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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1931,

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NAV. CO.

EXPRESS MAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. For Brindial, Venice, & Trieste and London (Overland) vin Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez and Port Sald.

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NEXT SAILING

NOVEMBER 28.

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A TYPHOON AT

SEA.

How It Is Evaded or Faced.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Shipping

Intelligence.

trees to uproot or houses to de- C. Hoo, Mrs. Steel, Dr. Harry molish, the fury of the wind has Blabor, Mr. E. Bougon, Mr. ample scopo in its treatment of the and Mrs. C. T. Shelton, sea Itself. In the dangerous quad- Mr. S. G. Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. E rant a ship will be buffeted by ChefToy de Courcelle, Mr. A. H. vicious and terrific gusts and be Harvey. Rev. Francis J. Connors, battered by immense, tottering, and Mr. A. Marchelx, Mr. W. J. Gorhan, breaking cliffs of water, very steep Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Beytan, Mr. and dangerous and ready to engulf H. Abrahamson, Mrs. C. J. Fergu- her at any moment. These are sou, Major and Mra. H. E. Raycraft,

long Atlantic Miss Leslie Ramage. quite unlike the rollers. They must be negotiated with extreme care.

visibility of less than half a mile. In other quadrants the wind: may vary from hurricane force to little more than a stong breeze.

W

Kunzli.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

6 A.M. FRIDAY, 20TH NOVEMBER

sailing for Victoria & Vancouver via Shanghai and Japan

one of the

BIG 4

EMPRESS OF ASIA"

White Empresses are the fastest

liners on the Pacific

12 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 8 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND U.S.A. Hona Hoo

Lenga

Shanghai Lear

JASTO

Saganaki Ke Yekorama 11avoluka VancouvOT

Leave Love Emp of Asin Nov. 20 Nov. 23 Nov, 24 Nov, 29 Nov. 28 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Emp. of Russia Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 22 Doc. 24 Dec. 28

1932 1932 1932 1932 1982 Emp. of Japan Jon. 2 Jan.

Jan. 5 Emp. of Asia Feb.

Jan. 7 June 9 Feb. Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Feb. 18

Emp. of Canada Feb. 20-Feb, 23 Emp. of Russia Mar. 4 Mar. 7 Mar. Emp. of Japan Mar. 15 Mar. 18

[By A Naval Oœcer.] At this Ume of the year we are quite likely to read of great havoc

The ship must Per 8.8. President Polk for New being caused by typhoons or hur- ricanes. To a minor degree we ex-keep bows-on all the time. To al-York via Marseilles, and round

low her to get broadside-on might world on November 15- perience revolving storms In

Mr. and Mra. Cockhin Mr., and Britain, such as the small whirl be fatal. The picture is usually wind which, not long ago, con- comploted by torrential rain and a Mrs. J. R. Caseley, Mr. A. Carpi, Emp. of Canada. Dec. 5 Dec. 3 siderably interfered with the order

Mrs. David Maynard, Miss Jean Siegel, Mr. Baughan, Mrs. Marry C of a village Sunday school by an- tering through the door at one end

Maynard, Mrs. A, Siegel, Mr. P. W. of the building and departing at the other after blowing down part of the wall. But it is fortunate for us that their fuli terrors, on a' grand scale, are reserved for the tropics. These are the typhoons of the China Seas and the hurricanes or tornadoes of the West Indies. A storm of this nature, is intense atmospheric whirl of hurricane ferce blowing round a comparatively culin centre or vortex.

The whole storm, which from twenty to some nly vary hundreds of miles across, moves bodily at the rate of about two to quarter of an hour or less, and three hundred miles a day.

then comes the second half, equal- Originating not far from thely as vicious as the first, but from

· REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING Equator, these storms move firstly the opposite direction. Nature,

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TAIYO MARU ASAMA MARU

Tuesday, Wednesday,

24th November. 9th Decembor.

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER vin Shanghai & Japan Ports.

·HIKAWA MARU

Tuesday,

15th December. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

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Friday,

HAKONE MARU

Saturday,

4th Decombar. 12th December.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vin Munila & Ports.

KITANO, MARU

Saturday,

21st November.

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

20th December.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

†TOTTORI MARU

Friday,

27th November,

† NAGATO MARU

Monday,

30th November.

SOUTH

AMERICA' (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. #GINYO MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON vla Panama.

† TAKAOKA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa

& Marsellles.

Wednesday,

25th November.

.... Thursday,

10th December.

†. DAKAR MARU

Sunday,

20th December.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Perang & Rangoon

↑ RANGOON MARU

Sunday,

SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

† TOKIWA MARU

Wednesday,

Saturday,

18th Novembor. 20th November. 28th November.

- ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct)! Friday.

PUSHIMI MANU

+ Cargo only.

in 影 westerly

an

But the sea,

The centre really affords the most remarkable scene of all. Ofton there is no wind to speak of and blue sky overhead. apparently at a loss what to do, looks, as It has been well describ- ed, "like a cauldron of steep concs," each flopping about irrespective of Sometimes these Its neighbour. collide violently and cause a sort of waterspout. The effect is com- plate chaos. Only the crests of the waves break, and then in any direction. This may last for a

direction with having smitten you hard on one smite you the gradually increasing speed. Then, check, pauses to

The glass curving round in a boomerang-harder on the otherf shaped track. they spread, and then rises steadily, and in a few

hours there is poace. finally blow themselves out in a north-easterly

To have experienced the joys of or south-onsterly direction, according to the hemis- a typhoon at sea is an awful and phere. The circling movements of wonderful experience. Once in a the writhing air and the conse-lifetime is enough. But the sailor sucking action combine to bring is, in some ways, better off than the landsman. His safety ler largely in his own hands. If ac- tually at sea he may be able to The landeman, avoid the centre.

almost powerless. however, is

about extreme devastation.

Fortunately they seldom come! unannounced. A rapidly falling barometer, heavy swell at sea, and on uncanny look and colouring in the sky are the usual precursors. Apart from founding his hous

for

It is, therefore, possible to establish upon a rock and building it like a a. regular Bystem of warning rock, and seeing that his wife, and signula. In Hong Kong,

his servant, and his maid, and his instance, there is a rat-like scuttle 0%, and his ass, and everything of junks and sampans into "typhoon that is his are in places of com- creek" for safety when the warningparative safety, all he can do is to signal is hoisted. Indeed, one does watch and Walt and hope for the well to act quickly,

best.-Manchester Guardian,

PASSENGER LISTS.

ARRIVALS.

-Steaming Six- Knots at Anchor.

One afternoon before the war a large British cruiser was penco- fully at anchor in Kobe harbour. At 5 p.m. typhoon algnals were un- expectedly 29th November.

hoisted. Immediate Per es. President Lincoln, 'from preparations for the worst were U.S.A. Japan and China, November made, as the signals indicated that 16:—

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BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA.

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RIO

DE JANEIRO, SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa

& Colombo

ΤΟ

dth Dec.

The following British warships were in harbour to-day

Berwick-No. 3 buoy. Bruce-South wall. Cornwall-No. 5 buoy.. Hermes-No, I buoy. Kent-North arm. Marazion-South wall.

Medway and Subs-No. 2 buoy. Moorhen-East wall. Olympus-in dock. Perseus-In dock. Scamew-East wall. Suffolk-West wall.. Seraph-North wall.

Serapis North wall. Somme-North wall. Sepoy-North wall. Sirdar-Kowloon wharf. Stormcloud-In dock, Tamar-Basia. Thracian-East wall.

Foreign Men-of-War. Argus-French river gunboat Gil Eancs-Portuguese transport. Helena-American gunboat. Likin-Chinese gunboat.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE

Consignees of cargo ex 8.8. Ben- lawers are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which will be 'subject to rent after Novembar

19.

1

7

SHIPBUILDING ORDER FOR BELFAST.

Messrs. Workman, Clark and Co. of Belfast, on October 9 booked an order for the construction of” a passenger and fruit carrylag steamor for the Standard Fruit and of New Steamship Corporation

The new vessel will be Orleans. 400 feet long, and will have electric turbines. This is the first order

the typhoon was close upon us and Mr. B. Beith, Mies I. Bentley, that we lay in its path. By 6 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bercherer, Mr. and for a new vessel placed at Belfast boat work had become unsafe, by Mrs. F. P. Donnelly, Mrs. William for ten months.

7 p. it was blowing a gale, and G. Dowa, Mr. W. Dudman, Mr., F. by 8 p.m. we were actually steam- Fochorn, Miss Elizabeth S. Graham, ¡ing revolutions for six knots to ease Mrs. E. Johnstone, Mrs. Y! King, the strain on the cables. All fours Mr. R. Koch, Mr. A. Lello, Mrs. ́E. was the only mode of progresalon Metcalf, Mr. M. Michel, Mr. C. possible. The centre passed over Miners, Mr. J. Palstra, Mrs. W. us at 1 a.m., followed by four hours Palstra, Mr. T. Pin, Mr. B. of hurricane wind from the op- Richaram, Mr. C. Da Roza, Mrs. A. posite direction. By 6 am, it was Da Roza, Mr. and Mrs. A. Schrader, once more a flat calm. In less Mrs. Edward H. Smith, Mr. M. F. than twelve hours the barometer Thomas, Mr. E. Track, Mr. M. had fallen and risen again two Walsh; Mr. C. Young. [Inchés, fifty-one fishing vessels and,

other craft had been sunk or driven nahore, and about 8,000 Japanese killed or rendered homeless.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Malaland is published:-

Island,

Victoria Penk Signal Station Mt. Parker

Arrira Dee. Y Dec. 20

1932

1992

Jan. 17 Feb.

22

Mar. 6

Mar. 21

Mar. 20 Mar. 22 Mar. 28

Apr.

Apr. 11

May 9 May 12 May 14 May 20 May 25

Apr. 2

14 Apr. 16 Apr. 22 Apr. 27

મ

Feb. 25 Feb. 27 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 12

Emp. of Asia Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar, 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Emp. of Canada Apr. 9 Apr. 12 Emp. of Russia Apr. 22 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 28 Apr. 30 Emp. of Japan May 7 May 10 Emp. of Asia

May 20 May 23 May 24 May 26 May 28 June 4 Jons 10 Emp. of Canada June 4 June 7

June 9 June 11 Jane 17 June 22 Emp. of Russia June 17 June 20 June 21 June 23 June 25

July

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The direction of the centre must Hulme, Miss Cheffoy do Courcelle, Taimoshan .. always be known and in which Mr. R. B. A. Watson, Miss Kowloon Peak quadrant safety can best be sought.

For instance, if the wind increases

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There is, however, the celebrat ed case of the two British destroy- 12th Dec. era which, while on passage from

Wol-hai-wel to Shanghai, became') aware of the approach of a typhoon. 18th Nov.By the rules, their safe line of re

treat led them towards a lee shore. This being denied them, they de- liberately and wisely sought, as the 20th Nov. lesser of two evils, the centre of 22nd Nov,the storm. For thirty-alx hours 29th Nov.they negotiated the joys afforded by the passage to, and from the vortex, and eventually arrived, in 10th Nov, harbour battered wrecks but proud monuments of the strength of their construction and of the skill with which they had been handjed,

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