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P.&O.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

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

CARGO

FOR

TAKING 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.)

1.8.

Tona

From Hong Kong About

1932.

1st Apr.

9 A.. 2nd

Apr.

*MIRZAPORE 6,700

6,500 **BURDWAN

9th 15,000 CORFU

17,000 23rd 17,000 7th 14th

RAWALPINDI

RANPURA

**SOMALI

CHITRAL

RANCHI

8,800

Destination.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Marseilles & London.

Apr. Apr. Bombay, Marseilles & London. May Bombay, Marseilles & London. May Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre,

THE CHINA MAIL.

BACK TO SEAMANSHIP!

A WATCHWORD FOR NAVY AND MERCHANT FLEET.

With the disappearance from the think, serve for the purpose of my Navy List of H.M. Ships Marl- argument. borough, Iron Duke, and Emperor

It is thi

trong contrast between varying circumstances

of India, the Navy has temporarily the Infinite. lost its training squadron, for it of the restless sea, and the relatively and assured conditions was in these battleships that seamen stable boys, for the last few years, have ashore, that has for centuries made served their first apprenticeship to resource in difficulty and danger the the sailor. the sea. At the present time boys, essential hail-mark of

battle, life at sea is on leaving the training establish- Apart from ments ashore, are distributed among singularly alike in war and peace. the fully commissioned ships, in and in battle, when mechanical aids which their training engages the upon which we rely perhaps over. time and energies of officers and much in peace, fail us; when men petty officers who have a multitude are thrown on their own resourcea, of other professional duties which and emergency follows emergency, are sufficient to occupy their work- the old traditional resource ing days.

and

EASTERN PORTS. Details of Epidemic Diseases.

The health bulletin of Eastern: ports for the week ended March 19, issued, by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services. gives the following cases:-

Plague.

Bassein: 3 cases, 2 deaths. Bombay: 1 case, I death. Rangoon: 1 death. Colombo: i case, 1 death.

Cholera.

Calcutta: 47 cases, 21 deaths. Madras: 6 cases, 2 deaths. Chittagong: 1 case. Bangkok: 1 case, 1 death.

Small-Pox,

Suez: 5 cases, 1 death.

Kamaran: 1 case (Imported). Bagdad: 1 case. Bombay: 8 cases, 3 deaths. Calcutta: 44 cases, 30 deaths. Cochin 1 death.

Karachi: 3 cases, 1 death. Madras: 9 cases, 4 deaths. Moulmein: 2 cases. Rangoon: 128 cases. E7 deaths. Chittagong: 2 cases, 1 death. Pondicherry: 6 cases, & deaths. Menado: 1 case.

Saigon: 45 cases, 35 deaths. Amoy: 12 cases, 7 deaths. Canton: 18 cases.

coolness of the seaman is the char- It need hardly be said that aacteristic which will win battles in perfectly trained personnel is of the the future, as it assuredly won them first importance in men-of-war, and in the past, always provided that hardly less so, especially in the case British ships are reasonably match- of officers, in merchant ships in led, mechanically, agamat those of be foreigners. the man rather than the machine: crews are likely to which so large a proportion of the their opponents. Given this, it is It is, therefore, no matter for sur-that counts.

Some maintain that midshipmen prise that the question of the ideal system of future training for the and boys most readily learn their sea is occupying the mind of the specialised duties, with a sufficiency in fully com- Navy as well as of the Merchant of seamanship,

rather

- than ships Captain Bernard missioned Fleet. writes

Others again Acworth, R.N. (Ret.) in the Morn-in training ships.

should that boys consider ing Post.

in amall their careers It is, however. to the future begin training of officers and men for the commissioned ships only, such as Navy that I should like briefly to sloops and destroyers, where the draw attention. There is, I think, a slightly rougher life will at least

The Ben Line 8.8. Benrinnes for hardihood. from Leith, Middlesbro', Antwerp, very general feeling in the Navy cure their sca-sickness and cultivate that the pressure of mechunism in a youthful taste

Shanghal: 29 cases, 17 deaths. Cerebre-Spinal Fever. Macao: 82 cases, 45 deaths.

STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS.

the past generation has tended to This is only to a small extent true: London, Straits and Manila left abscure the need for that part of because, apart from the cure of sea- Singapore on March 28, and is naval officers' and men's training sickness, modern small ships differ due to arrive here on April 5. 'burg, R'terdam, Antwerp & Hull. which is known, now rather vaguely, little from battleships and cruisers

The Ben Line 8.8. Benwyvis 15,000 21st May Bombay, Marseilles & London.

as seamanship: Few officers dis in their almost complete mechanisa-

from Leith, Middlesbro', Antwerp, 17,000 4th June Bombay,

ombay. Marseliles & London-

that first-class seamanship tion. 11th Jane Bombay,

tombay Marseilles, London, Havre Pute

The alternative is the resuscita- London and Straits left Singapore i *BANGALORE) 6,500

H'burg,

Antwerp & Hul. should be the basis of the seaman's

of a preliminary training in for this port on March 29, and is calling. Seamanship remaine, Intion 18th Jane Bombay, Marseilles & London.

short, the authentic trade mark of sail, a training now given to the due to arrive here on April 4.

officers of all Navies except to those the sea.

and Though some may dispute that of Great Britain, America

Japan, however, systema- seamanship in the Navy is under a Japan.

NALDERA

1 16,000

KAISAR-I-HIND: 12,000 # BHUTAN

RAJPUTANA MANTUA

'SOUDAN

BAWALPINDI RANPURA MALWA

2nd July

Bombay,

1 0,080 9th .July Bombay,

17,000 16th

11,000 80th

H'burg.

& London.

Awerp

& Hull. & London. Marseilles & London.

July Bo Marseilles, London, Hat cloud, the majority of naval officerstically trains its merchant seamen has learnt in practice the dynamics |

July

8,800 6th AVE.

H'burg, R'terdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

17,000 18th Aug.

17,000 27th Aug.

11,000 10th Sept.

Bombay, Marseilles

Marseilles & London.

*Cargo only. † Calls Casablanca. Calls Djibouti.

London.

Frequent connection from Part 8 aid for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stansinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Forts by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

TALMA TALAMBA TAKADA

10,000 3rd Apr.

1932.

8,000 15th Apr. 7,000 Ist May

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

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

undoubtedly consider that the time in sail.

The Two Schools.

of pulleys, and who is as much at home in small sailing craft as is a is ripe for an increase in purely

hunter on a high-spirited It is sometimes urged by those skilled seamanlike training, the nature of

horse: to such a youngster the the ideal training alone being con- who are opposed to sail training

resourcefulness and nervelessness) troversial in any way.

that it is of no practical use to men What in these days of steam and whose lives will be spent in handling which he will quickly acquire will mechanism, is meant by seaman-power-driven ships and machinery, stand him in good stead when he ship? The variation in the con- much as it is to-day argued by a passes to more mechanical duties in ception of what constitutes seaman-diminishing number of education modern ships of all sorts.

We believe, in short, that a sea- like qualities in a modern Navy is experts that the classics, or a gen- the measure

of the difference of eral education, are a waste of time man can always, and quickly, master world. Sall-mechanical aids, whereas mechani- views that exists as to the best pos- in this mechanized sible training in the coming years. training is to the aspiring seaman cal training in early youth does not in the sense in Speaking for myself, and for a con- what a classical or general education breed a seaman aiderable body of naval opinion, is to the budding engineer, and we which I have defined the term.

Lest anyone imagine that renew- seamanship, or a seaman, maybe who advocate the restoration of sail- defined as follows:

training in the Navy base oured sail-training is "reactionary," it What is a "Seaman?" advocacy on those qualities of the need only be said that the many The seaman is a man who can mind and character which such a very junior officers it is my pri- vilege to know do not think so. On carry out his duties under all those training is apt to instil. changing and varying conditions of The young man who has faced as the contrary, they regard it as truly! who has made sail provision of one or more sailing EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). climate, circumstance and weather gale on the royal yards of a full-progressive. If, in due course, the

aa efficiently, and with as little rigged ship: flurry, as men ashore carry out after a storm, or shortened sail training ships are desired for the theirs under conditions which, rela- before it; who has learnt to handle Navy there can be little doubt that tively to the sea, are uniform and spars in a sea way with tackle which their relatively trifling cost will be! undertaken by the Manila, Rabaul Brisbane, Bydney predictable. This definition is cer- he himself has created out of a spar cheerfully

tainly not perfect, but it does, I and a length of rope or wire; who country.

NANKIN

NELLORE TANDA

1982 7,000

2nd Apr.

11 a.m. -} 30th Apr. 7,000 7,000 8rd June

A 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 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, ate.

The P. 40. Royal Mail Steamers to London, and

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

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,

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

KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 1947.

Telephones

Telegrams: "MANIFESTO,ʻHONG KONG."

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932.

ROUND

THE

WORLD

OR ACROSS THE PACIFIC Special Round Trip Fares to Europe.

WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE

To San Francisco, Los Angeles|

& New York via Panama.

The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu

To Seattle & Victoria.

L

The Short, Straight Bouts.

to America

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sallings on Saturdays

Prea. Hoover ..

Pres. Jackson

Pres. McKinley

ST.

Pres. Madison ....Apr. 2, 3

.Apr. 12

.Apr. 28

.My 10

Pres. Cleveland Pres, Taft

....Apr. 16 ...Apr. 30

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

United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines acrons United States and Canada, ilberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

ROUND TRIP FARE TO BUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples

+

E

•

Marscilla

London

Full particulars upon application.

EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD.

$152. 5,00.

#261. 0.04. $189.15.04.

Fortnightly alling on Sundays vis Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.

■,m Pres. Harrison...Apr. 8, 5 Pres. Hayes......Apr. 17, 8

G..

1, B Pres. Pierce ....May Pres. Monroe.....May 15, 8 TO MANILA

Pres. Harrison .Apr. 3. 8 a.m. Pres. Hayes ...Apr. 17, 8 a.m. Pres. Hoover ..Apr. 5. 6 p.m. Pres. Jackson.Apr. 19, 6 p.m. Pres. Cleveland Apr. 9, 6 pm. Fres. Taft.Apr. 23, 6 p.m.

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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 reasonable.

cost most

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:--

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings. Telephone 28021.

Agwiata.

NELLORE SOMALI

RANPURA

TAKADA. CHITRAL

1982. 7,000

Apr. 4th

S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yhama. 6,800 5th Apr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 2th Apr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama

2,000

Ayr. Amey, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Danka. 21st Apr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 10,000

8,600 22nd Apr. Amer Mojt Kobe 4 Tokohama. 600 30th Apr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. $17,000 Bth May Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

th MAY

S'hal, Moll, Kobe & 10,000

& Drake 7,000 8th

Kobe,

Osaka & Y'kama. MAY Shanghal 16,000:19th

& "Yokohama. 6,000 29th May Shanghal, Kabe & s Yokohama. LISAR-I-HIND 12,000 2nd June Shanghai, Maji, Kobe, & Yokohams.

7000

kick Thama. NANKIN

6th Jane S'hal, Moji, Hobe, Osaka RAJPUTANA 17,000 16th June Shanghai, Kobe. & Yokohama. *BOUDAN

6,800 28th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohazha:

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AMD Batimates furnished on 'application Hong Kong, April 1, 1974.

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2,000 LELI capable of lifting

Editions Engines

0.8.T. over all, H. Signal VPBT. and "Flag

First and Secund Editi

SUMMER TIME.

Speed-up Of French Mails,

made in nine days in place of ten. Further to give the maximum speed to the mail for Tonkin, southern China (Yunnan and Kwengel); Im- mediately on arrival in Indo-China the mailbags will be despatched on A communique of the Ministry of an accelerated service from Balgon

and Telephones to Hile, Vino and Hanol. On thise will be put

journey the mail: les

Paris, Feb 26.

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