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QUICK STEPS TO

P. &0.-British India TRACE WRECKS.

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.)

RAWALPINDI *KIDDERPORE RANPURA +BURDWAN

KALWA RANCHI CARTHAGE

Том

T

From Hour Hond About

1932.

17,000 18th Aug.

Noon 5.300 24th Aug. 17,000 27th Aug. 6,500 3rd Sept.

11.000 10th Sept 17,000 24th Sept. 14,000 8th Oct.

+ SOMALI

NALDERA RAJPUTANA

+*BANGALORE

CORFU COMORIN +BHUTAN

RANPURA

KAISAR-I-HIND

6,800 18th Oct.

Destination.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg, R'dam, Antwerp & Hall. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, I

London, Favre, Hamburg. Rotterdam,

& 'London. Marseilles & London.

16,000 22nd Oct. | Bombay, Antwerp & Hull..

When Submarines

Are Lost

The Admiralty are taking steps to ensure that no time shall in future be lost in getting into touch

LONDON'S IDLEST

TUG BOAT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

PLANS TO SALVAGE SUBMARINE. Preparations Almost Completed.

MYSTERY OF LOSS.

London, July 31.

2

£52 A Week For Doing Nothing.

London, Aug. 1. London's idlest tug may be seen

There are certain classes of sall ing barges that the Tower Bridge Tug has to escort safely under the bridge, but they, too, are becoming few and far between.

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with any eye-witnesses of a sub- So much progress has been made any hour of the day or night lying marine disaster. The General Post towards salving the M-2 that it is beside the Tower Bridge.

She bears the name Tower Office and the British Broadcasting hoped, with reasonable luck in. Corporation are co-operating with weather and tides, to refloat the Bridge Tug. Her job is to go to the the Admiralty in the arrangements submarine now lying with the which are being made.

bodies of her crew 100 ft deep in assistance of any vessel that may This developilent, announced by West Bay, Portland, and tow her have fouled the bridge or may be the Admiralty on July 11, will be into harbour in about a month's in danger of fouling the bridge. regarded as the sequel to the loss time. of Submarine M.2.

This is the most ambitious sal- This submarine sank of Portland vage effort the Navy, which has no on January 26. Her last dive was salvage service, has ever made at seen by Capt." Howard of the such a depth. In view of weather steamer Tynesider, but it was not and tidal difficulties the work done

For This tug costs money. 16 that Capt.so far has not taken much longer until February

April the charge was £52 a week- Howard was interviewed by an than was expected........... officer of the Navy.

Those responsible believe that a total of £208. There have been He had travelled to Antwerp and the compressed air blown into the times when the cost was much thence to Bridlington before he hull will give the M-2 aufficient bigher.

The reason why the City has to learned that the submarine was buoyancy to rise. It is calculated missing, no wireless announcement that she will have in her over 100 pay a tug to hold this costly sine- having reached his ship.

tons of loose water, which cannot cure is a clause in the Act of 1885 Broadcasts To Be Made, be forced out, and to ensure stabi- which authorised, the building of The Secretary of the Admiralty Hty in these circumstances will be the bridge. Parliament was ap- said:

one of the most-anxious problems prehensive that the new bridge" might lead to a crop of accidents "Under existing instructions, the of the entire operations. senior officer on the spot reports to A great deal of the necessary and wanted to have help always the Admiralty and to certain other work has been done. The conning at hand. authorities by the quickest possible tower and hangar have been seal- route when a submarine, aircraft, ed with special cement, and hoses or surface vessel is overdue. have been fitted to them to carry "In future the serior officer pre-compressed air. To provide means sent will, in addition to this action, for the water to escape holes have Inform the Admiralty by signal been burnt and drilled in the outer whether in the circumstances he and inner hulls, seated with steel considers that endeavours should be and rubber patches and fitted with made to reach possible chance ob-valves. servers; of the supposed disaster.

When the vessel is floated the

The matter is now under the con- sideration of a special committee.

LORD INCHCAPE'S LITTLE STORY.

On receipt of this report a decision compressed air pumped into her Flags That Wouldn't

"

Wear Out.

as to further action will be taken will force out the water. She willi rise, it is planned, bow first. When at the Admiralty.

"In the event of one of H.M. on the surface divers will close

Underneath his somewhat förbid- ships being reported overdue the the valves, and she will be water Admiralty may request certain ap-tight and ready for towing to harding exterior the late Lord Inchcape concealed a friendly nature and a An unprecedented number of keen sense of humour. No man re-

17,000 5th Nev. Bomb Piles, London, Harre propriate G.V.O. coast stations and bour, says the Daily Telegraph.

6,500 12th Nov. Bom 'terdam, Antwerp & Fall. the B.B.C. to make broadcasts with

H'burg

15,000 19th Nov. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 15,000 3rd Dec. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

6,000 10th Dec. Bombay, M'sailles, 'don, Havre,

H'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Hull. 17,000 17th Dec. | Bombay, Marseilles & London. 12,000 31st Dec Bombay, Marseilles & London.- Cali Casablanca.

aster,

a view to reach possible chance ob-hours have been spent under water lished a joke more thoroughly, and Bervers of an incident who may by the pick of the Navy's most his public speeches seldom failed to have unknowingly witnessed a experienced deep sea divers. From display the human side of his

March 5 to May 30 diving hours nature..

One tale he liked to recount was "No"broadcast which might in- totalled 247. One diver remained volve anxiety to relatives will, under water continuously for the of a passage he made between Bom- Cargo only.

however, be made until there is astonishing period of 5 hours and bay and Aden. In the early hours Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Cen-reasonable evidence that an accident 40 minutes.

of the morning be left his stateroom stantinople, Piraans, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by stammers of the has occurred."

When the vessel is salvaged, and to get a breath of fresh air, t immediately after the bodies of her was blowing hard, and on reaching Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

captain and crew have been re the deck he was astonished to find

TALMA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SANTHIA

TAKADA

1932.

10,000 16th Aug Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

8,000 5th Sept.

7,000

17th Sept.

+ Calls at Rangoon.

SHIPOWNERS' NEW CHAIRMAN.

Mr. Oswald. L. McCoy.

Mr. Oswald L. McCoy, a director

B.1. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for Ltd., Sydney was 1st and 2nd class passengers,

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).

moved the most experienced men that the ship was dressed with in the submarine service will carry flags fore and aft. Accosting out a complete examination. Every petty officer, he inquired the reason control in the ship will be exactly of the strange display. "Well, sir,” as it was when she took her last was the embarrassed reply, "them plunge. It is hoped that this fags has lost their colour, but we examination will reveal the can't get new ones out of the store mystery of her sinking.

keeper as they ain't worn out. So the chief mate hoists them on dirty nights to get their edges frayed.” of Gilchrist, Watt, and Sanderson, Continned from previous Columa.

elected chair- Macquarie, the Derwent, and the

record. Lord History does not man of the Overses Shipping Re-Tamar. He has acted as manager Inchcape's comment, but we do presentatives" Association, in suc for many years, and was appoint know that the officer concerned later cession to Mr. C. E. Whitaker. ed a director In 1981., The com- held a succession of commande in Mr. McCoy joined the firm of Gil-pany now controls the Australian the P. and O. Company until his christ, Watt, and Sanderson, Ltd., agencies of the Blue Funnel Line, retirement. (then Gilchrist, Watt, and Com- the P. & O. Branch Line, the

"and. the The laid-up tonnage in the port pany) in 1898, as a junior clerk. Norddeutscher-Lloyd,

of Emden shows a slight decrease Manlia, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney' * The company then had the agency Hamburg-Amerika Line. 7,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 1st OctMelbourne.

for the famous sailing ship line of Mr. T. S. Gordon, managing during May, 28 sea-going vessels of 7,000 2nd Nev.

Devitt and Moore, which operated director of Birt and Co., Ltd, and 61,750 tons net being at present Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan such well-known vessels as the a former chairman of the O.S.R.A., laidup, against 27 vessels, of 67,000

Continued in Next Column,

has been elected vice-chairman. toas net, at the end of April.

TANDA NANKIN NELLORE

and Hong Kong to Australia.

1932

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

Frequent connections, from Australia with the following:--

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New

Ecaland, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail Stammers to London and

The P. & D. Branch Service of" steamara to London via Buen The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers, for Southampton and London Tia Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan

June to Sept.

MALWA

SANTHIA *NOVABA TAKADA RANCHI

BOMALI BIRDHANA... CARTHAGE NALDERA *BANGALORE RAJPUTANA CORFU

BHUTAN "COMORIN.

RANPURA.

PMALWAY

1982. 11,000 11th Aug.

Noon 8,000 11th Aug. 7,000 18th Aug -7,000 25th Ang. 17,000 25th Aug:

6,300.

6th Sept. 8,000 8th Sept 14,000 8th 16,000 22nd

6,500 1st 17,000 7th 15,000 212

6,000 2nd Nov,

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hal, Moji, Kobs & Yhama. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Phal, Moil, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, Kobe & TokohamTIK. Amoy

Moji Lobe. Yokohama.

Kobe & Tokohama.

Kobs & Yokohama. Kobe Yokohama. Bhanghai, Kobe Shanghai, 45 Nov. Shangha 17,000 18th Nov. Shanghal Kobs

15,000

KAISAB-L-HIND 15,000 2nd Dec. Shangaal Kobe

4" Yoko "&" Yokoha

Yokohams.

RANGHIAT $17,000 16th Dec. Shanghal, Kobe &

14,000 80th, Dec.) Shanghai, Kobe

CARTHAGE"

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JAPA

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1932.

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

Weekly Sailings Transpacific

TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS

& NEW YORK

ANGELES PANAMA

TO SEATTLE

VICTORIA

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays. Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays. .Aug. 20 Pres. McKinley Aug. 16, 10 mm Pres Taft Pres. Grant

Aur. 30 Pres. Jeferson W... Sept. 13 Pres. Lincoln

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Fortnightly via Suez to Europe & America

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

Pres. Fierce Pres. Monroë

Aug. 21 Pres. Van Baren Sept. 4 Pres. Garfeld

TO MANILA

pt. 18.

Next Sailing, Pres. McKinley Aug. 9, 6 p.m.

...Aug. 23. .......Aug. 27

Pres. Taft

Aug. 13. Pres. Grant Pres. Pierce

..Aug. 21 Pres. Jefferson CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO, ZAMBOANGA.

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EXPRESS SERVICE TO NEW YORK Vla

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LOS ANGELES, PANAMA.

NEXT SAILING.

M.V. TAI SHAN"

on AUGUST 18th.

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FOR 12 PASSENGERS.

Hong Kong to San Francisco. Hong Kong to Los Angeles Hong Kong to New York.

Time in Transit. 25 Days

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JAPANESE NAVAL HONG KONG TIDES.

CONSTRUCTION.

The time used is Standard, or mean time of the markdian+6f÷124

Heavier Armament For con midnight, 12hfs, is moon

Cruisers.

heights are referred to the the largest scals Admiralty The Japanese Navy has at pre- the place and should be sont under construction: two depths "given on, the cruisers, of which one of 8,500 tons ceded by

will have a deck for starting sero should be sub planes. The most notable featura

of these ships is their armamen

consisting of fifteen guns of 5-inch. The adaption of these.

August

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