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ROYAL

INTEROCEAN

LINES

JAVA PORTS and MACASSAR

SAILINGS ... ARRIVALS

.15th Sept.

.1st Oct.

In Port

10th Sept. 30th Sept.

ARRIVALS

12th Sept.

"TJBADAK"

"TJISADANE"

"TJTJALENGKA"

MANILA

SAILINGS

1501 Sept. 15th Sept.

22nd Sept.

7th Oct.

25th Sept.

18th Oct.

"TASMAN"

"TJIBADAK"

"TJIPONDOK"*

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1949.

HONG KONG WATERFRONT

In My Log

Waterfront Quiz...

There's much talk and cros talk intely an to our identity.

Speculillen i rife...and very amusing at times.

They wonder who we are!

This much, however, can we enlighten the curious for the time heme-they are my shadow and I (ste!).

BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

The Globes Flat

TO HONOLULU & SAN FRANCISCO vio JAPAN

"General Gordon" "President Wilion"

Arr. Sept: 20

Sail Sept. 21

Arr. Bapt. 20 "President Cleveland"..... Agr. Oct. 15

Sail Sept. 21

Sail Oct, 1

TO SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

via JAPAN

"President McKinley" "President Toft"

Arr. Sept. 25 Sail Sept. 26 Arr. Oct. 3 Salf Oct.

TJISADANE"

"STRAAT MALAKKA

"BOISSEVAIN” .... "STRAAT SOENDA"

3th Nov. .30th Nov.

no passenger #ecommodation.

SINGAPORE, PENANG and BELAWAN DELI

"VAN HEUTSZ"

"VAN RIEMSUUK"

"VAN HEUTSZ"

SAILINGS

18th Sept.

3rd Ort.

19th Oct.

EAST & SOUTH AFRICA & SOUTH

"TJIFONDOK""

"THSADANE”**

"STRAAT MALAKKA"

"BOISSEVAIN"

"STRAAT SOENDA"

SAILINGS

15th Sept.

22nd Sept.

7th Oct.

5th Nov.

30th Nov.

ARRIVALS

12th Sept. 29th Sept. 13th Oct.

AMERICA

ARRIVALS

27th Sept. * 16th Oct.

Calling at Mombasa & L. Marques Direct. Transhipment enrgo accepted on through Bs./L. to

Dar-Es-Salamn and Zanzibar,

no passenger neeminenonation *not proceeding r youd South Africa.

"TJIPONDOK”

"BOISSEVAIN"

"STRAAT SOENDA"

JAPAN

SAILINGS

.28th Sept „20th Oct.

ARRIVALS

13th Sept. 19th Oct. 29th Oct.

* no passenger accommodation.

Agents: HOLLAND—EAST ASIA LINE EUROPE via MANILA and MALAYA

"MARIEKERK"

"MOLENKERK”

SAILINGS

End Sept. End Oct.

ARRIVALS

In Port Early Oct.

Transhipment cargo accepted on through Is./1. to India, Mediterranean and Northern European ports.

"MARIEKERK"

"MOLENKERK'

JAPAN

SAILINGS

ARRIVALS

14th Sept. Early Oct.

End Sept. End Oct.

KING'S BUILDING: TELS: 28015 to 28017 Chinssi Asants: 82. Comhaunut Rp. C. Tris: 31196-25133

DE LA RAMA

LINES

ARRIVING FROM U.S. ATLANTIC COAST VIA LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO

m.v. "BENARES”-

ks. "DONA AURORA“

... 15th. Sept. Mid Oct.

THE DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

(Incorporated in the Pallippines)

MARINA HOUSE

Tels. 23676--22675

CHINESE SHIPPING OFFICE .Tela, 23738-20153

THE SWEDISH EAST ASIA CO., LTD.

M.V. "BENARES"

LOADING 14th SEPTEMBER

FOR

ADEN, PORT SAID, GENOA, MARSEILLES, CASABLANCA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM (AMSTERDAM), HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, OSLO & GOTHENBURG

....... 430 TONS EACH

TWO DEEPTANKS OIL CAPACITY

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

Tel. 31148.

ISBRANDTSEN

Jabrandtsen Company Inc.

26 Broudway.

New York 4, N.Y.

FAR EAST STRAITS INDIA PERBIAN GULF MEDITERRANEAN

UK. & CONTINENT * W, INDIES • B. AMENICA ·

STEAMSHIP DIVISIÓN

15. “FLYING INDEPENDENT" From Manilla

In Port

Sails Tor

Pusan, Japan Ports, San Francisco, New York, via Panama -Sept. 14th N

P. PATTISON & CO.

GENERAL AGENTS: CHINA, FORMOSA, KOREA JAPAN &

··HONGKONG

12-14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 4th floor, TEL: 2534

Chinese Agenta:LAM KEE SHIPPING CO. `20 Connaught Road, C. Tel. 24638,

A tragedy...

We were just about to diseni- bark from the Solar Star at Kow- loon Pler at 10.30 p.m. on West- resday night when the ss. Chak Sang blow up.

The reaction was as expected. Panic seized the passengers and the

inevitable

"blab.blab... bimb BIRD... ensued, of course with none the wiser until the morning papers binzoned the tragedy ́ir

taring headlines.

One odd thing.. 310 sooner had they calmed down than numer- rus people flocked to telephones to know what's happening.

We had some trouble in get- ting one

to "start cracking un the job."

The typhoon!

It was a worthy blow...one of the worst Hong Kong had experi- enced,

Up-to-date #gures, placed the total harbour havoe at 28 ocean- oing ships being grounded—10 "ghost" ships in Plover Cove, roven laid-up Vessels in Tuin Harbour, eight "on the ryn"

steamers in the harbour and the remainder on the fringe of local waters.

Damnge sustained was mainly through collisions.

The local harbour utility feet suffered negligible damage, thanks

the well-aid plans of the Murine Department in filtering. #mall eraft into unchornges with striet discipline.

No major incident was report- ed

fLOR BOY of the typhoon shelters.

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A rubmarine...7

Veterans along the Prayi Inuighest it out.

Lining up along the Praya hours before daybroak every day awaiting business, the "KAM Ging Tian"-another typicas Hong Kang Juris maintains an important link between ships in port and there, business houses, by ferrying cargo to and fro.. ("China Mali" Photo).

"KAM SING TIEN" JUNK

(Editor's Note:-This is the seventh of a series of a pictorial features to acquaint the general publie with the

types of small natives craft operating in local waters and their varied

usages.

Numerou

hrough the courteau of the Marine Department, it has been possible to identify the craft in- dividually and obtain the necessary particulura).

As old as the Colony itself, the "Kam Sing Tien"-another typical. Hong Kong junk-is a development of the dumb cargo junk and made her first appearance in local waters when, this port became an im- portant centre of Far Eastern shipping.

Built in three sizes with slight, Sing Tien" and her "sister Junks" is that this type of junk when in variations in the design, this type is her deep spacious hull for cargo ballast is not

Kuitable for BCR.

m

short Bre

of craft is the chief means of storage. The saila are made of going. They have seen-and are see-

cargo water tranport in the har-line canvas or cloth of durable It is not uncommon to hear of Ing-it practically every day.

bour for local business houses. flexibility to adjust the spred of such craft being caught off her The explanation...it is the dis-

the vessel the sail is raised anci teel by sudden gusls, but very tini outline of a tug towing two When the more promiment go-lowered aerorttingly thus putting seldom with loss of life, as the conservancy barges on her rou-

downs

of their own continuous strain on its strength. personnel are on the qui vive for Line

mission," "dumping

lighters, the "Kam Sing Tien" is Each is normally manned by such occurrences. Property losses, Sandwiched between the flat

utilised.

members of una family or its re- 100, fe often negligible, Those tang barges. the low super- structure and funnel of the tag is in the Yaumati Typhoon Ant-

The roosting nest of these junks latives, totalling from eight to 10 are kept strapped to safe comers are only visible, thus presenting chorage, where several hundred

preparatory to being "in the to the naked

Ono disadvantage in her utility drink. eye at some dis-

tance the appearance of a sub,f them huddle together by dusk, to forin floating community by which during the week caused itself. slight furore at Kal Tak

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Welcome Into the fold

The week saw

A new face showing up at Roli Cull at the Licensing Omee, Vietoria, of the Marine Department.

He is none other then Victor Ruza Noronha, former La Salle Collegian who Was recently transferred from the Legal De- partment to be RR Assistant Marine Omser.

hus beon with the Government since then.

Before dawn-s curly as 2 a.m. they will trickle out to line. up along the Prays to await for business. A considorable number in under contract to private Im port firms.

Others who free-lanco und "take what may

parsons.

Ship Building In Germany, Japan

come" however are It won't be very long before we will see two former

seldom out of business.

Own

world. loading ship-building, countries. joining the ranks Gormany and Japan. Recent surveys revealed that tries. Two small ships arg under The largest Germany can carry out foreign construction Inaw.

craft under repair is said to be orders besides satisfying hom requirements, and the extension 18.000-lon Norweglen whale of Japancad shipping beyond factory ship. home waters to make the country At the flowaldi Werko, which self-supporting is under consi-¦ has also some 3,000 artisans, two deration by the Far Eastern coasting · vessels are being re- Commission."

paired. It has an important yard

A familiar sight in the harbour when a ship arrives is the motley cluster of these junks engaged in transporting

carce to shore. Each has her

identifica- tions.

Many dy pennants of their Arriving here in 1947 from India, where he served in the respective employers. Others use Hoyal Army Ordnance Corps asiassels of varying colours to dis sergeant during the last war, Vitinguish thes

The one

In the above picture is the smallest size junk and measures 45 feet by 12 fest) Present-day facilities in Gert Kiel, which is the only one in with a capacity of 400 picule.

many for ship-building und re-operation in that area. The largest size is known as the pairs indicate that in spite of In Japan hope is rising that "To Chal" and the medium size is war damage and dismantling, the the "Hising Sun" may be seen

can the Tal Moi Chal." They serve country complete foreign in the world parts, especially similar purposes

larger orders on a large scale besides Hong Kong, very soon.

satisfying its own needs,

A draft sent recently to the A peculiar feature of the "Kamaent strong competition to British

authorities requests permission and other ship-building firms.

to extend Japanese shipping to waters beyond the Yellow Sea Shipyards in Germany

to make Japan self-supporting,

This vis nt present under con- sideration by the Far Eastern Commission, which originally

A renovation!

The Marine Omce pier along We Praya is undergoing over- hauling and will be out of opera- tion until late next month.

renovated pier.

to the

scale.

1

to pre-

But

Stripped plank by plank the denuded pier is in a state of "chaos" within the fence of Un are for from their home, said the niready working under pressure

Vessels. sheels. The recent typhoon has Governor

when

he officially mainly repairing cach atided considerably

is confident of starting up-opened the Club recently.

building new ships on a large And Big Alexander is definite-scale in a relatively short-period.

directed that Japanese Vossels bile, personnel of the 1y right!

operate only in local waters. Marine Department and the Fire

Two of German's pride the The week saw quite a repre- Deutsche Wert at Finkenwaer-

(The only vessels which have Brigade share the latter's howly-sentative crowd of foreign and der and the Howald Werko-are tankers ferrying fuel from the Jeft Japanese waters are છે. 1cw British

seamen fraternising with

now maintaining the industry Persian Gulf. One of the seven one another In congenial atro- and are equipped to protince large engaged in this service visited sphere at the Club house. ships. Ench is capable of a large Hong Kong late last year).

The Merchant Navy Club is annual output.

Meanwhile, ahip-builders are gradually becoming favourite There are: two, analler yards awriting the Commission's decl- haunt

visiting scamen or all which build small coasters, und sien of

Japan's recommend nationalities as is apparent by fishing. trawlers.

number The increasing

maximum petalssible tonnage, of of soccer

Deutsche Werts, which ocean-going ships. games being played there and employs Some 3,000 men, น But SCAP has already given. the pages of signatures in the working on repairs to 17 vessels, the "green light" to touch off the Visitors' Book.

including 18 from foreign coun- rehabilitation, by approving 250.

(It may be recalled that not long ago the Fire Brigade pler nearby was likewise subjected to such indignity.)

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The Merchant Navy Club.......

If there is one thing seamen have in common it is that they

Pacific Far East Live, Inc.

DIEBOT

Fast Regular Trans-Pacific Service

BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES.

Tamel

“CALIFORNIA" BEAR” "JOPLIN VICTOŔr":

OVERLAND NEW YORK-CHIJAQO-DETROIT-TORONTO, MONTREAL AND ALL AMYRIBÁN, À CANADIAN CITIES.

Aartee

San Francisca

Jahrein

-In Port

Ta' Port

PEST!

Bapt. 13

Ban Francisco & Lox Angelou

MA KAN & Yekškams. Ban Francisco La "Angeles. San Francisco via Salmon.,

Ban Franciscu & Los Angeles. San Franelies, & Líni Atpolis

to

|000 tons for the September 1940– 60- period--this is, incidentally. about one-third of the amount

· proposed by ship-builders.

Japan is eral foreign orders. Panama and

also completing;wEY?

France.

With about 75 per cent of her pre-war facfiilias sili.serviceable.. Japan can produce about 200,000 tons of shipping annually.

But according to Japanese circles the country requires more thats 4,000,000 tons to stabilthe the nation's”livelihoodi

However, an eventual; total of 1,000,000 tode "odi inandhant ship- ping for, Japan by 1960 has been recommended be a PRIST HUMA

It has born reale dy in port: war, Japani, that links reat Britain the nation, mustalaisen 'powerful marchant, * nevy, countries doo and de markets for ther

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

"President Grant"

"Murine Snapper"

4 ******** Arr. Oct.

Sall Oct.

Arr. Nov. 1 Sail Noy,

ROUND THE WORLD

VIA MANILA. SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, KARACHI, SUEZ BOET-SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, MARSEILLES, ́GENOA, NEW YORK and BOSTON

"President Jefferson"

"Willamette Victory”

Arr. Sept. 18 Sail Sept. 2 .. Arr. Oct. 2 Sail Oct.

TO JAVA & STRAITS

"Marino Snapper"

Opposite Star Ferry

Arr. Sept. 23 Spil Sept. 2

Tel. 28172/5.

70459

BEN LINE

ARRIVALS

SHIP

FROM *“HENNEVIS" .U.K. vin Singapore

"BENALBANACHI" Japan "BENAVON" .U.K. vla Singapore

20th Oct.

"BENWYVIS"

"BENLEDI"

"BENVENUE"

*"BENARTW"

"BENLAWERS" "BENRINNES"

SHIP

8"BENALBANACI?”

"BENAVON" "BENLEDI" "BENVENUE" "BENLAWEES" "BENNEVIS" "BENWYVIS” "BENARTY"

"BENRINNES"

do do

SAILINGS

TO

London, Antwerp, ' Rotterdam, Ilam- burg & Hull

DUE

In Port

11th Sept.

10th, Opt.

2nd half Oct.

3rd Nov.

15th Nov.

24th Nov.

End Nov.

LOADING

12th Sept. 15th Oct.

Late Oct.

7th Nov.

2nd half Nov.

Liverpool, Glasgow, 29th Sept. Dublin, Havre, Blid. Nov. Antwerp,

Rotter

dam & Hamburg..

Genoa, London, Hull &. Leith

2nd half Dec.

End Nov./Early Ded

via Malaya, Colombo, Aden, Port Sudan & other way perf

* Accepts cargo for Japan.

Accepts cargo for Dar-es-Salaam and Mombassa

1. Omits Hamburg, calls at Genoa.

+ Omits Hamburg, calls at Leith.

****For Further Particulara.- Apply To— .

W. R. LÓXLEY & CO. (CHINA) LTD. Agents

York Building,

Telephone: 34185

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

S.S. "NIKOBAR"

LOADING ABOUT 23rd SEPTEMBER for

SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PORTLAND SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

M.S. “MORELIA”

LOADING ABOUT 5th OCTOBER for.

ADEN, PORT SAID, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBUR

OSLO, GOTHENBURG & COPENHAGEN Tanks available for the carriage of oil in bulk.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. Queen's Bldg, 2nd floor...

Tel. 34111 & 34112

KLAVENESS LINE

SAILINGS

Direct to Los Angeles, in 16 days Thence San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle & Portland M.S. “SUNNYVILLE" .. Loading. 29th Sep

ARRIVALS FROM PACIFIC COAST JA

་ན ;,

M.S. "FRANCISVILLE” M.S. "CASTLEVILLE”

21st

Zlet

Sailing to Singapore, Port-Swettenham, Ponang, Belawan G Batavia.

M.S. "FRANCISVILLE"

hinese Freigh

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