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P.&O.-British Indian de

Apcar and

Eastern & Australian

Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PURTS. EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

From

8.8.

Tone Hong Kong

1*1SOUDAN

*KALYAN

•MIRZAPORE

MANTUA

*KASHMIR

BURDWAN NALDERA

KASHGAR KAJPUTANA CORFU *1SOMALI

About

1931.

6,800 19th Sept. 9,000 20th Sept.

4 p.m.

C

Destination,

Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg.

Rotterdun, Antwerp & Hull. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Aut

werp & Hull.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1931.

For those athletically inclined the Gymnasium aboard the s.s. President Hoover offers healthy

entertainment.

SUBMARINE WRECKS

The Davis Apparatus

Training.

In view of a statement made two months ago, by the First Lord of the Admiralty relative to the Posci- don disaster, it is interesting to know that a new and greatly im proved method of training men in the use of the Davis escape appara-

tus

8th 0,700 11,000 10th Oct.

9,000 24th 6,500

pot, 31st

Maraclilee & London.

Oct.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Marselles & London.

Oct.

Oct.

M'seilles, Leon, P'dam &A'werp. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

werp & Hull

17,000 5th 15,000 19th 6,800 20th

Doe.

Marseilles & London.

Dec. Dec.

Marseilles & London.

has been adopted re- cently at the Submarine De-

Fort Blockhouse, Ports mouth. Petty Officer Willis and his mess-mates who escaped from successfully the Davis apparatus to from a wrecked save themselves submarine.

their escape through the hatch. In short, they go through the same escape routine as did Petty Officer Willis and his mess-mates in the Poseidon, but not in such exacting conditions: As the men under in- struction emerge from the conning tower as far as their hips they, bring their hands down to their sides, and then shoot to the surface at a speed of 5ft. a second. When they reach the surface the escape dress acts as a lifeauoy, and if man becomes unconscious it holde his head in such a position that he does not drown.

CONSIGNEES.

DODWELL-CASTLE LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Motor Vessel,

"PENRITH CASTLE " From NEW YORK, NEWPORT NEWS & NORFOLK. Consignees of Cargo are hereby in-

formed that all Goods are being land. cd at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharvos de- livery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here.

notice has been given 48. unless hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the

10,000 7th Nov.seilles, London, Rotterdam, Anthe Poseidon were the first to use live under water from one and a Anal port of call to which the option

Nov. 0,000 21st

Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg.

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

*Cargo only. Calls Casablanca. Calls Djibouti, Calls Bangkok. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con ata.ople, Piroaus, Smyrna and other Lovant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

*TAKADA

+SIRDHANA TILAWA

1931.

8 a.m.

7,000 24th Sept Singapore, Ponung & Calcutta, 8,000 4th Oct. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta 10,000 14th Oct. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Calls Rangoon, Calls Port Swettenham,

The dress can be put on in nine seconds, and a man wearing it can

half to two hours. All men in the claims will be admitted after the submarine service are to go through Goods have left the Godown, and all this new course of instruction. It Goode remaining undelivered after the is giving very satisfactory results. 18th instant will be subject to rent. and is being made even more effi- cient by the introduction of im- suggested by ex- Certain improvements

Briefly, the apparatus consists of a bag, which is strapped on the chest and contains oxygen that is inhaled by the wearer through a provements mouthpiece. For teaching men howperience.

be

All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 28th instant or they will not be recognised.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns. where they will be examined on the 18th instant at 10 am by our, shr- veyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas. No Fire Insurance has been offécréa Bill of Lading will be countersign.

DODWELL & CO.,LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 12th September, 1931.

STEAMERS MOVEMENTS.

The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of Asia will leave here for Victoria and Vancouver, B.C., vin Shanghal, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama, at noon on September 25 (Friday).

to use this apparatus a tank filled designed to facilitate escape in

also to with water was originally employed., case of accident are For this has now been substituted a made in all our submarines. One well-conceived, highly practical de- of these is the fitting-of a canvás

their vice which trains men under condi- air-lock to

engine-room

ed by tions that approximate as nearly as hatches. Public demonstrations of possible to those they would be the use of the Davis apparatus are faced with in a submarine disaster. to be given in Portsmouth dockyard { In a tank 15ft. high and 15ft. in by submarine ratings throughout diameter there has been placed the Navy Week. These exhibitions will conning-tower hatch and the en- be given in the tank in which the B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lut gine-room hatch taken from Sub- Poseidon's crew were taught how marine L.H. The part of the tank to use the apparatus. As illustrat and 2nd class passengers.

In which this portion of L. H. liesing its efficiency we have the fact 'is filled with water. Built on to the that Petty Officer Wills, the hero side of the tank near the conning-of the Poseldon, is quite unable to

4

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). tower is a replica of a compartiment swim, even to the extent of a few

NANKIN NELLORE TANDA

1931

Oct. 7,000❘ 2nd 7,000 81st Oct, 7,000 2nd Dee.

Regular monthly sallings from and Hong Kong to Australia,›

Hong Kong to Sydney-10 days.

of a submarine. This compartment strokes. is dry when the men under instruc tion enter it. In the compartment

t

NEW FRENCH STEAMER. Meulla, Rabau). Brisbane Sydnes they are taught how to adjust the

St. Nazaire, Aug. 12: Davis dress correctly, Water is & Melbourne.

admitted, and as it rises the men There was launched to-day the are shown how to place themselves mall-boat Champlain for the line In the air-lock, breathe up their between le Havre and New York. oxygen supply properly, open the It is a steamer of 28,600 tons conning-tower hatch when the air gross, with a length of 195 metres pressure is equalized, and make and width of 26.

Hong Kong to Shanghal and Japan

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P..&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Suom The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for guthampton and London via Panama Canal..

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan, June to Sept.

TILAWA

KASHGAR TALMA

| 1971.

10,000 24th Bept. | Amoy, S'hai, Moj, Kobu & Osaka. 9,000 25th Sept. Shanghel, Mejl, Kobe & Yokohama.

Oct. S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama.

Shanghai, Moft & Kobe,

Moji, Kobe & Osaka.

Kobe & Yokohama.

Oakka

Shanghai, biol, Kobe & Yokohama.

KASHMIR

NELLORE

KIDDERPORE

SANTHIA

7,000 5,300, 8,000

5th 6th

Oct. Oct.

NALDERA

10,000 | 10£k......· Oct.

9,000❘ 17th 10,000 23rd Bet 11,000 24th Oct.

Oct.

Shanghai, Mojl

7,000

7th Nov

Nov. Amoy Χου.

20th

MACEDONIA TANDA

TAKADA

RAJPUTANA BIRDHANA CORFU

TILAWA

RAWALPINDI NANKIN

KARMALA

Moji, Kobe

Kobe

Yokohama. 7.000 6th Nov. Shal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hams.

6th

17,000 20th Nov.

Moll, Kobe Osaka. Nov. Shanghal, Kobe, & Yokohama. 8,000

Arnoy, Moll, Kobe Osaka. 15,000 21st Nov. Shanghal, Kabe & Yokohama. 10,000 4th Doc. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 17,000

5th

Shanghai, Kobs & Yokohama, Doc. 7,000 7th Dec. S'hai, Moji, Kobo, Osaka & Thama. 9,000 19th Dec. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohawa,

The B.I. 8.3. Tilawa left Singa- pore for this port on September 17, p.m., and is due here on Sep- tember 22, p.m.

The m.v. Siamese Prince from New York sailed from Shanghai on 'September 18, and is expected to

arrive here on September 20,

The B.I. 8. Takada left Mojl for this port on September 18, p.m., and is due here on Septem- iber 22, p.m,

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:

Telegrams: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020.

Telephones:

KOWLOON DOCK 58053.

"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

On Lloyda

list of

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Cust

Steel

Maunfac

turers.

TO VICTORIA, B.C., AND SEATTLE

vla

Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama

4

S.S. 'PRES. TAFT”

will sail at

5.00 A.M. SUNDAY-SEPTEMBER 20

ROUND - THE - WORLD

(calling at Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colom- bo, Suez, Port. Sald, Alexandrin, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, NEW YORK, BOSTON, Hovana, Cristobel, Balboa, Los Angeles, SAN FRAN CISCO, Honolulu, Kobe and SHANGHAL) · S.S. PRES. FILLMORE”

will sail at 8.00 A. M. SUNDAY-SEPTEMBER 20

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE AMERICAN MAIL LINE

EXPRESS

เพ LINE

FARINA

SENICE

BARBER WILHELMSEN

LINE

THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.

All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route..

Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:--

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings.

Telephone 28021:

Agents.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR SEPT, 1931 (Subject to Change), DEPARTURE HOURS: Hụng 'Kong 6.30 pm, Wuchow 3 p.m.

Steamer.

Leaves

Hong Kong

Arrives Wachow

Leaves

Arrives Wachow Hong Kong

23rd THURS. 24th PRL 25th SAT. 26th SUN.

25th

27th

29th WED. 1st FRL

20th THURS.

2nd SAT.

1st-

3rd

:

TAI HING MON. TAI MING WED. TAI HING SUN. TAI MING TUES.

21st WED. 23rd FRI. 27th TUES. 29th THURS

Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers having good Accommodation for Firat Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans In State-rooms and Saloon. The s.a. "Tai Hing" is ft- ted with Wireless.

Harbour

Call Flags,

Engineer

Boller-

maker

"

Ports of Call-Sarashul, Shulking, Takhing & Doshing, Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00.

ག

Shipwright

Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board. Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing Wharf.

For information apply to

Con

Ltd..

* Cargo only.

All dates are approximate, and subject to alleration without notios. Passengers for Rangoon mask defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

si-

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans on Panka Louvre System free charge.

Eteamers on. Landon and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Fardals measuring D

not more than o cu. it, will be received at the Com- pany's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further information, Pamage, Freight, Handbooks, sto, apply to:-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

-P. & O. Buliding. Fannmuch! Bd, C., Hong Kong.

Agenta.

T.S.S."EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”

In No. 1 Dock Dimensions:-666′0′′! O‚Å‚ x 83′8′′ ≈ 48′6′′ Mid, 26,000 tems Grosa

The Company possesses Stx Granite Docks and Two, Patent Slipways The dimensions of No. 1 Dock, are 700′0′′ x BA′0′′ x 30′6′′. Over will, EL W OST. Salvage Tag "Henry Keswick" 2,000 LILP. Wireless Call Signal V.P.BT. and Flag Call Signal T.HQ.B. Sheerlegs capable of lifting 80 tons.

Codes Used: Al, A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering, First and second Edition Western Union. Bentley and Watkins.

* Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manager,

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A., Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.

29, Connaught Road, West, SANG WO

Phone. 20898.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOÍILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON POUNDERS, All work dens, in- this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two 8lip- ways and, tan accommodate any craft of 200 feet long. Town Offer: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel 20459. Bhipyard: Sham-shulpo, Hewloon, Hong Kong Kowloon Tal. 57009.

• Estimates forniscked on application

Hong Kong, April 1, 1924...!