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The Facilities at Churchill.

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SOUTHAMPTON DOCK

Increases and Decreases in February.

UPWARD TREND.

The Southampton Dock statis thence to Liverpool by sca is tics for the month of February, 4,918. The alternative lake-rail-which have just been published ocean route is 5,224 miles long. by the Southern Railway Corn- The all-rat haul involved in the pany, show a gratifying upward] one case la 2,158 miles, and the trend, for although there are four.) lake and rail haul in the other decreases shown, three of these The Acting High Commissioner case is 2,464 miles.

are more than accounted for by. the advances inward. The num- of Canada in London has been in-

The Chief Advantage. The chief advantage of the ber of vessels which passed into formed by the Deputy-Minister of

expected the docks numbered 222, as com- Railways and Canals at Ottawa Hudson Boy outlet is

Accrue to the mid-west-pared with 190.in February, 1929, that a limited construction service to

producing

Sasan increase of '32, whilst those will be in operation on the Hud-orn

To illustrate, the leaving totalled 223, as against | son Bay Railway during the com-katchewan. ing summor, as a result of which distance from Saskatoon to Fort 194, an advance of 29.

The inward KIDSS tonnage more rapid construction of the William is 904 miles and thence

by 46,354 tons, the Churchill from Fort William, via the Great mounted harbour facilities at will be rendered possible. In the Lakes and Montreal, to Liverpool, figure for the past month being as compared with spring a contract will be let for 3,974 miles, a total of 4,878 miles. 910,778 tons,

of a 2,500,000- By the Hudson Bay route the dis- 864,424 tons: but the outward. the construction bushe? elevator, of the rapid tance from Saskatoon to Churchill gross tonnage revealed a decrease transfer

coating will be 847 miles, and from remarkable in view of the fact type

Churchill to Liverpool 2,936 miles, that there was an increase of 29 £500,000.

The The work of dredging the har- total of 3,783 miles, represent- In the number of vessels., bour and providing the docks is ing a saving by the Hudson Bay actual falling off in gross tonnage proceeding and it is expected that route of 1,096 miles in all, the outward amounted to 28,359 tons, this work will be sufficiently ad-rail haul itself being less by 57 the respective tatals being 868,869 vanced for the harbour facilities miles.

tons, as against 897,222 tons in From the point of view of im- February, 1920. to be utilised in .connection with the movement of the 1931 grain port trade, much is expected from The net tonnage showed a pro It is estimated that the the caming into, operation of the portional reduction outward and projected docks and equipment Hudson Bay railway and shipping an increase inward. The tonnage will cost about £600,000. The route, and there should further entering the docks amounted to responsibility for the administra- more result important develop 494,185 tons as compared with

tons-an between 470,026

advance of tion of the townsitó Itself will be ments in through traffic with the Government of the Pro-Great Britain and the Far East. 24,159 tons; whilst outward the vince of Manitoba.

The Hudson Bay route is expect-figure was 462,686 tons, as against ed to exercise an important Influ-474,852 tons-a fall of 12,166 Opinions Differ.

ence upon the industrial develop-Įions. The actual amount of The completion of the new ments now proceeding in western cargo handled increased by 83 Hudson Bay port at

Churchill, Canada.

tons, for although the inward In- Manitoba, will place the entire It may be recalled that the crease was 5,198 tong, the grent- area of Western Canada, parti rivers of northern Canada have er proportion of the total was cularly that in the Prairie Pro an immense wealth of hydraulic swallowed up by a decrease of vinces, in direct and close connecpower, and the Alberta coal arens 5,115 tons outward. The actual tion with salt water. Opinions are among the most extensive în figures were 40,996 tons inward, differ as to the probable length the world. The commercial and ns against 35,798 tona, and 41,832

crop,

of the navigation season, but industrial development of Hudson tons outward, as compared with there is considered to be every Bay itself is bound to be stimul-46,927 tona. reason to expect that with modernated, the coasts surrounding the

Passengers both inward and alds to shipping the route will be Bay being highly mineralised. outward showed an advance, the available for a Bullicient portion The fishery resources of Hudson former total jumping by 1,397 and of each year to justify the faith Bay are of considerable import the latter by 177In-this-in- of its promoters.

ance, particularly in relation to stance the figures were 7,047 25 Geographically, the port is well the market available in the against 5,650 inward, and 8.750 as located from the standpoint of Prairie Provinces.

against 8,573 outward. commercial possibilities. It is

Moreover, during the past few With regard to trooping move- ZANZI. expected to become the operating weeks the Government of Ontario menta there was an aggregate de- and distributing centre for the has announced its intention to crease, the incoming total falling development of the natural re complete this year an extension by 2,061, although the outward sources of northern Manitoba and to James Bay of Timiskaming and aggregate increased by 87. The Saskatchewan, an area greater by Northern Ontario Railway, the number inward was 2,433, which

approach of which to a

port had to be compared with 4,494 in those Provinces already under affording access to Hudson Bay February, 1929, and outward 3,039, cultivation which have contribut may be expected to lead to the as against 3,002. ed so much to the growing wealth opening up of the natural re-

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WARSHIPS IN PORT

British warships in port this morze- ing were:--

In

Basin of R.M. Dockyard:

cluded Sir A. Sutherland' (prest- At the invitation of Mr. J. H. dent of the Chamber of Shipping), Thomas, M.F., représentatives of Mr. David Jones (vice-president), the Shipping Parliamentary Com Sir Norman Hill, Mr. T. E. Brown mittee and of the Port Facilities (Newcastle chairman of the Pert Committee of the. Chamber of Facilities Visiting Committee), Shipping had a conference with Mr. A. R. T. Woods (London), Sir the Minister as to re-habilitating A. Read (London), Mr. L. C. and re-equipping the small har Harris (London), Mr. Leighton Tamar, Tarantula, Moorhen, Somme. bours of the country. The con- Seager (Cardiff), Mr. A. Ander. ference was the outcome of a son (of Whitstable, chairman of meeting held a few weeks ago at the Sailing Ship Owners' Associa- the House of Commons to con-

tion), Mr. Maurice Hill, (asalst, sider the report of the Port Faci ant general manager, Chamber of The Senate has ordered a sweep-lities The products of western Cana-ing investigation of ship sales, members of which had visited a (Liverpool Steamship Owners' As Visiting Committee, the Shipping), Mr. Martin Hill da now reach the British market construction loans, and mali con- large number of porte in the gociation). either by way of the Great Lakes tracts entered into by the Shipping country, and made a valuable re- and eastern Atlantic or St. Law- Board-Reuter's American rence ports, or via Pacific poris vice. and the Panama Canal.

and Oslo, are situated in latitude north of that of Churchill, while Moscow is but a little further Beuth.

By the latter route the distance from Edmonton, Alberta, to Liverpool is 10,701 miles, and from Calgary to Liverpool, 10,572 miles. In the other direction, the distance from Edmonton and Cal- gary, to Churchill is only about half of the distance to Montreal.

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Ser-

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The health bulletin of Eastern The distance from Edmonton to ports for the week ended April Liverpool, via Churchill te 4,082 12, Issued by the Director of miles, of which 1,146 miles would Health, gives the following cases: be rail haul. The distance «from Edmonton by rail to, Montreal and

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Cerebro-Spinal Fever Shanghai: 16 deaths,

PASSENGER LIST

ARRIVALS

Per s.. President Cleveland ̈on April 215

Sam M. Kirkman, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Proulx, Master Michael Proulx, Mr and MV] Hevr. W Wilson, J. A. Vorner, Mrs. J. H. Smallbones, C. S. Niet; W. W Lockwood, Mrs. D. T. Smith, Miss E. Eakins, Mr. and MrET B. Johnston, RV Sevanringen, Mr. and Mrs. E. E Baird Miss Taabel O'Connor,

port on their needs and require ments.

Mr. W. Runciman, M.P, intro- duced, the deputation, which in-

Mr. R. D. Heard (accretary of the Port Facilities Visiting Committee), and Major- General Long and Mr. Hartley (both of the Federation of British Industries).

West Wall: Hermos, In Dock: Secmew,

No. 6 Buoy: Vindictive.

No. 6: Buoy Cumberland. No. 7 'Buoy: Sirdar.

Foreign men-d-war in port warez-- U.S.S. Jason, Heron, Avocat, Helena. Portuguese Cruiser Adamastor. Chinese Cruiser Hai Kung. Italian Gunboat Sebastiano Caboto. French Gunboat Argua.

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