DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.
FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.
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 PAS SAGE. RATES.
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE LONDON
+
NEXT SAILINGS.
£72.10.0. £80.0.0.
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOIL
S.S. "FIUME-L"
M.V. "ESQUILINO"
From Hong Kong. Salla on or about 18th Aug. Sails on or about 15:h Sept.
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
M.V. "REMO"
S.S. "FIUME-L”
M.V. "ESQUILINO”
From Hong Kong.
Salls on or about 33rd Aug. Sails on or about 20th Sept. Snils on or about 18th Oct.
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS,
.Sails from Calcutta 3rd Sept.
S.S. "UMSINGA" Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Ports. Through Bills of Lading issued from Hong Kong.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHIPPING
SECTION.
THAMES IRON WORKS | 'COLLISION' DEFINED
TO BE CONVERTED INTO
DOCKS.
the
MARINE MEANING OFTEN
IN DOUBT.
The meaning of the word "colll- sion," when used in policies of marine insurance, has frequently been the subject of litigation; 50 much so that it rivals "atranded"
The site and buildings of the Thames Iron Works, Canning Towa, E, covering about 40 acres, are to be equipped at a cost of between £60,000 and £70,000 as docks, wharves, and warehou.2.
Mr. Theodore Instone, of Nesers, source of income to those de- serving individuals, the commercial S. Istone and Company. Ltd.,
lawyers. It is by no means unifkely colliery proprietora and shipowners, that the courts will again be called who have conended as agreement upon to interpret the exact signif- with the London and North-Eastern cance of the word in consequence Railway Company for the use of of a claim under the Running Down the suite, said to a reporter:-
Clause at present being considered There will be accommodation by underwriters, for three or four bouts up to A fairly generally accepted de 8,000 tons each. We shall deal Anition of the meaning of "Coill with general merchandise from sion is that the word implies for
and to the Continent, and
percible contact with another ship or hapa to America, and the direct vessel, forcible impact being an ex- railway connections will mean a sential feature. The main ques- big saving in time and money. Mr. Instone said that there would tion at issue in the claim under con- be work for at least 460 men until sideration is whether this definition October, by which time it was hoped is really accurate and as a number of underwriters have accepted that the first boat would be able to lability without raising any query, it would appear that the market is divided on the subject of the necex sity for forcible contact, some un derwriters being content to accept liability as long as contact-how- ever slight and whether of itself resulting in damage or not is de- monstrated.
unload. A certain number of men would be found permanent em- ployment.
Among the warships built by the Thames Iron Works Company for the Royal Navy were the "Warrior," the first British ironclad, and the
"Thunderer."
AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT LINE.
Operated for
U. S. Shipping Board By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC: FOF SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES. EST FARALON" Aug. 9. WEST CALERA” „Aug. 23.
For full information apply to- SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. L. EVERETT, Inc. General Agents Telephone C 3008
For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:- DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.
S.S
S.
Telephone Central 1030.
NYKLINE
THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES. £120, £112, 110, £102 £83, via San Francisco, G$440, G420, via Japan and Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
TAYYO MARU
TENYO MARU
• KOREA MARU
Friday,
12th Aug., at Noon. Monday, 22nd August, at Noon. Tuesday, 6th Sept.
* Calls Los Angeles, omitting Honolulu,
LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports,
KITANO MARU
HARUNA MARU
KAMO MARU
Saturday, 13th August, ot 11 a..
Saturday, 27th August. Saturday, 10th Sept.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
MISHIMA MARU
TANGO MARU
Wednesday, 24th Aug., at 11 am. Wednesday, 21st September. BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & COLOMBO.
SEIYO MARU
... Tuesday,
16th August. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama.
GINGO MARU
KAMAKURA MARU
1st Floor. Queen's Building,
Negligent Navigation.
In the case now under review a tug towing some barges containing cargo overtook another vessel and,
1
cargo would have arisen whether the vessels had made contact or not.
A claim has been presented un- der the Running Down Clause, the material words being "if the ship hereby Insured shall come into col- liston with any other ship or ves- sel, and the assured shall in con- sequence thereof become liable to
pay......to any other person or persons say aum or aume in respect of such collision......"
not
П
The underwriter who first bis- puted the claim bases his attitude on two points: (1) that there was no collision (forcible contact); and (i) that the damage was "consequence" of the contact as it would have occurred even had The point has never been before there been no contact. the courts in this form, and in view of the apparent divergencies of opinion it would not be advantageous if a definite ruling were sought and obtained, but the does certainly again case phasize the difficulties faced by the Technical and Clauses Committee in frame clauses
dia.
CITI-
their attempts to which shall be absolutely free of latent ambiguity.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
North Wall Basin, Delhi: South'
Wall Besin, Wild Swan; East Wall Basin, Subs. L15 and L19; West Wall Dock, Vindictive; In Dock, Moorhen and Fortol; Taikoo Dock, Foxglove; Kowloon Dock, Sterling Buoy 1, Argus, Buoy 6, Emerald; Buoy 7, Dauntless; Buoy 13, Taran tula: Buoy 18, Ruthenia; Bucy 25, Kharki,
g.m
The Dollar Steamship Line "President Pierce" will sail Manila to-morrow, at 6 p.m.
8.A. for
The Ben Line .s. "Benlawers" from Leith, Middlesbro', Antwerp, London, Straits and Philippines, is due to arrive here on August. 6.
according to the statement of chim, MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. apparently the tug.brushed broad- side against the other vessel, but neither sustained any damage. The loss was confined to the barges and their cargo and was attribut- able to "overcrowding" consequent on loss of way owing to insufficient cleuring room. It in alleged that there was some negligent naviga. tion both on the part of the over- taking tug and on the part of the other vessel, but the division of negligence is not a point at isaue in the dispute. It is affirmed that the damage to the barges and their
The following vessels of the Compagnie des Messegeries Mari- times are expected here:- "Chenonceaux," Tuesday. "Athos II," August 30, "D'Artagnan," September 19.
BANK LINE LTD.
AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S.CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW" S.S. "KABINGA**
AUSTRALIA
Havre, L'don, R'dam & H'burg - Havre, L'don, R'dam & H'burg.
ELLERMAN LINE
14th August 28th August
AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE
Sailings from SINGAPORE on 7th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO or “CITY OF SPARTA"
to Java, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney and vice versa. Through Freight and Passenger bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerman" Line or
other services.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.....AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
Saturday, 20th August, at Noon.
S.S. "CITY OF BEDFORD" S.S. "CITY OF NORWICH"
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.
Wednesday, 10th August. NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA,
TATSUNO KARU
CALCUTTA MARU
Thursday, 16th August. Thursday, 25th August.
LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Sald & Ports,
LYONS MARU
CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.
PENANG MARU
TOTTORI MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
TANGO MARU
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
TOKUSHIMA MARU
KATORI MARU
AKITA MARU
LIMA MARU
Friday 8th August,
Monday, 1st August. Monday, 8th August.
.Friday, 19th August.
Thursday, 4th August. Monday, 8th August. Thursday, 11th August, Thursday, 18th August, Tuesday, 23rd August.
BOSTON & NEW YORK.
via Suez Canal
9th August
.11th September
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE
1st October ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
5th August
MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1927.
Going home-
Combine Rail Trip with Sea Travel!
Shortest, Cooles
Way
to EUROPE to Canada United States
N
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Belock then-tho Express of Canada, Empress of Adaur Empress of Russia .......... largest and Lastest liners across the Pacise... sailing frequently from *Manila, Hong Kong, Shangbal, Kobe, Yokohama. Direct connections at Victoria and Vancouver for Paciña Const points in the United State
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Canadian Pacific
The World's Greatest Travel Systems
O. S. K.
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP.-Via Singapore,
Colombo, Gues and Port Said. ATLAS MARU
...........Wednesday, 10th August, RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. MONTEVIDEO MARU
BOMBAY-Yin Singapore and Colombo.
*HONOLULU MARU
Tuesday, 23rd August,
Wednesday, 3rd August,
*(calling at Karachi).
CELEBES MARU (Calls at Penang)..Friday, 10th August. DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAN, ZANZIBAR AND
MOMBASA Via Singapore and Colombo. MEXICO MARU
..Wednesday, 31st August.
CALCUTTA-Via Singapore and Rangoon
...Thursday, 25th August.
TACOMA MARU
"BANGKOK=Vis-Saigon.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghai and Japan
Porta.
ARIZONA MARU
HAIPITONG-Via HOIHOW & PAKHOL
MENADO MARU
TAIKWA MARU
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San JAPAN PORTS
HEELUNG VIB SWATO & Aior.
TAIKWA MARU
KOTSU MARU
TAKAO Via SWATOW & AMOT.
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
GANGES MARU
Thursday, 18th August.
„Tuesday, 2nd August.
Tuesday, 10th August.
Francisco and Panama,
DAIREN Via CHEFOO & TSINGTAO.
NITTO MARU
BUSHO MARU
For further particulars please apply Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089. 4090.
vin
Wednesday, 3rd August, 11 am. .Sunday, 7th August, 2 p.m.
Thursday, 11th August, 10 am.
Wednesday, 24th August.
.Beginning of 'August, „Middle of August. to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.
via Suez Canal
-ALSO AGENTS FOR
ANDREW WEIR & CO.
SERVICES TO
via Suez Canal
M.V. "OLIVEBANK" MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA
S.S. "TINHOW"
From Hong Kong Loading for Mauritius, Delagos Bay, Durban, East London, Algos Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay
and CapetowIL, Through Bill of Lading Sasued to Beira, Qutlimaine, Iho, Port Amella, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zansibar, Mombasa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderita Bay, Walvis Bay and
Madagascar.
For freight or passage on any of the above lines apply to:-
Central $791.
Telephone
THE BANK LINE, LTD.
AUSTRAL-CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
S.S. "CALULU "
will and hence on the 4th August
for
SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE
Halphong, Manila, Sandaken, Balikpapan, Rabaul, Samarai & Noumea
For Freight & Particulars Apply to
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents...
Queen's Building. Tel. C.1030.
ATSUTA MARU
For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departmenta.)
M.M.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES”,
MM
LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Cargo Boots),
Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK:-
S.S. "YANG TSE"
B.S. "YALOU" due to arrive.
5th August.
from DUNKIRK, LONDON, HAVRE about the 26th July,
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (Mail Service)-
allings
стом
Marseilles..
Arr. at Hong Kong & Halilogu for Bhanghai and, Japan.
Strapsers.
Sailings from Hong Kong fur Marseilles,
Zai Acg+
PAUL LECAT.......
16th Aug.
AMAZONE
K
CHENG GEALX ...
lat July
2nd Augual
30th Aug
ATHUS I
A
2011. July
30th August
Zal: Dept.
DARFAGNAN...
12th August
PURTUOS...
A
26th August
1th Sept 27th Sept.
bib Uci.
A Class 1xt Class
SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES (fcluding Table Wine and Free Doctor's Attendance).
Jet Class £85. Ex. Od
H
109. Os. Od. B Clama
2nd
Steamers 2nd .. $70. Ca. Od. Steamers
.. #81. On. Od. Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe. Accommodations reserved in the Trains at Marseillas. (Saliings subject to alteration without notice). For full Particulars, apply to:--
Cie. des BIESSAGERIES MARITIMES.- Telephone: Central 740,
B. Queen's Buliding. CONSIGNATION-TRANSIT-REPRESENTATION.
Tel. Addrem::TAIKOODOCK," HONGKONG. Telephone: Central No. 212.
Call Flag: "C" over “ANS. PENNANT.”
-DRY DOCK-
Length 787 Feet.
Length on Blocks 750 Feet. Depth on Centre of
Sill (H.W.O.S.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.
OREGON ORIENTAL LINE.
Operated for UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD M.F.C. By COLUMBIA PACIFIC SHIPPING COMPANY.
FOR PORTLAND VIA KOBE & YOKOHAMA
7th Aug, S.S. "WEST O'ROWA"
S.S. "WEST CAYOTE"
S.S. "WEST CADRON"
FOR MANILA, ILOILO & CEBU
S.S. "WEST HOLBROOK"
24th Aug.
14th Aug.
30th Aug.
All sailings subject to change without notice. Through Bills of Lading issued to all rail Overland Points in the U.S.A., also to New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, via Panania Intercoastal steamer.
ADDRESS:
Room 26, Bank of Canton Building,
6. Des Voeux Road Central Telephone Central 4871.
Canton Agents: JOHN MANNERS & Co., LTD,
REPORT FROM
BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS OF KWÄNGTUNG
Waterlevels in English Feet.
Bighost W Lowest W.L. W.Eu
W.L.
Place of Observation
on
record
un record.
28/7
29/7
West River at Shiuhing North River at Twingyuez
++-29°,7" North River at Samshut ... +27.'3′′ East River at Sheklung
+15°.2° For the 27th..
++41.0"
+22.4
++ 22.9
411.9
rising
+ 13.0*
+ 10.2
rising
+10.5
5