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THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928.

NYISLINE

THROUGH BOOKING TO EIROPE AT REDUCED RATES, £120, £112, 110, £102, £83, via San Francisco.

G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

TENTO MARU

4th September.

Tuesday, 21st August, KOREA MARU (Calle Los Angeles) Tuesday, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vie

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

ATSUTA MARU·

KASHMIR MARU

MISHIMA MARU

TANGO MAKU

Saturday,

Saturday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports,

11th August. 26th August

1.

Wednesday,

22nd August. Monday, 19th September..

Saturday,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

TAMBA MARU

11th August 27th August. †TOTTORI MARU (omits Penang). Monday, SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles.

Mexico & Panama. ANYO MARU

Saturday, 28th August. SOUTH AMERICA (East Const) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.

Thursday, 6th September.

KAWACHI MARU

NEW YORK and BOSTON via PANAMA.

+ CALCUTTA MARU...... ..... Thursday, 16th August. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles,

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

† MALACCA MARÜ

PENANG MARU

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

TANGO MARU

Thursday, Sunday,

Friday,

9th August. 10th August.

17th August.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

... Friday,

10th August.

Sunday,

19th August

20th August.

Monday,

20th August.

† NAGATO MARU (Moji dirgt)

+ MATSUMOTO MARU

↑ RANGOON MARU (Moji direet). Monday,

FUSHIMI MARU

†Carge only.

Subject to alteration without notice. For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.}

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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,

LONDON. HAMBERG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP_Via Singapore

Colombo, Suez and Port Said. ATLAS MARU

.... Thursday, 9th August. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Vis Saigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Burban & Cape Town MONTEVIDEO MARU

BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo.

Friday, 10th August,

SUMATRA MARU (Calls at Pen ng). Sunday, 19th August. DURBAN, BELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND

MOMBASA-Via Singapore, and Colombo.

MEXICO MARU-

Wednesday, 20th August. CALCUTTA-Vin Singapore, Penang and Rankoon

KASADO MARU

Saturday, 26th August, VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER V Shanghai and

Japan ports

MELBOURNE—Vin Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

MADRAS MARU

BANGKOK-Via Saigon.

HAIPHONG-Yin Holhow

MENADO MARU

Wednesday, 5th September,'

Thursday, 16th August 10 a.m.

NEW YORK-Vin Japan poria, San Francisco & Panama

HAVRE MARU

JAPAN PORTH

ALASKA MARU.....

SOURABAYA MARU

TACOMA MARU

KEELUNG-Yin SWATOW & AMOY

HOZAN MARU

KISHU, MARU

TARAO-Via SWATOW & AMOY

DELI MARU

TAKAO & KEELUNG

SOURABAYA MARU

Tuesday, 14th August.

Friday, 10th August. Friday, 10th August, Wednesday, 15th August.

Sunday, 12th August noon. Sunday, 19th August Noon.

Thursday, 9th August noon. Friday, 10th August.

For further particulars please apply, to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No.. 4088, 4089, 4090.

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was launched from the Arm- The LIMITED PASSENGER CAPACITY strong yard last month. VESSELS WHICH BENEFIT.

principal dimensiona are:- The "President Roosevelt" and Length over platforms, 194ft.; Only the new or improved "President Harding" are not con- length over pontoon, 172ft. 11in.;! vessels under private operation in sidered desirable units for the overall width, 61ft. Bin.; clear the essential ocean shipping lanes combined services because of width between fenders, 44ft. are entitled to the mail contract their limited passenger capacity, Gin.; overall depth of pontoon, benefit of the Jones-White Ship-but,it is admitted that they would 5ft. 10in.; number and length of ping Act, under an interpretation be usable in various other ser- pontoons, four at 41ft. 8in.; agreed to by the Shipping Board,vices. In fact it is known that at space between pontoons, 2ft. lin.; states a Washington message. least four companies have al-overall length of side walls, 152ft. Stating that the first of such ready indicated their intention of lin.; overall height of side walla new or improved vessels must be bidding for one or both of the above edge of pontoon, 19ft, Tin.;

width of entered on the service not later vessels if they are offered for sale overall

6ft. 3ia.; draft of than three years after the sign- apart from the other vessels of wall,

water keel ing of the mail contracts, the the United States Lines.

blocks, 12ft. Board announced in a statement As for the combined services it sin; corresponding freeboard of that the bulk of the cargo ships is certain that Mr. Lawrence R. side walls, 3ft. 8in.; height of keel now in operation under the U.S.Wilder and associates will be blocks, 8ft.; depth of water re- flag do not meet the requirements among the bidders, inasmuch as quired at site. 22ft.; time of lift and that consequently new con- it is largely due to the recent an-(vessels of 600 tons 10ft. draft), struction is necessary. The in-nouncement of his desire to pur-two hours. ference was drawn that the chase the line that specifications Of the double-sided self-dock-Hong Kong Board intended to restrict this in- are now being prepared. terpretation of the mail contract other groups also are expected to ing type known as the "sectional provision almost entirely to cargo submit bids, and it is thought pontoon, it consists of a lifting ships.

that the Board will be willing to portion, formed of four pontoona, attached to two parallel side The mail contract provisions of dispose of the lines on very rea-walls, which are continuous over the Janes-White Bill provide for sonable terms, provided the

their whole length. When float- a graduated scale of compensa-purchasers guarantee replace- tion which is about double the old ment of the present tonnage withing in fresh water at 36 cu. ft. per ton, it can lift and carry a vessel scale. The Board has made it modern vessels of greater speed displacing 750 tons, when the cor- known that it was its judgment Replacements would be well) that "mail contracts under the taken care of by Mr. Wilder'sners of the pontoon deck at the front edges of the side wall are Jones-White shipping legislation previously announced plan for level with the surface of the should provide for new or im- the consideration of six 38-knot water. It is also capable of be- proved vessels for the services, liners to be built by the Trans-ing sunk to a depth over keel the first of such vessels to be en-oceanic Corporation for operation blocks of 12ft. Sin, the corres- tered on the service not later than in a four-day service across the ponding freeboard of the walls three years after the signing of Atlantic with aeroplanes

asan being 3ft. 8in. The walls are of the mail contract.

adjunct for speeding up the mail vertical plated-in caissons, rec "The Board feels that Congress service as outlined in "The tangular, and are situated on top has unmistakably supported its Journal of Commerce" recently of the pontoons, of which they purpose in enacting the Jones- With assurance of such a pro- form a continuation. The star- White Act; that purpose is to gramme of new construction, it is board wall carries on its top the build up a privately-owned U.S. assumed that the Postmaster valve and machinery houses and merchant marine comparable in General would be willing to award the port wall carries native ac quality with the merchant fleets a generous mail contract to the

[commodation. of other nations. The bulk of the purchaser of the combined ser- cargo ships now in operation un-vices.

Two

The main pumping machinery

der the US. fag do not meet It is considered likely that the consists of two sets each made up these requirements, and there bids for the United States and of a semi-Diesel engine driving a fore new construction is impera- American Merchant Lines will be centrifugal pump through level tive or the purpose of the law asked for in advance of the con- gear and shafting. The engines will be defeated. The Board is in solidation of the America, France are of the horizontal vertical spin- dle type, and are placed directly agreement on this interpretation and American Diamond lines, and of the purpose of Congress in it is also understood that the on top of the main drain running passing the Merchant Marine Act, Board has further sales in view along the bottom of the wall. known as the Jones-White Bill." and that in the event of failure to Each pump is fitted with an effi- sell any of the services to be nd-is capable of lifting a vessel up to {cient air ejector. The installation THE PURCHASERS' OPTION.

the United States vertised, there may be transfers 600 tons displacement within two Bids for Lines and the five passenger and to other: operators with the un- cargo vessels of the American derstanding that the latter shall hours. A contrifugal pump of 150 Merchant Lines are to be asked purchase the lines after a certain goilons per minute capacity is in- talled in the starboard wall, and for by the Shipping Board,, as period of preliminary operation.

a 3in. fire main with three hose. soon as specifications can be pre-

connections is carried along the pared. It is understood that pur-

same wall. The whole dock is chasers will have the option of ex-

electrically lighted. The dock. cluding the cabin liners "Pre-

has been constructed to the de- sident Roosevelt" and "President NEW FLAGSHI FOR CHINA signs of Messrs. Clark and Stand-

Harding" from their bids, and in-- cluding the "Mount Vernon" and "Monticello," with the proviso

H.M.S. "KENT."

STATION,

field, of Victoria-street, London, consulting engineers, and the H.M. 10,000-ton cruiser whole of the work has been car- that the latter two may be recon-"Kent," which has been built and ried out under their supervision. ditioned in accordance with the equipped at Chatham Dockyard It will be ready for leaving the purchaser's own plans rather at an approximate cost of Tyne about the middle of July, than. in accordance with the plan £2.169,828, has been manned by and the contract for its delivery previously adopted by the Board a full crew from the Nore Naval at Abadan has been let by. Sir for reconditioning these vessel Depot and commissioned by Cup-W. G. Armstrong. Whitworth and at a cost of £1,200,000 each. tain J. Wolfe Murray, D.S.O., for Co., Ltd., to Messrs. F. W. Peddar

Replacements of existing ton-service in the Far East as flagship and Co., London. nage in the United States Lines of Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald fleet are considered imperative Yorke Tyrwhitt, B., KC.B., as the fleet in its present condi- Commander-in-Chief of the China tion is badly balanced, states the Station. "New York Journal of Com-

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CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

Consignees of Cargo Ex 5.8. The "Kent's" engines are of "Benalder" are reminded to take merce," having only one first 80,000 h.p., and she is equipped delivery of their goods which will class ship, the "Leviathan," with with eight 8in. four 4in. anti-be subject to rent after August 10. A speed of 23 to 25 knots. The aircraft and four 3-pounder guns, next in line is the "George Wash- and four 2-pounder pom-poms. ington," with a speed of about The "Kent" is to relieve the cruis-

knots, followed

by the er "Hawkins," which is serving "America," "Republic," "Hard- her third commission, as flagship ing" and "Roosevelt," with speeds on the China Station, and on re- ranging from 16 to 18 knots. lief by the "Kent" is to return to With the exception. of the Britain to pay off for refit. The "Leviathan," all are cabin class "Rent" was to leave Chatham on ships, and it is not believed that July 8, and on the day previous the "Mount Vernon" and "Monti-was to be presented with plate and a special ship's bell subscribed for by residents of the County of "Kent" in response to an appeal

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SAILING DATES FOR AUGUST, 1928 (subject to change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.80 p.m., Wuchow 2.00 p.m.

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AUGUST:

AUGUST.

SUN. 12th WED. 22nd FRI. 17th *MON. 27th

FRI. 10th WED. 15th MON. 20th

FRI.

SUN, 26th

31st

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Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac- | commodation for First Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in State- rooms and Saloon. The 8.8. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless.

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These vernols leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samshul, Shishing, Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Forts) every five days.'

Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are to be obtained on board."

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by Countess Stanhope, who ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.s. co.,

christened the cruiser at Chatham just over two years ago. The "Kent's" sister ships are the "Cumberland." "Berwick, "Suf- folk, and "Cornwall."

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

The P. & 0. a.s. "Kidderpore" left Shanghai for this port on th left Shanghai for this port yes- terday at 4 p.m. with the Malle, and is due here on August 11 at, about 6 a.m.

The Ben Line .."Benledi" from Middlesbro', London, Straits and Philippi" is due to arrive here on Aug. 14.

The CP.S. RM.S.""Empress of Russia" left Vancouver for Hong||| Kong, via Japan ports and Shang- hai on August 2, and is due here! on. August 20

The M.V. "Japan" (Swedish) East Asiatic Co. Ltd.) left Ham- burg on July 7, and in Bus berel ́on or about August 22.

The M.V. "Sumatra” (Swedish East Ariatie Co. Ltd.) left Ham- burg on July 22, and is die kare. on or about August 813

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

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24th Aug. 2nd Sept.

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5th Oct.

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2nd Sept.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

14th August

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