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Sails on or about 2nd November. Sails on or about 30th November.

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THE

CHINA'S TRADE

FUTURE OF COASTAL AND

INLAND SHIPPING.

HER POSITION TO-DAY

CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

and stand in danger of repeating

Should the Nanking Government legislate against foreign firma en- gaged in the coastal and inland water transport service It would mean antold loss and suffering for the merchants and people of China and would seriously reta

the mentioned growth of the country, this in a brief note some time ago

Moreover, myself.

the trouble is that when a foreigner writes ቡ።

these matters, the average Chines: reader is immediately prejudiced on the grounds that the writer is en- deavouring to influence public opinion so as to "save his job." But if re petition or summarising will

wird one jot to the consideration of things- as-they-are" from the viewpoint of China's trade and welfare, then therein lies extenuation.

This ques- tion of coastwise and inland water transport is of vital importance.

must be considered from all angles. Touching on elements for a moment

There are two great results of comirerce. One is to increase the variety of commodities at any parti

SECTION.

transport service? America and Canada have paid dearly for their experience in nationallaed shipping. Is there any reason to suppose that China could do better?

There are five main disadvantagee to the nationalisation of any ser. vice:-

(1) Private management at its best renders better service to the community than public manage- ment at its

best

is

more

(2) Private management

alert to increase the use by furnishing better service than is public management.

(3) The public official is decidedly in-

clined towards arrogance and in difference.

(4) The incentive to economical ad

ministration is lacking since de-

ficits in operation are so easily

made up from the general funds of the Government drawn from taxation.

(c) The machinery of the Govern.

inent is slow and public manage. ment is not so quick as private management in responding to the need for new faci- lities which must often be pro- vided in anticipation of the growth of trade. Morcover-be it noted-these dis- advantages fre present even In a thoroughly well-organised sarvize. It is not my purpose. to comment on

COASTAL SHIPS

LATEST CHANGES IN

PERSONNEL ·

Captain A. F. Summerfield, from reserve, has gone master, "Kuei- ehow."

Mr. H. E. Woodstack, late chief officer, C.N. Co., is deceased.

Mr. M: Byrne, second officer, "Shani," has gone second officer, "Soochow."

Mr. S. D. Johnson, from reserve, has gone second officer, "Shonsi"

Captain A. N. Taylor, of the "Shansi," has gone master, "Tean."

Captain D. D. Richards, of the "Tean," has gone master, "Shansi."

Mr. W. A. Orwin, chief officer, has gone chief officer,

Mr. M. W. W. McNeill, chief-en- gineer officer, "Sunning," has gone

engineer officer, "Kintang." chief

Mr. W. J. Balcher, chief engineer officer, "Kiating," has

chief en- gone gineer officer, Hupch."

Mr. J. Cromby, chief engineer of.

"Hupah," Is on reserve, Captain D. Christic, from Home leave, has gone extra master, "Slang- wo."

Mr. H. R. Cooper has been ap- "Lee- pointed extra second officer, sang."

Mr. J., H. Hodgkiss,

extra chief

officer, "Hsin Peking," has gone extra

chief

officer, "Kintang."

Caprain L. Jenkins, "C.N. Co., is on Home leave.

Captain J. K. Clark, C.N. Co., is on Flore leave.

Captain J. B. Bruce, CN. Co., is on special. Home leave.

Mr. D. V. Duncanson, chief officer, "Ninglai," is on reserve.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1929.

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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

TAIYO MARU

TENYO MARU

Wednesday, 16th October. Wednesday, 30th October,

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

YOKOHAMA MARU

MISHIMA MARU

Monday, 23rd September, Monday, 21st October.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HARUNA MARU (Calls Halt

KAMO MARU

Saturday, 6th October. Saturday, 19th October,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

TANGO MARU

AKI MARU

Wednesday, 25th September. Wednesday, 23rd October,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

TOTTORI MARU

Friday, Friday,

27th September, 11th October,

One man was killed, eleven seriously injured and a general panic precipitated when the Standard Oil tanker, William E. Rockefeller, blew up at her dock in Bayonne, N. J. The❘

cular place. The other is to equalise the advantages for obtaining any particular commodity in different places between which commerce iş carried on. In any particular place, region cr country both are dependent upon the transport facilities avail- able.

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SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolula, Los Angeles, civilisation. This in spite of iI al-

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Mexico & Panama.

RAKUYO MARU

KANAGAWA MARU

Tuesday,

24th September,

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

Tuesday,

24th September.

Tuesday, Friday,

1st October.

11th October.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.

Saturday, 12th October,

9th October.

†TORA MARU

† LISBON MARU

+ LIMA MARU

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

+ GENOA MARU

Wednesday,

† BENGAL MABU

SIDERIA MARU

Thursday, Friday, Tuesday,

SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

ATSUTA MARU

† Cargo only.

26th September. 27th September.

2nd October

Reduced 1st Class Excursion Fates quoted between Manila and Australis,

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·SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

HAMBURG, : KOTTERD AM ́ ́ & ANTWERP Via Singapore Colombo, Suez and Port Said. ALASKA MARU

Wednesday, 9th October.

LONDON,

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

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town, LA PLATA MARU ..........

BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo.

CHIFUKU MARU

(Calls at Karachi).

Friday, 4th October,

Friday, 4th October.

DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZ

BAR & MOMBASA-Vis Singapore & Colomba CHICAGO MARU

Monday, 23rd September.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

STACOMA MARU

(Calls at Belawan Dell).

Wednesday, 2nd October.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from

Shanghai.

ARIZONA MARU (From Shanghai) Munday, 23rd September. MELBOURNE Fio Manila, Brisbane & Sydney,

BURMA MARU

HAIPHONG 7t Tihoi A Pakholi

PADOMEINADO MARU .........

Thursday, 3rd October.

... Thursday, 3rd October, 10 am.

NEW YORK-Via Japan porta San Francisco & Panama, JAPAN PORTS

SEATTLE MARU

⠀⠀⠀ HONOLULU MARU

KEELUNG Ya Swatow & Apoy.

HOZAN MARU

TAKAOVI SWATOW & AMOT.

CKDELI MARU

TAKAO & ERELUNG.

KA BATAVIA MARU

Tuesday, 24th September. Friday, 27th September.

Sunday, 22nd September, 8 pm

Thursday, 28th Sept, Noon

Sunday, 13th October.

For further pacicalars please apply to OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Central No. 1088, 4089, 4090,

**** M. TAKEUCHI, Manager

cope

It is

the

terrihe force of the explosion twisted the steel plates of the ship into a mass of wreckage and the fireboats experienced constant danger as they fought a stubborn blaze in her hull.

essential requirements for the: successful organisation of a mercan- tile marine. But-in passing it is difficult not to draw emphasis to the faet that 'personnel particularly floating

PAY

Per

or

Mr. P. R. Cheetham, from reserve, has gone chief officer, "Ninghai."

Mr. R. Allinson from reserve, has gone chief officer. "Soochow."

Mr. J. McWilliams, second officer,

and Engineering."

WARSHIPS HERE

In Doek-H.M.S. "Tarantula."

Foreign Men-of-War U.S.S. Gunboate "Guam” and “Min- danao."

Chinese Gunboat “Kien Yu,”

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMER

in flastersonnel is a vital factor "Kanting" is on reserve.-"Shipping

operation. You cannot I-

Lo efficiency. personnal Touching on fundamentals for a

must be trained. Entirely moment. What happens in certain apart from the huge questions of Provinces in China to-day when the organisation and operation of a mer crops are destroyed through drought cantile marine is the policy the or floods other unfortunate cir ernment would adopt towards the in- cumstances? Thousands of Chinese

trader.

In looking for

The following are the warships at people starve to dea

death-famine

and

space, in tracing delayed ship present in harbour: disease sweep through the Province,

of claims. ment, in

the settlement

At the Basin: H.M.S. "Tamer," etc., he would be left to the tender "Serapi," "Serapls" ard L. 19. This in these days of advanced

mercies of Government officials. An. outbreak of hostilities, internal cloud" and "Sterling."

At the North Aim:-HM.8. "Storm- most said because of Caina's exclu siveness and "superiority."

external, About

would disrupt the entire trade of the country. eighty per cent. of the fault lies in

would lock

be sent here and there, of transport facilities.

ded with vitally important to the lives of mil- troops and munitions and our indivi-

dual trader would go quietly and w lions of Chinese people that the domestic trade be not hampered in

obtrusively, but most dreiedly, out of business. With a network of rail- any way. Rain and road transport any way facilities are hopelessly unable to ways and motor roads over the cone with that trade. It is vitally country to compete for the traffic, Important to the welfare of millions the Chinese shipowner could say to of Chinese people that the foreign

hi Government "There are adequate trade of China is, es in other coun- transport facilities in China. Now tries.

largely dependent on the co- go ahead and promote private enter- ordination of its transport facilities. prise.

merchant in Hunan sending

to foreign runtries

wants goods those goeds sent to the point of ocean shipment as quickly and effi- ciently as possible. A merchaut in England, Germany or America send- ing his goods to Szechuen wants 1 reasonable assurance that his goods won't be held up in Shanghai for an indefinite period. Money locked up in goods accumulates interest charges whether the transaction be financed by the buyer, the seller or a bank. In the ullimate end the consunter pays. Along the whole coastline of China there are only one or two ports where large ocean-going steamers pick up and discharge cargoes If these large expensive-to-operate ships were compelled to call at several small ports to discharge a few hun dred tons of cargo for interior points the consumer would not have to pay the undoubtedly increased charge. As it is the consumer gets the benefit

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SAILING DATES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1929 (Subject to change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 1.30 p.m.

S.S.* TAI HING"

[1,068 tons-Capt. Trott.]

SEPTEMBER

MON. 23rd SAT. 28th

S.S. "TAI MING"

[649 tons-Capt. G. J. Spink.]

SEPTEMBER

VED. 25th MON. 30th

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Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Hd On Wharf.

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The P.&O. ss. "Nellore" left Singapore for this port on Septem- Whenever foreign opinion attempts ber 20 at 6 am, and is due here to

China's criticise

high-handed on September 25 at about 6 a.m. pollcies and much-too-premature prɔ- posals the cry is "The foreigners are against us. They insult us. They want to occupy our land and drive us out of existence. We must stand firm." There is no "exploitation" about the foreign interests in- China. Neither is there any philanthropy. China has not yet begun to realise the fact that society in the entity

is one huge organiam.

The cou siituent...

parts are interdependent. The backwardness of one nation re- tards the progress of snother An injury to one nation has a detrimen- tal effect on another. If every man in China and Russia earned based on a good a wage of living there would probably be 'no' uneƉ- ployment in England or America. The fundamentais of this theory were quickly recognised shortly after the end of the Great War. Germany's of a low freight rate brought about amazement at the Allied assessment by a. concentration of ocean trafic at of her liabilities at the Versailles main points, broken up and distribut Conference was not so much because by short-haul inexpensive-to- of the actual sum quoted or the vin- operate steamers. The whole thing aletiveness that prompted

a desire seenis to ba matter of

of adequacy hopelessly to crush her, but rather and efficiency of service versna at the hopeless ignorance of the ele national aspirations and

not a little

mentary principles of economics and commerce displayed by the statesmen prejudice. But when, through a mis- taken idea of

who drafted the terms of the Treaty: of capacity and ability, national aspirations stand in grava

If national aspirations are ahead of danger of interfering with the wel the development of trade and com

marce, then national aspirations must fore of the people, it is surely no Insult to draw attention to it.v

mark time. Blee wherein lies their There is a proposal afoot ama! value? If national prejudices · are gamate the Chinese owned, steamships opposed to national interests then the into one company to be controlled world-wide law of progress and operated by the Government and national prejudices must go. Depriv this company or interest is to bare ed of foreign shipping facilities for- the sole right of transporting goods ciz

cign banking and insurance facilities, in coastal and inland waters, Figal would countries and foreign trade let it be said - and understood

practically to a stand- away that the prosent number of still. The time is not yet ripe far Chinese-owned steamships coat. Kermode in Shipping and En- not her to dispense with this assistance. possibly cope with Chinese coastal and island water tralie However, gineering, supposing for the moment that the Nanking Government could rate the necessary capital to replace the enormous amount of foreign tonnage engaged in this trade. Would it works Bucessfully Would the Chin Bonavor are reminded to take as people sim by a nationalisation delivery of their goods which will be of the congtwise and “ inland water subject to rent after September 22.

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