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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1929.

P. & O.-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 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.)

From Heng long About

S. 8.

Tans

* JEYPORE

5,318 15th June

RAJPUTANA *PERIM

16,568 7,048

22nd Juze 29th June

†KASHGAR

9,005 lith huly *MIRZAPORE 6,710 9th July **ALITORE

KHIVA

Destination

Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotter-

dam and Hamburg. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, L'on, Antwerp & R'dam

& Hamburg,

Marseilles, London & Hall. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. 5,273 19th July | Straite, Colombo & Bombay,

9,135 20th July Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Blanc. * Cargo only Calls Casa Frequent connection from Port Said for Fassengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the -Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

*TALMA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

110,000 14th June

*GURNA SANTHIA

TILAWA TALAMBA SIRDHANA TAKLIWA TALMA

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,

3 p.m. 5.248 25th Juno 7,764 4th July | Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. (10,006 | 24th July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

3,013 26th July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 7,715 29th July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, 7,736 8th Aug. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000 21st Aug. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Calls Rangoon. Cargo .only.

B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for let and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).

ST. ALBANS | 4,500 5th July ARAFURA

6.000 2nd Aug. TANDA

6,956 30th Aug 4,500 4th Oct. 6,000 1 1st Nov.

ST. ALBANS ARAFURA

INTERNATIONAL

RECAPITALISATION

PLAN

THE CHINA MAIL,

A plan for the recapitalisation of the International Mercantile Marine Com- pany has been announced by the direc tors.

It was explained that the stockhold- ers would be given 20 dollars cast and one share of the New No-Per Common stock for each share of Preferred stock held, and one-fifth of a share of No- Par Common stock for each share of present. Common stock held.

The plan, if it is approved by the stockholders at their meeting on June 24, will eliminate a capital deficit of 29,000,000 dollars (about £6,000.000) and leave the company free to distri bute dividends more readily when earn- ings justify it.

PASSENGER LIST

ARRIVALS

Passenger per .s.s. "President Lin- cola" from Manila for Hong Kong in June 9:-

Mr. August Abary, Mr. George Cuvillier, Jose E. Desiderio, Theobald H. Diehl, Mrs. Edith A. Harrell, Miss June L. Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeys, Miss Lillian G. Jeys, Miss Helga Johnsor

Francisco Hidalgoy Magnifico, Tadoshi kuyada, Mr. Reinhard C. Moureau, Mrs. Julia McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Patterson, Miss Frances Pattersun.

Miss Cristela Santos, Miss Carmen Schaer, Percy G. Smith, Mr. Sabure Tanaka, Mrs. Teresa Barera, Mr. Manuel Go Tianny, Mrs. Rose 2am.

PLEASE DON'T, WASTE WATER

HOT MEALS ON AN AIRSHIP

Particulars have reached as of an interesting petrical cooking aud water-heating installation, which has just been completed by Messrs. The Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company Limited, Strowger Warks, Liverpool, to the order of the Air Ministry for use on the airship E101, now being completed at Cardington The equipment, which is constructed largely of Duralumin, in order to

B

KAIPING COAL

FOR HOME, FACTORY & POWER HOUSE,

HOME,

FACTORY

AND

BUNKERS

For Price Apply to

PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS

WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE

POWER

HOUSE,

TUGS &

LOCOS

To San Francisco and

To Seattle and Victoria,

Los Angeles

The Sunshine Beft via

Honolulu

sa

The Short, Straight Route

to America

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION. DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong.

NEW MOTOR SHIP

FOR LIVERPOOL-BELFAST SERVICE

The "Ulster Queen," the second of the three Dew motor-vessels being built by Messrs. Harland and Wolff for the Belfast Steamship Co.'s Bel- fast and liverpool services, was Jaunched at Belfast. There vessels have each a gross tonnage of 1,800, And will have accommodation for five hundred saloon passengers.

CROSS-CHANNEL SHIPS

A QUESTION OF COMFORT

The advocates of the heavy oil engine for marine propulsion would, he at least wanting in ingie if they regarded any particular type of ship as the

en exclusive preserve of the steam gineer and, therefore, the application of this prime-mover to the fast cross- channel service was bound to come sooner or later, though perhaps initial venture in home waters was hardly expected to be. on so large a

scale and 90

tts

the

the case

CONSIGNEES.

LLOYD TRIESTINO N. CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Steamabin,

"NIPPON"

From Trieste, Venice, Spalato, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Karachi, Colombo, Penang & Singapore.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded urles: notice to the contrary be given before 8th instant.

No claims will be admitted after the Gooda have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 14th inst. will be subject to rent

All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 24th inst. or they will not be recognized,

All brolsen, chafod, and damaged reduce the weight; is capable of cook

Goods are to be left in the Godowns, food for 100 persons, and com- ing

interesting, as

where they will be examined on the prises five separate items; & cooking with the vessels now to be briefly deer 14th inst. a. 10 a.m. by our surveyors range with an even and four

cribed. These are the three new motor

Messrs. Goddard & Douglas. plates, a vegetable steamer,.

hot ships

Ulster Monarch # "Ulster

No Fire Insurance has been effect cupboard, a hot-water storage tank

ed. Queen," and "Ulster Prince" of the with immersion heaters, and an e Ulster

Imperial Line, hitherto, Bill of Lading will be countersign- trically-heated un Owing to the widely

the known

Belfasted by proximity of hydrogen, all the beat Steamship Company, Limited,

DODWELL & CO., LTD., ing elements are operated at a low-

London S.W., 1.

Agents. so that their tem-g-garden current density,

are being built and engined by

Hong Kong, 8th June, 1929. perature is below that necessary to Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Limited, ignite any escaping gas; the control Belfast, the first-mentioned vessel being switches are also located in Home almost ready for service, the second month later, proof enclosures for me same rea-being in a stage about son. The apparatus is supplied with and the third having left the stocks alternating current at 220 volts and or. Thursday, April 25. On this date a frequency of 100 cycles, and the of which 8 kw., is absorbed by the total loading amounts to 161⁄2 L.,

cooking range-"Engineering."

U.S. SHIPBUILDER'S VISIT

After being thoroughly recondition-

HONG KONG TIDE.

The tide table given below has been also a demonstration trip of the obtained by all of the Tide-predicting Lough with a large party aboard, pre- "Ulster Monarch" was made in Belfast

18 Machine, which includes 40 compan- ents for the better prediction of tides, viding an occasion for an inspection from the result of the analysis of the of the Juxurious accommodation.

tidal observations, taken at the Kau- lung tidal observatory under the direction of Dr. Deberck during the

cars 1887, 1888 and 1889.

All

Tessels three

are expected to be in regular service by the end of

June.

The times and heights are given for Kaulung; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdena the differences being very small,

The times of high-and low-water be considered to coincide with the times of lack-water and

quite distinct.

is the

being

Regular monthly stilings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kens which have hitherto been operated large proportion of single-berth cabina change of current, the two phenomena

to Australia.

Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as in- "Geo R. Ferguson, of the New ways or promenades on the main deck,

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays

a.m.

8.11.

Pres. Cleveland Tues., June 18, 4 Pres. Madison Tues., June 25 Fres. Pierce....Tues, July 2 Pres. Jackson ..Tues., July Pres. Taft......Tues., July 16 Pres. McKinley Tues., July 23 Pres. Jefferson, Tues., July 30 Pres. Grant ...Taes, Aug.

£120, £112 Special through rates to Europe via

United States, Direct comections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail linen scrass United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD. Fortnightly sailing on Sunday via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandra, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.

a.mi.

4.1.

Pres. Adams ..Sun. June 16, & Pros. Monroe..Sun. July 28, 8 Pres. Harrison Sun. June 30, 8 Pres. Wilson ..Sun: Aug, 11, 8 Pres. Johnson Sun. July 14, 8 ¡Pres. V. Buren Sun, Aug, 25, 8

TO MANILA

Pres. Madism ..June 18-6 p.m. Preš. Taft...July 6.6 p.m. Ires. Pierce...Jane 22 6 p.m. Pres. McKinley July 16-6 p.m. Pres. Jackson ..July. 2 6 p.m. Pres. Jefferson July 20, 6 p.m. For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 7957

Cable Address "Dollar." CANTON BRANCH:—1, SHA KSE STBEET.

Americau Mail Line

and

Dollar Steamship Line

AUSTRAL-CHINA NAVIGATION CO.

FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE via Manila, Sandakan, Balikpapan, Rabaul and Tulagi

S.S. "CALULU", sails on or about 22nd June.

sails on or about 15th July.

S.S. "CHRONOS",

For freight and passages apply to:

DODWELL & CO, LTD., Agents, Queen's Bldg. Tel. C. 1080..

SPEED GOOD SERVICE

COMFORT

S.S. CHUEN CHOW Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.30 p.m. Arriving Macao at 6.00 p.m. ".

Sailing from Macao at 7.50 a.m. Arriving Hong Kong at 11.29 a.m.

EXCEPT SUNDAYS.

DAILY

Freight and Passage apply :-

CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.

Jure 7 to 13, 1929.

4. Connaught Road W.

DATE

June

Ht.

HIGH WATER LOWER WATER.

Standard Standard

Times!

Times

Bt.

2

»

ed during a month's lay-up the Uri-Belfast Steamship Company has always The night service provided by the ed States liner "George Washington" Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, has arrived at Plymouth a hint had to meet a heavy first-class traffic

and, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & trip under Government

in consequence, the accommoda- operation.

tion the new vesscle is largely of

in Melbourne.

Upon her return to New York she

this class, there being berths for 419 will be taken over by the United frst-class passengers against 86 third must not States Lines, Ine, purchasers of the class. A feature worth note trans-Atlantic fleet of eleven verges by the United States Shipping Board,100 of these, the remainder being two provided in the first class. There are The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Among the

passengers in the Washington"

berth. As there are no external alley- Mr. Was ducement offers.

William

or on the deck above it, a large num- port News Shipbuilding Co. Mber of the cabins have parts in the The Union SS. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis New Ferguson is to make a survey of ship's side, this number being increased Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

shipbuilding yards throughout the by the use of the L-shaped plan for British Isles, an indication of the

alternate cabins. The cabin fittings in shipbuilding in growing Interest

are quite up to the standard of the fri a result of the pass- States as

which modern liner. The lighting is well ar- already led to considerable ranged and bed-head reading lights are Nat.

provided. The hot water supply is vity in the industry in U.S.A.

electrically heated and the ventilation Sua. is under the control of the passer-ger

40 by means of directional louvres, the Mon. 10m0 26

m U21 8.0 air being warmed in winter. The bell

is supplemented by luminous in Tues. 1m 1 8 3.9 Neither age nor

system repeated failure dicators outside each cabin door, which

7.7 can wither Sir Thomas Lipton's de- remain alight until the attendant Wed. 12 m 3 42 3.8

m 5 17 36 termination to win the American steward arrives at the cabin, A tell-

0871 18 08

40 x 3 tu 1 21 a

The P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal,

The P. & U. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.

the

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and ing of the Jones-White Act London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

"TILSINGTON-

COURT

13th June

a.m

*ALIPORE

5,213 18th June +KHIVA

9,135 21st June TILAWA

10,006 29th June SIRDHANA -7,746 3rd July KHYBER

9,114 5th July TALAMBA

8,018 6th July ARAFURA

6,000 Oth

9th July MALWA

10.980 19th *KIDDERFORE 5.314 20th July

TAKLIWA TALMA

July

7,938 ❘ 19th July 10,000 30th July

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghai, Muji, Kobe & Yokohama Antoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Y'hama & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kaba & Yokohama. Amoy, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama.

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moji & Kobe, Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy, Mojí, Kobe & Osaka.

*Cargo only. Calls Tsingtan & Wei-hai-wel

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

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-earrying steamer.

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries:

years.

SHAMROCK V.

•

seventy-five feet on the water-line.

7 m 8197.6

10 19

4.4

8 m 85+ 8.0

9. m 9 41

Cup, the famous yachting trophy tale indicator keeps the chief steward Thats 18 which he has striven to secure for

informed. Four of the first-class two- this side of the Atlantic for so may berth cabins are provided with separe

The announcement that le has challenged the New York Yacht ate lavatory accommodation and have These cabins: bath rooms adjoining. Club for the Blue Riband of the are very roomy and are fitted with cot yachting world has again exercised beds, dressing tables, wardrobes and popular imagination and warm at other conveniences. Their decoration miration for the veteran yachtsman's is very well carried out and no doubt, dogged pertinacity will be forthcom-as regards size and fittings, they are ing from all sides. Foar times his he tried and failed, and now at unique in any of the cross-channel services. The third-class cabins, which he will be 79 this month he once are mostly two-berth and four-berth, more throws down the gauntlet. The provide

high degree of comfort.. new "Shamrock" will be about The first-class publie rooms com

prise a dining saloon, a lounge, a smoking room, and a verandah caft This latter is enelosed by large glazed. sliding doors, so that the wide prospect obtained from it can be enjoyed in cold It is safe to say that remarkable coal shipping record of weather. The design and decoration of all the public reores, together with the Tyne would have been impossible at of the main entrance and stair- but for the arrangement effected

here, but week-end work. Since that agree except ment was made, in December last, will find himself in surroundings A Sir William Noble points out, sear pleasing and comfortable as are pro ly 300. 19 vessels, loading over 700,000 vided in many of the larger vessels tons of coal, had been completed in making long ocean voyages. The main the Tyne afternoon on Saturdays, en entrance contains a public telephant abling them to sail on Saturday right box, which, on the arrival of the vessel. or Sunday, surely, that ship at Liverpool er Belfast, as the case may owners are taking full advantage of be, will be connected to the G.P.O.

THANKS TO THE TRIMMERS

the

Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft x 2 ft. x 1 15. will be received with the teemers and trimmera fer case, cannot be described in detail

at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.

Agents.

NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE,

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

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

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE. (ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.S. CO., LTD.) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.

via Suez Canal via Suez Canal

15th June. 8th July. 16th July,

E.S. "CITY OF MOBILE" S.S. "MACHAON" 5.8. "CITY OF MANDALAY".. via Suez Canal Steamers proceed via Suez Canal de Panama Canal at Owners' Option.

Subject 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

ing hours offer them. The moral competing ports is to go and do like-

ise,

PREVIOUS RACE

m 1 16

3 47 a 0.5 m2 14

4.2 435 0.4 alm 3 30 | 3.0

6 25 & 0.3

m 3 67 | 3.2

6 19 & 0.2

7178

20 3.4

9 18 &

Tel, C. 6061.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS 1 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 fest long.

Town Olce: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel Central No. 459, Shipyard: Ekam-Sui-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel. Kowloon No. B.

Estimates furnished on application.

Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO” HONGKONG.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER

MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,

ELECTRICIANS.

it may be said that the for scale,

passenger

"The Com-

pany pos-

SHIPWRECKED SAILORS

An Act has been promulgated in France giving effect to the Conven-

It was in 1809 that Sir Thomistion concerning unemployment in Lipton made his first challenge with demaity in case of loss or founder

Shamrock L" and he repeated bis ing of the ship adopted by the In- efforts in 1901, 1903 and 1920. Alternational Labour Conference at though the cup was originally won Genes in 1920. It provides that in by America in one straight race, the case of capture, shipwreck, or de- contest is now the best of five aces, clared unseaworthiness of the ship, though in 1920 there were actually the seaman is entitled to an indenin- seven races, as in two of them both ity for the whole period of mem- time limit. On that occasion the of his contract at the rate of wages. yachts failed to fish within the ployment resulting from the breach

American yacht, "Resolute," was dis- provided for in the contract. The abled, in the first race, while the total amount of the indemnity shall second race was void. "Resoluts not, however, exceed two months won the third, fourth and fifth mices, wages. The indemnity is subject to the sixth was vold, and "Besolate" the same safeguardses the wages

earned as rex Engineering"

seventh

Seven Six Granite Docis and

Two Pat- ent Slip- ways. The dimensions of No. Dock 700

are FLI

85 ft x 30

M.S. “SUGBO “

Coles Used:

AL ABC.

Fifth Edi

tion; En

gheer Ing;

First &

Second Edi-

Lion; West-

TH

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And

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Single screw steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions: —— 154′′ 0o BP. 1 28 07 Mid. ≈ 11′ 6′′ ML, D.W. 470 tons; BH.P. 360; Speed 10% knots. Built and machinery installed by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co, Ltd, to the order of La Naviera Filipina Inc., Cebu for Philippine wasting service.

Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.I.N.A., Kawloon Dock, Hong Kong.