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THROUGH BOOKING TO FIROPE AT REDUCED RATES, £120, $112, 110, £102, £88, via Ban-Francisco.
G$440, G$420; via Japan and Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolula. SIBERIA MARU (Calla Los Angeles). Tuesday, 2nd October
16th October, TAIYO MARU (Calls Nagasaki). Tuesday, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Sues.
SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
Saturday,
Baturday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE `via Manila & Poris.
TANGO MARU
AKI MARU
Wednesday, Wednesday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.. ↑ NAGATO MARU-(omit. Penang). Thursday, AWA MARU
22nd September.
6th October.
19th September. 24th October.
27th September, Thursday, 11th October.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Const) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU
...... Saturday, 29th September. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Poris.
KANAGAWA MARU....* .... Tuesday, NEW YORK and BOSTON via PANAMA.
+ MAYEBASHI MARU
TOBA MARU
Dth October,
Monday,
24th September.
Sunday,
LIVERPOOL via. Port Said, Geneva, Marseilles.
Sunday,
21st October.
21st October.
+ LIMA MARU (Calls Glasgow) ****. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Perang & Rangoon,
+ MORIOKA MABU
RANGOON MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
AKI MARU
Wednesday, 19th September, Sunday, 30th September.
Friday,
21st September.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
*NAGANO MARU (Moji direct).... Thursday, 20th September. MALACCA MARU (Calls Keelung)
TAMBA MARU
80th September (omits Shanghai) Sunday,
Bunday, 30th September.
+Carge only.
Subject to alteration without notice.
For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)
SPECIAL SUMMER EXCURSION TICKETS ON SALE.
O. S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapor
Colombo, Sues and Port Bald.
- ALASKA MARU PÈ
Thursday, 11th October.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town
HAWAII MARU
LAPLATA MARU
BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo.
INDUS MARU
SHUNKO MARU (Calls at Karachi) BORNEO MARU
Saturday, 29th September, Friday, 26th October.
Thursday, 20th September,
Thursday, 4th October. Friday, 10th October.
DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, AR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND
MOMBASA-Via Singapore and Colombo. CHICAGO MARU....
Friday, 28th September,
CALCUTTA Vis Singapore, Penang and Rangoon
TACOMA MARU
SEATTLE MARU
Tuesday, 25th September. Thursday, 26th October.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER VL. Shanghai and
Japan ports
LONDON MARU (Sailing from Daren) Friday, 21st September. MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.
BURMA MANU
HAIPHONGVhn Hohow & Pakhoi.
MENADO MARU
... Saturday, 6th October.
.......Thursday, 27th Sept 10 a.m.
NEW YORK-Via Japan porta, San Francisco & Panama
ARGUN MARU
JAPAN PORTS
SANUKI MARU
SEATTLE HARU
KEELUNG-Via SWATOW & AMOY
KISHU MARU
TAKAO-Via SWATOW & AMOY
DELI MARU
TAKAO & KEELUNG
SOURABAYA MARU
Thursday, 20th September. Tuesday, 18th September. Wednesday, 19th September. Sunday, 23rd Sept. Noon. Thursday, 20th Sept, noon.' Wednesday, 17th October.
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Hydrangea, (561) British, from Swatow-Chiu On 8.8. Co.:-316 passengers,
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Yuen Sang, (1,982) British, from Amoy J. M. & Co.:-248 passen gers, Yunnan-(1,206) British, from Cantor B. & S.:&800 tons general cargo (through). -
Linan,
(1,856) British, from Shanghai, Amoy B. & S.:-159 passengers, 480 tons general cargo for Hong Kong, 584 tons (through), Hong Peng, (2,525) British, from Rangoon, Singapore-Ho Hong, Co.: 1,148 passengers, 1,300 tons. general cargo for Hong Kong, 100 tons (through).
Hinsang, (1,885) British, from Sandakan-J. M. & Co.:-28 passen gers, 8,846 tons timber and general cargo for Hong Kong.
Illinois, (8,862) American, from Portland, Celebes-Columbia Pacific Shipping Co.:-3,188 tons general cargo (through).
Hanol, (630) French, from Hai- phong Fort-Bayard-M. M.:-39 passengers, 600 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.
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BID FOR BLUE RIBAND OF ATLANTIC.
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WORK AT BARROW.
PROGRESS OF NAVAL ORDERS.
NEW ORIENT LINER.
The new Orient liner building at Barrow is beginning to take shape on the stocks, but it will be some time before she is ready for launch ing. The Admiralty repair ship will be the next important vessel to be launched. The submarine depot-ship "Medway," which was launched recently, will take some time to fit out.
Both she and the "Admiralty" re- pair ship are large vessels, over Hamburg-A roar of enthusiasm 800 feet long, and they will, when awept down the Elba when over completed, be huge. floating en- 100,000 pepple witnessed the gineering shops. They will have launch of the new Norddeutscher installed machinery and plant of all Lloyd Trans-Atlantic liner, the descriptions, capable of dealing 46,000-ton "Europa." The whole of with all manner of repairs. The the shipping community of Ham: Iden, of course, is not new, by any burg had a half-day's holiday, and means, for the "Admiralty" have for the great interest taken in the great number of years had this launch was ample evidence of Ger- kind of craft, but the interesting man ambitions to regain the Blue feature of these two new ships is Riband of the Atlantic, with this that they are to be driven by twin 27-knot Jinor and her sister jatip sets of internal combustion engines, the "Bremen," launched the next built under licence.from the well- day. There have never been so 'known M.A.N. firm in Germany. many people present at a launch as the colossal crowd that filled every corner of Messrs. Blohm and Voss's yard.
After the christening ceremony by Mias Ines Glassel, a daughter of one of the directors of the line, the new Atlantic greyhount slipped into the water with grace and ease, the while a set of all-metal aero- planes circled overhead.
A Memorable Event.
Another Submarine. The development · la olgnificant from two points of view. The first la that the "Admiralty" have at lost favoured an "internal-combus“: tion engine of much greater power than ever they have done before, and the second is that "Vickers," no doubt after most exhaustive in- quiries, have decided to develop the M.AN. design in preference to their own, solid-injection type. The In his speech before the launch success of the M.A.N. motor in Produce, (1,110) Norwegian, from the American Ambassador, Dr. these two “Admiralty” vessels may Saigon Yuen Seng Fat:-4 pas- Schurman, said they were celebrat mean Important developments, -as sengers; 698 tons rice for Hong ing a memorable event. In the his- far as Vickers-Armstrongs at Kong.
tory of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Barrow are concerned. Tango Maru (4,288) Japanese, The consecutive launch within 24 Another British, submarine will from Yokohama, Nagasaki-242 hours of two large modern steamers be launched, and this will passengers, 79 tons general cargo would, he predicted, be probably complete the programme so far for Hong Kong, 3,500 tons viewed by future historians as a as this year is concerned. There remarkable sign of the recovery of are four more to construct and de- (through).
.: Indus Maru, (2,697) Japanese, the high rams held for years by liver next year.
It is now made public that that company amongst the North from Nagoya, Mojf-541 tons gen-Atlantic shipping firms of pre-war Vickers-Armstrongs, at Barrow. oral cargo for Hong Kong 3,881 tons days.. He was aware of nothing in have an order for the construction
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B.S. TAI HING”
8.8; "TAI MING". [649 tons Capt. G. J. Spink.] [1,068 tons-Capt. 0. B. Wilks.] SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER.
SUN. 23rd FRL
28th
FRL
(through).
the history of world shipping to of three submarines for Chile. Sungshan Maru, (1,603) Japanese, equal the speed and size of the bust-Really this is old news, for the from Canton-N.Y.K.:-26 passen.
ness rebuilding of the firm. Found. [fact that an order had been placed
21st WED. 26th 2 gers,
tens general
cargo ed in 1867 in Bremen, the com-was known some time ago, but in (through).
pany now had big ships touching this class of work secrecy is main Tak Hing, (101) Chinese, from many corners of the world. Thetained for many reasons which Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac- Macao-Hoo Hing Co.:-50 tons ship was almost 50 per cent. larger need not be described in this re-commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State- general cargo.
than the "Columbus," which up to view. They are of a type aimilar coms and Saloon. The Tal Hing" is atted with Wireless.
These vesseln leave Hong Kong for Wnchow (vla Samshal, Shlubing, Wang Shek Kung, (1,044) Chin the present had been the largest to those built at Barrow for Ausakhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via sama Ports) every five ese, from Saigon-Kwong Hung ship. It would have exceptional tralla, the "Otway" and, the Jays. Hing-11 passengers, 1,800 tons speed, capable of doing the voyage] "Oxley," which in the British rice for Hong Kong,
from the Channel, ports to Now Admiralty are classed as "Overscaso York in five days. In conclusion, patrolling aubmarines." The Bri- Clearances.
Dr. Schurman said, "May good fortish Admiralty have advanced a tune always attend the new vessel, few steps in design since these and may she for years to come aid craft were built.
For Manila Javanese Prince. For Chinwangtao!--Corona.
For Kwong Yuen: Genzan Maru, For Singapore:-Morioka Maru. For Takao:-Leverkusen. For San Francisco:-Illinois. For Amoy:--Sul Yang. For Swatow:-Hai Ching, For Kobe:-Seattle Maru. For Shanghai-Mirzapore, Patroclus, Shinyo 'Maru.
For Macao-Tak Hing. For Canton:-Raleigh, For K. C. Wan:-Ta! Poo Sek, Song Bo.
For Tarakan:Lompoe
Departure.
6
For Swatow:-Sungehan Maru.
Arrivals Departures in port. British Japanese 8 Norwegian 1
21
Chinese
2
14
French German
1
0
American Danish Dutch Portuguese
0
0
14
17
Arriving from Shanghal and Amoy this morning, the master of the us. “Linan” reported that at 8.55 a.m. on Sept. 18, the vessel collid ed with a fishing boat at 88′ N. of Lamecks Light. The crew were, however, picked up by another boat.
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the boats of the Royal National y skill being required. The line for. Lifeboat Institution saved 854 each type is wound in a metal can lives, but many more could be ister and slipped over the muzzle saved if all shipa carried line of the gun. When the cartridge is In the House of Commons re- throwing apparatus: Leave was fired it drives out the projectile the end of the building programme cently, Mr. Ammon asked leave to granted, and the Bill was brought to which is attached the line, for the present.
bring in a bill to compel all ships in and read a first time. The ob which can be thrown 100 yards the mounted pat- over 500 tons gross register to ject of the line throwing life from carry a life line throwing appara-saving gun ia primarily to throw tern, even in the teeth tus capable of throwing a rope a line where distances are too of a gale, whilst 75 yards is for a distance, of not less than great to permit the use of a heav- the range of the shoulder pattern Since 150 yards either to shore or to ing line from a lifeboat to the under similar conditions. another ship. He remarked that wreck; from a wreck to the its introduction into the life- need for such provision was first fahore, or vice versa; from one boat service the B.S.A. line throw- Particulars of the United States brought to the notice of the pub- boat to another; from a ship to a ing gun has been instrumental in Shipping Board Merchant Flest lic by the wreck of the "Berlin," Jetty, or vice versa. The cost per saving the lives of many ship- Corporation wore fled at Somerset off the Hook of Holland, in 1907. shot is very small-about that of wrecked seamen. It performed House on August 8 pursuant to Afterwards a sub-committee of an ordinary rifle cartridge. The valuable service off the Scilly Section 274 of the Companies the Mercant Shipping Advisory gun, which has been adopted by Rock in November last year, when (Consolidation) Act, 1908.
Committee made strong repre- the Royal National Lifeboat In five of the crew of the Italian The company was incorporated in
sentations for the provision of stitution, is that of the B.S.A., vessel "Isoba" were rescued by Columbia, USA, on April 16, 1917 such apparatus, and this year the Ltd. It is made in two types, its ald, played a useful part in (pursuant to Section 11 of "An Act Board of Trade: had raised the mounted and shoulder pattern, rescuing six of the crow of the to Establish a United States Ship-matter again with the Chamber each of which can be fired with trawler "Lord Davenport," wreck- ping Board" approved September 7,
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