THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1921.
DODWELL & COMPANY, LD.
STEAMSHIP SERVICES
Begalar Salling to
NEW YORK &/OR BOSTON
via Sisa or Panama Canale at Owasṛs' Option.
S.E. "BOWES CANTLE"
LLOYD
alling on or about 15th May,
TRIESTINO
For BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE, Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for LEVANT, BLACK SEA & DANUBE
PORTS.
FIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo is also accopted for this port on through B/Lading
S.S. "TRIESTE "
sillag on or about April #Pad.
8.8. "PERSIA "
salling on or about May 15th.
FOR SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
5.S. "PERSIA "
'sailing on er about 19th April.
Passengers' Luggage can be insured at the Ofice of the Agents.
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NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.
TAKING Cargo on theqagh. Bills of Lading for SOUTH AFRICAN FORTE
with transhipmen at CALCUTTA,
in conjunction with the
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.“ AND APUAB LINES,
for Fraight or Frange on any of the above Lines apply to:---
DODWELL & 00.
Agent
LTD.
N. Y. K.
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA
BAILINGS FROM MOROZOIG SEKIRIA DO AKTERIZIOR..
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OUR LONDON LETTER. THE COAL MINERS' - LATEST DEMAND ON THE COUNTRY.
WHY CHEAPER FUEL 18 VITALLY NECESSARY,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]", LONDON, March 3rd.
FRIENDLY GERMANI
The Gormans are quite amiable and willing to converse with anybody who changes to come along. The bright young men from Floct Street who have sought interviews have been received in friendly fashion, though nothing has been said by the delegates to add to the wisdoin or gaiety of nations. They appreciate their quarters; indeed, they have even entered THE COAL INDUSTRY,
a mild protest that they are being enter At the time of writing there is anxiety tained too lavishly and asked for simpler about the future of the British coal-min | fare. They are not used to such high ing industry. Goveringent control of Diving, they said! the mines ceases at the end of March.choss CHANNEL AIR SERVICES, after which date, it is presumed; the mine-owners and the workers will carry it is tolerably safe to say no service can In the present stage of nerial transport on under arrangements to be mutually
digi
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
HAIPHONG HOIHOW.... MOJI & KOBE via BHANGRAT SHANGHAI via SWATUW ... MANILA
TIENABIN...
149
STRAITS & CALCUTIA .. BANGKOK via SWATOW SANDAKAN
BHANGHAI
"LOKSANG" Wed, 20th April, 9am *KUMBANG Thurs. 31st April, D'ight. "HANGSANG" Fri Sind april, D'ugat * TEUNSANG" Fr, 22nd April 3D
CHIPSHING Tues., 23rd April D'light "KWAIBANG "Sat., 23rd April, 4 p
KWONGENG Tuos, 28th April Dlight "HINSANG ...Tuas, 26th April, Noon, "HOPHANG Fri, 29th April, light..
CALCUTTA, LINE :~~Thli" Line afforda" regular sillage to Calcutta, Penang and
Singapore; returning from Calcutta steamers proceed vis Strait And Hongkong to Japan, ocmatenally calling at Shanghai, All steamers have exsellbus passenger accommodation, aru Etted with Electrie Light and Fans and carry a fully-ovallded Surgeon LINE:-Sallings, approximately: every dva days between Cantor and Shanghal, sometimes calling at 8watow, Through sicknis csa be obtained and through Bill of Lading are farand to all Northern and Fangtae Porta via Shanghai. LINE:-A Tekly service is maintained with Mania by vermis with good.
passenger accommodation, walings from both ports »very Friday. LINE:—Sailinge approximately weekly for passengers and cargo,
calling at Hoihow when Inducement offers, LINK: Ons ling
1998 Dar
HAIPHONG
BORNEU
settled. The date fixed for financial der paying proposition if reliance is geney) Act is August 31st next, hit the freights and passenger fares. One of the control under the Coal Mines (Emer-placed entirely on revenus from goils Government are determined to get out services between London and Paris of the business five months earlier
was discontinued somo months ago, and From one point of view this decision this week the Handley Page Company is to be welcomed, as official management have been compelled to take a similar. SHANDRAI has led to muddling and a vast increase French fares and rates, which has lan step. The deciding factor wa cut in in wages, which the country has had to pay in enhanced prices for coal for all made practicable by the increased Govern- purposes. For a time the profits made
ment subsidy to civil aviation France MANILA, on exported con formed a pool, out of his subsidy is said to amount to nearly which the least preductive mines were 600.000 a year, as compared with E, subsidised, but this pool is now exhaust-allotted by the British Government for ext, and mine-owners are not disposed to a similar purpose. continue any such arrangement.The. The French aviation firms announce minera, however, insist that the wealtbier revised, fares which take effect at once mines should help the poorer ones, as and permit travellers to journey from this would tend to keep up the general Paris to London, or rice very at a TIENTSIN level of wages throughout the whole of guineas a head, while goods raten the industry.
down from 1s to Tid. per poand.
Are BANGKOK Mr. Handley Page states that his firms has to charge ten guiners a head to enable the service to pay, and, therefore, he could not face the French competition. The British aerodromes will now hos used by French. "Belgian and Dutch aviation firms,
THE DANGEL OF SURTHER TROUILLE
The danger is that, unless some working basis is found as between the owners and the wen before de-control becomes effec. tive at the end of the month, the industry may drift into a strike of a lock-out. Wo see conflicting interests and opporing forcea The Government schemes for a reorganisation of the coal industry, about which so much has been heard ever since the Armistice, have all been dropped. This brings the owners and the men face
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There is ground for real regret that the Handley-Page enterprise is at as end in respect to the cross-Channel service. It was maintained in all wenthers, wet or fine, and aften in spite of severe gales
those built to the order of the Chinese Government by Messrs. Handley-Page for aerial transport in China, EXIT THE AIRSHIP.
to face, as it were. The former are.#p-.The giant planes in us were similar to parently anxious to get back to pre-war conditions in spite of obvious disadvant ages: And the miners are determined, if they can; to enforce the inaintenance of the existing wages scale that they wrung from the Government, regardless now as bitherto of how the money they demand is to be obtained- that is to say, whether at the expense of the country's trade at
of British consumer..
SEATTLE & VICTORIA or VANCOUVER via Manila, Shanghai behor or out of the pockets
a Japan porta
Cargo to Overland Pointe U.S. in connection with Great Northern Northern Pacie
and Chicago, Milwaukee & Et. Paul Ballwayi. KASHIMA MARU (omfiting Manila)
•
... Wednesday, 20th Apr., a 11 min. Friday, eth May, at 11 am,
31st May, at 11 am. 17th Jane, at 11 am
The minera latest proposal, coolly put forward by one of their leaders, Mr. Frank Hodges, is that there shall be no | attempt to keep the industry self-support- ing, but that the rest of us shall be taxed to pay the owners' profits and also to keep the miners in comparative affluence as a privileged industrial class EXPLOITED THE COUNTRY.
LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suer ever, of Mr. Hodges's plan being accept-
JUWA MARU ...
JOSHIMI MARU (omitting Manila) .. KATORI MABU --
at
***
Tuesday, Friday.
Port Said and Marseilles.
INABA MARU
Friday,
ર
KAMO MARU
Friday,
IYO. MARU
Fri lay.
Friday:
HAMBURG, LONDON, HULL &
+
LIVERPOOL & MARSEILLES via Sues.
ATSU FA MAKUTMTM.
'MATSUYE MARU
29th Apr, at 11 Am 13th May, at 11 km. -27th May,...xt=11-dm" 10th Jane, at 11 am
ROTTERDAM.
Friday,
28th April.
With regard to flying another impor tant announcement was made this week in connection with the estimates submit- ted to Parliament for the Royal Air Force. The British authorities hava, de
initely decided to abandon the ginnt air- ship. Mr. Churchill, who is still See- retary of State for Air" in spite of his translation to the Colonial Offier, has issued a statement with the estimates which says, speaking for the Admiralty fighting purposes at considerable expense The maintenance of sucli n servio: for would have involved a diminution of effort on services of which the fighting value has been more fully demonstrated.”
There is not the slightest chance, how.
The plain English of this is that the ed. On the face of it, nothing could be Government advisers are prepared to rely more preposterous than to levy a tax on on the aeroplane in preference to the air- the whole community in order to benefit ship. We entered the war without the ona. section of organised Inbour The latter, and in the curly days the GarmÁNS
Festminster Gaselte, at all
made us suffer by the bombing of Eug lish towns. These attacks were quite futile for military purposes, and although Zeppelins were useful later for sea scouting they proved too vulnerable to be really effective auxiliaries TO Plect. The aeroplane was developed till it surpassed the airship in utility for all purposes.
towards the legitimate claims of Labour, points out very truly that the miners have exploited to the last penny, and to several pennies over, the favourable circumstances in which the war placed them, without much regard for the well- being of their fellow-countrymen. The
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY vis Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday miners indignantly protested against the
Island, Townsville & Brisbane.
NIKKO MARU
AKI MARU
TANGO MARU
NEW YORK via Buez,
YAMAGATA MARD-
401
19th Apr. at 11 am. 17th May, at 11 am. 21st June, av li a.m.
Tuesday,
Tuesday, Tuesday,
Middle of May.
Beginning
Friday, Tuesday,
SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS vis 'CAPE,
KAWACHI MARU
BOMBAY & COLOMBO vis Bingapore,
WAKASA MABU HAKATA HARU ...
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of May
22nd April. 3rd May.
CALOUTTA & BANGOON Tis Singapore & Penang.
JAPAN POETS—Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama,
TANGO MARU
Tuesday,
IM
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
AWA MARU”
-17th May, at 11 am
Monday, 25th April
For further information apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone No. 271 & 292.
B. YASUDA, Manager,
NANYO YUSEN KAISHA
.4
(The South Sea Mail 8.8. Co., Ltd.) REGULAR FREIGHT & PASSENGER SERVICES
BETWEEN
JAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA.
--FOR JAVA.
Ports of call:-Batavia, Samarang, Soerabaya, Macassar and Balikpapan.
SAMACASBAR MARÜ"
FOR JAPAN.
sailing on or about 30th April.
Ports-of-call-Moji-Kobe and Yokohama.
8.8 "BAMARANG MARU”
BORNEO MARU”-
83.
For further particulars please apply
-ON-BALR:
DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG
BEEKLYPRESS, January to Jans
10303
ale fit the Horokoro-DarKU. PROJ DO
salling on or shans 25th April; salling on or abons. 8th May,
K. SUZUKI, Manager, :
-No.35, Queen's Koad Central
--[767-
VETARZO
PLELE
says
country benefiting out of the exCCES Pro- fits of the export trade last year."
The Admiralty veto on airships does the paper How, then, can they main not, however, dispose of the point res- tain that the country is under any obliga. Pecting the utility of airships buils for
Civilian transport. tion to keep up profits and wages at ang question has yet to be decided in the That most interest- arbitrarily selected level 1!!
light of fuller knowledge than is at pres sent available, and by the crucial test of experience.-H.B..
The miners are certainly not the people to expect to get preferential treatment now that trade depression has overtaken them in common with the rest of the Want they have to come to is
Country of the fact that wages do
TRADE PROSPECTS.
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
bear some relation to the cost of the article to produce, which wages are paid. That is a fact they have ignored in the demands made again and again for more pay. Now, trade in the country has fallen off partly as a result of dear coal A great deal of harm has been done which put up prime costs in every directo the industries of this country by the tion, and the slump in trade has reacted great mood of pessimism which has on the cont fields as less coal is required. Ceoil Harmsworth, M.P., Under-See- vailed in some important quarters. "said Consequently, thousands of miners are out of employment. The number out of work in South Wales in the Cardiff dis trict this week is 20,000, and this is only a beginning.
Moreover, the price of home-conmined coal is still rising; and we are no longer able to sell in foreign markets except at a loss. The excessive rate of wages ob tained under Government control of the coal industry is the basic cause of many. present cconcinie evils from which we are all suffering. Cheaper coal is absolutely | necessary to restart our industricaĀ drop of £1 a ton on coal means 24 a ton off the price of stool. The price of fuel is the crux of the problem in every branch of industry.
retary of State for Foreign Affairs, at the annual banquet of the Luton Chamber of Commerce at the Midland Grand Hotel on February 18th. Looking abroad on a whole, he added, he had the world no hesitation in affirming that the chief interests of Great Britain were now what they had always been-peace first, second, and last. They all realised that so long as a large part of the world was lying virtually fallow there could be no return to the piping days of prosperity which we enjoyed in the past. It was only in Ireland that our prestige was not at its. highest and where our interference was not desired. Our prestige among the na tions of the world was unique. He be lieved it to be unchallengeable, and it. London continues to be the rendezvous depended not so much on the skill of our of men of many nations, and never ha diplomats as on the name for honesty that it been so cosmopolitan as at present. the manufacturers and merchants of this Many visitors arrived for the British In-country had conferred upon the British dustries Fair from practically every coun. nation. (Cheers)
FOREIGNERS IN LONDON.
try in: Europe, except the lato Central Mr. F. G. Kollaway, M.P. Minister Empires and Russia, and also from for Overseas Trade, said he was optimis Canada and the United States. In additic about, the trade of Great Britain. Ro tion, we have an important business mis-ports reaching him showed that we had sion under the auspices of the Union des reached the worst and that the tide was Interests Economiques de France, which on the turn, and that was particularly is fraternising with the British Commoti so with regard to the outlook within the wealth Union, and includes, & former Empire. The prospects of the trade, Cabinet Minister of the Republic, and a within the Empire were more promising contingent of Senators and deputies, than the prospects in any other part of The principal-hotels are crowded with the world (Applause.) Ons resson members of the various delegations who why we had lost markets in which we had have come here in connection with the practically a monopoly, and lost ground Reparations Conference In the aggrein
in other markete, was that our high cost gate they compose quite an army in them of production made.competition impos selves, with their respective staffs of secretaries, clerks, ehorthandwriter, typiats, and various other understrap pera-of-officialdom. They are: all-main fained while in this country at the er Pense of the British Government. The Germans are quartered at the Savoy, and definite date for delivery on account the fact that they are at one of the finest of strikes and threatened atrikes. If we hotels in Europe is accounted for by their lost foreign markets it was the workers number. The double delegation of Turks who were hit We wore bound to lose. arrived before them, and a nong of the foreign markete-if-ro could not compete, Fallien would Ay with the unspeakable and under the conditions which had been visitors from Constantinople and Angora "existing for months pasty them power of the German delegation was put in with competition had been seriously handicap- them at the Bavoy
sible That was not due to high wagen, but the fact was that for high wages they had not got a fair return "in labour. (Hear, hear.) Contracte-worth £10,000,000 had been lost to the country because the exporters were unable to give.
LINE
month between Honglong and Sandakan by a steamer baring up-to-date accommodation for parvengers, Carge taken on through Bills of Lading for Kasday, Jesmeltam Labuan, Tawao and Labad Datu
gals: service is ran from Marok so November between Bongkang and Tienwly, calling us Welhafwel 'und Chaire: LINE-A weekly sorries, is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok, via Swatow, by four steamers fitted with rip-to-dats passenger accommodation.
CALCUTTA
LINE:
3.4. "KWAISANG” will be despatched on or about Saturday, Apr., 23rd, 3 p.m. for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA,“
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, FORT SWET.
TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIËS,
For Freight or Passage apply to-
TELEPHONY Se,'115.
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,
GLEN
GENERAL MANAGERS
AND
SHIRE
Joint Service of Steamers.
U.K.-STRAITS,
Vessel
8.S. "GLENIFFER " 8.3. "GLENGYLE”
Vessel
8.8. "CARNARVONSHIRE
CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.
'OUTWARDS,
'HOMEWARDA, Loures Hongkong
22nd Apr.
Dae Hongkong
19th April. 9th May.
GHOL, LONDON & Bezterdam,
Movemeam nen rubject 'de ökangs-wiskont nozion. Bos freight or further parštomları please apply tod
Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., The Glen Line, Ltd., AGESTS.
Tel. No. 91 rab. 5. ex. 23, and 2606.
Cable Address
Kawakisen, Kobe,
Bentley's A.B.C. 8th Ed.
and Scott's Coder.
KAWASAKI
KISEN
Telephone : Sannomiy
"(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP Co.)
16
KAISKA
CAPITAL PAID-UP.. $120,000,000
President M, Y.-Kawarazz Vice-Preddent Mr. K. MatsuKAYA,, Managing Director Mr. Masaya Axe
The Compery has on hand a Large Number of
CARGO STEAMERS.
NEW
ALWAYS READY FOX CHARTERS of _all_descriptions.
The following are comprised in the Company's Tioski
Eleven steamers of 8,100 tons each deadweight,
“Azë urieg, the Company's mazagizazi po
Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight ssch Two steamers of about 8,400 tons deadweight each (Helonging to the Kawarald Dockyard On. Ltd.)
other particulars apply is the KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA!