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LLOYD TRIESTINO

FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

vla Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez & Port Sald Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading

to Fiume, Genos, All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,

Black Sea and Danube Ports

Passengers to LONDON (Overland).

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

*S.S. "GANGE"

M.V. "HILDA”

*SS "PUSNA"

M.V. "COL DI LANA"

*S.S. "CRACOVIA”

For Shanghal

For Singapore

& Japan

& Italy

Apr. 7

Mar. 25 Apr. 12 Apr. 19

Apr.

G

May 10

May 5'

May 17

*Outward voyage to Shanghai only. Passenger Reamers with First, Second and Second Intermediate passenger recommodation.

Sailing Dates subjeet alteration without notice. For Freight and Passages apply to:-

Queen's Building.

Tel. 28021

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

Agents.

YKLIN

LINE

N.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BRITISH SHIPYARD'S

PLIGHT.

Outlook for New Year

Not Encouraging.

ping- Intelligence.

THE M.S. ANSHUN.

CHINA NAVIGATION CO.'S NEW

VESSEL.

The builders of the China Navigation Co.'s new motor ship Anshun are Scotts' Shipbuilding A review of 1930 which has been and Engineering Co., Greenock, prepared by the Shipbuilding Em- both as regards the huil and ma- ployers Federation makes depress-chinery, the owners being the ing reading. The year closed with China Navigation Co., of which Daly one berth in four in British Messrs. John Swire and Sons are shipbuilding yards occupied and two men unemployed for every one out of work a year ago.

Launches during the year (nearly 1,500,000 ton) amounted to double the new tonnage hooked, so that the outlook for 1931 is at the moment at any rate not encouraging.

In no month during the first nine months of 1980 did more than 20 per cent. of firms receive an order. In July, August, and September the formed Grms securing contracts only 14 per cent., 9 per cent., and 7 per cent, respectively of the total. The December quarter brought no improvement.

Against 1,000,000 tons under con struction in Britain at the end of the year, the total building abroad was 1.600,000. British percentage of world shipbuilding, which in over 50 per cent., was 1929 was

‚ REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING down to about 40 per cent. at the

FROM FER TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM via

ASAMA MARU,

SHINYO MARU

Wednesday, Tursday,

- BATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

THYE MARU ..

HEIAN MARU

Thursday. Tucnday,

1st April. 14th April.

20th March. 21st April.

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

SUWA MARU

Saturday,

21st March.

PUSHIMI MANU

Saturday,

4th April.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

ATSUTA MARU

Thursday,

26th March.

MANILA.

SHINYO MARU

Sunday,

22nd March,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

+ GENOA MARU

TOKUSHIMA MARU

Friday, Monday,

27th March.

30th March.

Mexico & Panama,

present time.

Laid-up Vessels,

The state of shipping the world over is indicated by the fact that the estimated total of tonnage laid up in all porta is 5,400,000. In October inst ships representing 885,000 tons were laid up in British porta. These included new ships, even new tankers. With depression 30 general, it follows that ship- repairing and reconditioning should have been less. In the closing months of the year foreign competi tion for work was especially keen. Although several additional yards had been closed, the British capacity was still double requirements.

Tonnage building in Britain for

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) vin Japan, Honohdu, Los Angeles, foreign countries reached the peak

BOKUYO MARU

Wednesday,

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) in Singapore, Cape Town & Forts,

KANAGAWA MARU

NE YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

TOBA MARU LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Gener

+ LIMA MARU

22nd April.

Tuesday,

14th April.

Tuesday,

31st March.

Monday,

13th April.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

† MALACCA MARU

Wednesday,

18th April.

+ TOYOAKA MARU

IYO MARU (Kabe direct)

Saturday, Saturday, Friday,

SHANGHAL KOBE & VOROBAMA.

HAKUSAN MARU

+ Cargo only.

21st March. 28th March

3rd April.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

(Private exchange to all departments.)

Telephone 30291.

0.

K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

Fri.,

19th Apr.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-1 Alaska. Maru

TERDAM & ANTWERP:

- via Singapore, Colombo.

Suez & Port Sold.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Buenos Aires Maru.

Sun,,

29th Mar,

& BUENOS AIRES via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom-

bo, Durban & Capetown.

BOMBAY vin Singapore & Hamburg Maru ....

Thurs..

Colomba

Shinnah Maru

Tues..

DURBAN,

LOURENCO Canada Mara

Wed.,

19th Mar. 3rd Apr.

1st Apr.

MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR.

ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR

MOMBASA via SingaĮ

pore & Colombo.

MELBOURNE via

Manila Brisbane Maru

Mon.,

6th Apr.

Brisbane & Sydney.

CALCUTTA via Singapore & Madras Maru......

Fri.,

20th Mar.

Rangoon.

VICTORIA,

SEATTLE, Africa Maru (from

TACOMA & VANCOUVER

Shanghai)

via Japan Ports.

NEW YORK via Japan porta, Kwaneni Maru

Wed.,

Mon.,

Los Angeles & Panama.

Call Direct

at

Boston,

Philadelphin & Baltimore.

JAPAN PORTS (Freight Ser- Seattle Maru

vice),

Tues.,

HAIPHONG vin Hoihow & Menado Mary

Paihoi (Fortnightly).

Thur

24th Mar.

2nd Apr.

KEELUNG vis Swatow & Hazan Maru

Sun.,

Amay (Every Sunday

Noon).

TAKAO vin Swatow & Amoy

(Fortnightly).

For further particulars please apply to:-

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. Telephone 28061.

15th Apr.

6th Apr.

22nd Mar.

Donations and Subscriptions must now

be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. H. E

Goldsmith, 525, The Peak.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

in March owing to Norwegian tanker orders, which were respon sible also for 1930 being a record year for export of ships,

Orders had since declined, and the outlook

the managers.

WORLD LARGEST GRAVING DOCK.

Under Construction for

New Cunarder.

The Southera Railway Company have lost no time in setting about the work of constructing the big raving dock at Southampton in Cunarder. readiness for the new When they announced on November 20 that a graving deck 1,200 ft. long, 135 ft. wide at the entrance, and with a depth of 45 ft. to the top of the blocks at high neap tides was to be built, no men- tion was made of its location. It has now been decided that the dock

at Millbrook shall be built ground originally allotted for such a purpose in the plans of the docka on the western extension scheme shore.

water

first announced,

of tho

The Anshun has been con- structed for the carriage of cargo in addition to passengers, and is actually the third motor ship in the owners' comparatively large fleet. The first two vessels, how- ever, are relatively small craft and the Anshun represents their first oil-engined ship of appre- ciably large dimensions.

During the trials the ballast tanks were full, and subsequent ly the vessel proceeded to Work of a preliminary nuture is Penarth, where she shipped a

in progress, the construction of the cargo of coal. A non-stop run enclosing banks, which will enable was made between Penarth and the excavations to be carried out, Port Said, a satisfactory speed having been commenced when the being maintained on a fuel ex- decision of the company to buiki penditure of 8% tons per day for the world's largest graving dock at

Southampton was all purposes.

The passenger accommodation Nautical representatives is of a special character. In addi-principal shipping concerns were tion to the six saloon cabins there called into consultation to give their is a dining saloon to correspond, views as to what they considered whilst of the 20 first-class state- the most suitable site. Muny sug- rooms

17 are

fitted with two gestions were forthcoming, and the berths and the remaining three outcome of the deliberations was, have four berths apiece. More briefly, that either Millbrook or the over, there is a separate first-class Weston shore at Woolston would dining saloon. Provision is made furnish the most advantageous site. Since then the shipping com- for carrying large numbers coolies on the China-Straits ser-panies have been in possession of details which have enabled them to vice.

gauge the merita and demerits of the suggested sites, and now, as result of close collaboration, the Southern Railway Company have selected Millbrook as the location of the dock. It will be built on what lying between Millbrook Station and in at present an area of mudland Millbrook Point, which it is ultim- ately intended to reclaim as part of

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Tuesday, March 17.

of

Apsey, British str., 1,776 tons, Capt. C. W. Shearer, from Kamia, buoy No. B28.-Wo Fat Sing.

Tai

Yang, Norwegian str., 4,113 tons, Capt. E. T. Krafft, from Manila, buoy No. A3.-Dadwell & Co.

Wednesday, March 18. for the present year was disquiet-Baron Agilay, British str.. 2,035 ing.

tons, Capt. W, Richmond, from Sabang, Kowloon Wharf.- Dodwell & Co.

Our

Foreign competition with yards has been helped by direct and

indirect subsidies, U.S.A., owing to the advantages of the Jones-White Act, had nearly twice as much work as in 1929; France had 50 per cent. more work on hand, than last year: Italy 170 per cent. more work and secured valuable American tanker

orders in competition with Britain.

Germany's Dificult Position. Germany also obtained a share of the tanker orders from America, but her position is now difficult, owing to senreity of home work.

Many countries, it is reported, are now realising the same surplus Britain, shipbuilding capacity as and schemes to reduce capacity are being formulated in France and Japan.

The Federation urges the need for reductions in national and local The taxation and railway rates. view is expressed that the cost of the social services imposes too heavy a burden on Industry.

A gratifying fact is that indus- trial relations are good and that, compared with 1923, and taking account of the lower coat of living, there has been an increase of 40 per cent. in the real wages of skill- ed time workers.

CHINESE SHIPPING.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN FLAGS.

1

"What's in a foreign fag?" "Protection from danger," accord ing to the owners of Chinese vessels plying the Yangtaze or along the seaboard.

"An 'infringement of the honour of the nation," replies the Govern- ment. This question, has now be come a vita) one for shipowners owing to the fact that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued in- structions to all Chinese shipping companies forbidding the use of

Bai Ning, British str., 892 tona.

Capt. A. H. Stewart from Swa- low, Douglas Wharf.-D.L. &

Co.

Hamburg Maru, Japanese str., 8,158

tons, Capt. C. Iwasa, from Saki- to, Kowloon Wharf,-0.S.K. Hong Peng, British atr., 2,525 tons,

Capt. H. G. Hay, from Swatow, buoy No. A12.-Ho Thong &

Co.

the docks extension scheme on the

western shore.

Preliminary Work.

In view of the fact that the excavations will have to be carried

out in the dry, and in view of the necessity of keeping the tide back from the scene of activities, the first step to be taken in the scheme is the erection of an enclosing bank.

The preliminary work in the build- ing of this bank has already been commenced. The work of excava- tion will be carried out partly by means of dredging and partly by the use of steam navvics, and when

this portion of the job is complete, the actual constructional work should find employment for a con- siderable number of men. The Hozan Maru, Japanese str., 1,383 material excavated from the site of tons, Capt. H. Oyama, from the graving dock will be utilised Swatow, O.S.K. Wharf.-O.S.K. for reclaiming the mudland in the Hydrangea, British str., 661 tons, immediate vicinity,

The fact that the dock is to be Capt. P. W. Grierson, from Swatow, Chlu On Wharf.constructed at Millbrook will natur-

amount a great ally entail Châu On B.B. Co.

of

Iowa, American str., 3,564 tons, dredging. At present there is no Capt. C. J. Swenson, from deep water giving access to the alte Shanghat, Stonecutters Anchor-selected, and it will therefore be necessary to dredge a deep channel age. States 8.8. Co. Kanchow, British str., 1,222 tons, right up to Millbrook. This work, Capt. R. H. Fairley, from Swa- with 35 feet of water at L.W.O.S.T. however, will not be wasted for the tow, buoy No. B14.-B. & S. Kojun Maru, Japanese str. 1,305 new channel will be required to tone, Capt. Y. Nishimoto, from give access to the second portion of Dairen, Yaumati Anchorage.- the extension scheme which, It was announced in October, is to be pro- ceeded with, the Government having undertaken to lend financial assist- ance. While dredging this channel to Millbrook, the spoil which is lift- ed will be utilised in the reclama- tion of the 178 acres of mudland which has to be reclaimed under the second section, of the dock extension scheme.

D.K.K.

• D.K.K.

Konsan Maru, Japanese str., 1,566 tons, Capt. T. Kotake, from Canton, Yaumati Anchorage, Lyeemoon, British str., 1,784 tons, Capt. E. Holmes, from Swatow, buoy No. B24-Kwong Nam & Co.

Wong Shek Kung, Chinese str., 1,070 tons, Capt. A: Laibovt-e sky, from Baigon,, buoy No Bar Kung Chúng & Co. Yendal Mara, Japanese str., 2,069

24.

tons, Capt. K. Kawachimaru, from Canton, Yaumati Anchor- age.-D.K.K.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE

£8.

дго

Consignees of cargo ex foreign flags, says the Journal of Baron Ogilvy are reminded to take delivery of their goods which Commerce.

The order states that Chinese will be subject to rent after March ships often resort to the use of foreign flags as a measure of pro- tection in time of civil war against possible commandeering by troops. ly soldiers or Communists, but as a This, the Ministry considers to be warning that the vessels an infringement of the honour of British-owned, N the nation and as leading to contro- The sight of the Union Jack and versy regarding the ownership and other foreign flags has often caused nationality of such ships. There hesitancy to attack on the part of fore, the Governmant prohibita rabble troops of Communist Chinese-owned, ships flying foreign bandits, especially on the Yangtze, flaga.

where their activities are particu British ships plying the Yangtaze larly notorious, which fact has, re- not only display the Bed Ensign in sulted in Chinese owners placing their atern, but also have the Union their ships under nominal, foreign Jack painted prominantly on their ownership, in order to obtain the sides, not as a challenge to disorder protection of a foreign flag,

At present it is impossible to give any definite details in regard to the graving dock, for these are at the moment under consideration.

DOCKERS BACK.

Resume On Old Terms After 23 Days' Strike.

Paris, March 11. Dockora at La Rochelle, who have been on strike for 23 days; wil resume work to-morrow on the old terms.-Reuter Wireless.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

FANADIA!

STAHSHI

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931.

THE EMPRESS ROUTE

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SPECIAL NOTE

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£112 £83

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MARCH SAILINGS. DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wachow 2 p.m. 8.8. "TAI HING"

[1,068 tons-Capt. Trott.]

MARCH.

BAT.

21st THURS. 26th

8.9. "TAI MING"

When they pass the Shiuhing Gorge, the American travellers ay "Well, wo guess this beats the Hudson River, our show place." 'Continental visitors ro [619 tons-Capt. W. H. Lawton.] mark that it reminds them of the "Rhine and Switzerland." Whilst British tourists declare "Surely,

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CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an export but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetio spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

2

13

16 17

10

the

15

3b

17

EB

19

20

21

22

(25

29

33

38 39

44

145 146

149

50

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153 154

55

156 157

56

59

60

£61

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18-Obtained 20-8k1 21-Pertaining to Asia 21-Masculino name 24-Inactive

26-Pastry 27-literary compost.

tion 29-Gradė 31-Similar 82-Tendency toward

the center 34-To make a ican 28-incipient decay in

overripe fruit

-88-An organized officlat

body 40-Feminina nams

42-City of 8. W.

..Prussia

44-Caver

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) | 45-Bolled. 4C-Australian bird 49-Adltion to one side

of a house 60-Prove

61-The game of tog

(Prov. Brit.) lez-Council

50-To be assimilated,

AK food

58-Satisfy

59-A numbár EC-A sull-lika hird 81-Incites

VERTICAL

1-Eanotum (alleg.) 2-Masculino nama 3-Part of ler (pl.)

136

37

143

VERTICAL (Cont) 13-To carry (colice.) 14-Feminine name 15-Match 17-Ruches, as a blit 19-Negative votes, 21-Walte upon 22-Sheathed. Internally 23-the who contende in

race 23-A kind of dog (pl.) 30-Terminato

21-Bachelor of Laws

(abbr)

33-Competent

84-Dippere

35-A blood sucking fly

of Africa. 33-Cozy |30-GreaseN

140-Pandar

6-Combining form-41-A minced oath

Iran

43-To give out

W. Stata of V. 8. 43-Mother (Latin)

(abbr.)

7-Teor

B-Ridicule 110-In no manner.

11-A storehouse for

hay

$12,Drop

47-Scrutinizing 58–Masculins name

(short)

64-Consumad

56-A light two-wheeled

vehicle 157-Ensign (~1bn)

(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issus along with a new cross-word puzzle.)