1927-02-18 — Page 7

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 18, 1927..

P. & 0.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

"

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND).

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, 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 DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

Destination

3,097. Iach Feb., i Spors, Penang, Colombo & Bombay

4 pon. 3.4

i

19th Feb. Marseilles, London. Antwerp & Hull

Noon

* $

Tons

From. Bangkong About

DELTA KALYAN

NELLORE MANTHA KASHGAR

NAGPORE

NYANZA

MONGOLIA

KHYBER

MACEDONIA

DEVANHA

DELTA

MALWA NELLORE

KHIVA NYANZA

MOREA

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BRITISH SHIPYARDS.

(Continued from Page 4.)

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

THE CHINA MAIL.

|

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. ·

}} Destination Sandakan Osaka vin S'hal, Mejt & Kobe HOSANG Tientsin.......

In due course we shall have the corrected figures for the past year, but in the meantime a fairly accurate estimate: of the ships in via: S'tow, S'hat & Croo launched and, the ships com- menced can be made from the

• Steamer

Sailing

HINSANG .

.Sat.,

19th Mar, at Noon,

.Sun.

20th Feb,, at 7am.

CHIPSHING

Sun...

20th Feb,,' at 7am.

.Sun.

20th Feb., at 7am.

.Mon..

21st Fob at

at 3 p.m.

Tues., 22nd

Tuck. 22nd

Tisu vin Swatow & S'hal MINGSANG | Straite, and Calcutta,

NAMSANG.... TINGSANG Canton ...

... HANGSANG Ttau via Swatow & Shal HANGSA

HANGSANG HOPSANG

në Fam. at 7am.

Sun, 27th Feb at

at Tam Wed. 2nd Mar at 78.m

quarterly returns for 1926 ofta via Swatow & Shai CHEONGSHING Thurs., 3rd Mar, at Noon. Lloyd's Register.

1925.

וי

Commenced.

Gross

"No. tons.

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter .. 47

193,121 168,489 Srd Quarter 28 68,827 4th Quartar 39 152,404

183 582,335

74

1925.

Launched

Cross No. tons.

59 190,706 2nd Quarter 58 171,725 3rd Quarter 58 207,741 4th Quarter 20 67,843

1st Quarter

195 638,014"

The Turn Of The Tide.

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

Tientsin Sandakan

MAUSANG Sut.. 5th Mar. at 1 pm,

| Straits and Calcutta-

Omake. Moll, Y'hama & Kobe KUMSANG

LAISANG ...Tuos.. 8th Mar, at 3 pm.

.Tues.. 15th Mar. at 7a

For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO, LTD. Telephone Central: 215.

General Managers,

V

The total merchant tonnage building at the end of December- building in other countries in Great Britain and Ireland- 1,172,943 tons-is about 97.000 268,900 tons-amounts to 539% tons more that the end of per cent. of the steam tonnage, September, 1926.

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 leading combined totals for thesë

countries abroad are: Italy 239,- countries being, 897,401 tons

776 tons; Germany 211,062. tons; [ to motorships and 102,096 United States 151,635 tons; Holtons of steamers. The land 145,005 tons and France world figures include 51 motor. 143:068 tons.

6.352 2nd Marchpore, Penning. Catombo, & Jombay

12th March Marsgilles, London, Antwerp & R'damit is remembered that the ship tonnage commenced, and an in- far as our shipyards are concern.

10:002 5th March Blairseilles & London

9,005

ships, each of between 6,000 and No less than. 271,237 tons were. 10,000 tons, 8 of between 10,000 commenced abroad and 342.423 and 15,000 tons; 6 of between ons were launched, an increase, 15,000 and 24.000 tons; and 2 of as compared with the previous about 33,000 tons.

arter, of 71,210 tons in the Summing up the situation so ereuse of 163,602 tons in the toned, though the outlook of the nage launched..

findustry is far less dark than it Owing to various causes, many was, it must be apparent from which are not beyond our con- these latest statistics that nothing troll foreign shipbuilders are now has yet occurred, even if account past would have come almost au placed, to encourage a spirit of obtaining orders which in the be taken of the orders recently probably never a time in the his- good promise that during the tomatically to us. There was exuberant optimism. There is

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

AND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

"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"

.Tuesday, Tuesday,

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

Tuesday,

Mar. 1st/10.00 am Mar. 15th 10:00a.m. Mar. 29th 10:00 am

Tuesday,

Apr. 12th 10.00, n.m.

.Tuesday..

Apr. 28th 10.00) 8.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 liberal stop-over privileges for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested itiner- aries:-

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From Hongkong

Yin

Cometi

temp

From -X, York

Arriving, as

2

Ápr. Apr.

Majestio: Apr. Pres. Boomreli Apz...4")

Dympics 1 Apr. 19 ||Ders. "Washington] Ajiri »20

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Apr. 30

Crg-Shupla: Path-C′Drg-

brg-Shinpin Apr. I'mth-C'Brg

Apr.

brg-Shapin May

urg-Shmptn May Corg-haapt May 17 Obrg-Shrajun May 20

Van

Mar.

In Franus 0: Brattle

λέητ MILT 129

108nu Franclion

Fractio

San Francisco

Apr.

+31

Seat lo

Leviathan Apr. 30

Apr.

12. Fenoines

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20

Sonitio

Aquitania Mijest

May 11

| May M

Mar. Landry, Ram & Hull tion may be formed of the tragic

X007 "27th April Singapore, Penang

3.851

11th 1-$th May

May

May

and

& Antwerp

FM

London & Antwerp

6.283 14th March Skurt Mes, 'don H'burg &R'damyards possess about 660 ships, and

Penang

Colombo & Bombay 10th March Sport & Landon

that only 177 of them were occul 16,50.1 19th March

pied at that date, some concep:of Marseilles & London 1,11,120

2nd 9th Apri 18th Apri: Mumeillen, London fonte Ebay fallen, with the dismal prospect state into which the industry had 10,041 50th April Magure, Penang, Colombo & B'bay before they became better. Then that things might become worse the tide, fortunately, began to tory of this industry when so li present quarter a considerable, turn.. During the final three sle work was being done in Brisproportion of our shipyard work- months the amount of tonnags put in hand was more than twice tish shipyards for the shipownersers will once more be able to as great as that which took the of other countries, as the append. secure employment, but many water, and there is now solid ed figures of work in hand here thousands of them must resign themselves to a further period of foundations upon which to base

unwelcome idleness? the prophecy that 700,000 or 800.000 tons will be begun during

7,023 25th 19,015

28th

May

KASHMER M 2,006 11th June

MANTUA

Marseilles & London,

Bombay

»

Marseilles and Landun 10502 25th. June Marseilles, Londen & Antworp KALYAN

9,14-1 Bh July Marseilles, London & Antwerp MACEDONIA 11,120 23rd July. Musäillen and London

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passenger and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Stanmship Co.

TAEMA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SHIRALA GAMBHIRA TAKADA

TALAMRA

10,000 22nd Feb. Singapore, Ponong & Calcutta

10.30 am. 3,841 43h March 5,267 18th, March 8,940 | 24th March 8,010 31st March

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) boom" "If the ships, under con-

⚫TANDA

ST. ALBANS ARAFURA TANDA

ST. ALBANE ARAFURA

6,956 4th March 4,500 1st April 6,000 | 29th April 16,056 3rd June

4,500 1st July 4,000 29th July

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

& Melbourne

Calls at Kolambugan. Regular monthly sailings, from. Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia..

Kolambugan, Tawan, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement The B. & A. 3.5. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu,

offers.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Now

Zealand; Vancouver, San Francisco, eta.

The P. & D. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal.

The P. & D. Brunch Service of steamers, to London via the Cape.

!!!

indicate:

Countries for No. of Gross which intended. vesels, tonnage. Great Britain and

"Ireland British Dominions Brazili

the next three months. But, even when all this.. work has been" begun, it. Is doubt- 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

United States struction at any period of the Venezuela year approach 1.000.000 tons

Jugo-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 that they would have anything foom 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 tons under construction. There can be no great revival in this in-

.123 592,385 16 44,000

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

STEAMER FOR. STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS,

4 15,790

1

260

1:

4,560

1

28,000

1 5,000

4,700

!

1 1,644

3 950 2,600

1 4,700

15 60,195

Total

..168 760,084 Another disturbing factor is that more attention is still being devoted abroad to the motor

now afloat has disappeared com- connection Lloyd's Register pre- dustry until the surplus tonnage ship, in preference, to the steam

er, than in this country. In this pletely, as it is fortunately dis-sents some arresting figures, in- 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 New Zeglund Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and British shipping also fulfils inter-

London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

NYANZA

GAMBHIRA MACEDONIA

TAKADA

ST: ALBANS

KHYBER

TALAMEA DEVANHA

LAHORE ATWA DEMEA

ARAFURA JEYPORE NELLORE KEIVA NYANZA MOREA TANDA

7,02%

19th Feb, | Shanghai, Moji and Koba

Nuon. 5,267 24th Feb. $11,130

4th March

Kalu

Shanghai, Moji and Kobe

|* 0,947 | 8th March Kabe

4,500 8th March Maji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama 9.314 11th March Shanghai, Maji and Kobe

3,018 12th March Kobe

8 156 8,155.

1052

8.097

5.000

Moji

18th March Shunghal, Moji and Kobe 27th March Shanghai; Moji & Kobe.

& Kobe A prit

Kobo, Osaka Yokohama

& 12th April Shanghai, Moji and Kobe Shanghai, Moji and Kobe Shanghai, Moji and Kobe Shanghai, Mojt & Kobe.

April Moji & Kobe.

8,963 15th April 9.185 16th April

29th April

7,023 30:053 28th April Shanghai, Moji & Kobo

6,958 8th May | Moji, Kõbu, Osaka and Yokohama

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

Passengers for Rangoon "must defray their own Hotel expensen at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers qu London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcela measuring not more than 24 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 informatien, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:....... MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

Agents,

P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

"BLUE FUNNEL" LINE. (OCEAN SS. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL 8.N. CO., LTD.

AND

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

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

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG,

8.8. "PELEUB"

Vis Buer Canal :

.8:8. "CITY OF BRISTOL".

8.8. "ATREUS"

do. da

3.8. “TEUCER”

25th February.

5th March. 2- 25th March.

8th April.

Stedmera proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners Option

Subject to change without notice.

For Fraight and particulars apply to:

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong Hong Kong & Chaton; JARDINE, MATHESON ✯ CO., LTD, Cantam,

com-

The tonnage of vessels now building in the world which are national functions, and the dis- 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- tries are still maintaining, must inevitably check an improvement in the shipping situation, and thus limit the volume of orders for new ships, for shipowners will not build ships unless they are assured that there will be em ployment for them.

The Revival Abroad..

is. 1,005,224 tone. The motor ton- steam tonnage, showing the re- nage is, thus 30 per cent, of the markable development which is taking place in the adoption of this system of propulsion.

The tonnage of motor-ships

TROUBLESOME COUGHS. Passing from these general A TROUPLESOME, sleep disturbing considerations, the statistics for santly stopped by taking Chamberlain's night cough can be easily and plon- the last quarter present some in-Cough Remedy. You will like tho teresting features. Greater ac soothing, healing coating it puts on an tivity is prevailing in the foreign inflamed, tickling throat and shipyards, as well as in our own. Promptness with which the troublesome Lloyd's Register remarks:

cough is stopped. For sale every where.

CHINA BORNEO SHIPPING CO. HONG KONG-BORNEO ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.

Returning via Sandakan, Tambongan and Jesselton.

To Sandakan, Tawau, Semporna and Lahad Datu,

The 8.8. "Lok Bun, carrying. Els "Mufesty's Hall will dispatched from this port to Foting North Borneo Portal as, Abova, named on or about 512 March, 199

ARMICHAELE CLARKI Agmata; Quren's Building, Phono 0.282, 7-

WATT COU

Connangbe Road West, Phony C.4988.

the

1.4

· AND LONDON.'

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

THE Steamship THE

DELTA" Captain F. SUDELL, carrying His Majesty's Malls will be despatched

the above. Ports. from the port on or about FRIDAY, the 18th February 1927, at 4 pm, taking Passengers and Cargo for

France and London (under arrange- Silk, Valuables and. Tea for Italy, ment) will be transhipped at Bom- bay into the Mail Steamer proceed- ing direct to Marsellies and Lon- den.

N

Office until 5 p.m. the day before Batling. The contents and valud of all packages must be declared.

Parcels will be received at this

For further Particulars, Apply

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO., to-

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

P

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TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE":

PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

Wednesday, Mar 9th 10.00 a.. Wednesday, Mar. 23rd 10.00 a.m.. Wednesday, Apr. 6th 10.00 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 20th 10.00a.m.

Wednesday, May 4th 10.00: a.m..

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

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

-GENOA-MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.

PRESIDENT WILSON

PRESIDENT VAN BUREN

PRESIDENT HAYES

PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT ADAMS

.Tuesday, Mar. 1st 6.00 a.m. .Tuesday, Mar. 15th 3.00 a.m.

Mar. 29th

Tuesday,

6.00a.m..

Tuesday,

Apr. 12th 8:00 a.m.

.Tuesday,

Apr. 26th 8.00 alm.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays, th

TO MANILA.

Feb. 21st .Mar. 1st .Mar. 1st

6.00 p.m..

6.00. Sall

6,00 p.m.

.Mar. 7th

6.00 p.m.

•

.Mar. 15th

8.00 m

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT VAN BUREN

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.

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