1929-11-06 — Page 4

NYIKLINE

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

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Jupan Ports & Honolulu.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

Monday,

Wednesday.

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

SECTION.

STEVEDORE'S and this coupled with

SAFETY CODE

ACCIDENTS

OBLIGATIONS

PASSENGER LIST

DEPARTURES.

Per "President Pierce" from Hong Kong for San Francisco, November

5:

Miss Helen E. Armstrong, Mr. T. J. Cokely, Miss Alice B. Davis. co-opera- Miss Madge Ashley, Miss Maimie tive relationships of longshore Ashley, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Doravan, men and waterfront employers John K. Gold, Mrs. M. B. Blair, E. C. throughout Pacific Coast ports led all Chitwood, Mrs. M. O. Forster, Master interested groups to consider the pos- Francis Forster, Mrs. E. J. Hend, sibility of publishing a single code, Hamilton Johnson, Mrs. G. M. Lose, LONGSHOREMEN AND RISKS OF uniform in its provisions, applying in Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McCallum, K. H.

all ports of the Pacife Coast.

Robinson, S. M. Kirkman, C. H Baxbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Vicente L. The Work of Drafting

Xavier, V. J. Lock, Mr. and Mira. The labour of actually drafting the D. W. Smith, Mrs. E. A. Probert, Miss code as now adopted was carried by Alita Davis, Miss Ruth B. Mentzer, the San Francisco leaders in the safe- Mrs. H. E. Thelas, Lt. T. D. White, ty movement. No effort was spared U.S.A., Mrs. T. D. White. W. W in the work of drafting to word the

Naol, Keith Koons, C. T. McClellan, D. Parodi, Victor Smith, Thos. W. Wright, C. A. Burmister, Mrs. W. II. Cashman, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Tiegler, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Arnold, Master Paul Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stiebel, S. T. King, H. G. McNeary, R. J. Crokam, L. M. Glumeck, Mrs. Olive W. Clapp.

A

of representatives of stevedoring and shipping firm,

KOREA MARI

SHINYO MARU

Wednesday, 13th November. Wednesday, 27th November.

SHIDZUOKA MARU

Monday,

YOKOHAMA MARU

Monday,

2nd December. 16th December..

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

18th November.

KASHIMA MARU

Saturday,

30th November.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KAGA MARU

Wednesday,

20th November.

TANGO MARU

Wednesday,

25th December..

AN EFFORT AT SELF REGULATION

TAMRA MARU.

11th November.

conference

† TUKIWA MARU

27th Novembor.

NEW YORK, BOSTON vla Panama.

+TSUYAMA MARU

† ASUKA MARU

† TOYOOKA MARU

Sunday, 22nd December. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports Bureau, San

Friday,

Uth December. WAKANA MARU

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

15th November. Friday,

Friday,

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

BENGAL MARU

Tuesday.

+ MALACCA MARU

Saturday,

12th November, 16th November.

SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

SUWA MARU

TOTTORI MARU

Monday, Sunday,

11th November, 17th November.

+ Cargo only.

rules clearly, simply and yet effec- ! farris, Jr., Dr. Myrtle Miss Muriel

·was taken

Every care tively. avolu undue cost to ship and steve dore but at the same time thorough standards were rigidly safety adhered to.

The result is that minimum standards were adopted atevedoring companies will equal i not exceed; ons careless or Indiffer- ent companies are at all liable to feel the pinch.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) vin Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, longshoremen and officials of the U.which all progressivo shipping or

Mexico & Panama. ANYO MARU

Reduced 1st Class Excuruin Pates quoted between Manile and Australia,

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

Tel. Central No. 292, 3897 and 3821. (Private exchange to all department.)

0. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Yis Singapore

Colombo, Suez and Port Said. AMUR MARU ANDES MARU

Wednesday, 6th November. Wednesday, 11th December. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,

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

SHINNOH MARU

(Calls at Karachi).

Friday, 22nd November.

Tuesday, 10th November,

DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI.

DAR & MOMBASA Via Singapore & Colombo. CANADA MARU ...

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangeon.

KASADO MARU

S. Employees' Compensation Commis sion, meeting

SHIPPING BREVITIES

In addition to the effort to provida a safe place for the longshoremen to themselves

Capt. R. J. S. Sneddon, of the as work, the longshoremen have their obligations to carry "Suisang," which arrived hero from Sale equipment is

the Japan via Amoy yesterday, has report- by the code quired

Thereed to the Harbour Office that the vessel ongshoremen must use 15 30 substitute for vigilance passed the wreck of a schooner with on the part of the men, though the her bottom up in Lat. 34° 14' N., and rules are drawn as nearly as possible Long. 133′′ 19′ E.

not

anly re- but It.

-

:

in the Marine Service Francisco, adopted a Code Coast Safety uniform Pacific for stevedore operations abourd ship.

The work of the conference lasting but n single day was preceded by months of discussion in each part of three previous drafts of the code which was finally adopted. Those at- tending the conference were:

to protect a carolaas workman against | As he considered the wreck a dan. For the Columbia River District himself, likewise protecting his fellow ger to navigation, Capt. Sneddon issued

Stevedoring workmen. J. B. Gilkey, Portland

wireless warnings to all ships and Es it has finally been stations. The code Company and E. C. Hamilton, Brady

an orderly & Hamilton, Inc., were in attendance, adopted is in essence

of sensible proxy of grouping of a collection

The Master at Arms of the R.M.S. Mr. Hamilton voting the

rules the result of accumulating xo- Capt. Paul McDonald, the third mem- perience out of one or many serious "Empress of France" has reported that recurrence. someone had entered a first class cabin ber. Capt. F. M. Edwards of the Mat-accidents to prevent a

Each rule has run the gauntlet of and stolen son Navigation Co., A. E. Stow of the searching critielsm

a plain platinum ring, a and practical platinum ring with solitaire diamond, Amurican-Hawaiian S. S. Company test. having been submitted through and two other pieces of jewellery. and J. B. Bryan, president of the San out all interested groups in shipping! Francisco Longshoremen's Associa up and down the Pacific Coast. From the ss. “Michael Jebaon" came tion, were the San Franisco act 10,000 copies of the published code are complaints from four Chinese, whe

German, Paci- sentatives; and T. H. fie S. S. Co., Thos. James, Banning Company and C. G. Limecooley ware

Angeles

goles district delegates. Capt. J. C. Dolbeck of the Waterfront Carlovers of Seattle and J. C. Bjork fund, district secretary

of the Inter nations! Longshoremen's Association,

of the work of longshoremen working represented the Washington

erdeen, interchangeably for employers, and district; Hugh Delanty of Aberdeen,

Tacoma,

being distributed.

Effort at Self-Regulation

said that they had been robbed of

Stevedoring is following in its safe money and jewellery. One man valued by efforts the industrial experienen of his property at $398, another claimed factories throughout the country. The a loss of 3301, and the remaining two increased use of machinery, scheduled victims $366 and $357. sailings of vessels, the casual nature

the third delegate being represented the inherent hazards in the industry personal in- by proxy, Carl Strout of the Pacific all make for mounting

5. S. Company. William A. Marshall juries.

of Seattle and Warren H. Pillsbury

Norman

F. Titus, until recently

WARSHIPS IN PORT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1929.

FAST LUXURIOUS SERVICE

-to America

and Europe

Tamerica of Europe avail RAVELLERS bound for

themselves of speedy und com- fortable service when they go Canadian Pacific.

1

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

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

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Next Sailing to the Pacific Coast "EMPRESS OF CANADA” November 16th, 1929, WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM

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

S.S. "TAI HING”

S.S. "TAI MING" [649 tona-Capt. G. J. Spink.] [1,088 tons-Capt. Trott.]

NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER.

FIL WED. 27th

British warships in port this morn- ing were:-

Besin: "Tamar," Ciçala,”" "Storm-

North Army: "Seraphs." West Wall: "Berwick." In Dock: "Hormes."

SUN.

FRI.

10th

15th

of San Francisco, deputy commission-chief of the division of transportation cloud."

in the U. 8. Department of Commerce ers, and Frank C. Gregory, Safety En-

and a practical shipping man, in- gineer, U. S. Employees' Compensa tion Commission; and Byron O. Pick sistently painted out the need for of the saveral shipping to take a leaf from the ard, safety engineer shipping Associations in San Fran- experience of factories in organized cisco, who was elected chairman of prevention work. the committee, completed the per-

Monday, 2nd December, .................. Monday, 18th November. VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from sonel.

Shanghai.

ARIZONA MARU (From Shanghai) Monday, 25th November.

MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

HIMALAYA MARU

•HAIPHONGYa Haihow & Pakhoi.

MENADO MARU

Friday, 8th November.

Thursday, 14th Nov, 10 a.m.

NEW YORK-Vis Japan ports, San Francisco & Pano

JAPAN PORTS.

INDUS MARU

TACOMA MARU

KEELUNG-Via Swatow & Amoy.

CANTON MARU KOZAN MARU

TAKAO-VI SWATOW & AMOY,

DELI MARU

TAKAO & KEELUNG.

SOURABAYA MARU

Thursday, 7th November. Sunday, 24th November,

Sunday, 10th November, Noon. Sunday, 17th November, Noon.

Thursday, 7th Nor, a.m.

Sunday, 10th Noverabiz.

For further pariculars please applý to.-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090.

M. TAKBUCHI, Manager.

American Express Travelers Cheques

"Sky-blue" in colour, these Cheques give travellers the fullest protection against the loss or theft of their travel funds. They are spendable and acceptable everywhere. For more than 36 years travellers the world over have found personal service and financial security thru their use.

Itted in G.ro, G.$ao, G.$go, G.$100, and £5 and £10 denominations-bound in a small handy wallet and cost only 3/4 of 7 per cent. Secure your steamship tickets, hotel reservation and itineraries; or plan your cruise or tour through. THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.

4 DES VOEUX HOAD CENTRAL, Hong Kong.

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND

ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERS.

This com

men.

Three Singen

The first stage is passed, namely, Early Safety Efforts

passage of the Compensation Act. Previous port safety codes had een Shipping on the Pacific Coast has been developed and published, Vancouver, rapidly advancing into the second B. C., taking the lead on the Pacific stage, namely, drafting a considered, Coast; the first one in United States moderate, practical code accepted by ports was published by the Waterfront all parties at interest in shipping, re- Employers of Seattle in March, 1928, inforced by the competent representa This was the result of four years of tives of the Commission in the per- sons of the Safety Engineer, Mr. work by the joint safety

committer of tongshoremen and employ the chair-puties, Messrs. Marshall and

which Gren

and the Pacific Coast De- Gregory,

Pills- had been organized under

The code

represents on the manship of Jos. Weber of. Griffiths & bury.

and whole a mast satisfactory beginning Sprague Stevedoring Company, Later Capt. R. C. Brennan, then of the worked up from the experience of the industry, and through the future Pacific S. S. Company, with M. E. AT- kill as safety engineer.

educational steps necessary probably mittee which was organized in 1024 will secure acquiescence of all but the had met regularly and frequently, at indifferent or inactive or careless or even hostile fringe members of tho Jenst monthly, and out of the steve- doring experience of the port had industry, whether of management or built up a series of practical rules which stood the test of operating con- It would appear as though we are ditions and has been effective in entering on the third stage of dovolop- steadily reducing accidents.

ment, namely, the application of this Another safety code WII pub-code to all branches of the industry. lished in September 1928, by The code which has finally been Accident Prevention Depart adopted represents an effort at self. mont of the combined Paci- regulation by shipping and depends fle American Steamship Associa upan the education of men and man- tion, the Ship Owners' Association of agement for its effectiveness. The the Pacific and the Waterfront Em-adoption was wholly voluntary and its ployers of San Francisco.

enforcement must be equally so, Still further stimulus was given at there is no authority vested in any cident prevention work by the pas- governmental body at present, sage of the Lonshoremen's and Har least, to enforce safety measures. Lour Workers

There are howeyer active port and Compensation Act which required of the U. S. Em district safely committees in Califor ployees Compensation Commission ad- nia, Oregon and Washington with ministering the Act that it recom-safety engineer in charge in each one, mends to Congress and shipping continuously at work in the difficult means for praventing personal in task of preventing personal injuries. juries. It is the exprience of com- Perhaps the most hopeful aspect of pensation legislation generally that this coast-wide highly organised ar- accident prevention legislation closely cident prevention programme

that follows on compensation legislation the interests of all parties, concerned and in fact proves to bo the most are common ad in no senso, conflicting. beneficial result,

The result should be fewer men in thei The steadily mounting Insurance hospital and more on the job; lower Coats

provided A further in Insurance rates for the contracting managements stevedores; less delay, to ship and less prevention damage to cargo. It is the proven experience of industry through care-

the

centive

to

shipping

to

develop

accident

-DRY DOCK-

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.

Wireless Call -

SALVAGE TUG “TAIKOO"

VP.G.N. 600 Meters.

LOODOCK HONG KON

PENNÄITU

Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocka 750 Feet.

Depth on Centre of

SII (H.W.O.S.T) 34 ft. 6 ins.

THREE SLIPWAYS--- Capable of Handling Ships Up

to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

AGENTS, HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

at

ful and elaborate studies by the Federated Engineering Societies that safety and production, go

hand

fn hand and are wla no sense opposed; in other words the sufe industry Is the produc- tive one; the greater the safety, the greater the production.

What's Ahead? - "

Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes Conats are all actively at work in similar organized safety efforts. four coasts are interchanging perlence.

No. 6 Buoy: "Sirdar." No. 7 buoy: "Magnolia."

No. 8 Buoy: "Bruce."

No. 9 buoy: "Tarantula."

No. 11 Buny: "Sepoy," "Sterling." No. 12 Buoy: "Thonclan." No. 13 Buoy; "Marazion.". Cosmopolitan Dock: "Somme."

Foreign Men of War Italian gunbeat: "Sebastiano Caboto." French gunboat: "Argus."

COLONY PLAGUE FREE

and Consul General that Hong Kong We are informed by the Nether- has been declared plague free by the authorities of the Dutch East Indies.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

The P. & O. es. "Mantua" from Hồng. Kong arrived London on November 2 at 10 am.

The P. & D. s.a. "Macedonia" loft Shanghai for this port on November 5 at 8.30 p.m., and is due here on November 8 at about &am

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES

Consignees of cargo DX M.V. "Malaya" are reminded to take delivery of their goods which will be subject to rent after November 8.

Consignees of cargo ex "Benvorlich" are reminded to delivery of their goods which will bo subject to rent after November 12.

5.1.

take

WED. 20th 25tb MON.

WED. 6th TUES. 12th SUN. 17th

22nd

Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac- commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State. rooms and Saloon. The ss. "Tai Hing" in fitted with Wireless,

These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samshut, Shishing, Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Purts) avery Ave days.

Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Bicals & Wines are to be obtained on board.

Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Hol. Do Wharf.

For information apply to-- 87, Connaught Road West, Phone: Central 895.

KWONG WING C

AUSTRAL CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

BANK

ELLERMAN &

Service to Australia & South Sea Ports. NEXT SAILING'

S.S. "CABARITA” on NOVEMBER 14th.

FOR

Manila, Sandakan, Rabaul, Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide Accommodation for 1st, 2nd class and Steerage Passengers is available.

!

For freight and Passenger Information, please apply

DODWELL & CO., LTD. Queen's Bldgs.

Telephone No. Central 1030.

LINE LTD.

AGENTS FOR

BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

SAILINGS BUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE, UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

ss. "CITY OF MELBOURNE..London, Rotterdam, Amsterdam & Hamburg

S.S. "CITY OF WINNIPEG" S.S. "URBINO”.

ELLERMAN LINE

9th November.

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

All

ex-

NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE

via Suez Canal

via Suez Canal

ALSO AGENTS FOR

ANDREW

& CO.

A bill has been introduced into Con gress changing the powers of the U. B. Employees Compensation Commis slon from merely making regulations on safety to actually regulating safe practice in stevedoring with the un- qualified approval of shipping.

Moreover is it clearly recognized in shipping circles that port safety regulations In American ports, which shall be binding on foreign as well nu American ships, have International

Stevedore

Lasfety res

eah ports

with

for Ameri being drafted

the

is view to conforming with regulations of other natione so that there shall not be developed unwitting conflicts in standards, which may tend toward friction,dalay and unnecessary handicaps. The International Labour office of the League of Nations at Geneva-has-held two-conventions on the subject of ^an International; port (safety "code" with the prospect that'ál shipplag nations will adopt practient- This ly identical safety regulations." Pasine Coast code in in substantial Agreement with the proposed Inter- national code LATERA

WEIR

SERVICES TO

BOSTON, NEW YORK, & BALTIMORE

8.8. "COMLIEBANK":

MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

S.S. "TINAOW”.

3rd December, .81st December.

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

.27th November. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

28th November.

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

Mossel Bay and Capetown.

Through Bill of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, Iho, Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Moinhasa, Kilindin Port Nolloth Luderitz Bay, Walvis Bay and Madagascar.

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

Telophone.Central 4791.

THE BANK LINE, LTD.