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G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
SHINYO MARU (Calis Nagasaki) .. Tuesday, 18th September.
2nd October. BIBERIA MARU (Calls Los Angelos). Tussday, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vis
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.
SUWA MARU.
FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday,
Saturday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manlla & Porta.
TANGO MARU
AKI MARU
.... Wednesday, Wednesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colomba.
22nd September. ath October,
19th September. 24th October.
↑ NAGATO' MARU (omit Ponang) .. Thursday, 27th September, AWA MARU
Thursday, 11th October. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) vin Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU
Saturday, '20th September.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vla Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.
KANAGAWA MABU
Tuesday, 9th October.
NEW YORK and BOSTON vla PANAMA.
+ MAYEBASHI MARU *TOBA MARU
21st October.
Monday, 24th September. Sunday, 21st October. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles.
LIMA MARU (Calls Glasgow)... Sunday, CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
MORIOKA MARU RANGOON MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YUKUHAMA.
AKI MARU
Friday, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
*NAGANO MARU (Moj direct).... Thursday, MALACCA MARU (Calls Keelung)
Wednesday, 19th Septambor. Sunday, 30th September.
21st September.
20th September.
TAMBA MARU
(omita Shanghai) Sunday, Sunday,
80th September 30th September.
†Cargo 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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BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON,
HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Via Singapore Colombo, Suez and Port Said. ALASKA MARU ************* ... Thursday, 11th October. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo. Durban & Cape Town HAWAII MARU
LAPLATA MARU
INDUS MABU
BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo.
Saturday, 29th September. Friday, 28th October.
Thursday, 20th September.
SHUNKO MARU (Calls at Karachi). Thursday, 4th October.
BORNEO MARU
Friday, 10th October.
DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND
MOMBASA Via Singapore and Colombo. CHICAGO MARU
.... Friday, 28th September.
CALCUTTA Vin Singapore, Penang and Rangoon
TACOMA MARU
SEATTLE MARU
Tuesday, 25th September. Thursday, 25th October.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghai and
Japan ports
LONDON MARU (Salling from Dairon) Friday, 21st September. MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney,
· BURMA MARU ................
HAIPHONG-Ya Holhow & Pakhol.
MENADO MARU
Saturday, 6th October.
NEW YORK-Vin Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama
ARGUN MARU
JAPAN PORTS
SANUKI MARU
SEATTLE MARU
KEELUNG-Vin BWATOW & AMOY
KISHU MARU
TAKAO-Vin SWATOW & AMOY
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
SANUKI MARU
SOURABAYA MARU
For further particolars please apply Tel. Central No. 4089, 4089; 4096,"
Thursday, 27th Sept. 10 a.m. Thursday, 20th September.. Tuesday, 18th September. Wednesday, 18th September.
Sunday, 23rd Sept. Noon.
Thursday, 20th Sept. noon,
Tuesday, 18th September. Wednesday, 17th October.. to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
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PANAMA CANAL.
NEW TRAFFIC RECORDS ESTABLISHED.
THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE CHINA MAIL,
SHIPPING
SECTION.
INVISIBLE RAY.
SECRET EXPERIMENTS AT SEA!
A NEW DISCOVERY.
-
PORT DUES.
NEW ARRANGEMENT IN DENMARK.
GREAT REDUCTIONS,
It is reported from Copenhagen that the negotiations which have been going on for years with a view to effecting a reduction in the dues at the various provision. ports of Denmark have at last been brought ito a conclusion. The interested parties protested principally against the fact that the charges wero based on the tonnage of the ship, The total number of commercial Southampton.-I am in a position regardless of whether the ship was transits through the Panama Canal to announce that experiments of a loading or discharging a partial or for the fiscal year ending June 30, secret nature have recently been an entire cargo. This method was carried out off Nantucket with a all the more inconvenient because aggregated 6,466, und the total tolla new invisible ray, which in the in the greater number of the pro collected 20,944,499.77 dollars. This future is likely to play a most im-vincial ports ships only discharged established new high records for portant part in securing greater or loaded partial cargoes...
safety at sea.
According to the arrangement total transita and tolls collected for
This new discovery increased by which has now been reached a not any calendar or fiscal year period, twenty times the distance which can inconsiderable reduction in the exceeding by 371 transits and be seen with the human eye, and total expenses will be effected. The 723,476.83 in toll the previous high must therefore prove of vast im ship, in addition to the normal tariff, record established in the calendar portance from a seafarer's point of will pay a supplementary charge of 20 ore per ton of merchandise year 1927,
The ray is equally efficient day landed. This formula will be ap-; The daily average number of com. mercial transits during the year and night, and it has the additional plied to homogeneous cargoes, to was 17.63, as compared with 51 for advantage of retaining its powers wheat, fertilisers, coal coke and to Thus, if it other merchandise as may be ship- The daily of observation in fog. the fiscal year 1927. average tolle collection amounted to is possible to see 100 yards in fog ped as an entire cargo, such as flour, 73,618.85 dollars, as compared with or haze, the distance will become timber and fruita, on condition cargoes come from 66,380.36 dollars for the previous 2.000 yards, or over one milo, by that the fiscal year. The average amount of using the ray.
America, Africa, Asia, Australia or Its use will not, of course, in from Black Sea ports. tolls paid by each of the com- mercial transits was 4,173.56 dol-crease the viability on the horizon, The following example will show lars, as compared with 4,142.85 for for that is dependent upon the cur- how the new arrangement works out vature of the earth's surface, but, in practice: A steamer of 2,500 the fiscal year 1927.
Traffic in six months under roits use in cases of bad visibility tons net unloads about 1,200 tons view was somewhat lower than that must, without doubt, be far-reach-of maize or oil cake at Aarhus. in the first six month. This was ing.
According to the old system she The invention, which is a British would pay 25 ore per ton on enter- eaused by a sharp decline in mineral oll traffic beginning. in January, one; is, I understand, worked some- The loss
view..
in mineral all traf.what similarly to television, and the ing and 25 ore per ton on clearing, making a total of 1,250 kroner,
fie
offset, how-Image "picked out" by the rays Under the new system.she will pay partly Was
of recorded on the ship's bridge on a 25 ore per net ton on entering and ever, by heavy movement Canadian grain routed through the sort of mirror.
20 ore per ton of goods landed, inak. British capital has a controlling ing a total of 865 kroner, which re- Canal to Europe.
interest in the invention, which is presents a saving of 385 kroner, or expected to be perfected in the near 30 per cent future.
In speaking of the invention at
of luncheon meeting
During the month of June, 481 commercial vessels and 10 small launches transited the Canal. Toils on the commercial vessels aggre- gated 2,016,211.09 dollars, including a 18 dollars collected on a supple- Southampton mental bill on a transit in May, and on the launches, 78.75 dollars, or a total collection of 2,016,289.84 dol-
lara.
The dally average number of transits of Bengoing vessels for the month was 16.03, and the daily average tolls collection, 67,207.43, The average amount of tolls paid by each of the commercial transits was 4,191.67 dollars, as compared with 4,171.20 dollars for the month of May, 1928. In these averages the 18 dollars supplemental collection is not included.
the
This arrangement, which is ad- mitted to be only a compromise, has been acepted by the following Master Mariners' Danish provincial ports: Aalborg, Club, Mr. J. A. Macdonald, first offi- Aarhus, Faaborg, Frederiein, Fre cer of the Cunarder "Aquitania," derikssund, Helsingor, Hobro, Hio- said he understood that the ray was back, Horsens, Kalundborg, Koi- to be used by the two new big ding. Kersor, Mariager, Middel- German liners, while it was rumour. fart, Nyborg, Nykoping, Odense, ed that the new "White Star" mam Randers, Rudkobing, Stubbekobing, moth ship would be similarly equin- Svendborg, Sonderborg, Vejle and
Vordingborg. ped.-Home Correspondent.
SEASICKNESS.
THE MOST ANNOYING OF TRAVEL DISCOMFORTS.
this trouble, a sea voyage|
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Ltd.
The dock, which is intended to accommodate large oil tankers, is to be 480 feet in length, 68 feet wide at the entrance, 83 feet general width, and will have a depth of 24,
For some time past New Zealand interests have been trying to per- suade the P. and O. Line to extend June was the month of lightest traffe of any in the past Ascal year, To many persons one of the most their Australian service to the and the only month of the year in annoying discomforts of travel by island dominion, and Mr. R. W. which less than 500 ships transited. sea is seasickness. If passengers MacDonald, of the company, who During June, 90 tank ships tran- could be guaranteed Immunity has recently been in New Zealand, was inundated with hints and sug aited the Canal with an aggregate from
The com net tonnage. Panama Canal mea would become more popular and gestions to this effect. surement, of 482,789 tons, on which enjoyable. A German doctor has pany tried the experiment some tolls of 422,416.30 were collected. devised a method of alleviation, and years ago, and sent a number of Cargo amounted to 435,712 tons. In a mechanism for this purpose has ships on to Auckland after they had point of net tonnage, tanker traffic been installed in some
of the called at Sydney, but the financial
The result of the experiment was not Good progress is being made with feet at the sill at high water. The for the past month showed a de- Norddeutscher Lloyd liners. crease of 18.9 per cent. under the results are not perfect freedom one which encourages them to re-the construction of the new grav-consulting engineer is Mr. T. Ham- same traffic for the corresponding from seasickness, but it is stated peat it, and they are quite definite ing dock at the Bull Ring Yard ofning, Newcastle, and the resid- month a year ago, while cargo ton- that during recent voyages 1,500 in their determination to retain Smith's Dock Company, Ltd., Northeat engineer, Mr. A. Rhodes, of Sydney as their terminal port. In-Shields. The new platers' shed, Smith's Dock Company, and the con- nage decreased 23.3 per cent. under passengers who felt qualms have deed, the inter-island steamship 180 feet by 90 fent, is practically tractors are Messrs. J. C. Thompson the cargo tonnage of June, 1927. been treated, and of these 75 per
Tank ships comprised 18.7 per cent. were thoroughly, and 15 per services are now so excellent, and finished, as is also the retaining and Sons, South Shields. cent of the total commercial tran- cent, less completely cured, while so intimately bound up with the P wall, and excavating work is now sists through the Canal during the 10 per cent, continued to suffer in and 0. Line, that it is difficult proceeding for the dock basin.
to see any reason why the New Zea- On one side the contractors are month; made up 21.6 per cent. of spite of the treatment. The ap- landers should complain to such about three quarters the way down the total Panama.. Canal net ton-paratus consists of a cart on which an extent that they should expect for the dock wall, and on the other
cent. of the tolls collected'; and car- nected with two vials containing a
Mr. W. J. Hill, until recently chief :
Home.
engineer at Talkoo Sugar Refinery, nage; wore the source of 21 per is mounted an oxygen tank con. the P. and O. Company to engage side a portion of the dock wall has who received a presentation at the ried 20.3 per cent. of the total cargo composition called "Nauseatine." a non-lucrative trade. In any been set. The contractors are also Engineers' Institute prior to his re- in transit through the Canal. A patient in the incipient stage of circumstances the directors do not ready to commence the concrete tirement, salied from Hong Kong Tanker traffic, which had declined seasickness" is fitted with a mask intend to do so, and see no purpose work at the dock head. The dock on Saturday on the "Kalyan,” ac- rather heavily during the first five and inhales the mixture for five in beating about the bush on the gates are expected to arrive in companied by Mrs. Hill, bound for
matter."Journal of Commerce." about two months' time, months of the current calendar minutes. He may even perform year, showed a sharp revival during the inhalation process when in good June, which was the heaviest month health and rely on it as a preven- since December. Cargo tonnage in tive. There may, indeed, be an April, however, slightly exceeded element of faith cure in the pro- that of June on account of the ceas; but, in any caso, if relief from greater number of the tankers in seasickness can be secured, ocean April transiting loaded, while the travel will have become more plea larger part of the tanker traffic sant. Shipping companies which during the month was from the At-rely more,,and more on pleasure lantic to the Pacific, in ballast.
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Length 787 Feet, Length on Blocks 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of Sill (H.W.O.S.T.) 84 ft. 6 ins.
THREE SLIPWAYS-
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of Asia"arrived at Woosung on Saturday at 11 am, left Woosung at 11 pm, and was due at Nagasaki to-day at 5 am."
The P.&O... 5.8. "Mirzapore”. left Singapore for this port on Sept. 11 at 4 pm with the Mails, and is due here to-morrow', at about daylight.
The 8.8. "President Jefferson" salling, from Hong Kong to Seattle via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria to-morrow will leave this port et 8 s.m, Instead of 10 am. as previously scheduled;
The M.Toledo". (D. & Co.) salled from Norfolk on July, 29,|| and is due in Hong Kong on Sept. 24.9
The C. P. S. RMS. “Empress of Canada, left Vancouver for Hong Kong, via Japan porty and Shang- hal, on September 6, and is dus here on September 24. She will sail for Manila, on September 25 at 5p.m. The Henares" (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.). left South, ampton on August 26, and is ddo here on or about October 8.
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