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P. & 0.-British India 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 PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

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

9.8.

Toas

From Hong Konr About

*KALYAN

*MIRZAPORE:

MANTUA *KASHMIR *IBURDWAN

1981. 1.

Noon

Destination.

HOME OF THE

"TIN FISH."

Torpedo Training in H.M.S. Vernon.

WAR GAMES.

THE

In none of the training establish- ments of the Royal Navy is Instruc- tion more intensely practical than in the torpedo school, writes Hector C. Bywater, Daily Tele- gfaph Naval Correspondent.

CHINA

MAIL.

YAWL'S WORLD TRIP.

Start from Thames.

Two adventurers, Geoffrey Owen and Dennis Pulesion, loft the Thames in the 88it. engineleas yawl in which they hope to sail round the world.

They were towed by a high- powered launch some distance from the start, in Leigh Creek, but near Southend Pier the sails were hoist- ed and the boat set off at a fast

It is exactly fifty-nine years since the first torpedoes for the British Navy were manufactured at Woolpace. wich. In 1873 the frigate Vernon |(of which "Jacky" Fisher was in command) became the training school for the new weapon.

"I do not believe the spirit of adventure is dead,” said Mr. Owen

before leaving. "It is just as alive to-day as ever it was, but It takes the form of sport.

Houseboat-dwellers · at

Leigh waved handkerchiefs and shouted good wishes to the navigators.

CONSIGNEES.

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEDS.

Chartered Steamer,

"MONCALIERI " From TRIESTE, VENICE BRINDISÌ, PORT SAID, MASSAUA, ADEN, PENANG, COLOMBO &

SINGAPORE..

that all Goods

.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby landed at their risk into the Godown informed

are being

of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless nolice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option

extends.

All claims against the vessel must

All broken, chafed, and damaged

Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 26th inst. at 10 am. by our sur- veyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

No Five Insurance has been effect ed.

Bill of Lading will be countersign- ed by

DODWELL & CO., LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 21st September, 1931.

Subsequently, other ships were

No claima will be admitted after added to the establishment, which "I do not consider, this venture the Goods have loft the Godown, and all hazardbus." It has been all Goods romaining undelivered after remained afloat until 1923, when is at the whole school was transferred to done beföre, and in smaller boats. the 27th inst. will be subject to rent the modern buildings on the Gun-I consider that it is far less danger- be presented to the undersigned an or wharf, which now constitute H.M.S. 'ous than dashing round on a motor-before the 0th prox. or they will not Vernon.

cycle. I took up yachting as be recognised.

2 Here, as at the Whale Island quiet occupation after I had become gunnery school, experiments are sick of the motor-cycle craze which made with and instruction given in | attracts most young men." many secret deviced of modern war- faro at Ren. It was by special per mission of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, that I visited the the Vernon to see something of work in hand.

The commanding officer is Capt. S. D. Tillard, R.N. The Vernon's

In another building I saw nava! staff includes experta. In every mines of every pattern, and one of branch of torpedo, mining, anti- them was "exploded" for my bene- mining, and electrical technique. | fit. A horn was bent over as it A naval man who completes would be by the impact of a ship's course In the Vernon is qualified.to with electricity or explosives, from door bell to blowing | rigging up a

the bottom out of a super-Dread- nought.

9,000 26th Sept. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Ant perform almost any task connected

NALDERA

*KASHGAR

7th 9,000 21st

0,700 6th Oct. 11,000 10th Oct. 0,000 24th Oct. 31st 0,500

Oct.

16,000

KAJPUTANA

CORFU

**BOMALI

17,000 5th 16,000 19th Dec. 8,800 | 20th Dec.

Nov.

Doc.

werp & Hull.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Marseilles & London.

M'scilles, Lidon, R'dam & A'werp. · Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull, Marseilles & London.

Nov.iller, London, Rotterdam, Ant-

werp & Hull.

Marseillen & London. Marseilles & London. Marseller, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

⚫ Cargo only. Calls Casablanca. 1 Calls Djibouti,

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stau.inople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co...

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

*TAKADA

†SIRDHANA

TILAWA

1931. 7,000 | 24th Sept

6 am.. 8,000 4th Oct.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000

14th Oct. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

+Calls Rangoon. Calls Fort Sweltenham.

B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.

lam arrests their progress before they have travelled "far.

hull.

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV, CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

CRACOVIA"

This broke a glass container, Steamer, releasing an acid which ignited the explosive charge, and, figuratively From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, speaking, the mine "went up."

Fortunately for all concerned, the charge on this occasion was only a pinch of powder, instead of a couple of hundredweights of T.N.T., which

In its infantile days the torpedo was launched by primitive means, such as sliding it into the sea off as the usual filing. meas table. But the giant "tin fish" of to-day weighing several tons and costing thousands of pounds, has to be dealt with much more scientifically.

The Navy is becoming more and more independent of shore labour, for reason both of expediency and economy and Vernon is doing much to foster this movement. In one of the workshops I watched a party of bluejackets repairing the electric leads in a section representing compartments of a warship.

PORT SAID, ADEN, BOMBAY,

COLOMBO & SINGAPORE.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that, all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow- on, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final part, of call to which the option extends.

Ne claims will be admitted after the Goode have left the Godown, and ali Goods remaining undelivered after the 28th inst. will be subject to reni.

While in Vernon. I watched the discharge of a 21in torpedo exactly as it would occur in a submerged compartment of a modern battle ship, The glittering "fish," over 20ft in length was inserted into the tube; a massive shield, or "spoon," was run out to prevent the torpedo from being deffected by the lateral rush of water until a whirling pre-

All broken, chafed, and damaged pellers had given it sufficient velocity to make it run true, and every hole watertight after the Goods are to be left in the Godowns, wires had been rove through. where they will be examined on the then the tube was fired by highly-Thanks to the new system of train-Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,

28th inst. at 10 a.m. by our surveyors, compreased air.

Exploding a Mine.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) rubber pad, backed by a massive

NANKIN

NELLORE FANDA

1981 7,000 2nd Oct. 7,000 $1st Oct. 7,000 2nd Dec.

Day and Night Practice. Not one of these men had been previously trained as a mechanic, yet they were drilling. and tapping steel bulkheads and decks in a most workmanlike fashion, and making

to

night, can be carried out in H.M.S.

All claims against the vessel mart

before

he presented to the Undersigned on or not be recognised.

the 7th October, or they will

ing, I was told, there is virtually No Fire Insurance has been effect- no part of a ship'e electrical equip-ed,· The torpedo slid out almost ment which cannot now be installed Bill of Lading will be countersign-

ed by silently...but instead of racing six or repaired by her own company.

DODWELL & CO., LTD., miles or so at the speed of a fast

Torpedo practices at every range:

Agents. train. It was brought up, some feet and under all conditions likely

Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1981. whether by day or away from the muzzle, by a multiple occur in war,

concrete block. Thanks to this Vernon on a miniature scale, it is system, men can be trained nahore true, but without any other sacrifice in all the movements of loading and of realism. These practical "war Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney firing torpedoes from submerged games" are part of the curriculum

tubes in big ships.

through which officers and On a wharf near by were double specialising in torpedo work are re- tubes from which torpedoes are quired to puse. Instruction in actually discharged into water, searchlight work and anti-mine for an officer on the bridge of a just as they would be from, a de- paravanes of every type is also stroyer; but an ingenious mechan-imparted.

& Melbourne.

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

Frequent connections from Australia" with the following:-

The Union 8.5. Company's steam ers to the United Kingdom via New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steame re to London, and

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

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

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA

men

EASIER DOCKING.

Briton's Device.

A. device which makes it possible

ship approaching a dock to gauge (Continued at foot of next Column.)

DOCK CO., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS :

LTD.,

Talaphonant

"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."

KOWLOON DOCK. 58055. DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,

FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, · 1931.

SPECIAL ROUND

TRIP FARES

TO

EUROPE.

WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE:

To San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York via Panama, The Sunshine Bell via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings on Tuesday

Pres. Hoover Pres. JacksoTI Pres. McKinley

p.m.

-To Seattle & Victoria,

The Short, Straight Route. to America Fortnightly sailing on Sundays,

Pres. Jefferson ......Oct. 4 ..Sept. 29, 6

.Oct. 13 Pres Madison ......Oct. 18 .Oct. 27❘ Pres. Cleveland .....Nav. 1

£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe via

Ünited States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choles of rail lines across United States, and Canada, liberal skop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples

Marsellie- London

i

. £152. 5.04. E161. 0.04. £169.15.0d.

Full particulars upon application. EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD.

Formightly salling on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples,. Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.

J

a.m

✩

A.m. Nov. 1,8 Nov. 15, 8

Pres. Monroe

.....Oct. 4, 8 Fren. Garfield Pres. Van Buren .Oct. 18, 8 Pres. Polk.

TO MANILA Pres. Jefferson Sept. 26, 6 p.m. Pres. Madison ..Oct. 10, 6 p.m. Pres. Monroe ...Oct. 4, 8 a.m. Pres. Van Buren Oct. 18, 8 km. Pres. Jackson ..Oct. 6, 6 p.m.Pres. McKinley Oct. 20, 6 p.m.

CANTON BRANCH:-4. SHA KÉE STREET.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

L

MILIEUKEN \\ W IPE

EXPRESS

PARAKA

SERVICE

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 roate 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.

TILAWA

KASEMIN

1981. 10,000 24th Sept. | Amoy, S'ha!, Moji, ́Osaka, & Kobe,

Daylight 9,000 25th Sept. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

On Lloyds

NELLORE

SANTHIA

7,000 KIDDERPORE 5,800 8,000

5th Oct.

NALDERA

16,000

6th Oct. oth Oct. 10th Oct.

KASHGAR

TALMA

MACEDONIA

TANDA TAKADA - RAJPUTANA

SIRDITANA

CORFU TILAWA

Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 9,000 17th Oct. Shanghai, Boll, Kobe & Yokohama.

23rd

Oct. | Amoy, Moji: Kobe & Osaka. 24th

Oct. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. 0th Nov. S'hal, Moll, Kobe, Ganka & Y'hama.

Yokoha

Mojt Kobe &

10,000 11.000 7.000 7,000 6th Nov. 17,000

7th Nov. Shanghat. Koba, & 20th Nev. Amoy 8,000

BE011

Kobe & Osaka. 15,000 21st Nov. Shenghal. Kobe & Yokohama. 10,000 4th Dec. Amoy Moji, Koba & Danka. .17.000 5th Dec. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

7,000 7th 'Dec.' | S'bai, Mofi. Kobe, Osaka. & Y'hama". 9,000 | 19th Dec. | Shanghai, Moff, Kobe & Yokohanım.

Cargo only,

RAWALPINDI NANKIN KARMALA

S'hal, Moll, Kobe, Osaka & Thama. Shanghai, Mojl & Kebe,

Ilart at

approved

Cast

Steel

Maantee-

turers.

Harbour

Call Flags Engineer

Boller.

maker

Shipwright

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in thla establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Silp- ways and can accommodate any craft of 209 feet long. Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. 20459, Shipyard: Sham-ahul-po, Kewloon, Hong Kong. Kowloon Tel. 57009.

Estimates furnished on application.

Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.

All dates are approximate and subjses to alteration without notion. All Cablus' are fitted with Electric Fans or Punka Louvre System, ?

Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parçala measuring not more than 5 cm. It will bo received at the Com- pany's Office up to' Noón' on the day: previous to sailing.

For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

Pha Oi Bulding, conanght Đức Co HoariKon

Agents.

T.S.S.“ EMPRESS OF JAPAN."

In No. 1 Dock Dimensions:-666′0′′¿Q‚A. x 83′6′′ × 48'6" Mid. 26,000 tons Grozn.

The Company possesses Bir Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways.. The dimensions of No. 1.Dock are 700′0′′ x 68′0′′ x 30′6′′ · -over xill, H, W. 0.8. T.

› Salvaje Tug" "Henry Keswick 2,000 LIP. Wireless Call Signal® V.P.B.T. and Flag

Call Signal T.B.Q.B. Shecriegs capable of lifting 80 tons.

Codes Used: A1, ABC. Fifth Editions Engineering, First and Second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and Watkina.

Kindly sond exquiries to the Chief Manager,

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.I.N.A., Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.

Immediately the exact position of the ship, and then a sighting arm the stern or atem ' in relation to instantly Indicates the position of any other object so that engine or the stem or stern relatively to any helm orders may be given with object-a dock wall, for example—, safety and precision, has been in the near ́vicinity. developed by Ernest A. Weaver, a At present the navigating officer Liverpool naval architect, formerly is unable to see the actual "position" connected with the Lamport & Holt of the stem, or stern from the Line.

bridge, and has to depend upon oral, The device is described as an calls direct or by telephone, ‘a pro- applianca to be fitted to the end of 'cess which occupies time, genérally. the navigating bridge of a vessel. when moments are precious. The The turning of a knob sets the ap- new device, it is stated, obviates paratus to the required draught of l'that undesirable dependence.

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