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NYKLINE

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING

FROM £83 TO 1120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Parts & Honolulu.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

TENYO MARU

KOREA MARU

SHIDZUOKA MARU

Wednesday. 30th October. Wednesday, 13th November, SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

IYO MARU

4th Novumber. 2nd December.

Monday,

Monday,

Singapore, Periang, Colombo, Suez KATOKI MARU

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday, 2nd Novembor. Saturday, 16th November.

KAGA MARU

Wednesday,

TANGO MARU-

Wednesday,

BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

+ NAGATO MARU

Sunday,

↑ YAMAGATA MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

20th November.

25th December.

27th October. Thursday, 31st October.

THE CHINA MAIL,

SPECIALISED

SHIPPING

SECTION.

NEW OIL ENGINE

A 4,000 BH.P. DOUBLE-ACTING TWO-STROKE ENGINE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1929.

THE WORTHINGTON DIESEL.

Some months ago "The Engineer” announced that arrangements had been | made whereby the Worthington double- MARINE ENGINEERING cate the bearings and to carry them in acting two-stroke oil engine would be solidly supported pedestal brackets. built under licence at Carels Works, The governor valve

as the Societé ie. arranged for Ghent, now known operation through an oil relay instead d'Electricite et de Mechanique of direct operation as in the smaller (S.E.M.), of Ghent. The first marine design. Speed of revolution is between engine of this type to be built was a 150 kw, and above a larger number of four-cylinder unli of 2,050 s.h.p., which Įstages is permissible.

installed in the cargo vessel {"Tampa." The second vessel so equipe ped was the "Unicoi," and both Instal- service. lations have now seen considerable sea

SHIP AUXILIARIES

BELLISS AND MORCOM'S FIFTY

YEAR'S EXPERIENCE

ORDERS OF INTEREST

Of late years there has been a con- stant increase in the number of nuxiliary engines on skipboard, and the

The blade

Steam Flow

WRX

Built in Ghent

The first unit built in Ghent is a

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, manufacture of such engines has be-allows blading renewals to be easily The generating unit ia the first of two

Mexico & Panama.

Tuesday. 29th October.

Messrs.

Hollins

The design incorporates unique but well tried features giving the highest efficiency and reliability. Among these is the design of diaphragma, which are of rolled steal plate, with blade win four-cylinder engine. It has a design dows cut out of the solid plate, leaving ed output 4,000 b.h.p.. and each spokes which are finished lozenge shape cylinder baa a bore of 28in., with to as not to obstruct the steam flow stroke of 10in. The running speed is

are Begmenta

held in 128 r.p.m., and in service the engine grooves, and do not depend on screws will develop about 3,850 bhp, and will or other. losse attachments likely to shacken. This form of construction General Electric Company's alternator. be directly coupled to 2,800 kw.

ronie a specialised branch of marine made without scrapping the diaphragm. similar sets to be installed in the engineering. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porta Morean, Ltil, is a firm which has had bines to maintain the correct axial

and In addition, the correct section of the Cardoba power station in the Argen

blade is accurately maintained, and,

line. over fifty years experience in the adjustment of the rotore. The main sign of the American engine, the new While following in the main the de manufacture pî these engines, and the thrust also is the Kingsbury type, unit has incorporated

in which they have kept and is incorporated, in the forward small variation in design and construc in it some abreast of the times is best illustrated end of the gear casing.

tion which have been introduced by Reduction Gear by the fact that they have recently The Falk gear are of the double marine engines above referred to, the the Belgian builders. Thus, in the two received two orders of rather special reduction type, divided into right and scavenge air pump was placed in the left hand teeth. The second reduc-centre of the engine, but in the Carele gear wheels have cast-iron design this is mounted along with the tion on and secured by means of screwsion of the hed-plate, remote from the gentres with forged steel rims, shrunk three-stage compressor on an exten- pegu. The pinions are of nickel By-wheel end of the engine. steel and the main gear is of cast steel,

GINYO MARU

WAKASA MARU

NEW YORK. BOSTON via Panama.

†TSUYAMA MARU

Friday,

Friday,

6th December.

8th November. Wednesday, 20th November. LIVERPOOL ria Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa,

Sunday, 17th November.

Tuesday, 30th October. Friday,

8th November.

† ASUKA MARŲ

+ TOYOOKA MARU

† CEYLON MARU

BENGAL MARU

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA:

HAKONE MĀRU

Monday,

† PENANG-MARU (Kobe direct). SADO MARI (Kobe direct}

Tuesday. Tuesday.

28th October, 29th October, 29th October,

+ Cargo only.

Reduced 1st Class Excursion Pates, For further information apply to Tel Central No. 292, 3897 and 8821.

quoted between Maxile and Australia. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (Private exchange to all departments.)

O. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP--Via Singapore Colombo, Suez and Port Said. AMUR MARU

Tuesday, 6th November.

LONDON,

་

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

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town SANTOS MARU BUENOS AIRES MARU BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo.

HONOLULU MARU

SHINNOH MARU

Friday, 1st November. Friday, 22nd November.

Sunday, 3rd November.

Tuesday, 19th November.

· (Culls Karachit). DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI.

BAR & MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo.

PANAMA MARU

Sunday, 27th October.

'CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

SEATTLE MARU KASADO MARU

Friday, 1st November. Monday, 18th November.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from

Shanghai.

ARABIA MABU (From Shanghai) Tuesday, 5th November. MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney..

HIMALAYA MARU

HAIPHONG-Via Cohow & Fakhot.

MENADO MARU

NEW YORK-Via Japan porla, San

ARGUN MARU

JAPAN FORTS,

CELEBES MARU

INDUS MARU

SUMATRA MARU

KEELUNG Via Swalow & Amoy.

CANTON MARU

TAKAO-VI SWATOW & AMOY.

DELI MARU

TAKAD & KEELUNG.

SOURABAYA MARU-

Thursday, 7th November.. Thursday, 31st October, 10 a.m. Francisco & l'anu...a.

Wednesday, 30th October.

Thuraday, 24th October. Monday, 4th November. Tuesday, 12th November.

Sunday, 27th October, Noon.

Thursday, 24th October, 10 am.

-Sunday, 10th-November.

For further pariculara please apply to.-GSAK A SHOSEN KAISHA..

Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090.

M TAKEUCHI. Manager.

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SHIPBUILDERS,

TRERS,

MANNST

interest.

One of these, from Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co., is for a further four 150 hp. oil engine sols, repeats of twelve recently ordered, while the Luther is from the Standard Fruit Car

puration for six 80 kw. steam engine sets.

Foreign Navies

name of

of the Babcock and

Separate Unit

Each of four cylinders forms a sep- Tube Boilers There are two water tube bollersante unit, and these are bolted to

gether to form one substantial framing | Wilcox make, which is mounted on a deap bed-plats; with a total water heating surface of box form. The crank case is fur As already remarked, for a period of about $,826 sq. ft., and built for nished with large inspection doors, an! of about fifty years, the

a working pressure of 250 lbs. Each on the side opposite to the crosshearl {"Belliss" in connection with the con-

boller is fitted with a Babcock and guides there are large aluminium in- j struction of ships' auxiliaries has been

Wilcox superheater, giving a total spection doors, which give accesss to to the forefront in the British and superheating surface. of about 582 ali cunning parts. On the top of the fareign navies, and amongst the lead- ft. to give 250 degrees of super-crank case there is mounted an exten- ing shipowners of the merchant ser-

heat at the boilers at full power, ion piece to which the cylinder base vice of the world. Perhaps it has been

Boller tubes are 2 in. and 4 in. din is attached. This casting is of rectan better known as the originators and meter. To the top of each boiler pircular box form, and is utilised for the constructors of enclosed quick-revolu-heater tubes are fitted for raising discharge of the exhaust gases on one tion stram engines in 1800; it may not

the temperature of the air supply side and admission of the scavenge air for burning the pulverised coal. The on the other side. The base is secured air heating surface of these heaters by four tension belts passing through contains about 4.370 sq. ft.

the crank case to the underside of the bed-plate, and is thus relieved from all tensional-stresses.

he generally appreciated that their ex- perience of shipwork goes back even further to the early sixties, when they built the main engines, auxiliaries and builers for cutters, launches, pinnaces, torpede boat, destroyers, and gunboats, Steam Turbines During recent years, when

great changes have taken place in methods af ships' propulsion, frstly by means

the advent of the oil engine, they have met such developments in pro- ducing steam turbines, crude oil en-

there

In

Air Ports

FAST LUXURIOUS SERVICE

-to América

TRAVE

and Europe

RAVELLERS bound for America or Europe avail themselves, of speedy and com- fortable service when they go Canadian Pacific.

The White Empresses are the largest, newest and fastest liners on the Pacific. They cross from Yokohama to Vancouver in 9 days; from Shanghai to Van- couver in 14,

These ships convect with the summer trains, "Trans-Canada Limited" and "Mountaineer," at Vancouver, enabling passengers to make the earliest sailing of a Canadian Pacific Atlantic liner.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Next sailing to the Pacific Coast

EMPRESS OF ASIA NOON-31st October 1929,

GREETE TRAVEL

JEST

SYSTEM

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

S.S. "TAI HING"

[1,068 tons--Capt. Trott.] OCTOBER

SUN.

Powered Coal Equipment The pulverised coal equipment for each ship consists of two No. 20 type

SAILING DATES FOR OCTOBER, 1929 (Subject to change). A, Lehigh table mills. On the "Ber windglan," equipped with Scotch

The liners, both top and bottom, are DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 1.30 p.m. marine boilers, each mill will supply carries the exhaust and scavenge air made in two parts. An inner liner coal to three combination oil and ports, and this is pressed into an outer

S.S. "TAI MING" of the steam turbine, and latterly by Pulverised coal burners of the Lodi far main liner, which is of a domed type, whereas on the "Berwindvale,"

shape, is machined from a mild

[649 tona-Capt. G. J. Spink.! equipped with Babcock

and Wilcox steel forging. Before assembly, this boilers, each mill will supply coal to liner is covered by a light jacket which

THURS. 24th TUES. 29th two burners.

27th

OCTOBER addition to the encloses the water cooling spaces. The Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac are separately driven outer surface of the steel liner is fur-commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State- separately driven table type raw which are designed to promote efficient cont feeders. The mills and fans are ecoling. The upper and lower liners turbine driven, using 20 h.p. 3,600 and cylinders are held in position Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong ivin same Ports) every five These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wachow (via Samahui, Shiuhing, pm. turbines, with integral reduc-clamping rings attached to the cylinder days. tion gears on the mills, and 8 h.p. base. 3.600 rp.m. turbines on the fan. The raw con feeders will be driven upper cylinder, which is operated by

There is a single fuel valve for the to by h.p. 360 to 720 r.p.m. variable a lever and vertical pushrod from A speed D.C.

mators,

cam shaft Vertical Shaf!

situated just above the crank саве. A short horizontal red The No. 20 type A Lehigh table serves to work the two fuel valves for mill is

recent development, and the lower cylinder, which are consists of a comical table keyed on at

inclined angle of about 45 degrees. The a verticle shaft.

gines, and high pressure-air compres mis air fans for each unit, and Inished with a series of annular grooves, rooms and Saloon. The s.a. "Tri Bing" is fitted with Wireless.

sors to designs specially applicable for use as ships auxiliaries. The result is that these plants are now also used by any lending arms of shipowners, and have been supplied to the British Ad- miralty. Common to all their types of machinery is the system of forced- lubrication. This is essentially auto. matic, starting and stopping with the engine, turblue or air compressor, a3 the case may be, and so long as the sil pressure is reasonably maintained, the bearings are officiently lubricated. General Features

and double cylinder) compound, and triple; from 10 to 2,500 b.h.p. wards of 8,500 of these engines have been constructed in their works, re. presenting a total output of over 2,500,000-horse-power, a fact which speaks volumes for their satisfactory performance service. Their gen eral features are no doubt already sut

cers as not to require recapitulation here

Steam Turbines

Π

Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20, Meals & Wines are be obtained on board."

Hong Kong Arrivals and Departure from Moi On Whert

For information apply to

87, Connaught Road West, Phone: Central 893.

BAD TRADE IN THE FISHING

.....INDUSTRY

.......

KWONG WING

Co., Ltd.,

Belliss steam engines are made in all the usual varieties-simplu (single variable speed of approximately 450 lower end to fit the domed shape of The table has a piston is tapered off at the upper and to 900 r.p.m. Between the table and the cylinder liner and the top and Up-grinding ring there are three ateel bottom surfaces are furnished with do removed in one piece. As the unit we and the business of fish salesmen and balls of about 9-in. diameter, which fleeting ridges, which guide the flow of have described will be used for alter sait maker that he had formerly car- move in the annular space, between the peavenge air. The heads of the nator driving, a speed regulating gov-ried on The valuation placed on the moving table and the stationary pistons are made of a carbon steel. ernor has been fitted, which will be acen-the-business for probate was be-- grinding ring. Rotation is given to Water for cooling the cylinders is ad.to the right-hand end of the engine, the balls by the action of the rotat

tat- mitted

at the centre of the cylinder ing table. Con! is fed into the side base, and it flows upwards and down SAIL MAKER'S LUCK of the top housing Bciently well, known to marine engin is pulverised by the grinding action wards to the liner jackets In separate

of the mill, and secured between the surface of the either circuit being regulated by a cooling circuits, the discharge from balls and the table and the grinding valve. In practice a velocity of about ring, The grinding forces are the 3ft. per Recond is maintained. The manufacture of Bellies and mass action of the balls on the table, cooling the pistons, the water is taken For Morcom Turbines was first udertaken a centrifugal action of the balls through telescope tubes, passes up in 1904, after extensive experimental against the restraining grinding ring, central tube in the piston rod, and re- creditora was held under the fallure At the London Bankruptcy Court in mall week the first meeting of work had been carried out. They are of the impulse type, and

and the component of the two forces turns down the annular space around re Robert George Roberta, and Frank for the whieh causes a working action be- the tube. range of sizes necessary for ship-board tween the balls and the surfaces ments are easily accessible.

The water cooling arrange Douglaa Roberts, Fish Dock Road, auxiliaries three different styles are they bear against. The balls are ef

Grimsby, fish salesmen. The debtors used. For the smallest sizes up to slightly different diameters, so that

Stuffing Box

estimated their liabilities at between about 60 b.h.p.-cost considerations they do not bear on the same sur tension picce there is a light string assets.

Between the crank case and the ex- £1,800 and £1,700, and disclosed no do not render it practical to employ faces of the table and grinding ring. box, while immediately above this iR more than one or two dises. For nou- thus distributing the wearing action the main stuffing box for the lower Receiver that their father

The debtors informed the Official condensing or back pressure conditions ovenly one velocity compounded wheel is en minimising the possibility of groov-such that the metallic packing can be them the ship's surfaces, and cylinder. The design of this box le June, 1918, and

died in ployed, while two would be used if con. Ing.

under his will left densing conditions predominate.

chandlers business, The turbine shaft bearings are ring lubricated and carried in brackets on bolted to the main casing. The speed as in

over the

Positive Pressure The fan, instead of being placed

the discharge side of the" mill;

the, cast of most pulverised

of revolution is 3,000-4,000 rpma coal installations, is on the inlet side suitable speed for direct coupling of the mill, so that the mill is onder small generators, making the set very positivo pressure. compact and obviating the use of gear- handles only hot air from the air The fan thus Ing.

heater. This arrangement, in addi-

For sizes between about 80 and 120tion to eliminating the wear on fan b.h.p., economic factors do not permit blades caused by the abrasive action of more than a few disca, but it has of coal and alr, when the fan is used been found advisable to force lubrl as an exhaustor, also simplifies the

"ERING COMPANY

ED.

--DRY DOCK-

Length 787 Feet,

Length on Blocks 750 Feet. Depth on Centre of

Sill (H.W.O.S.T. 34 ft. 6 ins.

REE SLIPWAYS

of Handling Ships Up

,000 Tons Displacement.

Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radios.

JTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

SAGENTS.

ONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

problem of distribution to individual burners, and permits a more com- pact piping layout botween the mill and burner. The burners, which are of the Lodl type, have a 5-in. pri- mary air and coal inlet connection. The burners are capable of operat ing at full capacity, op either coal

or oil.

The mills, which serve the Beoteh marine bollers, will be "capable of producing a maximum capacity of 1,925 pounds of coal per hour, where as the mills supplying coal to the B. and W. boilers, will only he requir ed to pulverise a maximum of 1,230| pounds of coal per hour. Elther Pocahontas or New River coal, hay- ing: a heat value of approximately 14,000 B.T.U.'s per pound, will be burned.

WARSHIPS IN PORT

British men-of-war in Hong Kong this morning were as follow

In baaln of R.N. Dockyard! Tamar" "Tarantula," S/M, L27. 133, 13

North arm: Marazion." North ATM "Marazion" Seraph,"

West wall: "Berwick"

and

In dock."Titanie," L15, L20. [II.M.B. "Sandwich" sailed yesterday

for-Northern-waters:f

Forelan warships comprised:

U.8. destroyar

"John Edwards.”....

Whipple's and

Italian gunboat "Bebastiano Caboto."

French gunboat. “Vigilanta.” Chinese gunboat "Namsang,

BANK

ELLERMAN

&

tween £5,000 and £6,000, and it was arranged that they should pay for the business in four instalments.

Partnership Dissolved They paid $2,500 on account, and the balance was liquidated out of their share of their father's estate. They Immediately, entered into part nership, and continued to trade until 1828, when the partnership was dis solved by mutual consent. Under the dissolution deed

Robert George Roberts received £100 in cash, and Frank Douglas Roberts took

Over the assets and liabilities. The failure was attributed to bad trade in the fishing industry.

It was decided to appoint the Official Receiver as trustee of the estate, and it was also decided to transfer the case to the Grimsby County Court,

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NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE

s.s. "Crry oF CARDIFF" BA. "CITY OF WINNIPEG"

via Suez Canal

via Suez Canal

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ELLERMAN LINE

9th November.

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

ANDREW WEIRA & Co.

SERVICES TO

BOSTON, NEW YORK, & BALTIMORE

BS. "GLENBANK”

MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

S.S. "TINHOW”*

5th November. 3rd December.

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

5th November. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

,28th November.

Loading for Maurition, Reunion, Dalagoa Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth),

Moniel Bay and Capetown.

Through Bills of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, Iba Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindint Port Nolloth Luderita Bay, Walvis Bay and Madagascar.

For freight or passage on any the above lines apply to:-

Telephone

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