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CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE'

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Daily all Steel Express Trains from Vancouver.,

Finest Scenery in North America.

"Lowest Fares with Best Service.

Simplified-Baggage Checking System.

Booklets, and All Information Supplied.

GENERAL TRAFFIC OFFICES ;

Phone C2804

Queen's Buildings. 3. Chater Rd

HUGO STINNES LINIEN

Kagalar Aleathly Freight and Passenger Bervice between Japan, China, Hongkong, Manila and Straits and Hamburg and other North Continental Ports.

OUTWARD from Hamburg via Ports of Call

-8amer1.

*Albert Wöglor

"Carl Legion v

Adolf von Baeyer

Banil Kirdorf...

Hossage, d

•9,000 tona

11th August

·9,000 tɔna

First half of Sopt

9,000 tons

9,000 tons

First half of October First half of November

HOMEWARD for Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hembarg

Sterment

*Emil Kirdar?

+Scheer

Albert Vägler

"Oari Legion

*Adolf von Booger.

omil Kidorf

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, "THURSDAY, JULY 19.E‚5_1982

Tenere, 4.w.

Departure

9,000 tona 12,900 tons

9th July, Callisg at Manila 26th Aug-

do

9,000 tons

9,000 ton.

9,000 tony

1,000 tons

•These steamers are fitted with all comfort for the convenience of about 50. first olsas Passengers.

+ Cargo boat.

AGENTS

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.

26, Des Voeux Road Central.

Phone Central No. 478.)

KONINKLIKE PAKETVAART

MAATSCHAPPY.

(Royal Packet Navigation Co, of Batavia),

THR STRAMSHIF

归

VAN OVERSTRATEN

will be despatched to

SINGAPORE & Belawan-deli Direct

21st July, 1923.

let Class Fare to Singapore:-$100.

*This vessel affers excellent cabin accommodation for saleen passenger

Single and 'double cabins.

Wireless Telegraphy:

For Freight and passage apply to rum

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN-LYN,

Telephone Central No. 1574.2

"Agents

ASAHI BEER

SPECIALLY. PREWED FOR¿EÐ PORT

DAI NIPPON BREWERY CO.

LIMITED

TOKYO, JAPAN.

SOLE AGENTS

MITSUJ BUSSAN KAISHA: · LTD,

HONGKONG.

AMERICA'S SHIPPING.

The London Daily Telegraph in repent leading article" says:-

t

THE WAY OF TYPHOONS. HOW THEY START AND HOW

THEY TRAVELOA

Those

fortnight passes in the sunruer and autumn without its Pacific typhoon; and the most terrific of them stay at sun dur ing their entire course.

THE NECKSBARY ADJUNCTS.

INDO-CHINA

* STEAMTM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED;

PAIPHONG' vis'BO]BOW 'N. ANGHAI vin SWATOW SANDAKAN MANILA

SHANGHAI via SWATOW BANGKOK in SWATOW

BAILINER SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.:

MINGBANG

Friday,

90th July, Ba.m

YUSANG

Friday,

"MAUSANG

WAISHING

* Friday 20th July

10th July, Noou.

94th July, Noon

Thursday, 26t

Neca

SHANGHAI via BWATOW.

SOBE via MOJI

KOBE MOJI FANGKOK HOIHOW. STRAITS & CALCUTTA C- LUUTTA GANI

Two things are necessary to start a cir- culat, storia: a quiet, sheltered, windless. area and a hot gun. When these two SHANGHAI things combine, a typhoon is invariably If the earth's blanket of air started), revolved with the earth there would be areas of perpetual typhoon, and China MANILA and Florida would escape. However, as the earth spins it trails the air behind; BAIFRONG it, lika streamers on an electric fan; an so, ance started, the typhoon begins to ship to the westward, left behind by the hurrying earth,

BORNIO

terrifle 'winds, known About a year ago a case student of shipping affairs observed that the eld typhoons, are acticed by the world only light of history will ultimately reveal when then they cause some disaster ap America's wartime shipbuilding, stripped palling in its totals of loat life and force destroyed property. Every year, how- of its cloak of sentiment, BS almost as unsettling in its effects upon ever, writs Commander K. C. Melnicah, world maritime conditions as Germany's in the Uniluk, zenen Aght them work intense and barbarous submarine çam after week, month after month, from paign af destruction." That seemed at early June until late November. Hardly the time a hard waying, but probably lew Americans would today question it, for the fleet which was hurriedly constructed during the Cireat War, in the hastily temporis das wel as in the old-established shipyants in the United States; is proving an even greater embarrassment to the people of that country than to foreigners who are associated with this great inter national industry. The original purpose of the Americans ans in the highest gree laudable; ships were needed if Ger many was not to win the war, and the United States ses to work to build them; the loses being suffered at sen were to be mads gool without deny. Ships of all kinda, of steel, of wood, and of grele, were laid down, and every man with lands to use however lacking in the requisite skill, was mobilised to build them. There

When the birth place, of the storm is had been nothing like this national move ment in the history of shipbuilding. The arrounded a fairly close range by bills end of the war, saw the United States and "rocks, forests and cliffs, the storm Government in pession of a great rol-soon breaks up. When it has the open BANGROK, lection of ships. It was assumed that inse for a playground, it grows in size time they would prove to be worth a good and violence, gradually drifting north- deal more than the £600,000,000 which had war, pushed by the resisting quies air been spent upon them, and that in due which it is disturbing. until its strength this Unitari States with nearly wanes and the backlash of its own fury 15,000,000 ton.grow of shipping, exelnil: drives it northeast and out to sea again. ingle visse on the Northern Likes, was dying as it strikes the cold air currents destime to, become one of the Tending of the 40th parallel. agests in the wacarriage of gads An

SIMPLE LAWS OF PHYSICH. bitions plans were concerted, but they all

The physical laws involved are the gini- resulted in less. The circumstances in which the experiment in State ownership į ple ones that heated air rises and that and State aperation was initiate?.could two bodies cannot occupy the same space the same time. The hot sun beats not we'll have been more anfavourable. In a Aympathy with high wages on shore, wages down on the still air and overbeats it. afloat lund to be raised, and, in addition, Immediately it begins to rise, leaving a Cooler air fróta all legal enactments threw on Americanship-partim vacuum.

Fur-sides moves in to fil up the depression; ping peculiar and costly burdens,

once cantiot thermore, just at the monent when man but air from all sides at bers of the Shipping Board were hoping that the clouds showet signs of breaking, the restriction of immigration, in associa tion with a great revival in American traile, caned a "hortage of labour ashore, and that shorage retétel on conditions at

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reach it, so a whirl of, air forme round the hot area as water running out of bath tub whirls down the pipe. In this as the air whirls up instead of down pulling up the son and, increasing the vacuum itself. Once frily established, this air eddy starts to roll westward, and the chief mischief in on its way. The typhoon itself travels very slowly-usual

FREEMASONRY IN JERUSALEM.

A Masonic lodge under the Grand: Lodge of England will, it is anticipated,. shortly be founded in Jerusalem, and a high official in the Holy Land is expected to be the first Master. At one time it was the intention of the Lodge of King transfer to serusalem, but, that intention having, been abandoned, the new lodge will, in all probability, adopt this name when warranted and established. When sanction has been obtained it is proposed also to inaugurate a Royal Arch Chapter, a Mark Lodge, and a Masonic Research Society.

cap, but in modern shipping enterprise,

TIITS))

CHAKSANG "CHIFSHING "TUNGSHING LAISANG "FOORKANG"

CHUNSANG" HOSANG

24th

July,

Wednesday, 1st Aug. Soon.. ...Monday,

...Saturday.

6th Aug,7 a.m.

7th Aug. 8 am.”

Saturday, 11th Ailg.3 p.m.

This Ling afforda regular sailings to Calostis, Penang 16 Singapore, resarning from Calcutta visszari prossed via Bürsita and Hongkong to Japan, ocenatonally calling at Shangbai

All sommers dave coellent paedger accommodation. Stand wiki Wireless and carry a fully-qualided Bargeon. LINX -Sallings approximately every three days between Canton ane Ebmashalometimes mailing at Swatow. Through Hokete van

Exped boobtained and through Hof Lading Are Northern and Tanginne. Porta via ERATIE ALAM-A weekly parvice le maintained with Manils by residir with good

Panorng er Beeck modasco, sailings from both ports every Friday. Calling pprox and Atoly weekly for palsengers and LINE

Caillerat Bollew, wher inducement chara

ms

Fortnightly saling to and frets Sandakan by sws 5,000 mas WHASE ABG BERRA, TUMAUNANG" both steamers howitz ercellent panger accommodation. Cargo taken ad Jeanniton. Lubnan." Tawio Emr of Ladies for through and Lahad Datu

and

LINE-A galar service is run from March to Seventer between

Hongkong Tionwin. calling at Weibsiwai and Chefoo. LIFE – A WOckly service la provided Letwers Benglong and Bangkok ta Bwslow, by Ber ntermèni 29d with #z«lc»date, passant w Tacoćmmodation.

CALCUTTA LINE

8.5,

"HOSANG" will be despatched on or about." Saturday, 11th Aug., at 3 pm, for SINGAPORE, PENANG

& CALCUTTA.

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.

For Freight or Passage apply to

Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd.

GLEN

Vaucl

ĐIHERAL, MANAGER.

SHIRE

Jome Baxtim of SzaɔMERS.

U.K.-STRAITS. CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE"

OUTWARDS.

"OLENSANDA”. "GLENSBANE" "PEMBROKESHIRE” "GLENLUCE"

BOMEWARDY.

Die Hongkong] Vensel. Leave 'rong. Disebargen

* GLENTARA'

21st July, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam & Hamburg.

GLENIFFER

7th Ang

31st July.

16th Aug. ... 27th Ang. ... 10th Sept.

Genor, London, Kotterdam and Hambarg.

11th Aug

CARNARVONSHIRE

- Genoa, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg.

Movements are subjeo to change without notice. For traight or further particuler, diesse apply tox

Jardine, Matheson & Co, Ltd., The Glen Line, Ltd., AGENTE. Telophone: Centralęño, 915 sub-ez. 23 and§Centre)-2900,

Moreover, the experiment was tried at a time when a surplus of tonnage

1 between Ave and ten miles an hour-❘ TELEPACEN QENTRAL No. 14 world's seas and a shortage of goods to be carried had rendered shipping competi- but its whirling core has a speed of over tion usually keen. Stage by stage the 120 miles an hour. Outwitting a typhoon, Ships were withdrawn from ser-herolates, is an exhausting but exciting State-built vice. First, the wooden ships, as well as adventure when a ship is not too close those constructed of concrete, were written to shore and has plenty of sea roosa. off as a dead loss and then radical stepa were taken to deal with the ster) tonnage until about two-thirds of these vessels were laid up in idleness, themselves de preciating and involving the American Government in a heavy deficit. For it is estimated that a cargo steamer of 6,000 tons cannot be laid up at a charge of less than £10 a day, apart from insurance and interest on the capital invested in it, while in the case of passenger vessels the grow ing debit balance is oven larger For Sulton's Temple, No. 3,461, Chester, to wards of four years the American Govern- ment has beer bearing these burdens, the direct and indirect les monating up steadily, and, though activity on certain trade routes has been maintained at"a heavy cost, the proportion of American oversca trade enrried in American bottoms has been rapidly declining. With the re jection by Congress of the Ship Subsidy Bill, the depth of depression was reach ed, and with the decision that the Govern ment should get but of the shipping busi- Government control and influence, and ness as speedily as possible came the guided by reasonable lawa liberally ad- realisation that ships which had est minister and just regulations senaibly £800,000,000 were worth only £50,000,000 enforced. That in a conclusion which or less, even if purchasers could be found. must commend itself to every expert ob Server. Even in the simpler forms of in- But it has been impossible to find pur-dustry State control is a fettering handi erasers. The present position is that the vessels are to all intents and purpose in aleable. Mattery have gone from but to surpassed in complexity by any other. trade, its injurious effects are only to worse, and during this movement, if we be measured by the extent to which it is may judge from the American Press, pub.

applied. " lic sympathy for the plan to convert the United States into a great shipowning country has in large measure evaporated, " That is the situation at this moment when Mr. Albert Lasker, the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, is retiring. Without special knowledge of the industry, he has struggled, with the unfailing support of, President Harding, to save the State policy in regard to ship. ping from overwhelming disaster, but with- out succese. It has been no secret for some time that Mr. Lasker, having reached the conclusion that at least 3,000,000 tons of the fleet was only "fair to useless," would scrap ships by the sore, and then place a large number of others in reserve, in ele conditions, at sea by pm miracle should izanrose, turning over the remaining: 250 ships to a combination which private enterprise, with its business skill and ex- perience, and the Government, with its prestige and capital, would be represented. It seems to be argued that some such scheme, or colourable imitation of it may ba adopted; and in order to coat the pill for the taxpayers, it is suggested that two new liners of enormous size and luxurious accommodation should be built; to be placed in due course on the North Atlantic route with the ex-German steamship Leviathan, which, it is claimed, is the largerật khịp afloat With the three monster ger ships-ven though they were.

under the United States flug, it is up- parent thought that American pride would be excited, and that the mass of the people of the United States would be reconciled to the expense of maintaining the Stato fleet. But the policy which will be pursued in after all, a matter of specula tion, for the enthusion which was behind the movement for building up a great mermančila marine appears to have died. At any rate, aberation of ships, by the Governmout is thoroughly unpopular. As one observer with an intimate knowledge of shipping has declared. If our mer- chant marine is to be highly devolored and successfully "maintained along, economie lines, în cennetition- with other nations it must, as the first requisite, be in the handsd bf. Experieurel, roliable, and ampelent managers por operators, fros from undue (Continued on next soluma)

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OIL TANK STEAMER "PALUDINA”

"470" - 681-810-16,400 tons d.w. x 0,100 HP.

Exit by THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD. KOWLOOR DOCKS to the order

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R. M. DYER E. Sc., MINA, KOWLOON DOCK, HONGKONG,