TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1929.
P. & 0.-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.)
S. S.
Tony
From Kong Hung About
+KHYBER
*KIDDERPORE MALWA
KASHMIR
MOREA
-MANTUA
Destination
9,114 3rd Aug.
Noon 5,834 15th Aug. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. 10,930 17th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
3,995 01st Aug Marseilles, London & Hull. 10,953 14th Sept. Bumbay, Marseilles & Londen. 10,946 28th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Oct. 6,715 2nd
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. *Cargo only. †Calls Casa Blanca, Frequent connection from Port Said for Fassengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Lovans Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
*MIRZAPORE
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TALAMBA
TAKLIWA TALMA DALGOMA TAKADA TILAWA
3,013 4th Aug.
p.m. 7,936
Aug. 10,000 27th Aug. 5,953 4th Sept. 6,949 5th Sept. 10,006 4th Oct.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
Singapore, Penang & Calcotta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
B. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.
All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
THE
WORLD'S SHIPPING
ARTIFICIAL RESTRAINTS WHICH MUST BE REMOVED
STEADY EXPANSION
cez..
"It is too much to say that during the past year shipping has returned to its own, but employment of tonnage has been better, and there has been a mare general demand from widely dif- fering sources. This is tainly good sign, but it is not enough, and either freights. must be improved or working costs must come down before shipping can enjby any- like a fair measure of pro-
The supply. sperity.
tonnage is still in excess of the demand, but, in spite of this, the building of new tonnage has been continued on
VCEY large scale. The world's trade is set- tling down year by year, and al- though the movement is very slow, trade is expanding in nearly all diree- tions. If the world's economic powers should be characterised,
it can
be said that the world is on the way to political and economie stability."
The Baltic and International Mar- time Conference, la its annual report for 1928-20, thus refers to the ship- ping situation last year. Although the trade of the world is slowly re- covering (continues the report), the freedom of international trade and i commercial prosperity are still ham- pered by artificial restraints. High tarif walls and unnecessary inter ference by Governments and other au- thorities tend to put difficulties in the way of a sound recovery of trade. At Hamburg a a resolution was passed, arging the necessity of adopting the recommendations of the World Economic Conference with regard to trade barriers and appealing to all oners by vigorous propaganda to lend their support in this important
matter,
ing
were
CHINA MAIL,
KAIPING COAL
HOME,
FACTORY
AND
BUNKERS
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
POWER
HOUSE,
TUGS &
LOCOS
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.
Head Office:-TIENTSIN.
Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD., Hong Kong,
There is an ever increasing demand on the part of members of the Con- ference for assistance and advice, and with the very extensive and complete archives in which is accumulated ex- perience of owners as well as reports from correspondents in most corners Conference is able to render valuable of the world, and other material, the
servico to those who avail themselves of the opportunity. This system of in- terchange of experience and opinions should be still further developed, and it should be remembered that the more the members keep in touch with the Conference, the more complete will its service be.
Discharge at British Ports
ย
The explanation of the difference is no doubt to a large extent that the higher cost arises in ports where legal or de facto monopolies exists, either as pany, or the-same effect is obtained in at Garston exercised by the dock com- other ports through streng rings of stevedores and tally clerks.
Stevedoring Monopoly
It was reported that the trustees of the Clyde Navigation at Glasgow in ended to seek an extension of their powers to include also the undertak ing of stevedoring in certain docks and Practically all master porterage or at any rate the control of the charges to be levied by master porters, as well as all services in the timber yards of the
owned ships commerically employed baskels, as the vessel was dischar the regulations was rather harsh
re
in
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE
To San Francisco und
Los Angeles
The Sunshine Belt via
Honolulu
To Seattle and Victoria
The Short, Straight Route
to Amerisa
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings a Tuesdays
a.m.j
a.m.
Pres. Lincoln Tues., Aug. 13 Pres. Grant....Tues, Aug. 6 Pres. Madison
Tues., Aug. 27 Pres. Cleveland Tues, Aug. 20 Pres, Jackson Thes., Sept. 10 Pres. Pierce ...Tues., Sept. 3 Pres. McKinley Tues. Sept. 24 Pros. Taft ....Tues. Sapt. 17
£120, £112 Special through rates to Europa vis
United States, Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across
United States and Canada, libera! 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.
4,m,
1.0.
Pres. Wilson..Sun. Aug. 11, Pras. Polk....Sun. Sept. 22, 8 Pres. V. Buron Sun. Aug. 25, 9 Pres. Adams .. .Sun. Oct. 68 Pres. Garfield Sun. Sept. 8, Pres. itarrison Sup. Oct. 20, 8
TO MANILA
Pres. Grant....July 30 6 p.m. Pres. Madison.Aug. 17 6 p.m. Pres. Lincoln Aug. 36 p.m. Pres. Pierce...Aug. 27 6 p.m. Pres. Cleveland Aug. 13 6 p.m. Pres. Jackson Aug. 31 6 p.m.) For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to Telephons Central 2477, 2475 and 795,
Cable Address "Dollar." CANTON BRANCH:-4, SEA KEE STREET.
American Mail Line
and
Dollar Steamship Line
SPEED
GOOD SERVICE S.S. CHUEN CHOW
COMFORT
Week Day Sailing from Hong Kong at 2 pm. Arriving Macao at 5:30 p.m.
Sailing from Macao at 7.50 a.m. Arriving Hong Kong at 11.20 a.m. Sunday Sailing from Macao at 6 p.m. 10 p.m. Freight and Passage apply :-
CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD. Tel. C. 6061
**
4. Connaught Road W.
77
H.K.
+1
Spanish Methods One of these artificial restraints, namely, the way in which the Spanish authorities
treated foreign vessels when the customs regulations had It is stated by the Information trustees. Although the Conference 43 M'seilles, Casablanca, L'don & Hall. been infringed, was the subject of an-Bureau of the Conference in its annual a foreign institution was not consider
other resolution at the Hamburg meet report that stevedoring conditions ined to have any locus standi in oppos- It was emphasised that the fines British ports come in for a considering through the proper channels the out of all proportion to the
able share of attention. There are seeking of such powers, representations errors made, and in several instances sig
signs which seem to indicate that it
it were made to the departments concern- were so heavy that their enforcement will be possible in a not too remote ed on the ground that the proposed must be considered as confiscation of future to obtain a much needed reaction on the part of the trustees foreign property, and contrary to the vision of the prices charged in cer-
would be detrimental to the interest of lay of nations.
The meeting detain ports. As a case in point should international shipping, and might be clared that the many encroachments be mentioned the cost of discharging considered also to affect the interest of hampered the peaceful commercialore at Hull, where a reduction was British shipping abroad adversely by
creating a Hull Incorporated
precedent the effect intercourse between Spain and other enforced by
fleet of countries, and that they were incon- Chamber of Commerce and
By the
watch could not be estimated, seeing Shipping sistent with the Convention relating through negotiations with the steve-
similar attempts had manifested to customs formalities of 1923, to dores on the strength of urgent re-
themselves in certain other countries. which Spain was a signatory. It is presentations made by the Informa-
A statement of the views of the Con.. gratifying to state that the Spanish Au-tion Burena. The basis of these re-
ference was compiled for the use of the thorities have, to a certain extent, paid presentations was the figures supplied Chamber of Shipping in their official attention to the statements of the Con-by a shipowner who had instructed petition against the power sought by ference, and that the regulations re- his captain to keep a careful count of the trustees. garding timber cargoes have been the number of men employed on shore The system adopted in a.number of modified. It also appears that a more and on board. The total cost of dis- British ports of levying harbour dues lenient attitude on the part of the charging 650 tons ore amounted to according to the graphical situation of Spanish Customs authorities can be ex-70, out of which £20 represented the the ports from which the vessel arrives pected in the future,
estimated cost of labour, and the re-
or to which she is destined has caused The Conference has declared its ad-maining 650 the profit of the stevedore complaints in cases where the effect of herence to the principle that state and his expenses to shovels and
For instance, at Middles should be subject to the same jurisdie by means of her own winches. Ia borough
practice,
one line of demarcation is tion
and liabilities as other ships. another case the total cost of dis-drawn at the North Cape, which means Since this important matter was taken charge was about £335, out of which that vessels bringing ore from places up, the attitude of the countries one-third, or about £119 only, oast of the North Cape have to pay carrying on trade with state-owned presented the cost of labour.
higher dues than vessels carrying the vessels has in many cases been The arrangement previously con-
same kind of cargoes from places west changed to one of surrender to civil cluded at West Hartlepool was main of the North Cape. In spite of re- presentations made to the responsible far not been dealt with by an inter-satisfactory by the few shipowners parties the anomaly was not corrected national convention, and the law on who were in a position to try it, be-
the contention that it might lead this point is still very complicated and cause they had the right to appoint pers of ove from other places, namely, to similar elains being made by ship-. awn broker and stevedore. Although the tonnage available for As will be remembered, the arrange from the eastern part of the Mediter the world's trade is still in excess of ment was to the effect that a
ranean, which were included in the certain the demand, certain governments per- firm by being entrusted with the dis-same category as ore cargoes from cast sist in giving assistance for
of the North Cape. the charge and the clearance of the building of new ships. If this new vessel by shipowners would be able to
Standard Documents tonnage, encouraged by artificial as obtain a reduction of 9d. to 1s 3d in sistance, continues to be added to the the tarif prices according to the ciation of shipowners, the Documentary Although the Conference is an 180- market, ready over burdened
the nature of the cargo and the method of Council, states hope of getting out of the slough of discharge. This arangeraent did not alive to the necessity of meeting the re- the report, is fully despond is bound to be The Conference has already dealt with for which merchants are responsible by shipping, and is concerned in intro- reduced. interfere with that part of the work quirements of the various trades served problem on previous occasions, or with a proper apportionment to ducing conditions which are fair and It has been emphasised that the inter- wood charter.
alike. Charter-parties established in of international trade
requires It is a riddle to most owners why pars
parsuance that the policy of state facilities for
of this policy facilitate merchants or owners individually to fix the cost discharging wood cargoes chartering and other business trans their terms for a particular voyage. shipbuilding be discontinued.
should vary in British ports to the exactlens, reducing at the same time the There has been extensive co-opera-tent which is actually the case, tion with national shipowers' asso. comparative basis
The prospects of
of disputes to minimum. The total income amounta to Kr. of the work
for They also remove the possibility of one 232,089.52 The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and ciations and also with protection and
as compared with which the vessel is responsible is indemnity clubs. Mention has
The decrease is same,
has been taken advantage of by the mainly due to a reduction in income of the until alongside under certain other, feeling which is always foster- from
from advertisements. The total ex- chuhs which have joined up as members charter-parties, and under others toed when one-sided charter conditions penditure is Kr. 212,362.93 as com- of the Conference, and this arrange ship's rail, if discharged by hand, or are imposed. Experience has
pared with Kr. 281,312.17 in 1927. proved ment leads us to anticipate pleasant within reach of the ship's or shore that once an agreed form of charter The saving is due principally to re relations in the future...
erane tackle if thereby discharged. It party has been introduced in a parti- duced meeting and printing expenses. would not seem possible that local con- cular trade the interested parties A rebate of 10 per cent. has been ditions could make material differ would not, in any circumstance, con- granted the owners' and brokers ence between the work so performed, sider & return to the former unstable contributions for 1928, the [but nevertheless the cost of discharge
state of affairs, which would leave it to for the preceding year. varies, not within a reasonable margin, but with a margin of about 300 per ecnt.
Carston
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), jurisdiction, but the question has so tained. after having been found
*ABAFURA
6,000 2nd Ang.
4 p.m.
TANDA
¡ 6,950 | 30th
ST. ALBANS
4,600
4:2
ARAFURA TANDA
6,000
'1st
Aug. Oct. Nov.
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island,
Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney
Melbourne.
&
10,958 20th Nov,
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
*Calls Port Holland.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo,
not uniform.
their
Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as this attitude has been re-affirmed. the cost of discharge under the Balt-reasonable to owners and merchants
ducement offers.
-Frequent connections from Australia with the following:
and its
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vin New jest
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
London via Panama Canal,
TALMA
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
KASHMIR
8,995 10,000
2nd Aug.
6,958
TANDA
DALGOMA
SHEAFMOUNT :
MOREA
TAKADA
*GARBETA
KARMALA
*NAGFORE
*MIRZAPORE
ST. ALBANS
ALIPORE
MANTUA *KIDDERPORE
3rd Aug. Daylight 5th Aug. 6,958 Toth Aug. 12th Aug. 10,953 16th Aug, 6,949 18th Aug. 5,327 20th Aug. 9,128 30th
Aug. 5,283 1st Sept. 6,715
4,500
2nd Sept.
10th Sept.
6,273 11th Sept.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Thoma & Orako,
Moji, Koba, Osaka & Yokohama. Nji, Kobe & Osaka.
Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moji Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Moji, Kobe & Osaka.
al-
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 end can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Town Ofice: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel, Central No. 459. Shipyard; Sham-Sei-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel Kowloon No. 9. Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
Financial Statement
ready been made of the mumber of caronamely, for the discharge of of the contracting parties feeling that 236,170,68 in 1927.
HONG KONG TIDE.
The tide-table given below has been obtained by aid of the Tide-predicting To discharge a standard of: D.B.B. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Machine, which includes 40 compon-at Sharpness costs thus 38. plus winch- Shanghai, Maji, Kobe & Yokohama.ents for the better prediction of tides, men, at Hull 48. G., Manchester 49. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
from
the result of the analysis of the 10d., London 58. 5., West Hartlepool tidal observations, taken at the Kow. 58. 3d. by winch and 7s by crane, and loon tidal observatory under the at Garston 11a per standard by erane. direction of Dr. Doberck during the As far as the fast mentioned port is years 1887, 1888 and 1889.
concerned considerable correspondence
Moji, Kebe, Osaka & Yokohama.
Shangha, Moji & Koba,
10,046 18th Sept. 1 Shanghai,
5,034 25th Sept. | Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
* 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 Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying stemmer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fana free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitter, with Laundries. „Parcele measuring not more than 2 ft x 2ft x 1 ft. will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing
For further Information, Fasange, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
The times and heights are given for was exchanged with various parties in Kowloon; but they may be used for order to prevail either on receivers the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, to agree to an apportionment of the the differences being very sinall. eate or on the dock company to revise The times of high-and low-water their charges. The endeavours were must not be considered to coincide unsuccessful. An owner took recourse with the times of slack-water and to legal proceedings but judgment was change of current, the two phenomena riven in the first Instance in favour of being quite distinct,
DATE
Agents.
July 31 to August 6, 1929.
HIGH WATER LOWER WATER
Standard
July Times
Standard It Παιδ
the dock company to the effect that their charges were reasonable and in favour of merchants to the effect that they were not liable for any part of the work for which the dock company debit- ed the vessel with 116. per standard. Regardless of what the final judgment may be, it is permissible to establish that
the dock company's charges are Et. reasonable, there are two alternatives only, namely, either that the price of 118. covers other work than discharge
Thurs 1617 64
which is not zeparating, wh 118 a 15ed in or necessary in the
Includ usually 7.33891125 s.
・vessel's in- Fri. 2m0 14 1.09terest for the discharge of full cargoes 18.40 3.9 of wood, or that the practical mono- 3 m 7117.608134 poly enjoyed by the dock, company as 94 & 40 9 5120 far as leading and discharge is con- * corried; represents an instance of ex- En. 4 m. 8 4 79 m 1:12 8:3
NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE, 422 66m 0 3 2.2
10 33 & 3.3 Proper, such as tallying, sorting or
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL"
LINE.
(OCEAN S.G. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.S. CO., LTD.)
AND
AMERICAN N & MANCHURIAN LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.
5th August.
8.S. ADRASTUS” * Via Suez Canal Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Parama Canal at Owners' Option:"
Subject to change without notice,
For Freight and particulars apply to:--- BUTTERFIELD SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong, Bong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD. Canton,
Sat
10 on a 413:37 04 ceptionally unsatisfactory
ment.
manage-
Mon, 8 F7 8.1 m3 15 A similar variation is found in the
| 11-7 N 425 4 13 10 Tues, 6 - 9 <8 6.1 m3 63. Tally, not only of wood, but also of cost of other work in British porta. 111303 457 a0 fruit cargoes, is much higher in some sports than in others without the vessel obtaining any appreciable advantage from the higher charge. At Bristol the- tally of wood cargoco was thus 18, d. per itd. while in London the same work could be performed
OLD TAYLOR
AGED BY TIREES
to ad per atd. A reduction was o tained at the former port to Is, for fall cargoes, the rate of is. 6d to be charged only for part cargoes
Kr.
same as
PASSENGER LIST
ARRIVALS
Passengers per 3.5, “Taiya Mary" from Los Angeles on July 28-
Mrs. 3. A. Bleecker, Mrs. W. B. Eckart, Mr. and Mrs. Georges A Breiler. Mrs. E. M. Congle, H. A. M. Waston, Mrs. B. M. Bickford, Mian R. J. D. Watson, Bertram Brice, L. I. Hassall, Miss E. H. Hassall, Mrs. 8. Kataoka, Ewald Muth, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hewett, Arthur A. Kasmps, Miss Mildred Lamb, Miss Clara B Synder, Mr. A. Tramlitsky.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: MANIFESTO” HONGKONG.
LTD.
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,
ELECTRICIANS,
The
Com [pany: pas
seraca Bix
Granite Docks and Two Pat eat Slip- ways. The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are 700 It.x
88 ft x 39.
M.S. “SUGBO”
Coden Used:
AI; -ARG
Fifty Edl
tion; En- gineering; Ficot
Second Bil
Lious Weste
eta Union
and
Wat
king..
Single screw steel passenger and cargo motor skip. Dimensions: 15% 0" B.P. x 28 0" Mld. x 11' 6" Mid.; D.W, 470 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 roasting service.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R. M. BYER, BSc., M.1.H.A., Kowloon Deck, Hong Kong.
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