.6.
Shipping,
THE CHINA MAIL.
Shipping,
FRONTER DIARY OF A FARSI TRAVELLKE.
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1909.
Shipping.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA-PACIFIO MAIL S. S. COMPANY, Specially written for the "Cara Man") INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LD.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
TION COMPANY.
(VILE despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned FORTS on or about the
WH
TOR
DATES named:-
STEEMERS
TO LAIL OF
1 BEKLEKA.
SHANGHAI, Capt. W. BATWARD, R.Y.E.Jas., 1909. FanarO.
{DEVANHA ......zuen fåbout 22nd) Freight and
DELE LONDON, VIA Uswaz Posen
***..............Noou, 25rd See Special || Ospt. J. D. AFTLEWA, n.N.R.] Jan, 1909. † Advertisment
LONDON & ANTWERP,
SUNDA
About 27th Freight and
Passage.
VIA S'PORE, ING, CLBO, Capt. G.M.MONTFORM,...JE., 1989, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES SHANGHAI. MOJI, KOBE NORE PREZROKAVNUT.......... About 30th Freight and AND YOKOHAMA ................. Capt. G. PHILIPPSJ., 1900.) Passage.
P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s Office.
E. &. HEWETT, Superintendent.
UANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE,
LUXURY-SPEED-PUNCTUALITY.
The only Line that MAINTAINS & Regolar Sobodule Eorrice of 12. Days across the Pro is the EMPRESS LINE,'
13 DAYS YOKOHAMA 20 VANCOUVER.
PROYOSED Sailinen,
SAVING 5 TO 10 Days Goran Travel.
21 DAYS HONGKONU 20 VÀNCOUVER.
R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CHINA ... 2000 Toze MONTEAGLE
6163 TONS
EMPRESS OF INDIA ........ 6000 Toxs EMPRESS OF JAPAN ... 5000 Toxte EMPRESS OF CHINA ... 6000 Tom MONTEAGLE ... 6163 Tows
(Subject to Alteration), LHAVE HONGKONG ARKIVE VANCOUVER.
SATURDAY. Feb. 13.Mar
U. S.
MAIL LINES.
SEMI-TROPICAL ROUTE.
Your readers are well aware bow sagnaton's sléphanta, doga and horas are, and what a keen sense of smell and eight they possess, faculties which enable them to know their owners, friends and foes. Here is a atory+ SHANGHAL of an elephant and its driver, which II- lustrates the principle of tit-for-tab,
A law there is of ancient fame,
By nature's self in every-land implanted,
Lex talionis is it's Latin name,
But if an English term be wanted,
Give your next neighbour but a pat,
Ho will give you back as good and tell you, Tit-for-tat
This tit-for-tat, It seems, not man alone,. Bat elephants for legal justice ore. In proof of this, a story I shall tell ye, Imported from the farrons town of Deibi. An elephant that swell'd the State
One day was taken by his driver To drmk and cool him in the river;
Only Rae taking the warm Sourazas ROUTE noroes the Pacino, via HONOLULU, Of Aurangzebe, called the great, on Qamu, the most fertile and beautiful island of the PacFIC.
| PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG (SUBJECT TO ÁLTERATION). The driver on his back was seated,
STWAMBER.
+ TENYO MARU..........................21,000 Tons...... TUESDAY,
KOREA.......
NIPPON MARU
SIBERIA
CHINA TO
* MANCHURIA
+ CHIYO MARU
ASIA
**
* MONGOLIA
* Twin Screws.
18,000" .11,000 18,000
.10,200
27,000.
21,000.
9,800,
....27,000
......SATURDAY,
TUESDAY, ......TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, .....TUESDAY. TUESDAY, SATURDAY.
* Triple Screw Steamer,
Sailing DatEL,
1909.
19th Jan., at Noou. 30th Jan.. at Noon.
-Rich Feb., 11 Noon.
16th Feb., at Noon. 33rd Feb., at Noon. 2nd Mar,, at Noon, 9th Mar,, at Noon. 18th Mar. at Noon. 92th Mar., at Noon.
And, as be rude the street along, By some acquaintance in the throng, With a ripe coconut was treated.
A coconut's a pretty fruit enough,
But guarded by a shell both hard and
tough i
The fellow tried and tried and triad, Working and sweating,
Pishing and frotting,
To find out it's inside,
And pick the kernel for his eating.
At length, quite out of paticuce grown,
Fares Hongkong to London £71. 10. 0; including Borth and Meale Who'll reach me op,"ho cries, "a atoms,
Across America.
Asia
INTERMEDIATE
9,500
10,200
19
FRIDAY,
SERVICE.
To break the plaguing shell?
But stay. I've heard a solid bone,
May do, perhaps, as well."
So saying, half in earnest, half in jest,
| He banged it on the forehead of his boust.
An elephant, they say, has feeling, And, full as well
The fine Mail Steamers ASIA and CHINA carry Intermediate passengers only, affording superior accommodation for that class. China. ....10,200 Tons · TUESDAY,
wa, he knows 23rd February, at Noon.
The difference between words and blows, 16th March, at Noon. Between horse-play and civil dealing. 11th May,
at Noon.ee him but wall and he'll do his best,
And serve you faithfully and truly. 9,500
4th June,
at Noon. But insults unprovoked, he can't digest, He will remember and repay them duly, Hongkong to London via New York ...
via Canadian Atlantic Ports ...£40. £49.
"To make my head an anvil," thought the SPECIAL RATES (first clase only) granted to Missionaries, Member of the Nuval,
creature, Military, Diplomatie and Civil Services, and to Koropean Oficials in the Services of the China and Japau Governmente,
Through Bills of Lading issued to Japan, North, Central and South American Ports. For torthor Information as to Passare and Freight, apply to the Ageroy of the Companlaa, Kwe's Bumzozne (opposite Blake Pier),
6. SILVERSTONE, Áze
TUESDAY, Mar. 2.Mar. 28. Asia SATURDAY, Mar. 13...prit 2 China. SATURDAY, April 10-..................................Apr 30. SATURDAY, May May 29. TUESDAY, May. 11..........June £ *EMPRESS' Steamultips will leave Hongkong at 7 A.M. MONTEAGLE' at 12 noon. THE Coloreat route to CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE, calling at 1 SHANGHAL, NAGASAKI, (through the INLAND SRA OF JAPAN), KORE, YOKOHAMA and VICTORIA, B., connooting at VANCOUVER with a Special Mail Express, and at Quebec, with the Company's new palatial ́EMPRESS® Steamships, 14,500 tons register, thus providing a comfortable and speedy through route to Europa. Hongkong to London, 1st Olsas...vis Causalon_Atlantic Porta or New York £71.10.
Intermediata on Stantera. Į
£$8. and 1st Class Railways... First-class rate to London Includes cost of Meals and Berth in Sleeping Car while oraasing the American Continent by Canadian, Pacifio direct line.
$
£10.
"
N
R.MS. MONTEAGLE Carries INTERMEDIATE Pasengers only at intar. mediate rates, affording superior accommodation for that las
aanengere booked through to all points sad AROUND THE WORLD. SPECIAL THROUGH HATES (rat claas only) granted to Missionaries, Members of the Naval Milltary, Diplomatie and Civil Services and Frropean Officials in the Service of China and Japan Governmenta
For farther information, Mapa, Routes, ndbooke, Rates & Freight and sage, apply to
D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for China, cia, * PEDDER STREET and PRAXA, Opposite Blake Plor.
Do
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LD.
под
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
STELIERS HUP H.... RINGAR..
HOIHOW & HAIPHONG HAIPHONG NGU DEP MANILA........... SIANGHAI
TO BALL
Was never certainly the will of nature, Be, mater mine, you may repant.". The driver took him to the water Then. shaking his broad eare, away ho went, and thought no more about the matter. But elephant within his mem'ry hid it, He felt the wrong, the other only did it.
A week or two elapsed; one market day, Again the beast and driver took the way. Through rows of shops and booths they
passed, With catables and trinkets stored,
i
Fus
PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGEONG
(BUBJECT TO ALTERATION),
• SINGAPORE.
PENANG
AND CALCUTTA VSHANGHAI,......
........KWONGSANG..TURSDAY,
To SAIL
Jan. 19, at Noơm
{KUMBANG..}TUESDAY, Jan. 19, at Noos.
..............OHOYSANG.......... THURSDAY,
* MANILA ..........................................................LOONGSANG .....FRIDAY.
* MANILA.....TUENSANG „FRIDAY,
Jan. 21, at Noon. Jan. 22, at 3 EM Jan. 29, at dY.ME."
++ SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, INAMSANG...THURSDAY, Feb. 4, st Noor.
KOBE & KOJI
FOR THE MANILA CARNIVAL-Feb, 2nd to 9th, 1909. Special reduced fare of $50 for Return Passengers will be issued for our Sallings
c. to Manila of the 20th January, and 5th February, available for 30 days from date
of issue. Passengers taking cot these tickets are exempt from the Head Tar.
* steamers have superior Accommodation Firmas Paimengem, and are fted throughout with Flootels Light
† Taking Cargo on Through Bills of Lading to Yangtase Ports, Ohafoo, Tientsin dij Nawohwang.
4 Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Kudat, Lahad, Datz, Blimparatis, Tawso, Usukan, Jesselton and Labran. For Freight or Passage, apply
T6S
Telephone No. 61, JARDINE, MATHESON & 06., Ltd,
General Managerai.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
HONGKONG-SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS.
HIGHEST.Cass, Fastest and toret luxurious Steamen on the Coast, havi
plendid Accommcdation for First-Class Passengers. Electric Light and First Class Cuisine.
STEAMSHE
FOR
LEAVING
HAITAN, SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW,ĮTUESDAY, 19th
Ospu. J. 8. Koach, BAIMUN.......
Capt. J. W. Hvans
SWATOW.
Jau., at Noon, WEDNESDAY, 20th
Jan, at Noon.
HAIGHINGSWATOW, AMOX & FOUCHOW.) FRIDAY, 22nd Jan..
Captain Passmore,
at Nood.
For the convenience of Passengers, Stemmers will arrive at, and depart from, the Company's Wharf (near Blake Pier).
For Freight and Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & CO.,
General Managers."
Hongkong, Novembar 17, 1908,
1568
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Where cocoanute lay piled upon the board. EXTRA PASSENGER SERVICE NEW STEAMERS-
Ha," thought the elephant,
any tura,
Jan. 18, at 10a.m. 20, at 10a.m. TEN. Jan. 20, at 3 p.m. COUBT, $D, atp.m. „RUNGHIANS.. Jan. 21, p.m. To show this method of nut-breaking
Jan. 26, at 3p.m. My friend above will like to learU,
Though at the cast of a head-aching" Then in his curling trunk he took a heap,
tie now
EUROPEAN LINE.
FOR GENOA, MARSEILLES, LONDON ANTWERP, VIA SINGAPORE,
COLOMBO, SUEZ 150 FORT SAID.
P-MANILA-TRAN
CHBU & ILOILO ---
MANILA, ZAMBOANGA, PT. 'DARWIN'); THURSDAY ISLAND, COOKTOWN, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, with tranship ORANGSHA............ED. 31, st4p.m. And wared it o'er his head with sudden mont for TASMANIA, NEW ZEALAND,
PORTLAND & ASLATIC S.S. CO.
+ FOR MOJI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO
OPERATING IN
CONNECTION WITH THE
STEAMRITIP
↑ ARABIA oran
ADELAIDE, FREMANTLE & PERTH
втеер. And on the hapless driver's sconce, He laid a blow so hard and fell,
THE Company's Newly Bullt 3060 Tone Passenger Steamers will be despatched from Toggle fellers Bull REDUCED RETURN FARE of 880.00 available for 6 weeks with be Isaned for cracked the coconut honeys. Kamo Maru *** (Capt. P. "L. Sore). About Tues, 26th Jan.,
MANILA CARNIVAL-February 2ud to 9th, 1909.
the following Passenger Steamers ;
TEAN CHANGSHA'
• TAMING!
ITS 13
It at
...leaving Hongkong 26th January.
31.0 2nd February. MANILA STEAMERS & TIENTSIN STEAMERS have anperior rasenger OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. accommodation, with Electric Light throughout aux Electric Fans in the Staterooms
and PORTLAND,
N
Iow
.....4485
CAPTAIN
TO BAIL OF
1009, O. NEUMANN...... 19th January, at Noon. Through Bulls of Ending Issued to Parts Coast Points and all fastern, Ornadian and United Stator Polnie, For through rates of Freight and further information. communicate with or apply to
S. SILVERSTONE, Agent.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL
LINES.
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM EUROPE,
Via SUEZ CANAL
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO AND FROM JAPAN,
For
Via SHANGHAL
*STRAMURE
SHANGHAI, KOBE AND POLYNESIEN,
MARSEILLES, Via Pot...TONKIN,
SHANGHAI, KORE AND OCEANIEN,
YUKUHAMA wante
MARSEILLES, Via Ponts SYDNEY,
CAPTART To SAT 1909. Ваос. Jan. 18, p.1.J CHABBONEIL Jan. 19, at 1p..
MAGNER. Feb. 1,
p.m.
and Dining Saloon.
AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS have superior accommodation, with Electric Light throughout and Electrio Fans in the Státercoms. A daly qualified Surgeon is carried. Cargo booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and Thamanian Porta. cargo on through Bill of Lading to all Yangtane and Northern China Parma.
SHANGHAT STEAMERS have good Saloon Passenger accommodation and take N.B. REDUCED SALOON FARES, Single and Retara, To Mantis and Australian Ports.
For Freight or Fasango, apply to
Telephone No. 86.
THE Co. 2.3.
* OTTOSPUN MARTÍ
Capt. T. SUSUGA,„
• SHOSHU MĀRU, Capt, Incur,
DARJIN MARU, Capt. I. HakuuAL,
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
REGULAK STEAM-SHIP SERVICE BETWEEN HONGKONG, SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS AND FORMOSA PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
For
SHANGHAI, Vua EWATOW, AMOY AND FOODHOW,
ANPING, Vla SWATOW, AND AMOY,
TAMSVI Via SWATOW AND AMOY.
ELAYING
THURSDAY, Zist Jan,, at 8 a.m.
| FRIDAY, 22nd
Jan., at 8 a.m.
SUNDAY, 94th
Jan., at 9.a.m.
Thone New Steamers have excellent Accommodation or First and Sooond-siacs REBUTAT. Feb. 2, at 1p.m. Passengers, and are fitted, throughout with Electrio Light First-class Cabins Amid
ships. Unrivalled Tablo.
Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading to all Yangtare & Northern China Ports, TUTA, BOMBAY and AUSTRALIA, at FORT SAID for the LEVANTE, CONSTAN-For Full Froom, No. 1, GULON'S BUILDINGS.
TRANSHIPPING on the Steamers at SeaORE for BATAVIA, COLONso for
For Freight, Farage and further information, apply, at the Co.'s local Beauch
T. ARIMA, Mannger
TINOPLE and BLACK SEL
Through Tickets to LONDON, vis Panir, from £97.10 up to £73,10, 20 hours milway from Missbilles to London. Interpreters meet passingers on their arrival in Marseilles.
For further particular, apply to
Hongkong, April 9, 1908,
P. de CHAMPMORIN, Agent,
QUEEN'S BUILDING.
N69
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
BREMEN.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.
HAMBURG,
For
To 8111 1909
NAPLES GENCA, ALGIERS, PRINZ KITEL FRIEDRICH WEDNESDAY
GIBRALTAR „BOUTHAMP- TON, ANTWERP & HAMBURG
Capt. Ek Malchowe
FAST-ASIATIC FREIGHT SERVICE. REGULAR SAILINGS FROM JAPAN, OHINA AND PHILIPPINES, VIA STRATTA AND COLOMBO, TO HAVE
BREMEN AND HAMBURG, AND TO NEW YORK
MAKING Cargo at through Rates to all European, North Continental and British
Ports, also Trieste, Tibon, Oporto, Marseille, Genos, and other Mediterranean, SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, PRINZ REGENT LUTTPOLD, THURSDAY, - Levantine, Black Sea and Daltio Parts,
AND ALL NORTH AND HO ATTEICAN PORTS. Also via Aden or Port Said, by the Company's * Arabian and Persian Servies' to
Arablan and Persian Gulf Ports. NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG..
Outward.
Shanghai, Yokohama & Kübe
1909
27th Jan.
8.8. SAXONIAE.
Homeward
For Rotterdam, Bremen & H'burg
8.8. C. FERD. LAETSZ, 15th Jan. For Hayre & Hambary
8.8 BARCELONA 6th Jan. 8.8. SLAVONIA Fab. SE ANDALUSIA......27th Feb.
43.8. ABAGONIA 3d Feb,
8th Jos.For New York
FB SPEZIA viuni
For Farther Partlonlar, apply to mane
HAMB Rongkong, January N, 1900.
AMERIKA LINIE Hongkong Offics.
KOBE AND YOKOHAMA IN
Capt. Hi Keroliner.
MANILA, YAP, NEWODINEA, Į PRINZ SICISMUND,
SAMAKAL BRISBANE
Capt. D. Leng, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE...
KUDAT AND SANDAKAN 1000
BORNEO
For further renlam, spply to
Capt. Y. Sambill.
Norddeutscher Lloyd,
37th Jan.,
L-At Noon.
About
28th Jan
(THURSDAY,
28th Jan,
Beginning of Bebruar
MBLOHERB & COF General Agents, Hongkong & China
HOBAL.
Young folks whenever you feel inclined To rempish sports and freedome rough, Beer tit-for-tat in wind; Nor give an elep out a coff
To be repaid in kind.
MR HALDANE ON INVASION FEARS.
Me Haldane, Minister for War, speaking at Gullane, scouted the fears of surprise invasion. With reserves, he said, we now hade force of 320,000 regulars, and could mobilise four divisions by touching a but- toa. The total defensive force, including Territorials, was 327,000 meu.
NEW SINGAPORE IN THE MAKING.
Extensive Improvement on the Waterfront.
Mishima Maru (Capt. A. E, Maszat About Wed., 10th Feb,
| Miyasaki Maru ¿
Atsuta Maru - ‹
About Wed., 24th Mar...,
} About Wod,, Blet Aptil,
CHEAPEST PASSAGE RATES TO EUROPE AND AROUND-THE-WORLD.
For further particulars, apply to
Hongkong. December 30, 1908.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
....
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.)
1748
PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TO ALTERAMON.
DESTINATIONS,
STEAMERS.
MARSEILLES, LONDON FINGO MARU,
AND
SAILIND DATES, 1908,
WEDNESDAY, 20th
ANTWERP, Vh Capt. A. Christensen, Tone62471 Jan, at Daylight, SINGAPORE PENANG,
| KAWACHI: MARU,
WEDNESDAY, and COLOMBO, AND PORT
Capt. H. Petersao, Tona 61011 Feb.. at Daylight. EAJD
AND
§ TANGO MARU,
TUESDAY, 191
Jep, 8. Ichikawa, Tons 74631 Jan, at Noon.
TUESDAY Sar TODE 44441 Feb, at Noom.
The varient pesalmist who makes the trip along the waterfront from Johnston's Pier to the Koppel Hrbour Police Station, must acknowledge that there are some people possessed of a great deal of influence who have tremendous faith in the fusers of the Colony end of Singapore. From the huge trustles being built at the side of Johnston's Pier, to the great iron godowne boing
Police Station is reached, the whole water- erected at Keppel Harbour, just before the front is a scone of immense activity and development. The great engines, offerdams, substantial buildings and enormons piles of MOJI & KODE materials which crowd the ground inside
KOBE AND YOKOHAMA „A St John Jackson's iron fence, where there was nothing but weeds a year or two ago, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA enly form a very small part of the work of ROMBAY, FLA SINGAPORE harbour improvement now in progress.
AND DOLOMBO, Momra. John Aird and Company's little toy railway is very busily engaged at Tan- jong Pagar, removing earth from the elta of the now beam and putting it where large warehouses will arise in the not-distant future; augo mountains of earth and rock, on the crowns of which fire residences apa.
VICTORIA, BC,
BEATTER, Via SHANG HAI, MOJI KOBE YOEKAIOHI AND YOKOHAMA SERIKALI BYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, (KUMANO MARU,
r to be toppling to their doom, are being carred away piecemeal, that the materials where it will do vastly more good wharves of which they are composed may be utilised
are being reconstructed and miles of this waterfrant resound to the elang of iron, the whir of busy wheels and the toot of whistlen —an omen of the Singapors of coming days. The work of reclaiming portions of the harbour by the side of Johnston's Pier in being found more difficult then," WAS expected on secount of the discovery of considerable quantities of 200k.****
The big scoop shovels which are mont down to remove the bed of the harbour at vertain places can most esally remove both materials, but when it comde, to taken as huga rocks, they are not very effective. 2. çaqaiderable, portion of the bed of the harbour off. Colljak, Qosyrom found to be Yesy rocky teder not very dõey-Hestum of mud, yet the contractors ide not pomander,
§ AKI MARU, Capt. J. Nagno,
FRIDAY, Jan. 22,
at Noon, 1909. FRIDAY, 19h
Vi■ MANILA, THURS- Capl; N: Mathieson, Tole 0976) DAY ISLAND, TOWNS-TAWATA MARU, VILLE FED BRISBANE, Capt. T. Bakine, Tons 3617 | Feb., at Noom
Opt. T. Arakawa, Tons 18871 ıKAGESHIMA MARU. (SUNDAY, 17th.
Janukry YAWATA MARU,GATUESDAY, 19th
Capt. T. Seline, Tons 3817
Jan., at Noon Capt. O. B. Butler, Tona4134 TAMBA, MARU,
SATURDAY, 23rd
TETOROFU MARU.
* Omitting Yokichi,
****
1 Capt. R. Eto, ↑ Cargo only,
Toos 39491
Fitted with Marconi's System of wireless telegraphy
Jan; at Daylight, MONDAY, 26th
January,
| Zbrough Preminger Tickers issued to the Principal Cities In- the United Blatos, Canada and Europe, in connection with the Getar Northern RailWAT and AEROHE Steamora, Round-the-World Tickets also issued... Between Nagasskitravelling by fan.
For further information as to Freight, Passage, Sailings, de, apply as the Com pany's Local Branca Office in Prince's Bulidings First Floor, Uhaber Road.
1. KUSUMOTO, Manager,
Hongkong, November 1, 1008
MIYASAKI & CO..
COAL MERCHANTS.
HEAD OFFICE BRANCH OFFICES NIMISOA
MIYASAKLA50) YUTAKA prilag
The Head and Branch Office
ATENACHI, KOBR, JAPAN,
SALMONOREET, JAYAR AND HoweKORE.
Oftes and Bhimonojekt Branch.
Branes only
JAPAN COALS.