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ROYAL

INTEROCEAN

LINES

JAVAPORTS and MACASSAR

*THITJALENGKÄ“

***THSADANE"

TIBADAK"

*THSADANE"

"RUTS"

TJISADANE"

TASMAN'

SAILINGS ARRIVALS

Jath August

lat: Sept.

10th Sept. 29th Sept.

MANILA

SAILINGS

10th Augiext,

7th Sept.

16th August

"TJITJALENGKA"

"TIPONDOK". ›

"STRAAT MALAKKA"

"BOISSEVAIN"

7th Sept.

5th Oct.

1th Nov,

* us passenger accommodation,

19th August. 2nd Sept.

16th Sept.

ARRIVALS

15th August 30th August 13th Sept.

1th Sept.

SINGAPORE, PENANG and BELAWAN DELI

"LASMANI

"VAN BEUÍSZA

"VAN RIEMSDUK

"VAN HEUTSZ"

SAILINGS

9th August

16th August

4th Sept.

21st Sept.

| To Singapore and Penang only

፡

ARRIVALS

31st August 8th August

26th Aug.

14th Sept.

Passengers accepted to Singapore only

EAST & SOUTH AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA

"RUYS"

"STRAAT MALAKKA

**TJIPONDOK”

"BOISSEVAIN"

SAILINGS

10th Aur.

7th Sept

5th Oct.

4th Nov,

ARRIVALS

22nd Aug.

24th Sept.

Calling at Mombasa & 1.. Marques Direct. Transhipment cargo sccepted on through Bs/L to

"RUYN

"TJIPONDOK'

Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar.

⚫ no passenger accommodatinh.

"STRAAT MALARKA"

JAPAN

SAILINGS

ARRIVALS

In Port

4th Sept.

94th August

4th Sept.

* no passenger accojumudation.

Agents: HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE

EUROPE via MANILA and MALAYA

"KIJNKERK"

"MARIEKERK"

"MOLENKERK"

SAILINGS

ARRIVALS

End Aug. End Sept. End Oct.

16th August

Early Sept.

Early Oct.

Transhipment cargo necepted an thruugh Bs/L to India, Mediterrancan and Northern European parts.

"RIJNKERK"

MARIEKERK"

JAPAN

SAILINGS

Both Aug.

Early Sept.

ARRIVALS

End Aug.

Em Sept.

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ARRIVING FROM US. ATLANTIC COAST VIA LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO

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Mid Sept. Ad Oct.

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(Incorporated in the Philippines)

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BEN LINE

ARRIVALS

FROM

DUR

Sur **BENCLEUCH" UK. via Singapore. In Port

29th August. "BENCRUACHAN" U.K. (Direct)

U.K. vla Singapore. End August,

Early Sept.

**DENALBANACIP"

**BENNEVIS"

"RENMACDHUI"

"BENAVON"

*"BENWYVIS"

SHIP

"BENCRUACHAN"

"BENKEOCIT"

"BENMACDAUF

"BENALBANACII"

"BENNEVIS"

* "BENDORAN"

"BENCLEUCH"

o

* do T

SAILINGS

ΤΟ

London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Ham- burg & HAL

1st half Sept. 2nd half Sept.

Early October.

LOADING

End August. 20th August, 1st half Sept. 2nd half Sept. Early Octuber.

12th August,

Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, avre. 31st August. Antwerp, Rotterdam End Sept.

"BENAVON" **** & Hamburg.

via Malaya, Colombo, Aden, Port Sudan and other way ports.

• Accepts cargo for Japan,

Omits Hamburg, calls at Leith..

Calls at denon.

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York Buliding.,

Agents

Telephone: SKISK,

HONG

In My Log

Well done, Amethyst!

That was echoed in at least 10 languapes-and in nthinerous cfia- Iret, too.

the

We were all there at the usun! privileged spot-For the Press-- 130 minutes before

"All Clear sign was given to board the stoop and congratulate the heroes uersonally.

Nature evidently wept with joy" ---we were drenched for the mn- But Jor part of the ceremony. budy cared about rain.

ps of Amelliset coming to view-Hanked by all sorts of craft with cheering passengers abeard and heralded by resound- ing #recrackers bursting In ap- preciation was indeed inspirat

Many were visibly overwhelton ed by the warin welcom?

Feveral fares.....whe- were brine Or dogs was dieult to say!

Auri on ther they

7

Sinelights:

is

rain-

Slay was about 12 years old,

We RVCSS,

"Mummy, why the ship (Amethyst sts full of holes?” Her incent inquiry brought me dow

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1949. -

KONG WATERFRONT

BY OUR 'HARBOUR REPORTER

Been here is the typical Hong Kong junk-the "Tlu Tlen"-ready to leave her blue at Bhau. dinghies aboard the

the "mother ship." kiwan on another fishing expedition. Arrow points to one of the five craft, with which fishing is carried out, with the "Tiu Tlen" operating as

(Editor's Note-This is the arrand of a series of pictorial | ❤❤❤◄ features to aequuing the general public with the numeroita Ippr Communists shot at he, of amull native cruft oprenting in local waters and their varied

to earth. "The

Haring***

"Why mthamy?"-rid Hipped in blonde ploits.

she

The answer (if there had heet, drowned by stirring any) was hongays.

But we would like very much to know ourselves!

"Ho-yek! Ho-ych!"

"

tent":

"well donte in Chinese from ser-

etal rinck workers who took line

zingen.

Through the constsny of the Marine Department, it has been possible to identify the cruft individually and uhtia the neces mry particularsi,

"Tiu Tien"--Typical HK Fishing Junk

of to welcome Amethyst at the The typical Hong Kong fishing junk is the two-

North Arm.

Comi 10 think 01 +1...it wouldn't have inde much differ-

1

masted long linor, or “Tiu Tien" in the parlance` of the fishing community.

enre if they had said. "lue: Sixty of these craft operate in local waters, with 90

Ho-reh!"

An unusual entry...

It was the belated cepurled rival of the 135-ton French fus Hui Lee-nine months after he eutry into local waters,

The offelal entry last

her arriva) day registered September, 1948.

Thurs-

it

The He Lec

wan tower into Jale Just year 5 "ghost

taip

per cent of them having their base at Shauki-

wan.

In the above picture la a

Tia Tien--one of | daun-|zud

the three sizes in this entertowy," She weighs about 1,500 Diguda and menstres 00 fort in length and 20 feet in width.

The catch, which generally coralsta of deep ses garoupas. eeabreams, yellow threads and snappers, is taken to the float. ing base where it is frozen. The "Tu Tien" can carry between 1.000 to 2.000

1. of ice to the catch. Modern science has helped to

the earries | facilitate

operations.

This type of fishing evalt ser- ven as the "mother ship" on fh-

excursious. Each inst

preserve

AL

from five to 1h dinghies and teast 20 "Tiu Tien's" have been manned by about 40 or 50 per mechanised.

She was bought over by her sons, of whom two-thirds are Characteristic features of thi

type

owners rrrently and recondition-vetera fis" osually visits į sharp bow,

ed, after being late up for murt than five montlis,

The entry was made in com- juretion with obtaining a clear- ance permit. The Hot Lee left fur Haiphong late last week.

An old friend leaves for good.

Air. M. L. C. do Lourenço, Assistant Marine Officer of the Marine Department's Licensing Onke, left the Colony for Con by TMS Carthage during the week: un retirernul from 25-year Gov- erment service.

The clapper Goanese plans fo live a sedate life in his native village.

10

APL "mercy ships" made it!

Energency foodstuffs were dis eln.ged from three APL liners Hiongside the strike-bound Hono- Jułu wharves under special agreement between APL and the Hawaiian strikers.

of Ashing craft are th

broad

stern, partly perforated runder Fizze! rounded flat hull.

The "Tit Ashing grounds about 100 to 200 Aixed miles out at sea.

The shermen in the die the

the realtered

The largest size weighs up to mother 2,000 plculs with measurementi ernit ny oit long Tine-each of 70 by 22 feel. The smaller about 150 feet long with hun- Teraft is 45 feet long with a 16- dreds of hooks, halted with small foot beam and normally weighs fresh fish, attacher to it.

about 700 plculs,

In

Ship Movements Colony Last Month

More than 60,000 passengers arrived in the Colony

in July by 737 ships, together with 291,864 tons of general cargo.

British steamers alone, 258 aggregating 413,566 N.R. tons, disembarked 28,356 persons and discharged 141,890 tons of cargo here.

A total of 26 clearances was likewise. issued by the Marine Department

to both ocean-going and

gronda.

British

ships filed in 4,127

Who's Who

Mr.

in the Colony today is Donald MacDiarmid, Director of the Buart of Waterway Trans. port of the Board of Trustees Rehabilitation Affairs (BOTRA) on whom rekts Une responsibility of keeping the DOTRA fleet in shape for future operations.

of

And there is only Str. Mac- Diarmid himself to do it here.

Practically all the original 168 office staff and 2,800 floating perushnel

ih BOTRA ar Shanghai_now.

Are at Only five executives present carrying on the work in Hong Kong and the 18-year-okl Scotsman from Glasgow is one.

MR. DONALD MACDIARMID,

Mr.

("China .Mall" photo)

131

the

MacDiarmid served Cargo Superintendent of Ministry of Water Transport from 1939 to 1944 for the Clyde Area after about 20 years of seafaring, beginning as an at- prentice at 10 with the Clan Line.

The year 1940, saw him

Director of Sea Trans- UNRKA and

China

05

river tons of cost and 7,882 drums A of both

camie dol

th

The President Cleveland took craft, ali aggregating 1,031,846 (oil before leaving port. The de When both organisations ba- foodstuffs from Jupan and fied N. R. tons. They left with 71,108 |partures comprised 118 ocean-came defunct. their residual funds up alongside the wharf lord persons and 184,148 tons of local going ships (205,320 N. R. tung) were pooled to form DOTRA in Jer valuable cargo.

and 13 river vessels (78,540 February, 1048, In Shanghai, On their way to Hong Kong Bunker supplied to the depur B. tons).

with the ultimate aim of conund- from San Francisco, the Pres!-tures amounted to 8,217 tons of

The former had 6,781 passen-ing the rehabilitation work in dent Wilson and the General cual and 19.150 drums of ell.

gers and 50,000 tons of cargo China. Gordion both unloaded several Among the July arrivals only aboard when they left. The river The Head Office, however, was thousand tons of food for the 13 atlons were represented-

vessels took out 26,073 persons Hawaiian Islands, which die reel-Britain, America, China, Den- anil 7,134 tons of South China ing under the impact of

Holland, France, Grecct, products.. strike.

Puntius, Philippines,

By the way..

the mark

Port sweden and Rúvkla..

steward

wete

the

established in Hong Kong in May this

year when the Communist oceupation of Shanghat forcad Aibong

total of 33,865 BOTRA to close down.

Recalling the operation of the OL

BOTRA the 268 British ships that Passengers leaving the Colony

12 flect were 1114 enigratit

of 19 1STɛ, called here during the month,

and Remember Chuck of the Gen-121 (33,203 N. R. tons)

Chinese Figures

ocean-going tuge, 22 "FS"

McDiarmid | 10 harbour tugs;. Mxế, eral Gordon, the bath

Only 86 ocean-going vessels said they ferried ocean-going. They brought

considerable who rushed out from the 188,000 tons of general cargo and Rying the Chinese flak, (aggre-

surplus Amerien war materials in heavy showers on a "hukh

delands kurh" mission some time last 10,150 passengers. The remain gating 120,304 N. R. tons), called from the South Pacifie

ing 137 river craft (80,278 N. Bere in July. The rest, totalling for the Nationallat Government, montli?

little

201 (73,782 N. IL. tons) were from Cargo Well, it seems the story will tons) had very

3,284 tone but disembarked 8,638 the river service. remain a mystory:

than were landed *Arriving aboard-all—theso more people here by the oceaners.

Fifteen British vessels entered 40,017 tons of cargo, of which to the Colony by BOTRA. They (Continued at Foot Next Col) are now at Tolo-Harbour awal- port in ballast, while

Chuck has signed off for the rerent, trip of the APL trans- port, which arrived here during the week.

ning lett

The bugs towed Into Singhhi before its fall many. Liberty ships

Brought down Wore

AMERIGAN, PRESIDENT LINES

The Global Fiset

TO HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO via JAPAN

"President Cleveland"

"Presidicht Wilson"

Vessels were 26,398 people and Comes les, Tatre-craft-j

Pacific Far East Live Inc.

DIRECT

Fast Regular Trans-Pacific Service

OVERLAND NEW YORK-CHICAGO-DETROIT-TORONTO, MONTREAL AND ALL AMERICAN GANADIAN CITIES.

SAN FRANCIS00, LOS ANGELES -

Arrive

"LUIKMSBURY VICTORÉH “YLTÍNO ÚRAGON" + ~"CREKÍ" REPUBLIC“

"CALIFORNIA BEAK”--

Ban Féinclics

*Ban Francisc

Bass-Frapeisew

San Francisco

A. 15

Aug. 11

Abr. 11

ANE. 19

- Sept.

・

: Bapt. 19

For

San Francisco & Los Angeles

vis Kobs & Yakéhaben, Ban Francisca di Los Angeles,

„Bán Franciace à Los Angeles.

San Franciies & Lac ́Ângulo

ing their fate to be recondition-

ed. or

scrapped.

BOTRA

How is its only LST in In the Mei Ling which entered port from Formosa

port

"My

recently with a skeleton.eraw.

Most of the BOTEA vessels are belloved to be at Formosa.***

job Is to keep the fleet in good condition preparatory to future operations. C1 LST. and five fishing trawlers here are now Mr. undergoing overhauling," MacDiarta declared.

-23,745 passengers and 8,829 tons or cargo was landed from the 281 river self, ge

Chinese ships which entered local waters in ballast totalled 27Į while 16 cleared- poft empty..

In the way of banker, depart ing Chinese ships alike in 1,450 tors of contand^06,938 dris ot Foil

TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES

Arr.'

Arr. ......

Sall Aug. 28 Sept. 18 Sall

Aug. 29 Sep. 10

via JAPAN

"President Madison"

Лид. 10

Sall ...... Atr. readint Pierca"....... Arr... Sept. 1 Sall

Ang. it Sept. 2

TO NEW YORK, BALTIMORE & BOSTON via PACIFIC COAST & PANAMA

"President Fillmore" ...Arr. ...... Aug. 8

"President Tyler"

Sail Sall

Aug. 9

Sept. 7

Arr... Brit. 8 ROUND-THE WORLD-

VIA MANILA, SINGAPORE, COLOMBU, KARACHI, Buka,

FURT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, MARSEILLES.

GENOA, NEW YORK and BOSTON

"President Buchanan"

"Président itarding"

Arr. Aug. 9

Sall

Aug. 11

Ball

Ad. 23

1

Atr. Aug. 21

TO SOERABAJA, BATAVIA &

SOENGEI-GERONG

Atr...... Aug. 26

Sail ...... Aug. 27 Sept. 24 Sall...... Sept. 25

Tel. 28112/5.

"President Gräht"

"President Johnson” .... Opposite Star Fettt.

Arr.

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SAILINGS TO MANILA

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Aug. 16

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Aug. 19

Sept. 6

SAILINGS TO

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Aug. 30 Sept. 4

to

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Sept. 1 Sept. 0

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for

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21st Sept.

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