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THE CHINA MAIL.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1930,

NYISLINE

REDUCED: THROUGHI TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

SHINYO MARU

TATSUTA MARU”

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

HIYO MARU.

Wednesday,

F

Sunday, 19th October at B... Thursday,

30th October,

22nd October.

:

Saturday, 18th October at 7 a.m. Saturday, 1st Nov. at 11 a.m.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM `vis

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HAKONE MARU

SUWA MARU ..

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta.

AKI MARU

KITANO MARU

Tuesday,

Tuesday,

GOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

TANGO MARU

TOTTORI MARU

Saturday, Monday,

21st October.

18th November.

11th October.

27th October,

BOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu. Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama.

- BOKUYO MARU

Saturday, 20th November.

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

... Saturday, 18th October.

KANAGAWA MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

*+LISBON MARU

* Calls Baltimore &"Havana.

Friday,

Tuesday,

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

+ LIMA MARU

CALCUTTA vla Singapore, Penang & Nangoon.

† RANGOON MARU

17th October.

14th October.

20th October,

Thursday,

15th October. 16th October. 18th October.

... Wednesday,

SHANGHAL, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

KITANO MARU (Nagasaki direct)...Wednesday TERUKUNI MARU

+ CALCUTTA MARU (Mo direct) Saturday,

† Cargo only

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 30291.

(Private exchange in all departments.)

O. S. K

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BAILINGS FROM BONG BONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. LONDON. HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore

Colombo, Sue, and Port Bald.

Saturday, 8th November.

AMUR MARU

*IO DE JANEHO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Baigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Burbas & Caps Tuwil

SANTOS MARU RIO DE JANEIRO

·HOMRAY-Vie Singapors & Colombo.

BORNEO MARU SHUNKO MARU DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,

ZIBAR & MOMBASA-Via PANAMA MARU

Friday, 31st October. Friday, 28th November.

Sunday, 10th October. Monday, 3rd November. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZAN. Singapore & Colonibo.

Wodnesday, 6th November.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

SEATTLE MARU

Saturday, 18th October. Saturday, 1st November.

HIMALAYA MARU

VICTORIA. SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER.

ARIZONA MARU (from Shanghai) Monday, 20th October, MELBOURNE Via Halla, Brisbane & Sydney.

MELBOURNE MARU

É!\UPHONG_Va Hilbow a Patho

Thursday, 6th November.

NEW YORK--Via Japan porta & Panama,

OBNERAL MANAGERNĮ BKANDT & 00.

Mt. George's Balilæg, Clinter Boat,

"Building and Bepairs of Stosic and Metorships of syary type.

Telephonum : KNITS.

Night: 57106, Telograms: "SHIFOBINDY,"

SOUTH CHINA MOTOR-SHIPBUILDING

&

REPAIRING WORKS, LTD.

To KWA WAN→KOWLOON BAY, Telephone: 0741 Day and Night Work Manager: W., HABLETT.

Talegramı: "MOTTARD,"

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

OWNERS HELD NOT LIABLE IN

GERMAN COURT.

An interesting decision in re- gard to rights of passengers in claims for damages on account of injuries suffered through accidents on shipboard was rendered recent

the ly by

Reichsgericht, the highest German Court of Appeal The decision was made in an ac tion brought by a third-class pas- senger on a North Gorman Lloyd liner whose leg had been injured during a voyage from New York to Bremen by a fall over one of the iron bars serving as runners for the fireproof doors.

The evidence before the court showed that on F. deck there were 25 similar Iron bars of 19 cm. height, serving as runnera for the

between fire proof doors

the These different compartments. runners, It was admitted, undoubt

are not edly cause persons who familiar with the arrangement of the deck, or who walk about with- aut paying proper attention, a cer- This risk, tain amount of risk. however, it was contended by the owners, le an inevitable conse quence of the technical equipment of the ship and could never be altogether excluded by having notices stuck up drawing attention to the danger.

The lower courts took exception to the arguments brought forward by the injured passenger in his claim against the company, and the Reichagericht, in its judgment; associated itself with their find- ings. The court also found that the Arrangements of inclined

Installation and Repaten st Diasel Engine and Motors for Biarno Ard Restionary a speciality,

TOURIST CRUISEŚ.. | U.S. TRAINING SHIP.

· MALOLO DUE HERE ON. OCTOBER 26.

INSTRUCTION FOR OFFICERS AND MEN.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC

Lente

12 DAYS FROM · CHINA' AND 8 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND USA.

'Shop Kobe Yokohams Hosk Kost

LOUTE Leave

Nov. Empress of Asia" Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 Oct 23

Nov. 6 Nov. 14 Empress of Canada Oct. 30 Nov. 2 Nov. 4

Nov. 29 Empress of Russia Nov, 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov, 20

Dec. 4 Dec. 12 'Empress of Japan Nov. 27 Nov. 30 Dec, 2

Dec. 18 Dec. 27 Empress at Asia" Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 15

Jan. 1 Jan. 9 Emprens of Canada Dec. 25 Dec. 28 Dec. 30

Jan. 24 Empress of Russia Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15

Feb. Empress of Japan

5 Feb. 8 Feb. 10. Feb. 12

Feb. 20 Empress of Asia" Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Mur. 14 Empress 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. 1 Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 17 Empress of Asia Apr. 17 Apr. 20 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 May 4 Empress of Canada May 2. May 6 May 7 May 9 May 17 Empress of Russia May 15 May 18 May 21 May 23 June

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

HONG KONG MANILA SERVICE.

Leave

Arrive

Hong Kong

Mantia

Enp. of Canada Oct, 22 Emp. of Russia Nov. 4

Oct. 24

Nov. 6

Telephones: l'assenger 20752 Freight.20042

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The Mutsen Navigation Com- The U.S. Shipping Board is tak

to train seN- pany, owners of the Cruiser Shiping every measure

have learned from ex- men and officers for. the numerous Malolo

handling Tourist ships which it plans to build for perience in Cruises, that their passengers do the various subsidised mall ser- The well-known auxiliary not appreciate having crowds of vices.

still in visitors from sho:e going over the State school ships are ship while in port. Consequently, operation and turn out a number they have decided this year that of young officers with an excellent thrown grounding in their work, but it is the vessel will not be open to the public. Neither will felt that more is needed, and sev- they permit any peddlers to do eral former Shipping Board steam-

ers will probably be converted to WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL business on board.

Any persons, however, having legitimate business on board the Malolo or wishing to visit friends on board or those persons inter ested, in travel can secure a pass the General Agent of the from Robert Dollar Company permitting them on board.

training purposes before very long.

The first is the Henry County, which has been allocated to the State of California as school ship and which is to be converted in San Francisco. She is one of the Lake type steamers built by the Shipping Board, A ship with a gross tonnage of 2,592, built in

1920 by the American Shipbuild- BRITISH

three-cylinder,

The as. Malolo which is the pride of the Matson, Fleet will ar- rive at Hong Kong.on the morning Company at Lerain, Ohio, be-

fitted with ing of October 26 from Shanghaling. and will sail at 5 p.m. on Octo- triple-expansion engines fed by two Scotch bollers, her sea speed: ber 28 for Manila and thence on har Round-the-Paclic Cruise. She being 9 knots.

The 'tween deck beams were fit- has a large crowd of Tourists-for whom a very enjoyable shore pro- ted into these steamers, but the gramme has been arranged at decks were seldom laid, the Henry Hong Kong under the guidance of County being among the few who had them at all, and then only of the American Express Company.

The operation of this paintiala temporary wooden character, throughout the These will, of course, be made per- Cruise vessel Orient has been placed in the manent to give proper accommoda-

of care the Dollar Steamship tion for training purposes, but it looks as though a good deal of Line.

work will have to be done, for she arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, in February, 1921 and until she was taken off her moorings to go to

NEW DESTROYERS.

planes, suggested by the plaintif,TO BE BUILT AT PORTSMOUTH | San Franciaco for conversion, has

to obviate the danger was imprac ticable, as such an arrangement

LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, AND might prove dangerous to the ship

PHILADELPHIA.

SANYO MARU

JAPAN PORTS.

ANDES MARU

КОНВО MARU

TACOMA MARU

KEELUNG-Via Swultin & Amay.

CANTON MARU

TAKAO-Via Satow & Amoy,

TAKAO & KEELUNG

KOUSO MARU

Saturday, 25th October.

Sunday, 12th October.

Monday, 13th October.

Friday, 24th October. Sunday, 12th ctober.. Noon

Monday, 18th October. elease and ▼ 'to-08AKA SHORPY KASSITÀ

WARSHIPS IN PORT

The following British warships are in harbour to-day-

Cornwall-North arm.

Caradoc-No. 8 buoy.

Sterling West wall dock.

Magnolia-In dock, Moth-South Wall. Serapis No. 12 busy. Sepoy-West wall dock.. Tarantula-No. 1 Buoy. Tamar-Basin.

* TAKEUCHI Manager

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

4.8,

'NAVAL DOCKYARD.

The keels of the new destroy ers Crusader and Comet and the mining school tender Nightingale were laid in Portsmouth Dockyard on September 12.

The destroyers are part of the 1929 naval programme deferred through the Disarmament Confer-

Next year Portsmouth is al-

in case of fire and cause a hitch that might prevent the immediate closing of the fireproof doors.

With regard to the reproach brought against the company by the plaintiff, to the effect that the decks were not sufficiently lighted at the dangerous spots, the evidence.. ence showed that the lamps fixed at the place in question had been located burning, the court held that the light they have was sufficient. although, the plaintiff declared that he could not, by their aid, And a lead pencil which fell from his pocket as he came down.

Expecting Too Much. Discussing the point as to whethere will ther the company had put up suff. There is a bright time ahead,

clear warnings, the therefore, for the dockyard. clently

Consigners of cargo ́ex Tevere, are reminded to take delivery of their goods which will be subject to rent after October Reichsgericht judges said that the various necessary arrangements on board ship must always Involve a certain amount of risk to the take traveller. In accordance with the delivery of their goods which will principies of common sense, the

13.

Consignees of enrgo UK 0.8. "Hilda", are reminded to

the new cruiser and flotilla tender, eo that if the pro- gramme is carried out unaltered there should be four. new ships under construction at the same time.

This will mean that the present personnel will be retained and discharges. be 10

senger, the court added, does not, of course, release the shipowner.

from taking measures to warn pas-

sengers of the existence of such

risk. The measure of an owner's

be subject to rent after October shipowner is justified in expecting duty in such casca is, however, to

14.

that travellers on their part should

be found in the demands of reason Consignees of cargo ex 8.a. bo aware of this risk and be pre- "Londonier" are reminded to take pared to meet it by being sufficient-able solicitude taken in confunc- tion with the needs. of sea trans- delivery of their goods which will is attentive. be subject to rent after October The natural amount of attention part service.

Foreign. Adamastor-Portuguese cruiser. }· 14.

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS,

BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.

On these grounds the Reichs-

that can be expected from a pas-gericht expressed the opinion that warning notices, on account of the

DRY DOCK

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.

SALVAGE TUG “TAIKOO!

Wireless Call

V.P.G.N. 600 Meters,

HONG KO

Length 787 Feet, Length on Blocks 750 Feet.. Depth, on Centre of

Sill (HW.0.8.T.) 34 ft. 6 ins.

THREE SLIPWAYS-

Capable of Handling Ships Up:

to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radlus

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

HONG KONG CHINA & JAPANS

been there ever since. Over nine years laying up a scarcely likely to have improved the ship, but the authorities expressed themselves as quite willing to spend a very considerable sum on her adapta-

tion for training purposes.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Wednesday, October 8. Londonier, Belgian str., 8,100 tons.

Capt. J. Prie, from Antwerp, Kowloon Wharf-Bank Line. Tjisaroea, Dutch str., 4,894 tons.}

Capt. T. P. Schattenborg, from Manila,

A10,- buoy No. J.C.J.L.

Thursday, October 9: Anhui, British str., 2,080 tona,

Capt. R. A. Ashby, from Amoy;" buoy No. B17.-B. & S.

SYSTEM

WUCHOW

The Sal Kong (or the West River) is the third largest river in the Chin- ese Republic and second only to the Yangtazo in importanc. This magni- ficent trade route was opened to for eign traße in 1897, but how many foreignars travel on this important waterway?

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OCTOBER SAILINGS.

DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2 p.m.]

S.S. TAI HING"

[1,008 tons-Capt. Trott.]

OCTOBER.

FRI. WED.

10th

15th

JUES. 21st

MON. 27th

3.8. "TAI MING" [649 tons Capt. G. J. Spink.] OCTOBER.

MON. 13th THURS. 23rd SAT. 18th WED. 29th

Co.,

The scenery along the For Information apply to no route is beautiful. We recommend it to any person who wishes to spend a short and economica! holiday.

Ardent, Norwegian str. 1,101 tons, Capt. E. Krojer, from Singa- pore, buoy No. C63-Mackin- non, Mackenzie & Co. Chengtu, British str., 1,398 tons.

Capt. W. L. Thomas, from Hoi- how, buoy No. C35.-B. & S. Fresno Star, British str., 6,020 tons, Capt. Phillips, from Nanking, buoy No. A2-Dodwell & Co. Gisla, Norwegian m.s., 3,579 tons, Capt. T. Ebbesen, from Shang- hai, Kowloon Wharf-Jebsen & Co. Hervar, Norwegian str., 761

Captain H. C. Tobiassen, from Singapore, buoy No. C39.-Chin Seng Hong.

tons,

King Yuan, British atr., 1,546 tons.

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KWONG WING L

29, Connaught Road, West,

Phene 20893

Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Can- ton, buoy No. B34.--B. & S. Lisbon Maru, Japanese str., 4,307

tona, Capt. J. Etigawa, from Manila, buoy No. A8.-N.Y.K. Mandasan Maru. Japanese str..

2,658 tons, Capt. K. Takasuge, from Milke, Yaumati.-M.B.K. Moren, British str., 10,953 tons,

Capt. R. Holland, from Lon- don, Kowloon Wharf-Mackin- non, Mackenzie & Co. Tetauzan Maru, Japanese str., 1,241 tons, Capt. K. Murakami, from Canton, buoy No. C49-Wada Jimusko. Tjlbesar, Dutch atr., 6,730 tons, Capt. H. de Jonge, from Sama- rang, buoy No. A3.~~~J.C.J.L...

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AGENTS FOR

great number of the fireproof doors ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO.,

at which they would have to be posted, would remain unobserved, even if they were put up, and would, therefore, not have served any adequate purpose as warnings. It would be expecting too much of the ship'a management, the court said, to ask that passengers should have their attention drawn by notices to all and every danger that passengers ought to recognise by exercising their own common sense. It was declared to be a sound principle in ahip, transport to expect that warning notices: should only be put up where there. was some uncommon danger fo

Dangers that could be recognis ed by passengers, who used average, care needed no such notices and must be left to the responsibility of the passenger himself, nor was it practicable to have warnings issued by the ship's employees pre- vious to the passengers, coming on board the ship

The evidence showed that the plaintiff must have stepped over many duck runners before the se- cident in question occurred, fact which went to show that warnings- on the part of the company's em

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION, WITHOUT NOTICE.

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

B.S. "CITY OF HEREFORD" London, Rotterdam & Hamburg 5.8. "CITY OF ROUBAIX" London, Rotterdam & Hamburg

NEW YORK, BOSTON, & BALTIMORE.

ANDREW WEIR

LTD.

*

ELLERMAN LINE

9th November. 9th December.

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

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BOSTON, NEW YORK, & BALTIMORE

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MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

8.8. "TINHOW"

1st November.

4th December.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN. LINE

5th November,

Loading for Mauritius, Reunion, Delagoa Bay, Durban. East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth),

Mossel Bay and Capetow Se

Through

Bill of Ladiug isased to Beira, Quitaine, Ibe- Port Amella, Mozambique, Chinde, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderita Bay, Walvis Bay and

on-any of the above lines apply to:--

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