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Jan. 24

For Singapore

& Japan

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Feb. 8

Jan. 30 Feb. 10

Mar. 10 Feb. 22

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SHINYO MARU

Tuesday,

20th January, ASAMA MIARU

Wednesday, 4th February. SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

HIYE MARU (Leave from Kobe).. Wednesday, 21st January. HIKAWA MABU

Thursday,

12th February. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, HARUNA MARU

Saturday, 10th January. Saturday, 24th January,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KATORI MARU

KAMO MARU

KITANO MARU

TANGO MARU

Thursday,

Thursday,

BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

Sunday, Tuesday,

22nd January.

19th February.

11th January, -27th January.

THE CHINA MAIL.

HATCH COVERS

CONTROVERSY.

Shipmasters and Officers Favour Steel.

Shipping

Intelligence.

sidered, was a great disadvantage Ships which were fitted with to steel covers. They all knew steel covers were running in a they were much stronger and special-trade, such as tankers and better if they were looked after. American colliers, but he ques- He had never heard of a steel tioned very much whether steel cover being damaged, and there covers would be a success in a were many ships now fitted with general cargo ship, where they them.

had a hatch 25ft. or 80ft. long, It was further declared that probably loading locomotives, or The quarterly meeting of the Mercantile Marine Service Asso- there was no comparison between some big heavy lifta which might clation was held at the headquar-steel ones. They had had the ex- should be made in the same shape the old wooden covers and the damage the hatch. Steel hatches! ters, Liverpool, when the pre- eident, Captain C. H. Halttum, perience of wooden covers being as those in frozen meat ships.

An absent member supplied the presided over a good attendance. stove in at a time when they

only following written statement of Among the subjects of import could not be protected ance to the nautical profession with a sail and that was the his views "I would strongly re- wera under discussion, heat they could do owing to wear commend pressure in the matter that which created the greatest ther conditions; whereas if a of steel covers, which, if adopted} interest was hatch covers, prefer-heavy sen dropped on to a steel in the collier type, of which so ence being shown by members for cover it might bend'it a little, but many have been lost recently, life the steel instead of the wooden they would be able to straighten and property would have been type which has been for so many it sufficiently to keep the seas out. 'saved. These are national losses, The secretary said that the to be avoided by proper outlook Several of the members gave instances of recommendation of the Court at in the future. We had them in the efficace of the steel hatch the inquiry into the loss of the, the old City of Paris in 1890, and cover and of its success in collier Radyr was the adoption of steel many colliers in the St. Lawrence

trade are *ships on the American coast and

now fitted that way, In the course of the discussion which is the more necessary with In the French Merchant Navy.

it was atated that the trouble the large, openings for hatch- with chips leaving Cardiff with ways."

which

years in universal use.

hatch covers.'

The

consensus

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

of

The president said that was quite correct. The hatches must be battened down before the were in harbour to-day- vessel sailed, except one hatch left open for ventilation.

The following British warships

that though there was such a law, A member here pointed out

it was not carried out.

Hatches Not Battened Down.

Berwick-In Whampoa Dock, Bruce No. 7 buoy. Cornflower-lu dock Cumberland-West wall. Herald-South wall. Hermes-No. 1 buoy. Iroquois North wall. Marazion-East wall. Medway-North arm. Moorhen-In dock. Odin-North arm. Osiris-East wall. Oswald-East wall. Otua-North arm. Sepoy-No. 12 buoy.

A member, opening the discus. sion, said the question had been thoroughly gone into by the Loud coal cargoes was that they were The president remarked that Line Committee, and it was de-not able to get the hatch covers that letter was pretty conclusive cided and marked down that steel on before the ship left, and the evidence. hatch covers should predominate, chances were that the ship would opinion was that steel covers were The question of how they were meet with an accident, whereas a preferable to wooden ones. going to handle the large covers steel cover could be screwed Among other subjects discussed was not decided upon, but, on the down quickly before the vessel was the problem of obsolete ton- REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A, VARYING, whole, he considered that steel left port. In reply to this, it was 'nage, employment in the Mer- covers were coming into more remarked that there was a local chant Navy, helm orders, rail- general use. The question whe-law in the Bristol Channel stipu-way concession to seafarers, and ther steel covers should have a lating that hatch covers must be the Load Line. hinge in the centre or on the fore on before the vessel left any port part had not yet been decided. in the Channel with a coal cargo. Some were hinged on the fore part, and the whole body of the cover could be lifted up; he be Heved that French vessels had this kind of cover already in use for a 20-foot hatch, and it had proved very successful. Не favoured the steel cover with the hinge on the forepart because he considered that if it had a hinge ' in the centre it would leak.

! The secretary remarked that Steel covers were undoubtedly that was a local by-law in the safer and stronger than wooden Bristol Channel, but he had heard ones, said another member, pro- of cases on the East Coast where vided they always remained in. ships went to sea without having tact, but it occurred to him that, their hatches battened down. if the hatch covers were damaged A shipmaster said the Board of or became twisted through bad Trade surveyors had orders to weather or accident, it would be stop any vessel leaving port which very difficult to make them had not its hatches securely watertight without some repairs fastened down. Some 15 or 20. being done that could not be effect-years ago à Cardiff shipowner ed on the ship. With regard to offered a reward to any of the larger covers, they must have masters, officers and engineers mechanical appliances to handle who could devise some effective them, but with wooden covers steel cover, and he remembered they could be handled quite easily. there was a lot of controversy Undoubtedly, steel covers were about it, but there was no de- stronger, and would make a shipfinite decision. At one time safer, so long as nothing hap- Cardiff firm was on the Admiralty pened to them.

list, and had to send out coal to Malta to the ships of the fleet. A Great Disadvantage.

The masters and officers refused The president said his opinion to take the vessels across the Bay was exactly the same. In the case of Biscay unless the ordinary of a steel cover, whether large or hatches, in addition to being bat- small, if it became twisted they tened down, had planks laid across could not straighten it on board them and acrewed down with the ship, whereas with a wooden wing screws, and then lashed cover they could. That, he con- across with wire.

† TOTTORI MARU

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

Mexico & Panama. GINYO MARU

... Sunday,

1st February. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast)via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,

KAWACHI MARU

Saturday, 21st February. NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama,

TATAGO MARU

Wodnesday, 4th February.. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genos.

'DURBAN MARU

19th January.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

+ AKITA MARU .....

↑ RANGOON MARU

Monday,

Thursday,

Thursday,

SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

KAWACHI MARU (Kobu direct)... Sunday, KITANO MARU (Nagasaki direct) Wednesday,

† LYONS MARU

HAKONE MARU

+ Carge only.

Sunday,

Friday,

15th January. 29th January,

11th January. 14th January,

14th January. 23rd January.

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LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- Atlas Maru

TERDAM

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ANTWERP

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Suez & Port Said..

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS La Plata Mara ....

Mon..

9th Feb.

Fri

6th Feb.

& BUENOS AIRES via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom.

bo. Durban & Capetown.

BOMBAY vis Singapore & Borneo Maru

Colombo,

Mon.,

DURBAN, LOURENCO | Chicago Maru

Thurs.,

19th Jan.

5th Feb.

MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR

RS-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR

& MOMIDASA via Singa

pore & Colombo,

MELBOURNE via Manila, Melbourne Maru

Wed,

Brisbane & Sydney.

CALCUTTA via Singapore & Himalaya Maru

Sun.,

4th Feb.

18th Jan.

..Rangoon..

VICTORIA,.. SEATTLE, | African Maru (From

TACOMA & VANCOUVER

Shanghai)

Sat.,

24th Jan.

via Japon Ports.

NEW YORK via Japan ports; Ewanto Maru

Wed.,

14th Jan,

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Philadelphia & Baltimore,

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Amoy

“KEELUNG-via-Swatow & Hozan Maru

** (Every Noon),

HAIPHONG via Hollow & Menado Maru

Pakhoi (Fortnightly),

Thurs.

11th Jan.

22nd Jan

Sun,

Bunday Canton Mara

Sun,

Thurs

11th Jan. 18th Jan.

16th Jan.

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Seraph No. 4 buoy. Serapis No. 6. buoy....... Sirdar No. 10 buoy.. Somme No. 13 buoy. Sterling-No. 10 buoy. Stormcloud-No. 11 buoy, Tamar-Basin. Thracian North wall.

Foreign Man-of-War. Vigilante French gunboat,

STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS

The B.I. 8.8. Talma left Singa- pore for this port on January 8, p.m. and is dus here on January 13, p.m.

The C.F.S. R.M.S. Empress of Japan (from Manila) is due here at 9 a.m. on January 14 (Wednes- day) and will berth at anchor of Kowloon Docks.

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RELIEFS FOR CHINA.

The cruiser Vindictive, which has been in reserve at the Nere since Her withdrawal.last year from duty, as flagship of the Second Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, is ordered |

which the latter, "fying the flag of Admiral Sir Arthur Walstell, is to leave on December 2 for a cruise to Saigon Bangkok and Singapore, anys the Times la mall week.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES

to love Britain in March next for Consignees of Cargo ex Ba,

trooping voyage to the China Pilana are reminded to take de Station, Commander BI Death livery of their goods which will at present in command of the | be subject to rent after January fp. The cruiser Sulfolk, Captain 15-05-0

8.Arbuthnot, D.3.0, is expected Consignees of Cargo, ex Hong Kǝng on her return from Benied! are reminded to take des

and - recommissioning in Bri+ livery of their.. (/5:28he should meet thege her, be iubject to rent,

Berwick - and: Kent of 15.

faptain R. U. Latta, more famBlarly known to trans-1. During his many years as commander of Canadian Átixotic pamangers, 13 (Jocki-Latta, bas?beef Pacific liners on "the St. Lawrence sorway, Captain lected to command the new 42,500-ton Canadian Latta has conveyed many famous people across the Pacific liner Empress of Britain. The promotion comes Atlantic, numbering staongst his more dirtinguished to Captain Latta niter 28 years' service with the friends H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, who launched ax Cenad'an. Padife Steamships, which he joined in 1904 mm:

of Gloucester, af d officer in the next siz your own and Prince George, the Duke

Lady Willingdon, Rt. Hon. Stardey Baldwin,✨. -Captain Latts nailed with several ships and eventuzily

bgcame chief officer of the Montezuma in 1919 The Rt Hon L. C. M. 8. Amery, Rt. Hon. Winston xpiration of seven years as chief officer saw his promo Churchill, Baron Byng of Vimy former Governor tion to commander of the Monmouth. El years later, General of Canade and commander of the Canadian In 1923, be anticipated promotion to the crackship of Corps in Francer Prime Minister Ferguson, of Ontario the feet by his appointment to her namesake the Lord Dawson ĉi Pedn, physician in-ordinary to 1E M70); Empress of Britain, which was later renamed, the the King, and many others, distinguished in the falds of Mentroval. After a short interludo on the Empres et finance politie and uns vergeten!!! Sachland, the Brothel shipmate gent to the Empress The Empresa of E

valla "command" of which le roingulphed

cobyoying Premier T-Bonnete to the Imperial Nováze

Forder to stand by, the new imprem of presen

beru shot

DUTCH DESTROYERS Brews driven by Parsons turbines,

and steam is supplied from three Yarrow bollers, each with fategral

COMPLETION OF A BUILDING,uperheater and having, un air-

PROGRAMME."

heater. In series, the boiler prese zurd being 275lb. per square inch Satisfactory irlels of the torpedo-¡und the steam temperature 610 boat destroyer Van Ness, built for deg. Fi the Royal Netherland, Navy by The second series of four vessels Mesers. Burgerhout, to the designs comprises Van Galen, Witte de of Messrs. Yarrow and Co.; With, Banckert, and Van Neas. Limited, Scotstoun, have just been These vessels are of similar form to completed on the Clyde. This the first four, but... have - apselal marks the términation of the pro-. high-pressure, *• high-temperaturs gramme of eight new torpedo-boat steam machinery, the bellor pres- destroyers, which the Royal | sure being 400 lb. per square inch Netherland Government decided | and the steam temperature 685deg. upon in 1928..

The first four dest rers De All of the above eight destroyers Ruyter, Evertson, Plet. Hlen, and, were bulit in Holland: to the de- Kortonderare sister tips,, and stens and under the technicol ad-- unts in ; vice" of Messrs, -Yarrow and Co,. embody the latest Im every respect. They

Fimited.