1927-02-18 — Page 5

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1927

P. & 0.-British India Apear and

Eastern & Australian

Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR . STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CÉYLON, 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

STEAMERS.

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL..

(Under Contract with H.M. "Government.)

2,007 18th Fels.

p 10th Fob.

"Destination

S'pore. Penang, Colombo & Bombay

Marseilles, Londen, Antwerp & Hull

2nd March

a

5. B..

Tons

Frem Hongkong,

About

DELTA

KALYAN

NELLORE MANTUA KASHGAR NAGPORE

NYANZA

MONGOLIA

KHYBER

DELTA

MALWA

MACEDONIA

DEVANJA

NELLORE

KHIVA NYANZA MOREA

KASHMIR MANTUA KALYAN

6.852 .: 10,909 0.006 6,283 7.023 36,504;

B: 190

3,150

8,007

6th March

12th March

ith March 16th March 10th March 2nd April 8th April

106

Bch

April

18th 27th April

-10,941 "30th April 0,853 11th May 9,136

May

17,023 25th May 10,918 28th May

3,046

11th June 17,002 28th June 314 Oth July MACEDONIA 11120 2010 July

Marseilles & London

BRITISH SHIPYARDS.

(Continued from Page 4.) „

mines and these two events are now checking the welcome re covery, because steel in sufficien: supply will not be available for two or three months.

In due course we shall have the corrected figures for the past year, but in the meantime a fairly accurate estimate of the ships Mlaunched and the ships com- menced can be made from the quarterly returns for 1926 of Floyd's Register.

1925.

│.

Commenced.

Gross

1st Quarter 2nd Quarter

No. tons.

74 193,121

47 168,483

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

1023.

1st Quarter

28. 68,324 39 152,404

188 582,835

Launched,

Cross No. tons." 59 190,705 End Quarter 68 171,725 3rd Quarter .. 58 207,741 4th Quarter

67,843

:

20

106 638,014 The Turn Of The Tide.

THE CHINA MAIL.

It will be seen that in the third quarter of last year only twenty- eight keels were laid while fifty- eight ships were launched, which means that, while in the earlier months of the year new work, judged on a tonnage basis. had kept pace with the launchings, thirty additional slips had be come empty by Sept. 30. When

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION 00, LTD,

Sailing

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. . Destination

Steamer Sandakan

....... HINSANG ..... .Sut. Osaka via S'hal, Moji & Kobe HOSANG Tlentain..

CHIPSHING

That via Swatow & S'hal: MINGSANG

Sun..

Sun .Sun.,

10th Mar,, nd· Noan. 20th Fab... at. a.m.. 30th Feb., at 7am. 20th Fob nb 7am. 21st Feb., až 3 p.m.. 22nd Feb., at a.m.

Straits and Calcutta...... NAMSANG

tein vla S'tow, S'hal & C'too

TINGSANG Canton

HANGSANG

Tues., 22nd Feb., nt a.m. Tau via Swatow & S'hal HANGSANG.. Sun,

27th Fob.. at 1a.m. tau via Swatow & Shai HOPSANG Wed., 2nd Mar., at Tam. Tientsin

CHEONGSHING Thurs., 3rd Mar, at Noon.

Sandakan

MAUSANG

Straits and Calculta

LAISANG...

Osaka v. Moj Y'hama & Kobe KUMSANG

Taos

Tues

Buli Manu at 1pm. 8th Max at 8 pm. 15th Mar, at 7am.

For Freight and Passage apply to:--

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

Telephone Central 215.

The total merchant tonnage building in other countries 1.172,943 tons-is about 97,000 tons more that at the end of September, 1926:

General Managers.

building at the end of December In Great Britain and Ireland 263,900 tons-amounts to 53% per cent. of the steam tonnage. under construction. "'"

The tonnage under construction

In Danzig. Denmark, Holland, abroad exceeds by no less than Italy, and Sweden the motor ton- 412,859 tons the tonnage build-nage under construction greatly ing in Great Britain and Ireland exceeds the steam tonnage, the The figures for the. lending combined..totals for these countries abroad are: Italy 239 countries being 297,401, tons 776 tons; Germany 211,062 tons; to

motorships und 102,096: United States 151,685 tons; Holtons of steamers." The land 145,005 tons; and, France world figures include 51 motor- ships, each of between 6,000 und 143,068 tons..

10,000 tons, 8 of between 10,000. and 15,000 tons; 6 of between 15,000 and 24,000 tons; and 1 of about 33,000 tons.

Spore, Penang, Colombo & sombay Marseilles, Londen, Antwerp & Reamit is remembered that the ship-onge commenced, and an S Files. L'don, 'burg &R'demyards possess about 650 ships, and Spore, Penung, Colombo, & Bombay that only 177 of them were occul Marcilles & Lundon

pied at that date, some concep Halion may be formed of the tragic state into which the industry had Bbay fallen, with the dismal prospect that things might become worse B'bay before they became better. Then

Marseilles & Lordon Mo, teden, werp, R'dam

& Antwerp Marsailles, London

Penang, Colombo & Singapore, Penang, Marscillus and London

Penang. Colombo &

Singapore, Pent

uilles, London & Antwerp

Penan Mürselles & London: Marseilles and London Marseilles, London & Antwerp Marseilles, London & Antwerp Murselfles and London

&

Frequens connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Canstantinople: Pireau, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

TALMA

16

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS:

SIRALA CAMBHIRA TAKADA

TALAMBA

10,000 22nd Feb. 1 Singapore, Penang & Calautta“

10.30 am.

78440 4th March 5,207 18th March 0949 th March 8,070 31st March

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Shgapore. Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

t

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

AND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

A(Admiral Oriental Line)

JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

A Regular Weekly Sailing

TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE. THE "PRESIDENT LINERS” TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE SUNSHINE BELT".

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

PRESIDENT GRANT

PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

Tuesday, Mar. 1st 10.00: a.m.

Tuesday,"

Mar. 15th 10:00a.m.-

Tuesday,

Mar. 29th 10.00 a..

Tuesday,

Apr. 12th 10:00, n.m.

Tuesday,

Apr. 26th 10:00a.m.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

HONG KONG TO EUROPE

SPECIAL LOW RATES,

"

Via San Francisco or Seattle.. £120 £112

DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES

Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with libern! stop-over privilegeh for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested itiner aries!

Frons

Hongkong

Via

Brom Consewfin gwith-

Stone Dige X. York

Arriving at

SO

No less than 271,237, tons were commenced abroad and 342.428 os were launched, an increase. as compared with the previous quarter of 71,210 tons in the Summing up the situation

in- far as our shipyards are concern. crease of 163,602 tons in the toned, though the outlook of the nage launched:

industry is far less dark than it Owing to various causes, many of which are not beyond our con.

was, it must be apparent from these latest statistics that nothing. trol, foreign shipbuilders are now has yet occurred, even if account obtaining orders which in the be taken of the orders recently past would have come almost au placed, to encourage a spirit of tomatically to us. probably never a time in the his- good promise that during the There was exuberant optimism. There is the tide. Fortunately, began to tory of this industry when so lit-present quarter a considerable turn. During the final three months the amount of tonnage the work was being done in Bri- proportion of our shipyard work- be able to put in hand was more than twicetish shipyards for the shipownersers will once more as great as that which took the of other countries, as the append, secure employment, but many water, and there is now solid edges of work in band here thousands of them must resign foundations upon which to base

themselves to a further period of unwelcome idleness. the prophecy that 700,000 or 800,000 tons will be begun, during the next three months. But, even when all this work. has

British Dominions been begun, it is doubt-

Brazil ful whether the shipyards

Equador throughout the country will be France. working at much more than half Holland their capacity. These figures ex- Italy.. pose the fallacy which underlies

Jugo-Slavia all the talk about "a shipbuilding Norway

indicate:

Countries for No. of Gross which intended. veseks. tonnage.. Great Britain and Ireland......

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) boom. If the ships under con- United States

*TANDA

ST. ALBANS

ARAPURA TANDA

ST. ALBANS ARAFURA "

6,966 4th March 4,600 1st April 6,000 29th April 6,950 1 3rd June 4.600 1st July

4,000 29th July Calls at Kolambugan.

Manila, Sandakan, Iloilo, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne

Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia,

The B. & A. 5.5. Co. Ltd., ateamors will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timmy. Darwin, or other poris en route as inducement

offers,

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

ני

1

123. 592,385 16.44.000 4 15,790 260 4,560

1 28,000

5,000 4,700 1,·4,644

3. 950

1

1 2,600 4,700

15 80,195

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

STEAMER FOR

STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN FORTS

AND LONDON.

THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

THE Steamship

"DELTA Captain F. SUDELL, carrying His Majesty's Malls will be despatched from this port on or about FRIDAY, taking Passengers and Cargo for

the 18th February, 1927, at 4 p.m...

the above. Ports.

France and London (under arrange Silk, Valuables, and Tea for Italy, ment) will be trunshipped at Bom hay into the Mall Steamer proceed- ing direct to Marseilles and Lon- don.

struction at any period of the Venezuela year approach 1,000,000 tons Jug-Slavia shipbuilders will consider them. For sale or coun- selves extremely fortunate, but

try not stated they will be conscious of the fact that a real boom would mean

Total

..163 760,084 that they would have anything

Another disturbing factor. is foom 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 tons that more attention is still being under construction. There can devoted abroad to the motor be no great revival in this in- dustry until the surplus tonne ship, in preference to the steam now afloat has disappeared comer, than in this country. In this pletely, as it is fortunately dis-sents some arresting figures, in- connection Lloyd's Register pré- appearing at the moment, and dicating the larger proportion of trade and industry in this coun-motor-ships being built abroad try have recovered, providing the than in our own shipyards: cargoes for ships to carry.. But The tonnage of vessels now The New Zealand: Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and British shipping also fulfils inter-building in the world which are

national functions, and the die- to be fitted with internal turbed conditions in China, Java, bustion engines amounts to 905, and elsewhere, inspired by the 675 tons, while the tonnage of Communists, and the trade bar steam vessels under construction riers which many foreign coun-is 1,005,224 tons. The motor ton- tries are still maintaining, must nage is thus 90 per cent of the to inevitably check an improvement steam tonnage, showing the re in the shipping situation, and markable development which is thus limit the volume of orders taking place in the adoption of for new ships, for shipowners will this system of propulsion, not build ships" unless they are assured that there will be em- ployment for them.

The P. & O.. Royal Mail stedmers to London via Suez Canal The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Capo.

London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

NYANZA

3,023 19th

Noun

Feb. Shanghai,,, Moji and Kobe

6,257 24th. Feb. Kobe. #1,320

4th March Shanghai, Moji and Koba 0,04% 6th March Kabe Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama

Moll th March

Shanghai, Moji and Koba

GAMBHIRA

MACEDONIA

TAKADA

ST. ALBANS

4,600

2,114

8,018

XHYBER TALAMBA

DEVANHA LAHORE

MALWA

JEYPORE NELLORE

KHIVA NYANZA MOREA TANDA

8th March

12th March Kobe 18th March

6,252 2711 March

10,980. 1st April 3.007 1st. April 6,000. fith April 7,048 12th April 16th April 15th April 7.023 29th April 10,968 29th April 6,968 8th May

6,863 4,135

Moji and Kobe

& Kobe

Moji & Kobe Moil & Kobe Moji, Kob

Kobe, Osaken & Yokohama Shanghai, Mej and Kobe Shanghai, Moji and Kobo Shanghai, Moji and Koba Shanghai, Meji & Kobe Shanghai, Moji & Kobe Moli, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

• Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expanses at Singapore while awaiting the, on-carrying steamer,

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Stcamera on London and Australian Linus are fitted with Laundries, Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft, will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further Information, Pannage Freights, Handbooks, atc., apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

Agents.

P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd, C., HONGKONG.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE

JOINT SERVICE OF THE......

“BLUE FUNNEL LINE.

(OCEAN S.S. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N.. CO., LTD.,

AND

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL B.S. CO., LTD.)

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

com-

The tonnage of motor-ships

The Revival Abroad..

TROUBLESOME COUGHTS.. “ Passing from these general A TROUBLESOME, sleep disturbing considerations, the statistics for anntly stopped by taking Chamberlain's night cough can be easily and plea the last quarter present some in- Cough Remedy. You will like the teresting features. Grenter ac-soothing, healing coating is puts on an tivity is prevailing in the foreign infamed, tickling throat and shipyards, as well as in our own, promptness with whisk the troublesome Lloyd's Register remarks:

cqugh is stopped. where.

the

For sale every-

CHINA BORNEO-SHIPPING CO.

HONG KONG-BORNEO ROYAL MAIL SERVICE

To Sandakan, Tawau, Semporna and. Labied. Datu,

Returning via Sandakan, Jambongan and Jesselton.

Offee until 5 p.m. the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages must be declared.

Parcels will be received at this

For further Particulars, Apply MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

Agents. Hong Kong, 14th Feb., 1927.

Apr," Apr. 13, Apr 20 Apr.

Chrg-S'buyin Puth-Brg Förg Bibropla Path C'Brg

Koy

bhptr Garg-Shupta. May Corgon May 1

Mar

9:

Tan FranciKJO

Srattle

Mujestio

Apr

Pro. Roosevelt Apr

far.

30 San Franoluso

vimpia

Apr.

10

Mar.

23: Argilio

on, Washington Apr. 20

Mar.

20 San Francisco

Hanforlu

Apr. 30

Apr Apr..

4:

Seattle

Larlathut

Apr. 80

19 San Franciaco

¿quirendy

May, 11

20

Soullio

Mijente

Miny" 14

Cbg8hnj

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

wy

BARCHES

Wednesday, Mar. 9th 10:00 am. Wednesday, Mar. 23rd 10.00 a.m, Wednesday, Apr. 6th 10.00 a.m. Wednesday Apr. 20th 10.00 a..

Wednesday, May 4th 10:00:08.m.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesdays. TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK.

VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ— RORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA—NAPLES

-GENOA-MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.

it

PRESIDENT WILSON

...Tuesday,

Tuesday, Tuesday,

PRESIDENT VAN BUREN

PRESIDENT HAYES PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT ADAMS

.Tuesday,

.Tuesday,

Mar. 1st 6.00 a.m. Mar. 15th 8.00a.m.

Mar, 29th 6.00 a.m.. Apr. 12th 8.00 a.m. Apr. 26th 8.00: a.m..

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdayı.

TO MANILA.

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT VAN BUREN

Feb. 21st Mar. Int Mar. 1st

6.00 p.m.

6.00 am..

6.00 p.m.

6.00 p.m.

.Mar. 7th.

Mar. 15th 8,00 m.

For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

GENERAL AGENTS. "Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor

Telephones, Central 2477, 2478 & 795,

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO” HONGKONG.

Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edition;

Western Union, and Watkins.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEER"

MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTEL...... ELECTRICIANS.

BOILER

$.3. "PELEUS"

Via Suez Canal

8.9.. "CITY OF BRISTOL"

'do,"

·8.8. "ATREUS"

da.

8.8. "TEUCER"

do.

25th February.

5th March.

25th March 8th April.

Steamers proceed via Suaz Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option

Subject to change without notics. *)

ir

For Freight and particulars apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIR) or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.

The 8.8. "Lok Susy carg despatched from the port named on or about 5th

For Frol his Pakage and Pan CARMICHAEL & CLARKE

or W. WATT & CO. Ageda, Co

ger & Cargo Birm

TS. S. “SIANG WO"

and engined st Kowloon Dock, by

he Indo-Ching Steam Flavigation

Dock

Fongkong

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