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THE CHINA

MUCH OLD TONNAGE CO-ORDINATION OF ISLE OF MAN'S FLAG

P. & 0.-British India TO BE SCRAPPED.

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 8OUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT,

· CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, dc.

Idleness Of Ships.

Won't Last..

TRAFFIC.

Rail And Road In Competition.

DIFFERENT VIEWS.

A brisk discussion on the "road and railway transport controversy. was a feature of the closing session of the Congress of the Institute of Transport at Busten last month Sir Joseph Nall, M.P, again pre- aided.

IS ILLEGAL.

Flown For Centuries Once A Year.

London, July 31. The Isle of Man is in trouble over its flag!

After 100 years it has suddenly been discovered that the familiar red ensign with three legs of Man

steamers is illegal. which has been flown from Manx

The Impression is general that the present laid-up tonnage position is altogether without precedent, and those who wish to make mat- ters look blacker than they are emphasize this point. Some go so far as to say their is no hope for shipping or shipbuilding until the present large idle tonnage is ab- sorbed, a statement which does not bear the least analysis. for it is. perfectly clear that 25 to 50 per cent of the ships now. idle will never again put to sea. Owner's primary purpose was to offer some tions of the Admiralty to cease fly-

everywhere in favour of real co-or-

Al...

Indignation was caused when it was learned that the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company had been ordered peremptorily by the Manx. { Government 'Oince 'on the Instruc-

ing it.

*

The subject was raised by Mr. Horace, Wyatt, a directr of Trans port Publications, in a paper, whose

international comparisons from his are merely waiting, perhaps in vain,

| personal' observations of public ser- for, higher breaking-up prices.

They were informed that they But the situation is not altovice motor transport in the United rether abnormal, and the ossibili-States. Germany, and Italy. Mr. were offending against an Act of what 1894 which provides that no. flag ties of a fairly rapid improvement Wyatt laid great stress on are more reasonable than those be called the different mentality shall be flown from the stern of any with a pessimistic complex would characterising the American mind British vessel but the Red Ensign, and the British mind on the rela- without a badge or distinctive Thave it..

mark. In July, 1921, there were 1,023 tons of railways and their vigorous

Whitehall Discovery. vessels laid up in British ports, services. In North America the young competitor, the motor road

The discovery that the company totalling 1,852,412 tons het. At

Faw was made by chance. the present time there are probab-railroad influence was used almost has been unwittingly offending the ly about 700 vessels laid up but dination of the two types of public: For years ardent Manx national- of somewhat higher tonnage, name-

ists have been urging that the transport service. Here some péo- ily; about 1,900,000 tons net.

From the standpoint of actual ple in England talked as if the Manx nation should have its own tonnage, therefore, the situation to- railways had a property in freight flag like the Dominions. About a day is almost precisely as it was and passenger traffic. In this field year ago, a committee was set up too many to procure authority and designs. 11 years ago, but there is little co-ordination seemed in

the aub It was labouring at Whitehall doubt that the tanker tonnage laid people's minds to mean up now is much greater than it was ordination or extinction of road when the fact was revealed that the transport in favour of the railways. Packet Co. had been contravening before, owing to a special depres- The British railways were still the Act of 1994 for 20 odd years. sion in the oil-carrying market. If

Manxland is to have its own flag strenuously organising public we say that at the present moment

general shortly. opinion in favour of a the cargo and passenger tonnage

Then the Packet Company lying idle at British ports is 200,000 policy which was leading directly Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre,tons net less than it was 11 years Their brillant propaganda for so. stern and the Manx national fag to the nationalisation of transport. can fly the Red Ensign from the ago, we shall probably be giving a called equality of treatment meant from the peak.

The company has withdrawn the

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. « (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

8.8.

+RAWALPINDI *KIDDERPORE RANPURA +BURDWAN

KALWA

RANCHI

CARTHAGE

+*SOMALI

NALDERA RAJPUTANA **BANGALORE-

CORFU COMORIN **BHUTAN

Tond

From Hong Kong 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. 6,800 15th Oct,

16,000 22nd Oct. 17,000 6th Nov.

Destination.

Bombay, Marseilles & Lendon.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Marseilles & London.

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

Rotterdam,

& Hall. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Antwerp Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,

6,500 12th Nov. Bombay, Harzelles, London, Hav

H'burg,

terdam, Antwerp & Hull Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, M'selles, L'don, Havre,

15,000 19th Nov. 15,000, 3rd Dec. 8,000 10th Dec. RANPURA

17,000 17th. Dec. KAISAR-I-HIND 12,000 81st Dec.

H'burg, P'dam, A'worp & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

fair summary of the situation.

The history of the few years

In practice nothing approaching

above the pathway leading to Tyn- wald Hill (from which all new laws are read) every fifth of July

for 1,000 years.......

following 1921 may give us an idea cquality, but rather the artificial ell-offending ensign which has been of the rapidity with which an immination of the national, advart fown as the island's national flag

coupled provement in the situation may now 38es of road transport, be expected. By July, 1922 (after with the perpetuation of all natural one year), the laid-up tonnage had and legal advantages possessed by

the railways. fallen to about 800,000 tons, in 1928 it was in the neighbourhood of 600.000 tons, and in 1924 about 400.000 tons net. From that time until the end of 1929 the averag figure hovered round 400,000 ton

Cargo only. Calls Casablanca Frequent connection from Port Said for Panangers and Cargo to Congress, and at the beginning of 19 stantinople, Pirezus, Smyrna and other Lerant Ports by steamers of the Khedivial Mal Steamship Cop

TALMA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SANTHIA

TAKADA

7312

10,006 18th Aug. Singapore, Fenang & Calcatta.

9.000 5th Sept. 7,000 17th Sept.

+ Calls at Rangoon

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

laying-up commenced to increase?

KING'S SHIP HUNTS PEARL POACHERS.

Added Zest To Duty Of Seamen.

CANADA-AUSTRALIA TRADE GROWS.

More Vessels Needed. For Commerce.

Montreal Aug. 1.

It is true that circumstances have

Hunting down pearl shell poach changed, but they are not so difers off the coast of the island of ferent as to rule out sil'hope of e: North Andaman added an unex- equally rapid improvement when a pected zest to the routine duties real movement starts, and from the of the crew of H.M.LS. Lawrence. In view of the large increase in shipbuilding standpoint, we must The annual report of the Flag trade between Canada and the An- remember that for a considerable Officer Commanding and Director, tipodes, resultant of the Trade period there has been practically Royal Indian Marine, describes Treaties in force and the improved no cargo tonnage ordered in any how during the autumn cruise last transportation,

Canadian part of the world.

year request was received from National Steamships have been the Chief Commissioner, "Andaman forced to add another freighter to and Nicobar Islands, for the Law-this service.

NEW SUBMARINE FOR ITALY.

the

rence to deal with the poachers. "For a similar reason ss. Cana- The request was complied with, dian Cruiser on its next trip will The Italian Navy has just taken and the vessel also cruised for the sall direct to New Zealand instead delivery of a new submarine, the same purpose in part of the Mer of via Australia. The service Ruggero Settimo," bailt at the gui Archipelago. Later in the maintained to' Australia and New

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).ourd with Tosi Diesel en- same season a similar service was Zealand will be brought up to six

TANDA

NANKIN NELLORE

1932. 7,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 lat Oct 7,000

2nd Nov,

Regular monthly sailings from

und Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

gines. It has a surface displace- performed by the Cornwallis." vesadis. ment of 950 tons or 1,150 tons sub- Neither Vessel arrested any "It is stated that further in- Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney merged displacement. The sur-poachers, but their activities are crease in traffic may make it neces

Melbourne.

face speed is 17 knots and the un- said to have had a good, affect.sary to establish two permanent derwater speed 8 knots. It is The report adds that discipline routes to the Antipodes instead of fitted with eight 588 mm. torpedoes Is particularly good, defaulters be combining Australia with New

Zealand, Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and one 102 mm. gun.

ing rare,

Frequent connectioni from Australia with the following:--:

The Union 8.5. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New, Gealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, ́ate,

“The P. & 0. Böyal Mall Steamers to London' zal

[The P. & - 0. Branch Barvics of steamers to Loudon via Buan.

The New Zealand Shipping 'Company's 'etuamees for Southampton Losion via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan

SANTHIA

MALWA

•NOVARA.

TAKADA

RANCHI *SOMALI HIRDHANA CARTHAGE NALDERA

BANGALORE RAJPUTANA CORRU

ORHUTANA

COMORIN

BANPURA

MALWA

KAISAR-I-HIND

CARTHAGE

RANCHISESTA

|

Cargo only,

1981.

June to Sept.

8.000 11th Aug. Amoy, 8'hai, Moll, Kobe & Osaka.

10 a.m. 11,000 11th Aug. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

Noon

7,000 18th Aug. 7,000 25th Aug. *17,000 25th Aug. 6,800 8th Sept. **** 8,000 ** 8th Sept."

14,000 8th Sept 18,000 22nd

Septe 5300

Shanghai, Moj, Koba & Yokohama.

Amoy, Shal, Koji, Kobe & Duke/ Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Shanghal Kobe Yokohama

"Amoy" Mall," Lobe 4 Yokohama.

Shanghai, Kobe Yokohamuzzlek Shanghal, Moll, Kobe #Yokohama. 1st Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokoha 17,000 7th Oct. Shanghal, Kobe #Yoko 16,000 21st Oct. Shanghal Kobs Yoko

6,000

Kobe & Yokoba

2nd Nov. 47 Yok

15,000,4th Nov.

17,000 18th Nov. "Bhanghai, Kobe & 11,000 26th Nov. Shanghal Robe

12,000 2nd Des Shanghal Kobe 17,000–16th Dec

15,000. "Beth Des.

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

CI" OWNERS' SHI, DESIGNERS, ANTE BUILDERS”” MARINE ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, TION, ETEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDER FORGE MASTERS WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, – 1932.-

JAPAN

ROUND TRIP TOURS

SPECIAL REDUCED SUMMER FARES

On Sale Until September 15th.

FULL PARTICULARS ON

APPLICATION

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES.

AND AMERICAN MAIL LINE

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PARAKA,

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EXPRESS SERVICE TO NEW YORK

Via

SAN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES, PANAMA.

NEXT SAILING.

M.V. TAI SHAN"

on AUGUST 18th.

ALL VESSELS HAVE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION

FOR 12 PASSENGERS.

Time in Transit

Hong Kong to San Francisco..

25 Days

Fares G$200.00

Hong Kong to Los Angeles

26

Hong Kong to New York

42

G$220.00 G$325,00

#

FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER INFORMATION

APPLY TO

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Telephone 28021.

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Queen's Buildings.

ADMIRAL SHIPWAY RETIRES.

Formerly O

Officer Singapore.

London Aug

Agents.

LIFEBOAT ANSWERS PLANE'S S.O.S.

Night Alarm On Channel.

The Deal-Dower lifeboat, special- Rear Admiral H. S. Shipway, who

ly built and equipped with wireless was formerly Captain-In-Charge at

to deal with possible disasters to Bingapore, has retired on promotion

Geross-Channel aeroplanes, put to to flag rank.

sea at midnight rece

recently on

on receipt Rear-Admiral, Shipway has had sea at

that an zero- plane was dowd in the Channel near the East Goodwin lightship.

a Senador Samo

38 years service, baring entered an of wireless reports A

did not naval cedet. In 1894. specialise Tibetdhant, and when the War began was frat commander of the battle quefortas Pro

Decembe

Later, however, it was learned that the plane, a private machine, ip Con had come down to the earti

the water, but was able to continue flying. It landed safely on Calais sands

MOTOR VESSELS BIG LISTS.