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DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

FOR NEW YORK AND BOSTON via SUEZ.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

REGULAR MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME). TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH" BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, BLACK SEA AND DANUBE PORTS, PASSAGE RATES.

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

NEXT SAILINGS.

£75.0.0.

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI.

8.5. "ROSANDRA" M.V. "ROMOLO"

From Hong Kong.

-Saits hence on or about 16th April. Sails hence on or about 25th April.

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HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE,

M.V. "VIMINALE”

......Sails

From Hong Kong.

7th April

S.S. "DUCHESSA D'AOSTA" Sails on or about 20th April. M.V. "ESQUILINO"

..Sails on or about 20th April. Salls on or about 18th May.

S.S. ROSANDRA”

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO . SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

Sails from Calcutta 2nd May. Sails from Calcutta 4th June.

s.s. "UMZUMRI” S.S. "UMVOLOSI" Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Ports. Through Bills of Lading issued from Rong Kong..

For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:- DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.

Telephone Central 1030.

NYKLINE

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

$95, £90 10s. via Japan and Seattle.j SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

KOREA MARU

Wednesday, 17th April. Wednesday, 1st May.

SHINYO MARU SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

YOKOHAMA MARU

MISHIMA MARU

LONDON,, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

KITANO MARU

HARUNA MARU (Calls Hull)

Murday, 8th April. Monday, 611 May.

Saturday, Saturday,

20th April 4th May.

Wednesday, 24th April. Wednesday, 22nd May.

Thursday, Saturday,

11th April 27th April

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

AKI MARIJ

KAGA MARU

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

AWA MARU

† BENGAL MARU

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

Mexico & Panama.

RAKUYO MARU

.... Friday, 19th April.

FINE P. & O.. SHIP.

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· DEAD OR NOT?

THE DEFENCE IN THE LAUNCH MORTGAGE CASE

SEAMEN AND VOTES

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TIME-LIMIT

FORTHCOMING ELECTION

As regards the impending General Election the Mercantile Marine Depart- ment of the Board of Trade has recent- ly written to the Imperial Merchant Service Cuild as follows:

"With reference to the letter (No. M12788725) addressed to you on the 19th August, 1925, enclosing copies of a notice, No. 591, entitled "Parliamen- The directors and officials of the Evidence was given by Mr. J. M.tary elections Voting by merchant Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navi d'Almada Remedios, a solicitor of the seamen, Bshermen, etc., I am directed Supreme Court, Hong Kong, at the by the Board of Trade to enclose six gation Company are to be congratul- Central Magistracy yesterday and de-copies of an amending slip, which has ated on the addition to their feet, fendant in the "steam launch mort been prepared for pasting over the

by Mr. lower part of the notice. The slip in which has resulted from the complete case was committed

E. W. Hamilton, First Police Magis.dicates the special provisions that have tion of the "Viceroy of India.trate, for trial at the next Criminal been made with regard to the limit for Equally hearty congratulations are Sessions.

claims by seamen and others wishing Defendant is described in the charge vote at the general election of 1929, to become absent voters in order to sheet as Mak Chan-leong. charged with fraudulently mortgaging The Board would be glad if you would a launch to Dr. R. A. Basto and ob- be so good as to bring these arrange laining $8,000 thereby, The launchments to the notice of members of your is alleged to be the property of an Guild."

The association of seven porcelain firms

official notice referred to reads:

A merchant sea man or fisherman or any other elector whose employment may take him away from home might not be able to vote in person at the polling station on the occasion of a Parliamentary election.

due to Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Ltd., of Linthouse, Glasgow, the constructors of the vessel, to Messrs. The British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd. of Rugby, who manufactured the main turbo-electric propelling equip- ment, and to the numerous other con- in combination, bave tractors who dond so much to provide for the cor- poreal and aesthetic comfort of the During the prospective passengers, course of a short cruise down the Firth of Clyde, the of India" gave д which fully realised the experta-

rean tions of those responsible for her de sign, and, at a speed of 18.5 knots, exhibited so little sign of movement or vibration that it was hard for a passenger below decks to believe she was not stationary.

It may

be recalled that her

gross tonnage is 19,700, her length being G12 ft. and her breadth 78 ft. There is accommodation, for 415 first-class passengers in an equal number of single-berth cabins, and for 200 second-class passengers in 100 cabins. The crew carried will number 429.

Public Hooms

The public rooms are capacious and are well ventilated on the Thermo- tank principle, while the decorations have been excellently carried out by Messrs. Waring and Gillow, Limited. The winches, windlass, capstans, en- gine-room pumpa, and forced-draught fans are operated on the constant current systera, devised by Messrs. Gilbert Austin, Limited, of Cathcart and the whole of the

heating and Steam cooking is done electrically. for the propelling machinery is sup- plied by six oil-fired Yarrow water- tube boilers. Four of these have an output of 33,000 lb, of steam per hour and are of sufficient capacity to en- able the vessel to steam at 186 knots. The other. two have an out- put of 20,000 lb. per hour.

Propelling Plant

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"But he can claim to become sa ab- sent voter, so as to vote by post or, in certain circumstances, by proxy.

"Having once claimed and become an absent voter he will without further claim be an absent vater and will vöte as such, so long as he is registered as an elector for the same qualifying ad- dress, until he notifies the registration officer of his desire nut to be an absent voter.

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"An elector who is not already an absent voter and wishes to become one should make a claim at once."

The

amending slip enclosed by the Board in their letter to take the place of the existing foot note-is as fol lows:--

"An elector who is not already an absent vater and wishes to become one should make a claim at once, in order to vote in the forthcoming election of 1929.

"Note Forms of claim can be ob- tained from the Mercantile Marine Office or Custom House at any port of the United Kingdom, or from any local fishery office, or from the registration officer.

"In England and Wales and North- ern Ireland claims should be sent in before the 27th February, 1929, and in Beotland before the 12th March, 1929."

Any members of the Guild requiring further information on this subject should apply without delay to the secre- itary Journal of Commerce.'

LAUNCH SUNK

Whilst manoeuvring alongside the Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, Sr., Eastern-street wharf at the Praya, dicated that the defence was that de- Saipingpur district, yesterday, a cargo 200 baskets of salt fish fendant, who was also charged wita of

nide of the s.1. forging the signature of Ng Shing, slipped to the starboard was no other than Ng Shing himself! "Sai Kung," a launch owned by the Mr. H. G. Sheldon is prosecuting. Kwong Sing Steam Launch Company. which sank only twenty feet from the wharf.

A strong east wind was blow- ing at the time (6.15 p.m), and the tide was running in the opposite direction. In seven minutes the launch sank, but not before the entire crew of ten had been rescued. The launch came with the cargo in question from Sai Kung.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

EASTERN PORTS

PLAGUE, SMALL-POX, AND

CHOLERA CASES

The propelling plant consists of two 9,000-kw. B.T-. turbo-alterna- tors, which are supplied with steam at 350 lb. per square inch and a tem- perature of 700 deg. F. These two 8,600 shaft machines supply horse-power propeller motors having a maximum of speed of 109 r.p.m., one of which is coupled to each of the two shafts. In

normal service, only one alternator is required and can aupply up to 11,600 shaft horse-power, but if the full designed speed of 19 knots is required the power deliver- ed by both alterpators will range up Speed to 17,000 shaft horse-power. variation is effected from the tur The health bulletin of Eastern ports bines by adjusting a governor which for the week ended March 30, issued on six admission by the Director of Medical and Sani- operates directly

the following valves,

and any speed, up to the lary Services, gives maximum of 2,690 r.p.m., can thus be cases, the figures in parenthesis in-

dirating deaths obtained. Control is effected from a central control platform in the roomy

Suez 1, Baghdad 2 (1) the management of Plague: Bombay (1), Pnom Penh 4 (4). engine foom, and Lovers

Cholera: Bombay (1), Calputta (79), direction, adjusting the field and

Bangkok 3 (1), Fnom Penh 3 (2) speed, and attaining dead slow move-Saigon 5. Canteri 1.

There is complete interioeking,

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a

and well-lighted for altering the

ment.

are

Small-pox: Aden 9 (4), Basrah 1

so that operation is safe and simple. (1). Bombay 94 (51), Calcatta 22 (12), Karachi 58 (20), Moulmein € When running at half-speed on the (1), Vizagapatan 15 (2), Singapore cruise above referred to, the alterna. Pnom Penh 27 (14), Shanghai (5), tor pressure was 1,909 volts and the current per phase 300 amperes. At

Canton 33. full speed, viz., 17.5 knots, the al- ternator pressure was 2,750 volts and 600 amperes

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vía Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, the current per phase

HAKATA MARU

NEW YORK via PANAMA.

† TOBA MARU

+ LIMA MARU

Monday,

Friday,

6th May.

19th April.

Friday, 19th April & Rangoon.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang

† GENOA MARU

+ RANGOON MARU

SHANGHAI, KORE & YOKOHAMA.

KATORI MARU

† PENANG MABU (Moji direct)

+ TOYOHASHI MARU

*Cargo only,

Monday, 8th April, Tuesday, 16th April.

Monday, 15th April.

Wednesday, 17th April Friday, 19th April.

Reduced lat Class Excursion Rates quoted between Manila and Australia,

For further information apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Central No. 392 and 3893. (Private exchange to all departments.)

with a power factor 9.98. Owing to the bad weather it has not yet been possible to obtain consumption fesults, but there seems no reason to suppose that these will not justify the optimism which was freely expressed recently."Engineering.'

FOUR YEARS AHEAD

A man booking his passage to America at the Cunard Company's West End office stated that he would be returning in four years, and would like accommodation reserved in the new giant "Canarder" which he un❘ derstood would shortly be built.

Projected arrivals at and departures from Hong Kong of steamers under the Bank Line,

Ltd, are as follows:-

Arrivals at Hong Kong The 3.5. "City of Glasgow" from Europe. April 17.

The 9.5. "Glenbank" from New York via Panama, April 22,

York via Panama, April 26.

The 4.8. "Comliebank" from New

The .. "City of Newcastic" from New York via Suez, May 1.

Departures From Hong Kong The 8.5. "City of Khartoum" for Singapore and Europe, April E.

The 8.8. "City of Glasgow" for Shanghai and Japan, April 18.

The s.. Tinhow" for Saigon and South Africa. April 18.

The s.s. "Glenbank" for Haiphong, April 26.

The s.s. "Comllebank" for Shanghai and Chinwangtae, April 27.

The 9.3. "City of Delhi" for Singa- pore and U.K., May 9..

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929.

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The White Empresses are the largest, newest and fastest liners on the Pacific, They cross from Yokohama to Vancouver in 9 days; from Shanghai to Van- couver in 14.

These slúps connect with the summer trains, "Trans-Canada Limited" and "Mountaineer," at Vancouver, enabling „Passengers to make the earliest soiling

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SAILING DATES FOR APRIL, 1929 (Subject to changes).: DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2.00 p.m.

SS. TAI MING" S.S. TAI HING"

1449 tons-Capt. G. J. Spink.} [1,008 tons-Capt. O. B. Wilks.]

APRIL

APRIL

SUN.

FRI

7th MON. 22nd 12th SUN. 28th

WED.

TUES, 9th THURS. 25th MON. 15th TUES. 30th SAT. 20th

17th Regular Service of Fast, High Gliss River Steamers Having Good Ac- commodation For First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State- rooms and Salours. The ss. "Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless.

These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchov (via Samshui, Shing, Tekhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every five lays,

Fares fur cound trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are be obtained on board."

Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Hui: On Wharf.

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87, Connaught Road West, Phone: Central 893.

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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore

.Colombo, Suez and Port Said.

ALASKA MARU.........

Thursday, 11th April.

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

Colomba, Durban & Cape Town.

LAPLATA MARÚ

BOMBAY-Yia Singapore & Colombo;

Tuesday, 23rd April

CHIFUKU MARU ................................. Friday, 19th April. DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAŃZIBAR

A MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Passay & Rangoon,

MEXICO MARU......

Thursday, 2nd May."

BORNEO MARU

Wednesday, 24th April

Shanghai -

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER—Via Japan Foris From

ALABAMA MARU (From Shanghai) Wednesday, 10th April.

MELBOURNE--Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney,

BURMA MARU

BANGKOK--Via Saigon.

HAIPHONGVia Haiham.

MENADO MARU

Saturday, 6th Apr..

Thursday, 11th April 10 a.m.

NEW YORK—Vis Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama.

JAPAN PORTS.

KEELUNG

ARGUN MARU

KASADO MARU

ANDES MARU

HOZAN MARU

: GINTON MAR

DELI MARU

VI SWATOW & AMOY.

TAKAO-Vis SWATOW & AMOY,

TAKAO & KEELUNG

Tuesday, 16th April Sunday, 7th April. Wednesday, 17th April, Sunday, 7th April 3 p.m. Sunday, 14th April 9 pm. Thursday, 18th April 10 am.

For further particulars please apply to. OSAKA BHOSEN KABHA. Tel Central No. 4088, 2089, 1996.

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

Newest Lifeboat Gear

When the Canadian Paclite mer Dochess of Bedfood arrived. 1a. New York recently to start a series of cruises to the West Indies, the Grew, under the direction of Captain A. Sibbons and tile officere, demi-car- strated the efficiency of her up-to-date lifeboat gear. In a fashion that amazed the inspectors,

Shown above is the latest thing in lifeboat capable of lowering twenty-eight boats in ten m which are controlled by one man, stido down the Tu

ing equipment, KU THO CATHS, until the beat

is at deck level. It is then lowered by gravity to the water and can be released by trigger, the falls then being hoisted again and attach- ad to another boat which is nested on the same davis

United States officials stated that this Welin-Malachian goar" was the most efficient ever seen in New York.

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UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

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NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE

S.S. "CITY OF LILLE"

ANDREW WEIR

ELLERMAN LINE

13th April

9th May. 10th June.

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

17th May.

via Suez Canal

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SERVICES TO

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

10th May.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

15th April

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE

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via Suez Canal “OAKBANK”. MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

SS. "TINHOW?

Loading for Mauritius, Reunion, Delagos Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth),

Mossel Bay and Capetown.

Through Bills of Lading teaued to Beira, Quilimaine, Ibo Fort Amella, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Morbasa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderitz Bay, Walvis Bay Madagascar.

For freight or passage on any of the above lines apply to

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