WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1930.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, HURMA, 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.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SIXTY YEARS WITH LLOYDS
WHEN BIG REGISTER WAS COPIED
REMARKABLE RECORD
In a handsome room within a massive building of Fenchurch Street, in the heart of the City-atom so quiet that not a murmur of the thronging traffic can be heard in it-a man whose name is known all over the world has just been honoured.
Mr. Andrew Scott, most wonderful of veterans (writes an Evening News correspondent), the secretary of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, celebrated his "sixtieth year" in the Register's ser- vice.
And the committee a body of ship- owners, underwriters, shipbuilders and engineers-has made him a presenta- tion to commemorate a great day.
Some other men would be thinking of decades of work for one institution. retiring to a life of ease after six long
But not Mr. Scott.
To-day ho carried on with his job as if nothing had happened.
Romance
Perhaps no que knows as much about
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination
Steamer Ttau via Stow & S'hai . CHAKSANG... Sun, Ttaa via S'tow & S'hai KWAISANG Wed., Tian via Blow & Bhai,FOOSHING
Sun., Ttau via Stow & S'ha] „HOPWANG
Wechs Osaka vla Amoy, Moji &
Kobe
KOSANG...... Wed, Osaka via Amoy, Moji &KUMSANG .... Wed..
Kobe
Sailing.
2nd Mar. at
7 a.m.
5th Mar. at 9th Mar, at 12th Mar. at
1a.m. *a.m.
7 a.m.
28th Mar. at
7 a.m.
2nd Apr. at
7 a.m.
S'pore, Penang & Calcutta KUTSANG Tues., S'pore. Penang & Calcutta SUISANG Singapore
...་
4th Mar,' at
3 p.m.
Sandukan
Sandakan
Sat., YUENSANG Mon., HINSANG
Wed., MAUSANG Mon,
15th Mar. at
3 p.m.
10th Mar. at
3 p.m.
6th Mar. at
Noon
17th Mar. at
3 p.m.
7 a.m. 7.773.
Ttain via Stow & Foochow CHIPSHING... Thurs, 13th Mar. at Ttain via Siow & Foochow CREONGSHING Fri., 21st Mar. at
For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Telephone Central 215.
BETTER PORTS
Lloyd's Register, its romantic history Deputation at Transport
and romantic work as this veteran of Fenchurch-street.
Here for instance is one little secret
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY he has revealed a war-time story:
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
8. 9.
Тола
From Hong Kong About
MACEDONIA
KASHMIR
KALYAN
⚫ALIPORE
RAWALPINDI MALWA RAJPUTANA
1030 11,120 1st Mar.
Noon 8,995 8th Mar.
9,144 15th Mar,
5,273 12th Mar. 16,619 29th Mar. 10,980 12th Apr. 16,568 26th *Apr. 3rd May
Destination.
Marseilles & London, Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp. Maraeilles, London, Hull, Rotterdam
& Antwerp. Straits, Colombe & Bombay, Bombay, Marsellies & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. barseilles & London.
BELTANA
• Cargo arly.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo Constantinople, Pireaus. Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
to
the
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TAKLIWA
TILAWA TALAMBA TAKADA TALMA
1 1930
7,936 27th Feb.
1.30 p.m. 10,000 17th Mar. 8,018 22nd Mar. 9,6 19 28th Mar. 10,000 11th Apr.
1 pm
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
Singapore, Penang & Galentta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
BI. Apcar Line steamers have exsellent accommodation for 1st
and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
*TANDA
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
1930 6,950 28th Feb.
4 p.m. 4,500 4th Apr. 6,853 2nd May- *Calls Iloilo, Port Holland & Cairna.
ST. ALBANS NELLORE
Regular monthly salings from Hong Kong to Japan and, Hong Kong to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Hollo, Ceba, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as in- ducement offera.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
Ministry
Port development schemes which are necessary in the interests of our over. scas trafic and the revival of the coast-
General Managers,
CONSIGNEES.
LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV, CO.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Chartered Steamship,
"COL DI LANA” From Trieste, Venice, Port Said. Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang & Singapore,
"Lloyd's Register of Shipping, as the recognised nuthority furnishing parti- culars of the world's shipping, was na- turally very much sought after through- out the period of the war, and the uting trade were discussed by a deputa-informed that all Goods are being most precautions were adopted in tion which recently waited upon Sir order to avoid its being transmitted to Cyell Hurcomb, Permanent Secretary enemy countries.
to the Ministry of Transport.
"In addition to making the customary Inquiries of the proper authorities be- fore sending abroad any copies of the Register, the Society instituted thu most careful inquiries in every case re garding the "bona fides" of all sub- scribers to the book in neutral countries,
CONSIGNEES of Cargo' are hereby
landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow. leon, whence and/or from the wharves The deputation represented the Fort delivery may be obtained.
Optional Cargo will Facilities Committee (including repre- unless notice to the contrary be given bo forwarded 1930. sentatives of the Chamber of Shipping, before 22nd February,
No claims will be admitted after the the Federation of British Industries,Goods have left the Godown, and all and the Association of British Cham-Goods rerasining undelivered after the
28th inst. will be subject to rent.
All claims against the vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 10th prox. not be recognised.
or they will
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, whero they will be examined on the 28th inst. at 10 a.m., by our sur veyors Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.
No Fire Insurance has been effect
Bill of Lading will be countersigned
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hong Kong, February 22, 1030.
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that the Register would be employed In order to ensure, as far as possible,bers of Commerce).
The Committe recommended enlely for the personal information of urgently required by commerce econo- the subscriber, and would not be pass-mically sound achemes of development ed into enemy hands.
ut: Glasgow, Newcastle, Hull, Leith, Middlesbrough, Swansed.
"By this means the Rociety was in a position to refuse to issue copies in a very large number of enses whero
matter. there appeared to be any doubt in the
ed.
Sir Cyril Hurcomb assured the des putation that the Ministry were sym pathetic to schemes for better road access to docks, and, in regard to the the London Traifle Advisory Com by London road approaches, stated that mittee's visiting committee had now re ported, and that report was under con- sideration with a view to action in the near futuro..
"In spite of these precautions, how- ever, a copy of each of the Registers for 1916-1916 and 1918-1927 seems to have reached Germany, where the volumes, each of nearly 1,500 pages royal quarto | were photographed page by page, and reproduced for the information of the German Admiralty, and particularly
The Ministry, he said, would com. for the use of the commanders of sub-municato with the London and North. marines.
Eastern Railway Company, and if necessary, would confer with them on the question of the development of the port of Middlesbrough, but the Mints try could not go too far in pressing the priority of a particular scheme.
"Anyone who is connected with print- ing will be able to grasp the painstak- ing labour involved in carrying out this task, which would be hardly credible had we not these copies of the volumes before us.”
of ships in various degrees of merit. "The work of Lloyd's is the grading
You remember the famous phrase, "A1 at Lloyd's. This involves responsibill- ties and tasks which are world-wide.
standing of vessels in the eyes of the How does Lloyd's Register fix the shipping world?
Sir Cyril added that a scheme for a new lock entrance to the port of Swan- sea was under consideration.
Smaller Ports Decay
Sir William Currie, President of the deputation. He said that so far as the Chamber of Shipping, introduced the
overacas trade was concerned, many of the requirements that will have to be ernment assistance being either essen To begin with, it specifies roughly plating important improvements, Gov. the big port authorities were contem-
met if ships are to graded as Al. Ittial or likely to accelerate the work in did that in the days of wooden ships: most cases. it has done it through the years of iron vessela and a composite vessel right into the present age of steel ones.
Judgment Before Keel Is Laid It passes judgment on the plans of ships before the keel is laid down. It inspects, tests and stamps the materials to be used. It supervises every stage of the ship's construction on the stocks.
And when the ship is in service, she Its experts are all over the world. As Mr. Scott has said:
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the U-ited Kingdom via Now is periodically overhauled and surveyed. Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
smaller ports, he said, was inconsider
The money necessary to develop the
able in comparison with that required for the big scheme for overseas trade, and trifling in comparison with the sums spent ou roads and railways in
competition with the coasters, though the advantages would be 'altogether out of proportion to the amount required. Given better port facilities and a re vival of the smailer ports, this import- ant branch of the country's internal transport would weather the storm. "It has gathered together in its ser- "We believe," Sir William said, The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and surveyors, steel testing surveyors, forg-waste of potential transport power in- vice a staff of ship surveyors, engineer [ "that we need not emphasise to you the London via Panama Canal.
The P. O. Royal Mall steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,
TALAMHA
RAWALPINDI
TAKADA
BT. ALBANS MALWA *NAGPORE TALMA RAJPUTANA SHIRALA
BELTANA
KHYBER TAKLIWA KASHGAR
8,018 27th Feb.
1080
A.M.
28th
Feb.
0,949
4,500
th
Mar.
10,618
5th Mar. Mar.
| 10,080 | 14th
|~5,283) 19th Mar.
10.000 21st Mar. 16,508 28th Mar. 7,841 81st Mar, 6th Apr. 0,114
6th Apr. 7,038
8th
Apr. 9,005 11th Apr.
• Cargo only.
Amoy, Shai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka,
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Amey, Moll, Kobe, Thama & Omka. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. Amey Moll, Kobo & Osaka. Shanghai, Kabe & Yokohama.
Mojl, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama, Amoy: Moji, Kobe & Osaka.. Shanghat, Moll, Kobe & Tokohama.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without noties. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Bingapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. x 2 flex 1 ft. will be received at the Company's Offles up to Noon on the day previous to aalling.
For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C, Hong Kong,
Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS IRON: FOUNDERS. All work ding in this establishment is guaranteed, We have over thirty years", experince. We own two Blipways and can mocommodate any centi'uf 200 feet lang.
Towa Offer: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. Central No. 459,
ward: Sham-Sul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. © Tel. Kowloon No.
Alleation
Mr. W. A. Souter, chairman of the Port Facilities Committee, said that the facilities at the near Continental ports, uch as Antwerp, Hamburg,
ing inspectors and electrical engineers, volved in allowing many of the smaller which includes some of the best brainsports to decay, and we hope the Gov in the professions, and which
nuwernment will see their way to assist numbers 413, of whom 216 are station many of the schemes for their revival. ed in Britain and 198 abroad, there submitted by our committee." being 28 surveyors in the United States, nearly 100 on the Continent, 20 in India and the Far East, 14 in Australia, ning in South America and eight in Africa."
And Lloyd's is not run for profit. It Amsterdam, and Rotterdam, as well as is run for the benefit of the shipping at some of the Italian ports, were Industry as a whole, and Its century superior long record is one of which any organ-
those at same British porta The difference in freights charged isation in the world might be proud. from Continental and British ports was
It moves with the times, too.
handicapping British exports, and it was due not only to higher costs of labour in Britain and to the geographi- Only the other day it was announced that it has formed an Aviation Com-but to the better facilities and the cal advantages of some foreign ports, mittee, which will presumably classify quicker despatch offered by them. aircraft: just as shipping is already The result of interior facilities in classified.
Britain was also an increase in the Soon you may read as a matter of cost of living and a handicap on our course that an airship is "A1 at production and export capacity. Im. Lloyd's."
proved facilities would cheapen exports,
It is now interested in the air as wall as in the sea.
AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
“CHANGTE"
& “TAIPING”
These New Vessels Maintain a Bagular Service; from
HONG KONG TO AUSTRALIAN „PORTS
vin MANILA (and, THURSDAY, ISLAND Through Bill of Lading issued to all Australian, New Zealand
and Tasmanian Ports: mod Excellent and Most Up-to-Date First and Second Class Passenger Accommodation,
TAIPING
CHANGTE
TAIPING
CHANGTE
*** HONG KONG TO SYDNEY-10
Mike Dan Hong Kong
11th March
11th April
"For Fraight and Fassa e apply
DAYES
Dasto Ball-
18th April
SWIRE
HONG KONG TIDE
The tide table given below bas been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre- dieting Machine, which includɔa 40 components for the better prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kowloon tidal observa tary under the direction of Dr. Doberck during the years 1887, 1888 and 1889.
The time and heights are given for Kowloon; but they may be usad Aberdeen, the differences for the Victoria Naval Yard and being very small,
The times of high and low-water must not be considered to coindide with the times of slack-wator and being quite distinct. change of current, the two phenomena
1000
February 26 to March 4, 1930.
DATE BIO WATee Lower Water.
standard Standard Times #IŁ Times
Feb.
Wed. 2m 1994.1 m 3 3 1.0
8 27 A 4.9
3,5 Thure 17 m 10 22 | 1.4 m3 33 (
8 53 67.1 | #43 a Fri.
0.8
Hotels Afloat
45
5
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Daily Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.00 p.m. Sailing from Macao at 7.50 a.m.
Sundays excepted.
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All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and 103 ANGELES en route.
Passengers desiring to travel, by this interesting ronte will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
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42 Days. To New York,
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m 10 345,4
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2.9
Sat
1 m 104147
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2 m 10 5 4.0' m 4 17
10 188 + £7 & **
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Mon, 3m 11.10,615 14
12 16. 4 8 16 Tues. 4m0 1.3 m 7.10 1.9 1 18 a 4.8 6'41 A 3.1
1.5
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Agents.
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THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO, LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS; "MANIFESTO* HONGKONG.
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, HÕILEN
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGÉ MASTERS,
ELECTRICIANS.
The Com
pany po sesses, Blx Granite Docks and Two Pat ent - Slip. WIL: The dimensions- of No. Bock are 700
FLI
86 ft=20
MS.:" SUGBO”
Codes Used: AL, ABC.
Firth • E4-
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First &
Second Edi
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Slogia screw steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions: --- 155′ 0′′ B.P. x 28.0" Md. x 11' 6? Mid.; D.W, 470 tons; B.H.P. 360 Speed 101⁄2 knots. Bafft" aid machinery Installed by The Hong Kong & Whampзa Dock Co., Ltd, to the order of La Navieen Filipina Inc., Cebu for Philippine coasting service,
esse andress enquiries to the Chief Managers
R. H. DYER, B.Sc., MINA., Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong,
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