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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.)

8.8.

**SOMALI

Толь

From Hong Koar About

1981.

Destination.

HARBOURS OF

WORLD.

Dredging at Belawan Deli.

THE

Happy is the country that has a sufcient number of deep-water har- bours, for these commercial amenities exercise a tremendous, in- fluence upon the trade and develop ment of the entire country, writes Commander J. E. Capatickdale in the Nautical Magazine. If natural

then arti-

CHINA

MAIL.

WOA

in the

3-mile

A large port has been made THE among these being two rivers of porte.

sand of considerable depth. at Belawan-Deli, Sumatra, by drod- Townsville harbour, oi the ging a 40 ft. deep channel through North Queensland *cosat, WEE 7-mile sandbank, which

it mado out of п creek that formerly exposed at low tides, and had only 3 fest of water at low now the largest Eastern liners load tida, and the creek debouched upon full cargoes of rubber and tobacco- a very shallow shore, and now the the produce of the enormously rich largest refrigerated ships of the and productive hinterland-at what world may fill their holds to capa- was a few years ago a small coaster city there with Queensland mutton port. for the British arket. Harbours The greatest river port of this nature usually require train- world is Liverpool, with a

Mersey ing walls, in addition to breakwaters, sand bar fronting the

Great dredgers of 10,000 to ensure sufficient "scour" in the mouth.

remove millions of channels; wave-traps, on an angle tona capacity to the incoming tide and sea, to tons from this bar each year and water inside, and take it out to sea, to be washed back! procure smooth

upper, by the next N.W. gale; yet the part often siltage-trape in the

to catch the detritus in maintains an entrance depth of 46 floatation in flood waters.

ft., sufficient for the greatest ships reaches harbours do not exist.

Dredging la a necessary feature afloat, and the port charges bear helal ones have to be constructed, of maintenance in all such harbours, favourable comparison with many At mere advantageously conditioned and this is the condition which, it as it is in their construction.

An interesting the making of Durban harbour the modern harbours. may be said, is the prevalling one

bar was, broadly speaking, left un-¡ and instructive.example of harbour in these days of ships of great ton- touched until nearly the end of the development is furnished by Mel-

In no branch of achieve

A much greater depth than bourne leads; the mile-wide. ment has greater progress been was needed for ships was dredged trance is blocked by a shelf-of-solld to inside, and the bar allowed to rock extending from shore to than made

in "the science

fritter itself away and All up the shore,

which 12 quarter and practice of the harbour space which nice calculations had of a century ago there was 27 It, of insufficient. It engineer during the past gen- provided for it, and this is the prin- water, which was

coun- cipal that has been practised even was proposed to dig a shaft on dry very many

since when practicable. In the land and tunnel, at'à depth of 75 eration, and tries to-day one that working

absence of a river mouth to work feet, out to mid-channel, and thei scientist a debt of gratitude. In on, a curving breakwater is built tunnel at right angles, in line of the construction of a harbour na-out from the shore to enclose, a shel- the proposed channel until almost tural features are, of course, tered space, with the convexity of deep water was reached, leaving 20:

the curve exposed to the direction ft. strata of rock overhead to utilised to best advantage.

of the worst prevailing weather, of shattered by explosives and fall to iver course. Piers (as at Port Eliza- the bottom of the longitudinal cut.

nage.

largement

of

existing

R

mouths and bugins

Dec. Marselles, London, Havre, Hamburg,haps,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

gla 10,800

1932. RAWALPINDI 17.000 2nd Jan. *MIRZAPORE 5,700 4th Jan.

БЕ

Bombay, Marseilles & London, Straits. Colombo. & Bombay.

'seilles, L'don, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

M'seilles, L’don, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Feb. Bombay Mar. Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Anwerp, & Hull. Mar. Marseilles & London. Mar. Marselles & London.

KARMALA CHITRAL *KASHMIR NALDERA **SOUDAN

9,000 10th. 15,000 30th 18th 9,000 18,000 27th

6,800

Jan.

Feb.

CARTHAGE

RAJPUTANA

15,000 32th 17,000 26th

BURDWAN

CORFU

RAWALPINDI

15,000 17,000

RANPURA

17,000 7th

CHITRAL

RANCHI

NALDERA

0,500 2nd Apr.

9th Apr. 23rd Apr.

15.000 21at

17,000

10,000

KAISAR-I-HIND 12,000 RAJPUTANA 17,000

MANTUA

RAWALPINDI

RANPURA

MALWA

4th

18th

2nd

2nd

10th

Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg. Rotterdam & Antwerp. Marseilles &

London.

Bombay, Marolles & London.

May Bombay, Marsel..as & London. May Bombay. Marseilles, & London. June

Bombay. Maracles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Junio

July Bomb Merellen & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 11,000 30th July Bombay, Mareeilles & London..

17,000 13th

17,000

27th

July

Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

111,000 10th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London..

*Cargo only. Calls Casablanca. Calla Djibouti.

*

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

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1927

TILAWA

110,000 29th - Dec.

1932

SANTHIA TALMA TAKADA

8,000 VA Jan Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 10,000

Jan. 22nd 7,000 5th Feb.

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

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).

1032 200 Jan.

NANKIN NELLORE TANDA

7,000 7,000 30th Jan.

Manila. Rabaul Brisbane, Sydrog

& Melbourne.

7,000 4th Mar,

~:

Regular monthly saltings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan

and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney-10 days.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--

The Union 8.3. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The F. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & 0. Branch Service of steamers to London via Sues.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and Landon via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

1932.

CHITRAL

16,000 Ist 10,000

TALMA INELLORE

KALYAN

KASHMIR SOUDAN NALDERA

7.000 4th

9,000 Oth 7,000

15th 9.000 18th 6,800 25th 16,000 | 29th 14.000 20% 7,000 6th

6,500

Jan Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

1st Jan. Amoy, S'hal, Moji, Kobe. & Osica. Jan. S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Ybama. Jan Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. Jan. Amoy, Mofi, Kobe & Osaka, Jan. Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. Jan. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Jan,

Kobe &

& Yokohama. Moji, Kobe & Yok Feb Feb. Shanghai, Kobe & Feb Shanghal, Kobo & Yokohama, Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama. Kobe &

anghai,

Yokohama.

CARTHAGE 15,000 12

124% Feb. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Lat

RAJPUTANA 17.000 26th.

TANDA *BURDWAN

CORFU RAWALPIND!

BOMALI RANPURA CHITRAL *BANGALORE RANCHI NALDERA

15,000- 11th Mar. 17.000 24th Mar,

6.800 5th

1 17.000

Kobe & Yokohama.

& Yokohama.

Apr.hal Kobe Yokoname.

7th Apr Shanghai, Kobe &

Kobe & Yokohama.

10. 29th Age & Yokoler..

6,500

8th

17,000 16,000 19th

2nd KAISAR-I-HIND 18,000 RAJPUTANA 17,000-16th

SOUDAN

6,800 28th

Apr. Shanghai, Robe &

May Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.

Tokohama May Shanghai Holl, Kobe & June Shanghai, Moil, Kobe & Yokohama. Jane Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. June Shanghal, Kobo "& Yokohama,

Carge only. † Callá Nagoya.

All dates are approzimate, and subject to alteration without notice. All Cables are fitted with Electrio Fans or: Punka Louvre : Bystem. Steamers on London, and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parošli measuring "bột move 'than's eu. It. will ve received at the Com- pany's Quite up to Noon on the day previoris to sailing. ạ.

.

For further information, Pasmavé, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to:-

MACKINNON. MACKENZIE & CO.,

P. & O. Building, Connaught Ild: C., Hong Kong. Agents.

Durban Harbour.

En-

work.

per- beth) or dos (as

of are usually built in the form

obtained

the

on.

en

be

at Capetown) This would have meant a final depth "lee" in the channel through the rocky the simplest

In this manner, and shelf of 50 ft. or Bo. The scheme construction, though the questions sometimes

wharf naly be was rejected on account of its high may be difficult of solution and the constructed along

inner cost, estimated at from 4 to 6% mil-! Cases lion pounds sterling and a surface scale of operations of considerable face of the breakwater.

Beveral magnitude, Harbours of thin na-in point, in addition to the two al-scheme of blasting, with

mentioned, nre Burnie, vessels to be employed on the work, ready thre include breakwaters in the!

A depth of some.40 Portland, Victoria; was adopted. Taamania; Timaru, New Zealand; Burnbury ft. has now been attained, but it schume of construction always.

and Geraldton, West Australia; will take nearly another century, as Holyhead and Dover; Batavia and against the tunnel scheme's ten Darban is one of best examples Colombo, all of which accommodate years, to complete the desired 60 Colombo har- ft., and the cost will work out at of this style of artificial harbour, very large vessels.

East London is while

an-hour is really a semi-circular com- something approaching 40 millions, other interesting and entire pound, and it holds 100 ships; there for the difficulties increase as the With all the ly successful case in point. are two openings in the encircling work progresses., Fremantle, West. Australia, pos- wall for use as entrance and exit, great strides and accomplishments. incsses ቤ mout valuable deep- each built with an overlap to act as of recent year harbour engineering The building of break and construction' is still in its in- water harbour constructed on these wavetrap.

causes frequently

land fancy; the demand is for more and very difficult waters lines, and there were problema to solve here. The making, and that where it is usually yet more, ports, and each of these

own Timaru won will present its who made particularly valuable. minent

new and engineers

for solution. Durban' harbour charged the West nearly 2 square miles of land, right peculiar questions. Australia Government a very large at the harbour, which practically The work of the designer and con- sum of money to inform then that paid for the whole harbour scheme,structor is a peculiarly fascinating was possible at the and there have been other instances one; sometimes, as in the case of no harbour placa selected, but an unknown New of a similar nature. Zealand railway engineer (civil), named O'Connor, proved that, for once, expert opinion was not

River parts are made, or expand, fallible, and the harbour was made cd, by dredging; this is noticeable in in the face of natural obstacles, many Central and South American

in-

Making River Ports.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDYRS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS, All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Silp. ways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.

Tel. 20459. Town Office: 64. Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. shipyard: Bham-shui-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Kowloon Tel. 37004. Estimates furnished on application

Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.

Durban, an extremely lucrative one| also. Mistakes are sometimes made, but not often, for they are too ex- pensive, and the reputation of the firm, or individual, is made or mar- red by results, with which, of course, there can be no quarrel.

A great port has just been made.

of nothing and nowhere in out particular in Nigerla, and It is said that the success attained has! brought about the comtemplation of other great porta on similar lines,' and these in parts of the world where until recently no port was thought possible. Nature, it would' appear, exista only to have its ends defeated in the constant conflict be tween its colossal forces and the might of puny man, for the latter, In the end, always wins.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS : KOWLOON, HONG KONG

Telephones: HONG KONG OFFICE 28020,

KOWLOON DOCK 58053,

Telegram: "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 Lloyds

list of

approved

Cart

Steel

Manufac

tarers.

66

T.S.S. EMPRESS OF JAPAN.” -

i

Harbour Call Flags Enginew

Boller.

maker

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931.

SPECIAL ROUND

TRIP FARES ·

TO

EUROPE.

S.S. "PRESIDENT HOOVER"

Will arrive on

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25th

and sail for

MANILA

at

10.00 A.M. SATURDAY, DECEMBER

26th

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

BARBER

YURBAGOI \\W\ LINE

EXPRESS

PALAKA

SEAD

BARBER WILHELMSEN

LINE

THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK

and other US, Atlantic Ports vin Panama.

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

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

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:-

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings, Telephone' 280ZL.

Agents.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR DEC, 1981 (Subject to Change), - DEPARTURE HOURS; Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 4 pm.

Shipwright

"L"

Leaves

Steamer

.Rons Konr

TAI HING TUES.

TAI MING FRI

TAI HING MON.

In No. 1 Dock. Dimensions:--666′0′′. Q.A. x 88′6′′ × 48′6′′ Mid. 20,000 tons Grees.

The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipe VS. The dimensions of No. 1, Dock are: 700′0′′ x 88'C” x 30′6′′ over sill, FL. W 0.9. T. Salvage Tug "Heriry Keswick.” 2,000 LH.P. Wireless Call Sigrial V.P.B.T. and Flag Call Signal T.H.Q.B. Sheerlegs capable of Ufting 80 tons.

Codes Used: AI, ABC. Fifth Edition: Engineering, kirst and second Edition. Western Union. Bentley and Watkina.

✓

Kirilly-send enquiries to the Chief Manager,

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MLNA., Kowloon Docks, Hongkong.

Arrives Wuchow

Leivos Wachow

Arrives

Ben Lorr

28th BAT.

28th TUES

Jist FRI.

26th

29th

22nd THURS. 20 FRL

25th SUN, 27th MON.

28th WED. 20LE THURS.

TAI MING WED. 2011 FIL

1st SAT. 2nd BUN. Berular Service of Fait, High Class River Steamers having good Accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State-rooms and Saloon. The .. "Tal Hing isnt- ted with Wireless.

Mexls and Wines are to be obtained on board

3rd

Porta of Call-Samahal, Shathing, Takhing & Doshing. Fares Return (not including menis) $20.00.

Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai ling Whart

For information apply to

Phone 20898.

29, Connaught Road, West, SANG WO

Co.,

Ltd.,

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