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THE SHIPBUILDING COMBINE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10cm, 1907.

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HYPNOTISED JURYMEN.

STRANGE CHARGE AGAINST AN ALLEGED MURLEGER.

Chicago, July 2 extraordinary illness which has attacked a The physicians of Chicago are baffled by the uumber of men summered as jurymon in the trial of Herman Billik for the murder of the Veral family.

the

Ons expert who examined the jurors on bebelf ation declares that Billik, who was doctor, exercised an extractdinary payobie gga professional fortune-teller andvoodoo "

infernce arer them. summoned whom Biltk thought was adverse to Whoever & juror was him he hypuotised him from the dock.

with Thomas Firth and Sere, Imitad, hava,at That vongela itted with engines of one buu Itir bard the supply of mest other structural dred horse power will be able to make their steel for shipbuilding. What advantage the Bel-way in the Formos Channel against the North fast one rn will derive out of the steel branches East Monsoon wo are told is nearly impossible, The shipping world has been rather startled,

of the Clydebark eos cern is net revealed, but wa or at all events so difficult na to render the afthough Those who are in the inner circle aro

may assume that it will have pr ferential mised regularity out of the question. If this probably not greally surprised, at the announce-

elam in the matter of delivery when orders are objection is well founded, it is fatal to the ment that a combination Las buen formed bo-

pressing. If Belfast turns over some of its whole scheme as presently arranged; but until twoon Mesere. Harland and Wolf, Limited, of

Allartic and other contracts to Clydebank, the the problem is solved by actual experiment, we Belfast, and Messrs John Brown & Co.,

latter will have to reciprocato romehow. There are not inclined on mere opinior, however Limited, of Clydebook and She Meld. Those, we underland, to be a division of contracte, anexceptionable, to pronounce positively as to are two of the largest shipbuilding concerns in

Bas to ensure continuity of work at both yarda the result, bearing in mind that at the very Bat there is more than constructural work, for the country which is to say in the world-and

time a notable philosopher was Mesars, Harland & Wolf icoast of the repair utterance in public lecture rooms to the Mesar. John Brown & Co. are also extensive

work for the numerous fleet of the International sentiments of artical aut rercaui'e men, mannfael urers of armour plates and ship-1- Maritime Company, and repair werk is supposed demonstrating the imposibility of steam cursos and other strectural moteris! For stips. But the odd thing about to combination is its events, it keeps this works and hands employed limited power, set the question at rest for ever to be more profitable tban Imilding: at all crossing the Atlantie, the Sirious, a craft of indire Besociation with the great American adventure in

when building orders ar scarce, us shipping. Some five

We thould fool inclined to give less pret Jeare nge the American Combine secured pores division of this kind of work may also be pos- as when they are inmerous. An amicablo

ance to the objection, believing that it must sion of the White Star Lane, the Anglo-gible, but not, we think, sery, probable. The the scheme, were it not that the date above have been fully considered by the originators of America Transport Company, the American Belfast concern expect to bay a large proportion quoted, prorail that in other respects a good Layland, the Dominion Line and the Red of their material from John Brown & Co. with deal has been taken for granted, I the estimate Star Lins Closely associated with this combination were Messys. Harland & Wolff,

ont the intervention of middlemen, but that of income, for example, it is assumed that the the builders of the White Star, the Red Star

does not necessarily mean a saving. It is well traffic with Amoy, Ningpo, sud Shanghai, are antie Anglo American stemmers. They were

known in the trade that middlemen are often precisely the same amount, whereas the consular printienily constituted the shipbuilders of the

cheaper sellers than manufacturers, especially of returns published a few months ago give the Iztes untional Maritime Compusy of New Jersey,alinbuilding material. They sell ahead on tormis value of British fuperlatbanghai for the year often lower than the current market, and cover 1841 at upwards of £201,535, the export boing themselves by hedgi

It is £487,528; while at amoy during the conclad Kin pig-iron. speculative business, of course, but a kind of ing quarter of the saria period, they word busino a that shipbuilders have encouraged for respectively £63,"33 and 1881; and Ningpo by years past, because it preserves them from there was not trade at all to report upon, The tirace

their traffic with Shanghai, bat even if it could be shown that the total gires a fair average, we cannot help expressing our surprise that in shonid. without a word of explanation, have bringing Heir claims before the public they sanctioned auch an oversight as that of precision in their estimates, and an immaturity in their access of the scheme. plans, which do not sugur very well for the

long as American yards could not turn out Timely as cheaply as "British or German ship builders can do. Although owned by an America company, the vessels of theso tiuca were by a

When the trist op and on Friday, two jury- men were prostrated after being acceped by the Public Prosecutor.

When the court opened yesterday morning jury bez in a condition bordering on hystoria, and begged to Le telased from the cas3, A two other accepted jurymen rushed into the

third, who appeared to be very ill, was nuable eventually said that he felt giddy. fo newer questions put by the ja ge.

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The puzzled judge finally told the jars an leave the jury box he fell on the floor, and lay that he was excused, and as las nitempti to at full length in front of the dock

the two following telesmen betrayed great Billik smiled grimly. He smiled rgain when

twist in the law permitted by our Joins Stock being at the tender mercy of ateulmuakers at all Steem Company have probab's under-rated agitation, and begged in be excused,

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FLEETS OF THE WORLD. BICITAIN BLOW THE TWO POWER STANDARD. shows that Great Britain in point of numbers The Admiralty has isen da ratura which

safely, but that many obsolete battleships are is not only below the two-Power standard of

Navy,

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able to exert powerful iufluence over all persons

The Pablic Prosecutor declares that Billik is!

subject to bypnotism. The belief is general in order to prevent the impanelling of a jury. that he is bypnotising all the talesmah possibla

seems to be

Company Acts to be kept on the British register, and the anomaly was created of the British Government being under rasil and Duval contr

The extensive works at Belfast are to with an American trust. Then came the con

be enlarged by the addition of acres tract between the Government and the Cunard with the Harbour Commissioners. If not, Bh of gronud, if terme свя be mado Company, under which the company were to be accorded a loan of two millions to enable them seeks not improbable that the shipbuild. to build two of the largest and swiftest stoomers ard may be removed from Belfast allost, to be employed in the Atlantic mail already been established at Sonthampton by altogether. Indeed, repairing works have service, and to be held at the disposal of the Admiralty when required for naval purposes.

Messrs Harland & Wolff, who bara from tim We call attention to one of the heads of the

to time Inspected various areas in Scotland in Cunard agreement. It is to the effect that the search of a site for their ship building yard, company pledges itself until the expiry of the

should they deoide to remove it.

As the agreement to remain a purely British ander would be a serions loss to that plac, xe way removal of this great industry from Belfast faking, and that ander no circumstances shall

assume that the local authorities will make an the management of the company be in the hands of, or the shares or the vessels of the company

effort

to do what is necessary to retain it. But held by, other than British subjects. In the meantime it seems that Belfast's prorent still included in the effectivo strength of the ed down by the aid of dynamite; the old- under these conditions that the Lusitania besacessity will prove Clydebank's opportunity, bean built by Messrs. John Brow & Co. bountiful supply of orders for their shipyard and that Messrs. John Brown & Co. will hare & Limited, Clydeback, and just as the Lusitania is preparing for her first voyage, Messrs. John

during the next year or two even if they Brown * Go, have concluded a sort of semi-

Jose the Cunsrd orders. But we are not amalgamation with the shipbuilders of the Mer- disposed to regard with much favour the gan Shipping Combine, whose premation was

growing disposition towards industrial com. one cause for the State assistance granted for individual advantages, no doubt, lat, from as bications. They have their immediate and the building of the Lusitania and Mauretanis

economic point of view, they have many Of course, Messrs. John Brown & Co., Limited, had nothing to do with the contract between objections-Spertat ». the Government and the Cunard Company. We merely point me that (while they, as builders, derived benefit from that contract) they are now prepari g to receive as much work as they pau got out of the op position camp. It short, the Clydeban

and Belfast Combine has something uncom monly like au American parentage- or lot, s BAY apoBorship. It is tolerably certain that there would have been no combination between Messrs. Harland & Wolff and Mesars. John Brown & Co. ruless the former had their hands somothing more than fall. The International Maritime Company intend fe build some nine very large and fast steamers for the Atlantia trade. They cannot get these lu America except for 20 or 24 per cent more money than sa this country, and if they build in this country they must order from blessrs. Harland & Wolff, whose order books are already full and who be sides are at loggerheads with the elfast IIar- bour Commissioners about the defcioney of graving dock accozazaudation. However that may be, and whatever intention the Belfast firm have of ultimately extending their yard there, it has doubtless bar found not only expedient but necessary to bare an alternative building place elsewhere for the enormous amount of work in prospect.

While the arrangement referred to in the report issued last week by Messrs. John Brown & Co.

Co. is commonly referred to as a con bine, it is really more like the community of interest established a few years ago by an exchange of laren and directors by Vickers, Sons, and Maxim. Limited, of Shed and Barrow, and Beer Williata Boardmore & Co., Limited, Glasgow and · Dalmuir, This again, was followed by a similar exchange of shares for co-operative purposes between the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, of Glasgow, and Messrs, Cammel, Laird Co., & Limited, Sheffield. The difference Te at any rate, uɛt ma'arial,

The firm of Jobs Brown & Co. dater back to 1864, but it was not until 1899 that it went into shipbuilding by acquiring the works and busin ss of the Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding company, Limited, which had suoceted the well-known firm of J. and G. Thomson, Clydebank. In 02 the company acquired seven-eighths of the ordinary shares of Thomas Firth & Sone, Limited, Shefeld, and thereby enlarged its scope of supply of ship, irg sterial. The capital now consists of £1,750,000 in-ordinary shares of £1 each and

CHINA SIXTY-TWO YEARS AGO.

Old papers are interesting. The following Ügares from an article published over sixty years ago sheni interest the shipping world to-day:-

tion of the House of Commons at the instance The return, which is printed for the informs of Sic Charles Dilke, gives a list of the fleets of Great Britain and various foreign countries, the figures including ships both built and building. In regard to battleships, on which the two. Fower standard is based, the figures for the various countries are as follows; -

Built Building.

Great Britain France

Russia...

Germany

isly United States Japan

80

31

10

23...

15 ...

4

From thons figures it will be seen that while Great Britain has only sixty five battleships built and building. France and Germany com. bined have eighty-on battleships. This pre- ponderance over British ships is serious, bat not so overwhelming as would appear from the

table.

In the first place, the return of British ahip

We have been favoured with a copy of the prospectus of The Chinese Coasting steam Navigation Company, the object of which is to establish frequent and regular communication between the consular ports, and others that may be hereafter be opened to foreign commerce. If th's and can be accomplished in the way now dous not go beyond the ships being built under proposed, the projectore will have reason to the 1967 programme-the two Lord Nelsons congratulate themselves, not only on giving au and the thres Dreadnoughts, which are shortly important impotus to frade, by imparting to launched. No mention is made of the greater certainty to its operations, but on two (or three) Dreadnoughts to be laid down

under the 1907-8 programme. the

the intercourse, and strenges hmselves. That such will be the results of steam navigation there seems no good reason to doubt; but after conversing wil praatioal ersons upon the subject, and giving the too mange prospectus our beat consideration, we are inclined to question promised success

of the Chiness Coasting Steam Navigation Company which proc.ets upon the following rather loss rate:-

CAPITAL,

Three iron vessels fitted with the screw propeller, each 250 tons: one hundred horse-power to carry 181 TODS

One snell do: 60 horse power for Can-

ton and Hongkong

Tools Land, buildings, etc.

Tutul

Depreciation fund

AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENSI

Repairs to machinery Repairs to vassals...

These clorks Superintendent Agency

Captains at £30 per month

4 first males £50 per annual prov sions

£15 per month

4 second mates 18 per month

40 seamen at £4 per month...

first engineers at £20 per month second engineers at £15 per month.. head atokere at C10 per month...

Coals, rona 2,407 Insurance Stores for engine room

£750,000 of 5 per cent cumulative 20 natives at £210 per month shares of £10 each. On 1,160,000

£

On the other hand, the French returns include the Jens, which was badly damaged by the explosion in the magazine, the Neptune, which will probably be condemned, and six ships or ered to be laid down in 1960 and on which work has been begun, although it is uncertain if all the keels have 'een sotnally laid.

The Germau returns of ships building isolado the Ersatz Sachsen (cf the Dreadnought type), which has been begun; her sister ship, the Ersata Bayern, which was "to be laid down. about a pril, 1907," and two other Dreadnoughts of th 197-8

programme.

But even if the sight Frenob akips referred 26,100 | do and the two German · Dreadnoughts, which have not yet been began, are excluded, Great 5,800 Britain sill: sbows and inferiority in point of 200 numbers, the actual figures for battleships built 4,500 and building being-

38,400

Great Britaic

Germany

France....

05

38)

33)

271

1,250

an matter of fact, however, the seturs is 1,410 misleading inasmuch as it fails to distinguish 1,900 between effective and non-effective vesa -la.

For instance, of the sixty battlesh'ps built, 1,000

750 five-the Ansou, Campordowo, Benbow, Howe, 1,000 und Boduay-are not kept in readiness for 1,440 war, because, as the Secretary to the Admiralty explained in the House of Commous last NC- 12vember, they are to be removed to the sale

litt this year.

584 100

Treu fise of the Royal Sovereigns included in 960 the list are laid up with skeleton orows, and are 720 destined to be removed from the list of ships lit 499 for service. The other three are used for 60 training purposes.

4,800 10 @ 1,420,

£29,144

Beidry these items, Port Charges must be included, and it is hoped that the rates pow levied by the Tariff may be reduced by some arrangement with the Chinese Authorities.

The Renown has been turned into a royal yacht, and is laid up, and the Edinburgh, Thunderer, and Derestation-all of them includ ed in the list are also laid up.

There are other nestess ships mentioned in the list, the total number being twenty-one.. Thas the effective battleships built number only thirty-nine, instead of sixty.

In regard to gun power the German Dread. noughts will be more powerful than the British. The return of armoued oruisers built and

Built, Building.

30

alares issued 15s. per share bas been paid up, and 590,000 shares are fully-paid up. All the preferanco shares are paid up. Sines 1898 9 the dividends have been 10, 15, 20, 15, 0, 8) and 10 per cent. Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Limited, being a private company, do not publish their accounts.

In their report for the year ending March 31 last. the directors of Joha Brow & Co. say that," with Fiew of strengthening the

It is calculated that the three ress:ls enn shipbuilding counexion of

make 41 voyages, if required, yearly this will building is as follows:-- The company, we lave are aged for the acquisi-be tion of an interest in the firm of Harland &

vessel leaving each terminu erary 9th day. Wo.B, Limited, of Belfast," and that for this The letal distance run will be about. 78,310 miles purpose, as well as for completing the purchaser cach veel about 26,10 miles yearly, a very of a Bid of ionstour, sad for building two modemte duty compared with others: bat the blast furnaces at Fredingham, additional capital present estimates of expenses are calculated at will bare to be created, for which special resolu-35 tr paper year, tions are to be subicitted to the shareholders et the approaching mesting. The financial aspecte of the arrangement are as yet unrevealed, lut we understand that John Brown & Co: take sharer in new capital to be created by Harland while Harland & Wolff fake up the & Wolf, greater part of the new shares to be issued by John Brown & Co.

The interest among shipbuilders and ship- wners in the affair is not financial, but individual. What effect will it here on the shipbuilding industry

generally Not much, so far as

we can

have her. Mosers. John Brown & Co,

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world-wide circle of creauiile clients, although

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Admiralty connexion, and a Cunard

they can hardly hope to retain the

mpany now among their castomers. Mesers. and Wolf have, of course, the American Combine connexion, and they lan build frequently for the German transatlantic companies, as well as for most of the

great British lines in other trades. Both concerns are equipped for turning out the biggest and axiftes! steamers that marine architecture bas yot attained. They run in the same groove. except that Clydebank is better acquainted will warship work than Belfast, having bad experience. Moreover, Joku Brown & Co. at their Sheffield works turn out the beaviest known plates rolled, and, by their association

more

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BRCEIPTS,

Shanghai 39 trips estimating

3

Great Britain

France... Russia Germany Italy United States Japan

The British orvisors include the tree Invinci- bier, which are of the Dreadnought type, and have recently been launched. Great Britain in thus ahead of both France and Germany com. 11,700 bined in armonied cruisere.

But here again the return is misleading, as no fewer than fifteen ernisers are worthless for war purposes. Indeed, the Secretary to the Admiralty haa himself admitted that they were "available for subsidiary services, hulks, and 8,936 vessels for sale."

£

60 tons per passage, 4680 tous at $3 per ton Passengers 312- 4 each”

st £10 Deck passengers, 260 at £3 Niogpo 39 tripe estimating 60 tots per page 4,680 tons it £6 per ton

7,800

way

3,120 780

5,850

Passeng. rs, 312-4ach way

at

2,496- 650

teus per passage 4,680 tone

at $1 per ton

3,900

Passengers,

312-4 sach way

し

1,360

5,720

+1

2,00

Deck passengers 260 at £2,10 Amoy 39 trips ostitasting 60

Deck passengers, 260 at £126)

Canton freight 4,160 tons 49

sch way at s Passangers, 15 each way

3,120 at £1

3,120 Allowanco (anticipated) for mail service

Lese expenses...

5,000 5,00

For other vessels the returna are as follows : --

Torpedo bosts Protguted and

Sab. Cruisers, Destroyers marines.

22 36

277

***

312

48 92

á... 41

205

29

...

182

12

Dritain France Russia Germany Italy

*** 186 United States, 27... 82 Japan

... 26 ... ... 135 Great Britain and Italy have no armoured 36,536 coast defence vessels, and France has 8, Russia 2. Germany 11, United States 11, and Jana 1. 22,144 Great Britain has 8 sconta bailt, and the United

Slates 3 building. The other Powers hav £14,392

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