6
SHIPPING
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO
STEAMERS.
OINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAU STEAMBOAT 00., LTD. AND THE CHINA NAVICATION COMPANY, LIMITED;
HONGKONG - CANTON LINE.
Sailings Tu Carton day at 8 a.m. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.m.. From Canton daily at 8. Sundays excepted) and 8 p.na..
SERVIUE, OF THỊ HỘNGKONG; CANTUN & MAÇAO STEAMBOAT 00., LTD
Το Blacs. Thuity at 9 a.m. (Saturday excepted, at 4 pm.) From Macno daily at 2 p.m. (Sundays excepted at 4 pm.)
Police Permits to leave the Colony are not required. Farber Information may be obtained at the ComPANY'S OFFICE, Hotal Mansions.
or from Messrs. Trou, Cook & Sor, Booking Agents, Hongkong.
OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD.
(TAIYO. KAIUN KAISHA).
FOR VANCOUVER AND SEATTLE
for Freight and Particniars apply to DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS, ElaKING Cares on through. Bils of Lading to SOUTH AFRICAN FORTE
with franabipment at CALOUTTA, la conjunction with the INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD,
APOATE
Sailing from - Hongkong.
tae longhai farsher partientare apply a DODWELL & CO., LTD, `Agona.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING
C. N. C.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
FOR
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
STEAMERS
TO LIL
ISTENING.............. Nov, 10, at Noon. .....Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. Nov. 15, at 9am.
BILANGHAI SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU....................TKAN...... SWATOW & BANGKOK
...KWANGST
SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, HAIL and CARGO. Excellent Saloon accommodation midships. Electric Light and Fans in Saloon Aud State-rooms. Regular schedule service between Canton, Hongkong, Shanghal (thrice weekly) and Taingtao (weekly), taking cargo on through Bill of Lading to all Tangtare and Northern Chins Ports. Famengert" are landed in Shanghai, wraiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Wooeung
BANGKOK LINE-Weekly service to and from Bangkok via Bwatow,
For Freight or Passage apply to-
Telephons No. 18.
INDO
For
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS.
CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO,,“ LTD..
BAILINGS "BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
BILARES
-To SA SHANGHAI vs SWATOW... HANGSANGWEDDAY. Nov. 19, Daylight. LOKSANG THIERSDAY. Nov. 20, 68am. HAIPHONG, STRAITS & CALCETTA.........FOOKSANG...........THURSDAY, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m.. MANILA
.......YUENBANG. FRIDAY, Nov. 31, at 3 p.m. „OHIPSHING SATURDAY, Nov. 22, Daylight.. ............. HINSANG SATURDAY, Nov. 9, ab Noon. ....CHAKSANG........WEDDAY, Nov. 26, at 5 pm,
TIENTS IN SANDAKAN ........................... FOBE
THE NANYO YUSEN KAISHA CALOUTTA LINE The Line saw More wraint caillage to Calcetis, Porsey, and Singapore
(SOUTH SEA MAIL 8, 8. CO)
Batavia, Samarang and Saurabaya.
Kagular Service of Steamers Between Japan, Hongkong, Singapore,
rez
JAVA PORTS
*** for JAPAN PORTS
returning from Calestia steamers
Jasa Cosionally eriline at han via stralca and longtong to AOAMers -5670 excellent passenger sommodation, are acted with Electric Light'aqd Iran.and entry' a fully qualibet Burgson.
BHANGHAI LINE-Rings Aizsaly awary ten days between Cantos and Pangkal,
LINE
Homelite radio at Below Trong tickets can be obtained and surous h Bill of Lading are inaudito all. Northam and Yangtan Posta vẫn, Shanghai. À veekly servics in whincalued with Kandwhy romote wite, good pazmagat MANILA
woodæmodation; waliings from dolă porte every, Friday,
· ̈calling BAIPHONG LINE-Saling approximately weekly for pangs and cargo, Hoihow when indenament offers. BORNEO LINE:~~Ous asliing per month hetraan Yongkong and Sandiakna by a steamer having
up-to-date accommodation for SARMADESTE Cargo Laton on the Bill of Lading far Kadat, Jamalion, Labusa, TSWA and Chad That
CP
SHIPPING
SAILINGS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1919 :
OS
HONGKONG to VANCOUVER
(via Shanghai, Nagasaki ("Moji) Koba &. Yokohama)
FROM
Dox STEAMERS
HONGKONG VANCOUVER
Nov. 27 *
Empress of Japan Empress of Asia Empress of Russia..... Empress of Japan ........ **Montangle
Empress of Asia Empress of Japan Impress of Russia *Montengle
Dec. 24
JRD. 14
9
Nov. 10 Doo. 10 Dec. 15.
Job.
Jan. 19
鎏
Jan.
3. Jan. 27
Jan. 22
Feb.
Mar. 10
Mar 31
**
Mar. 11
Mar. 19.
Mar. 30
April 15
Impresă of Asia.
April 8
Xpress of Japan
May
April 28 May 16
Empress of Russia.
May 6
· May | 24
*Monteagle
May 29
Jaas $2
Empress of Asta
Jane 3
Impress of Japan
June 30
Empress of Russia
July 1
June 21: July; "ar Hidly" 19
EMPRESS OF Rüsstα)
Passage Fares Hongkong to United Kingdom.
EMELERS OF JAPANĮ
16,800 Tors Reg. Gold 6,000 Tons Reg. Gold: EMPRESS of Asia *$550.00) MONTEAGLE.. [$485.00
16,560 Tons Reg. $783 Tone Reg.
Patos mailings subject is change withdi, nozier, For Pz.es auletkor informativo please apply se HONGKONG OFFICE Telemur 33.
Cable filming wAPANPAC.
CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
MANCHESTER WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.
Hosen Juves F. Hutton & Co... La Manchester, report on Oct. 9: During the early part at the week entron rules showed something of (a dedine, but adverse weather news, rads buying, and tie thement, af Ida Badway Strike, bine say, 4000
| bed in u rhangs of sentiment Bath New York and Liverpoŭl are not extremely strong and the close of them? work again degi prizes: nuoving zitpl wari. Elvaner and cloth murke » i also revived to a marked extons; following the meertainty which-raw- Vade ring the Railway Strike. Preskas to the settlemuns business was in entirely spended al- tough ecquiry was dn a mach kurışər words than rovarly. · Many orders Were pending and the accumulated businges lus gow caused an activity Tot more for some time. Xarui quota. runts have been quickly advanced n. ti bugers have found price moving rapidly againys thent
In fow unces has it been hit na work et prices given a low dogs ago, nakhas renowally demanding un a vonce uveɑ whem gable acceptandus have been received. A good runny Petors have led to thus strings feel-
ing.
Tla. Pri ot, the Railway » "lednegt in the opicion of ruRGELY Hunter which wip create a stor for inhilar disputes and the labour Bustlook in moquently considered to be auch nasze rettled. Together with this optimise there has been a Tower of Some importance and enquiry at a
enzilorable vory wright, leaving producers in a very stropy peition indeed." It honotthew anchen-italy, evident that outpat van. Turu the present meet, dievumi. The main road sereness in the world's muughers of gonds of all Kinds workl even, turker pre-war conditious Inve taken a long time to meet. Sony Jowenig with reducal auspus the difficulty of goping with demand is
HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.
Accommodation for First Claas Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in Staterooms little doubt timt for wore the f Baloons. Expollent Cuisine.
SERVICE controls refor, and blurs can
For Freighs or Peagy apply to DODWELL & CO., LD., Acente.
TIENTSIN LIKE:-- gala arvien is run from a Novaber between Food
Tientsin, caring at Weihaiwal and Castos. For Traight and Promage, apply to
and
JARDINE, MATHESON & Oo., Ltd.,
O
S.
Telephone No. 215.
K.
TAMARIS
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON & ANTWERP-Houtbly direct service via Singapore and
ALFS MARU
Port Said,
End of November. „End of Dec. or early Jan. GENOA & BOMBAY-Moztaly service. Taking cargo on through
Bills of 1 arling with tran-abiprocat at Bombay to Cola stesmer BUENOS AIRES--Rio de Janeiro, Santo, Mauritius, Turban and
Cape Town via Singapore
SEATTLE MARU
SUMATRA MARU
Monday, 24th November. Middle of December
BOMBAY & COLOMBO-Regular fortnightly service via S'pore.
SAIGON MARU
KABADO MARC
sorvico.
Saturday, 29th November. Sunday, 7th December.
SAIGON, BANGKOK, & SINGAPORE Regular Monthly
UNNAN MARU
Monday, 1st December.
SYDNEY, & MELBOURNE-Konthly service calling at AUCK-
LAND, N. Z. and ADELAIDE. KUNAJIRI MARU.......
Thursday, 11th December.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER Tacoma viw Manila, Keelong.
Shanabai, Nagasaki, Moji. Kobe, Yokkaichi & Yokohama. AFRICA MARU Calling Shanghai) Saturday, 22nd November. CANADA MARU (Calling Manila) Thursday, 27th November. KEELUNG via SWATOW & AMOY-These steamers bare excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class saloon passengers and will arrive at and depart from the 0.8.K. wharf near the Harbour Office.
AMAK USA MABU ....... Sunday, 23rd November. TAKAO via SWATOW and AMOY..
SOSEU MARU „mummas: ------------Thaïsday, 20th November. JAPAN PORTS-Moji, Kobe Yokkaichi, Yokohamıs.
-For sailing dates and further particulars pless apply to
Tal. No 744 and 746,
Y. YASUDA, Manager. No. 1, Queen's Building.
NEW YORK
"BLUE
DIRECT.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
FUNNEL" LINE (OCEAN. S.S. CO., LD. & CHINA MUTUAL AN. CO., LD.)
AMERICAN
AND
THE
GETERAS MARAŃKIN,
ADMIRAL
LINE.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
TRANS-FACIFIC FREIGHT SERVICE. Operating the following U.S. Shipping Board Steamers. Zij -
For BEATTLE, TACOMA, VICTORIA, VANCOUVER,
ENDICOTT ingat bargini and Kabel
"
**ELATON
-"ELDRIDGE" Zamkomu
**EDMORE"
*CITY OF SPOKANE"
"WHEATLAND"
"SEATTLE SPIRIT"
SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW
AND RETUEN. (Cccupying to 10 Tax-)
MAPZAAN
LRAYING.
come prisducers will 'continue in theur present lappy position of having us mamen business as they tento to under. . take. The full effect of this de- Belenes of supply as compared with
jevn rendisál By oversins buyers who in omong woes diuve delayed the con- clusion of puželases for seasons ship- ments until it has become imposible
HAICHTING...... [Capt. A. E. Stewart.... FRIDAY, 21st November at 1 indian sus indeed hurdly to have QUINNEBAUG | Capt. Medina | WED'DAY, 28th November at Noon.
SWATOW.
Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (Dear Blake Pier).
For TAKIGHT and FASSAGE apply to--
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.`
Am General Momazersű
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO., LTD.
FREIGHT: AND PASSENGERS
About November $5. About November 29. About December 10.
"NANKING".. (18,000 tona).
About December 24. About January About Februsiy About February 16.
For PORTLAND direct,
(Calling at Shanghai and Kobe
"WABAN” ..... -
* About December 19, About December 29. "WAWALONA' Through Bills of Lading issued to Overland Common Points.
FOR FREIGHT AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO:
THE ADMIRAL LINE,
Telephones 2477 & 2478
Fifth Floor, Hotel Mansions.
THE U.S. SHIPPING BOARD, S.S. "WYTHEVILLE"
Will be despatched for NEW YORK
via SUEZ
Late November.
For freight, space and particulars apply to
THE ADMIRAL LINE,
Telophones
9477 à 2478. & MANCHURIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL. §8, CO, LD.)
BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
CITY OF NEWCASTLE" via Suez BURYLOCHUS"
"KNIGHT TEMPLAR”
vin "Panama
23rd November.
30th November. Tin Panama 23rd. December.
Steamers proceed via Spez Capal or Panama Canal at Owners' option." Babject to change without notice.
For freight and particulars apply to
BUTTERFIELD & 'SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LD., HONGKONG,
CANTON. HONGKONG CANTON
REISS & CO.,
KAIPING
COAL
HOUSEMOLD
FOR ALL
INDUSTRIAL
FOUNDAY
AND
AND
AND
F'RIE BIRIOK
РОЛ ALL
DOGWELL
KAILAN
PURPOBRE
SMELTING COKE
FIREOLAY
APPLY TO
LTO. QUEEN B BUILDINGS, HONGKONG, OR
INFORMATION/
CO..
MINING
ADMINISTRATION
"EVENTION · NORTH· OKINA-
---AGENTS
5th Floor Hotel Mansiona.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
SAN FRANCIBOO
BHANGHAI, INLAND BEA, JAPAN and HONOLULU. FAST AND LUXURIOUS MAIL STEAMERS, T Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notios.
Eteamers
ISIBERIA MARU -KOREA MARU
Toms 10,000
**NIPPON MÀRU Zma, 11,000- genaueremosY BY FOR LAND AND TENYO MARU *SHINYO MARU *PERSIA MARU
From Kobe.
22000
22,000
·8,000
Leave Hongking.
E8th November.
2nd December.
8th December,
18th December,
15th January,
3rd February..
&
From Yokohama. *Omitting call at Shanghai,
· SOUTH AMERICAN LINE. HONGKONG to VALPARAISO VIL JAPAN, HONOLULU, MAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO, SALINO URUZ, BALBOA,
CALLAO, ARIGA and IQUIQUE "AT
Thanos by Trans-Andean Bonte to Buenos Aires.
Lear Hongkong: Tons Blowers
17,300 manat koos January Otz. KIYO MARU 'ANYO HARU KON 18,603 varme Marok“ 13th. BEIYO MARU ́out. – E4000) reaped tripak budda 20 May 11th.
Tickets are Interchangeable with the Canadian Pacific Ocean Bervices, Lády and the Pacifño Mall Steámskip
Propower way travel by rail between ports of call is Japan free of charge For fall information sa to rates, sailings, sta, apply toda
Telephone Now, 2575 and 2376.
T DAIGO MANAGER,
NILE
OEINA (10,200 tone)
. (11,000 tona). BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANGĦAL, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU,
“NILE" "NANKING"
MOHINA”: January 19th, 1920. December 20th, 1919. November 2nd, 1818.
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS
· PASSENGER SERVICE.
0. E. BITTER, Freight and Præsengar Ágení,
Tel, 1834.
Pence's Buildings, los Hoose Skenok.
INDIAN AFRICAN LINE
Cargo carried on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG to BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN (Natal), EAST, LONDON, FORT ELIZABETH and CAFE TOWE with transhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.
From Hosezone!
PROPOSED BAILING.
Connecting with
FROM COLOMBO:
KTCLIENT ACCOMMODATION POE 1ST AND 2ND CLASE. PAMTKOZZI,
ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.
Regular Direct. Servies from JAEAN, CHINA and STRAITS BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, HAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS en routs and affording the Quickest Freight Transport from the ORIENT to SOUTH AFRICA,
For dates of departure, Rates of Freight, apply to-
L
THE BANK LINE, LTD,
Managing "Auxem
ELLERMAN" LINE (Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd.)
JAPAN, CHINA AND STRAITS-
10
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT,
FOR PARTICULARS OF SAILINGS SHIPPERS ARE REQUESTED TO APPROACH THE UNDERSIGNED
Гок Subject to change without notica,
Os to BPIES & Co., Canton,
STEAMER
BATA
THE BANK LINE, LTD
General Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
(NOW EXCONSTRUCTED).
LINGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and TRON FOUNDERS. All work done in hafa mababihaman. le guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Blipways and car wooozzzzodate any ataft of 900 feet long.
Town Omos: 94, Conxasant Road Careras, Hongkong. Telephone No. 489. Shipyard Sham-Sal-Po, Kowloon, Hongkong,"
Talephone No. 9. Estimates furnished en application.
WONG FING WA, Bitingm
Hongkong, April 1, 1912-
KING'S BUILDING,
btain the goods in time. This is in fact av ditüeilty which seems likely to be bettervo fuore acutely in bl instinedicto, futute, and deserves coti- sistention where the necrity for goods is more or less urges.
THE PHENOMENA OF DRY
ING WOOD.--
—
Thaler in its green state, as is very well Lnown, will contain weter in twis- nins." In the cavities of the cells, ve porus, moisture will collect us.free wlter and also, absorbed in the sub- >tiny of the wood itself, hygrosco- på de Sound.
inbibed " water will be As a rule, the free water ay be evaporated without any shrinkage or deterioration of the Wool. In some trees, however, the Avaporation of the free valer seeins to be sufficient to cause a collapse of the cell walls, and this collapse is masinter if the wood is dried ul too lagh a temperature. Frequently, however, the free water can be re- moved by beating above the boiling. pent without injury to the wood, but it is necessary to have recourse to gradual transfusion of the moisture thrigh the cell walls, instead of actant boiling. a great difficulty car aries. The surce may be dried be- low the fire saturation point," or that point at which the cell walls, or www substance, are completely utrated, and if this point in the drying is reached while free water nains in the interior, trouble will ensue. The "fibre sutumtion point, very critical point in the drying, les generally, with the ex- ception of the ook, eucalyptus, and a few other trees, between moisture condition of 25 per cent, and 30 per seat of the dry weight of the wood.
The effect of the removal of the hygroscopic water is very diferent.. Shrinkage and other changes take place, which set up etreaca, in the timber, often attended with detri Trental results... In order, that the absorbed water may pass from the interior of a beam, the main portion must pass transverse 3 from col to cell and evaporate at the surfice. Ti process of transfusion in the curse of "air-dried wood tediously slow. Inet planks, according to the material, wil require from six months to three years, under fix pour-t able conditions of atmosphere. piling, he. Even ander the best circum- stances, the wood will rarely dry be- Tow 12 per cent. to 14 per cent,, and to obtain., a thoroughly dry wood. Liln-drying must be employed. With
n-drying the effects of unequal shrinkage are more mamifait,, for the higher the temperature under moist Conditions the greater the shrinkage. Moreover, wood substance, when Loist, becomes fort and plantio if submitted to Eighteeratures. Gobes on between the fires saally breaks down, and collapse of cells may scour in some concre. These are drawbacks Inevitable kiln-dry ring, which have to be met practically. by skill and experience in the man- agement of the Engineer