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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927.

P. & O.-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.)

S. $.

Толя

Proin Hongkong About

NELLORE

LAHORE KIIVA NYANZA MOREA

KASHMIR

MANTUA

KALYAN

6,853 14th May

6, a.m. 5,252 17th May 9,135 2011 May i 7,023 | 25th May 10953 985 10,946 9,1-14

9th July

MACEDONIA

11,120

23rd July

KASHGAR

28th May 11th June 25th June

9,005 4th Aug.

Destination

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

OIL POLLUTION.

THE CHINA MAIL.

FINDINGS OF AN AMERICAN COMMITTEE.

THE USE OF A SEPARATOR.

Owners' Association.

SHIPBUILDING.

THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY.

LEAGUE MEMORANDUM.

CONSIGNEES.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

THE

CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

HE Steamship

"D'ARTAGNAN"

That the shipping industry, as a

One of the preliminary docu- whole, does not appear to have mants issued in connection with developed entirely satisfactory the International Economic Con- mathods or devices for the handling ference at Geneva is a memor- BRINGING CARGO from Marseilles, of oil waste or contaminated oil andum on shipbuilding published &c. also Cargo from Nantes, La Pal from ships, is the conclusion by the League of Nations, which lice ex s.a. Formigay" cargo from arrived at by the Bureau of Mines, contains Information on the state Bordeaux ex, 8.6. "Ville de pollution situation in conjunction seafaring countries of the world.ed that their goods with the which has investigated in the off of this industry in the principal Verdun, &c.

CONSIGNEES are hereby inform- with the American Petroleum In-According to this memorandum exception of Opium, Treasure and stitute and the American Steamship the world tonnage of 1925 is over Valuables are being landed and Prior to the date of the Washing- 64,500,000 tons, against. 47,000,- stored into the Godowns of the ton conference, It had been the 000 tons in 1913. While the real HONG KONG KOWLOON WHARF general practice to discharge all world demand is probably not & GODOWN CO., LTD., KOW- wastes in non-territorial waters or more than 55,000,000 tons, for LOON, whence delivery may be in territorial waters, according to some years to come the maximum obtained immediately after landing. prevailing conditions, states the re-production figure is likely to re- All claims must be sent in to me port. Within territorial waters. main between 1,600,000 and on or before, THURSDAY, the 19th Jaws.. rules, and

regulations 2,500,000 tons. The present crisis instant, or they will not be re- relative to the discharge

of in the industry must be attributed cognized. refuse matter in general have been partly to the diminution in car-

DAMAGED PACKAGES will be in effect for a great many years, and within the last decade much goes offering, and partly to vast examined by the Company's Sur veyor, Mesara, Goddard & Douglas attention has been directed to over-production during the years in the presence of the Consignees wards legislation pertaining to oily immediately following the war, at 10 a.m. on MONDAY, the 16th

which was accentuated by the instant.

matter.

If the discharge of oil-con- building of national flects on Gov- No Fire Insurance will be effected taminated water or oily materiala ernment account in or for North by us in any case whatever. of any character from ships on the America (United States and high sens is prohibited by interna- Canada) and Australia. tional agreement, the only practical immediate future of the industry way of permitting the successful in each country is likely to de- operation of oil-burning and oil-pend not only on the rate of earrying vessels seems, to be to

The

J. LIMAGE,

Agent. Hong Kong, 10th May, 1027;

handle there waters by suitable scrapping of old ships and on the separating devices on board the in general demand for tonnage, but dividual ship, by harbour facilities also on the demand for new types after the vessels arrive in port, or of vessels.

New construction is

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

North Wall Basin, Portol;

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

AND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

(Admiral Orlental 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 CLEVELAND.

PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT GRANT

„Tuesday, May 24th

Tuesday,

June 7th.

Tuesday, June 21st.

Tuesday, July 6th.

Tuesday,

July 19th.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sallings 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:-

Front

May

18

June

Vis

Seattle

Connecting with From

Steamship N. York

Mic 24 San Francisco

Seattle.

78an Francisco

by a combination of these methods. influenced by the increasing use East Wall, Subs. L15 and

The Bureau of Minos inventign--for reasons of economy of L19, West Wall Dock, Titanin and Hongkang tors believe that, even with the pre-motor-vessels, and of larger ships Subs. L2 and LS; In Dock, sent inadequa's means for properly in all classes. Especially the in- Wivern, Verity, Moorlake; handling oil-water mixtures on creasing proportion of large new Taikon Dock, Aphis; Kowloon May shipboard, much can he done by motor-ships is significant. At the Dock, Hermes and Ladybird; June more careful instruction and train-end of June, 1926, there were on Coaling Camber L9. No..1 Buoy, Joe ing of ships' crews in the proper "Lloyd's Register 45 motor Velta, (Italian); No. 3 Buoy, June and efficient handling of oil to re-ships, each of more than 3,000 Show Phraya (Siamese); No. 5 Ja duce the pollution from this source. Workmen on decks and in tons gross, against 19 at the end Buoy Sepoy: No. 6 Buoy, Fro-Ja land plants should receive appro- of the same month in 1925. bisher; No. 7 Buoy, Delhi; No. Jay S'pore, Pang, Colbu, Bbay & Karachi priate instruction on the same aub- September, 1926, there were 171 8 Buoy, Dragon; No. 10 Buoy, July 7

seagoing motor-vessels under con Sterling and Thracian; No. 11 Aug. Discharge From Ships. struction in the whole world, with Buoy, Stormcloud and Somme; Oil-contaminated bailaat water, a total tonnage of 869,500. An- No. 12 Buoy, Bruce; No. 13 tank cleanings, and blige water other sequel of this newest de- Buoy, Marazion; 'No. 18 Buby, constitute the chief Items of the velopment in shipbuilding is the Ruthenia and Kharki; No. 20 problem of handling oily waste dis-increasing demand for tankers Budy, Francol; No. 25 Buoy, charged from ships. Of these the for carrying oil-in-bulk, of which USS Helena; No. 2A Buoy, disposal of bilge water is probably there

was a total tonnage of H.S. Maine.

Marseilles & London.

Marseilles & London

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

Marseilles & London

Marseilles & London

to

Frequent connection from Port Sail for Passengers and Cargo Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the

Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SANTHIA TALAMBA

3,754 17th May 8,016 10th June

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

ject.

least difficult. Since the total

cost

by

bilge volume is comparatively 5,665,000 in 1926, against 1,479,- small, bilge water probably can be 000 in 1914. treated at, a reasonable

Following this general survey jinstalling a small pump that has and special notes on the ship-

WEST RIVER PATROL. flexible hose auction and discharges building situation in the prin into a conveniently placed settling cipal maritime countries, the

Tarantula (Canton to Hong tank. The oil that separates on memorandum deals with various Kong) Moorhen (Canton), the surface of the water in the tank aspects of the industry. In a Moth (Wuchow), Robin (Can- is skimmed off at suitable intervals section headed "Existing Ton-ton), Faulknor (Junction Chan- tanks; the water is drained back into the bilge.

ed that the bulk of trade offering Canton). Onslaught (Delta). The proper disposal of ballast had decreased in 1923, as com- Nessus (Canton). water and tank cleanings from vea-pared with 1918 by 15.6 per cent. &gels presents much greater difficul- and is still to-day appreciably de-

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) and is returned to the fuel storage nage and Demand" it is remark, nel), Cicala (Hong Kong to

TANDA

Manila. Sundakan, Thursday Island,

Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney,

Melbourne,

0,950 3rd June ST. ALBANS 4.500 1st July ARAFURA

4,000 29th July Regalar monthly saltings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kelambugan. Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

offers.

The Union S.S. Company's stenmers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

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

The P, & O. Branch Service of steamera. to Londen via the Cape.

The New Zealand Shipping Corppany's steamers for Southampton

London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

KASHMIR

TALAMBA

MIRZAPORE

MANTUA

ST. ALBANS

KALYAN

Noon

a.ro.

8,985 14th May

8.018

17th May

6,715

17th May

27th May

10,40

4,500 7th June 9,144 10th June 24th June

MACEDONIA 1 11,120

• NOVARA

| 4,089 29th June

Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

ties. Where disposal is made, after low pre-war. Apart from this "LEVIATHAN'S" 50TH VOYAGE.

tonnage, as,

A luncheon given by the United

arrival in port, it is likely that decrease caused by the general | ships must proceed to a definite depression of trade there are car-

a point similar to a petro-tain special reasons operative States Lines on board the steamer leum harbour and discharge the since the war which explain the "Leviathan" at all-contaminated water: utilise pipe contraction in the demand for commemorate the fiftieth voyage of Southampton to lines connected to a waste reservoir

for instance, the the vessel was attended by about on land at the individual docks; or discharge the. oil-contaminated higher speed of vessels, increas-400 business men, many of them waters into collecting barges ing the number of trips made per prominent in shipping quarters in brought alongside while the ship is year by individual ships. Tramp Europe and America. "Success to at the dock. The first two methods tonnage, especialty, tends to be the "Leviathan" was toasted on the named are believed to be generally come less profitable. In a sectionern Railway Company, Brigadier call of the chairman' of the South- unsuitable or impracticable for con-headed "Prices and Freights" It General Everard Baring, who men- and ditions at American ports, or their is stated that the building pricestioned that when the "Leviathan" application is limited by the size of ships have only slightly first came to Southampton in 1923 of the port.

Of the methods that propose the changed. For Great Britain the a specin! berth had to be prepared, use of port or harbour facilities, difference is given as an increase and the United States Lines agreed to defray the cost either in tonnage the disposal of oil-contaminated of 3.96 per cent. in 1926 as com- dues or cash in five years. As ballast and oil refuse by collecting pared with 1918, whereas the matter of fact, they mot the obliga barges seems to be the most im index number of wholesale prices Lion within two and a half years.

requires a number of barges retail prices is some 75 per cent. ampton dealt with 34 per cent. of maintained expressly for this ser-higher than in 1913. Freigats the passenger traffic between Bri- vice, and also the necessary towing are generally low owing to the tain and places outside Europe, and suitable reclaiming or disposal competition caused, by surplus against 28 per cent. dealt with at facilities.

tonnage, although the English Liverpool. coal stoppage has caused a risc.

JITA 15

Goo. Washington June 15

Leviathan -"July Oympic

July 9 |Geo." Washington July 13

Homerio

July 23

Levinchsh Aug. 1

IK

Reattle

21

San Francisco

Boatlo

5

13

San Francico.

Seat'e

19 San Francisco

Seattle 2Ban Fricisto

Majestic Barengaria Leviathan Aquitania Mijestio

Aug. G

Aug. 10

Aug, 20

Aug. 24

Fept, 3

Arriving at

8

P'mtl-Obrg June 23 Gbrg-Span July 1 Cbig-bon July Corg-9 hmpta July 15 T'ath Gb.g July C'org-Shuptn July 29 Pmth-bry Aug. 7 Cbrghn Ang. 12 C'brgonptn Aug. 10 Pmili-Curz Aug. 20

Cbry Shapin · Aug. Chrg-Shmptn Sept. 9

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT LINCOLN ..... Weinesday, May 18th 9 a.m.

PRESIDENT MADISON

PRESIDENT JACKSON 4..

PRESIDENT McKINLEY

PRESIDENT LINCOLN ....

Wednesday, June 1st.

Wednesday, June 15th,

Wednesday, June 29th.

Wednesday, July 13th.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesday.

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK. VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ-

PORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES

-GENOA-MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK. PRESIDENT HARRISON ...Tuesday, May 24th 6.00 am.

PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PRESIDENT POLK

.Tuesday, June 7th 8.00 s.m. „Tuesday, June 21st ·6,00 a.m. Tuesday, July 6th 8.00 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2nd 8.00 a.m.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

TO MANILA.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT HARRISON PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT MONROE

.May 16th

.8.00 p.m.

.May 24th

6.00 a.m.

.May 24th

6.00 p.m.

6.00 p.m.

8.00 a.m.

..May 30th June 7th For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Yokokuma & Osaka mediately practical. The system is some 50 per cent, and that of He added that during 1926 South- THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO

Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

Moji, Kobe, Oanka and Yokohama Shanghai, Moil & Kobe

Shanghai, Moff, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Mofi, Kobe & Yokohama

• Will not take passengers northwards,

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

The Barge Method..

It has been suggested that the Even a revival of trade would fleet of barges might be owned and not cause permanent improve- operated by a commercial company,

or by local municipal government, ment, as this would bring the on to the freight or port authorities On account of laid-up ships the low value of the recovered mate- market, and thus immediately rial, it is problematical whether destroy the normal ratio between such an enterprise could be made shipping and volume of trade on

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses, at self-supporting, particularly in the which reasonable steadiness de- Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.

Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Taundries.

initial stages, without some form pends. This is considered a pre- of assistance or protection against less. The barge method has been requisite to the revival of ship- carefully studied, and an estimate building.

Parcela measuring not more than 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft, will be received for its application to the port of

at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing,

For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

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

*Agents.

New York over a period of normal shipping activity has been made.

the

So far as oil-burning ships are of residual mixtures that concerned, It is believed that the separators will not handle. In fact, most satisfactory ultimate solution it seems probable that, in addition will involve the use of a separating to any oily-water separating device, device on each individual ship and however effective, which may be in- provision of facilities in harbours stalled on veshels, methods for col- for the collection and proper dialecting and property disposing of posal of heavy sludges and any tank sludge and certain other oily other olly wastes that the separa-refuse will have to be generally tor will not handle. The Bureau of available in port if of pollution

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE, Mines committee believes that an from vessel sis to be avoided.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE›

“BLUE FUNNEL ” LINE.

·

(OCEAN 5.5. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LTD.

ANDA

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.3. CO., LTD.) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.

.8.8. “ELPENOR". .

Via Suez Canal

Via Suez Canal

6th Junr. 10th June.

B.S. "CITY OF KOBE" Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Gwners' Option

Subject to change without notien.

oil-water separator for shipboard The limitation of ship design re- use can be developed which will quire that an apparatus intended catisfactorily separate the oil and for separating oil and water on vee- water yield a reclaimed oil sulit, sels must be comparatively small able for use as a fuel without fur and compact, and yet preferably be ther treatment. The Lise of capable of handling 100 to 200 tons, such

a device would make of all-water mixtures per hour. vessels self-contained and-in- a addition to equipping oil-burn- dependent to the maximum extent; ing vessels with oil-water, separators thus reducing the time of their and providing harges in harbours, turn-round period in port and les-it would be advisabile to have ap- sening pilotage and port charges,paratus for skimming and collecting

Skimming and Collecting,

Apparatus.from the surface of the water ing

patches of free off that sometimes If a completely successful device result from accidents in spite of all for separating ballast, water and all precautions/ Such apparatus should on general cargo vessels cannot be prove valuable in slips and quiet readly developed and applled, a pockets where spilled oll separator that would satisfactorily intes.

accumu

For Freight and particulars apply to "FERFIELII & SWHE ETHE BANK LINE ITIL, Hồng Kong. Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.| facilitate the collection, by barges, Commerce, Washington, D.C.

reduce the bulk of the oil-water. The findings of the committee are mixtures would be valuable. "A nin Techules). Papor! 885, | great reduction of bulk would much: Bureau of Mines, Department of

GENERAL AGENTS.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building. Ground Floor Telephone. 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 ENGINEERS," BOILER MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MÁSTERS, ELECTRICIANS.

SS.

TAIPING.

Speed: 14.77 LH.P. 4090 D.W. 4215 tona.

Built and engined by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.

Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:

RM. DYER B.Sc., MINA

Deck-Bongkong

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