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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932,

LLOYD TRIESTINO

FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

via Slagapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez & Port Said Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading

to Fiume, Genoa. All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,

Black Sea and Danube Porte

Passengers to LONDON (Overland).

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

M.V. COL DI LANA (cargo boat)

For Shanghai

& Japan

For Singapore

Mar. a

& Italy Feb. 17 Mar. 13 Mar. 13 Apr. 2

*S.S. CONTE ROSSO. (passenger boat) ... Mar. 4

S.S. MONCALIERI (cargo boat)

S.S. TERGESTA (cargo boat) ...

* Passenger Boats to Shanghai only.

Attention is called to the s.s. Conte Roano which will make the veynge Hong Kong-Venice in 21 days thus allowing London Passengers to reach destination the day after their disem- barkation at Venice.

For Freight and Passages apply to

Queen's Building,

Tei, 22021

DODWELL & CO. LTD.,

Agents.

YKLINE

N.

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA US.A. VARYING FROM £79 TO £120 ON SALE.

SAN FRANCISCO vin Shanghai Japan Ports & Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU

SHINYO MARU

HIKAWA MARU

Wednesday, Tuesday,

24th February,

8th March.

1st March. 29th March.

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports,

HIYE MARU

Tuesday, Tuesday,

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

Saturday, 20th February. Saturday, 5th March.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

27th February. 26th March.

HAKUSAN MARU

HARUNA MARU

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

MANILA.

ASAMA MARU

Thursday,

18th February.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

TOTTORI MARU

Monday,

KAGA MARU

Friday,

29th February. 11th March.

SOUTH

AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU

14th February.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genos

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

Sunday,

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

& Marseilles.

† DELAGOA MARU

Monday,

15th February..

† AKITA MARU

Monday,

RANGOON MARU

Monday,

15th February. 29th February.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

+ LIMA MARU

Wednesday.

Saturday,

17th February. 19th February. 20th February.

ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direst). Friday, KASHIMA MARU

+ Cargo only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA..

Telephone 80291. (Private exchange, to sll departments.)

S. K.

BAILINGS FROM: HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, Bantos Maru

BUENOS AIRES via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BE

BEIRA

bo, Durban & Capetown.

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Arizona Maru

LOURENCO MARQUES.

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA

CAPETOWN

TOʻRIO 'DE

KMZERO. SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa

Thurs., 24th Mar.

Mon.,

7th Mar.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

Shipping

Intelligence.

QUEER CARGOES

BALLAST THAT SPROUTED.

Our wide-ranging tramps oft-, Interesting developments follow. times carry strange cargoes. Not ed the shipping of ballast at Achin. long ago a ateamer landed at Lon-It was sand and it was taken from don Docks a sixty-five ton whale. a place where, in ancient times, the An awkward cargo, but scarcely to Achinese seemingly buried their be reckoned a dangerous one, and dead, for there were fragments of many worse freights, from a all kinds of human bones in it- sailor's point of view, are carried jawbones with some teeth in excel- every day, Trinidad asphalt must lent condition, bits of akull, logo, be nasty stuff to stow and provides' arma, etc. A rather weird mixture. problems of handling for steve- The ship had much calm weather, dores. Sugar Is one of the most after leaving "Achin for Java, and hated cargoes. The sickly odour was a long time on the passage. given off by a load of sugar casks The ballast was levelled fore and penetrates every cranny of a ship. aft, and the Inside of the ship was It is also a dangerous cargo, and washed after the previous cargo of not long ago a dozen men were coal. Much fresh water was used, overcome by sugar fumes in the especially when it rained, and the hold of a big freighter.

sand ballast received a good Fruit is also a bad cargo-apples sprinkling. What was the amaze- and bananas especially give off ment of captain and crew, after sickening fumes, declares n cor- some days, to see a beautiful crop respondent, while recently a man of green grass and other herbage was fatally gassed by onion fumes aprout up as if by magic, and grow in a ship in Bordeaux harbour. to about a foot high by the time Indeed, it is paradoxical but true, the vessel got to its port in Java. that dynamite and petrol cargoes It was a strange sight to look down cause fewer accidents in ships than and see what appeared like a field, fruit and other apparently harm of corn growing in the hold of a lcas commodities.

ship-Greenock Telegraph.

THE "COMORIN” GENERAL AVERAGE.

adequately safeguarded by a special insurance covering the shipowners'. lability.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following British warships were in harbour to-day-

Bruce In dock.

Cicala-South wall. Cornflower-North wall.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS..

Thursday, February 11. Eurylochus, British str., 8,600 tons,]

Capt. C. Evans, from Singa- pore, Holt's Wharf.-B. & S. Modesta, Norwegian str., 3,177 tons,

Capt. J. Thorvig, from Swa. tow, Stonecutters Anchorage.— Kwong Nam & Do

Friday, February 12. Anhui, British str., 2,080 tons, Capt... Ashby, from Amoy, buoy No. B12—B. & S. Henri Rivieri, French str., 1,355 tons, Capt. Morganti, from Canton, buoy No. A2.-Sing Kec.

C.

Cederic, Norwegian str., 3,061 tons,

Capt. O. Strokke, from Canton, buoy No. B25.---Dodwell & Co.) Daifuku Mare, Japanese str., 2,258

tons, Capt. Kitamura, from Milko, buoy No. A4.-M.B.K. Hellos, Norwegian str., 1,118 tons,

Capt. T. Olsen, from Bang- kok, Stonecutters Anchorage.- Thoresen & Co.

Hydra 2, Norwegian str., 823 tons,]

Capt. L. Roed, from Bangkok, buoy No. B17.-Yong Hong Long. Kashmir, British atr., 5.564 is,

Capt. R. Dene, from Shanghai, buoy No. AS.-M.M. & Co. Kaying, British str., 1,572 tons,]

Capt. P. J. Green, from. Canton, buoy No. B3.-B. & S. Mogami Maru, Japanese str., 1,380

tons, Capt. Iotoh, from Kee- lung, buoy No. C7.-M.B.K. Malayan Prince, British str., 3,656 tons, Capt. J. Halloway, from Shanghai, buoy No. A16.-Fur- ness (Far East) & Co. Oldenburg, German str., 5,197 tons,

Capt. Q. Hensen, from Shang- hai, buoy No. A6-Jebsen & Co.

Cumberland-In Whampoa dock, Sibigo, Dutch str., 941 tons, Capt.

Herald-East wall.

Hermes No. 1 buoy. Keppel-North arm. Marazion--North wall. Medway & subs.-No. 2 busy. Pandora-In dock.

Proteus-In dock. Tamar-Basin. Whiteball-East wall.

Foreign, Man-of-War.. Mindanao-American river gun

VESSELS MANNED BY LASCARS.

Boltema, from Samarinda, Yau- mat Anchorage.-J.C.J.L

Tainan, British "str. 2,100 tons, Capt. W: Shaw, from Canton, Taikoo Dock.-B. & S.

CLEARANCES.

Friday, February 12. Benalder, for Yokohama. Cederle, for 'C. W. Tao.

Underwriters now have before them the general average arising out of the fire on the P. and O. liner Comorin at Colombo in March, 1930, and find that it contains some very interesting pointa. In the first place, the gold which the vessel car. ried, and which remained on board during the whole of the time, bas to bear a very large proportion of the amount involved-in fact, about £30,000 out of a total of £46,112, this being due to its high value, placed at £1,000,000.for the purpose of the adjustment. The rapidity with which the fire spread prevented the gold from being taken out of the vessel to a safe place, as is usual in such cases, and when this is done, the interest contributes only

Chipshing, for Canton. with regard to the damage and boat.

Clara Jebsen, for Saigon. aucrifice incurred up to the time of removal, bearing, however, the cost

Dorry, for Holḥow. of storage and safeguarding there-

Haining, for Swatow, after without contribution from

Hong Peng, for Amoy. other interests. It is, perhaps, this Vessels mainly manned by lascars Kaying, for Fakhol. custom that has led to the wide- have felt the effect of reduced em- Malayan Prince, for Manila. spread bat erroneous belief that ployment and business depression in Modesta, for Singapore. specle does not contribute in gen- a less degree than other vessels, Muinam, for Swatow. eral average on the same basis as according to the preliminary report Protesilaus, for Miike, other interests, says Shipbuilding on the census of Beamen

in the Sibigo, for Canton. Another feature of the adjustment Board of Trade Journal. The an-Tai Lee, for Canton.

"amount made good' in nual census of 1931 was taken on Tiipanas, for Shanghai. respect of passengers' baggage, and April 26. Only those seamen ac. Trier, for Shanghai. it is explained that this is done in tually employed on the day of the Unkal Maru No. 8, for Manila. equity, in spite of the fact that the census in sea trading vessels were York Antwerp Rules, 1924, exclude Tegistered at ports in the United passengers' baggage from contribu- Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the tion. It is quite true that if, in Channel Islands, The British pro Consignees, of cargo ex m.v. equity, passengers can claim for portion of the total in 1931 Danmark are reminded to take de- damage or sacrifice incurred in gen-¡. (64,4 ......per, cont.).

7. Was

less livery of their goods which will eral average, the interest on which than in any year since 1926. be subject to rent after February the claim is rande should also con- |-Foreigners ··in' 1981 represent- | 18: '--- tribute to the general average; but ed only 6.5 per cent of the Consignees of cargo ex a.a. Mon- since there is an express exclusion, total, while the proportion of lascars callert are reminded to take de it in 'dieult to understand why it (increased from 26.3 per cent. in livery of their goods which will should be disregarded, especially 1829 to 27:1 per cent. in 1980), was be subject to rent after February since the rights of third parties be 29.1 per cent. in 1981. ***

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CONSIGNEES NOTICES.

BUOY PLAN OF HONG KONG HARBOUR.

AUTH

.....pore & & Colombo

BRISBANE SYDNEY, MEL Sydney Maru

Bat","

5th Mar

POURNE AUCKLAND 2

WELLINGTON Tia Mariin.

QUARANTINE

JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Hamburg Maru

Services)

Sun.,

21st Feb.

· 11th Mar.

Colombo,

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT

TERDAM ANTWERP Amazon Maru... P

Sinceperun

Suer & Port Said.

NEW YORK Na Japan ports, | Kwanto Murni Jik. Thurs, 1:10th. Mar.

Los Angeles & Panama

Call Direct at Boston,272

Philadelphia & Baltimore,

·BOMBAT via

P

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Bovia Singapore, Honolulu Marul Penang & Bangood

IP HAIPHONG GE. Holbows Jda Canton!

KEELUNG Vis Swatow La

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JAPAN PORTS via Takso ♣ Canadi

TAKAO vis Bwatow & Ame

10th Mar,

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HONGKONG

via Honolulu

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and RETURN

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1st CLASS from GS630

RETURN LIMIT J1st DEC.

Ako SUMMER EXCURSIONS ON SALE JUNE 1st TO AUG. 31st

1st CLASS From GS540 TOURIST CABIN GS300

Leave

Hong Kong Shanghal Nagasaki Robe Yokohama Honolulu Va

Leave

Love Letra Feb. 25 Feb. 27

Emp. of Canada Feb, 20 Feb, 23 Emp, of Rurala ́Mar, ́4 Mar. 7 Mar. Emp, of Japan Mar. 15. Mar, 18 Emp. of Ariz Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar, Emp. of Canada Apr. 8 Apr. 11

8 Mar. 10 Mar. 12

Arrive

Mar.

Mar. 31

Mar. 20 Mar. 22 Mar. 28 Apr. 2 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 2.

Apr. 11 Apr, 13 Apr. 15 Apr. 21 Apr. 26

Empress of Japan

Sails

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