1932-05-17 — Page 9

TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1932.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

NAV. CO.

EXPRESS MAIL PASSENGER SERVICE. For Brindisi, Venice, & Trieste and London (Overland) vis Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez, and Port Said.

S.S. GANGE

NEXT SAILING

JUNE 15th.

FOR. FREIGHT & PASSAGES APPLY TO DODWELL & CO. LTD. Queen's Bldg. Tel. 28021.

YKLINE

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING FROM £78 TO £120 ON SALE.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports. and Honolulu.

Wednesday, CHICHIBU MARU“

1st June. SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Porta,

HIKAWA MARU HIYE MARU

Tuesday, Tuesday,

24th May.

7th June..

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez. FUSHIMI MARU

ito

ITALIAN WARSHIP'S VISIT.

Cruiser Trento, Here for 3 Days.

PATROL IN SHANGHAI,

THE CHINA M

Shipping

Intelligence.

SLACK TIME AHEAD FOR SHIPYARDS.

Newcastle and Barrow: No Ships on Stocks.

“G.O.M.” OF SHIPPING

ཎཱ

He was

PASSES AWAY.

Captain Dollar's Death at: 88.

STARTED WITHOUT A PENNY.

St. Raphael, 'California," Her pale grey turrets and eight-

Lady Eyres Monsell, wife of the

... Yesterday. inch guns gleaming in the sunlight, First Lord of the Admiralty, on The death of Captain Robert Dol- the stately Italian cruiser, the April 7 launched the destroyer Delar, founder and President of the Trento, steamed slowly into Hong fender, ordered from Vickers Arm-Dollar Steamship Line, took place at

bis residence here to-day. Kong Harbour yesterday afternoon. strong Ltd., on February 2 1931, at 88 years of age-Reuter's Ameri

This 10,000 tons warship was the the Naval Construction Works can Service. cynosure of all eyes as she passed

“GO.M." of Shipping. Barrow-in-Furness. the Ferries and made fast tó a buoy Comdr. C. W. Craven, general] A Scot by birth, Captain Robert in the Naval Anchorage,

manager of Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Dollar began without a penny as a The Trento made her first visit at a luncheon later, said he was tumber worker in Canada, to which When country he migrated at the age of the Orient when the Sino-sorry he had no good news,

He they launched the submarine Por-18..

was among the early Japanese trouble broke out ini

poise and the passenger liner Queen pioneers of the Paciâc trade, was Shanghai, and she was sent to safe of Bermuda, for the Furness Withy generally known as the "Grand Old guard the lives and property of Company, in August, the firm would Man of Shipping," and was many He was last Italians in the International Settle-be forced with two shipyards at times a millionaire.

Newcastle and Barrow, comprising in Hong Kong in October, 1930. twenty-three berths without a ship Began in Small Way. on the stocks.

From 1901 until 1928 Robert Thus yesterday was her initial Every possible inquiry was being Dollar angaged in the shipping appearance in local waters and con-actively pursued, and that did not business on a small scale. In 1923, only apply to their shipbuilding pro at the age of 80, he purchased a siderable interest was aroused by ductions, but he did not disguise the feet of "President" liners from the 'the visit. The Italian warships fact that during next Autumn they United States Shipping, Board, and a slack time. Of shortly after established the now- usually stationed in the Orient are were in for the Libin, a 3,700 tons cruiser, and course they had the promise of the famous Dollar Line, and was one of Government that they would have the pioneers of the Round the-World the Ermano Cavotto, a gunboat, the right to tender for a consider- service. which have visited Hong Kong on able amount of naval work during Captain Dollar took the first trip

the Autumn.

around the world that was made by numerous occasions..

'An official of the Italian Consulate H.M.S. Daring, another destroyer the company, and called on 400 informed s China Mail represents-of the "Defender" class, was launch-shippers and prospective customers, tive to-day that the Trento would ed on the same day at the Southamp-drumming up business in all parts The next year he remain in Hong Kong for about ton works of John I. Thornycroft of the globe. three days, after which she would (and Co. Ltd. The naming ceremony went again and made four hundred was performed by Mrs. Thornycroft, and eighty, personal calls. Mrs. resume her journey Homewards.

Her Commander, Admiral the wife of Lt.-Cmdr. J. W. Thorny-Dollar accompanied him on these Cavagnasi, to-day paid official visita croft, R.N., one of the directors of trips. to H.E. the Officer Administrating the firm. the Government (the Hon.

ment.

Firat Appearance.

Mr.

When there was no freight to carry back, he bought eggs in China

and silks in Japan, hauled them to W. T. Southorn, C.MG.) and the HONG KONG. TIDES. the United State, and then Commodore, Captain A. H. Walker,

Saturday, 28th May. SYDNEY & MELBOURNE, via Manila & Porta.

KITANO MARU

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday, Saturday,

28th May. 25th June.

R.N. O.B.E.

|

Three 'Planes Aboard

+ TOTTORI MARU

29th May,

KAGA MARU.

11th June.

BOMBAY vie Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

Sunday,

Saturday,

SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. HEIYO MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

Saturday,

21st May.

LIVERPOOL via. Saigon, Port Said, Marseilles, Genoa & Valencia.

Saturday, ↑ TOYOOKA MARU

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangʊòn.

↑ TOKUSHIMA MARU.

KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

TANGO MARU

ATSUTA MARU (calls Nagasaki)

+ Cargo only.

14th May.

Sunday,

29th May.

Wednesday, Friday,

18th May. 20th May.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 30291.

(Private exchange to all departments.)

0. S

K.

BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION,

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA.

LOURENÇO

VEBAN. PORTA

BETH

& CAP

WRENCE TO RIO DE

Bold them at a profit after paying him self for hauling his own freight.

The time used is Standard, or mean When the first Dollar liner reached

The eighty-year-old captain

and

The Tranto is about the same size time of the meridian of 120 deg. Ei Egypt there waa vacant cargo 88 the British "County" class 00h is midnight, 12hrs, is noon. The cruisers, though her tripod masts heights are referred to the datum of space. and heavy upperworks make her ap- the place and should be added to the found 400 tons of onions, filled the

the largest scale Admiralty chart of hustled around Alexandria pear larger: She has ⚫ displace- ment of 10,000 tons, a length of 640 depths given on the chart unless pre-ship and sold them on his return ceded by an asterisk (*), when they feet and a beam of 67 ft. 7. ins. A should be subtracted from the depth to the United States. speed of 35 knots is provided by 150,000 h.p. oil-burning engines.

May 17 to 23, 1982.

Dete

May

.

Extensive Interests.

He was engaged on an extensive scale in foreign trade and lumber

High Water Low Water business and it was well known Standard Ht. Standard Hthat he was one of the largest

Timer

H. M.

Times.

The Trento's main armament is also similar to that of the "Kent" class, and consists of eight 8-Inch guns, four of them being in super- imposed turrets. She has secon- Tues,

19 dary armament of sixteen 3.9-inch

Wed. anti-aircraft guns, and six guns of

1807 88 5.9. 01 14 19 Dollar Co., the Admiral Oriental

20 38.4.9 14 00 1.4 smaller calibre.

Thurs. 19 08 10 8.5 01 18 21 Co., the Dollar Portland Lumber

48·· · There are three seaplanes and

21 39.4.8 14 60 0.7 Co., the Canadian Robert Dollar Fri. catapult gear. The Trento was

42 7.1 02 24 25 Co., and the director of the Ameri 85 4.8 15:40 0.8 can International Corporation, the completed and equipped in Italian Sat.

2108 20 7,5 02:55 2.8 Anglo-London and Paris Bank, and dockyards in 1925, and carries a complement of 800 men.

-Sun. 22

Mon. 23

F. EMP operators of ocean vessels in the He was chairman of the 00 35 1.6 world. 1707 10 3.0 18 05 22 Dollar Steamship Co., the Robert

An Italian destroyer is also ‘ex- pected in Hong Kong to-day.

STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The P. & O. 6.8. Naldera left

| Singapore for this port on May 14 at noon with the outward English 23rd May Mails, and is due here to-morrow

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, Montevideo Maru

Hon

& BUENOS AIRES via)

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

bo, Durban & Capstown.

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Africa Maru

Tues

7th Jane

JANEIRO, SANTOS-M

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pore & Colombo koskaan

MELBOURNE via Manila, Sydney Maru

5th June.

Brisbane & Sydney

JAPAN N PORTS (Frequent

Services),

at about 10 am.

20..

28 15 44-16. 84 10.0

00 7.7 03 26 3.1 the San Francisco Saving Bank.

17 260.1

4.2 03 58 3.4

1.7 1825 0,2

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. Consignees of cargo ex s.s. Ben- reach are reminded to take. de- livery of their goods which will be subject to rent after May 28.

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