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THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES, £120, £112, £110, £102, £88, via San Francisco.

G$440, &$420, via Japan and Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO via Shàngha!, Japan Ports & Honolulu. SIBERIA MARU (Calls Keelung)... Tuesday, 24th July.. TAIYO MARU (Calls Los Angolos). Wednesday, 8th August, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

KATORI MARU

ATSUTA. MARU

Saturday, 28th July. Saturday, 11th August.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vla Manila & Ports.

AKI MARU

MISHIMA MARU

Wednesday, 25th July, Wednesday, 22nd August

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

† SEIYO MARU

TAMBA MARU

Friday, 27th July Saturday, 11th August.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles.

Mexico & Panama. ANYO MARU

Saturday, 18th August.

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SHIPPING

CLAIMS AGAINST U.S. SHIPPING BOARD.

NORWEGIAN SHIPS.

SECTION.

VOLGA AND DON.

LINKING UP THE TWO RIVERS.

MANY CHANGES.

FRENCH REPAIRS.

IMPROVED DRYDOCKING

FACILITIES,

PORT PROGRESS.

At a time when the question of the quick execution of repair works on vessels has taken a turn of evor- growing interest and Importance owing to the general increase in running expenses of all kinds, the

Oslo. The Storting unanimously

In the many changes which have recent order pinced' with Meaars. adopted the report of the Foreign come over Russin in recent years, Wilton's Slipway, and Engineering Affairs Committee on the case of one is apt to lose sight of the scale

M. Hannevig, the Norwegian ship-of her activities. In 1912 the Veiga Co., Rotterdam, by the Cle Sud-At- owner, who some time ago unsuc- Roet consisted of 3,300 steamers and antique for the carrying out of ex- cessfully brought an action for 6,098 other vessels, and the ton-tensive repairs to the hull of their 62,000,000 dols. damages, against nage of this fleet was 8,500,000 liner "Lutetin" could

not fail to for having requisitioned a number goods were transported by the arouse much stir among shipping of ships during the war. The re-Valga, while in the same year all and shipbuilding circles on this port observes that nothing more the railways of Russia carried not site. After inviting tenders for

the United States Shipping Board tons.. In 1913, 25,000,000 tons of

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports. Jean be done in the matter, but that more than 130,000,000 tona.

Wednesday, 1st August.

BINGO MARU

NEW YORK and/or · BOSTON via PANAMA.

† TATSUNO MARU

Monday, 30th July,

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles.

DELAGOA MARU (Calls Glasgow) Friday, 17th August. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Peng & Rangoon.

Wednesday, 8th August.

† MALACCA MARŰ

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

MISHIMA MARU

Friday, 20th July.

Monday,

SHANGHAI, KUBE & YOKOHAMA,

HAKÕNE MARU

23rd July 31st July. Wednesday, 1st August.

† MORIOKA MARU (Moji direct)... Tuesday, SADO MARU

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LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore

Thursday, 9th August.

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ATLAS MARU

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town MONTEVIDEO MARU

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Friday, 10th August.

Friday, 3rd August.

Sunday, 10th August.

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CANADA MARU.

Sunday, 5th August.

CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon

SEATTLE MARU... .................................. Wednesday, 25th July, VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Ya Shanghai and

Japan ports

LONDON MARU (from Shanghai), Monday, 23rd July. MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

HIMALAYA MARU

BANGKOK-Via Saigon.

HAIPHONG Yín Mi HoW & PAKEDI

NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama

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TAKAO MARU

CASADO MARU

KEELUNG-Via SWATOW & AMOY

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DELI MARU

TAKAO & KEELUNG

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Friday, 20th July.

Friday, 20th July.

Sunday, 22nd July.

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If the opportunity arises, the Gov-| According to the "Bank for Rus- the repairs from several big firms. ernment should try to obtain a sct-sian Trade Review," the Soviet the owners finally placed the order tlement by which M. Hannevig may Union has now in hand plans for with the Dutch firm, who did the receive some compensation as a linking up the Volga and the Don. work within nine days, to the en- A study of the map will convey

matter of equity,—Router.

LEITH DOCKS BUDGET.

some impression of the great area tire satisfaction of the Cie. Sud- covered by the basin of the Volga, Atlantique,,

the principal river in the European This order following on the ex- territory of the Soviet Union, which tensive hull repairs to the C.G.T.'s has its mouth in the Caspian Sea, liner "Paris" at the eame yard A report regarding the year'a and is thus in direct communica-again calls attention to the neces- working of the Leith Docks Un-tion with such important ports as sary. increase and improvement of dertaking, presented at a meeting Baku. In conjunction with the shiprepairing facilities la France, of May 15 last amounted to £294,868 river Kama, it flows through the and it is interesting to observe the an increase over the previous year richest districts in the Union, and steps that are to be taken in that of £28,301, and the ordinary ex-alac constitutes an excellent con- direction. penditure was £205,910, an increase necting link in the transport of raw Considerable progress has been of £14,732. The not surplus, after material, such as grain, hides and made payment of ordinary expenditure, sinking fund and interest on loan expenses amounted to $29,655, an increase of £10,094.

and

is about to

akins, &c., from Siberis, while, the be made so far as dry-docking river. Oka, the Moscow river and facilities are concerned by the con- the Klyazma, connect with the con-istrusion of new graving docks and trál industrial area,

the purchase of new floating docks.

Mr. Thomas A. Wright, conven-

At certain points on its course, French parts have now at their er of the Finance Committee, said the Volga is in comparative pro-disposal an efficient equipment, that the financial position of the ximity to other Important natural which enables French shipowners Leith Docks Undertaking continued waterways of the Union, tapping to have all their vessels dry-deck- to be maintained at a high level. further distrets, and flowing into ed in their own country; it is no The surplus of revenue over ex- other seas. The most important of longer compulsory, for instance, penditure was the highest figure these points occurs in the neigh-for the C.G.T. to send their liners a town "Paris" and "France" to be dry- they had reached since the outbreak bourhood of Stallingrad,

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of the war, and compared satisfac-situated on the banks of the Volga, docked at Cherbourg or at a for- torily with the surplus of 1913. approximately 250 miles from its eign port; since the new Havre The tonnage of vessels arriving mouth. Here the river Don, which graving dock, 1,049 ft. long, cap- showed an increase over that of flows into the Black Sea, is only able of accommodating the largest

The question of French the previous year, but a decrease 35 miles away.

The Sal Kong (or the West River) frem former years, and, compared the construction of a canal, join France," has now been in operation!

is the third largest river in the Chin- with 1913, a decrease of approxim-ing the twe rivers at this point, was for some months.

fase Republic and second only to the first raised as long ago as 1568, }ately 440,000 tons. The tonnage but owing principally, to the lock

Yangtaze in importance. This mágni- of imports and exports of goods likewise showed a decrease. Ap knowledge, the scheme has never deaux, where there is now in ser of funds and insufficient technical

ficent trade route, was opened to for- A similar remark applies to Boreign traffic in 1897, but how many proximately the total was 3,260,000

Progres at Bordeaux.

tons: this WAB less by 1,438,000 taken concrete shape until the pre-vice a 25,000-ton floating dock, foreigners travel on this important tons compared with 1918. Con! acent time. The original intention capable of accommodating the lin. waterway? Tho scenery along the counted for 608,000 tons of this was to construct a canal sufficient ers to be built to the order of the route is beautiful. We recommend it decrease compared with 1913. The to deal with only the smaller type Cie Sud-Atlantique for the South to any person who wishes to spend a import of grain showed some im- of craft, but the present scheme, America route. A second floating short and economical holiday. provement, but along with flour now favoured by the Soviet, la dock, with a lifting power of 12,000 was still 180,000 tons behind the bodies the digging of a canal ofed shortly at Bordeaux, and it plan-

much more ambitions, and em tons, is to be pre-war figure.

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Referring to Sir Alan Cobham's approximately 65 miles in lengthened to add to these two floating recent visit, Mr. Wright mention-The connections would be near docks a third 8,000-ton unit for the the construction of a new sluice-

Again mention must be made of MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. the Volga, and Brest Naval Dockyard. It is thus dock at Saint Nazaire, which al- that the Leith docks area was suit-Kalach, on the Don. The construc evident that Bordeaux will hence though more especially intended to gapore for this port on July 16 ed that their experience showed Stalingrad, on

The B.I. a.s. "Takliwa" left Sin- tion of Ipeks on the Don over a able for the landing of seaplanes. distance of about 325 miles would forth offer first-class facilities so allow of the passage of the big-p.m., and is due here to-morrow They might be called upon at no enable large steamers from the These notable developments are not Penhost fitting out dock to the

far as dry-docking is concerned. gest modern liners between the morning. distant date to supply a regular Volga to reach the Black Sea, via only of interest to the French com-river Loire, and thus allowing of Singapore for this port on July 18. The P. & O. 8.8. "Allpore" left landing-place for that type of

the port of Rostov-on-Don, which craft.

is to be deepened, while a second terminal at that port and to the liners still larger than the "Ile-de- and is due here an

panies whose liners have their the building at Saint Nazaire of at 8 a.m. with the outward Mails, canal would have to be dug be-firms operating tankers on regular France" will also be used, if re about 8 a.m.

July 23 at tween Rostov and Taganrog.

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fact that the rich districts served at Pauillac, at about half dia of the big shipyards and works by the Volga and Kama rivers tance between Bordeaux and the owned by the Chantier et Ateliers would be able to export direct to Atlantic Ocean, on the Gironde, a de Saint Nazaire-Penhoet and by the Mediterranean. The estimated most efficient and modern repair-the Ateliers et Chantiers de la AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT cost of the project, as quoted by ing plant is to be es-Loire. It is therefore obvious that

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the "Bank for Russian Trade Re-tablished by a group of local ship the dock when completed will open view," is between 130,000,000 and building and repairing firms. Ja wide field of possibilities. 150,000,000 roubles, which, taking the rate of exchange as 9.46, amounts to between 13.74 and 15.82 million pounds; in addition to which, approximately 5,000,000 roubles, or £600,000, would be re- quired annually for the general maintenance. It la expected, how- ever, that on account of the econo- mies effected in the transport of coal from the Donetz basin, into the Volga, area, and the export of! such raw materials as grain and timber, &c., and of oil from Baku,

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