TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929,
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, ČEYLON, 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.)
3. 3.
Tons
From Hong Kong About
+KHYBER
9,114 3rd Aug. *KIDDERPORE 5.321 15th Aug. * 10,080 17th Aug. 8.985 $1st Aug. ¡ 10,952
14th Sept.
MALWA
KASHMIR
MOREA
MANTUA
† 10,946 28th Sept.
Destination
M'soilles. Casablanca, L'don & Hull. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London: Marseilles, London & Hail. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
*Cargo only. †Calls Casa Blanca.
THE CHINA MAIL,
S.S. “MONTAUK ” CAPT. HEALY "A PALADIN OF
THE SEA"
BRAVE DEED RECALLED
CONSIGNEES.
shared with him the onerously respon Bible work of the bridge, exchanging and receiving messages to and from THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. ignals with the engine crew, sending the "Alloway" Indeed the radio operator, G. W. Douglas worked con- tinuously for 36 hours, his only relief being a dash along the sea-swept deck to the bridge when transmitting of deck messages were impossible because of ing dash of the waves...
From MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES.
**BENVENUE"
In the June number of the "Railway and Marine News" (a Seattle publi-the howling of the wind and the rear-The Steamship. cation) is the following under the heading of "A Paladin of the Sea":- In the rescue last February of the personnel of the steamer "Alloway,'
of
Helpless on the rocky lee Alloway, Unimals Strait the Aleutians and at the mercy of an icy gale of wind, Capt. Richard J. Healy and his crew of the American vessel "Montauk" per: formed an act of heroism worthy of the best traditions of the sea, so pro- lific in stories of the splendid unselfish- ness under stress of the men who bring together the peopics of the world Official recognition was not accord- ed Captain Healy until last month when as a guest at luncheon of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce he was presented with a hunting case pocket watch in the name of Maritime Asso- ciation of Seattle, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchant's Ex- change. The hero of that ses rescue had just returned from the Far East on his first trip since the memorable feat and maritime and civic leaders took the first opportunity to honour hini.
"No One Failed"
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in- "Everybody did his duty. No one formed that all Goods are being land- failed. As to my third officer, F. A. ed at their risk into the hazardous cause it was not necessary. He was The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Roegner, I have not mentioned him he and/or extra hazardous Godowns of ing in any place. Anything, every from the wharves delivery may be ob ever in the thick of whatever was do Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or thing, was his personal job. At least, tained. he made it so."
No claims will be admitted after the ignoring self and putting forward his Goods remaining undelivered after the So speaks this quiet-appearing sailor,Goods have left the Godowas, and all crew, Pressed as to why he did not 29th inst. will be subject to rent. shrink from so appalling a call of duty he said with a smile, "Well, I'm Irish and afraid of ghosts. I would rever have dared to again ail the Pacifc if those men had drowned."
be presented to the Undersigned on or All claims against the steamer must before the 10th August, 1929, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be exarained on the 27th inst. at 10a.m. by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.
No Fire Insurance has been effect. Bills of Lading will be countersign-
ed by,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 22nd July, 1929.
COPENHAGEN.
The Motor Vessel,
The Rescue of the "Alloway" The following comment, under the above heading also appears in the same issue:- of the ill-fated "Alloway," wrecked in ed.
Thirty-three members of the crew the Aleutians, owe their lives to the bravery and persistent devotion of the personnel of the American Mail liner, The act of heroism so performed by
"Montank,"
J. Healy, whose a Scattle sailor and so commemorated Captain Richards the command of was one that ranks with those record-nitiative began the work and whose ed in the brave annals of the sea,
will carried it through to a suc- iron Briefly the story follows.
cessful finish. A monent's mistake, an unchancy shift in the direction of the THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., lost the lives of his crew, to say DO- gale, and the commander would have thing of his own or of the doom of his vessel under a rockbound and inaccessi- ble coast. Even if spared by fete, decision of a mistaken judgment after having arrived, Consignees of cargo
"JAYA" wards delivered, would have spoiled are hereby informed that all goods forever a career. It would have been are being landed and placed at their human if Captain Healy had failed to risk into the hazardous and/or extra- respond to increasing demanda of the hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong occasion, when every moment seemed & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., worse than that which preceded; it was more than human not only in that he as the goods are landed,
where persisted but much more in that he
delivery can be obtained as scon was able to carry with him the
No claims will be admitted after the hearted co-operation of his officers and goods have left the Godowns, and all
whole- men. Men will ever follow one that 27th July, 1929, at 4 p.m. will be will lead, but then he must be a leader.subject to rent.
goods remaining undelivered after the not an armchair director. Nothing is mere hopeful for the traditions of the goals are to be left in the Godown, All broken, chafed and damaged American merchant marine, than this continuation of the noble deeds of the where they will be examined by animate which is the motive power
Anderson & Ashe D the
kind. (without which nothing is) of man-
Throughout the day of February last the American Mail Line freighter, bound to Japan from Seattle with lum. ter was struggling through a full gale of wind off the Aleutian Islands. An SOS eall was received from the "Alloway," also bound out of the North-east to Japar with lumber.
The Search Captain Healy turned
the North cast to Japan course to search for the distressed ship which, however, was not located until
the following day, during the morning of which the gate had lufted,
By noon, nevertheless, the wind had increased to half a gale and by four that afternoon there was blowing a howling storm. In the meantime, an attempt at towing was determined opon, the vessels being then off Unimak Island under a dangerously high shore;
apparently inaccessible to
anything but a bird.
Messrs.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to eliffs running up a thousand feet and past. it is not the inanimate but the 25th July, 1929, at 10a.m.
Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS,
TILAWA
SIRDHANA TALAMEA TAKLIWA
TALMA
DALGOMA TAKADA
10,000 25th July
3 p.m. 7,745 29th July 3,013 3id Aug. 7,936 121 Aug.
·10,030
27th Aug. 5,953 1st Sept. 8,013
6th Sept. Calls Rangoon.
Singapore, Pe_ang & Calcutta.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
the
B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon,
In placing the hawser, Captain Healy declared as fine a bit of seaman- ship was performed by his offlecrs as ever he has witnessed at sea.
A deck load of lumber, partly covered the stern of the "Montauk" and the bitts
to which the hawser must be attached were hidden and had to be dived for. under breaking seas. This part of the work was under the charge of the chief cficer, Fred H. Rylander aided by a young cadet on his first voyage off shore, T. A. Borschell who, notwith- standing, worked with the will of a veteran, and a deck hand.
Then the hawse
had to be placed the men
of the
on the to their waists in
*Montauk
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS. (South). shell with the hawser.
*ARAFURA TANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAFURA TANDA
6,000
2nd Aug. 6,950 30th Aug. 4,500 1tb Oct. 6,000 1st Nov. 6.956 29th Nov.
Calle Port Holland.
Maalia, Sandakan, Thursday Island Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney &
Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong
to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, floilo, Cebu, Kolamburan, Tawao, Timer, Darwin, or other porta cu route as iu- ducement offers.
water. The slightest mistake on the part of the bridge officers, Captain Healy himself and his second Officer, A. L. Kerre, or on the part of the en- gine crew would have meant the loss of every life on that adventurous cockle Previously, Captain Healy had called into confer enge his chief engineer, Roy Dudley, who instantly co-operated, placing a double shift on duty on the labouring engines, and saying, characteristically, "If you want an extra kick, just give me the jingle, and I'll give her the
Run!"
The Towing
SHIPBUILDING AND WHALING ENTERPRISE
It is a matter of remark just now that, one way and another, the whal- ing business is contributing a good deal of work to the shipbuilding industry. The launch of the whale oil factory "Kosmos" from the yard of Masers. Workman, Clark and Company alone is
an
be presented to the Undersigned before All claims against the vessel must the 30th July, 1929, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. signed by
Bills of Lading will be counter-
JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
Hong Kong, 20th July, 1929.
HONG KONG TIDE.
The tide-table given below has been obtained by aid of the Tide-predicting Machine, which includes 40 compon- ents for the better prediction of tides, from the rearit of the analysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kow- loon tidal observatory under the direction Dr. Doberck during the Feata 1887, 1888 and 1889.
The times and heights are given for Kowloon; but mky
they
be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small.
of
The times of high-and low-water must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and change of current, the two phenomens being quite distinct,
item of importance in this con- nection, for she is a large and costly ship, involving special equipment and a great deal of work. In spite of her novel features, her builders have auc- ceeded in putting her into the water in remarkably quick time, and bope to hand her over to her owners ready for sea in the early days of August. But important as she is, the "Kosmos" is only one item in the batch of work now on hand for the Antarctic whaling service. Another whale oil factory of similar size and design is on hand on the Tyne by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co., Ltd., to whom the contract is also one of outstanding in At last the hawser was passed and portance. These two vessels, indeed, Kongthen came the task of towing in that are the first of their kind which have tempestuous water. A course was set been specially built for the purpose. for Dulch Harbour as the nearest
In addition, however, there are two available port. The gale continued and vessels to be "converted" into whale oil then--the hawser parted! Captain factories one the old. White Star liner Throckmorton of the "Alloway" drop. "Medic" (now the "Hektorin") by pad its anchor which began to drag, Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron E The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vla New shadow of the gigantic clif's of Unimak Patricio," by Messrs. Cammell Laird The vessels were then under the and the other the oil tanker “San Island.
If the anchor continued to and Co-both interesting jobs, though drag, under the pelting of the wind and by no means unique, since work of the The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
waves, the "Alloway would prove a kind has been done before, especially on The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and total wreck within fifteen or twenty the North-East Coast. Finally, there Londen via Panama Canal.
minutes. It was then determined to are in process of building on the Tees,
by Smith's Dock Co. seven whale. At first the "Montauk" tried to ap-catchers, which in addition to six com- Mon, 21 m 947.3 m 2,40 3X proach the
the "Alloway" close enough to pisted recently, will be attached to the
11 29 4.9 443 0.4 0.4 permit of the transfer being made. mother ships described. Thus, at pre-
Tues. 23 m 9-18
7.6 m 3 16 3.3 This proved impossible, the "Montauk" sent, nine new ships and two conver
01604 suffering some damage. The life boats son jobs are on hand in British yards
Wed. 30 m 0 85,9 m & 54 m 10 10 7.3 men, regardless of the threatening, un-
"Journal of Commerce." scalable cliffs, adventured forth, the "Monteal" standing by. In a few minates, every soul, thirty-three in had been transferred with the excep tion of one, who insisted on remaining aboard, and who afterward was mira- culously rescued by the coast guard,
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & 0. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
KASHMIR | 8,985❘ 2nd Aug. 10,000 2nd Aug.
TALMA *SHEAFMOUNT
TANDA
*NOWSHERA
DALGOMA
MOREA
TAKADA
KARMALA *NAGFORE
*MIRZAPORE
ST. ALBANS
ALIPORE
MANTUA
4th Aug. 6,966 6th Aug. 8th Aug. 7,920 5,953 9th Aug- 10,959 16th Aug. 6,949 16th Aug-
| 9,128 5,28)
30th
6,715 2nd Sept. 4,500 10th Sept.
1. 5,273 11th Sept.
† 10,946 13th Sept.
*KIDDERPORE |: 5.334 | 25th Sept.
• Cargo only.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Mojl, Kobe, Y'hama & Osaka, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Moji & Kobe. Mej, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka.
Moj, Koba & Yokoimma. Moji, Kobe & Yokohama,
SITS
Moji & Kobe.
Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohams, Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghai. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notion. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awalfing the on-carrying steamier.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not acre than 2% = 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received.
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.
abandon the vessel.
Ht
Ht.
July 19 to 25, 1929.
DATR
HIGH WATER LOWER WATER.
Standard Standard July Tunes
Times
Fri. I m 7 3 | 8.6] m⋅ 0 4 3.1 tu 18.7 3. B 1.0 Sat. 10 m 8 3 6.9m 1 2133
10 40 3.8 839 id Sua. 1m8 81 7.3 m3 13.3
II II a 29
iT
0.8
5 50 s
0.8
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To San Francisco and Los Angeles
-The Sunahine Belt via
Honalttla
To Seattle and Victoria
The Short, Straight Route
to Amerion Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays
a.m.j Pres. Jefferson Tues. July 30, 3 Pres. Grant ....Tues., ÁUR. Pres. Lincoln Tuta., Aug. 13 Fres. Cleveland Tues., Aug. 20 Pres. Madison..Tues., Aug. 27 Pres. Pierce Tuca., Sept. 3 Pres. Jackson Tues., Sept. 10 Pres. Taft .....Tues. Sept. 17
1.1.
£120, £112 Special through rates to Europe via
United States, Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-aver privileges for sight-seeing.
!
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD. Fortnightly sciling on Sunday via Manila, Straits. Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandra, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
a.m.
Pres. Monroe ..Sau. July 28. Pres. Garfield Sun. Sept. 8, 8 Pres. Wilson..Sun, Aug. 11. 8 Pres. Polk....Sun. Sept. 22, 8 Pres. V. Buren Sun. Aug. 25, 8 Pres. Adams.....Oct. 66 p.m.
TO MANILA
Pres. Grant....July 30 6 p.m.res. Mudison Aug. 176 p.m. Pres. Lincoln Aug. 36. pin. Pres. Pierce ...Aug, 27 6 p.m. Prea. Cleveland Aug. 13 6 p.m. Pres. Jackson Aug. 31 6 pm For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795.
Cable · Address "Dollar."
CANTON BRANCH, SHA KHE STREET,
American Mail Line
and
Dollar Steamship Line
SPEED GOOD SERVICE COMFORT S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.30 p.m.
Arriving Macao at 6:00 pm.
DAILY
Sailing from Macao at 7.50 am. Arriving Hong Kong at 11.20 a.m.
EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
Freight and Passage apply :-
CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD. 4, Connaught Road W.
Tel. C. 6061.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS AR work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can siccommodate any craft of 200 feet long,
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel. Central No, 459. Shipyard: Sham-Sul-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel. Kowloon No. 1, Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
PORT OF SEATTLE
completed 2 Dumber of important transactions and improvements. Among Col. George B. Lamping. port these were the completion of plans for commissioner since 1920 of the port of new 1,000,000-bushel grain elevator Seattle, has been elected president of at Smith's Cove, completion of work of the commission for the ensuing year. increasing the cold storage space at He succeeds W. S. Lincoln, who be the Bell Street Terminal, provision of Street Terminal, and leasing of the is the third commissioner. | The commission has been particular- Skinner and Eddy site to the. Ames
ly active during the last year and has Terminal. Company.
were manned and the young officers and for the Antarctic whaling service Thuế tô m. 0 88 3.9 m 4 34 | 32 comes secretary. George F. Cotterill another berthing space at the Hanford
all,
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMER
The
B.I. 1.8 “Sirdhana" will The rescued were landed at Duteb leave Amoy for this port on July 25, Harbour, the "Montauk" proceeding on p.m., and is due here on July 20, her voyage, the naval units at Cordova, p.m.
St. Paul and Dutch Harbour complet ing the work thus nobly begun,
Captain Healy ascribes whatever heroism which may be due for this re cord of the sea to his officers, ignoring his own initiative. He declares that without the co-operation and self- sacrifice of every one of the personnel, that which was done would have been impossible of doing. His second officer
Agents.
In Lots of not less than 1/2-ton: Delivered
to
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AGED BY TIME
im 10.47 | 7.1 |
6 10 al 43
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DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, · BOILER.
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ELECTRICIANS.
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pany... pas-
Granite
Slip-
KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL
Orders should be sent in writ ing at least 24 hours before the Coal is ro quired. All, orders mpat be accom- panied by Cast
sesses Six
Docks and Two Pat ent
Ways The
dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700 ft. x
36 ft x 30
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"BLUE FUNNEL LINE
(OCEAN S.D. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL SS. CO., LTD.)
AND
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG..
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Vie Suez Canal
5th August, SSCITY OF BED
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Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars arely to BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Kong & Canton: JARDINE MATHESON & CO. LTD- Canton,
(above Bowen Road), $23,00
per ton.
Delivered to Bowen Road and Lower Levels, $21.00 per ton Delivered 50 Pottelum Rosd;64 $28.00 He perfonn Delivered to Kowhon, $19.00-
per ton
Mini
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION Head Office: TIENTSIN, DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agente, Heng Kong
MS
SUGBO
Single screw steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions:
Coden Good:
AI, A.B.C.
Fifth Eat
tion; En-
gineering:
Piznt &
Second Edi
tion; West-
ern Union
and king.
Wal-
1540" RP.
x 28′ 0′′ Mid. x 11' 67 Mid.; D.W, 170 tons; B.H.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 coasting service.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
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