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POSITION OF BRITISH TONNAGE

Lendan. July 22.

The decline of the mercantile marina of the world · during the past five years, which was welcomed owing to the surplus of fonnage, has been arrested. For the first time since 1931 there is a nèt increase. This and other changes fa the merchant marines of various countries are revealed in the statistical tables of the new edition of Lloyd's Register Book, the 103rd annus! issue slace the reconstitutiori of the society.

1.

"ROYAL" JEWELS AT AUCTION

Ownership Excites

Christie's Crowds «

*BIDDING RECORDED ON SOUND FILM

BY A. C. R. CARTER

London, July 22. "Although the secret "or the ownership of "a eisket of ne jewels from a Royal source" was blurted out by several knowing persons at Christie's Yesterday especially by one dowager who was heard to remark, "I remember her wearing that emerald ring myself

it would be stemnly to refrain from disclosing it,

The volume contains the records The highest figure was 7,856 ships of about 31.000 vessels of all kinds of 20,321,920 tons in 1930. Ger- ---Steamers. motor-ships. sailing many. notwithstanding an accèle-

I have seen every famous jewel ships. and non-propelled craft rated rate of building in recent dispersal at Christie's during many various detatis of some 20,000 years, is still considerably below years past, notably toe Dudley, the

LAMMERTS AUCTIONS

BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE MORTGAGEE

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS

OF SALE

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY

VICTORIA

No

Sitalte at

IN THE COLONY „OF HONG KONG

and. Known 58

D'AGUILAR STREET,

To be Sold by

arms connected with shipping in her 1914 Agure and is the only Russian Crown Jewels, and the PUBLIC AUCTION all parts of the world. Of the ves- ❘ other country which has leas ton sale in December, 1928, when near- sels recorded, 40,200.000 tons are. age than before the War, they £200.000 worth or glittering

have been, or are about to be classed by the society, 43.2 per cent. being registered in Great Britain and Ireland and 568 per cent. in other countries actually | holding the society's class.

Including the small amount of salling craft now adoat-amvunt- ing in all to less than 2 per cent. of the total tonnage there are €5,063.643 tons of merchant ship- ping in the world, compared with

64,885,973 tons a year ago.

Throughout these years saling ship tonnage has declined and

with the exception of 1930, steam- ship tonnage has declined also. The motor-ship shows uninter rupted progression although with considerable

`variations,

annual

ems-chießy from another anony- nous Royal source-were sola,

difference being nearly 28 per cent, lower. Some of the present activity of the German shipyards is for foreign account. Indeed, of 385,000 tons building in Germany at the end of June 130,000 tons is for registration in other countries. The figures so far quoted show certain quantitative changes, but from the statistical tables in the ship. Register it is

possible also to

Yet its daupfiul whether these exc.eu so muca curiousity as the sale yesterday. For days every- body had been talking about it, and many inquiries and conjec- tures had been made as to the pro- bable and possible source of owner-

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The suburbs seemed to havę emp- analyse the figures qualitatively tied themselves yesterday and and to show how the various mer-long before Mr Terence McKenna cantile marines compare in res- pect to age and also as regards room at Christie's was alle. More- reached the royal casket the main the proportions available for the over, the necessary contraption ocean-going services had been set up to make a "talking these respects the British

fim" of the scene," agures show up rather better, but, satisfactory s such conclusions may be, they should not be allow-

important

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FIRST BID, A GUINEA

MONDAY,

THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1935, AT 3 O'CLOCK P.M.

by

K. LAMMERT BROTHERS, Auctioneers,

AT THEIR SALE ROOM, Na 4, DUDDELL STREET, Номе Кожа

1.

PARTICULARS,

The property consists of the piece or parcel of ground situate at Fictoria in the Colony of Hong Kong and known" The experts were right i esti-and registered in the Land Office as mating only a modest total for the Section of Inland Lot No: 975 or tene- ment thereon known as No 29, D'Aguilar Street.

tonnage, the changes which have prestige of the British mercabtu 22 lots. Indeed-the total, about Together with the message'.

taken place,

ake. 19 per cent of the world the great inroads on the former

marine or the economic reactions 2,600, was more than most of LESS COAL BURNING

resulting from the changes.'--

them had foreseen, especially after some bidder, greatly daring, oner- Of the tonnage owned in Greated a guinea for the first lot 12 It should be understood, in con- Britain and Ireland rather Jess sidering the above figures, that than 10 per cent. is under Ave fragments of a flowerland-fokage some steamers atted for oil burn- years old. In 1923 the proportion necklace set with rose diamonds ing can be coal fired, but the new

Which proceeded to bring £5'10s. was 22.7 per cent., and even 3.5 statistics show for the first time recently as 1933 was 14.7 per cent coat ornament Mr. Echavarien *In giving Eldo for '88 diamond that the proportion of tonnage This, no doubt, is the result of the made the first important bid A entirely coal burning has dropped small amount of shipbuilding for peart sautoir next brought £170, below 50 per cent Great and British owners during recent years. important thanked in this res- On the other hand, British and Welsz), and bidding in person the pect has taken place... since 1914, when tr motor-ship was al- building tonnage for the Domi- amends; sibe

some continental gards have been Baroness Erlanger won'à phir o

Antique" epaulettiä,“ mölinted WICH most unknown (this earlier nions with the result that the motor-ship gare includes a high British Dominions now rank with

At this stage the flim reel makers.

proportion of auxiliary sailing Norway, Japan, and France as grew busy, and the climax of the ships) and practically all the big having high proportions of new

sale was reached when Mr. Yaug-

The premises are held for the residue

of the term of 890 years created therein by Crown Lease of Inland Lot No. 975. Ares 743 sq. ft. or thereabouts. Crown Rent $7.00

ditions of Sale, Apply to:-

For further Particulars and Con-

Masas, HASTINGS & CO., Solicitors,

Marina House,

for to

Ms. LAMMERT BROTHERS,

Auctioneers.

No. 4, Duddell Street.

passenger liners were cost bárners. tonnage. The British proportion han gave £400 for a diamond-

under 20 years old is pearl and cabochon emerald fringe Hong Kong, the 10th day of Aug, 1938.

In certain countries some "forms of REI VERA 69 per cenfl/32 and cluster necklace. He had &- TINA UN TELAIN CHE LO

of scrap-and-build- schemes Have H per cent.. been in operation and together der 15 years. Corresponding per- quired just before six rose diamond with a large amount of breaking centages for the tonage owned antique buttons at £280; an oval up largely on the score of obsoles- abroad are 68 and 38 per cent, re-pendant or 11 diamonds at £385; cence, the total of the mercantile spectively..

and the much-discussed emerald

ring at £350.

marine has, as already mentioned, Vessels between 4.000 and 6,000 declined until this last year. This tons, form the largest group of

In the meantime the second rate of decrease has not, however.ships and account for 27 per cent.

day's dispersal of the Oppenheimer been uniformly distributed and or the steam and motor tonnage engravings in an adjoining room some countries have shown pro- of the world. Vessels over 15,000 added £1,785 to the grand total. gressive increases. In certain in- tons and upwards represent only making it nearly £121.000. As. stances this has been achieved by 57 per cent. of the total tonnage. stated, the "Royal" Jewel sale new construction, but here, and but no less than 48 per cent. of it dwarfed everything else at Chris. there the changes are due to flag is registered in Great Britain and tie's yesterday" transferences. This appears to be Ireland,

the case, particularly, in additions

STEAM TURBINES

BROTHERS IN THE SERVICES

London. July 22, Just ten years after his elder brother, Field-marshal Sir Philip

LICENCE CONDITIONS REVISED

PULLERS' PERMITS AND BADGES NOT TO BE LENT

Shanghal, August 7.

to the Panama and Oreek flags. the development of a mercantlie The reduction of the Norwegian marine in Panama -being.no | percentage is due to the large pro-

A municipal notification publish- „doubt, due to economic

announces ed to-day

certain advan-portion of all tanker tonnage now tages in certain cases. Noteworthy in the Norwegian mercantile ma-

changes in the licence conditions increases during the past 12 rine--something like 1.700,000 tons

for rickshaw pullers (public, and months are Panama (282,491 tons); | out of a total of 4,054.000. tone-

private) and for public rickshaws. Italy (213,753. tons), Japan (130.- and oil tanker tonnage is among

The public rickasaw puliery® 040 tona). Soviet Russia (104.126 the exclusions from the table. Chelwode, became a general his conditions have been revised to tons) Greece (89,635 tons), and It has already been shown how

emphasize that the licence and Norway (86.513 tons). It is be the motor-ship tonnage of the

arm badge must not be lent to lieved that, owing to the difpculty world has increased alone among Sir George' is eight years younger any person Two new conditions of obtaining precise information, all other types of propulsion than Sir Philip, and was serving have also been added--one "to" as- the figures for Russia may not be There has been a considerable in- as a lieutenant in China while his sist the Counell in the elimination comprehensive, d

crease in recent years in the em- brother was winning the DS.O. of bogus pullers and the second to The largest decreases are United ployment of steam turbines ora as a captain, in the South African ensure the provision of substitutes States (sea-going) 293,962 tons combination of steam and recipro- War. The rise of each to the top for pukers who leave Shanghai for and Great Britain and Ireland cating engines. In the same time of his profession has been equally more than two weeks. 114.956 tons. A reduction of 250,-there has been a substantial de- smooth.

In the case of private pullara,

brother. Bir George Chetwode, now becomes an admiral.

980 tons since last year in the ton-crease of vessels Atted solely with Not many familles to-day can emphasis has similarly been laid nage registered Danzig is re-reciprocating steam turbines Dur claim a similar record of success on the fact that the Licence and flected in the increase shown for ing the past year there has been in the two services. The Napler badge may not be lent to any Panama

an increase of 985,000 tons in the family hold the most remarkable person, while a new condicion Between 1914 and 1925 the lar- tonnage of motor-sh'pr. the in- records in this respect. Bir Char stipulates that the number of the gest increases shown were in the crease of motor-ship tonnage les Napier, the celebrated admiral rickshaw licence of the employer, Volted States. Japan. Italy. since 1925 being 9.577,000 tons. In who commanded in turn the Por- as well as his or her name, is to France, and Holland. Since 1925 12 months there has been an in-tuguese and the British fects in be endorsed on the puller's licence the principal Increases were increase of $7,000 tons in the for the last century, had a brother carded the Norway, Greece, Germany, the age of vessels fitted with steam sir Thomas, who was a general in with regard to public rickshaws British Dominions, Japan, and turbines, a Agure which presum-the Army.

WMV a new condition has been zäded. Sweden, decreases being shown in ably, includes the Queen Mary and Their cousin, Sir Charles Napfer, having for its object the clear-cau the United States, Great Britain, therefore is not a very remarkable of Indian fame, had two brothers separation of payments by the France and Holland There has advance, while at the same time Sir George, and Br William who pullers for rental from payments been a fet decrease in the ton the tonnage of vessels fitted solely both became generals like himself, of any other description by the nage belonging to Great Britain with steam reciprocating engines and both fought in the Peninsular pullers to the rickshaw owners of and Ireland b 1.709,000

War.

Or has declined by 1091.000 tons, "Al- though few paddle steamers are now built there are still on the Register 325 of 246.800 tons."

per cent of the tonnage owned in 1914, whereas the aggregate in crease of tonnage owned mother countries during the same period represents more than 8 per cent. of the pre-War tonnage owned abroad.

.

Of the 9.1954 tone of of more than two million tons for tankers over 1.000 tons. 5.119,488 1933, is considerable but 383,000 tons are steamers and 4.075,933 tons less than the yearly average tons are motor-ships. but for the past five yeasa and, only Figures of tonnage lost and 11.000 tons more than that for the broken up show that there has ten-year period 1928-35. The re The steam and motor-ship ton been a slowing down of the duction of tonnage through break nage owned in Great Britain and amount broken up, which during ing up and marine casualties com- Ireland to-day is 6,891 ships, ag- 1998 was 1151,278 tondi" robe! My HnedKL 92 treba trets. gregating 17,182,857

GERMAN REDUCTION.

gross tons." "though below the figure of rather cent. per annum,

their agents; other revisions in clude conditions for

of

lamps at all

the

tightening up o gen supply to the Counco of the names and addresses of all distributing, agenta.e

"that" ofte said the

button on