DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD,”
FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.
S.S. "BOLTON CASTLE***
.on/or about 19th September.
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REGULAR MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME). TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVÄNT, BLACK SEA AND DANUBE PORTS.
REDUCED PASSAGE RATES TO BRINDISI, VENICE OR TRIESTE.
"A" Class £72.10.0d.
***B" Class £66.0.0d. NEXT SAILINGS.
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI
From Hongkong.
M.V. "VIMINALE"
on or about 6th October.
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
S.S. "ROSANDRA"
SIS. FIUME-L"
M.V. "VIMINALE"
From Hongkong.
.on or about 11th September: on/or about 30th September. on/or about 30th October.
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.
S.S. “UMVOLOSI” SIS. "UMZUMBI"
Sails from Cnleutta 31st August. ...Sails from Calcutia 30th September,
Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Porta Through Bills of Lading issued from Hongkong.
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For Freight or Passage on any of the above Linea apply to:-
DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.
Telephone Central 1030.
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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Via Singapore, Culomba
Suez and Port Said.
ALASKA JARUM. Saturday, 9th October.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Saigon, Singapore,
Mambo, Durban & Capetown,
BOMBAY Via S
Singapore and Colombe.
SUMATRA AARD
CALCUTTA Via Singapore and Rangoon,
BINGO
MARM
Salcon
BANGKOK-Yin
NEKKOW MARI!
SEATTLE. TACOMA & Shanghai.
VICTORIA,
ARIZONA MARU
Monday 5th October.
Sunday, 19th September..
.Saturday, 25th September.
.End of September. VANCOUVER-Japan Ports from
Tuesday? 28th September. DURBAN, DELACOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR &
MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo. CHICAGO MARO
Friday, 10th September.
NEW YORK-Vin Japan ports, San Francisco and Panama.
ARGUN MARU....(From Keelung) End of September. JAPAN PORTS -
HONOLULU MARU
AMUR MARU
KEELUNG via SWATOW & AMOY.
HOZAN MARI
TAKAO via SWATOW & AMOY.
TAKAO and
and KEELING
KOHORI ARU
SURABAYA "NARU
KEF and TSINGTAU.
DAIRE
KINZAN MARI
Wednesday, 15th September.. „Thursday, 10th September.
Sunday, 19th September noon.
Saturday, 15th September. Sunday, 26th September.
Beginning of September.
For furthesticulars please apply to:-08AKA SEOSEN KAISHA. Tol Central No. 4988, 4089, 4090.
M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
"CITY OF BARODA" (9670 tens d.w.)
HE above steamer having accommodation for over 100 Firat
Tande steamer harine despatched. Via Philippines, Straits,
Colombo and Suez Canal on 6th November, 1926, for New York where she is due to arrive on 3rd January, 1927.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE.
S.S. CITY OF SPOKANE"
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will sail on or about September 17
ILOILO
FOR
OBBU ZAMBOANGA.
For freight and further particulars apply to
ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building. Telephone C. 2477, 2478, 795.
FIRST IN CANTON.
EXPERIMENTAL BRITISH YOYAGE
"PICKET ACTION SEQUEL.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
U.S. SHIP BOARD.
NOW IS USING ELECTRICITY.
Now thas electricity has been found to have so many advantages over steam for driving maxilaries Yesterday the "Indo-China S. N.
aboard ship, operators are rapidly Co., Led despatched their steamer adopting it. The substitution of boshing" to auton with cargo.electricity for steam is even more On arrival the "Fooshing" will go marked where Diesel conversions alongside Mesars. Jardine's wharf and new motor tennage are zon- | for discharge in pre-strikecerned. In the ease of the Ship- timgs.
ping Board conversion "programme | now under way, a great deal of study was given to this subject by the technical staff of the, Shipping Bourd headed by Mr. H. E. Brelsford, and it was found possible to utilise a large part of the old steering engine equipment. thus saving a number of thousand dol- lars per ship. An electric motor will be substituted for the steam Steering engine proper, and in the "euse of most of the ships 'no altern- tions to the screw rear or tiller
Under normal conditions quite a number of pecun-going vessels went to Caaton, some after, calling at Vảng Kong on their way down-from the North.
With the exception of Life Steam- bunit Co's bunts, British shipping has been abaent from Canton for about a year.
deyslopment,
of
This latest course, is the sequel in the Naval faction against strike pickets on the
tanton harbour, last Saturday,
It is also interesting"to, recall, the "regulations" recently issued by the Strike Exventive, threatening dire penalties against British vessels calling at Cantou-
"Latest Developments, Cargo and the number of pussen xers brought down by this "Lung shan" from Canton yesterday was teheadinging.
From a Chinese source it is learn-
ed that not only was the examina
tin shid on the West Bund locked up, but attention was also paid to the Strike "reception headquarters" in front of the Post Office. These two stroke institutions were on Beither, suhe on the Steambord. Co.'s
wharvest
The "peription" place is also stated to be under dock and key....
Armed patred bunches of, the British Nayy are now cruising on the river And going #longside the ¿Steamboat Co.'s wharves, a
On Wednesday one went down as day as the Canton Christian College ya the far-end of Homam.
Another Welt! towards Fong cheen, terovering a boat at the
A P. CU's godown.
Bess "Squeeze" "Now. When the "Längshan" arrived in the stream that alteracon. blue sackers are stated in the Same re-
purt in base excorbeil native craft taking of passenger and cango.»
It is unetewertig that between $5 and $1 the charge now being mide for bringing passengers at steamboats, instruch of bigger amounts current when pickets were firing Indiscriminately.
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will be necessary.
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The Sperry Company has helped in this programme by developing a special gyro-pilot and dual electric steuring system for these vessels. This equipment provides threo change from one to the other may melbaths of steering ·and be made at will by simply moving a lever mounted on the side of the athering stand-to. whatever method.j
The three iofesteering is desired.
lever positions are marked "Gyro,"
"Wheel" and "Controller."
With the lever 'in “Gyro" posi- tion. the ship is starred automati vally from the gyro-compass. other words, "Metal Mike", takes his continuous trick at the wheel.
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LOCAL SHIPPING.
TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND
CLEARANCES. .
THE MORNING LIST,
This morning, the following sea-going arrivals at Hongkong were reported:-
Kayong Sung 180) Br.. from Shanghal and Foochow; J. M. & Co. Sinklang (250) Br.rom Shang- hai and Amoy; §. & $.*
Tonkin 800) French, from Hal- phong; M.M...
President Fieres (338) Amerionn, from Manila » Dolar Line.
Trier (550) German, Hamburg and Singapore; Melchua & Co.
Chiengo Maru (292) Japanese from Mojl: 0.S.K.
Departures.
Per Sha-U-Chung: Sul Y. For Hongay: Haldia. Fail{ wang-chi-akz; Lanei For San Francisco: West Iran;
Tascalusa.
For Muntok: Tkarang. For Wol-bai-ha:Kuelchow, Wor Amoy: Lai Sang.
Clearances.
For Amoy: Talamba.. For Kwong-chow-wan: Sunkong. For Haiphong: Tonkina
SHIPS IN PORT,
numbers
At 9 a.m. to-day the following
of vessels were
port:-
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926.
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
EMPRESS EXPRESS
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC. 17 Days from Hong Kong to. Vancouver
LARGEST & FASTEST
STEAMSHIPS.
Special FARES to EUROPE £120 $112 £83
The next sailing
to the
PACIFIC COAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA"
Will Sail For
VICTORIA and VANCOUVER via Shanghai and Japan Ports
at
6 a.m Thursday, Sept 16th 1926.
British
20
American
1
Panama
*In
1
Belgian Inpanese Chinese Dutch
1
13
Passenger Department: Freight and Express:
Portuguese French trai
This system of automatic steering is the same as is incorporated in the dandard single unit gyro-pilot now used on over 100 vessels of all types throughout the world" When steering automatically, the wheel on the control unit then be- comes R const changer.
For example, if it is desired to change the course, to starboard. one spoke! change of the wheel give degave.change to Starboard, or each full turn of the wheel gives, change in course of about degrees and
80 on. It is, therefore, unnecessary to put a manout the wheel when making changes for another vessel or for great circle
or other courst changes.
Motor heats dying foreign. Bags kare new moving about, unmolested.
The "Controller" method of steer but pb kets ar still active on shore,
ings not dissimilar to the system on both sides of the river.
used throughout the United States Canton police officers have des-
A Navy.
controller handle 19 Pitched special pétrols. 321 the vicinity of the West Bund te pri protruding through the top of the attached to a square ended shịết
steering stand: When, this con- troller is the centre position, the When it is
Serve order.
Total
THE SINGAPORE BASE.
from Singapore, writes the Naval correspondent of the "China Ex- press and Telegraph," that th nutive labour-beth Indians and Chinese engaged in reclaiming the swamp land in the vicinity of the Singapore Base are enjoying good health in spite of the pessimistic
It is most satisfactory to learn
casts which the opponents "of
ship under the control ofa, heims- When it is desired to bring the
the scheme tonkmanifest pleasure in fulminating both at home' and man, the selector lever is moved to
abroad. The CANCK of malaria "Wheel" and the wheel functiona
• the amongst
eight hundred just as any ship's steering wheelabourers and the British staff seem and with the usual ratio of 312 to be even less than normal. The turna from midships to hardover."
the destruction of the mosquito- work, of course, has for its object
breeding grounds, that insect being a profile cause of malaria. It may be recalled that in West Africa and eradicated by judicious training elsewhere malaria WAR almost and oiling of the swamps which bred countless millions of malaria- We are informed that during the steering motor is idle.
joodneing mosquitoes. According time that the steamer "Teh-singed to one side, the steering to news from Singapore, those two. of the San Pel Steamship, Companyning until the controller is brought Ensters approach to
motor is started and remains run well known islands lying in the was ashore near Hsinti Cheking to the central position or until the Straits on which the naval base and the Johore the captain was taken captive by
rudder is hardover. brigands which have been describ-
Bringing the aircraft base are to be constructed. ed as defeated soldiers and impri-patroller back to the central posare being partially acquired, as well tion steps the steering motor. Tol
as considerable stretches of the bring the rudder, back amidships, coast of Singapore Island, in con- dita demanded $15.000 failing theter to the opposite side for a cor-
it is necessary to move the control-neetion with the scheme. payment of
which the captain responding length of time.
be recalled that early in the pre- would be killed. The steamer has other words, this method provides
Іл sent year the opponcnta of the arrived in Shangha without the what is known as non-follow-up fuct that the new naval base would scheme very severely criticised the captaía.
steering and
accomplished through circuits which are entirelytisk tnd.
not be constructed entirely on Bri- "The latest news from Independent 01 those used for Singapore shows that the land will "Wheel" and "Gyre"" steering.
Both the gyro-piict dual electrfe steering control and the main steering motor operate from 230 volts, which is the normal voltage for these ships.
soned on a Chinese lighter, suys a Hunkow contemporary. The ban-
AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE
FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES.
United States Shipping Board STRUTHERS & BARRY, Managing Operators,
L. EVERETT, INC. General Agents. Phone C. 3008. 1st floor, Queen's Bldg.
It may
be as British as it is possible to be. The present Sultan of Johore
as wellus his predecessors-la a very good friend of the British Empire, and there was little or no cause for the criticisme levelled
A Sperry self-synchronous rud-with such bad taste. der indicator, operating from this same voltage, is also being up- plied as part of the steering system.
value in
An indicator in the wheel-house instrument is of great and after steering position shows helping the officer choose a setting every degree movement of the rud- of the gyro-pilot which will hold der up to 10 degrees, on a side and the abip with a minimum amount every 5 degrees thereafter. This of rudder.
SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS,
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
Tel Address:
-DRY DOCK-
Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocks 766 Feet. Depth on Centre of
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
TAIKOODOCK," HONGKONG. Telephone: Central No. 212. Call Flag: "C" over "ANS. PENNANT.”
Sill (H.W.O.S.T.) 31 ft. 6 ins."
-THREE SLIPWAYS--
Capable of Handling Ships Up to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS. HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
. Tel. C. 752: Cables "GACANPAC
Tel. C. 42: Cables NAUTILUS
CHINA BORNEO SHIPPING CO.
"HONGKONG-BORNEO LINE
To Josselton thence to Sandakan Lahad Datu. Tawan and: Semporna Calling at Sandakun on return voyage,
Regular Three-weekly Freight and Passenger Service. PROJECTED SAILINGS
Hongkong Departure Jesselton
Sandakan
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Lahad Datu Arrival
Tawau
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Semporna Sundukan
Arrival
Departure
Arrived
Departure
Arrival
Hongkong
of the
S.S."LOK SUN"
SATURDAY WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY THURSDAY
TUESDAY
September 18. ..September 22.
September 7. September 10,
September 14.
Excellent necommodation for Saloon, Second' class and Steerags
passengers.
All First Class Staterooms and Second Class Cabins atted with Oscillating Electrie Fan.
Hotel reservations arranged at Sandakan and Hongkong if desired. Through Bills of Lading issued to other B. N. Borico Ports. Sailings are subject to alteration.
For Freight, Passage and other Information please apply to-
CARMICHAEL & CLARKE, Agents.
Queen's Building. W. WATT & CO., Agents.
188,
THE
OR
Phone 'C. 232,
Wing Lok Streat Woot.
Phone C. 4968,
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