Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-18
Japanese COMPETE m Indian Traae

japanese Compete In Indian Trade.
Relative to the proposed addition to
the neet Of the British India Steam
ship Co. which plies between Calcut-
"a and Kobe. an Official of the Nippon
Yusen Kaisha is reported as saying:
THE competition between our line
and the British India has been very
keen, and somewhat bitter for some
time, and we feel that il is the inten-
ton of the Indian company TO crush
out competition in this cargo business.
However. we will keep up our end.
and il is likely that a rate war will
develop that will cause worldwide In
terest.e
In this situation the British India
is following the tactics used formerly
in regard TO the Bengal Bay Steam
ship Company, which was forced out
of business and destroyed
Lord Tnchkepp. president of the
British India, is now in Calcutta, we
understand, and is directing the move
ments in the contest We understand
that he has been invited to submit the
whole incident to the British parlia-
ment, but thus far has not done so.
THE Nippon Yusen Kaisha now OPP
crates five vessels between Kobe and
Calcutta, and within a few weeks will
operate two more with combined
tonnage of 10000. The rate for cargo
has been reduced from % to 33 1-3 per
cent. and may go still lower Our
new ships are now on the way from
Europe
Schooner Expansion was on the Reef.
The day the liner Manuka left Pa
peete on its way to this port, the
schooner Expansion, from Gray's Har.
.hor, put il there leaking and with
about four feet of water in its hold
"a small tug sent out to tow the wind
TANNER into the harbor proved not big
enough for the job and the Expansion
,Grifted on the reef and was stranded
foa several hours. Assistance was sent
to the vessel and It was Heated just
about the time the Mannka, which ar
rived here yesterday, left the 1arbor
of Pepeete Since then the Expansions
arrival has been reported at Suva;
where the vessel was; surveyed and or
dered. discharged.
British ShipbuiIdlng Orders.
To give an idea OF the congestion OF
orders on hand in the British ship
building trade it Is related that thirty
shipEuilders were recently approached
by London firm with d view to tend:
ering for an ordinary cargo boat but
only two of them put In an offer The
demand for steamers is brisk. SIEVE
raj on the stocks have changed hanus
at handsome profits, a 9000-ton boat
In course of construction on the Clyde.
changing ownership at an advance Of.
100000. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum
company. has ordered two more oil,
tankers from Sir Raylton Dixon x Co..
ddlesbrough, and two fruft-carrying
boats are to be built by Wood, Skinner
& Co. of Bell Quay on Tyne for a.,
Norwegian firm. Al large oil tanker
with Diesel engines is on order from
the Tyne Shipbhilding Company for an
Antwerp firm. Among the recent
launches are the twin-screw steamer
Darro of 1920 tons gross by Harland
and Wofff 81 Belfast for the intermedi-
atg passenger service of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company to Brazil, Uru-
quarry and Argentina, and the steam
er Vestris of 10000 tons gross by
Workman, Clark & Co. of Belfast for
the Lamport and Holt line &. South
American service.
The Stranded Glenroy.
The latest news obtainable about
the, stranded GIenroy is that the Gov
ernor of Nagasaki Ken has requested
the Saseho Admiralty to send assist
ance to the vessel. According to the
Nagasadki Press the salvage steamer
CuTa Maru went to the scene of the
accident on the End inst, with Mr.. J.
H. Holme, Lloyd's Agent, Mr.. G. D..
Aitken. LIoyd's Surveyor. and Captain
Jameson, of Messrs. r. N. Walker &
Co., on board
According to telegram received at
the Offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co.,
Yokohama! the British steamship Glen
roy, which went aground off Xxi island
at O'Clock on the afternoon of July
End, has been refloated. She was ex-
pected to arrive at Nagasaki yesterday
where she will be looked over and re-
paired is such action is necessary.