SURFACE -CARITAL SHIPS.
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At the yearly meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects |
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SOCIETY.
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Members are reminded that the Sir Eustace d'Eyneours, the of the Members of the above Nomination for Officers and Director of Naval Construction, Society will be held on Tuesday | N.C.Os, having now been received. gave some interesting particulars 11th May at 5.15 p.m. in Messrs. Balloting for the various Com- of the results of the trials of the Jardine Matheson & Co's Board bastin-cruiser Hood. The desigos | Room, for the Hood were approved in April, 1916, but the battle of Agenda
Jutland, which took place in the following month, emphasized the advisability of increasing the armour protection in this type of ship, and in September alteration, in the first design ware approved. It is now finished, nad several trials took place recently.
To receive and pass the Committee's Report and Statement of Accounts.
Election of officers, & new Committee for the ensuing year.
HB. L. DOWBIGGIN,
Hon. Secretary
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THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE. LIMITED,
Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt said that the results of the trials which bad already taken place had not yet been thoroughly analysed, but that in the speed trials at normal draught excellent results were obtained. On the full power trial at a displacement of 42,000 tons, which was considerably in of the normal Insd
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. draught, a speed of 32.07 knots) The thirty-ninth Ordinary was obtained 11.3 a. mean of Yearly Meeting of shareholders; russ, taken on the measured will be held at The Offices of the raile course of the Isle of Arran undersigred on Tuesday the 25th in deep water. This was obtained | May 1920, at 11.30 am.
excess
WAS
with mean horse-power of The Transfer Books and Re- somewhat over 150,000 and with gister of Members of the Company 206 mean revolutions of the pro-will be closed from the 11th May pellers. The day was not alto the 25th May, both days in- together satisfactory, as there clusive.
The a very high wind. engines worked very satisfactori ly and a power of between 145,000 and 150,000 was maintained for a period of about seven hours. On the 25tha power trial a speed of over 25 kaota W39 obtained.
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In the original design, which was for a ship of 26,000 tons, the
speed that was laid down was 32
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Agents. Hongkong. 3rd May, 1920.
WATER RETURN.
Level and Storage af water in
knots. In the final design 5,000|Reservoirs on May 1, 1920.
tons increased protection
3 CITY AND HILL DISTRICT' WATER
added, and, in spite of that, the original speed was maintained. The full speed with fall for! and tw all weights and stores on board would be at least 31 knots with Tam Inter full power.
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qualities of a battleship, she was KOWLOON WATERWORKS LEVEL. required to submerge or even partially submerge, a very con siderable percentage of weight would have to be added to give ber this additional capability, She would become still more of a compromise, and the added weight would detract from the fighting qualities of the ship when on the surface, so that whatever Campton me 1315 why door. other things being a 193.150 equal, the submersible ship would te inferior to a surface ship in an ordinary action.
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panies will take place at Head» quarters on the following dates and times. Ballot papers will be issued at Headquarters.
Artillery Company 6.15 p.m.
Monday, 10th May. Engineer Company 6.15 pm
Tuesday, 11th May. Machine Gun Company 615|
pm. Wednesday, 12th May Infantry, and Light Infantry
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Scottish Company 6.15 Row:
Thursday, 13th May Mounted Infantry Coy. 6.15
F.. Thursday, 13th May Reserve Company 6.15 pm.|
Friday, 14th May.
G. F. E. RAPSON, B.T., Major
Adjutant,
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Corps.
Hongkong, 3rd May, 1920.
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The Adjourned General Meet- ing of Members will be held in the Chamber of Commerce room, City Hall. on Monday 10th May at 5:15 p.m.
By Order of the Committee.
L. S. GREENHILL-
Hon. Secretary.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HEUndersigned have received
instructions from MessTS. Thoresen & Co to sell by Public Auction on
Tuesday, the 18th May, 1920.
commencing 3 p.01. at their Sale Rooms, Duddel! Street.
The Steamer "DAGMARTM as she now lies in the Menam River, Bangkok, with all her, machinery, gear and appurten ances etc.
-1457–ions pross Reg
921 toos net Reg. 1800 tons deadweight capa- eity on 17 feet mean draft Speed 10 kibia
This steamer went ashore in the Gulf of Siam, was salved, and towed to Bangkok, where she was dry-docked and patched up.
Inspection orders on application to the East Asiatic Co. La.. Bangkok.
trisk after fall of hammer, when The steamer to be at purchase78
purchase money is to be paid.
For full particulars apply to LAMMERT BROS.
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There were many difficulties in the design of a submersible fraction of a knot Experience
case of the Hood to only battlesbip. there and although and trials bed shown that the was no doubt that submarines Hood, as protected, could receive were capable of great de the blows of several torpedoes velopment, little thought and still remain in the line with would make it clear to anybody out serious loss of speed. that, if naval warfare was to continue, the surface ship of the the ship and the general con- In connexion with the size of Ime must still told the field as the siderations of design principal fighting unit of any noteworthy that, of recent capital great nary This view wearessels built, in the Queen comments on Monday 3rd May. apparently shared by other Elizabeth we had a well-armoured For particulars apply by letter to countries who were developing ship of about 28,000 tons with the above address. their navies, and both Japan and sigbt lain. guns and a speed of
it
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the United States were building 25 knots. In the Renown and
large capital surface ships.
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Repulse, of slightly less displace-
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By Order of the Board,
C. H. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager. Hongkongth Mag, 1920.
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The PUBLIC is notified that the trains advertised to leave Kowloon at 2.20 p.m. and Shum Chun at 9.04, p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays are liable to be cancelled in wet weather.
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Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-First Ordinary Generali Meeting will be hed at the Com- pany's Offices, St. George's Build- ings, on Saturday 22nd May 1920, at 11.30a.m. for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts to 29th Febro- ary 1920, and electing Directors NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and Auditors. The Transferthst Books of the, Comany will be Mr. Geo. P. Lammert bas received closed from the 15th to the 22nd
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Soldiers and Sailors in uniform
The torpedo protection in the ment though of greater length, Hood consisted of the "bulge" we bad vers:ls with seven knots arrangement, with an outer more speed than the Queep compartment ofæir add an inner Elizabeth, but with only six 15in. one specially strengthened with guns against eight. In the Hood THE HONGKONG TUTORIAL & the necessary separating bulk we were providing eight 15in. beads. This protection extended guns, as in the Queen Elizabeth.| the whole length of the machinery equal armour protection, six knots spaces and magazines, and read-more speed, making the speed ered the ship as safexgaiostattack nearly equal to that of the from torpedoes under water as Renown and Repulse, and in was against gun attack above addition a full balge protection water. Additional protection was against torpedo attack. The cost gained by arranging the oil-fuel of the vessel was. £6,000,000, and tanks along the sides. It was to she took two years to build. be noted that no ship provided
Lord Jellicoe congratulated Sir with the original or later form of Eustace d'Eyncourt, both on the "bulge" was lost nor even construction of the Hood and on seriously damaged by torpedo the paper in which he bad attack during the was, nor was described it. Er dwelt on the Tutorial Clues are héing conductas there loss of life in any case, necessity for the rat ntion of the in English. Mathematics. Trigosa A COMPLETE ARATED WATER This was chiefly due for the capital surface ship, and referred 3, Mechanics. Physics, Chemistry. special form of "þulgs” and to to recent report from the History, Geography, Latin its being external to the ship Admiralty which stated that in Freneb, for. Hongkong Universit proper. By careful attention to their view the capital ship was July-Examinations. the form, the reduction in speed still invaluable at the present)
Private uitico can also be lad in was only that due to the added time, and that its day was by no these subjects. displacement, amounting in the masus finished.
JOHN P. JONES, B.Sc., M.E. Min. "The Institute aords Special ProHalf Price. paration (Class and Private. Day and The Committee. invite the Evening Dral and Correspondence; Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
University Matriculation and
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New Semin has now commenced
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 54th ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, No. 3 and 4 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on Friday, 21st MAY 1920, at 12.45 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Re port of the Directors together with the Statements of Account claims 10 31st December 1919 and of All persons having against or owing monies to the declaring Dividends, etc. above estala ars: requested; to notify the unders/gyed.
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For further particulare, and conditions of sale apply to JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER | ||
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Mr. GEO. P. LAMMERT,
The Auctioneer,
7th May, 1920
ESTATE OF DENNIS KEBIR
MOSS, DECEASED.
entrie
EA.M. WILLIAMS, efo Lowe, Bingham and Matthews. Honkong 5th May, 1990-
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSRD tom th May Mist May, both days inclusivNG,
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Deputy
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