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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.

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.)

A., 8.

From

Tons Hongkong

About

Destination

28th Apr | Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Noon

TKIDDERPORE | 6,334 22nd

M'fles, L'don, A'werp, R'dam & 'burg Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hull

Bombay, Marseilles & London

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

MOREA

+LAHORE

KASHGAR

10,963

5,262 0,805

7th May 12th May

MALWA

+ALIPORE

+JEYPORE

DELTA

† MIRZA PORE

BANTURA

†NOVARA.

10,986 20th May

5,273 31st 5,318 2nd June 8,097 9th Jung 6,715

June 19th 16,601 23rd June

6,989 30th

May

Straits & Bombay.

June

KHYBER

BAWALPINDI

0.114 {.16,019

7th July

21st-

↑NANKIN

7,058

28th

KASHMIR

.

THE CHINA MAIL,

WITH THE FLEET. able. The guns are mounted in

GREAT PROGRESS SINCE JUTLAND.

BIG-GUN FIRING.

had then

enable the

"

Shells Seon' in, Flight, pairs Inside a heavily-armoured In 'long-range firing, where the turret, which one enters by a small trajectory is steep, the projectiles hatch cut in the gun-house floor can be clearly-seen in light-two where it overhangs the barbette or more black dots ascending a structure.' Loading operations are sharply curved are until they dis all performed by power, though appear into the blue and, many there is hund gear for use in emer-seconds later, announce their ar gency.

rival by throwing up silvery ex [By Hector C. Bywater.]

A touch on a lover causes the clamation marks as high as a ship's In д statement lasued

massive breech-block to seven

swing masthead, revealing the cavernous years ago the Admiralty Naval Open

When the prescribed number of Staff gave expression to their pro-lever is pulled over, and, up from turn to set as targets to the Mari- chamber of the gun. Another rounds had been fired it was our found conviction that "the capital ship remains the unlt on which gea the depths, with a roar and a borough and Emperor of India, and power is built up." Sufficient tima rattle, comes the leading cage, con- it was at this stage of the proceed-

elapsed to

taining the powder charges and the ings, that the quality of present- Staff to sift the data furnished by projectile. As the latter reaches day British naval gunnery was re- the various naval actions fought the level of the open breech a chain vealed. A ripple of flashes, from during the war, and to deduce and drives, the hage shell home. down, a period of waiting that }rammer shoots out from the rear the two grey ships almost hull therefrom the relative values of

The cage moves various weapons employed. bringing the powder charges into of seconds, then an ominous rumble another stage, seemed to run into minutes instead Their tribute to the big ship was,line with the breech, into which overhead and three or four terrific in effect, a tribute to the big gun. they in turn

the are driven by the smacks on water. There experience shown this weapon to he outclassed in preciclangs, back into place and the gun tic fountains, which

Then the breech-block plumb in our wake rose the gigan- would have sion, ringe, destructive power, and general reliability by Rome other is loaded, the whole operation, have arm, then the battleship would ing taken less time than is requir. have lost its raison d'etre.

ed to describe it. Since the statement in question was published there have been im- Meanwhile the gunnery officer we might to port or starboard, the portant developments in aviation, and his assistants, parched in the great splashes followed in our and it is now claimed in some foretop, have been engaged in the wake with relentless precision. quarters that aircraft are already abstruse calculations necessary to Now and again a projectile, after capable of staking any battleship determine not merely the range of its first plunge, would ricochet far under war conditions. Without ex- the target but its speed and course, across the ses like a playful por- ploring this controversial, lasue, it In this they are assisted by fo-poise, which indeed it resembled in may be stated that naval opinion, genious instruments of a confiden-girth and colour.

the

Had war

serves as a

rammer.

Skill and Judgment,

been volcanoes of fire and red-hot steel belching from our decks but for the deflection of the guns, which were trained upon us. Swerve as

as a whole, docs not accept the tial nature, but in the last resort I have not heard the official re- claim. The great ship is still re-it is the personal element that sults of this practice, but if the garded as indispensable, because it counts, and accurate shooting is gunnery of the Fleet is up to the is the only type of ship which principally a matter of skill and sample I saw, the country.may rest May Straits, Colombo, Bombay & Karachi the big gun, this being the weapon the problems to be solved is in.vitally important department of the floating carriage for judgment. The complex nature of assured that all is well with this which all experience to date in-dfeated by the following remarks national defences. For reasons of M'lles, L'don, A'werp, R'dam & H'burgdicates as that which produces the by an expert:

finance, however, the expenditure Marseilles, London & Antwerp, most decisive results in naval com-

You can only Are at a distant of naval ammunition is rigidly cur bat.

target on the expectation that it talled, and it is a moot point whe- Its critics often point to the is going to maintain its speed and ther an increase in the present Battle of Jutland as evidence that direction of movement. This is canty allowance of powder and the big gun is not really an arm because not only does the projec-form of economy."Daily Tele- shell would not prove the soundest! of precision, In that engagement, tile take a very considerable period It is true, the average of hits to to travel from the firing ship to rounds fired did not exceed 3 per the target at such ranges-80 that On the other hand, by far it is not the range at the moment,

July July 8,995 4th Aug. RAJPUTANA 16,538 18th Aug. NALDERA

101,088 1nt Sept KALYAN

9,144 | 16th Sept. 1Cargo. only.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Marselles, London, Antwerp, Hull,

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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

TALAMBA

*HATIPARA

TALMA.

P018 7,704 170

3rd

May Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. May Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000

26th

May Singapore, Perang & Calcutta. 7,035 2nd June Singapore, Penung & Calcutta. "Cargo only.

TAKLIWA

B. L. Apear Line steamers hare excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)

*ARAFURA 10,000 4th

TANDA

ST. ALBANS

ARAFURA

cent.

the greater part of the casualties but, so to speak, a future range

fatal.

graph."

MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS,

The M.V. "Remo" (D. & Co.)

The P. &-0. 8.8. "More", left

on hoth sides were due to gunfire. that is actually used-but the fir-sailed from Aden on March 26 and of the twelve major vessels des- ing ship's speed will give it a side- is dus here to-day. troyed, nine wero sunk by gunfire. ways direction, making the right Compared with the gan, the tor- deflection as essential as the right Shanghai for this port yesterday at pedo made a very indifferent show.jrange. To state the problem in 4 p.m. with the Mails, and is due ing, a fact of some importance in another way, the actual point at here to-morrow at about 7 a.m. view of the relianco which anti-which the projectile must be aim- battleship critics place on the tor-ed is not the hostile ship itself. Russia" arrived Hong Kong this The C.P.S. R.MS: "Empress of pedo, whether used by aircraft or but the place in the water at which morning. She will sail for Manila submarines. In the course of the the hostile ship and the projectile to-morrow at 5 p.m. Jutland action the British fired ought to meet.

The B.I. 8.8. "Talma" left Singa- The difficulty of hitting is furore for this port on April 24 p.m., seventy-four and the Germans 109 torpedoes. Of these 183 torpedoes ther increased when either the tar-and is due here on April 29 p.m. not more than six took effect, and get or the Aring ship, or both, are only three hits at most proved under helm-that is to say, chang-sailed from New York on March 17, The M.V. "Toronto" (D. & Ca) ing course. Higher Average Accuracy.

In the firing that I witnessed the

and is due in Manila on April 30. So far as the British Navy is Iron Duke and the Benbow were Singapore for this port yesterday The P. & O. es.. "Alipore" left concerned, great strides have been "engaging" the Marlborough and at Noon with the outward Mails, made in gunnery since Jutland. Emperor of India, the range being and is due here on May 1 at about Not only is the average of accuicy such that the two last-named ships 4 p.m. higher, but the projectiles fired were only just visible to the nak- The a.s. "Kendal Castle" (D. & have greater penetrative power and ed eye. We were all moving at a Co.) sailed, from New York on are, therefore, much more destruc-considerable speed in fairly smooth March 6, and is due here on May tive than the shells in use at the water.

Sested in the foretop of 7. date of the Jutland battle.

the Benbow-a small enclosed com- For obvious reasons,

The Swedish East Asiatic. Co. the Admiralty partment high up on the maat, with V. "Rankine" left Hamburg on cannot publish the results of gun all windows open to prevent the April 14 and is due here ⚫ practice. Unfortunately, official shattering of the glass through about May 25.

reticence in this matter has given concussion-I watched the Iron rise to rumours that the shooting Duke, steaming just ahead of us, of the Fleet has

fire her firat salvos at the distant declined in quality. There is, I believe, no target-namely, the Emperor of

these stories.

India.

Manila. Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney &

May

1 .nt. 8,056

June 4,600 29th June 6,000 3rd Aug.

Melbourne.

*Calls at Port Holland

Begular monthly sailings from Hongxong to Japan and Hongkong to astralia.

The E. & A. 8.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cela, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en routs as inducement

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-- The Union B.S. Company's steamers, to the United Kingdom vis New Bealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, ste.

Mort

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The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and word of truth in London Tis Panama Canal,

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

MALWA

TALMA *ALIPORE TAKLIWA TANDA

NOVARA

DELTA

DEVANHA

SANTHIA

"MIRZAPORE

RANPURA

TILAWA

"NANKIN

TAKADA

ST. ALBANS

KHYBER

TALAMBA BAWALPINDI *NELLORE KASHMIR ARAFURA RAJPUTANA KALYAN TANDA

10,986 | 27th Apr. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohams. 10,000

Amoy, Shai, Moii, Kode & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

6 a.m.

8,007

| 8,155 17th

May 5,273 2nd May 7,930

7th May 8,350 8th May 6,989

8th May 11th

May May

int

Amoy, Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. S'hai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama

4,500 8,940

9,114

7,75-1 22nd May 0,715 240, May 16,001 25th May 10,006 2nd June

·7,068 5th June 5th June 7th June 8th June 8,018 17th June 16,019

22nd June 6,853 3rd July 8,980 6th July 8,000 10th July 16,508 30th July 9,144 3rd Aug. 6,950 7th Aug.

• Cargo ouly,

Shanghai, Kobe & Osaka, Amov, Mail, Kobe & Osaka, Shalghai, Boji & Kobe.

S'hai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Amoy, Sini, Moji, Kobe & Osaka, S'ha, Maji, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. S'hai, Mofi. Kobe & Yokohama, Amoy, Haji, Kobe & Yokohama, S'ha, Kobe & Yokohama Shai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Tokohams. S'hal, Kobe Yokohama. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama.

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Ali Cabins are ätted with Electric Fens free of charge.

samers on London and Australian Linea are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. = 2 ft. x 1 fl. will be received

- the Company's Offos up to Nona na the day previons to sailing.

For further information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., spply to:-- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

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During the Mediterranean exer-. A Thrilling Experience.

on or

NETHERLANDS SHIP- BUILDING.

The Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, Amsterdam, have! cises this month I witnessed a full- Needless to say, the guns were placed an order for the construc- calibre "shoot" by the four battle-so trained that their projectiles tion of seven motorships of 165ft. ships of the Third Battle Squadron would drop some distance astern of 6in. in length, 28ft. 8in. in -which are only partly manned by the actual point of aim, this breadth, 10ft. depth, and of 783 trained personnel and can only method of using an actual ship as tons displacement on 8ft, mean say that the results were most im-the target being known as "throw- draft, with the Intermass Ship- pressive.

off" practice. It sounds rather building Co., Slikkerveer. The The ships of this squadron, Iron thrilling, and, in fact, is so, but so machinery for these vessels, Duke, Marlborough, Benbow, and nicely adjusted are the control in-which are to be used in the East Emperor of India, are of pre-war struments and the guns, and so Indian coasting services, will be design, mounting ten 18,5 in guns skilful the gunners, that no ele constructed by lessrs. Sulzer apiece. Their armament is there-ment of real risk is involved. Bros., Winterthu. fore not of the latest pattern, a As a spectacle big-gun firing at circumstance which renders their sea would be cult to surpass. At fine shooting all the more credit-leach discharge there is a blinding

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