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as a result of that experience, not only that their new vessels shall be exclusively motor stips, but that they will dispose of their existing steamers in order to build motor ships more quickly, says the current mem- !ber of the Motor Ship.
we
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NEW
WEATHER REPORT.
September 93. 11h 09m.-Warning to Hongkong, Coast Ports, &~A depression or unknown intensity within 120 miles of Lat. 11 N. and Lang 133" W.
Sept. 9d. Ib. 39m-Pressure has increased considerably over N. E. Japan, the depression having pissed into the Pacific Changes are small since yesterday at other reporting. stations. There are indications of a depression midway between Yap and. the Visayas, apparently moving westward.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 21 bours ending at 10 am to-day, 0.02 inch Total mare January 1st. 9623 inches, against an average of 63.82 inches.
Forecast for the 24 hours coding st noon on September 10th. 1-finorkome to
Rock.
Gay E. wieds, moving moderate; fair.
-Formosa Channel. The same es No. 1.
3-Suath coat of China hetween The --3 fagkong and Lamocks.
Victoria, Seattle and
Vancouver
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17th Sept.
"ENIGHT TEMPLAR'
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11th Sept.
11th Oct.
via Suer
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For Freight and Fassige Rates and all Information Apply to:-
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POST OFFICE NOTICES.
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY,
*HONGKONG.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1821-J.
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Parce Post Service to Porch and places begoni Nanning is temporarily hims ...
It is forbid lam ta com for most Oplun, Morphine. Coesine and other Narcotics except is just d parcels accompanied by a permit to export signed by the Supci intendent of Rugs Exports.
The following regulations which have been made between the Post Offers of the United Kingdom and this (any for the disposal of Undeliverable l'arcel and with will be enforced on the 1st September 1921, are published for general icformati a
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1 face of these facts, and others The new Canadian Pacific liner which we have brought forward
by month. "Empress of Canada" has a long month - last been completed. delayed many it is not unreasonable to insist that, on after hetime by a succession when shipowners commence agaía to of strikes on the Clyde, and when order new tonnage, the very force of the last of the joinery work has been economic circumstances and the insospended. put into her cabins she will be ready disputable evidence of the advantages to take her place as the finest liner of motor ships will render it necessary the Pacific It was originally in for them to build only vessels of the arded that she should go cut to latter class (except for the time being)
the a yachting when
largest transatlantic Vancouver by way of Cruise two-thirds round the globe, passenger liners are in question. but the constant delays in her com Obviously no excuse can be found pletion rendered this plan impossible, for building ships which have already and she is to go straight cut to been proved to be a source of her station. Her gross tonnage of "nothing but loss." Shipbuilding 22,000 is sufficient to make her very
costs have fallen considerably during well worthy of notice, but when a the past six monts owing to the
Pescadores sea price of steel and the diminished -hip that is designed for a speed of only 20 knots proves cap labour charges, so that at any a revival in shipbuilding able of whacking up to something mement
may take place, when those who have ver 23. trial she is a very re-
whom her foreseen the march of events will markable vessel, of builders have every reason to be reap their reward. Ficus, In apperance she is almost xiety ke her two predecessors Aho are now maintaining the service with a straight stem, cruiser stera and three big lunads between two
mast
GENERAL NOTES.
The Sender of a parcel may request at the time of posting that, if a parcel cannot be delivered as addressed it may be either (a) treated as abandonald, or (b) cenderad for delivers at a sand address in the roantry of destination. So her alternatire is adasi If the sender avail himself of this facility his request must be written on the parcel and must be in the following forms:-
If this parcel is undeliverable to the addmsses, it should be.
(a) cor sided as abandoneİ
(b) tradered for delivery to ............
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Pathoi In the serce of a define roquest for abandonment a parcel which is andeliverable as the origina: altres of at the alternative address (if one is h
Fazile furished will at the expiration of 15 days from date of its receint in the United Kingdom or 21 days in this Qolny fexcpt in the case na Post Restante
In the annual repr of the Angiol) he returned the sealer without pevious totification and at his expense. A parcel prived in the Colony address to care of Post le " or " Poste American Oil Co., which was recently Restart will I retaler for a period of a maths be being treated as issued, the following note appears uni-imbene aburdened. Such a parcel will be able to demurrage charge as "The 10,000 ton moter ship "Narra-laid down is para 175 if the Hongkong Pestal Gaide gansett has fully proved her value
THE DOOM OF THE STEAMER.th in economy of operation and REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the performance at sea, and the sitrime given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close ship"Serrinale," now also in service, or befire 3am. registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm. on the bids fair to improve on this per formance." I may be remarked that
MOTOR SHIP PROGRESS.
One of Sander's largest shipping price the Johnson Linhas requested Government authorization to sell abroad frur of its liners with et 24.400. 2zgregate teanage stating that its present steamship activity brings nothing but less and tha It intends, therefore, to purchase and we motor ships exclusively.
In times of great prosserity there le fute difficulty in making profits, and it is in trade depressions like that row existing when true values emerge. The announcement which
the "Narragansett" has been in service more than a year and that the owners also have a large fleet ofi steam tankers, so that their com mendation should carry considerable weight.
The little Empress of Japan," the last survivor of the trio which started the Canadian Pacific service across the Pacific in the early nineties, is to be taken off the service and either sold or used as a feeder to the regular liners by picking up passengera them all along the
is printed at the head of this column and cargo for
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1. BAROMETER. reduced in 32 der gr Fabrealet on the -d of the sei in inches, tentha and hundredths
TAKTERATURE in the shada ja de grees Fahrenheit.
3. HUMIDITY, in percentage of race- tion the humidity of nie waturated with muistare being 100.
4. TRECTION OF Wise, to two points. 5. FORCE OF WIND, according to Beadford Scale.
STATE OF Werner, à Lida tr.c detachet ciond. d drizzling min,
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. Stails Japan and Shanghai ............. ................ Manila and Australia...
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*Mauritiu latvia. Parang and Soursh
*L Marques. ⚫outh Africa India "Straits, Bingkai. "Cesion.
via Dhanushkodi Fpt & EUROPE vi SUEZ Shanghai and North Chins Straits
is a tekgram received from Stock China coast. Of under 6,000 tons holm during the past month, and she is really too small to be put although it is sufficiently startling and into competition with the convincing to the most conservative ships which are flying the Japanese amshui sol Vachow minded individual as it stands, and American en signs. but at the Waibaiwei, Chatoo and Tientsin becomes even more remarkable in same time everybody will be sorry to Japan........ the light of further explanation. The steher go, for she is one of the last re- Johnson Line, with a fleet of over 20 maining clipper-stemmed liners, and wesels, owns about an equal number is one of the most beautiful yacht. of steamers and motor ships, the ton-like steamers ever put afta Ini nage of the latter being somewhat these days when utility is the only in excess of that of the former. It consideration allowed to influence was the second shipowning Erm in the naval architect, it is a real plea the world to adopt oil-engine proposure to find a strikingly pretty ship. sion the first vessel, the "Suecia," being built in 1912 and following closely on the pioneer motor ship Since the "Suecia" "Selandia." was put into commission the Johnson Line has added. 10 motor ships to its fleet, whilst not a single steamer has
*EOROPE Bangkok. Fgypt & via SUEZ Registration & p.ro. Letters The Parcel Mail will be closed on Satur-
day, 10th, Sept.
Commenting on the progress in shipbuilding and the present situation, Saigon The Times, in an editorial, remarked
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Kjo Maru..oses mésurre a short time ago:-"It is known that Swatów, Amoy and Keelang
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.
Straits motor ships are now paying their way
*Bangkok, Ezypt & EUROPE MARSEILLES. Nzchow.............. where steamships fail to do so, and it Philipine Islands
Khiva.
heer heilt. In these circumstances may well te that many shipbuilding Shanghai North China and fapa... Kwobaliz
Shanghai,
North Chins.
Jepp araria, nited State, Central and ⚫outh America & EUROPE vit VIC TORIA, BC Registration 9.3 m. Letters 10.30 a.m
it cannt be said that the owners crders will be secured in the neas Shanghai and North China.. have arrived at their present decision future by demonstrating that mora without a vast amount of experience, efficient shipping, and consequently for they have operated s'eam and better paying shipping, can be built
Kerstore State motor ships under campetitive con-than most of that now afloat." This
Hydrangea ditions within the widest limits of is a point which we have been ent
Tabern market fluctuations from inconceiv.deavouring to emphasize for some Reihow and Haiphong
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. ably high rates to the present record time past, for it is evident that,
Mingsang although there is admittedly too much water and Paszkok
Kalgxa depression.
Lochow It may be recalled that a few years shipping afloat, it is largely of anator and Cangka........ *Swato▼ *Xtraits and *Bangkok................
Tikini.... azo the East Asiatic Co adopted ex- uneconomical type, and will have to
Java' via Pourabaya ....
Ainkiang actly the same policy as that now laken be scrapped and replaced by raore up by the Swedish shipowners. As a vessels, says The Motor Ship. Hence Strait, result of their experience, extending the first shipbuilders to receive orders over a number of years, they decided when the revival commences will be to sell all their steamers and to be those who can produce internal-com- come a pure motor shipowaing combustion-engined craft. pany, and at the present, me they
Shanghai and North Chias
*Rangkak, Ceylor, Man itius, I Marques South Africa, India vis Dhanubakodi. Egypt & ZUROPE via SE Registration 5.4 Letters 10 30 18
Shaneh sind North China *anghai,and North Chins driver Swatow, "Anwy and Foochow who was the worse for liquor ran Straits and Bangkok over a 70 years old tradesman and Apoy and Philippine lelands
Baigonin I made off at high speed. A watchman
own more motor vessels than any Near Berlin Cathedral a ather concern, followed by the John son and Glen Lines, whose Beets are only dightly smaller.
WEDNESDAY,
We thus arrive at this very noter jumped into the car and wrestled Shanghai and North Chins and Japan, wociky fact: that the two shipown with him for possession of the wheel
Velong Finking
Waishing..
Haiching. Climat Tearing
SEPTEMBER 14
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. North-Chino, Japan Canada Ualted State". Central Forth America & EITROPE via VAK COUVER, BC. Begistration 9.16 am.
ing compenks which have the widest. The struggle caused intense excite Shirebi experience of the comparative value ment among the onlookers, and it of steam and mejor vessels under all was sont until the car bad passed conditions, and each of which own through several streets and turned more ships of the later class than several corners that the watchman) any other shipping firm, tave decided, brought it to a standstill.
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T. F. CLAXTON, Director.
Bengkong, Observatory Sept. 3; 1921,
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