DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.
FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.
B.S. "BOLTON" CASTLE"
.on/or about 19th September.
LLOYD TRIESTINO
REGULAR MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME). TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, BLACK SEA AND DANUBE PORTS.
REDUCED PASSAGE RATES TO BRINDISI, VENICE OR TRIESTE.
"A" Class £72.10.0d.
"B" Class £66.0.0d. NEXT SAILINGS.
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OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJL.
8.S. "FIUME-L”
M.V. "VIMINALE"
From Hongkong, Jon/or about 4th September.
on/or about 5th October.
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI VENICE AND TRIESTE.
B.S., "ROSANDRA”
S.S. "FIUME-L”
M.V. "VIMINALE"
From Hongkong.
on/or about 7th September, ‚on/or about 30th September. .on/or about 30th October,
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS,
8.9: "EMVOLOSI" S.S.
UMZUMBI”
Salla from Calcutta 31st August. Sails from Calcutta 30th September.
Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Porta. Through Bill of Lading issued from Hongkong.
For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:---
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DODWELL & CO., LTD.," Agents. Telephone Central 1030.
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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP—Vix Blagapore, Colomba,
Suez and Port Bald. AMAZON MARU
Tuesday 31st August
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,
Durban & Capetown.
Colombo,
MONTEVIDEO MARU.......
BOMBAY Via Singapore and Colombo.
TACOMA MARU
SYDNEY MARU
SUMATRA MARU
CALCUTTA Via Singapore and Rangoon,
SANUKI MARU
BANGKOK-Via Saigon.
KONSO MARU
.Friday 3rd September.
Friday, 3rd September.
Tuesday, 7th September. 11.Senday, 19th September.
Wednesday, 25th August,
Monday, 30th August
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Vin Shanghai and Jayan
Porta
ALABAMA MARU (From Shanghai) Saturday, 1st September. DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-E ÁLAAM, ZANZIBAR &
MOMBASA.—Via Singapore & Colombo, CHICAGO MARU
Friday, 10th September.
NEW YORK-Via Japan porta, San Francisco and Panama.
ARGUN MARU....(From Keelung) End of September.
JAPAN PORTS
ALASKA MARU
BINGO MARU
ERELUNG via SWATOW & AMOY.
KAIJO MARU
HOZAN MARU
TAKAO via SWATOW & AMOT,
KOTSU MARU
TARAO KEELING.
and
GANGES MARU
SURABAYA MARU
DAIREN via CHEFOO and TSINGTAU.
KINZAN MARU
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Monday, 23rd August.
THE CHINA MAIL.
LOCAL SHIPPING.
TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES.
THE MORNING LIST.
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This morning, the following sea-going arrivals at Hongkong wern reported:-
Malwa (5974) Br., from London, Singapore; M. M. & Co.
Kalgan (1666) Br., from Bang- kok, Singapore; B. & S.
Euryades (3620) Br., from Han
kow, Shanghai; B. & S.
Chenan (1955) Br., from hai; B. & S.
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JETTISONED CARGO,
GERMAN COURT AND OWNERS' LIABILITY.
INTERESTING DECISION.
An interesting decision of the Hanseatic Oberlandesgericht, 'n full report of which will be found in the Hang. R. 2. 26 Sp. 42224., shows that the shipowner under
SHIP AGROUND.
ON THE SHIKONU"
" COAST.
DAMAGE NOT SERIOUS.
Tokyo, August 9. The s.s. "Silver Cadar." a. British freighter of 4.586 tons, which is circling the world, went" aground near Matsuyama on the Shikonu const this morning. The vessui was on her way to Shanghal via German law is responsible for Dairen from Kobe, where she un- damage arising through the jotti-loaded cotton from New York. She
other miscellanous goods.
Shang-soning of deck cargo (in spite of was loaded, besides, with rosin and
"exemption from nautical blame" Liver contained in the charter-party), if the ship when beginning her var Shang-age does not possess the necessary
stability.
Teucor (8761) Br., from pool, Singapore; B. & S.
Suiyang (1594) Br., from hai, Amoy; B. & S.
Tjimanoek 3610) Dutch, from Dalny, Amoy; JCJI.
Elida Clausen (1444) Nor., from Chinwangtae; Dodwell.
Hamburg Maru (3158) Jap.. from Yokohama, Moji; 0.8.K.
Tango Maru (4288) Jap.. from Melbourne, Manila: N.Y.K.
Wing Wo (503) Chi, from Kwong- chow-wan; Yew Kee.
Departures.
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The damage in not bolleved serious.
Japanese ships have rushed to rescue the stranded vessel but un- 68favourable weather is hampering
FOR THE BASRAH HARBOUR
VESSELS
The captain of the "Elizabeth," which had 275 stan-them: dards of sawn timber on board, had on the voyage from Memol to Groningen Jettisoned from 12 to 15 standards of deck cargo to prevent WIRELESS 'PHONES. the vessel from capsizing. The in- surers of the cargo as assigners of the charterers, sued the shipowner under paragraph 569 of the Handelsgesetzbuch for the luas in For Manila: Mishima Maru. curred, on the ground that, thể For Saigon: Generul Metzinger. steamer, in consequence of too For Shanghat: Kwongsang, Tole-heavy a deck load, had not been of
machus. Empress of Asia.
sufficient stability and had not For Singapore: Van Overstraten been seaworthy.. The owners For Kobe: Malwu.
denled the alleged unseaworthiness and lack of stability and said that the jettisoning of the timber had been rendered necessary by the ex- tremely heavy weather the ship had encountered. They had, they said, pecially exempted themselves in the charter-party from respon- sibility for mistakes and errors on the part of the captain.
For Haiphong: New Mathilde
Clearances.
For Shanghai: Yingchow, For Kwong-chow-wan:
Ning.
For Quinhon: Haldis.
SHIPPING NOTES.
Chung
The Nippon "Yúsen Kalaha is "Tango Maru" arrived in port yesterday afternoon from Australia and Manila. She brought cargo and passengers for Hongkong and left this morning for Japan.
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Bringing general cargo and pas- sengera from Shanghai and mail from Europe via Siberta, the 8.5. Szechuen" of the China Navige tion Cp.. arrived in port this
morning.
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The "President Cleveland" of the Dollar Line and the 8.8. "West Holbrook" of the US. Shipping despatched this
Board will be
Manila,
afternoon for
The "Cleveland" is taking cargo, paa. The "West sengera and U.S. mail Holbrook".will only take cargo and U.S. mail.
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Coming from Marseilles, London, and Antwerp, via Singapore, the . "Fushimi Muru" of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha is expected to arrive to-morrow morning with cargo and passengers,
SHIPS IN PORT.
At 9 a.m. to-day the following numbers of vessels were in port:-
-British-
American
25-
2
Panama
1
German
1
Japanese
4
Chinese
12
6
Portuguese French
2
Norwegian
Total
56
Tuonday, 24th August.
Sunday, 22nd August noon." Sunday, 29th August Noon. Wednesday, 25th Aug. 10 am.
Wednoadsy 25th August. Sunday, 26th September.
Dutch
Beginning of September.
For further particulars plaase apply"to:—OSAKA SHOŠEN KAISHA.
Tel Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090,
M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD., AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE,
** CITY OF BARODA??
(9670 tone dw)-
THE above steamér having accommodation for over 100 First.
Clase passengers will be despatched Via Philippines, Straitė, Colombo and Suez Canal on 5th November, 1928, for New York where she is due to arrive on 3rd January, 1927.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
Zam-Buk
modinino dealer
Zam Buk
~PAIN and Irritatio
is quickly soothe by Zam-Bak garmis, expals polson
kita
and perruption' and
gentum. B. MOULDER & CO., Ltd, Queen's Rd, Contral, HONGKONG,
KWANGTUNG RIVERS.
Waterlevels (In English Feet) at 8 a.m.
Aug. 17 Aug. 18 West River at
Shiuhing.. 16.2 16.9 North River at
Tsingyuen.+.5.1 Falling North River at
Samshui
8.0 +9:24 East River at
Sheklung... +1.7 1.4
Voyage Bangers.
Very satisfactory results are re- ported from the working of the Marconi wireless telephone sets in- twelve months ago by the Baarah stalled on harbour vossola somo)
Port Trust. The vessels so equi
the ped in the Persian Gulf are control vessels Alers and Yenan, the pilot vessels Nearchus, Liger, and Station Ship Harmaq, working with shore stations at Tanoomali
and Fao.
A wireless, bell is included in each installation, which ls of the Marconi..YB type, so that there is e necessity for maintaining a con- tinuous watch. Any vesselor. The Landgericht, Hamburg station can call any of the others found in favour of the claimants with the facility of an ordinary The appeal lodged by the defen- telephone. The transmitters have: canta WRB disallowed: by the power of 100 wutts and the range Oberlandesgericht. In its finding for telephony, depending on local the Court of Appeal states that the conditions, yarles from 95-80 vessel on beginning her voyage was miles. The radius for telegraphy unseaworthy in the sense of pur. is from 100 to 200 miles. 659, H.G.B. The ship with such a
According to an official report) "all the stations are giving ex- cellent resulta and a considerable amount of traffic is effected:"
Indian signalmen TASUTA the stations, and they have rapidly gained proficiency in their work. speech generally being used.
cargo on board was by nature of her build not adapted to withstand the dangers encountered on this voyage, although these dangers were not of a "quite extraordinary character. The mistake, sald the Court, lay only in the fact that the ship was overloaded and therefore Jacked the necessary stability. the evidence had shown that the cargo had been properly stowed,
Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., announci the heavier sorts of wood being stowed in the hald and the lighter that they have recently completed on deck, the heavy rolling of the an agreement under which the vessel which in the course of the patenta and designs of Messrs. (Muschinenfabrik-Aug- voyage had led to the jettisoning M.A.N
As
VICKERS-M.AN. DIE ENGINE.
of the deck carro was to be attriburg-Nurnberg AG) covering two- buted to the overloading of the stroke heavy engines, both vessel. That the ship was over-angle and double-acting, will be loaded had been observable even when the ship was leaving the
harbour, and had aroused the com
ment, not only of other crews in the harbour of Memel, but had also
available for their use in the
British Empire and Colonies for both marine and stationary pur-
poses..
British-built Vickers-M.A.N. en-
gines embodying the joint experi-
ence of the two firms thus become
caused the pilot to express scruples to the captain. The defendant had failed to show that the shortcom-available for installations of the ings of the vessel could not have
been discovered it ordinary care
largest powers: - · ----For----medium
had been taken. The defendant powers, Vickers four-stroke engines had in this connection to bear the of proved reliability remain avail- responsibility for the mistakes able to users who may And that made by the captain, who was to type of engine more suited to their needs. Messrs. 'Vickers. Ltd., will blame for taking on board such a
also continue to develop on in- heavy deck cargo.
dependent lings the light weight fast running type of oil engine with which, from its first development in this country. they have been con-
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The defendant has also appeal ed on the ground that according to the charter-party the shipping Arm was not responsible for damage arising through loss, collisions, stranding and other maritime ac- cidents, even though the damage or loss so arising was to be attributed to some faulty action, error negligence on the part of the pilot. the ship master, the sailors or any other employee of the owner's Arm The Court found that this exemp tion could not hold good in the pre- sent case, seeing that it was here. not directly a question of the re- sponsibility of the owner for an in- fringement by the captain against Par. 513 and 514 H.G.B. Thera
nected.
AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE
FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES.
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B.S. “WEST CHOPAKA" Sept. 5.
United States Shipping Board STRUTHERS & BARRY, Managing Operators.
L EVERETT, INC. General Agenta..
was no exemption from the obliga-Phone C. 3008, 1st floor, Queen's Bldg. tlons laid down in Par. 559 H.G.B.
SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
-DRY DOCK
Length 787 Feel. Length on Blocks 750 Fest. Depth on Centre of
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
Tel Address: “TAIKOODOCK," HONGKONG, Telephone: Central No. 212.
Call Flag: “C” over “ANS, PENNANT.”
81 (H.W.0.8.T.) 34 ft. 6 ins..
THREE SLIPWAYS –
Capable of Handling Ships Up to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS, HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926.
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
EMPRESS EXPRESS
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
17 Days from Hongkong, to Vancouver
LARGEST & FASTEST
STEAMERS
STEAMSHIPS,
Special FARES to EUROPE
£120 "£112 283
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER
Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia, Empress of Asia, Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia,
Via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Romanoru......... Juanosat. -- Zona ---FozonamA. -,,V'ABĪTE,
LWAYS La
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1926..
Ave
Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept. II Sept. 20 Sept. 16 Sept 10 Sept. 22 Sept 25 Oct. 4 Oct. 14 Oct.. 17 Oct. 30 Oct. 23 Nov, ^1. Oct. 20 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. IS Nov. 11 Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 29 (B/Asia' and H/Russia call at. Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghaf).'
HONGKONG-MANILA-HONGKONG SERVICE.
Leave
HONGKONG
Arrive
MANILA
LORVO
MANILA
Arriva HONGKON
Aug, 25 Sept. 8
Aug. 27. Sept. 10
E/Canada F/Russia
Aug, 28 Sept. II
Aug. 30
Sept 13
Cables GACANPAC
Cables NAUTILUS
Passenger Department: Freight and Express:
Tel. C. 752:
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CHINA BORNEO SHIPPING CO.
HONGKONG-BORNEO LINE,
To Sandakan thence to Lahad Datu, Tawan and Semporna calling at
Jesselton on Return voyage. Regular Three-weekly Freight and Passenger Service....
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Hongkong Departure Sandakan
Lahad Datu Arrival
V TASO
Arrival Departare Departure
Arrival
Departure
Departure
Semporna Arrival
Sandakan Arrival
Jesselton
Departure Arrival Departure
Hongkong Arrival
Excellent"
· passengers,"
of the B.S. "LOK SUN”
THURSDAY Ang. 26 MONDAY Aug. 30 Aug. 31
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Sapt
THURSDAY THURSDAY
Sapt.
Sopt.
Sapt.
FRIDAY Sept. SATURDAY
Sept. 4
SUNDAY
Sept. 8
TUESDAY
Sept. 7
THURSDAY
Sept. 9
THURSDAY
Sept. 9
.MONDAY
Sept. 13
accommodation for Saloon, Second class and Steeraga
All cabins (1st and 2nd class) Atted with Electric Fans. Hotel reservations arranged at Sandakan if desired. Through Bills of Lading issued to other B. N. Borneo Ports. Sailings are subject to alteration. For Fraight, Passage and other Information please apply to
CARMICHAEL & CLARKE, Agents.
Queen's Building.
OR
THE
W. WATT & CO., Agents...
Phone C. 232.
188, Wing Lok Street West, Phone C. 4988.
TELEPHONE
HANDBOOK.
July-December 1926.
CONTAINING ALL TELEPHONE NUMBERS NUMERICALLY ARRANGED.
A USEFUL PUBLICATION WHICH EVERY TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER SHOULD NOT BE WITHOUT:
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ON
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Price
$1.00
'AT THE OFFICES OF THE
HONGKONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY CO.
China Mail Building.
5. Wyndham Street.
Telephone Central 22.
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