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TWO YEARS. IN ANTARCTIC.
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A decrease in ocean freights and When the Royal research ship, an increase in idle tonnage as com- William Scoresby, sails from Lonpared with a year ago are noted don on Tuesday, says a mall week in the United States Department of Observer, the officers and men will Commerce half-yearly shipping aay good-bye to their wives and review. kinafolk for a period of two year and possibly more.
The ship is going out to resume the researches in the Antarctic and neighbouring seas on which she has been employed since 1928. These investigations are, being carried out by the "Discovery" Committee on behalf of the Falk land Islands Government, to whom the vessel belongs.
The ship's company numbers twenty-three, of whom about one- third are married. Ninety per cent. of the crew are drawn from the Navy, and come from Ply mouth, Portsmouth, and Chatham.
world's shipping!
ance of the naturally laid up the most tonnage, its increase amounting to 823,000 tons, or 145 per cent.
Another feature of these returns is the substantial amount of Ger- man tonnage lald up for the first time since the War. The available figures cover only Hamburg, but these show a total of 214,000 gross tons.
There were 211,000 gross tona or 7.5 per cent, more shipping ander construction throughout the world on June 80 this year than a year earlier. The largest gain was in the United States, where the amount of work in hand was more than double.
The returns for idle tonnage re- veal a world-wide decline in the activity of shipping, said the 're view, there being at the middle of this year 2,055,000 gross tons more idle tonnage in the principal mari. Motorships have continued to time countries of the world than gain in favour with shipowners, at the middle of 1929, an' increase and at the middle of the year there of 60 per cent.
were 488,000 gross tons more than at the middle of 1929. Of the total ateam and motor shipping being bullt motorships represented 63 per cent. as compared with 50 per cent. In 1929.
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The world's oversea trade thus privately-owned American tonnage increased during the same period, for this year has been unfavour- Great Britain, with Its preponderable on the whole.
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We're having a wonderful class bedroom or apartment. Direct connection voyage, left Southampton day before rester through the ship's switchboard with any land tele day and arrive Quebec day after tomorrow.” The phone will make calling Vancouver of Glasgow young man whose phantom outline shows in the from suid-Atlantic just a matter of difting the picture of one of the deluxe apartments of the new receiver and asking for the number. The Canadian Canadian Pacifle liner Empress of Britain will be able, when the 42,500 ton ship enters service Pacific announces that the wireless telephone will be no powerful that continuous touch will be mahi- tween Quebec and Southampton next June, to talk toned with both sides of the Atlantic. to anyone in Europe or the Americas for the first time in Canada's maritime history.
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marked with the time and place, were used. They were fired into the whales from a shoulder gun. The whales were allowed to escape, and a regard was offered by the Colonial Office for the return of the harpoon with details as to where it was found. ...
Two scientists will accompany the expedition. They are Mr. Nell Mackintosh, of Hampstead, who lo now on Discovery II. and is join Ing the expedition at Port Stanley, and Mr. Gunter.menu
"We hope to eat the Christmas puddings at Port Stanley, In the Falklands," Lieut. Commander J. 23rd Dec. J. C. Irving, R.N., the commander
The William Scoresby Is a small 26th Dec. of the ship, told a reporter. "For
the outward voyage a ration scale ship, only 154 feet in length, but 28th Dec. based on food values has been furnished with large bunkers, carefully worked out by the ship's which take sufficientoliifuel to She is 1st Jan, doctor, Colonel E. H Marshall, carry her 4,000 miles.
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"In the Antarctic we shall have plenty of fresh meat from the whaling atations. Penguin bronst Is very good, but you cannot beat whale steak. Penguin eggs are also very good for omelettes. They are not much good otherwise, because the white of the eggs does not Bet
Commander Irving stated that the main purpose of the investiga tions was the advancement of knowledge as to whales, but they would probably also do a certain. amount of coastal survey work After the completion of the trawl Ing survey, of the Falklands they would proceed to South Georgia whale grounds, and from there to
district, where, they,
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