1931-07-23 — Page 9

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931.

ILOYD TRIESTINO

FORNIGHTLY I'ASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

vin Singapore, Colombo, Bombay. Aden, Buen & Port Said Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading

Ito Fiume, Genoa, All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,

"Black Sea and Danube Ports Passengers to LONDON (Overland).

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

1

S.S. VENEZIA-L".

+S:S. "TEVERE"

M.V. "HILDA"

*S.S. GANGE"

M.V. "COL DI LANA"

+S.S. "CRACOVIA"

For Shanghai

For Bingspore

& Japan

& Italy

Aug. 2

July: 28

Aug. 9

July 27

Aug. 30

Aug. 19

Sept. 9

Aug. 24

Sept. 27

Sept. 22

Ocl, 4

Particular attention, ele.

Passenger Steamers with First,, Second and Second Econo-

mic Classes.

Outward voyago to Shanghai only.

For Freight and l'assages apply to:--

Queer's Building.

Tel. 28021.

N

DODWELL & CO. LTD., Agants

YK.LIN

THE CHINA MALL.

FIRST TIME HERE.

The American Steamer Shelton.

The American 8.8. Shelton paid ita first visit to Hong Kong yeater- day, arriving in port at 6.45 am, and moored to the A7 buoy. She brought 200 tons of general cargo for Hong Kong and 219 tons of through cargo.

AUS N

Shippintelligence.

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"SPECIAL CLASS."

New Service Offered by. Dollar Line.

REDUCED RATES.

SOVIET SHIPS.

International Body's Warning.

Whatever, taking only the short view, the British shipbuilding in- dustry might think of the proposals That the well-known trans-Pack-that this country should grant the

Soviet Government credits fic President liners of the Ameri- building ships in these islands, for

can Mail Line to Seattle will'offer leaders of the shipping industry The vessels, which is under the "Special Class" accommodations to have viewed the suggestions with grave concern (says a Home of Captain G. E. Pran- the travelling public, was the im- command

paper). This attitude has not kard, has à crew of 28 Ameri-portant announcement made yes-

been confined to British shipping, cans and 7 Asiatics, She sailed

In

East from Tacoma, Washington, on terday by Mr. T. B. Wilson, Gen- for the proposals, were the subject June 19, and after calling at Kobe eral Agent. This new service will of a critical resolution passed re- lenme direct to Hong Kong, leaving begin with the President Cleve-cently by the directors of the Baltic and International Maritime Con- the Japanese port on July 14. After land, sailing from Hong Kong on discharging cargo she left here at September 6,

ference, which represents 21 mari- for Seattle vin time nations and upwards of 12,- noon for Manila. There are no

Canada.

000,000 tons gross. The shipping passengers on board.

"These HOW Owned by the Tacoma-Oriental

accommodations industry is now suffering from a s.s. Co., (the States s.8. Co., local will make it possible for the line great excess of the supply of ton- agents), the Shelton, which was for to offer another high grade passen nage over the demand for it. The merly the Cuprum, is a steel screw ger Service from the Orient, to Chamber of Shipping estimated steamer of 6062 (3770 net) tonnage. Seattle in addition to the first that at the beginning of this year REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING She was built in 1920 by the Pacific class service" stated Mr. Wilson. About 7,629,000 tons gross' of all

FROM £79 TO £120 ON SALE.

Coast Shipbuilding Co., Bay Point, "The arrangements now being in nationalities was laid up idle. California, and was registered at stituted will make no change in the circumstances of a big excess of the high standard of our regular shipping which has long existed and first class service, which will be still apparent, the idea of adding improved rather than modified by to the existing supply by means of credits geeins to them hardly the alterations now taking place.

worthy of consideration by, serious "The

'Special Class'

Tonnage of the most modations will include 'out people.

efficient kind, including quite new side" state-rooms, exceedingly attractive public quarters such shipping, has had to be laid up for lack of employment, and among the R3 lounge, smoking room And promenade deck, barber shop, influences which have contributed beauty parlour, and practically to these deplorable conditions the all the equipment offered in the financial aids given by Governmenta first class passenger quarters, in the past for the construction of only, of course, on A slightly tonnage are held to be important. modified scale, The high standard Vessels were built before there was of President liner cuisines will be any real demand for them, and these have helped to flood the mar-

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal Japan Ports & Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU TAIYO MARU

Wednesday, Tuesday, SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

HIKAWA MARU-

HIYE MARU

Tuesday, Tuesday,

5th August. 18th August.

28th July,

26th August.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vis

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. YASUKUNI MARU

SUWA MARU....

..... Monday,

Saturday,...

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KAMO MARU

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

Saturday,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

+ TOKUSHIMA MARU

Tuesday.

27th July,

8th August,

T

25th July, 22nd August.

28th July,

·SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu.

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama, HEIYO MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama,

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

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon..

Tacoma.

Her dimensions are: Length 402.5; breadth 53.0; depth $2.0.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Tuesday, July 21.

1,672 tons, Aletta, Dutchstr.,

Captain C. Mommnas, from Balikpapan, North Point- A.P.C. Nitto Maru, Japanese str., 1,278 tous, Capt. E. Yamamoto, from Canton, buoy No: B23.-0.S.K. Sulsang, British str., 3,329 tone, Capt. C. M. Boas, from Amoy, buoy No. A.-J. M. & Co.

'maintained.

accom-

"These new facilities are design-ket. Shipping lenders protested ed especially to meet the require against the granting of financial Wing Wo, Portuguese str., 495 tons, ments of a great number of travel aids, but their advice was over- Capt. 1. D. de Lemos, from Klers who wish to visit América or ruled, and the needs of the ship- C. Wan, buoy No. B19-Wo

work were xo through to Europe at moderate building industry for Hop & Co.

cost, yet who wish to assure them-held to be paramount. Wednesday, July 22.

selves of an ocean service fully Antilochus,, British str., 6,772 tons, equivalent to the American stand- Captain W. Y. Dougall, from ard of living. The Special Class' Shanghai, buoy No. AL- rates from Hong Kong to Victoria or Seattle will range from G$198 Clara Jebsen, Danish str., 1,145 to G$263, the latter including

tons, Capt. K. Dahl, from Sai-cabin with private bath."

Tuesday,

† ATAGO MARU...................

Sunday,

† DELAGOA HARU

Wednesday,

28th July.

2nd August.

12th August.

† MALACCA MARU

Wednesday,

20th July.

HANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

HAKOZAKI MARU

Friday,

† TOYOHASHI MARU

TERUKUNI MARU

Monday, Thursday,

24th July,

3rd August., 6th August.

buoy No. gon, Tong Ha.

C4-Chang

Diomed, British str., 6,353 tons,

WATER LEVELS.

(Private exchange to all departments.)

Captain W. A. Turner, from

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Cargo only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 30291.

O. S 0.

K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS |Buenos Aires. Maru.

Thurs...

3rd Sept.

& BUENOS AIRES via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

bo. Durban & Capetown.

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR,

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, Africa Maru

Thurs.,

6th Aug.

LOURENCO MARQUES,

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA-

BETH & CAPETOWN

THENCE TO RIO DE

JANEIRO, SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa

pore & Colombo

6th Aug.

JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Tacoma Maru

Services).

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- Atlas Maru

Dion

.... Thurs., 28rd July

10th Aug.

7

TERDAM

ANTWERP

vin Singapore, Colombo,

BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL Melbourne' Maru Thurs

BOURNE AUCKLAND &

WELLINGTON via Manila.

Suez & Port Stld.

NEW YORK via Japan ports, Kwanzai "Maru

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

Tues,

15th Sept.

Los Angeles & Panama

Oail

Direct

st Boston,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Celebes Maru

Mon,

Penang & Colombo

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Himalaya Maru

Sat,

Belawan Deli & Rangoon

HAIPHONG via Hothow & Menado Maru

Thurs.,

3rd Aug.

1st Aug.

6th Aug.

Pakhoi (Fortnightly).

KEELUNG vin Swatow 'de

day).

TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy Dell Mucu

(Fortnightly.

Amoy (8 p.nt, every Sun-

Thurs.,

30th July

For further partièniare 'please' apply - tại—

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 2806L

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR JULY, 1931 (Subject to Change).

DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wachow 3 p.m..

Leaves Steamer. Bong Kong

Arrives Wachow

Arrives

Leavou

Wachow Hong Kong

28th WED.

29th

81st BAT.

1st

3rd TUES.

4th

27th TUES. TAI MING SAT. 25th MON. TAI HING TUES 28th THURS 30th FRI TAI HING FRI 31st SUN... 2nd MON,

Ports of Call-Samshui, Shuibing,. Takhing & Doshing. Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00./A Menta "and" Wines are to be obtained on board Keng Kong Arri

+294 Connangut. Road,

hone$20888.-

Departures from Tal Hing Wharf.

SANG WO

B. & S.

Shanghai, buoy No. A2.-

B. & S.

Haining, British str., 882 tons, Details for West, North

Captain A, H. Stewart, from

Swatow, Douglas Wharf.- Douglas S.S. Co.

Haldis, British str., 1,144 tons,

and East Rivers.

The following table, issued by Capt. W. Lee, from Hofhow, the Kwangtung River Conservancy Hok Uen Anchorage. Wo Fat Commission, shows in feet the Sing.

water-levels-on-the-West-River, Helikon, British str., 1,220 tone, North River and East River on

Capt. W. Anderson, from Sai- the dates named:- gon, buoy No. B8:--Wo Fat

July July Bing.

20 21 13.5 Hozan Maru, Japanese str., 1,383 West River at Shiuhing

tons. Captain H. Oyama, from North River at Samebut...

North River at Tsingyuen 91.2 21.2 Swatow, 0. 5. K. Wharf East River at Sheklung... 7.0 77 The level at Tsingyuen on the 18th Inst. was 18.4 feet..

The highest levels

O.S.K. Hydrangea, British str., 561 tons, Captain P. W. Grierson, from

Chiu On S.$. Co. Joguson Maru, Japanese str., 865 tons, Capt. Y. Nakagawa, from Keelung, Yaumat! Anchorage

recorded

that

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Prospect of Cheaply Worked Tonnage.

The industries are now certainly auffering from the production of tonnage which was not justified by the state of

commerce, and would not have been built if it had been necessary to try to raise the funds in the ordinary way and to show the need for it. The lessons of past mistakes are. 80 obvious the possibility of the repetition of the blunders seem to shipping leaders to raise issue of the most formidable kind for the future of, the shipping industry. be given for the sale of existing The proposal that facilities should| tonnage is clearly of a rather dif- ferent class. If this were done there would, at any rate, be no ad- ditions to the existing surplus. The view of the board of the Baltic Conference, as expressed in their resolution, was that no legitimate objection could be raised to the Soviet port of Its cargoes so long. as the necessary Government's ob taining tonnage for the trans-

Swatow, Chiu On Wharf are:-Shinhing, 41 feet; Tsing-capital was provided by the country yuen, 292 feet; Sambhul, 27.3 itself, but the board entered a feet; Sheklung, 11.6 feet.

warning against the dangers in- The lowest levels -on-record volved in the advance of credit. are minus 6 feet at Samshui and Further, the shipping industry of

the world has had disastrous) minus 27 feet at Sheklung.

examples of what Government com. petition means when this is main- tained without any regard to the losses involved, which are met by the taxpayers of the countries con Consignees of cargo- ex 8.5. cerned. The prospect for all en- Banarty are reminded to take de-gaged in the shipping industries of livery of their goods which will he subject to rent after July 27.

—M.B.K. Kumakata Maru, Japanese str., 1,347 tone, Capt. E. Kawamoto, An- from Keelung, Yaumati chorage.-M.B.K. Kwangtung, British str., 1,572- tons, Capt. A. F. Summerfield, from Swatow, buoy No.

B12.- B. & S. Kwongsang, British str., 1,428 tons, Capt. Hendry, from Canton, buoy No. BiJ: M. & Co.

Shelton, American str., 3,770 tona,

Captain G. E. Prankard, from Kobe, buoy No. A7-States 3.3, Co.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE

HONG KONG TIDES.

the world would admittedly not be cheerful if increased numbers of Russian ships were to be manned by crews receiving only a fraction of the rate of pay earned by Bea- men In other mercantilo marines. Large numbers of British officers The time used is Standard, or and seamen are wanting employ-| Bibigo, Dutch str., 1,594 tons, mean time of the meridian of 120 ment urgently to-day-there are Capt. M. J. Holtkamp, from deg. E.; 006 is midnight, 12hrs. is the ships waiting for them, there scanning the Samarinda, Yaumati Anchor-moon. The heights are referred to are managements ageJ.CJ.L

"the datum of the largest scale Ad- world for any employment that

the place and would cover the costs and Tacoma Maru, Japanese str., 8,642 miralty chart of

tons, Capt. H. Kanegae, from should be added to the depths given manly accepting charters that in- Singapore, Kowloon Wharf on the chart unless preceded by an volve them in serious losses, and asterisk (*), when they should be the only thing that is lacking is ..O.S.K.

freight Teinan, British str.,: 2,100 tons, subtracted from the depths...

Capt. W. Shaw, from Canton, buoy No. B-B & S Tjikembang, Dutch 'str., '5,028 tona,

·Capt. P. Abbo; from Tanjong Pandan, buoy No. A12- J.C.J.L

STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS,

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The P. ON Shanghal for this port on July 21

at 2 pm, and, is due bere on July 24 at about 6 pm

The BI.6. Birdhana, will. Isnya Amoy for this port on July(25) p.ru, and is due hero,

July 28 to 29, 1931,

"Dats { Hton, WATAR) Low 'Warna."

Fbinderd Times

.. 7:

July

Thure 23

Standard Bt

H&

Timos

1008

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

com-

The following British warships were in harbour to-day:→→ Bridgewater-North arm. Caradoc-West wall dock. 18 504121 41 15 Moorhen-In dock.

218

30208-53 11 11 128001868

14145.05 09 001584

Odin-East wall. OtusEast wall. Sepoy. South wall. Meraph-North arm Stormcloud South' wall. Támar Basin abusiek nalni Föreign.!

Adamaator-Portuguese cruiser. Argus French gunboat, Mindanao---American gunboat.

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