DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.
FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ,
"KENDAL CASTLE"
Sails on er about 15th Nov.
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.
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTĚ
LONDON
NEXT SAILINGS.
£72.10.0. £80.0.0.
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI,
"VENEZIA"
"REMO"
· "VIMINALE”
From Hong Kong. Sails hence on or about 10th Nov. Sails hence on or about 8th Dec, Sails hence on or about 5th Jan.
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISİ, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
"ROMOLO" "VENEZIA" "REMO"
From Hong Kong.
Sails hence on or about 18th Nov. Sails hence on or about 13th Dec. Sails hence on or about 10th Jan.
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.
"UMSINGA" "UMVOLOSI"
Sails from Calcutta 2nd Dec.
. Sails from Calcutta 2nd Feb. Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Parts. Through Bills of Lading issued from Hong Kong,
For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:-- DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.
Telephone Central 1030.
NYKLINE
THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES,
£120, £112, £110, £102 £83, vin San Francisco.
---G$440,-G$120, via Japan-and-Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO-vla Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
• KOREA MARU (Calls Los Angeles) Sunday, SHINYO MARU
Tuesday,
13th November.
29th November, 11th December. *Calle Keelung.
• SIBERIA MARU Calls Los Angeles) Sunday,
LONDON' via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.
SUWA MARU”.......
FUSHIMI MARU
MISHIMA MARU
Saturday, ...... Saturday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
* TANGO MARU
Wednesday,
Wednesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
↑ PENANG. MARU
19th November 3rd December.
23rd November. 21st December,
Sunday, 13th November.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan. Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama.
ROKUYO MARU
Wednesday,
16th November.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.
WAKASA, MARŲ
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA.
LIVERPOOL vin Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.
CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON,
Thursday, 24th November.
TSUYAMA MARU
Saturday, 19th November.
DAKAR MARU
Friday
MORIOKA MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
TANGO MARU
Friday,
· SHANGHAI, KOBE &-YOKOHAMA..
AKITA MARU (Moji direct).
HAKUSAN MARU
+ DELAGOA MARU
Sunday, Monday, Thursday,
9th December.
Friday, 18th November.
18th November.
13th November. 14th November.
17th November.
MINUS CREW.
THE CHINA MAIL,
SHIPPING
SECTION.
OPIUM ON A JUNK.
"DAMPTO'S" VOYAGE FROM JUNK MASTER REMANDED AT
CANTON.
TROUBLE WITH UNION.
:
PIRATED LAUNCH.
PRELIMINARY TRIAL OF
CHINESE.
THE "WO FAT SHING" CASE.
At the Kowloon "Magistracy yes- terday afternoon, Mr. W. Schofield heard ovidence in the case against
KOWLOON.
the Chinese who was arrested on the Wing Lok wharf in connection Intercepting a cargo boat in the with the recent piracy in the har-1 harbour, a police launch conducted bour of the ateam launch "Wo Fat a search for contraband which re- The arrival of the 8.8. "Dempto" sulted in the discovery of 2,998 Shing" of the Wo Fat Shing Com- (Norwegian) in Hong Kong from taels of lilicit prepared opium con-pany, when gold bars worth $90,- Canton yesterday minus her crew cealed in cases of resin. The mas000 which were being conveyed to was due to the action of the Chi-ter of the junk was taken into cus- the 8.8. "Prominent" bound for nese Seamen's Union in Canton who are rounding up all Northerntody, and the drug, which was Saigon, were stolen and the launch worth $50,000, was taken aahore. eventually abandoned at North seamen employed on foreign vessels for the purpose of making Yesterday the junk. master
Was Point. them join the Union.
Mr. D. McCallum defended the charged before Mr. W. Schöffeld at The crew of the "Dampto" were the Kowloon Magistracy when on accused, on whom it was alleged a forced to leave the ahip for the the application of Mr. Leo d'Al- piece of the gold was found when Union's offices on threat of remada, Sen, a week's remand was he was searched on the wharf on prisals. They were obliged to pay given.
the night of the piracy which oc the entrance fee of $5 each and
Haul on "Shing On."
curred soon after 6.30 p.m. on Oc.) even this was not sufficient for the Searching the 8.a. "Shing On" on tober 12. Union which detained the men ex- her arrival from her usual trip up According to a clerk of the Wo pecting the Captain to go to Head-the West River, in connection with Fat Shing Company_be accom- quarters and, presumably, pay a the attempted piracy on board, the panied the consignment. of gold to little extra for the "privilege" of police Instead of finding arms, the "Prominent" together with getting his crew back.
made a seizure of 1,400, teels of four other employees of the firm, prepared non-Government opium in and they all sat at the bow of the 19 packages concealed under some launch near where the gold was deck planks near. the bilge space stored.
Suddenly, whilst the launch was The drug is valued at $15,000 and
the "Prominent" appears to be Kwangsi opium prob- on the way to ably brought down from Wuchow. which was tied up to buoy C86 No arrest was, made in connection near Kennedy Town, a man in a noring Court with the seizure, | black coat appeared at the stern and told the witness that he was going to search the launch. The witness at first thought, that this man was a member of the Water Police, but he soon changed his mind about the stranger when he ordered everybody into the cabin, where they were all bound and gagged by other men who acted under the instructions of the one in the black coat. They were told not to be afraid as the intruders were there after money only.
Captain Holm, the Norwegian skipper, declined to fall in with their pians, however, and chose to leave Canton with his officers only. The Chief Engineer and 2nd om cer stoked the engine-room and the Captain and Chief Officer took the bridge. They made a successful trip and were able to engage an- other crew in Hong Kong and leave for Chinwangtao later in he day.
The s.s. "Dampto" is a Norwegian steamer chartered by the Kilan Mining ·Administration,
whose are Mesara. local agents here
She is Dodwell & Co.
on the Chinwangtao-Hong Kong-Canton
un.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
In order that the masters of the ships in the Shanghai harbour may get an approximate check of their barometers, beginning on Novem- ber 7, the corrected barometric rendings made at the Zikawei Observatory at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (local time) will be broadcast by the Koukaza Radio, after the usual weather warning sent at 5 p.m. (local time). The gravity correc- tion will not be applied. The dis- play of the corrected 4 p.m. baro- metric reading, by means of fags at the Signal Tower, will be kept on as before. Zikawei Observatory,
MARINE COURT.
FINES FOR CAUSING
OBSTRUCTION. ›
At the Marine Court yesterday before Commdr. G. F. Hole, To Mui, mistress of a cargo junk, and Wah Ip-shing, master of a trading junk, were both charged with moor- ing their craft in the Southern Fairway on November 8. The for- mer pleaded not guilty, and the intter pleaded guilty.
Defendant stated that she was under way when, to avoid collision, she was compelled to drop anchor, and was about to lift it when the Police launch arrived. This de- fence, his Worship characterised as "rubbish," and inflicted a fine of $10 with the alternative of 10 days imprisonment, on both defendants.
Another Charge. Wong Sze-chun, seaman of a trad- ing, junk of San Mei, was charged The return of wharfage dues in with (a) being under way in the Shanghai for the quarter ended waters of the Colony without show. September 30, 1927, has been re-ing regulation lights and (b) with ceived from the Chinese Maritime failing to take out a license for his
showing a total Customs,
sum craft. Accused pleaded guilty. to nccruing to the Council of Tls. both charges. 127,019.25.
AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT LINE.
Operated, for
U. S. Shipping Board
By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. - FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS
ANGELES.
S.S. WEST CARMONA .....Nov: 12
COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGED JUNK.
The mistresses of the Junk which collided with the "Man Shing," a Yaumati ferry, on Tuesday morn ing. was, it is reported, compensat- ed by the Ferry Company yester- day. They paid her $50 for the damage sustained by the junk. ::
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The witness added that he was
in the act of drawing his pistol when he noticed a man standing at the top of the stairs with a revol- ver in his hand. All the crew and passengers were then searched and relieved of their personal property: The accused was the who searched the people on board.
armed man
Before leaving the launch, the pirates ordered those on board not to stir until after 9 o'clock. Ten minutes afterwards, however, the launch bumped against something, and then a shout went up that she When the witness was leaking. got on deck, he saw that the launch nground off North Point. was They all then went ashore and re ported to the police.
Replying to Mr. McCallum, the witness said that he had known the coxswain of the "Wo Fat Sning": for two years. He was in charge of the launch on the day of the piracy. The witness did not know if the coxswain had had anything to do with the piracy. Altogether three pirates came into the cabin where the witness and the others were confined. The accused was in custody at the Water Police Sta- tion when the witness saw him. He did not know who the other two men were..
"A large number of Chinese 'deck By Inspector Dorling: The wit- passengers came to the Colony dur-ness recognised the accused immic- o-ing the 24 hours endad at 9 a.m.diately he was taken into the
yesterday. Eight vessels brought charge room.
S.S. WEST SEQUANA ....Nov. 29
For full information apply
SWAYNE & HOYT, INC.
L. EVERETT, luc. General Agents Telephone C. 3008.
1st Floor Queen's Building.
2,999; of these, 2,210 were return- After corroborative evidence had ed emigrants brought back by the been given, Mr. Schofield adjourn- 8.8. "Talma," from Calcutta and ed further hearing of
until Tuesday next. Singapore.
the case
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1927.
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will sail from Hong Kong
for
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via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe" and Yokohama,
at
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WEDNESDAY, November 16th, 1927.
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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
LONDON,
HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore, Colombo, Suez and Port. Sald. AMUR MARU.
Thursday, 10th November. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRÈS —Vin Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. SANTOS MARU
BOMBAY—VIa Ringupare and Colombo. -
INDO MARU..
SHINNOH MARU
CELEBES MARU
Friday, 2nd December.
Sunday, 20th November,
Wednesday, 23rd Novembor.
Sunday, 4th December.
DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR abu
MOMBASA-Via Singapore and Colombo, CANADA MARU
Thursday, 1st December.
CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon,
TACOMA MARU .....
...........Friday, 25th November. VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports.
PARIS MARU (from Shanghai)................Friday, '11th November, -HAIPHONGÄLVia KDÌROW-&-PAKHOL-
MENADO-MARU
TAIKWA MARU
Tuesday, 22nd November, 10 a.m. Tuesday, 6th December, 10 am,
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports. San Francisco &` Panama, -JAPAN PORTS
ALTAI MARU INDUS MARU
ĶEELUNG Via SWATOW & AMOY.
MENADO MARU
KAIJO MARU...... TAKAO Vla SWATOW & AMOY.
DELI MARU TAKAO-Direct,
GANGES MARU DAIREN VIA TAKAO. BUSHO MARU
Sunday, 13th November. .Tuesday, 17th November.
Wednesday, 9th Nov., 10 a.m. Sunday, 18th Nov, 11 am.
Thursday, 17th Nov., 10 s.m.
.Saturday, 26th November.
.Thursday, 10th November.
For further particulars please apply to:—OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, Tel Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090.
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† NAGANO MARU (Moji direct).... Saturday, 19th November,
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Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK:-
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8.8. "MIN"
1st Week December.
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Steamers,
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CHEND NOEAUX
ANGERS....
Stallings
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Sallinge from Hong Kong for Marseillos,
22nd Nov,
21st October
4th November 18th November 2nd December
23rd Vor. 7th Dec,
That Dec..
4th Jan
20th Dec,
17th Jan. Sixt Jan.
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S.8. "CITY OF TOKIO"
ELLERMAN LINE .20th November. L'da, R'dam, Hull & Avonmouth. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg..... 3rd January,
AUSTRAL EAST INDIES LINE Sailings from SINGAPORE on 7th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO" or "CITY OF SPARTA"
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AUSTRALIA
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
8.8. "CITY OF WELLINGTON" 8.S. "CITY OF LAHORE"
via Suez Canal
vla Suez Canal
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RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES
A Clays 1st Class
Steamers 2nd
(including Table Wine)
201. 04. Od. E Class 1st Class... £35. Da. Od £70, OR. Od. Steamers 2nd, .. 201. Do. Od. Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe.
Accommodations referved in the Trains at Maraville. (Sailings subject to alteration without notics).
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From Hong Kong
.16th November: .29th December.
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27th November, ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
14th November,
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