. E. Tokohama, Shanghai, Moj}" Købe*&r Yokohama.. $17,000 8th Oct, Shanghai,” Kobe"&" Yokohama
Cargo only
D
CUTTER GULLMARN
Voyage From Australia to Europe
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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1932.
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILINGS
Weekly Sailings Transpacific
TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK
via PANAMA.
TO SEATTLE
and VICTORIA.
Fortnightly saltings on Tuesdays. Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays. Pres. Wilson ....July 5 at Noon Pres. Jeferson July 9, 1' .. Pres. Hoover
.July 19 Pres. Madison
July 23 Pres. Jackson
.Aug. 2 Pres. Cleveland
..Aug. 6 ROUND TRIP FARES TO EUROPE & AMERICA. Special through rates to Europe via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privi- Tegea for alght-seeing. Full particulars upon, application.
| Fortnightly via Suez to Europe & America
Fortnightly sailings on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
8 m. Pres. Adama .....Sun, July 19 Pres. Hayes Pres. Harrison Sun, July, 24 Pres. Plerce
TO MANILA
8 .Aug. 7
Aug 21
Next Sailing, Pres. Adams.. July 10, 8 a.m.
Pres. Hoover Pres.. Madison
...July 24 July 26
July 12 Pres. Harrison .......July 16. Pres. Jackson CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO,
ZAMBOANGA.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
CANTON BRANCH-No. 4, Shakee, Street.
MURIGE WA LINE
*
EXPRESS
PARAMA
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
call at SAN FRANCISCO and. LOS ANGELES en route,
Passengers desring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
42 Days To New York.
For Passenger and Freight information please apply:
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildings.
Talephone 25021.
Agents.
HONG KONG TIDES.
The time used is Standard, or madrid time of the meridian of 120 deg,
MISSING FISHERMEN
Brisbane
00h, la midnight, 12hrs is noon. The When notified of the presence of heights are referred to the datem of
the largest scale Admiralty chart of an upturned boat of Cockle Bay, they place, and should be added to the Magnetic Island recently, the pilot depths given on the chart unless pre-launch made a long but unsuccessful ceded by an asterisk (*)," when they search of the waters of the bay should be subtracted, from the depths. Three young men,
July 5 to 11, 1982 4
Stand
Young (terothers), Keneally, all of Bouth left in a saling fattia reef waters on Magne intending to return
been hea
bost
and Fred
wnsville, Kaiah: the
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