WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
·
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF,
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,
·AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND
QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT,
CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE
PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
8. 9.
Tons
From Hongkong About
10,963
MOREA
+ NOVARA
KIDDERPORE
"DEVANHA
KHYBER NYANZA MALWA
MACEDONIA
KASHMIR
MONGOLIA
MANTUA
KASHGAR MOREA
•
3rd Sept.
Noon. 4,089 10th Sept. 6,334 10th Sept. 8,165 17th Sept. 9.114 1st Oct. 7,023 12th Oct 10,980 16th Oct. 8,995 30th Oct. 11,120 12th Nov. 10,504 26th Nov. 10,046 10th Dec. 9,005 24th Dec. 10,953 7th Jur.
1028
Destination
ATTACKED ON SHIPPING.
HISTORY OF CHINESE OLD
FREEBOOTERS, *
J. O. P. Bland writes to the "Shanghal Times":-
Piracy, one of the oldest profes- sions in China, and by no means the least reputable, has suffered, like other venerable institutions in that unhappy country, from much-contact with the West.
L
THE CHINA MAIL.
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION 00, LTD,
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Destination
Canton
too l
Straits & Calcutta
Canton
Shanghai
Steamer
CHIPSHING ....Thurs., FOOKSANG Thurs., FOOSHING
Fri .Sat., CHIRSHING
Saling
Iat Sept., at 8 a.m.
1st Sept, at. 3 p.m.
Ttau via Swatow & B'hal HOPSANG Straite & Calcutta
KUTSANG
.Mon,
2nd Sept, at 9 a.m. 3rd Sept, at 5p.m. 4th Sept., at 10a.m. 5th
Shanghai
YUENSANG
Tues.,
Sept., at 3p.m. 6th Sept, at 10a.m.
Ttan via Swatow & S'hal CHAKSANG Sandakan
.Wed.,
HINSANG
.Sat.,
20th Sept, at Sp.m.
Ttas via Swatow & S'hai KWAISANG Struita & Calcutta......
NAMSANG Osaka 7: Amoy, Moli & Kobe LAISANG
Sun
11th Sept., at 10 am.
Mon,
12th Sept., at 3p.m.
Tues.,
13th Sept., at 7a.m.
Before the end of the nineteenth century the introduction of steam navigation, automatic pistols, tele. graphs, British gunboats, and American ideas had contributed to modify the methods of the free- booters of the Kuangtung coast. In recent times their ancient ways have been further disturbed, and their technique, transformed by acroplanes and wireless,
of
7th Sept., at 10 a.m.
For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Telephone Central 215.
General Managers.
CONSIGNEES.
tish troops (1857-61). In 1857. when Wingrove Cooke, the first "Times" correspondent in China, described the situation before Ad- miral Seymour's capture of the city of Canton, the profession of piracy was already beginning to assume some of the features imposed upon it by the substitution of steam for sails, that is to say the freebooters HE Steamship had learned to attack their prey
THE from within..
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
The present state of the profes- sion is such that at first sight it, would seem to justify those who maintain that China is rapidly changing: on the other hand, It affords equally convincing proof of the wisdom of those who assert that the more she seems to change the more persistently she remains the same. Like that of the man- darin, or the Confucian scholar, the pirate's profession, by contact with "Western learning.", has lost many of the picturesque features and much of the vaguely romantic quality which distinguished it in the days of the East India Company, when, as a worthy master-mariner put it, so many great veasels of
"ATHOS II" roguen lle about the mouth of the Cooke's description of the defen- &c. also Cargo from Cognac, Bor- BRINGING CARGO from Marseilles. Canton river that it must be a lusty sive measures adopted by the regudeaux ex 8.6. **Tetuan." ship and double-manned to golar passenger steamers at that time thither."
Per contra, the modern is interesting because, in later years CONSIGNEES are hereby inform- methods adopted by the heads and until the comparatively recent ed that their goods with the the calling have prodevelopment of what we may call exception of Opfum, Treasure and duced an economical efficiency to the Bins. Bay system which the best management of the these measures
of piracy, Valuables are being landed and Ladrones of the seventeenth cen- followed, and proved, on the whole, HONG KONG KOWLOON WHARF were generally stored into the Godowns of the tury could never have aspired. Marseilles & London -
effective.
& GODOWN CO., LTD., KOW- Straits, Colombo & Bombay
The able manner in which these "The passage boata to Macao," LOON, whence delivery may be Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hull modern methods have been develop he wrote, "are little. armouries. obtained Immediately after landing. Marseilles & London
ed by the present-day pirate chiefs There are cannon on deck and re- Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
goes to prove once more that, for volvers in every belt.
All claims must be sent In to me Marseilles &
London
all their conservatism, the Chinese was on board the Queen, when the September, 1927, or they will not be
But so it
on or before TUESDAY, the 6th are Highly adaptable, that "flexible cannon was turned round and fired inflexibility" fas still one of their into the cabin upon the passengers
recognized. most notable characteristics.
absorbed in timin. Further precau- When steamers came to replace tions, however are now taken. In examined by the Company's Sur sailing vessels China's foreign the Fel Ma, the Chinese passengers veyor, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas trade, it did not take them long to are put down into the hold, twelve in the presence of the Consignees realise that junks were useless feet deep, and the ladder is taken at 10 a.m. on SATURDAY, the 3rd against the "fire wheel ships, but away. A sailor keeps guard over September; 1927, . that these could be auccessfully at them with a drawn cutlass. One No Fire Insurance will be effected tacked (on the principle which the of the Yankee ships has an Iron by us in any case whatever. Soviet. adopts with the trade
cage on dock, into which the (unions) from within.
walk and are then locked up. The Chinese passengers are invited to: P. and J. boat has a better but more costly precaution; she carries no Chinese passengers.
Marseilles & London
Marseilles London. Marseilles & London Marseilles & London Marseilles and London Marseilles and London Marselles & London
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Fireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
* Calls at Port Sudan. Does not carry 2nd class passengera.
+ Does not carry passengers.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINES.
• TALAMBA
TALMA
| 8,048 | 8th Sept. | Singapore; Penang & Calcutta 20,000 12th Sept Singapore, Penang & Calcutta
• Calls at Rangoon,
On
DAMAGED PACKAGES will be
J. LIMAGE,
Agent. Hong Kong, 28th August, 1927.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
As I have observed, piracy is one of the oldest professions in China, but it is important to note that since the beginning of commercial inter- course with foreign countries it
Easy, coay people at home, who has been to all intents and purposes fear nothing but the goat or a monopoly of the inhabitants of easterly wind, may laugh, or may the south-eastern maritime pro- perhaps even be very indignant at EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) chronicles of the East India Com- out of five have already been taken, vince, Fukien and Kuangtung. The these precautions. But two boats pany, and the subsequent record of and the passengers put to death. Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, our trade relations with China Death at the hands of those simpleHE Steamship
Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, to have been almost a key inda- transft. The Bustard gunboat, only down to the present day, show it sons of civilisation if not an easy Melbourne,
try of that ever-restless region; a few days since, on taking a pirate, moreover, that its activities have found two men nailed to planks. always been regarded, with some each with a stinkpot tied round his The E. & A. 5.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu,trality by the Cantonese mandarin- By what torments the prisoners thing more than benevolent neu- neck and alow matches burning. Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement
ate:
The almost cordial entente be- taken in the Queen perished we do tween the pirates and the Viceroy's
TANDA
ST. ALBANS ARATURA
6,950 2nd Sept.
4 L 4,500 30th Sept. 6,000 | 28th Oct. Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
offer:.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
The Union 8.5. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New Yamen at Canton, which so often Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London vía Suez Canal.
The P. & C. Branch Service of steamera to London via the Cape,
not know."
PASSENGER LIST.
puzzled honest British mariners, produced in 1805 the curious spectacle of the Government's salt junks being convoyed to their des- Passengers arrived by the 8.3.
ARRIVALS.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and tinations by the ships of the Lad-Tanda" this morning were:-
London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
2nd Sept. -Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama
5 p.m.
• NAGPORE
5,283
2nd Sept. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokoham
D.M.
KHYBER
0,114
ST. ALBANS
4,500
TILAWA
10,006
6th Sept.
MALWA
10,980
7,023
8,086
6th Sept. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
Amoy, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka Schal, Muji & Kobe
16th Sept.
Moji, Kobe & Yokohama
J
September, 1927.
"DOCTEUR PIERRE BENOIT", BRINGING CARGO from Antwerp, Dunkirk, London, Marseilles, &c. formed that their goods with the
-CONSIGNEES are hereby in-: exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables are being Innded and stored into the Godowns of the HONG KONG KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN. CO., LTD., KOW- LOON, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing. All claires must be sont in to me rones at a fixed rate of 200 dollars
on or before MONDAY, the 5th Mr. C. F. Stopford, Captafa' and September, 1927, or they will not per junk. At that date the force Mrs. Charnock, Miss V. Crawley, be recognized. at the disposal of the pirate chiefs Miss M. Crawley, Mrs. M. G. was something between 600 and 700 Overell, Miss B. Overall, Hon. Hexamined by the Company's Surve-
DAMAGED PACKAGES will be i vessels; with the increasing de- M. Doyle, Mrs. L. Jones, Mr. and moralisation of the Manchu Govern- Mrs. W. H. James, Miss A. B. Yo Mesara:-Goddard & Douglas ment at Peking and of the Tartar James, Mrs. J. Smyth, Mr. and at 10 a.m. on FRIDAY, the 2nd in the presence of the Consignees garrisons in the provinces, the Mrs. Henry-Russell, Messrs. W. E. audacity of these fleets became so great that trade between Canton Haggerton, J. M. Kerr, Dr. J. S.
Battye, and Mr. L. Wedderburn. and Macao was practically impos-i
DEPARTURES. sible.
Passengers departed from Hong. In 1808, after the East India Company's representatives at Can- Kong by the s.8. "Chenonceaux" August for Europe and ton had repeatedly complained of
Southern Ports were: the "reprehensible negligence" of
Mr. J. Rodes, Mme. C. Duchaine, the provincial authorities, the Viceroy bestirred himself. He sent Mrs. J. T. Morgan, Rev. M. S. Mme. Prud'hon, Major E. P. Brown, for the most notorious of the free Agathe, Mr. H. Alves, Mr. and booters, Apotal by name, entertain-Mrs. J. G. Veenonbos. Mr. and ed him nobly, and presented him Mrs. S. A. Morris, Messrs. Hefti, All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. with an official button.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Apotai, perferring cash to com-J. R. Smith, E. A. de Mattos, G. Vallejo, F. Santiago, J. Novembre, Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at two years of negotiations an agree Hensen, K Thaisen, A. Wichmann,
pliments, named his terms. After
M. Goncalves, F. Brueck, W. Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
ment was finally concluded at Can-F. Galenza, W. Wenzel, G. Starke, ton between the Viceroy and the
N. Petersen, A. Jaeger, A. leader of the pirates, as the re- sult of which the latter returned Schierwagen, P. Cartier, M. P. to their allegiance" on terms satis- Vannereau, and E. Monier. factory to themselves, Apotal re- ceiving a commission as commander CONSIGNEES”, NOTICES. of a squadron of war junks and an annual subsidy of about £60,000, Consignees of Cargo ex 8.8. But it was not long before the "Docteur Benolt" are asked to send pirates found another leader. The in all claims to the Arent before only period of the nineteenth cen- September 6.9
NYANZA KASHMIR ARAFURA MACEDONIA 11,320
MONGOLIA
TANDA
MANTUA
KASHGAR
MOREA
* Cargo only.
22nd Sept. 30th Sept.
6,000 4th 15th
16,504
20th
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Oct. Moji, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama Oct.
Oct
6,950 8th Nov. 10,946 12th Nov.
9,005
26th Nov. 10,953 10th Dec.
ShanghMoji, Kobe & Yokohama
Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Bloji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Eteamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received
at the Company's Office up to. Noon on the day previous to sailing.`
For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG.
Agents.
оп
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE tury in which the coasts of South Consignees of Cargo ex 6.8
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL" LINE.
(OCEAN 8.8. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL SN. CO., LTD.J
AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & HUCKNALL 8.&. CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG,
8.8. "CITY OF EVANSVILLE" Vis Boer Canal
Eth Sept.
8.8.. "ELAUGUS” KATA
Vía Suez Cana)"
24th Sept.
8.8. "CITY OF BOMBAY"
Via Suez Canal
8.8. "THESEUSTA
Via Boet Can= GURGA
9th Oct. 123rd Oct: 6th Nov.
China were comparatively free "Athos I are reminded to send from piracy was the period during in their claims to the Agent before which Canton was occupied by Bri- September 6,
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.
COPENHAGEN,
The MS. "ASIA"
will be loading for Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen and other Scandinavian Ports on or about
10th October,
Erpected on
8.8. "CITY OF EASTBOURNE” Via Buon Canal
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners. Option."
Babject to change without notice.
For. Freight and particulars apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIBE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Cantont JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.
Further sailings
M.RUMJAVAR
MLS. "ASIA”! MSAFRIKA”
or about:-
23rd August
9th September
20th October
change without notice.
For further particulare please apply to
JOHN
WII leave homeward-
-bound on or about:-
10th October, 1927.
TERB & CO. LTD.
No Fire Insurance will be `effect- ed by us in any case whatever. J. LIMAGE,.
Agent. Hong, Kong, 26th August, 1927.
Traveling Social Registers
5.
Look over the Guest List of any President Liner! Those who know ships, enjoy the best in transportation and demand and appreciate smart, efficient service, always travel on these great, fast liners.
The magnificent President Liners are bead of bears and excepcionally secady. All are oil burners, swift express-liners.
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and lovitlog.
All staterooms are outside, splendidly furnished and equipped with beds-not berths. Each room has hot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, charmos bottles and reading langs. Private bath and showers in connection with many rooms perfect the travel comfort of these giant passenger liners.
The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adds ze so your dining.
The decks aft spacious: The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular, Deck spores, open zir swimming pool; movies, evening dances,everything has been done to make your trip a happy one. Unexcelled anywhere is the courtcous and efficient service accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Liners.
The great frequency of sailings and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dolke Steamship and American Mail Lines have made these giant passenger liners out- standingly popular among travelers.
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
TO SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
The Sunshine Bsit via Honolulu Fortnightly sellingsan Tuesdays Pres. Lincoln Pres. Cleveland
Pres. Pierce
Pres Taft
.Sept. 13th. .Sept. 27th.
Oct. 11th.
Oct. 25th.
To SEATTLE and VICTORIA The Shers, Sinight Route to America Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays
Pres. Jefferson Sept. 7th 4.80 a.m. Pres. Grant.Sept. 21st. Pres. Madison....Oct. 5th. Pres. Jackson....Oct. 19th.
Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £120, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway Lines across United States and Canada, with liberal atop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
To EUROPE and NEW YORK
AROUND THE WORLD
Fortnightly sailings on Tusadays vis Manila, Seralta, Colombo, Sur Canal, Alexandria,
kg Naples, Gents, Marsellies, Boston and New York. Harrison.Hept. 18th 6'a.m. Pres. Monroe..Sept. 27th 8 km. Pres. Wilson..Oct. 11th 6x.m. -
Prea. V. Buren. Oct. 25th 8 a.m. Pres. Hayen...Nov. 8th 6 a.m. Pres. Folk....Nov. 22nd 8 ■.m. I MANILA.
Pres. Lincoln...Sept. 5th 6 p.. Pres. Harrison, Sept. 13th & a.m. Pre Grant, Sept., 18th 6 p.m.
Pres. Cleveland: Sept. 19th & p.m. Pres. Monroe ..Bept. 27th 8 a.m. Pres. Madison ..Sept. 27th 6 p.m.
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Infórmation Apply to Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor
Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795
A Cable Address "Dollar**
Dollar Steamship Line
and
American Mail Line
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
ENGINEERS and' SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAFERS, BRABE and IRON POUNDERS, All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We'own twa Blipways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long, yo
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong, Tel Central No. 459. Shipyard: Sham-Sut-Po, Kewloon, Hongkong., Tel, Kowloon No. 9. Estimates furnished on application.
Hongkong, April 1, 1924,
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: “MANIFESTO” ~HONGKONG.
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DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, ELECTRICIANS.
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TAIPING.
Speed 14.77 LH.P. 4090 D.W. 4215 tons.
Built and engined by the Hong Kóng & Whampoa Dock Co, Ltd.
Please addi
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