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M.V. "COL DI LANA”

M.V. "MONCALIERİ”

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July 17

July 1 July 10 Aug. 8 Aug. 24

9.8. "FIUME-L”

Aug. 1

Sept. 8

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SHIPPING

PORT OF STETTITN.

PROGRESS DURING PAST YEAR.

most

SECTION

"PORT OF MOBILE..

SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF RECENT YEARS.

ATLANTIC TO THE ORIENT.

New U.S. Service Approved.

mmange mj

FIVE LINERS TO BE BUILT.

Following the Inter-departmen- tal Committee's approval of the, Germany's

important

Dawson proposal to establish a Few ports in the United States Baltic port has, more than any can show more substantial de new. U.S. steamship line from other, suffered much from the velopments in recent years than Atlantic ports through the alterations made in Germany's the port of Mobile, according to a Panama Canal to Portland, Ore, geography. Situated at the out report just issued by the Bureau and the Orient direct, the Post- let of the River Oder into the of Operations of the Shipping master-General has called for Stettiner Haff, it is the natural Board and the Board of Engineers gateway for the vast hinterland for Rivers and Harbours of the bids for a mail service on the pro- drained by this river and its tri- War Department. The recently-posed route from Portland, via butaries, as well as other water completed Alabama State docka. Yokohama and Kobe, and Shang- ways such as the Elbe, connected consisting of three great plera and hal to Manila, states Washington to the Oder system by canals. an electrically equipped plant for

One of the most important dis handling bulk commodities, such advices. tricts virtually lost to the port is as coal, ore and grain, provide up- This call for bids marked the Upper Silesia, rich in mineral to-date terminal facilities, with establishment of the route pro- resources and industrial enter ample deep-water berthing space posed by Mr. Kenneth D. Dawson, prise. Stettin's hinterland and commodious storage accom- reaches far into Czecho-Slovakia,modation.

president of the States Steamship

well served by an extensive sys- The State also has constructed, Co., Portland, who formerly pre- tem of rail and waterways. The as an adjunct to the water tersented the proposition to the sub- progress of the port during the minal, railway yards having a committee of the Inter-depart after-war period has of necessity capacity of 1,000 freight cars,

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING |lishment of the Polish Corridor.

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

Thursday, Sunday,

3rd July. 20th July.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

SIJERIA MARU

HIKAWA MARU

.. Friday, 4th July at midnight. ... Wednesday, 16th July.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vin

Saturday, 12th July, Saturday, 26th July, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

AKI MARU

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. TERUKUNI MARU-·

HAKUSAN MARU

KITANO MĀRU

SHIDZUOKA MARU

Tuesday,

Tuesday,

BOMBAY vis Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

Mexico & Panama. BAKUYO MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

Friday,

22nd July.

19th August.

28th July,

... Monday, SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vin Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, Wednesday, 2nd July at 3 p.m. Wednesday, 6th August

... Tuesday,

BINGO MARU

Ten Year Period.

that

The first three vessels must be

TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1930.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC 14 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 9 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND U.S.A.

+

Yekebama VancoUTIF

Leave

Hongkong Shanghai Ecbe

Leave

Leva Empress of Canada July 10 July 13 July 15 July 17 July 25 Empress of Russia" July 23 July 26 July 29 Joly 31 Aug. 9 Empress of Japan Aug. 7 Aug. 10 Aug. 12 Aug. 14 Aug. 22 Empress of Asia" Aug. 20 Aug. 23 Aug. 26 Aur. 28 Sept. 8 Empress of Canada Sept. 4 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 19 Empress of Russia Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept.-23 Sept. 25 Oct. Empress of Japan Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct 7 Oct. 9. Oct. 17 Empress of Asia" Oct. 15 Oct. 18. Oct. 21 Oct. 23 Nov. 1 Empress of Canada Oct. 30 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 14 Empress of Russia*Nov, 12 Nov. 15 Nov.. 18 Nov. 20 Nov, 29 (Call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai,)

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From Hong Kong to Nagasaki & Return .C$ 82.50

Kobe M

Yokohama

.G$105.00

.G$117.50

Tickets on sale June 15th to September 15th, Anal return limit October 31st

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WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

JULY SAILINGS. DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1.30 p.m. S.S. "TAISHING"

[1,088_tons--Capt. Trott.]

THURS

JULY.

heen slower than that of Ger-and has provided sites for count mental Committee on April 22. many's North Sea ports, owing to less industrial enterprises, these the disruption of a great part of being available under long-term master-General, disclosed

In issuing the call the Post- its hinterland through the estab- leases at low rental,

The railways serving Mobile tap|

after hearings on the proposed Stettin as a port is well and a territory which provides & reroute, the Inter-departmental Jamply equipped for the traffic, gular flow of export traffic, espe- Committee decided that the con- mainly bulk goods, which fre- cially in lumber, cotton, non and tractor shall build five new 16- quent it. The authorities, at the steel products, and naval stores. knot 10,000-ton combination pas head of which is the former Ger- An analysis of the freight rate senger and cargo vessels within man Minister of Transport, realis-situation, as given in the report, 81 months from the date of award, ing the handicap which the Treaty indicates that the port is in an of Versailles has placed upon it, excellent position to compete for set about the business of attract the export trade of a large and ing traffic to ita port in the usual productive section of the interior, put into, operation within 26 methodical German manner. A particularly with regard to traffic months from the time the con- zone, free from customs super-destined to the West Indies, tract is let, and the remaining vision, the addition of a new quay Central America, and, for certain two within the 31 months' period. amply equipped with electrical commodities, to Japan, China, The contractor and the Post- cranes of the latest type, a new and other points in the Orient. and up-to-date 5-storey ware-

master-General are to agree on Served, by Forty-two Lines. 11th July.

house with room for the storage Mobile is served by 42 steam.

the operation of additional vessels. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, of 65,000 tons of merchandise are ship lines running to nearly all which is to run for a period. of!

Specifications for the contract already completed and in use, and parts of the world, Seventeen ten years, provide that ten voy! gramme for the improvement of tween Mobile and the UK.; nine first year and not less than twelve form part of an extensive pro lines are engaged in traffic beages must be made during the the port facilities.

run to the West Indies, Central nor more than 18 voyages during Statistics for 1929 are now America and South America, and the remainder of the contract. available and show the extent in four to the, Far East.

You haven't been up the West In the which the port has succeded in inter-coastal trade there are also proposed service, varying reports have in store one of the most inter- As to details concerning the Rivar? Then let us tell you that you attracting traffic. Sea going four lines, while two local com- have gained circulation, some to festing trips you can possibly take. traffic, notwithstanding the severe panies afford communication with the effect the Dawson group con- The .8. "Tai Ming" and "Tai Hing," arctic conditions prevalent in the points on Mobile Bay and along templated extending the line, Baltic during the first few months the Tombigbee, Mobile, Warrior when once established to Euro-shui, Shiuhing, Takhing, Dosing and after leaving Hong Kong, call at Sam- of the year, during which the port and Black Warrior rivers. pean ports, but the latter were stop at Wuchow. These steamers are For Information apply to remained open, amounted to 4,448 | There has been a substantial in- denied by Mr. Dawson. vessels inward and 4,346 vessels crease in the amount of tonnage outward having a combined total handled annually at this port, its

admirably suited to, this service and you will enjoy the five-daya' round of 12,845,800 cubic metres net total waterborne commerce hav- At the time the Inter-depart-trip immensely. register.

ing increased from 1,970,633 tons mental Committee's The international importance in 1919 to 3,997,660 tons in 1928, mittee conducted hearings on the Sub-com- of the port is well borne out by a gain of over 100 per cent. Im-Dawson proposal opposition was the fact that out of the above ports increased from 197,647 tons voiced in the International Mer- total only 1,950,580 net register-in 1919 to 466,804 tons in 1928, a cantile Marine Corporation on the ed ton, was for vessels trading gain of 136 per cent. between German Sea and Rhein averaged approximately 800,000 now is suffering from

Exporta ground that the Intercoastal trade! ports.

tons during the period 1919-1928. tonnage. The International Mer- The total amount of sea borne A large portion of these increases cantile Marine has a mail contract traffic handled in the port during is directly traceable to the estab- from New York to Balboa to aid. 1929 amounted to 4,919,000 tons, lishment of Shipping Board lines. in private operation of its Panama being an increase of 322,000 tons, Coastwise receipts made steady Pacific Line. or 7 per cent. on the 1928 figures, and large gains annually, from a The proposal was endorsed by 741,398 tons in 1928. Internal re which port is to be one of the and constitutes 78.7 per cent. of total of 107,881 tona in 1919 to the Canton Railroad of Baltimore, increase is duc to a greater ceipts made phenomenal gains, Atlantic ports of call under the amount of export traffic, whilst increasing in eight years from Dawson plan,

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

TOYAMA MARU

F

8th July, LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa,

+ DURBAN MARU

Monday,

14th July,

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

† MURORAN MARU

Thursday,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

HAMO MARU.

‚† BENGAL MARU

Tuesday." Tuesday,

7th July.

6th July. 8th July.. 8th July,

+ Cargo only

Telephone 30291.

(Private exchange to all departments.¡

+ CEYLON MARU (Moji direct).. Sanday,

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

0. S. K. 0:

BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Vin Singapore the pre-war volume of traffic. The

Colombo, Suez and Port Said.

ALTAI MARU ATLAS MARU

Saturday, 12th July.

:. Monday, 11th August.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore.

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.

MONTEVIDED MARU

LA PLATA MARU

+ BURMA MARU

BONDAY-Via Blogsporo & Colombo.

BORNEO MARU

Friday, 18th July,

Friday, 29th August.

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

L.M.M. Opposition.

over-

the imports have gone down by 75,210 to 1,244,922 tons, while in Mr. Jefferson Myers, Shipping | approximately 100,000 tons ternal shipments expanded from Board Commissioner from the largely due to a reduction in coal 29,190 tons in 1921 to 215,295 Northern Pacific section, within imports.

tons in 1928.

the past year or so has laid Amongst those imports which

The port of Mobile and several proposals on behalf of the show an increase are ores, scrap the State of Alabama have Dawson interests. iron, and manures, whilst food-proved that extensive and show a decrease. The reduction lies within the reach of of 8 per cent. in imports is more an enterprising community. With than set off by an increase of 89 its modern terminals and improv per cent, in exports." The comed cargo-handling facilities,

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DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, DEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI stuffs, linseed, pig iron, and coal successful port development

BAR & MOMBASA-YĨa Singapore & Colombo..

CALCUTTA-Via Singapore Peusng & Rangoon.

PANAMA MARU

MADRAS MARU

SEATTLE MARU

Monday, 7th July,

Thursday, 3rd July, Friday, 18th July.

Tuesday, 1st July,

Sunday, 6th July.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VÁNCOUVER—Via Japan Forts from modities mainly responsible for Mobile confidently looks forward

Shanghai,

́ ́ AFRICA MARU

MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

BRISBANE MARŲ ..........

HAIPHONG VIs Hollow & Pakhol. ........

MENADO MARU

Thursday, 20th July-A

NEW YORK-Via Japan parta & Panama. ·

HIMALAYA MARUY

KEELUNG-Via⋅ Swałow & Away”,

JAPAN PORTS

A

TENPEI MARU

·TAKAO-Via Swatow &'Amoy.

JAEAD & REBLING.

SQURABAYA MARU

Tel. 2806Y!

Wednesday. th July, Saturday, 5th July.

Friday, 11th July, dog

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the increased exports are such to steady progress and farther ex- agricultural products as grain,pansion.

augar, and flour.The export of

grain during 1929 was 191 per

cent, more than that of 1928 and WINDJAMMERS' RACE

exceeds that of 1913. The ex-

portation of zinc reached its

highest point, being 169 per cent. FINISH BARQUES 93 DAYS' of the 1928 #gure.

Inland Waterways.

Though the total traffic from

PASSAGE,

The Finnish four-masted

and to inland waterways showed barque Mozart has sprung a sur an increase of 188,321 tone overprise in the ocean race for wind 1928, the hydraulic conditions on Jammers, for she has covered the Oder and its adjacent and tri- the 20,000 miles from Melbourne butary waters were such as to to Falmouth in 98 days as against prohibit full use being made of 105 taken by the Pommern, 110 this means of conveyance. This by the Herzogin Cecilie, and 116] is a matter of great concern by the Wavell

to the port as, more than The Mozart and Beatriz sailed anything else do these waterways out of Melbourne on February 25 give to Stettin its hinterland. and soon parted company. In Stettin is naturally anxious that the run to Cape Horn very bolster the plans for improving these ous weather was experienced, but waterways be extended as soon as the distance was covered in 88 possible and prior to the construc days. When rounding the Cape a tion of the Mittelland Canal, which heavy gale was raging and the latter, it is feared will drain Mozart was very nearly bare of away some of the trane now go canvas, for high seas were run- ing through its natural port to the ang In the North Atlantic fine North Sea ports, should it be com weather prevailed and the remain- pleted befo Stettin's waterways der of the royage was devoid of Are put in order. The diversion of incident, en papil The trafic from and to Upper and Lower Silesia constitutes a deri ous menace to S

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Lith WED, 16th

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