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SAN FRANCISCO ela Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

SIBERIA MARU

Thursday, Sunday,

3rd July. 13th July.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA vla Shanghal & Japan Ports.

·IHKAWA MARU

Friday, 4th July at midnight. ... Wednesday, 18th July.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vis

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez..

HAKOZAKI MARU

Saturday, 28th June at 7 a.m. Saturday, 12th July.

TERUKUNI MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports

AKI MARU

Tuesday,

KITANO MARU

Tuesday,

BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

TOTTORI MARU

Friday,

22nd July.

10th August.

27th June.

Friday.

11th July.

SHIDZUOKA MARU

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu. Los Angelca,

Mexico & Panama.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING

SECTION.

SAMPAN CAPSIZES.

www

ALLEGED HEARTLESSNESS OF LAUNCH CREW.

SCRAPPING YARDS. GOVERNMENT HELP. at 10,05 p.m., yesterday, Wong

BELFAST BUILDER'S FEAR AND JAPANESE COMPANIES FORM

CRITICISM.

EXPORT CREDIT SYSTEM.

Speaking at a luncheon during the trial trip of the new steamer Cefalu in Belfast Lough, on April 23, Mr. William Strachan, mana ging director of Messrs. Workman, Clark (1928), Ltd., criticised the recently-launched scheme for scrap ping redundant shipyards.

The removal of the embargo on gold by Japan after a period of upwards of ten years' restriction, has brought about a welcome change in the economic situation of the country, which it is believed will bo still further improved by mea aures which the Government have now in hand. During the present session of the Diet a Bill will be in There is much to be said," he troduced designed £d materially re declared, in favour of the amat-vise the rates of Customs duties on SOUTH AMERICA (Enst Const) via Slugapore, Cape Town & Porta, zamations, which have taken place, cotton yarn and her commodities, the present, duties having been but scrapping simply because there found to give excessive and unneces is an excess of supply under presentsary protection to some industries prices and conditions has personally With the object of developing the no favour with me. Such a polles Japanese shipping industry an ex- port credit system is to be adopted, looks to me admitting defeat and the companies are expected to and mauling down the flag, and benefit considerably from a supply goes against my grain, to do either of funds which will be available at

a low rate of interest. the one or the other.

BOKUYO MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

Friday.

† TOYAMA MARU LIVERPOOL vin Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.

+ DURBAN MARU

20th June.

Tuesday,

..... Tuesday,

1st July.

8th July.

Sunday,

20th July.

Monday,

30th June.

Thursday.

7th July.

Tuesday.

1st July.

.. Wednesday. Tuesday,

2nd July.

July.

CALCUTTA via. Singapore. Penang & Rangoon.

SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

† TOKUSHIMA MARU

↑ MURORAN MARU

TAMBA MARU

KAMO MARU

+ Cargo only.

↑ CEYLON MABU (Moji direct)

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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJEĊt to Aly

ALTERATION

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Slugapore

Colombo, Sues and Port Sald.

ALTAI MARU ATLAS. NARU

Suturday, 12th July, .:Monday, 11th August, RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Saugos, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.

MONTEVIDEO MARU

LA PLATA MARU

___BOMBAY—Via Singaporn & Colombo.

DURBAN, LOURENÇO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM,

Friday, 18th July.

Friday, 29th August,

BURMA MARU

BORNEO MARU

Friday, 4th July. Saturday, 19th "July".

BAR & MUMBA8A-Via

Singapore & Colombe.

PANAMA MARU

Monday, 7th July.

MADRAS MARU

'SEATTLE. MARU

Thursday, 3rd July. Friday, 28th July.

Shanghai

AFRICA MARU

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

ZANZI.

The excess of imports over ex ports has been exercising the minds

In a report to the Water Police

Ts-kių, a boat girl, stated that har passenger sampan

enagged

Was

at 7.30 p.m. by two Chinese men

to take them from the Yaumati ferry wharf to Mongkoktsul. As the vessel was passing the end of Waterloo Road, a steam launch, which was towing a large junk, overtook the sampan. The launch and Junk passed very close to the sampan and the wash of the launch caused the junk to swerve and strike the stern of the sam pan. The small,boat immediate- ly capsized and Wong and ha two passengers were thrown into the water.

Wong alleged that, in spite of their cries, the launch never stop. pell to render any assistance, and steamed on as if nothing had curred. Other craft in the vicin

ir were attracted by the cries of the people in the water and r scued them.

LESS CARGO.

DIFFICULTIES OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.

points out that

"It may appear presumptuous on my part to express an opinion con-of Ministers and, Government off. trary to that of the giants in our rials for a long time, and strenuous industry," he continued, "especially about a change more favourable in man of the Oversea Shipping Re

efforts have been made to bring Sir David Gordon, acting chair- when so many of them have asso the balance of trade, and the lateat presentatives {ciated themselves with the polley of scrapping, but Belfast had an un pleasant experience of the truth of my argument. some years ago, when certain mills were scrapped, wita the result that the Continental mills. were extended, and the last state of those who put up the money was worse than the first, inasmuch as

they had to compete with more modern plant than they possessed themselves aird against cheaper la bour.

United States' Alms. "I fear the same with the scrap ping of shipyards or any other works, especially when we know that in other countries Governments are doing all they can to encouragu their industrials to beat us. The United States, having overtaken and overcome us in other directions, are obviously out to see that Britannia

VICTORIA, BEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Forts from no longer rules the waves, and to

Friday, 1st July.

HULBOURNE Via Manila. Brisbans & Sydney.

BRISBANE MARU ....

HAIPHONG-Vis Hoihow & Pakhol

MENADO MARU

NEW YORK-Via Japan porta & Panama.

KINAI MARU

JAPAN, PORTS,

HIMALAYA MARU

TENPEI MARU

VELING-Vis Swatow & Amoy,

TAKAO-Via Swatow & Amoy.

1 ARAD & KEELUNG

SOURABAYA MARU

Sunday, 6th July.

Thursday, 28th July.

Sunday, 29th June,

Wednesday, 9th July. Saturday, 5th July.

Friday, 11th July.

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that end they have passed the Jones- White Act and have sanctioned the payment of huge subsidies under the cloak of mail contracts, and have enforced the shipment of goods, to even our own Dominions in Amer lean bottoms. They are going to spend 16 millions on Atlantic grey. hounds without turning a hair, while we get excited over the pros pect of one new Cunardar.

on,

"While all this and more is going

our Imperial politicians aro busy crushing the heart of our ship owners by the heaviest taxation in the world. When is it all going to end? When is British Industry go ing to get a chance to recover its lost position?

reports show a very considerable cargo requirements to Australia reduction in Imports, which are now from Great Britain and New York mare in Consonance with the experts have fallen over 50 per cent., figures than for a long time paat. writes the Sydney correspondent The Drastic reductions have been made of the Daily Telegraph.

are losing in the budgets of all the prefectures, shipowners, he adds, cities and towns, and the authorised heavily, by the adverse exchange amount of loans has been consider. on all freights transmitted from ably reduced.

Australia,

to

S.S. POLYPHEMUS.

SOLD FOR BREAKING UP PURPOSES.

This action, it is contended, will; Obviously ships cannot be help to reduce the

Australia of im- brought excegs

empty. ports by curtailing the spending unless they are Alled for the An inter-State power of the people, and one result homeward trip. has been a decline in commodity conference, Sir David announced, prices, and it is suggested that ́ a

la being arranged to discuss the reduction in the cost of production situation. will certainly follow. Whether this action will stimulate the export trade may be open to question, but that is the object sought, and the sponsors for the new fiscal, changes are confident that the results they hope for will be achieved. Not much significance is attached to the fact that a large amount of gold specie has been shipped from Japan that there are British shipowners This, it is claimed, is partly due to who make a point of selling their the withdrawal of foreign specula-old ships for breaking up rather tive funds which flowed into the than to foreign buyers for future country before the removal of the trading. gold embargo, and partly to the pay. ment of normal external financial obligations, and in any case the movement la subsiding.

Further evidence is provided

Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co have sold their China Mutual Navigation steamer Polyphemus, a vessel of 7,500 tone dw, built in 1906, to Japanese ship-break-

steamer Sons have sold their

the Clyde in 1905, to British ship-breakers.

SOCIETY'S PROGRESS. era; and Mesars. H. Hagarth and

70,000 BOYS TRAINED FOR built on

Baron Elcho, 7.250 tons d.w..

BRITISH SHIPS.

Captain Sir Arthur W. Clarke

WARSHIPS IN PORT presided over the quarterly court of the governors of the Marine Society, held on April 23 in the were in. harbour yesterday:

The following British warships society's offices at Clarke's Place, Tamar-Basin. Bishopsgate, London.

Moorhen-Basin. Sepoy - North Arm. Thracian-In Dock. Stormcloud-In Dock.

year,

It is little use crying out for the people to buy British goods 30 long as the law permits foreign goods to be dumped here, which The report showed that 50 boya serve our purpose at a cheaper

were admitted to the Warspite price. It is not in human nature during the first quarter of this to do so, and it is difficult to under-

12 were drafted to the atand why Mr. Thomas makes such Royal Navy, and 20 to the Mer a fuss about the paltry 300,000 tons of steel which he arranged for prize of £2, awarded to the best chant Navy. The Admiralty Canada to order here, when he per boy for the year 1929 in the group mits 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 tons to Warspite, Indefatigable and Lan be dumped into the country. Think cashire Homes, was won by Mr. what it would mean to the coal and W. T. Parish, an ex-Warspite boy. steel Industries," concluded Mr. Messrs. F. T. Everard and Sons, Strachan, "if that steel were manu Ltd., had presented the society factured at home. I believe that the distress in these industries the boys how to steer under way, with a motor-boat for teaching would vanish, and that a trial of and this was brought into com. Protection would be well worth mission in January last. while towards that end.”

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HONG KONG, CHEN

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that, considering aft circum-

should be very woll

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