New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Maritime Miscellany

NEW YORK. Aug sl-str samarinda,
from Batavia. Genoa and Boston. while
Docks, Staten Island, struck str Meiford
Hall the port quarter. The Melford
Hall. which was at her berth at the time
of the accident, received damage to plates
and frames.
BLOCK ISLAND. r I. Sept 2-The
three masted schr Barbara W. Of PARIS
st John, 3, with coal, was ashore at
Sandy Point on tho west side OF Block
Island tonight. she struck early in the
day in thick fog and was not discovered
until some l.ours later.
Tho sea was smooth with no wind and
10 come ashore in a small boat Il was
thought the weasel could be foated without
assistance at high water late tonight.
LONDON. Sept Control of British
vision Of the Imperial shipping Board il
the report OF the Imperial Shipping Com
mittee,, made public here should be
adopted.
The board the report says. would IN
aure into complaints regarding ocean
freight rates and tho conditions OF inter-
imperial trade. which would be referred to
the board by the various governments of
the empire for decision. 1t would also
nterimperial shipping interests to promote
CO. co, ORD nation IN regard to harhors and
other facilities.
Palmas for Bilbao and Gijon. previously
reported sunk at Cape villauo, has been
floated.
r, NAPLES. Sept 2-The American str
pocahontas.. which has been in port here
since June because Of failure to pay for
repairs. has been reconsigned to the United
states shipping Board. The vessel has
week 49,
BOSTON. Sept 2-orders for placing out
hy former Secretary of tho NAVY De nieis
as his official yacht, were received at the
Boston Navy Yard to-day. The Dolphin
at present Is the flagship of Rear Admiral
NJ Morgan. in command of a special
squadron on duty in the Canal Zene The
cruiser Niagara was ordered to relieve her.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept 2-Headquarters
of the Gulf division OF the Emergency Fleet
Corporation were closed here to-day vrtu-
ally ending the labors which at one time
engaged $4,000 men in sixteen Southern
towns The force retained by Manager
T Williams numbers but fifty men.
The gulf division constructed 151 vessels
OF 707,400 lightweight tons and transformed
fifty wooden hulls into barges with dead
weight of 17s.7o3.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 1.-The schr LIZ
zie Hall, which was to have loaded at
this port 500 barrels OF alcohol said to have
been consigned to the Liberian government
was to-day refused clearance papers by
the port authorities. Clearance was re-
fused on the ground the schooner was un-
seaworthy.
The alcohol, which was shipped here
from distllery in Rossville, Ind, has
been reconsigned and will be shipped to
Greece on the French str Dorchet, sched-
uied to sail September 7,
VANCOUVER, B c. Sept 3 The str
Canadian Observer, which has been tow
ing the disabled freightcr Canadian I'm
porter to port reported by wireless to day
that the tow line had parted. but the yes
sci was in no immediate danger The Cana
dian Winner and wrecking ship Algerine
were expected to reach the Canadian I'M
porter during the day.
The leaking craft was reported 500 miles
from the nearest shore.
Press)-New rules concerning the liability
of ship owners for cargoes were adopted
unanimously to-day by the committee OF
maritime law OF the Congress of 1nterna
tional Law Associations, in session here
The new rules. which will be called The
Hague rules" will be presented to ship
owners associations bankers and under
writer's throughout the world In the hope
that they Will be adopted interna tionaIly.
thus insuring uniformity OF rights and La
bility and definite relations between ship
pers and ship owners for all time
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept Am announce
ment has been made by officials of the
China Mail Steamship Company that they
re to take the Nile off the San Francisco
Java Straits Settlements run. This action
was taken due ia orders given out by the
Shipping Board to relinouish this trade to
the Orient Now at Hong Kong where
she arrived last Wednesday. the new Togo
Kisen Kaisha liner Giryo Maru il sched-
uled to arrive here about Sept Is. The
Ginyo Maru was recently at the Asano
yards in Japan as a combination .passen-
ger and cargo carrier She is of 10000
tons dead weight. and is q sister ship to
the Rakuyo Maru. With 10000 tons of
fruits, barley and canned goods. the East
Asiatic Company's motorRhfp Asia is to de-
part from here to-morrow for Hamburg,
Hull. Leith and Copenhagen The motor
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