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Shipping News
LIGHTSHIPS
New Vessels For Old
Daily Statement. Clearances, Ships la Harbour, etc.
| NEWS FROM THE WATERFRONT
Freight And Asiatic Passenger Returns
(BY LONGSHOREMAN).
During the 24 hours ended at 9.00 a.m. yesterday, the freight returns, received from the Har-
bour Office, showed a fairly low tohriage movement.
Old friends are to become new friends to the sallorman, writes a correspondent in the "Manchester Guardian." About twenty light- ships are to be replaced by new versels which will bling him. be- cause 600,000 candle-power seems Σ very great light when one la looking for a navigable channel.
The total tonnage of general and that is the use of a lightship; cargo carried by vessels to the -to mark a navigable channel, Colony Wis 7,604 tons, with
carrying not like lighthouses. British steamers They are
tons. Through cargo for ports be- which give the seaman a know-
yond the Colony amounted to ledge of where he is. They mark a defnite passage which has to be followed if the navigator wishes tu be safe. Usually it is with a pilot board that one passes lightships,
FOG SIGNALS
|
BOA
4.420 tons, of which 1,427 tons were carried by British, steamers.
Astatic deck passengers entering the Colony during the twenty-four hours ended at 9.00 am. yesterday were 147, of which 107 from British steamers.
were
There were altogether nine arrivals of which four were, of British registry, the remainder being of other nationalities, while of the 12 departures, eight were Particulars as tol- British ships.
The lightships which are to be replaced by the Board of Trade are nearly all wooden ships. The new vessels are to be all steel, and they are to have a fog signal that will be heard forty miles away. This is rather an interesting point lows:- -how far away can a tog signal | Nationality be heard? The "Notice to Marl-
ners" informs all shipmasters that
a fog signal cannot be depended
on for distance That depends on atmosphere.
Mr. E. K. Chatterton "tells us that the first lightship was the Nore, and Robert Hamblyn and David Avery have established that the original ightship of 1723 was near by where the present light- ship is moored. In 1836 Trinity House wok charge of all light- houses and lightahlpa on the English and Scottish coasts, ex- cept those controlled by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
The
Clyde Trast now the Commis- stoners of Northern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights control their respective coasts, but any scheme they produce is first submitted to Trinity House, and the Board of Trade has the last word on the matter..
THE MEN ON BOARD
a
One cannot think of lighthouses and lightships without giving thought to the people who serve in them. It would be safe to say that 10 per cent of the people who ser ved in lightships, before the begin-
British Norwegian Japanese
Total
ARRIVALS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16.
Fukuken Maru Japanese stea.ner, 1.548 tons, Captain N. Hirose. from Canton, berthing 20 Osaka Shoten Kaisha's Wharf. -0. 8. K.
British steamer,
1,571
L'eut. St. Loubert Be. French str.. 3.469 tons. Capt. G. Sabouret, from Dunkirk via Haiphong. 'general carga, Kowloon Wharf,
--M. M. & Co. Selatan,
tons, Captain R. C. Creer, from Swatow, general cargo, berthing at Douglas Wharf.- Douglas & Co. Nanchang, British steamer, 1,188 Green, tona Captain P. J. from Canton, buoy No. B17-- B. & S.
Tak Sang. British steamer, 1,937
Tal
tons. Captain W. A. Balch, from Canton, buoy Na B2- 3. M. & Co.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
Yang. Norwegian steamer, 3,903 tons, Captain H. Aksel- sen, from Davao via Manila, general cargo. buoy No. A4.-- Dodwell & Co. Mabella, Norwegian steamer, 840
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Steamship
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PENINSULAR
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ORIENTAL SAILINGS
Marseilles & London. Mare, Havre, London, H'burg,
F'dam, A'warp, & Hull Bombay Marseilles & London MR'dam., Antwerp. & Hail
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Tonnage 2,323 9,349
332
tons, Captain Thorenfeldt, | NALDERA from Balgon, general cargo, *BEHAR berthing at buoy No. C1.- Thoresen & Co. Kwangchow, British steamer, 1.573
16,000
10th Feb. 27th Feb
eth Mar
8,000
Mar.
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20th Mar.
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9,000
97th Mar.
12,024
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17,000
3rd April
18,000
17th April
17,000
1st May
RANPURA
17,000
18th May
BAWALPINDI CORFU
17,000
19th May
14,500
12th June
• Cargo-only.
IN WIRELESS TOUCH
The following ships are expected to be in wireless communication with Hong Kong Radio:—
1
Azuchi Maru. Gaelsenau, Emp: of Russia. Toyohiko Maru. Stutt- gart, Nagara Maru. Empress of Asia. Cetus. Adria, Mary Moller. Brisbane Maru, | Hunshan Samarang Mari Toko Maru, Deucalion, Lieutenant St. Loubert- ble. Hong Kong Maru, Tricula. Conte Rosso,, Canton, Tjibadak.
Naldera.
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Maru,
MOVEMENTS
The P. and O. s.. Soudan left Singapore for this port on the 15th
CLEARANCES
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16.
"
Mirzapore for Singapore Tchekam for Hoihow Daisho Maru for Hongay Fog Shing for Canton Helikon for Salgon Seistan for Swatow " Lt. St. Loubert Ble for Shanghai Tinegars for Manila
Ta Yang for Shanghai
VESSELS DUE
(Continued from Page 14)
La Plata Macu, 0.8.K., February 23, Lippe, Melchers', March 3. Memnon, B. & S., March 14. Mencious, B. & S., March 8.
F. & D., Feb. 18.
aing of this century were old deep-instant at noon, and is due here Nalder & A. 8.8. Co., March 6:
4
On
water men, Such is not the case, on the 19th Instant at about to-day Lightships are more than p.m. guiding lights, to-day. The latest vessels have wireless, direction fuders, submarine detectars, and a
The RMS. Express of Canada lot of other gadgets to assist the of the Canadian Pacific Steam seafarers. It was suggested some ships. Limited arrived at Vancou- time ago that all lightships should
ver on February 15 (Monday) ot be suppiled by the Lifeboat Society | 2/4 am, and leaves Vancouver on witte motor-lifeboat, but this February 20 ́(Saturday). She is scheme is not practicable. In the due at Hong Kong on March 12 first place. it would deplete the (Friday) in the morning and will already small crew of the light-eave Hong Kong for Manila ship or it would mean that a life- boat crew would have to stand by aboard the lightship for an em- ergency which might never arise. But that does not mean that light ship crews have not helped dis tressed seamen; in fact, it WIK after the crew of one of the Good- win lightships had rescued the from foundering barge some years ago that the proposal of lightships with lifeboats WWW.Y made.
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the same evening.
The BI. and Apcar 8.5. Santhia left Singapore for this port on the 13th instant, and 13 due here to-morrow.
The Butterfield and Swire's 8.3. Titan is expected to arrive here from Kobe on February 19, at daylight.
1937,
Neckar, Melchers', March 13, Neumark, Jobsen's, March 2. Niol Maersk, Jabson's, February 27. Nordmark, Jebsen's. February 18, Pros, Daumer, Messagories', March 10, Patroclus. B. & S., February 27,
Pres. Hoover, Dollar's, Feb. 25. Wilson, Dellar's, Feb. 27. Pres. Protesians, B. & H., March 18.
March 4. Ranchi, P&O., Banthis, RI. (Apcar), Feb. 18. Scharnhorst, Melchers, March 11 Silverwalnut, Farness', Feb. 18. Birdhess, B.7. (Apear), March 18. Soudan, P. & O., Feb. 19.' Mentor. B. & S., March 10. Baisang, Jardino's, Feb. 25. Talma, B.I. (Apear), March Tande, E. & A. 6.6. Co., March 2. Taiping, B. & S., March 9.
Tango Maru, N.Y.K., Feb. 27. Templar, Thoresen's, March 13. Tilawa, B.I. (Apone), February 25, Titan, B. & B., February 19. Tjibadak, J.0.3. Line, Feb. 17. Takiwa Mara, N.Y.K., February 2. Tottori Mare, N.T.K., February 25. Ward, States, March 10,
Yamakuni Maru, N.Y.K., February 29.
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7,000 7,000 7,000
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3rd Apr..
1st May
NALDERA
18,
18th Feb;
8,000
19th Feb.
"SOUDAN· TALMA
7,000
10,000
19th Feb. 4th. Mar.
BANCHT
17,000
6th Mar.
NANKIN
7,000
SIRDHANA GATHAY SHIBALA RAWALPINDI SOMALI
15,000
*8,000 -27,000 8,000
1st Apr.
•15th Apr.
8,000
7th Mar.
18th Mar, 19th Mar,
1st Apr.
* Cargo only.
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