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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

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Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Fiume, Genon, All Italian, Adriatle, Levant, Black Sea and Danube Ports."

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

S.S. "MONCALIERI"

S.S. "FIUME-L"

SS "CARIGNANO"

** SS. "VENEZIA-IX ~~

For Shanghai

Aug. 10

For *Singapore

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* Удрат

& Europe

Sept. 8

Aug. 16

Sept. 23

Aug. 31

Oct. 8

Cürgs vessels only. . Refrigerated Space available for Perishable Goods.

All dates are subject to alteration without notice.

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Shipping

Intelligence.

BIG INTER EMPIRE LINER.

DANGER OF OLD

·COAL.

EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTIC,

New Canadian Pacific Curious Cases of Fire in Ship Expected Shortly

Steamer.

in Colombo..

Ships.

The largest liner built in Great

The numbers of fires which Bonne Adventure, a 12,000-ton Britain since the War, the largest broke out on board ships in 1929 ship which will Bail from ship to ply between any two ports have been the subject of much | Southampton on an expedition to of the British Empire, and the comment in the insurance markets the Antarctic Continent, is ex- largest liner in the Canadian at Home and abroad. There was pected shortly to pass through Pacifle fleet of seventh-eight-one case recently in the Courta Colombo-She will-take-200-pas- such is the Empress of Britain, where it was sought to show that sengers on a round-the-world which took the waters of the three separate fires which broke pleasure cruise, but she will Clyde recently, as reported at out, one after the other, were due steam to the southernmost point | the time in the China Mail.

to old coal that had accumulated, in the Antarctic to within 700 It was an epic and epoch-mak A large quantity of, grain was miles of the South Pole. She the vessel being found to be damaged near the will carry a seaplane to act as ing event, launched by the Prince of Wales, cross bunker hatch after the ship | scout over the 100 miles of pack- and the ceremony and speeches had been on fire twice in the ce in the Ross Sea. broadcast in Great Britain and River Plate; the two fires happen- the Dominion of Canada. This ed within a day of each other. notable addition to the Canadian They were extinguished and the Pacific fleet posseses outstanding ship loaded grain; before she got features, especially in regard to clear of the Plate she returned to the amenities provided for pas- Montevideo on fire amidships. sengers. In short she is a vessel Her cargo had to be discharged to get at the seat of the outbreak and and the Empire may well be something like 200 tons of the proud.

grain were damaged. J

Both shippers and insurance

REDUCED THROUGH, TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING of which the owners, the builders

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolulu

SHINYO MARU

TATSUTA MARU

Wednesday, 13th August Thursday, 21st August,

Wednesday. 24th September. LONDON, MARSEILLES. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghal & Japan Porta.

HIKAWA MARU

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HARUNA MARU

KANO MARU

.... Saturday,

Tuesday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vla Manila & Ports.

KITANO MARU

Tuesday,

ATSUTA MARU

Tuesday.

9th August. 19th August

19th August, 23th September,

TAMBA MARU

11th August

PENANG MARU

28th, August

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

+

Monday, Thursday,

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles

Mexico & Panama. GINYO MARU

Wednesday,

27th August.

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Porte,

KAWACHI MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

TOKIWA MARU

+KUMA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa.

† DELAGOA · MARU

Tuesday,

... Sunday,

Tuesday,

9th September.

24th August.

2nd. September.

Sunday,

10th August.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

NAGATO MARU

Friday,

8th August.

BENGAL MARU

Friday,

15th August,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

+ MALACCA MARU

Friday.

8th August

KASHIMA MARU

Saturday,

9th August

TANGO MARU (Nagasaki direct).. Wednesday, 30th August.

↑ Cargo only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN. KAISHA.

Telephone 30291;

1Prieste azchange to all departments

O. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM EONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON,

Skilf of British Shipbuilders.

launch Mr. E. W. Beatty, pre.sibility on the ground that the sident of the owning company, ship was unseaworthy. The old paid warm tributa to the skill of coal stored near the cross bunker British shipbuilders. His com- had been there, or at least some pany, during the last few years, of it, for a considerable time and has let £19,000,000 worth of con-had become highly inflammable tracts for more modern ships, and and liable to spontaneous com in no place nor at any relative bustion. price, he said, could

such Яatis factory workmanship be secured as in Great Britain, "I would not like you to think that by rea- son of the completion of this part of our plans that the company's steamship construction is ended," be said: "A steamship fleet, like a railway, is always cap able of expansion, and it will not be long Before that programme is continued in the same place and with, I anticipate, the same to builders satisfactory results

At the luncheon following the company refused to accept respon-

and owners."

Referring to inter-Empire trade, Mr. Beatty said that Canadians would be strongly sympathetic to might be taken to increase the economic strength of the Em- pire. He believed it should be divorced from any semblance of

Who was responsible? The ship clearly, said the judge; it should have been the duty of those on board to have seen that the old coal was cleared out before other was put on top of it. Seem ingly those on board had never heard of such a thing before, no provision had been made to con- sume the coal which had been two years in the ship, although it is only fair to say that the attention of our readers was called to this danger in ships some months ago, says the Nautical Magazine,

The cruise is a British enter- rise, and is to be the first of a series of annual trips to the South Polar regions. The expedition will be under the command of the explorer, J. R. Stenhouse, D.S.O. The Bonne Adventure will be sheathed with steel forward in order to pass through the ice.

The cryise, which will be: nj round-the-world one, will last

age costing £600 per head. Pas- sengers will be afforded an oppor- tunity of spending with sledge and tent a day or two actually on the Antarctic continent, which will be visited in perfect summer weather. An attractive feature of the trip is to be an inspection: of the bases in the Antarctic from which pioneer explorer like Scott. Shackleton, Amundsen Mawson started on their historical journeys to the South. Pole. ballot will be held to ascertain who shall fly in the seaplane over the packed ice from Tamheim (Amundsen's base at the Bay of Wales) to the South Pole, a dis- tance of 700 miles.

four and a half months,, the pass-

and

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Wednesday, August 6 Asia, Danish str., 7,014 tons, Capt. E. H. Jorgensen, from Singa. pore, Kowloon Wharf.John

Changklang, French str., 1,717 tons,

Capt. L.

J. Cruchot, from Swatow, buoy No. B22-Sing Kee & Co.

Manners & Co... any steps which STOWAWAYS' AWFUL

EXPERIENCE.

party politics. Its vital signi- In Boiler-Room of Largs

ficance warranted the serious con. aideration of and constructive action by not only leaders in public life, but leaders in industry and commerce as well..

The Prince's Good Wishes. "I name the ship Empress of Britain, and may success attend her and all those who sail in her," was the wish expressed by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales when, at the Clydebank İyard of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Ltd., he launched the Cana-

HAMBURG, ROTTERD‍AM & ANTWERP—VL Slagspordian Pacific liner Empress of Colombo, Bucs and Port Såld. "ATLAS MARU......

Monday, 11th August.

RK DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Saigon, Bingspreple assembled in the' yard and on

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.

LA PLATA MARU

BUENOS AIRES MARU

BOMBAY--Via Singapore & Colombo,

HONOLULU MARU

Britain, to the accompaniment of the cheers of thousands of peo-

both banks of the Clyde.

Probably never before in the history of Clydeside has there been more enthusiasm and inter- est shown in the launch of a liner

BURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI. and more loyalty and patriotism

BAR & MOMDASA—ViaSingapore & Colombo,

MEXICO MARU

Friday, 20th August."

Friday, 3rd October,

Tuesday, 19th August.

Friday, 26th September,

Monday, 13th August

Sunday, 17th August.

CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang & Rangaon.

CELEBES MARU

displayed, and this for two rea, sons-that the Empress of Britian is the third giant liner for which Messrs. John Brown

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from and Co. have built the hull and

Shanghai.

ARIZONA MARU (from S'hal)

MELBOURNE-Yis Mands, Brisbane & Sydney.

HAIPHONGVLa Polow it Pakhol

NEW YORK-Vin Japan porta & PanamL

JAPAN PORTS.

KEELUNG-Via Swstow & Amoy.

TAKAO-Via Bwatow & Amoy.

TAKAO & KEELUNG.

BATAVIA MARU

Bay for 12 Days.

London, July 11. Two young men who stowed away in the Aberdeen Cominon- wealth liner Largs Bay when she left Australia for Southampton had a lucky escape from death.

Taking only a couple of loaves of bread and some biscuits, they crept on board the liner at Fremantle and hid in a dark en- closed spot over the boilers, near the door of a small store room. air was thick with oil fumes.

The heat was terrific and the

The stowaways secretly, man- aged to collect water from the store room, but it soon became almost too hot to drink.

They succeeded in getting past Colombe twelve days out, thereby ensuring their non-return to Australia.

Clara Jesen, Danish str., 1,145 tons, Capt. Davidsen, from Hoihow; buoy No. C43.-Jebsen & Co. Hai. Ning, British str., 832 tons, Capt. A. H. Stewart, from Swatow, Douglas Wharf.- Douglas & Lapraik. Hozan Maru, Japanese str., 2,347

tons, Capt. H. Oyama, ...from Swatow, O.S.K. Whert.-O.S.K. Hydranges, British atr., 561 tons, Capt. P. W. Grierson, from Swatow, Chiu On Wharf-Chiu | On & Co.

Lim

Chow, French str., 1,591 tons. Capt. J. B. Morgan, from Hothow, buoy No. C38.-Sing Kee & Co.

י.'

Ningpo, British atr., 1,228 tons, Capt. G. Nisbet, from Canton- buoy No. C19.-B. & S. Shojin Maru, Japanese str., 3,866 tons, Capt. Taujii, from Haka- ta, buoy No. B50.-Y.Y.K.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC

14 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 9 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND US.A.

Kabe Hongkong Shanghai

3

LOSTO

Leave

Yokohama Vancouvár Lexre Losye

Akriye

'Empress of Asia* Aug. 20 Aug. 23 Aug. 26 Aug. 29 Sept. 6 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. 4 Empress of Japan Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oci, 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 17 Express 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 Nax. 15 Nov. 18 Nov, 20 Nav. 29 Empress of Japan Nov, 27 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 12 Empress of Asia". Dec. 10 Dec. 18 Dec. 16.Dec. 18 Dec, 27 Empress of Canada Dec, 25 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 1—Jan.......—9. Empress of Russia* Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jun. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 24 Empress of Japan Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 13 Empress of Asia Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Mar. 14

*(Call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai)

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HONG KONG

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final returz limit October 31.

Telephones:

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When they pass the Shluhing Gorge, the American travellers say "Well, wa gucas this beats the Hudson Elver, (our show place.". Continental visitors remark that it reminds them of the "Rhino and Switzerland." Whilst

British tourista declare "Surely, the

AUGUST SAILINGS, DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1,30 p.m. S.S. "TAI HING"

[1,008 tona-Capt. Tratt] AUGUST, SUN. 10th WED.

20th 25th. TUES. 26th

FRI.

S.S. TAI MING" [649 tons Capt. G. J. Spink) AUGUST. TUES. 12th SAT. 23rd ΔΙΟΝ.. 18th THURS. 28th

Co.,

KWONG WING L

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Both the stowaways were res- |ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

The liner's boilermaker, while taking precautions against rough weather owing to the monsOON, machinery at Clydebank, all of was about to close the store room them notable, the Cunard liner door when he saw a hand clutch- Lusitanía of 32,000 tons, launching the side of it. He flashed a ed in 1907, and at that time the torch and the appalling sight of fastest liner on the North two naked men, begrimed with Atlantic service, the Cunard liner filth and gasping for breath, met Aquitania, of .40,000 tona, his eyes. launched in 1913, and the Em- press of Britain; and, secondly, that the sponsor to the Empress of Britain was his Royal High- ness, who, in launching the ship, remarked that he was glad to be able to repay a small part of his debt to the Canadian Pacific Com pany for the many occasions he is hard over the last light to all had to be grateful to the company pear shows a star adjacent to the since he first went to Canada. bows. Therefore, the observer

Sunday, 10th August.

For further pařicular : please apply to-OSAKA SBOSEN KAISHA.

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NEW INDICATOR.

HELM AND ENGINE MANOEUVRES.

**M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

sces with absolute certainty the

operations executed by the helme bows of the vessel on the star- man, and at the same time notes board side if the corresponding the precise tendency for the bows engine is moving. Assuming the of the ship to turn either to port port engine to be running astern, or starboard. The usual colours an arrow on the port side of the are shown-red or green, as the ship's outline flashes with the case may be for each series of head pointing astern. The helm lights. By the general design of lights are operated by the actual the indicator a clear and movement of the rudder, and the absolutely unmistakable impres-propeller lights by the movement sion of the ship's movements is of each shaft. No contracts are available. needed or the shaft,

cued and have now recovered.

WARSHIPS IN PORT

The following British warships are in harbour to-day-

Cicala-Basin

Seraph-Basin. Serapis North arm Sepoy-Basin. Tamar-Basin. Tarantola-Basin.

Foreign.

Adamastor Portuguese cruiser. Vigilante French gun'oat

STEAMERS MOVEMENTS

An efficient, indicator for helm and engine movements was re cently demonstrated to us by the makers, Messrs. Alfred Graham and Co., Ltd., St. Andrew's Works, Slough. One of its out standing advantages is the possi- bility of observing the Indicator by day or night, even from the extreme port and starboard post tions of the bridge, two illumin- Another excellent feature of Each of the indicator lights is August 6 (Wed) at. 8 pm, left ated oblique dials giving the re- the indicator is the method adopt independent and standard voltage Nagasaki on August 7 (Thurs.) quired information at a glance. ed for showing the engines direc- lamps are used. The indicating at 5 am, and le due at Shang- When the held is amidships tion of rotation, their exact speed instrument, which is placed in hat on August 8 (Fri) at 11.80 one lighted aperture appears at and their influence on the turn any suitable position on the a.m. She leaves Shanghai cí the stern of the ship's outline on ing of the ship. For example, if bridge, appears relatively simple August 9 (Sat.) At 9 amico the faces of the Indicator. For one engine is, revolving ahead an In its construction, and precau P

Allpore left

Asta arrived at Nagasaki on The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empres of

each 5 degrees movement of the arrow-shaped aperture flashes tions have been taken to ensure Singapore for this port on August

te appear in succession once per revolution, the head of that the design is suitable for 6 A48 1171) and Isrdue

when he helm the arrow pointing towards the seagoing conditions

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

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SS. "CITY OF MADRÁS”..London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull

· M.V. “CITY OF LILLE” London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Hull

NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE

SE, "CITY OF DELHI”

3.8. "CITY OF SWANSEA"

ELLERMAN LINE

9th August. 13th September.

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24th August.

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