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ILOYD TRIESTINO

FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

vin Singapore, Colombo, Bambay, Aden, Sues & Port Said Taking Cargo on through illa of Lading

to Flume, Genos, All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,

Black Sen and Danube Porta l'assengers to LONDON (Overland),

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

8.S. CARIGNANO

S.S. "VENEZIA-L"

** S.S. "CRACOVIA"

*S.S. “GANGE"

M.V. "HILDA”

+8.9. "PILSNA"

For Shanghai

For Singapoca

& Japan

Mar.

Feb. 7 Feb. 10 4 Mar. 9

& Italy Feb. Mar. 10

8

Feb. 22

Mar, 25

Apr. 12

Apr. 7 Apr. 19

* Passenger Steamers with First, Second and Second Inter-

mediate Accommodation.

+ Outward voyage to Shanghai only.

Sailing Dates subject to alteration without notice.

For Freight and Passages apply to:--

Queen's Building,

Tel. 28021

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents.

YK LINE

N.

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM 187 TO 1125 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

TAIYO MATU

Thursday, 19th February, Wednesday, 4th March. SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

CHICHIDU MARU

HIKAWA MARU

HEIAN MARU

Thursday, 12th February. Tuesday. 24th February. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, KASHIMA MARU

Saturday, 7 February. Saturday, 21st February.

19th February.

10th February. 27th February.

YASUKUNI MARU

KITANO MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Perts.

Thursday,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

IYO MARU

TOKIWA MARU

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via

Mexico & Panama. HEIYO MARU

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via

KAWACHI MARU

Tuesday, Friday,

Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

Thursday,

Wednesday,

5th March,

25th February.

THE SHIPPING DEPRESSION.

Results.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Shipping

Intelligence.

ing saloon; the cabins shared an oli lamp with the saloon, and the car-) penter came round at 10 o'clock and turned the lights out. A candle for a cabin was only provided on

(Laughter.)

are kept in perfect order as far as is humanly possible, regardless of expense. In this we have the loyal co-operation not only of our marine and engineer superinten Lord Inchcape & P. & O. dents, our dock and purser superin- the doctor's order.

tendents, but also of our captains, · officers, engineers, and agenta It would be impos- The ninetieth ordinary general everywhere. meeting of the Peninsular and sible to have a more

loyal or eff Oriental Steam Navigation Com- clent body of men to look after our

(Hear, with at the offices, 122, ships and their safety. pany was held Leadenhall Street, London in mail hear.) week.

The Chairman the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Inchcape, said inter alia:

During a somewhat lengthy ex- perience I have never known trade so bad as it has been during the

disturb past few months. The ances, lawlessness, and boycott in India, the conditions in Australia, and the Civil war in China, added to the severe fall in the sterling value of the dollar and tact, have seriously affected shipping.

Statistical Comparison.

I think it may be interesting to our stockholders to compare some statistical figures of this year with those which quoted a year ago. the number of ships Although actually in commission during some period of the past year is slightly in excess of the number for the pre- vious 12 months, they have run 750,000 miles less than in 1929, and the cargo carried has dropped dur- ing the same period by 1,000,000 tons. The number of passengers carried has fallen by 50,000; the number of animals has also dropped by 50,000.

She raced along at 10 knots, and going down the Red Sea in the month of May was no joke. The Aden-Bombay Ferry Service. We have been able to dispense

the ferry service between Aden and Bombay, utilizing the China or Australian steamers with their Improved speed for the fort- nightly service both ways, thus avoiding the transfer of malls and passengers at Aden, which was ex- pensive and not very popular. This freed the Razmak, which has been sold to the Union Steam Ship Com- pany of New Zealand to take the

Tahiti on place of the

the New Zealand-San Francisco service. The transaction will come into next year's accounts, as delivery of the vessel was not made until after September 30.

The financial situation. In Aus- tralia causes us and our allies grave Inconvenience. We have a very large sum of money lying there which we cannot get home except at a very heavy discount, which we do not like to pay. We are hopeful that before long normal conditionsly reduced compared with the Auckland I telegraphed to the com-

I felt some responsibility in aug All this the outcome gesting to our friends the Union of the terrible trade depression. Company of New Zealand that they The average daily crew employed! should purchase the Razmak and 10

may be restored, and in the mean- time the money is lodged with the banks earning a fair rate of in- terest.

The latest figures available show. that on October 1 there were laid up 368 British ships with a total of 885,118 tons, either owing to for there being rio employment them, or employment at rates which would be insufficient to cover the bare cost of running. The pros. are far ahead of shipping pects from bright and in spite of all efforts to economise and reduce ex- penditure there has been, and con- tinues to be, the greatest dihculty in making voyage results show any thing except heavy losses.

The Dividend, Thanks, however, to the conser- vative policy pursued by the board for many years, we are able to put before you a statement of accounts Singapore, Cape Town & Parts, which enables us to recommend to

the Deferred stockholders the pay ment of a final dividend of 5 per cent, making a total payment for the year of 10 per cent., free of income-tax. (Cheera). I feel sure the stockholders will, in these al- together abnormal circumstances. support the board in recommending a reduction of 2 per cent. in the year's dividend as compared with that of the previous year. (Hear, hear).

11th February,"

1st March.

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

JATAGO MARU...

TAKETOYO MARU

Wednesday, Sunday,

† DELAGOA MARU

Sunday,

16th February:

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

NAGATO MARU

Sunday,

† BENGAL MARU

Sunday,

8th February. 15th February.

SUWA MARU

Saturday,

+ TSURUGA MARU

Friday,

Saturday,

7th February, 13th February, 19th February, 21st February,

SHANGHAI. KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct,. Thursday, FUSHIMI MARU

+ Cr*ge only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

Telephone 30291 Private exchange to all departments.)

Insurance and Depreciation. The amount at the credit of our insurance fund at the end of September 1929, was £3,000,000. This year it was £3,027,702 108, 11d., and from this amount we have taken £27,702 10s. 11d. into profit and loss account, which left it at $3,000,000. The P. and O, fleet has hitherto been run to a large extent uninsured, and we have now decided to insure all our ships outside against total loss, and to reduce our insurance fund to $1,000,000, apply ing £2,000,000 to the depreciation of the fleet. The board are of opinion that this is a safe measure to adopt in view of the present de- 6th Mar. plorable state of trade generally

and of shipping. In particular.

Mail Services.

K.

0.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

Mon.,

9th Feb.

:

19th Foh

3rd Mar.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-| Atlas Maru

TERDAM & ANTWERP

via Singapore, Colombo,

Sugz & Port Said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Hawail Maru

Fri.,

& BUENOS AIRES vla

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

bo, Durban & Capetown.

KARACHI & BOMBAY via Honolulu Maru.

Singapore & Colombo

DURBAN, LOURENCO Panama Maru

Thurs..

Tuses.,

MARQUES.

BEIRA, DAR-

ES-BALAAM, ZANZIBAR

́& MOMBASA vis Singa-

pore & Colombo,

MELBOURNE "ylı Manila, Sydney Maru

Fri,

Brisbane & Sydney.

CALCUTTA via Singapore & Celebes Maru

Wed.,

6th Mar,

18th Feb.

Rangoon,

VICTORIA,

SEATTLE, Arabia Maru (from

TACOMA & VANCOUVER Shanghai)

Sat.,

21st Feb.

via Japan Ports,

NEW YORK via Japan ports, Hokuroku Maru

Thura,,

19th Mar,

Los Angeles & Panama.

Call Direct at Boston.

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

JAPAN PORTS (Freight Ser Kine Maru

Wod

vice).

HAIPHONG vla Holbow & Menado Baru

Thurs.,

Pakhoi (Fortnightly),

Very Sunday |

TAKAO vís Swatow & Amoy | Dell. Maru

(Fortnightly).

KEELING và Shalom d

For further nurticulars blouse asinly to:-

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

PHOTO SUPPLIES.

The mail services have been car- riod out with punctuality, the total mall landed and embarked at Mar- Bellies and London being no less than 73,500 tons,

:.

Suez Canal Dues,

on board the ships has been slight-days after she was delivered in

figures of inst year, with a cor- responding amount expended on wages and victualling.

diminution in the

Running of the Fleets.

A year ago it was my privilege to say that of the 322 ships owned by the P. and O. Company and its one had been lost. associates not

however, the In August last,

Union Steamship Tahiti, of the Company of New Zealand and San Francisco, after an accident to her went down, and. propeller shaft, although she had 252 souls On board all told, there was no loss of life, thanks to the skill and resource of Captain Toten, his officers and engineers, to the unflagging devo tion of the crew, and to the dis- of the cipline and good humour passengers, and thanks, above ali, to Marquia which brought to the Tahiti a ship to which everyone. on board was safely transferrod,

Marconi's wireless.

After the public inquiry in New Zealand the Court pronounced the following verdict "The loss of the Tahiti was due to a peril of the sen which no reasonable human earo or The foresight could have avoided. ship was staunch and well found.

of cause

the loss was The

of tail shaft, prob- breakage

by

acarf diagonal ably fracture, resulting in over-riding of hull and injury to the base of the The Court water-tight-bulkhead. awards the highest praise to all concerned, with special reference to the

.or

resource and cool, accurate judgment of the master and cour- age and endurance of the gineers."

en-

This is the only loss we have had in the steamers owned by the P. and O. Company and its associates.

New Tonnage.

You will have seen from the re- port we are building six steamers and you may wonder why in the present condition of trade and ship- ping we are launching out into new tonnage.

We I will explain. have sold six steamers during the last year, five to be broken up and one, a comparatively new one, to the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. We have got to look ahead. Some of our vessels are advancing in years, like your chairman, and it is the polley of the board to bring forward now and up-to-date tonnage.":

I am glad to be able to report that the directors of the Suez Canal The ships which we have con- Company, in view of the greatly tracted for will all have speed in depressed condition of shipping, excess of the vessels which are get- wore good enough to make a redacting old. They will be adapted for tion of 25 centimes gold in the canal oil fuel, which gives greater clean- dues as from September 1 last, the | Uness in bunkering and greater ex-| rate from that date being fixed at pedition than coal. They will have 6 francs 65 centimes gold per ton, the latest designs for economie fuel which is only 40 gold centimes consumption and they will have less above, the pre-War rate. (Hear, vibration. The passenger steamers 11th Feb. hear.)

are being arranged to ensure no During the year 1917 to 1920 much comfort as possible for those. 19th Feb

the rate was 8 franca 50 centimes who travel in the ships; they will gold, so that the dues have been all have the punkah-fouvre arrange- gradually reduced, since then by 1ment to keep the alleyways, "the franç 36 centimes gold per ton, and public rooms, and the cabins sap in the same period the-dues on ships plied with cool and fresh air In in ballast have been reduced from warni weather and with warm air 6 francs, gold to 8 francs 821⁄2 cen- when it is cold, Possibly 20 years times gold, a drop of 2 francs 67% ence, the vessels we are now de- centimes gold per ton

signing may be out of date, but we I may mention that the period of dre all doing, our best to anticipate transit through the canal has been the future, so far as our judgment materially shortened. The Mantus, | goes. which arrived, at Port Said home wards, was only 10 hours in the Canal. Many of the awkward turn ings have been removed, which has improved the navigation..

12th Feb.

PHOTOS TAKEN DAY AND NIGHT. Zeiss, Kodaks, Cameras, Films, Plates, and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging. AT 24 HOURS SERVICE

̈‹ Price Moderate.

A Trial Order in Bollelted.

THE KWONG KWUI CO. LTD.

tend's Rosă Central, Hong

TAG 22170

First Class" In 1874, Things change and will go on changing 1 went to India in May, 1874, in a P and O. steamer from -Suez, having crossed Egypt by land

She was 2441 tons gross register, had a fuah deck and close bul warka, all her cabins were below. of lamps, no electric light, no fans. the seven seas without hay I was in a first-class cabin with Ing: bouncrosponsible for the Tosa of seven others and we had two wash-

ingle life (Hear, hear.) basins.

The Year's Traffic. The F. and O. and its allies' dur- Ing the year under review have transported 2,041,943 passengers

all trepidation is to no music room,

tate that our founzern

#406, that our vessels, DAR DA

here was

writing room or

roum.

*ware off tha don:

pany: "Hope pleased Razmak," and was relieved to get their reply: "Very pleased Razmak valuable at- tractive addition to our fleet."

Care of Passengers' Baggage. I mentioned last year that, when I was in India a few years ago,! saw a remark in a newspaper there that passengers landing from the P, and 0. were constantly losing their baggage and that I had had a

It

record kept for 1928-29 of the num ber of passengers landed and the number of packages missing. showed that 9,528 passengers had been landed from P. and O. steam- ers in Bombay from Europe with 36.230 packages of baggage and that there had not been one miss- ing. For the year 1929 - 30 9,400 passengers have been landed who had 94,000 packages of bag- age and of the 94,000 only one has not, been traced. Fortunately this package was insured and the owner recovered its value. Where the package has gone to no one knows. except the person who made away

with it.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1931.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

A REAL HOLIDAY

69 DAY CRUISE HONG KONG TO GREAT BRITAIN

by

S.S. EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA

21,850-Ton Grosa

Sailing

Tuesday, February 17th SPECIAL THROUGH FARE $231 (Including shore excursions and maintenance at all ports of call except Now York,)

via Formosa, Shanghai, Chinwangtao (4 Days in Pelping), Beppu, Kobe 8 Days In Japan)," Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, San Francisco, Balboa, Panama Canal, Cristobal, Hayabu, New York, arriving

SOUTHAMPTON

Sunday, April 26th.

For full particulars apply any CANADIAN PACIFIC AGENT

WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL

BRITISH

SYSTEM

WUCHOW

LINE

SAILING DATES FOR FEBRUARY, 1931 (Sobject to change). DEPARTURE, HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 2 p.m.

S.S. TAI HING" [1,068 tons-Capt. Trott.) FEBRUARY. TUES. 18th SAT. 21st MON. IGth THURS. 26th

S.S. "TAI MING"

(649 tons Capt. W. H. Lawton.}

SUN. FRI.

FEBRUARY.

8th WED. 18th

13th TUES. 24th Regular Service of Fast, High Clara Rivor Steamers. Having Good Accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in Staterooms ez Saloon. The an. "Tal Hing" is fitted with Wireless.. These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samshai, Shlu. hing, Takhing & Dosing) and return, to Hong Kong (via same Portes) every Ave of six days.

Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20, Moals & Wines A to be obtained on board.

Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from. Tai Bin, Wharf. For informatior apply to- 29. Connaught Road, West, Phone 20893.

A Bill of Fare of 1862. Some little time ago I received a letter from a lady enclosing a P. and O. dinner bill of fare of the steamer Simla in 1862, which she had found among her mother's She said she thought it papers. might be interesting at the present NEW DOLLAR LINER time, and at the risk of boring you I will read it:

TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.

P. and O. s.5. Simla BILL OF FARE

15th day of January, 1862 Mutton Broth

Roast Turkeys Roast Sucking Piga Roast Fore Qrs. Mutton

Roast Geesa

Roast Ducks Roast Powls. Roast Beet Roast Haunch Mutton Corned Beef Bolled Legs of Mutton Botled Fowls

Fowl and Ham Ples

Kidney Pudding Sheep's Head, Braised Pig's Feet Stawed Chicken Saute Curry and Rice SECOND COURSE Fruit Tarts Black Cap Pudding.. Sandwich Pastry Baked Custarda Apple Turnovere :

Jam Tartlets Sponge Cakea Brighton Rocks Pancakes

Rice Puddings

LAUNCHING THIS MONTH.

Officials of the Dollar Steamship

Lines announce that the second $8,000,000 - Turbo Electric Dollar Liner now under construction will be known as the 8.8. President Coolidgo, the Executives of the Robert Dollar Company having secured the consent of the former President, Senator Coolidge, to use bin name for this now steamer.

SANG WO Co

Ltd.,

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Thursday, Jan. 5. Morioka Maru, Japanese str., 4.469 tona, Capt. I. Yokoyama, from Calcutta, Kowloon Wharf.--- N.Y.K.

Jasho Maru, Japanese str., 1,105, tone, Capt. H. Nakahara, from Keelung, buoy No. 827- Y.K.K.

Tai Poo Sek, French str., 1,219 tons, Capt. M. Paul, from K. C. Wan, G.M.S.N. Wharf.-Wo Hop & Co.

Texas, American str., 3,533 tons, Capt, Arthur D. Hansen, from Kobo, buoy No. A8.-States S.9. Co.

The 8.8. Fresident Coolidge will be launched in Newport News on February 21, and will

take her Hat place amongst other liners of the Dollar feet operating in the new service between the Orlent and

New York via San Francisco and

Panama Canal. The President Coolidge will begin her maiden

voyage from New York westward

on October 15. next...)

EASTERN PORTS.

DETAILS OF EPIDEMIC.

DISEASES.

The health bulletin of Eastern

I think the digeation of our passengers 70 years ago must have been stronger than it is to-day ports for the week ended January (Laughter),

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following British warships were in harbour to-day-

Iroquols-North wall. Sterling-North wall.. Petersfeld-Northwall. Herald South Walls" Serapis Eastwall. MothEast wallista Kent North Arm Cumberland-West wall, Ostria-In- dock Oswald-In dock Hermes No. 1 buoy Modway No. 2 buoy." Odin-No. 2 buoy Otus No. 2 buoy. Berwick No. 6 buoy, Sandwich No 7 busy Seraph No. 8 bagy,

maloud-No. 11 buor.

water No. 12 buoy

Men-of-War. maricanorunbont fisse grumboat

81, Issued by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, gives the following .cases:

plague...

for

Bagdad: 3 cases, 2 deaths. Bassein 1 case.

Colombo 1 case, 1. death.. Bangkok: 4 cases, 3 deaths. Paam-Pooh: 2;

2 cases, 2 deaths.

Cholera, Calcutta: 24 cases, 19 deaths. Madras: deaths, Negapatam: 7 deaths; Pondicherry: 8 cases, 8 deaths.

Ilollo: 2 cases, 2. deaths. Bangkok: 1 case. Prom-Penh: 2 casos, 2 death.

Small-por

Bombay: 2 cases, 1 death. Calcutta: 40 cases, 29 deaths. Cochla: 8 cases.

Karachi; 2 cases, 1 death. Madras: 8 caban 19 Penang 2 casos, -1 death. Shanghai: 4 Heathe

Orester Bhanghai: 6 canEA dosti

Amported.

Friday, February 6. Hing, Norwegian str., 1,445 tons, Capt. Olaf. S. Olsen, from Swatow, buoy No. B18.Thore- sen & Co. A

Kamo, British str., 725 tons, Capt.

W. Beer, from Hongay, busy, No. B28 Williamson & Co.

Liangchow, British str., 1,220 tons,

Capt. John Taylor, from Can- ton, buoy No. C4.-B. & S. Ravnefjell, Norwegian str.," 1,427 tona, Capt. C. J. Tennefoss, from Chinwangtao, buoy No. C8-Dodwell & Co Talyetou Maru, Japanese str. 2,889 tóna, Capt. Matsuo, from Saki- to, buoy No. A19-÷Y.K.K

Takada, British str., 0.067 tons, Capt. J. G. Leindon, from Calcutta, Kowloon Wharf M. M. & Co.... Utrecht, Dutch str. 709 tons, Capt. J. H. Kop, from Canton, North Point Anchorage—A.P,C.

CONSIGNEES? NOTICE

Consign.cs of Cargo ex 8.8. Ben wyvis are reminded to take” de- livery of their goods which will be subject to rent after February. 10.

STEAMER'S. MOVEMENTS

The CPS RMS. Empress of Canada la due here at 8.80 a.. on February 8 (Sunday); and will berth at Plor No. 6 (south' Kow. loon Wharf, She will call for Manila at 8 pm on the same day.

The mileage of steam railways operated in Canods in 42,881: Durdh

ag 1920 there was a net increase in the miles of rallways operated for.386 and in total track mileage of

411 miles