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SHIPPING SECTION.
SHIPPING NOTES.
VESSELS FROM FAR AND NEAR
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
En route to Buenos Aires via Singapore, Burban and Algoa Bay. the Japanese steamer Wakasa Maru arrived here yesterday after- noon from Yokohama with 505 tona of general cargo and 7 bags of mail. She is scheduled to all this. with passenLOPS" and afternoon carzo.
The local offee of the Ben Line has been advised that the 8.8. "Bengtoe," coming from Leith, Antwerp and London is due to arrive here on Nov. 26.
LOCAL SHIPPING.
TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES.
THE MORNING LIST:
This morning, the following sea- going arrivals at Hong Kong were reported:-
Yunnan (1206) Bri, from Amoy
B. & S.
CREWS STRIKE.
SEQUEL TO "KIANG-YUNG". EXPLOSION,
The "Shanghal Times" of Novem
ber 18 reports
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926:
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
-QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.
STEAMERS
EMPRESS OF ASIA
As a consequence of the explosion' on board the China Merchants": steamer "Kiapgyung" at Klukiang"] recently, when the vessel, used as jan ammunisjon. atore and troopship || EMPRESS OF CANADÀ by Marshal Sua Chuan-fang, blese EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
EMPRESS OF ASIA up with many casualties among the EMPRESS OF CANADA, crew and soldiers on board. the EMPRESS OF RUSSIA crews of
other China Mer- EMPRESS OF ASIA " chants' steamers in Shanghat yes. ||EMPRESS OF CANADA, terday went out on strike to settle EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
two
Shana (1228) Bri.. from Porta question of compensation.
The Atrike affects only two Walut; B. & S.
Kalgan (1666) Bri, from Bangkok steamers, the "Kwanglee" and the and Swatow; B. &.S
Kwong Sang (1428) Bri, from "siachang," which are at present Ein pork but it is feared that the Hankow and Swatow J. M. & Co.
Wai Shing (189) Br... from strike will spread to other Vessels
the company's feet.. Thu Shanghai and Swatow: J. M. & Co. in
Hydrangea (660) Bri. from strikers demand that compensation Kwong-chow-wan; The Chiu On
of $1.000 be paid to the families of S. Co. Song, Bo (720) French, from Rai. the sallors who were killed in the (explosion. Furthermore, they de phong: M. M.
President Pierce (8393) Ameri-mand guaranteed compensation in of mail from Japan. She will sailean, from Manila; Dellar Line.
event of other members of the crews Altai Maru (7722) Jap. from of the ships being killed or injured. for South America via San Fran. cisco, Los Angeles and Mexico on
while the ships are being used: by Nov. 26 at noon.
Marshal Sun.
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With 29 tons of refined sulphu, for discharge here. the NYK steamer "Anyo Maru" arulved this morning. She also brought 4 bagu
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The B.M.S. "Empress of Asia." from Vancouver, is due to arrive In Yokohama to-morrow, according. to advice received in the loan office The "Asia" is "due of the C.F.E. here on Nov. 80.
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Encountering very rough weather
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Antwerp and Singapore. S. K.
Svale (1853) Norwegian, from! Swntow: Thoresen & Co.
Eixer (875) Norwegian, from Canton; Karsten, Larsson.
en her way from Tourand to. Hong Kong. the German steamer "Deva-Yokohama, N. Y. K. wongse" arrived this morning and brought 94550 bags of rice for dis-Mike; M. B. K. charge here.
Foku Maru (2767) Jap... from
With 6.755 tons of coal from Miki fen,discharge here, the M.B.K. steamer Foku Maru" arrived yes- terday, afternoon. She will return to liiki after discharging.
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The departure of the German steamer "Emil Kirdorf" going froth Singapore to Germany (vin Kong) Kong, Manila and Suez), has been postponed until Monday afternoon ion account of the steamer's
arrival, The "Emi-Kirdorf-en-
way here.
late
ANDES MARU.........Tuesday, 14th December. LIO DE JANEIRO, BANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Salgon, Singapore."countered very rough seas on her
SANTOS
Colombo, Durban & Capetown. "
MARU
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Sunday, 5th, December.
HEINAN MARD
Saturday, 20th November. Wednesday, 24th November..
BOMBAY Via Singapore and Colombo.
SHINNOH MARU
SHINNOR
TACOMA MARU. Calls as Karachi) Saturday, 4th December.
DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM. ZANZIBAR AND
MOMBASSA Via Singapore and Colombu
MEXICO
CUTTA Via Singapore and Rangoon.
CALCUTTA Vis
SANUKI MARU
SAMURI
BANGKOK-Vis Saigon
SEKKOW MARU
Wednesday, 22nd December,
Thursday, 25th November...
Saturday 27th November.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER via Shanghal and Japan.
Port MART
ARIZONA MARU (From Shanghai) Tuesday, 14th December.
HAIPHONG- HOIHOW & PAKHOI
NEW YORK-Vin Japan ports, San Francisco and Panama
HAMBURG MARU (From Shanghui)" End of November.
JAPAN PORTA›
ALTAI MARU
BINGO MARU
KKHLUNG via SWATOW & AMOY..
KYODO MARU
TAIKWA MARU
PAKAO SWATOW & AMOT.
KOTS MARU
TAKAO and KEELUNG.
KOHOKU MARU
GANGES MARU
DAIREN CHEO she TSINGTAU.
GIE KWA MARU
KINZAN MARU
.Friday, 8th November.
Tuesday, 23rd November.
Tuesday, 23rd Nov., 10 am. Wednesday, 24th November.
Thursday, 2nd December. 8 .. Tuesday, 23rd November. .Wednesday, 1st December.
Saturday, 20th November. .End of November.
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"CITY OF CAIRO" · 19,145 tons d.w. salling 3rd Dec. The above modern passenger steamers will be despatched as above for Boston and New York via Philippine Islands, Straits, Colombo and Suez Canal, arriving in New York on or about 5th Japuary and 2nd February respectively. Fared £100-Single First Class £70.-Single Second Class. “
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Salling on or about 26th November, 1926.
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other Scandinavian ports on or about
Further sailings:-
M.S. "MALAYA"
31.5. "DANMARK”
M.S. "JAVA"
20th December,
Expected .on
Will leave homeward- bound on or about:--
er about:
3th December
10th January, 1927
20th January,
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TENHAGEN:
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The 6.S.K. steamer "Chuckwp Maru" will sell this afternoon for Dairen vin Cheloo and Tsingtao with cargo only. She arrived here. yesterday evening with 2:798: bags of "rice and general merchandise.
Messrs. Muckingon. Mackenzie & Co. have been advised that the B.I. steamer Talma" lett Singapore toe Hong Kong yesterday afternoon ead is dae here on Nov. 25 At daylight.
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Yet another additional freight steamer la to be placed on the Hong Kong-Cunton run by the Canton-Shanghai S. S. Co. which started successfully with the "test shipment" on the "Tetsuzan Maru?" last week. There will be two sail. ings a week from each port.
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OIL SUPERSEDES STEAM.
Iy
A director of the Cunard Line
recently expressed the conviction
that the oil driven engine would in
Cantonese Inspiration. Evidence of Cantonese inspira-
Dorry (378) German, from Hoi-tion is seen in the strike which hima. how; Chau Yue-tang..
primarily at calling out all firemen Devawongse (1047) German, from and sailors on the vessels,
Whea Tourane; Cheong Yue S. S. Co,the war started in: the Yangtse Chukwa, Maru (1279) Jüp., from valley. Marshal Sun commandeered Dairen and Canton; 0. S. K.
ost of the China Merchants' feet, Anyo Maru (5740) Jab, from and at present has six of the com-
pany's steamers at Nanking. Agita tion among members of the Chinard Seamen's Union on these ships was reported in Canton a week ago but. no definite" action' was taken until yesterday when" the crews of the Kwanglee" and the "Hsinchang". want on strike but left one man in each department of the vessel to maintain things..
Heinhn Muru (2719) Jup... from Yokohama and Nagoy; 0. S. K.
Wakasa Maruf6070), Jap, from Yokohama and Moji; N. Y. K.
. Departures. For Shanghai: Glentara. Shansi, Altai Maru
For Canton: Kwongsung. For Swatow: Halahing: For Bangkok: Chinhua.. For Shanghai: Glentura, Shansi For Kwong-chow-wan: Tai Sze Ma.
For Honguy: Phranang, Tai Tak, For Moji: Sumatra Maru For Swatow: Yatshing. For Takao: Dux.
For Macassar: Wray Castle. For Hoihow: Mingsang, Hellas, For Nagasaki: Tango Maru. For Salgon: Tjiliwong For San Pedro: Sylvan Arrow:
SHIPS IN PORT.
In
At 9 a.m. to-day the following numbers of Yessels were port:---
British American "Norwegian
German
Panama
26 2
Japanese Chinese Dutch French
04
荭
2
No Bax
1
Portuguese
+2
Total
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Interesting angles attach to the stfile. The two vessels were dat to leave for Canton yesterday morning and when three seamen's delegates went down to the "Hain- ehang they were stopped by the police who detained them. Immedi- ately, strike started as # move to force the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company to agree to compensation: demands.
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Protection Demanded.
A party of 20 survivors of the "Kiangyung" disaster, together
with families of men who lost their Hves, applied to the company for compensation and were promised [$200 each, but the demand” yas made, for $1,000 each. This sum the company refused to grant. In view of the fact that Marshal, Sun is reported to have decided to com- mandeer more the company's steamers, the strikers further de manded protection and a guarantee ́of compensation in case they suffer
any mishap.
The strikers claimed another dis.. advantage.. They stated that if the two steamers left for Canton the erews on arrival there would
be
arrested by the Cantonese authóri- 'ties. for assisting the enemy~~ Marshal Sun. He is pressing in his demands for the use of further steamers and is reported to have decided to send armed tugs down
to Shanghai and seize the vessels
years to come be adopted univer: SAVED FOR JAPAN. at anchor on the French Bund un-
Icsa the company turns them over- willingly.
sally for the great passenger liners, on account of the time saved in coal- HISTORIC BATTLESHIP AS ing, which enables more voyagem to PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
Vessels As Transportu. be completed during the year. A few
The Kiangsu war-lord is using monthe age attention was drawn Tokyo, November 12-An im the vessels as transports and his in this letter to the "Asturias," a pressive ceremony was held this insistence on the que of further Priew R.ALS.P. 20,000 ton motor afternoon at Yokohama, when the vessels indicates that his position driven liner, whose maiden voyage Regent, Privy Councillors and at Nanking is none too secure and was regarded as a notable event, other notable people visited the that he envisages the possibility of and this week a new motor ship. vessel "Mikasa," which country. having to fall back upon Shanghali "Pieter Cornelissen. Hooft," was to wide subscriptions saved from In that case, he will need the use be seen at Southampton. Hooft the scrapheap as a permanent of these additional vessels for the was a celebrated Dutch pret of the memorial qwing to its associa transportation of his troops. sixteenth century--the golden age, tions with Russo-Japan war, of the arts in Holland. "The Neder- when it was Adhiral Togo's flag, land Mail Line boats, which sail ship. from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, have been coming into Southampton for, balf a century. This, the first motor passenger ship in the feet, has nothing very novel
While it is known that two steamers are involved in the strike here, the situation regarding the Admirál Togo and other naval vessels in Sun's use at Nanking and veterans were present at the other places up the Yazzlee ja not ceremony, for which the famous nang. warship was specially decorated, flying the famous signal: "The destiny of the Empire depends on
in her appearance as seen from the quay, with her great funnels that this one battle," given at the Dr. William Baade-Bergedorf, of, really do not function as finnels. battle of Tsushima when Ad- Berlin Observatory, in pleasunt re- but as ventilatore. The revolu miral Togo destroyed the Russian collection of a voyage on the s.. tionary part of the ship is the fleet.
engine room, which even to a novice
The B. I. 8.s. Beudoran" from
ghuringia," of the Hamburg- Amerika Line; has named a new
ingia."
in these things is strikingly unlike MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. planet discovered by him "Thur the normal engine-room. There is remarkably Hitle of it, for a great, paint about the motor ship in the Leith, Middlesbro, Antwerp, Lon- compactness of the machinery. One don and Strafts is due to arrive here of the chief arguments in favour to-day.
of the motor ship is this saving of
The P. & O... "Khiva" left space, which is turned to profitable Singapore for this port on Novem use for cargo and passenger carry her 16 at 4 pm and is due here on ing. The PC Hooft has two November 22. at about 8 a.m.. eight-cylinder two cycle, Sulzer..
The B. L... "Béngloe"; from Diesel motors, euch, driving a serew
Leith Middlesbro', Antwerp, Long and developing together. 8,000 h.p. The fuel is carried in sixteen oll den and Strafts is due to arrive here
on November 26, tanks to the extent of 2,000 tons, i which renders it unnecessary to Huy The M. V. 9.8. "Agra" (Swedish ply en route. Anyone who has tru- Fast Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Antwerp velled on a coal burning ship will on October 23 and is das here on Appreciate what is gained in avoid- or about November 30
The B, I's.a. "Talma" left Binga- anes of discomfort, by not having
to coal. Economically, too, the case pore for this port yesterday at p.m fur motor driven shina agama to be and is due here on November 25 ft very strong.
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SAILINGS. 1927.
Kont S'hat Robe
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Mar. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 8 Apr. 8 Apr. 17 Apr. 20 Apr. 23 Apr. 20 Apr. 29 May May 11 May 14 May 17 May 20 May 201 June 1 June 4 June 7 June 10 June 19 June 22 June 25 June 29 July 1 July 10] EMPRESS OF ASIA July July 14 July 19 July 22 July 31 {{E/Azla and `E/Russin call Nagasaki day after departure from Shanghai) Connecting sailings St. John to Liverpool MONTROSE February 4 MONTNAIRN
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Cables broadcast from Hong Kong this week have whetted the appetites of folks, at Home for full news of the sensational piratical attack on the ss. "Sunning" and the berojc counter-attack by a handful of British men.
All the daily reports published in this paper are faithfully reproduced in the "Overland China Mail."
The heroism of the "Sunning's" captain and officers in the face of peril on the China Sea reads more like fiction. The facts as obtained first-hand will make thrilling reading for friends afar,
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More information is given in one issue of the "Overland China Mail" than in half a dozen letters.
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Our full, daily reports, comment and notes on the Inter- port cricket match just concluded here, will be found in this week's "Overland China Mail which will be very useful for" reference or for mailing away...
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