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ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

Thursday," 18th September. Sunday, 28th September.

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

SEATTLE, VICTORIA við Shanghal & Japan Ports.

HIKAWA MARU 1.

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. KAMO MARU

KATORI MARU

Saturday, 23rd August. Saturday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via. Manila & Ports.

ATSUTA MARU

Tuesday,

AKI MARU

Tuesday,

8th September.

23rd September, 21st October.

Thursday, Thursday,

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Mexico & Panama.

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Wednesday, Saturday,

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27th August

30th September.

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cordial relationship which happily exists between officers in the Royal and Merchant Navies, and is fully sympathetic with the dif ficulties of officers who have been "axed" from the Senior, Service,

Report of Merchant it was felt representations should

Navy Federation.

STRAITS COMPLAINT.

be made on behalf of the mer- chant officers to the authorities concerned.

U.S. SEA PRESTIGE RETURNING.

Shipbuilding the "Brightest Spot."

with respect to the future of the! United States merchant marine to delegates of the Southern Foreign

It is well known that Mer-

The brightest spot in the coun- | chant Naval officers wait for try's industry at this time is The appointment of retired years in the hope of a pilotage ap Royal Naval officers as pilots in Pointment, in which their long shipbuilding, declared Mr. Roland the Straits Settlements is refer experience of local navigational K. Smith, of the Shipping Board conditions can be unique value. Commission for the Gulf section, red to in the half-yearly pro- BOUT!! AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Anges. gress report issued by the coun- and furthermore unemployment in a message of entouragement

unpensioned Merchant cil of the Officers. (Merchant among

Naval officers is acute.The coun- Navy) Federation, Limited, reel of the federation is able to re- cently. The membership at the

port that it is officially informed that it has been decided that no "is steadily increasing owing to further appointments of retired the increasing membership of the naval officers are to be made. various federate organisations," which now number five. The council express the hope that their work will commend itself to those interested in British ship ping, "as evidence of the improve

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports. end of June was over 12,000, and

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

KAWACHI MARU

KUMA MARU

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9th September.

2nd September. 10th September.

10th September.

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LYONS MARU

Tuesday,

Tuesky, Wednesday,

Tuesday,

Friday.

... Monday,

Wednesday, 27th August. Wednesday, 27th August. Wednesday, 10th September.

CALCUTTA vía Singanure, Penang & Rangoon,

CALCUTTA MARU

† HAKODATE MARU

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

† MURORAN MARU

† LIMA MARU

SIBERIA MARU

↑ Carga only.

20th August.

8th September.

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O. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

ments in the conditions of service of Merchant Naval officers which can be effected, even in times of deep commercial depression, by sound agreement, reasonable negotiation and the recognition of facts."

The membership of the federa. tion, the report states, has been increased by the accession of the Merchant Service Guild of Aus tralasia and of the Straits Mer- chant Service Guild, which organ. isations are most cordially wel comed into the federation. The membership now comprises: The Merchant Service Guild of Officers Guild, the Marine En gineers' Guild of China, the Navi gators' and General Ins. Co., Ltd.,

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP VI Singapore Australasia, the China Coast

Colombo, 'Sex and Poet Bald.

AMAZON MARU

ALASKA MARU

Wednesday, 10th September. Friday, 10th Octobri

The council is honoured in, re- for the essay on revolving storms porting that the 1925 prize of £50 was awarded to a federated off cer. Captain J. S. Commander, of the steamer British Empire.

Trade Conference. in session út

Houston.

i

Mr. Smith pointed out that the

vate industry to launch a ship- Jones-White Act has enabled pri- bunding programme of more than fifty vessels, of more than 500,000 tons, requiring expenditure of ap- proximately £60,000,000 during the next five years. He recalled

awarded.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES--Vla Saigon, Singapore, and the Straits Merchant Service Admiralty to represent the dar- few years United States ships will

LA PLATA MARU

BOMBAY--Via Singaporn & Colombo.

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town,

Friday, 29th August.

BUENOS AIRES MARU

Friday, 3rd October.

Wednesing, 3rd September.

Tuesday, 25th August

Sunday, 28th September:

SUMATRA MARU

DURBAN, LOURENÇO, MÁRQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN-

ZIBAR. & MOMBASA-Via Singapore &, Colombo,

MEXICO MARU

CHICAGO MARU

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Hangoon.

TACOMA MARU

Monday, 1st September.

Guild.

course.

The deputation was

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Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 29 Empress of Russia* Nov. 12 Nov, 15 Empress of Japan Nov. 27 Nov. 90 Dec. 2 Dec, Impress of Asia" Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec 27 Empress of Canada Dec. 25 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. Empress of Russia* Jan. 7. Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jun 15 隙 Feb. Empress of Japan Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb.

3 Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. Mar. 5 Empress of Asia' Express of Canada Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar, 19 Mar. 27 Empress of Russia Mar. 25 Mar, 28 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Apr. 11 Empress of Japan Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 9. Apr. 11 Apr. 19

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Piracy in the China Seas. Further to the remarks which appeared in the report for 1929, this subject contiques to receive careful attention, in collaboration that contracts for 17 ships of the with the China Coast Officers most modern type comparable to the world, costing Guild and the Marine Engineers any in Guild of China. It was announced that the Government intended to £14,000,000, already have been remove the white troops which had been provided as guards for States' prestige on the high seas "The restoration of the United the vessels in the danger zone.

A deputation comprising repre- said. "The costly lessons of the is well on its way," Mr. Smith sentatives of the Officers Federa- tion and of the British India past have been convincing that a Steam Navigation Company, the first-class merchant marine is in- Canadian Pacific Railway, the lispensable to a first-class nation." China Navigation Company, and

After detailing figures of ex- Indo-China Steam Navigation ports and imports during the past Company, attended

decade the Shipping Board Com- upon the Financial Secretary of

missioner predicted that within a the The council sincerely ger to which British shipping in be carrying the greater portion hopes that the

membership the China Seas would be exposed merce. By that time, he said, the of the country's foreign com- (which is open to all bona-fide if the white guarda were renewer commercial fields in South protective organisations for offi-moved. cers throughout the Empire) will successful in so far that the date America, Africa and the Orient be still further increased in due of the withdrawal of white will be further developed. Private Ownership. guards was postponed, but the On June 30, the number of Government insisted on substitu- Shipping Board to ports on the "The services allocated by the federated officers was over twelve tion by Indian guards at an early Gulf will have passed to private thousand, and the number is date, and maintain that the cost hands," he said, explaining that increasing membership of the owners' account. various federated organisations. Federation lodged strong protest, apportioned so as to equitably

The Officers' lates that their benefits shall be waterway? pointing out that there was ample serve the Atlantic, the Gulf andto any person who wishes to spend a The Officers' Federation as a precedent for Government ex- the Pacific. representative organisation was penditure matters affecting

short and economical holiday, asked by the Board of Trade to large individual trades.

Amplifying his theme that it is submit its views and suggestions

inevitable that the United States relative to a questionnaire aub the fact that the Government much larger and "better appre Special attention was drawn to merchant marine will become mitted to the various Govern- quite properly pay for the fisheryciated than it now is," Mr. Smith ments by the International Labour Organisation (League of tain and largely contribute to about only as Americans realise ernment,

protection service in Great Bri- reasoned that "this will come financial assistance from the Gov- Nations) upon matters arising wards the cost of the Inter that a U.S. merchant marine is in you will, mail pay, subvention or "Call it by any name out of the International Maritime national Ice Patrol in the North their interest." Conference held in Geneva in Atlantic. The council of the

subaldy, let us be straightforward 1929.

federation feels that to impose he continued, "auch as the great other marine countries have "Handicaps to US. shipping," about. it," he said adding that After careful deliberation and

upon the industry, the cost of investigation by a sub-committee, protecting British ships is a de cost of U.S. built vessels, the habitually done the needful for a ports on August 22:- the council duly ported to the finitely unsatisfactory and new on vessels built within the protec-until the facts awaken us,"

higher wage scale and standards merchant marine ahead of us Kremlin Board of Trade, the subject mat precedent which is detrimental tion of our tariff wall, but launch-

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Spellacy, containing the following remarks: ter of the report being divided not only to the safety of lives and ed to meet the competition of the

Miss L. V. Williams, Miss E. from the under the following headings: ships, but also to conditions of world, and our comparative lack

Hobbs, Soviet service, for the reason that 1. The regulation hours of duty service of officers. It may be that of training and entrenchment in

R. W. Young, Mr. and the Soviet Government, under the on board ship; 2. The protection of the legality of the Government's the foreign trade must be re-

Mrs. A. H. Williams,, Mrs. H. seamen in case of sickness, in action in imposing these charges cognised.”

Young, Master T. Young, Rev. and A fresh defection from the Bol Peasants' Dictatorship,' is a regime cluding the treatment of seamen is arguable.

Consignees of Cargo per 5.5. Mrs. H. B. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. ahevist ranks has to be chronicled. of robbery and systematic oppres injured on board; 3. Promotion of

Concluding, Mr. Smith asserted {"Benreich" are reminded to take F. Upill, Master J. B. Davies, Captain M. V. Solomko, a well-sion of the Russian people, the like seamen's welfare in ports; 4. The the closest attention the that a U.S. merchant marine can-delivery of their goods which will be Mrs. H. J. Pearce, Master H. Pearce, known figure in the Soviet Merchant of which the history of the world minimuin requirements of profes federation, as does the decision not exist in foreign trade without subject to rent after August 29. Mr. and Mrs. A. Landers. Service, and considered its leading has never known.

sional capacity in the case of cap of the Government to permit the captain. arrived with his ship. "Conscious of the impossibility of tains, navigating, and engineer issue of "letters of competency" Leningrad, at Alexandria. The living and working under such con- officers in charge of watches on as master, mate and first engineer captain, alleging that he was fil, ditions I have been compelled to board merchant ships.

to Chinese Nationals in Hong was put on shore and removed to abandon my work and to give my Retired Naval Officers As Pilots. Kong. hospital, after first taking the pre-remaining strength for the help of The attention of the council hás caution to hand over formally to hia | humanity in some place where it is been drawn to the recent appoint- second in command and to obtain a possible to live freely, to think free- ment of retired Royal Naval receipt for the ship's cash.

ly, and not to feel the moral and officers as pilots in the Straits Captain Solomko, then wrote a physical yoke of the Bolshevist Settlements. While the federa- tion is most anxious to foster the

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The State Department, while stating that interpretations of the Tarifi Act are for the Treasury to determine, expresses surprise at the reports from abroad that the British Governntent felt that shippers had not received ade- quate notice of the provision, which, officials say, corresponda closely with similar provisions of the former tariff.

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