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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929,

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 SOUTII AFRICA,

AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE

PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PRIVATE LINES

THE CHINA MAIL,

US, BOARD'S RECOMMENDA- TIONS TO CONGRESS

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

the fiscal year 1927, providing for grouping of all activities ofľa aimber character in one department under one responsible department head, and administration",of : the j business activities of those débarb- ments in acordance with approved |..

routes.

IN 1928

MANY NEW ORDERS LAST QUARTER

BERTHS STILL EMPTY

over the winter months,

This

made

· In

In a report to the Senate and commercial practices, proved of ons In the shipbuilding in- House, the U.S. Shipping Board substantial value in alighting the dustry, which as rocantly as Sep- urge Congress to accept eight re-tank of administrative supervision fember were at their very worst, commendations for kglalations toʻ of the Merchant Flect Corporation have undergone decided improve- Assist private shipping interests. Curing the fiacal year 1928," the re-ment in the closing months of the They are as follow:-

port states.

year. Adopt codification of navigation ing to the year's work of the Gov-since the beginning of October Conclusion in the report naferr-contracts which have been booked

The large number of new!

laws.

Accept International Marine Con-ernment's ship operating agency should suffice to tide the yards

follows:- vention of 1910 by domestic law rather than by treaty.

"The greatest handicap to the Even so, however, many berths Pass Load Line bill before Lon-economical operation of the estab- remain empty a few weeks ago 60' don Conference

lished Shipping Board linea has per cent of them were vacant- takes place next

bean the lack of vessels of suitable and according to the Ministry of spring.

Exempt U.S. vessels operating in speed, type, and equipment to suc- Labour "Gazette" the industry is foreign trades from income taxes cessfully compete with the private still in the unenviable position of when the amount exempted is aping competitively on the same trade employed people, viz, 32.6 par cent.

ly owned foreign-flag vessels operat- returning the greatest number of un-j plied to new building.

Make Panama R. R. 8. S. Line

Twelve months since, the 'unem- "Although the vessels are kept in ployed shipyard workers numbered, and Army and Navy transport busi- ness available to private U.S. sh.p-sea-worthy, and as equal to any 60,000.

excellent condition, are thoroughly 47,000. The presont figure is ping interests,

other vessels of the same type and affords the best commentary on the Mavy Increase Provide funds for naval reserve, class, they cannot compote on an optimistie authorised,

statement equal footing with the foreign-flag Parliament with regard to the Investigate marine insurance. In its report the Board reviews Vessels of modern design, greater shipbuilding outlook. In same dis- the progress made under the Mer-speed, and with equipment more tricts the situation is worse than in chant Marine Act of 1928, popularauitable for the particular service oths. On the North-East Coast, for ly known as the Jones-White law, in which they are engaged. Expressing optimism for the bene-lings are beginning to show indica. hipyard hands aregut of work. That "Although many of the present emple, nearly half the registered tions of being placed upon a proft- is the black side of the picture. "It is too soon to attempt to eva-able basis, several of the lines show On the brighter side ther: is the luate the actual results of the no indication of any such improve been coming in, not only more free- fact that orders for new ships have working out of this measure, but ment, and the only recourse is to already there are indications that naugurate a reasonable shipbuild-15, but much more steadily, in the ing programme to provide veacula last-three months. The most fa- U.S. yards will be undertaken at an of sultable type, speed, and tonnage Youred districts are the "Clyde" early date, while other signs point for these lines if they are to be and the "Mersey.". Both launched to a stimulated desire on the part Daintained under Government op-nago in the past year, and both have a consic:rable aggregate of ton of private American citizens to ac-eration, and so developed as to offer Inducement for private owner- quire some of the steamship lines now being operated by the board. ship and operation»

"The new mensure may therefore' &be said to give very reasonable in- dication of accomplishing the three main purposes for which it was en- acted, namely, to assist in the deve- lopment of the U.S. merchant marins generally, to aid in increas ing the foreign commerce of. the United States, and to facilitate the Lo Chan-yau, chief officer of the transfer of the Government's ware.s. "Tai Po Sek," reported that be- built fleet and established service tween 6 and 6.45 am. yesterday to represent large percentage of the to private U.S. ownership.

when the vessel was at sea some national, tonnage output, is now- "With a full understanding of person entered his cabin, the door adays extremely limited, and only the magnitude of its task and of of which had not been locked, and at Barrow dos the economic problems facing it, stole four bags each containing a staple industry. In fact, all the continue to be the Board realise that these pur 31,000 in Chinese 20-cent pieces. ships launched there in, the pre poses can not be accomplished over The money was being consigned to sent year wore ballt for naval ser night. The enactment of the Mer-the Kwong Wu Tan, and King vice. Disappointment is express-

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

8. N.

Tous

From Bong Kong Aboul

1

Destination

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Stráfts, Colombo & Bontbay. M'selllen, C'blanca, L'don & Hull Marseilles & London, M'seilles. London,, A'werp, R'dam

*ALIFORE

6,273 | 31st Jan,

6 a.m. MOREA

10,950 And Feb. *KIDDERPORE 5,331 "th Feb. KASHGAR

9,005 161 Feb. MACEDONIA 11,120 2nd Mar. *PADUA

5,007 9th Mar. 9,185 | 18th Mar. "Cargo only. "Prequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pirenus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

KHIVA

Hamburg. Marseilles, Londen & Hull.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SANTHIA

TAKLIWA ТАКАТА

TALAMBA

TALMA

7,754 | 20th Jan.

2.30 pm. 7,030 14th Feb. 0.0.19 23rd Feb. 3,013 TR Mar. 10,000 12th Mar.

Singapore, Poning & Calcutta,

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang à Calcutta. Singapore, Ponnng & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

Reial effects of this law the Board states:-

considerable now construction in

A MYSTERY

WHERE DID THE FOUR BAGS GO TO

important contracts In hand.

The Tyne district is less for tunate, ne its unemployment statle- ties indicate. Local shipbuilders have been doing their utmost to secure orders, but they have met with indifferent success, and the new contracts book:d have been obtained at prices which leave the smallest margin of profit, if any at all.

Naval Contracts Delay Warship construction, which used

B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat/Chant Marine Act of 1928,,sapple- [Cheung Tai, exchange shops in ed at the Admiralty's delay in plac

and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).

*ARAFURA

TANDA

6,000 Int Feb.

4p.m. 6.06 1 1st Mar. ST. ALBANS 4,500 30th Mar. ARAFURA

0,000 Brd May 0,950 31st May

TANDA

* Calls Port Holland.

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to Australin,

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai,, Lillo, Çedu, Kolambugan, Tawno, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as in- ducement offers.

menting the legislation previously Hong Kong, enacted, should be looked upon as aiding in the solution of current problems, but not as eliminating them altogether.

Changing Shipping Problem

"Due to constantly fluctuating

those

HONG KONG TIDE.

ing the 1928 group of naval contracts, which for Budget reasons are not to be given out much before the end of the financial year.

Interesting events of the year were the placing of orders for two. cond tions in the world's ocean obtained by aid of the Tide-predicting

The tide-table given below has be land and Wolff. Belfast, the gigantic Hnera. "From Messrs. Har Manlin, Sandakan, Thursday Island, blem, far from being static and fix-for the better prediction of tides, from "super-Olympic," which, with a carrying trade, the shipping pro- Machine, which includes 40 components White Star Company ordered a Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & ed, is always changing. It follows the result of the analysis of the tidal gross tonnage of 60,000, will be the Melbourne.

that unites our plans for the mer-observations, taken at the Kaulung largest vessel in the world; and chant marine are made flexible, in of Dr. Dobercic during the years 1887, Messrs. John Brown and Company, tidal observatory under the directlob order to meet changing conditions, 1888 and 1889. we may find that the remedy which

Clydebank, were entrusted by the The times and heights are given for Canadian Pacific Railway with the efectually disposes of the pronulung; but they may be used for blems of to-day will completely the Victoria Naval Yard and Aber. building of the "Empress of Brl- fail to solve

leer, the differences being very small tain,” of 40,000 arising

tons gross, The times of high-and low-water which is the second largest vessel to-morrow, Of one thing we must not be considered to coincide over laid down on the Clyde. may be sura-the U.S. shipping in-with the times of slack-water and

For the dearth of orders from being quite distinct.

this year two main factors are held responsible; the unsatisfactory state of the fruight markets and the tendency of owners to hold back contracts for new ships in the hope plly the freight outlook is improv of obtaining better prices. Нар-

ing, and, on the other hand, owners Ht. are now beginning to realise that shipbuilding costs have touched rock-bottom. Hence the increased

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Newdustry cannot stand still. If it does change of current, the two phenomens which the industry has suffered

Zealand, Vancouver. San Francisco, etc.

The P. & D. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal. The, P. O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape, The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,

TAKADA

MACEDONIA

TANDA TALAMBA KHIVA MIRZA PORE TALMA MALWA *NAGPORE ST. ALBANS

KHYBER

SANTHIA

NALDERA

KARMALA LAHORE

G 040 Bist Jan. Amos. S'hai. Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 11,120 10 Feb.

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Noon 6,058 5th Feb. 8.0:8 12th Feb. 0.136 15th Feb. 6,715 18th Feb. 10,000 19th Feb. 10.980 Ist Mar, 6.283 4th Mar, -4,500 5th Mar. 4th Mar. 9.314 8th Mar. 7764 16th Mar. 10.08 1 16th Mar. 18 22nd Mar, 5,252 25th Mar. Cargo only.

Moji, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama, Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Thama & Osaka, Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moll Kobe. Amoy, S'hai, Moji. Kobe & Osaka. Shanghal, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kabe. Osakn & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moj), Kobe & Osaka, Shanghai.

Amoy, Moll. Koba, Yhama & Osaka. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama,

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

Passengers for Rangoon must defeny their own Hotel expenses at 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 Laundries, Parcels measuring not more than 2 fex fx1 ft will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing,

For further Information, Passages, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to: MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONG KONG. Agents.

not keep abreast of the times it will be forced into a subordinata position by the activities of its for sign competitors

January 25 to 31, 1929.

DATE HIGH WATER LOWER WATER.

8tandard Jao, Standard Вь

Times Em 19 t 4.3 m381 0.2

At the same time the report un- dertakes to show the substantis) ad- Government's vancement in the policy of transferring Shipping Board tonnage to private American control. During the Ascal year. for which the report is made four complete Ines, aggregating vessels having 401,802 deadweight Sat tons, and an additional two vessels,

Sun. 97 having 18,260 'deadwaight tons, were sold for guaranteed operation, Mon. ta the Board states.

45

Times

9883

39 3.3 16 m 11 12 4.3m433 volume of new orders in the past.

3198. quarter, which may be said to have

D 68 18,1

0 10 13 i 14 saved the situation in the nick of

7

10 458 7.7

.

In addition to these, 20 ships, Tres. 1) with a total deadweight tonnage of 133,942 were sold to private U.S. Wed 80 m owners, according to the report. Thura 31 m This record brought the total sales

to June 30, 1928, up to 1,657, with an aggregate deadweight tonnage of 7,687,288. Fifteen established | Hines are included in this total.

With the sales completed as of the date of the report, a total of only 758 vessels remain in the Govern-1 ment's possession. The past fiscal yzar, the Board points out, saw the! sale of all the Government's re- maining lines on the Pacific Ocean.

The report maintains that the 21 lines still being operated by the Board, together with 505 ships in the laid-up feet, are offered for sale to American citizens at low prices, and on attractive terms.

The report points out that is. making its recommendations to fa-

NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE cilitate the tranfer of the Govern

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

"BLUE FUNNEL” LINE. (OCEAN S.S. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL 8.8. CO., LTD.) AND

"AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.5. CO., LTD.)

A SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG, 88,"AUTOLYCHUSA.

Vta Suda Canal

8.8. "CITY OF GUILDFORD"Via Sues Canal 8.8. "LAOMEDONTITE

Via’Buez Uanial

B£6 February: 22nd March. --

5th April

Steamers protéed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners. Option:

Bubject to change without

For Freight and part

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE OF T Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE

4131 time.

0 47 4.4 m 581 08

11 21 7.9 450 31 1 25 45m € 23 19 549 a 32 050 6.5m 717 17 1757 m 7 e 18 6475 48 a | 2.4

$ 480 4.9 7543.6

THE PENINSULAR: &- ORIENTAL STEAM: NAVIGATION 'CÒ.

STEAMER FOR STRAITS, COLOMBO, AND BOMBAY. ANDESTE THROUGH BILLY OR LADING ISSUED FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN POETS.

HE

E. Steamship

ALIPORE” ment's war-built fleet to private carrying His Majesty's Mails will ownership, under conditions essuir be despatched from this port on ing permanency of operation, the or about Thursday, the 81st Board stressed the point that the January, 1929 at daylight taking recommendations were to be leolos Cargo for the above Ports, upon an carrying the indorsement not baly of the Shipping Board, but Silk Valuables and Tes for Italy, of representatives of the country's ment) will be transhipped at France and London (under arrange- private shipping interests as well. Bombays into the Hall Steamer proceeding, direct to Marsallies

Jon White Act

The report characterised the "Jones-White Act” as the outstand ing event of the year so far am the US, merchant

led and one

legislatiye

by Confrer In

President Liner

SAILINGS

Weekly Trans-Pacific Service

To San Francisco and Los Angeles The Sunshine Dalt via Honolulu Fortnightly silings on Tuesdays Pres. Cleveland

Pres. Lincoln ........ Feb, 5th Pres, Pierce

Pres. Madison

.Feb. 19th Pres, Taft

..Mer. 12th Pres. Jackson ......Mar. 8th Pres. Jefferson...Mar. 26th | Pres McKinley ....Mar. 19th

To Seattle and Victoria

The Short, Straight Höwe zo Ansaries,

Fortnightly sallinus on Tumeloys

.Feb. 12th ..Feb 28th

£120, 112 Special through rates to Curope via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic Haes. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

Europe and New York Direct

ROUND THE WORLD

Fortnighdy sailings on Jooday via Manila, Sunita, Colombo, Suon Canal, Alunodris Naples, Gerion. Maramilles, New York and Boston. Pres. Polk....Feb. 10th 8 a.m. Pres. Johnson Mar. 24th 8 am, Pres. Adams.... Feb. 24th 8 a.. Pres. Monroe...Apr. 7th 8 a.m. Pres. Garfield, Mar, 10th 8 a.m. Pres. Wilson...Apr. 21st 8 a.m.

To Manila.

•

Pres. Lincoln..Jan. 29th 6 p.m. | Pres Plerce ... Feb. 18th 6 p.m. Pres. Cleveland Feb. 2nd 6 p.m. | Pris, Jackson .. Feb. 25th 6 p.m. Pres. Madison Feb. 12th 6 p.m. Pres Talt....Mar. 2nd 6 p.m.

For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Informatius- apply to Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank-Building, Ground Floor Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 745 wähle Address "Dollar"-

·

CANTON BRANCH-No. 4, Sha Kou Street.

and

American Mail Line Dollar Steamship Line

WEEKLY SAILINGS

For KWONGCHOWWAN. S.S. "WINGLEE

CAPTAIN F. SMITH and European Officers.

First class Passenger accommodation, Fans, Electric Lights

in every stateroom, Baths Hot and Cold. Excellent Cuisine. The Round trip takes one week. For Freight or Passage apply to:---

MAN

YIU YUEN & CON

87, Connaught Road, W.

LOONG.

PRESERVED GINGER MANUFACTURERS.

NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER. Best quality-Prompt attention to Exporters, Office:--231, Queen's Road Central. Tel. G. 2530, Factory:-2 Godown, Praya, Dundas St, Mongkok, ́Tel, E., '88.

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