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DEPTH OF WATER.

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HOW THE NORWEGIANS REGARD THE QUESTION

A COMPARISON

The subject of the position and future prospects of small ships of from 500 to 2,000 gross tons was dis- sassed at a recent meeting of the Oslo Shipowners' Asacciation by Mr. Egeland, who dealt with various mar- kets and drew special attention to that relating to the transport of timber.

Mr. Egeland pointed out that the export figures for all the ports in the White Sea and the Baltic showed the fact that the combined exports of As the King's Bench Divisional timber in 1928 were almost Court

in reversed the City of Lender equally ав large 接 Court in a dispute over the leading of the total having

ballast, which had been procured up-loss river and brought down. It was for the use of the ship and her crew.

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1913,

Captain D. Bousfield, master of the a.s. "Tai Lee," was this morning aum

been

4,250,000 moned before the Han, Commander, a cargo of iron at a London wharf, standards, while this year the Russians G. F. Hole, R.N., at the Marine Court so the Appeal Court, consisting of the proposed to increase their timber ex-

Defen- Mester of the Rolls and Lords Justices ports by 300,000 standards,

Of deci- with overloading his vessel. dant, who pleaded guilty, was repre- Greer and Russell, have reversed the dive importance for judging the posi- divisional Court. and restored the judg-un and future prospects, was the sented by Mr. F. H. Leseby.

question of the amount of the avail- Mr. Loseby explained that the Taiment of the City of London Court,

What the Appeal Court did can be able tonnage Lee" was carrying 75 tons of water in stated with brevity, though with some Having closely examined the pro- for the case blem, the author stated that it was to completeness, seems to have been decided on some certain there were now fewer small what different grounds by all the ships in the world than prior to the

Hecht Pfeiffer (Lon-va three courts..

war. Leaving on one side countries doa), Ltd., poaght this cargo of scrap other than those which play any part the metal from Sophus Berendsen (Lan-in the European Brown and Co.'s wharf.” The buyers were Мотиву, do) Ltd...b. Messis. Redpath,nations which came into consideration Denmark, Sweden, chartered the "Arkons," and sent her to Germany, Holland, England and Russia receive the cargo, and the wharfingers for the group of ships of between 500 would not have her beside the wharf, so and 2,000 gross tens. These countries the cargo had to be brought out to her in the summer of 1914, had a total in lighters; question on this f.o.b. con- of 4,664 ships, of which ao fewer than tract, should the sellers pay for the 2,066 devolved upon England, whereas lighterage? Judge Shewell Cooper said in 1923, this group had shrunk to no. They had referred the charterers about 3,900 vessels, or a diminution to the wharfingers for information of about 17 per cent. about depths of water, and so on, but the wharfingers were not the sellers' The decline,

both absolutely and re- general agents to bind them. The Divi-latively was the greatest in the case of England, whose fleet of such ships has been reduced from 2,065 to 1,456, in the The number in period in question. Norway has been lowered from 830 to 640 ships, or by 23 per cent, Denmark by 10 per cent to 300 ships, while Germany at about 600 vessels has the suma number as in 1914. On the other hand the Swedes have in- creased their interest by from 13 to 14 per cent.. so that they now have 474 such ships, and the Dutch have aug- arented their ships by

per cent, to 219 small ships." Under the circum- stances the largest fleet of small ships Mr. Justice Shearman, giving judg- is still possessed by England, Norway meat, said the judge below carefully coming second, Germany third and avoided using the word "unsuitable" in Sweden fourth.

His Worship said that the offence was sericus and was a danger to the passengers. The mere fact that the fead line had been raised, revealed that it was not safe.

A fine of $200, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment, passed.

ing

MARINE COURT

BRIGHT LIGHTS FOR FISHING

Was

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sional Court appeared to have fasten- ed on the tendering of a suitable ship, and said the judge was wrong in sug gesting the sellers of a cargo f.o.b. were not liable for the cost of placing it in a suitable tendered ship.

The Judgment

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Al the Marine Court, four masters of fishing junks were charged with fishing within the vicinity of Lyemun Pass with bright lights, Three ad- mitted the offence.

relation to the vessel. He called a Mr. Egeland proceeded to state that Sergt. Oliver said that yesterday at vessel not "acceptable" to the wharf the new competitors, in this direction about 9.45 p.m. when he was approach-owners. The charterers acted correct were the small now states in the Baltle, the defendants' vesela, their.ly from first to last. They communi- first of all Finland and Lettonia and

cated only with the sellers. lights were blazing brightly, but on

They then Esthenia. No statistics concern- secing him, the lights were instantly. spoke to the sellers about the conditioning the grouping of the ficets of these, of the wharf, and the sellers referred States in the various tonnage classes put out, and the accused pretended to

them to the wharfingera. When told, existed, but as far as the author could A new economical way to spend a be asleep.

of the vessel, the wharfingers.

said in perceive, one could reckon with sixty short summer holiday. Take a trip to Fines of $10 each was passed.

It Lettonian ships, which were specially Wuch and back effect, "O.K., plenty of

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might be that at the time they did not adapted, and were employed in the four inys. See all the sights of the A Baltic trade, and about a correspor.d Weat River. It costs you only $38.40. For falling to have a licence and also think of the length of the vessel.

second contract was mace with the de ing number of Finnish ahips, while and can be done in five days. Your for anchoring within a cable arez,

Danzig budget----- steersman was fined $7 with the alter-endants, but it was in the terras of Esthonia had about 30 and native of a week's jail on the first the first, and the ship provided was of and Poland about 20 ships of this class, Passage for round trip

the same kind and description, and as or a total of 170 ships, or less than VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from charge, and $10 or 10 days on the between the two contracting parties a one-eighth of the combined Norwegian,

second offence.

suicable ship for the contract. The Swedish and Danish feet

of small 820 Bail Estreated

question was not: Was it acceptable ships. It could, therefore, be said that Z Matrimoto, engineer of the a,s.to the third parties, but was it one these new Baltic States did not repre-

Why not make a trial? The cuisine 'Shin Maru, had his bail of $20 which the sellers agreed was suitable? sent any muperior competitive element,

The judge said the charterers did not and their importance of a means of excellent and the accommodation estreated when he failed to appear in fulfil their obligations, but they had no depressing freights would scarcely in-comfortable; once you try you wit re-

'commend it to others. answer to

a charge of causing an obligation except to send a suitable crease materially in future. obstruction in the Southern Fairway.

skip, and they sent that, with notice af The rapid growth of the fleets of

The the charter-party.

sellers had these countries was sackening off. agreed she was suitable, yet they said, especially in the case. of Finland and "Because someone else takes objection Esthonia, where it came to

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Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2.00 p.m. SS. "TAI HING"

[3,008 tons-Cap! O. B. Wike.] JUKE.

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a stand one could now recken with the same

to her wo are not bound." There still last year. Moreover, practically amount of tonnage at disposal as be- they were wrong. Though the wharf speaking, all these ships were over 20 fore the war. ingers were not their general agents, years old, their maintenance was poor, The question which could then be the information which they gave the and they could scarcely be operated raised was as to how the supply and charterers, when defendants referred with advantage on the Southern Coast ships had proceeded in recent year

very long. They kept removals within the gmail group of

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EASTERN PORTS

PLAGUE, CHOLERA AND

SMALL-POX

the charterers to them, was equivalent, mostly to to information coming from the cefen- of the Baltic, which was not much in this connection, the author quoted dants,

sought after, at all events by Norwestatistics in order to show that the de-

The health bulletin of Easta porta At the same time the velopment of shipbuilding in recent for the week ended June 8, issued When the sellers annealed from the gian ship only managed to handle years had chiefly been in the case of by the Director a Medical and Sani- judgment of the Divisional Court Mr. Finnish

Carpmael appeared for them (in about 8 per cent. of that country's own the larger ships, whereas the number of tary Services, gives the following structed by Messra. Denton, Hall and timber shipments.

new vessels of between 500 and 2,000 cases, the figures in parenthesis in Burgin); and Mr. H. G. Robertson

tons had decreased The number of dicating destha:- and Mr. S. K. de Ferrars for the buy On the other band the author drew small steamers built in this group in Plague: Port_Raid (1), Bagdad 2, ers (instructed by Mosers. Ashurat, attention to the fact that in the Baltic 1922 was 194, and it was about the sanie Rangoon (1), Prom Penh 11). Morris, Crisp and Co.)

and White Sea traffic larger ships than in 1925, while in 1927 the number was

Cholera: Calcutta (85), Maulmein " Mr. Carpmael urged that no daty before the war were being employed to 139, and in 1928, 117.

(5), Pondicherry (2), Bangkok 7 (2), Was imposed on the sellers under the an appreciably greater extent, that is

Pnom Penh 2, Saigon 43 (29), Can- ton. 1... contract antil the ship arrived along to say, ships which are above the ton- Aide, and while the wharfingers might nage dealt with by the speaker special-

any

CONSIGNEES NOTICES.

1

Mande E Buell, H. J. Wade, Mrs, agents to involve the sellera in what cised for forming could normally be delivery of their goods which will be Pondicherry (1) Balk Penan

A. M. M. Richardson, A. Simmons,

C. R. Evans, F. Fallbrook, Mr. Mills, Carl Ritter A. H. Forbes, Y. J. Hatch, and E. C. Beale.

U.S. SUBMARINES BERE

The vessels, which arrived from Manila, are due to sail for Shanghai and Tsingtao to-morrow morning.

.ex 8.9.

sive information about the wharf to ly. It was a matter of opinion as to

Consignees of cargo ex 1.5. inquirer, they were not the sellers' what influence this circumstance exer

a judgment of the "Bendoran" are reminded to take ever they said about the wharf.

offer of tonnage that Mr. Robertson answered that surely reckoned on in these markets. Person- subject to rent after June 19.

of cargo Consignees by referring the buyers to the wharf-ally, he was disposed to think that the

reminded to take ingers in respect of a contract at the supply of the larger ships had counter- "Gogovale" are wharf, the sellers made themselves rebalanced the decrease in the small delivery of their goods which will be Fonsible for whatever representation vessels and that it this was the case subject to rent after June 23. was forthcoming about the wharf. In effect they had agreed that the "Arkona" was a suitable ship, and they could not now be hourd to say that she was not suitable.

The American depot ship, the U.S.S. "Canopus" arrived in port on Saturday with submarines 58S, S40, The Master of the Rolls thought that Bad S41. The Captain of the "Cano- | was not right. This talk about a suit-

ira" is Commander Thomas. Com-able ship was something added.

The mander Needham is in charge of the point was that the County Court judge submarines.

found that Mesars Redpath, Brown and Co. were not the sellers agenta making representations about the wharf, and so far as that was a quet- den of fact it was for the County Court judge to decide, and there was no ground for interfering with his de- cision. The wharfingers were in on intermediate position as third parties, and kidependent.

The

Divisional Court's foding added a new agreement to the contract by the sellers that the "Arkona” was a suitable ship. That agreement was not in the facts found by the County Court judge, whose judgment must be restored, leaving the charterers to pay for their own light-

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