1932-05-09 — Page 9

MONDAY, MAY 9, 1932.

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Sunday, Wednesday,

15th May. 1st June.

24th May.

7th June.

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Tuesday, Tuesday,

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombu

SUWA MARU

Saturday,

14th May.

FUSHIMI MARU

Saturday,

28th May,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE 'via atanila & Ports.

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

28th May.

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

25th June.

IYO MARU

Wednesday,

+ TOTTORI MARU

Sunday, SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Jupan.

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama HEIYO MARU

11th May. 29th May.

Honolulu,

Saturday, 21st May.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Pamma, LIVERPOOL via Salgon, Port Said. Marseilles, Genoa & Valencia.

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Monday, Sunday,

Oth May. 15th May.

Thursday,

Saturday, Monday,

12th May. 14th May, 16th May.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Montevideo Maru ... Mon.,

& BUENOS AIRES YIA

Salgon, Singapore, Colom» ;

bo, Durban & Capetown,

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Africa Maru

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,

LOURENCO MARQUES

DURBAN, PORT

BETH

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Tues.,

7th June

THE CHINA MAIL.

SEARCH FOR THE KOBENHAVN..

鮮

Shipping

Intelligence.

PASSENGER LIST.

ARRIVALS

The following passengers arriv

Expedition Financed by ed from San Francisco via ports

Parents of Cadets.

on the N.Y.K. liner Shinyo Maru yesterday:-

·CUNARD COMPANY LOSES £553,000

DURING 1931.

Shipping Slump.

MISSING BARQUE.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gorordo, Mrs. Emma Brady, Miss Flora

A striking reflection of the de Another search for the Danish Santos, Mr. Asenio Mayaga, Mr: pression in the British shipping sailing ship Kobenhavn, which has Damoureux, Mr. G. Concepcion, sustained by the Cunard Steam Joe Bundalian, Mr. Wealey trade is the heavy loss on trading been missing for over three years, Mr. Juan Laciao and Mr. Julian Ship Company for 1981. is being financed by the parents of 45 cadets who still believe that there is a chance of finding their sons alive somewhere in the South Atlantic..

The Kobenhavn was last heard of when she sent out Christmas greet-i 'ings in 1928.

Johnson,

STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The accounts published recently show a net loss for the year ended December 31 last of £553,204.

The half-year's dividend on the company's Preference stocks, paid The R.M'S. Empress of Asia ar-j up to June 30 last and amounting rived at Shanghai yesterday at to £67,500, was met out of the She was the biggest sailing ship 4.30 p.m., left Shanghai to-day at credit balance remaining from the in the world, and was bound from 10.30 u.m., and is due at Hong previous year. Buenos Aires for Australia when Kong on May 11 (Wed.), at 10 she disappeared.

a.m. She leaves for Manila on The present hopes are based on May 11 (Wed.) at 6 p.m. the belief that the crew managed

to reach an island somewhere in the South Atlantic.

CONSIGNEES NOTICES.

With 45 young Danish cadets, who were serving a three-year ap- prenticeship to qualify as officers

Consignees of cargo ex my Himalaya are reminded to take of the East Asiatic Company of

delivery of their goods which will Denmark, the Kobenhavn, the world's biggest sailing ship, left be subject to rent after to-morrow. her home port over three years ago Conte Rosso are reminded to take

Consignees of cargo ex 3.8

on a trip to South America and Australis, but nothing was heard delivery of their goods which will of her after she left Buenos Aires be subject to rent after May 12.

for the Commonwealth.

She disappeared quite suddenly and all efforts to locate the vessel have so far proved unsuccessful: About two years ago, shortly after

SYDNEY BRIDGE.

Procession.

An imposing procession repre

As was anticipated in the board's circular letter of December 10, 1931, the cumulative dividends on the Preference stocks due on Janu- |ary 1, 1982, have not been paid.

Curtailed Sailings,

The services of the company, the directors state, have been satisfac torily maintained during the year, but owing to the reduced volume of business the number of sailings was curtailed.

ed a marked falling-off, even on the Atlantic passenger traffic show-

diminished returns of the previous! year. This can be ascribed largely to the conditions prevailing both in the United States and Canada, re- sulting not only in a serious shrinkage in ordinary travel, but also in an almost complete cessa- tion of emigration.

the Kobenhavn was believed to The Nieuw Zeeland in Maritime have been lost, the Danish oil

Cunard Ordinary ahares last re-: tanker Mexico, (Captain H. K.

ceived a dividend in 1929, when Christensen), along with a Nor-

of the £1 shares was 6s. 3d, 7% per cent. was paid. The price wegian ship specially chartered for 23rd May the purpose, made a very careful sentative of the mercantile marine

Financial reasons, It will be re-j search for the missing vessel, of the nations, passed under the membered, were the cause of the These ships practically combed the Sydney Harbour Bridge immediate stepping of work last December on islands of the South Atlantic and ly after the opening on March 19. the 73,000-tons Cunard liner which searched the high seas from South It is 20 years since the P. & O. is still lying half-completed on the America to Australia, but did not liner Chúsan, of 700 tons, arrived stocks at Clydebank. obtain the slightest clue as to the in Sydney to inaugurate a steam Recently the directors fate of the Kobenhavn and her mail service between Great Britain company in an appeal to the Gov

The Western and Eastern and Australia. That service has ernment for financial help to assist coast of Africa were also aystema- been regularly maintained, and in them to resume work on the Cunar- tically searched and at the Cape honour of the event the P. & O der said: 5th June ports the authorities were informed Company offered their 21,000-ton

"It is the finest ship in the At- to keep a look out for her.

ship Maloja to the State Govern-lantic trade that gets the traffic."

11th May

7th June

crew.

Captain H. K. Christensen, the ment for the purpose of entertain- commander of the tanker Mexico, ing its guests for the bridge open- subsequently passed Colombo, ing ceremony. The offer was ac 9th May when, it will be remembered, he cepted, and as soon as the general spoke of his long and fruitless arrangements were butlined, it was search and expressed the opinion decided that the Maloja should lead 20th May that the Kobenhavn was definitely a procession under the bridge of

lost.

the majority of the big vessels

THENCE TO RIO DE

JANEIRO, SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa-

pore & Colombo

MELBOURNE via Manila, Sydney Maru

Brisbane & Sydney.......

Sun,

JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Hamburg Maru

Services),

Wed.,

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- London Maru

TERDAM & ANTWERP] Andes Maru

Moz., Tues.,

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Suez & Port Sald.

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Fri

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Belawan Deli & Colombo

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Honolulu Maru

Thurs.,

Fri.,

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KEELUNG via watow

Amoy (8 p.m. every Son

day).

JAPAN PORTS via Takao & Canada Maru

Keelung

TAKAO via Swatow & Amos Deli Maru

Tues.,

Thurs.,

10th May

19th May

(Noon)

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July 4 Emp, of Japan - July 1 July

Jaly 6 Jaly 8 July 14 July 19 Emp, of Asia July 15 July 15 July 19 July 11' July

Aug. 1 Emp. of Canada July 29 Aug. 1

Aug. 3 Aug. 5 Aug. 11 Aug. 16 Emp. of Rutela Aug. 12. Aug. 15. Aug. 16 Aug. 18. Aug. 20 Ang. 17 Sept. 3 Emp. of Japan Aug. 26 Aug. 29 Emp, of Asia Sept. Sept. 12 Sept: Emp. of Canada Sept. 23 Sept. 25

Aug. 31 Sept. 3 Bept 8 Sept. 13 13 Sept. 15 Sept. 17

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The Kobenhavn, a splendid five which were then in port (states the A new record for the passage bes 19th May masted steel barque, was built at Sydney Morning Herald of March

tween Yokohama and San Fran Leith in 1921 by Messrs. Ramage 3). The Maloja led but there was cisco is claimed by the liner Presi- 20th May

and Ferguson. She was 868 feet a pilot which bears an historical dent Coolidge which completed her in length and 49 feet in breadth, name, the Captain Cook. The other maiden voyage homeward in 12 She was the training ship of the ships were the Orford, British days and eight minutes, her average East Aalatic Company, Copenhagen, (20,000 tons), Moreton Bay, British speed being 191⁄2 knots. Her cross- and it was in this vessel that the (14,000 tons),

Zeeland,

four {log was

hours, and four officers of the company's motor Dutch (11,000 tons), Manunda, minutes

faster than the record Viminale, ships went through their appren- British (9,000 tons),

held by the Asama Maru. ticeship period before obtaining Italian (8,000 tons), Talisse, Dutch

**ATREUS " Captain Allen said that the Pre- their certificates.

(8,000 tons), Kitano Maru, Japan sident Coolidge made a faster trip| On her last voyage she was com-cse (8,000 tons), Stassfurt, German from San Francisco to Yokohama, manded by Captain F. Andersen (7.400 tons), and Temeraire, Nor her time being 11 days, four hours who was a shipmate of Mr. L. wegian (6,500 tona).

and 22 minutes at an average speed} Blichfeld, the acting Consul for Immediately after the procession of 20.28 knots. He said that the Denmark in Gelombo, and Secret- had passed under the bridge the fast westward trip was made to suit ary of the Ceylon Trading Co., Maloja proceeded to take up her the convenience of the United wher, the latter was serving at sen position off Cremorne, where she States Post Office Department to In the old Danish training ship acted as flagship for the regatta in demonstrate mail carrying pos-

the afternoon.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE Viking, about 1911.

SAILING DATES FOR MAY-JUNE, 1932 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 3 p.m.

Steamer

Leave

Arrives

Hong Kong. Wachow.

Arrives

Leaves Wuchow. Hong

18th SAT. 14th 18th TUES, 17th

18th THURS, 19th

21st SUN. 22nd

24th

TUES. 10th.THURS. 12th FRI. TAI MING TAI HING FRI. 13th SUN, 15th MON. TAI MING SUN. 15th TUES. 17th WED. TAI HING. WED. 18th. FRL 20th BAT. TAI MING FRI. 2011 SUN. 22nd MON. 23rd TUES.

23rd WED. 25th THURS. 264h|| FRI. 27th 25th FRL 271 SAT. 28th SUN.

29th 28th MON, 200K TUES. 1st WED. Ist 90th WED. 1st THURS 2nd FRI. 3rd.

TAI HING

MON. WED. SAT. TAI MING MON.

TAIMING

TAI HING

Parts of Call-Samahal, Shuihing, Takhing & Doshing Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00

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