TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929.
P. & O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
#TRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF WEST LIDIES, 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.)
ä. 8.
Tons
From Hong Kong Aboat
*PADUA
6,007 4th
Apr.
Noom
NALDERA *MIRZAPORE
16,088 13th
6,715 16th Apr. 9,128 20th Apr. 6,273 24th Apr. 10.948 27th Apr.
Apr-
KARMALA
* ALIPORE MANTUA *NAGPORE
*KIDDERPORE
KALYAN MOREA
5,288 4th
May
5,354 8th May 9.144 11th May 10,963 25th May Cargo only.
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Destination
Marseilles, London, Antwerp,
dam &. Hamburg.
Bombay, Marseilles & London,
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Marseilles & London.
Straits, Colombo
CONSIGNEES.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
From LEITH, DUNKIRK, LONDON & STRAITS.
The Steamship,
"BENAVON"
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in- formed that all Goods are being land- ed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of: The Hong Kong & Kowloon Whorf & Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharres delivery may be ob tained
No claims will be admitted the
after Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th inst. will be subject to rent.
All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 21st
inst.. they, will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and darasged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 6th inst. at 10 A.. by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas,
No Fire Insurance has been effect
[ed,"
Bills of Lading will be countersign- ed by.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong, 1st April, 1929,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES...
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
From NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, NORFOLK,
MARSEILLES.
"CITY OF KHIOS"
THE CHINA MAIL,
KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL
In Lots of not.
Jess than 1/2-ton:---- Delivered to. Peak District (above Bowen Head),
$28.00
per ton. Delivered to Bowen Road and Lower
Levels, $21.00 per ton. Delivered to Pokfulam Road, $23.00 per ton. Delivered
to
Kowloon, $19.00
per ton.
Orders should be sent in write log at least 24: hours before the Coal is re- quired.
محمد
All orders must be accom→ panied by Cash, Cheque, or Compradore Order 'payable to "The Kailan Mining Ad- ministration,"
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.
Head Oflce:-TIENTSIN.
DODWELL & CO., LTD), Agents, Hong Kong.
CHANNEL TRAFFIC
SHIP BETTER THAN AEROPLANE,
CROSS-
to
BRIDGE OR TUNNEL London-Dismissing air services and bridges and tunnels as a means of carrying on successful Channel traffic, Mr. G. Salumper, C.BE. gave a practical picture of how ships led in all forms of cross-
lecture Channel traffic, in a
Institute
of Transport In the
matorships, with steamships, comparing The Steamship,
he said much as one desires to keep having arrived, Consigneer of Cargo abreast of, or in front of, the times, bustion vessel is salted to cross- Rotter-by her are informed that all goods one cannot find that, the internal com
landed at their risk into the are being lang hazardous and/or extra-hazardons Go-Channel trades put very briefly, it downs of Holt's Wharf, whence deli- suffers three disadvantages as com- pared with the steam vessel: (a) very may be obtained.
The first cost is 50 per cent. higher. be admitted after No claims will
(b) The time of construction is 50 per the goods have left the Godowns, and all goods remaining undelivered after cent. longer. (c) The space required
much
greater. for machinery is 5th April, 1929, will be subject to ent Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 12th April, 1929, or they will not be recognised.
mbo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotter-
dam & Hamburg. Straits & Bombay.
Marseilles, London & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Carge to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Stearnship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
*GAMBADA SANTHIA TILAWA
5,807 10th 7,754 17th 10,000 21st
Apr. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Apr.Singapore, Ponang & Calcutta
TAKLIWA
7,930
TAKADA
6,949
6th 9th
TALAMHA
3,013 21st
TALHA
10,000
28th
Apr. May May May Мау
Singapore, Penang & Cakutra.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
• Cargo only.
d.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for Ist ad 2nd class passengers. · All steamers are Otted with wireless and arry a qualified surgeon,
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
ARAFURA
TANDA
ST. ALBANS ARAFURA TANDA
to Australia.
8,000 8th
May 6,956 31st May 4.500 5th July 6,000 2nd Aug.
6,958 30th Aug.
All broken, chafed and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined" on any Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 am and roon, within the Free Storage period of One Week.
No Fire Insurance has been affect ed.
It was true, he
true, he proceeded, the run- ning costs of motorships show some
the restricted dimen advantage, but sions of cross-channel boats, coupled with their disproportionste require ments in the matter of speed, have set the shipbuilder a problem which he has not yet been able to conquer anve
Bills of Lading will be countersign-dovelo years have beet re-
ed by,
over a
have to be redesigned and revenue producing accommodation would have
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be sacrificed. It is only fair to add. that this state of things is largely srought about by the fact that a groas-channel vessel is only under full steam for a small proportion of its Lime and the beneâts of superhout are lost when steam is only required. or auxiliary machinery during a stay in_port.
The machinery adopted for the lat- est boats of the Southern Railway is one high and one low pressure ahead turbine and one
high and
one low pressure astern turbine on both port and starboard sides.
Passenger Work
Sea speeds must, of course, vaXY with the requirements of each ser- vice, but I cannot help feeling that somfortable running, economic use of space, and fuel economy are unduly the saving of a few sacrificed to minutes; high speed is the craze of the ago, whatever may be the form of locomotion, but I look forward sto day when the public will realise if only they can spare a little onger for their journey they can be taken more comfortably and at cheap-
T rates.
tho
The development of the cross-chan- zel-steamer, both es to size, power ind speed, has taken place in uneven the expense of a large per centage of the revenue-corning pas-stages. For the years 1816 to 1866, senger or cargo accommodation. Thus he gross tonnage grew but little al Yeasel in its modernised hough the power rose from very low the steam: form still holds first place, and the igures to about 1,000 ih.p. with a in this type of vessel speed of 13 knots; the next 20 years o 1886 saw the tonnage doubled and power quadrupled with an increase n speed up to 19 knots; by 1906 the onnage had not advanced much, but he power had again nearly doubled ind the speed increased to 22 knots, has seen while the Inat 20 years
arge advances in Each particular, speeds going as high as 25 knots with 14,000 or 16,000 ihp. on boats only
ust over 300 feet long.
THE BANK LINE, LIMITED.markable.
General Agents. Hong Kong, 3rd March, 1929.
LLOYD TRIESTINO N. CO.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Chartered Steamer,
"DUCHESSA D'AOSTA"
From Trieste, Yenice, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Karachi, Colombo
Penang & Singapore.
Oil Fuel Steam Vessels From the days when sailing boats uncertsin service, the plied a
a very first step was to paddle boats, thence to resiprocating engines, direct driven turbines, and now geared turbines, be- Fond which may some day arrive the Diesel or ether Internal combustion engine, or a combination of it with the Diesel-electric electricity, e.g., drive.
For
the
A Gyro Stabiliser I look forward at some future date the passenger high speed passenger boat work the inclusion on
further aid to comfort in the geared turbines full present day onts of a
a gyroscopic stabiliser: requirements and their efficacy has shape of
apparatus is been enhanced by the employment of there is no doubt this
ble to control the rolling of a vessel all fuel, bat only so long as the cost
0 1 remarkable degree, in some of oil bears' a a relationship to that of
asos reducing the angle of roll from CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby coal; &
a cross-channel vessel apends r ་་་
15 degrees (or more) down to three informed that all Goods are being comparatively shert part of its com-
degrees either side of the vertical. landed at their risk into the Godowns mission under full steam, but during
to not know if a stabiliser has ever &of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf
type channel some steam has to be main been tried in the cross-channel and Godown
no reason to loon, whence Company. Ltd., st Kow-its stay in port on either side of the
and/or from the wharves tained for feeding the auxiliaries; of vessel, but there is
is not possible to shut down coal fir- suppose that it would be other than delivery may be obtained. unlopt notice age will be forevardeded boilers during a two or the ce her are its cost which unints against cut unless notice to the contrary te given stay in port, but oil fuel has enabled are its cost-which is high before 29th instant.
this to be done and a definite economy to be gained.
Manila, Sandakar.. Thursday faland,
Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne.
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Regular monthly mailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Ilolls, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as it Jurement offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal. The P. & 0. 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.
*KIDDERPORE 5,384 th Apr. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
TAKLIWA
KALYAN
*JEYPORE
ARAFURA
TAKADA
MOREA
TALAMBA
TALMA
TANDA
'PERIM
DELTA
TILAWA
RAJPUTANA
a.m. 7.985 15th Apr. 2,144 12th Apr. 6.918 15th Apr.
Amoy, Moji, Kobe: Thama & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Holl; Kobe & Yokohama. 10.946 18th Apr. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
6,849 17th Apr. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 10,953 26th Apr. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & &Y'hama
8,018 28th Apr. ΑΠΙΟΥ,
Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy,
Mojl, Kobe,
Y'hama & Osaka. Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Shanghai, Maji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Mofi. Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe & Osake. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
10,000 20th Apt.
6,955 7th May
7,648 9th May 8,097 10th May
14th May 10,006 22nd May 16,568 24th. May!
• Cargo only..
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hote! expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamor.
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% ft. 12 ft. 1 ft. will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Frasagos, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
No Fire Insurance has been effect ed.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
to the cost of vessel the space it would occupy, and especially jts
President Liner
SAILINGS
Weekly Trans-Pacific Service
*To San Franelson and Los Angeles
To Seattle and Victoria The Sunshine Beíí tlu Honolulu The Short, Straight Rows to America
Fartalable sollines on Tuenye Fortnightly wilings na Tuesdays Pres. Lincoln
.Apr. 9th | Fres Cleveland ...Apr. 16th
Apr. 23rd Pres. Plerce
Apr. 30th May 7th Pres. Taft . ..May 21st Pres. Jefferson.
Pres. Madison
Pres, JacksonL
Pres, McKinley
May 14th ....May 28th
£120, 112 Special through rates to Europe via United States. Ditect
connections with all Atlantic fines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
Europe and New York Direct
ROUND THE WORLD
Fortnightly sillings on Sunday sis Manila, Strails, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandrin Nepler, Genos, Marsailles, New York and Boson, Pres. Monroe Apr. 7th 8 a.m. Pres. Haye May 19th 8 a.m. Pres. Wilson ..Apr. 21st 8 a.m. Pres. Polk June 2nd 8 a.m. Prea. V. Buren May 5th 8 a.m.
Pres. Adams. June 18th 8 a.tn.
To Manila
Pres. Cleveland Apr. 9th & p.m. Pres Jackson Apr, 27th 6 p.m. Pres. Madison Apr. 18th 6 p.m. Pris. Taft...May 7th p.m. Pres. McKinley May 11th 6 p.m. Pres. Pierce Apr. 29rd 6 p.m.
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to
12. Pedder Street (opposite Hong Kong Hotel) Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795
Cablo Addreas "Dollar"
CANTON BRANCH--No. 1, Sha Kee Street.
Dollar Steamship Line
and
American Mail Line
AUSTRAL - CHINA NAVIGATION CO.
FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE VA
Manila, Iloilo, Sandakan, Balikpapan and Rabaul S.S. "CHRONOS"
.Sails on/or about 9th April.
For freight and passages apply to:
DODWELL & CO, LTD., Agents,
Queen's Bldg. Tel. C. 1030,
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long,
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. Central No. 459. Tel. Kowloon No. 9. Shipyard: Sham-Sui-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
OVERTIME AGREEMENT WITH TRIMMERS
In actual running there is no in-weight, which is considerable, and WELSH CONGESTION
would bring complications areial advantage in oil owing to its which higher cost and the fact that there where the draft of the vessel is strict
The need to run is no possibility of appreciable staffy limited.
the gyroscope at economy in the boiler-room personnel such as had been obtained in ceean- very high speed on service would no doubt render ite use costly, as atcam going vessele.
would need to be kept up. (or a gen- by some means) rating set driven
for long periods when the ship is in port in order to ensure the gyro run- -speed when the sing at the proper reseel is. on passage. τα
Despite these Bifficulties, however, any vessel so ft- ted would be a tremendous attraction, dossibly to the extent of being able
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No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and alt Goods remaining undelivered after the 4th April will be subject to rent.
All claims agains the vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 14th April or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged The actual cost of bunkering is, of Goods are to be left in the Godowns, course, much lower with oil then with where they will be exammed on the coal: other advantages are greater 4th April at 10 am. by our sur cleanliness with a contingent saving in painting, ability to bring a stand-by veyors Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.
ship into service more quickly, or turn a vessel round for a return trip when re-fuelling between trips is necessity.
It is also said that oil fuel enables to extract a surcharge from the pas steadier steam pressure to be main-senger to help pay for the installs Actual comparative running ion and running of the apparatus.- tained. has shown that the consumption of Journal of Commerce." oil as against coal is as is to 5 taking into account the centingent ad- vantages montioned above it will be seen that el is an economy so long 28 its cost per ton is not mops then double the cost of coal At present the prices are much in favour of oil The analysis and gravity of the oil is a matter of great importance; it was found recently that although the oll being used was per cent, cheap. Consignees of Cargo are bereby in- formed that all Goods are being lender than its competitor it was neces ed at their risk int the Godowns of sary to use 11 per cent more of it; the excess consumption was chiefly
Hong Kong, 29th March, 1929.
THE THOMPSON. STEAM SHIPPING CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. S.S. "RIO DORADO" From ANTWERP.
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the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf due to the fact that the cheaper of & Godown Company Ltd., at Kowloon, had a higher specific gravity and whence and/or from the wharves de-
greater viscosity, a greater amount of livery may be obtained.
nrebeating was therefore necessary to liquify it sufficiently to feed to the burners and the steam for this pre- heating used a considerable amount. headin
Optional Carge will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 28th March, 1929-
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 1st April, will be subject to rent
All claims against the vessel must
Pulverised Fuel
In two other directions relief may some day he looked for pulverised be presented to the undersigned on or fuel, and superheating; restriction. of
spare available for machinery end hoilers militates at present against
before the 11th April or they will not Agents.
be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged the employment of pulverised. fuel which necils sonce on board for a Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the pulverising plant, but improvements
NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE.april at 10 am, by our surveyors
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
LINE
"BLUE FUNNEL'
(OCEAN 8.5. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.S. CO., LTD.)
AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG,
SS. "LAOMEDON" S.SHEXENOR"
S.S. "CITY OF LILLE".
Via Suez Canal
Via Suez Canal
Yla Suez Cana?
Jeth April: 8th May. 17th May).
Messrs, Goddard & Douglas
No Fire Insurance has been effected Bill of Lading will be countersign led by:
DODWELL & CO., LTD Hong Kong, 26th March, 1929,
Agente.
MERSEY DOCK, RATES
in design will no doubt render more
attractive this form of fuel and en able comparatively low grade coal to be used in an economical form,
appears to be a long Superheating time establishing itself firmly in maritime practice: the question Just been before me in connection with ew vessels, and I found that to ins troduce sanerheat of 208 desreca at the boilers would add about 31 Der cent to the cost of a bost, it would lessen the fuel consumption by The Mersey Docks and Harbour 7 per cent, giving a saying of be Board have directed that the following tween 2800 and £900 per annum, but be ·more revised dock rates and town dues, lem the saving on fuel would
five per cent, be charged on the under than counterbalanced by interest on
capital cont additional
deprecia mentioned articles, viz-Cotton com-the bings and linters and all descriptions tion and maintenance charges and manufacture of paper (per ton): required, added to which money would Dock rates and town dues foreign, have to be expended either on eva- inwards 25. 4d, outwards 12 2d. town porators on board or distilling plant dues coastwise, inwards 7d, outwards shore to provide pure water; the boller and machinery space would
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option of cotton waste, other than for the wages of the extra engineer personnel
Bubject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to: BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.
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An agreement was reached by which for a period of two weeks two extra hours will be worked on the present shifts at Cardiff, Penarth, Barzy, Newport in order to meet emergency created by congestion resulting from the frost This substitutes the ar- rangement made at last whereby a partial shift was worked between-tho day and night shift, viz., 4 p.m. to 8.30
'P.EL
The two hours' overtime will be worked as follows:-Monday to Friday, first shift 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., second shifts 7 pm to 6 a.m., with
two half-hour intervals for meals dur- ing each shift.
The coal trimmers and coal tippers are to be paid is. 6d. per hour per man in addition to the tariff rates for the two extra hours on ench shift.
During the afternoon a meeting of members of the Chamber of Com- merce was held, when the shipowners invited the exporters and colliery own- ers to join with them in sharing the extra cost incurred in working over- time, but they refused to join in the extra expense. Consequently the ship- owners and dock owners, recognising the urgent need for relieving the con-
the whole of the cost of the over- gestion at the docks, agreed to hear
time.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.
Codes Used A1, A.BC. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edillon, Western Union and Watkins.
DOCK OWNERS. SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, ELECTRICIANS.
Twin Screw Steamer "ELIZABETH," built and engined by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd., for the Federated Malay States Railways, for service between Penang and Prai,
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R.M. DYER, B.Sc. MINA Kowloon Jock, Hong Long
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