SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1931.
LLOYD TRIESTINO
FORNIGHTLY PÄSSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE
vin Singapore, Colombo, Bom hay, Aden, Suez & Port Said Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading
to Flume, Genom, All Italian, Adriatic, Levant,
Black Sea and Danube l'orts
Passengers to LONDON (Overland).
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
S.S. VENEZIA-L (pass, & carg boat)
M.V. HILDA (cargo bost)
S.S. CRACOVIA (passenger boat)
M.V. COL DI LANA (cargo bont)
"B.S. PILSNA (passenger bont) ..
For Shanghaf
For Singapore
Italy
Dec, 20
•
& Japan.
Dec. 14
Jan. 17
Dec. 15
Dec. 27
Jan. 11
Feb. 14
Jan. 12 Jan. 24
* Passenger boat with First, Second and Second Economic Classes
Outward voyage to Shanghal only.
For Freight and Passages apply le-
Queen's Building.
Tel
22021
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DODWELL & CO., LTD. Agents.
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WARSHIPS IN PORT
The following British warships were in harbour to-day :-
Bruce South wall. Cornwall-No. 6 buoy, Cumberland--No. 3 buoy, Herald-East wall., Hermes-No. 1 buoy,
Kent-North arm. Marazion South wall,
Medway and Sub.-No, 2 buoy. Olympus-in dock, Osiris-In dock. Perseus-In dock. Serapis-North wall. Sirdar North wall. Sterling-North wall. Suffolk-West wall. Tamar-Basin.
Foreign Men-of-War. Argus-French gunbout. Craonne-French despatch vessel. Gil Ennes-Portuguese transport.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Friday, Nov. 11. Henrik, Norwegian. str., 761 tons, Capt. J. Jorgensen, from Swa- 'tow, Kowloon Dock-Thore
THE CHINA MAIL.
Shipping
Intelligence.
EP..
NICARAGUAN CANAL PROPOSAL.
Favourable Report by Military Commission.
Colonel D.' I. Sultan, who, with other members of a Military Com- mission, was appointed by Prosi- dent Hoover in 1929 to survey, pos-. sible canal routes in Nicaragua, has reported very favourably of the feasibility of the canal scheme, and suggests'n route differing in detail from any previously suggested According to this plan, the canal would be 173 miles long, 70 miles being across Lake Nicaragus.
Between the lake and Greytown, on the Atlantic-Caribbean, coast, the San Juan valley would be fol- towed, but, as originally proposed, instead of traversing the_tortuous, windings of thd San Juan Tiver for The whole of its distance the route would only go part of the way and then cut straight across country. On the other side, the canal would follow the Rio Los Lajos out of the lake and then enter the Rio! B16 Grande with the Pacific terminus at Brito. Both the Rio Grande and the Rio Los Lajos are little more
sen & Co. Hulchow, British str., 1,222 tons, Capt. E. M. Gellic, from Wei- hni-wei, buoy No.
R. & S.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING Chinhua, British str., 1,358 tons,
FROM $79 TO £120 ON SALE.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
SHINYO MARU
CHICHIBU MARU
HIKAWA MARU
Tuesday, 22nd December. Wednesday, 6th January.
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Monday, 14th December midnight.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.
HAKONE MARU
SUWA MARU
..... Saturday,
Friday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porta.
Saturday,
Saturday,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,
12th December. 25th December.
20th December.
23rd January.
ATSUTA MARU
KAMO MARU
..
+ HANKOW MARU
Monday,
21st December.
TOKIWA MARU
Sunday,
27th December.
SOUTH
AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama, ' HEIYO MARU
1
Tuesday,
22nd December.
Monday,
4th January.
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genos
† TATSUNO MARU
& Marseilles.
† DAKAR MARU
† CALCUTTA MARU
+ PENANG MARU
Sunday,
CALCUTTA vla Singapore, l'erung & Rangoon.
20th December,
Tuesday,
15th December.
Tuesday,
29th December,
Thursday,
18th December. 18th December. 24th December.
SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
+ MURORAN. MARU, (Moji direct). Friday, KAMO MARU (Nagasaki direct) Friday, TERUKUNI MARU
+ Cargo only.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN Ÿ******
Telephone 30291.
(Private exchange to all departments.)
K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS La Plata Maru ..... Wed.,
& BUENOS AIRES via
Balgon, Singapore, Colom
bo, Durban & Capetown.
MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, Africa Maru
Tues.,
DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,
LOURENCO MARQUES,
DURBAN, PORT ELIZA-
BETH &
CAPETOWN
THENCE TO RIO DE
pore
RO, SANTOS &
AIRES via Singa
& Colombo.*********
BRISBANE SYDNEY, MEL- Brisbane Maru
BOURNE, AUCKLAND &
WELLINGTON via Manila.
Tues.,
JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Himalaya Maru ..... Thurs.,
Services),
TEPDAM & ANTWERP Andes. Maru
30th Dec.
5th Jan.
Tjiliwong, Dutch str., 3,061 tons,
Capt. Berkhout. from Sanda-than rivers in name, being dry for
the best part of the year. kan, busy No. A11.-J.C.J.L.
Colonel Sultan considers that at Capt. D. Williams, from Amoy, ne place will it be necessary to make a cut as deep as the Gaillard buoy No. B20.-B. & 3.
Cut in the Panoma Hakone Maru, Japanese str., 6,306 | (Culebra).
less than tons, Capt. Y. Okuno, from Canal, from which no Shanghai, buoy No.
AR-16,221,072 cu. yd. of rock and earth Nor would there were removed, N.Y.K.
be any danger of earth slides, test drilling having disclosed solid foundation.
Hakozaki Maru, Japanese atr., 6,301 tons, Capt. K. Ogawa, from Singapore. Kowloon Wharf N.Y.K. Kwangtung, British str., 1,572
tons, Capt. J. H. Hodgkiss, from Swatow, buoy No. B21.- B. & S.
Leverkusen, German str., 4.364
Kochler. tons, Capt.
from Shanghai, buoy No. A8.-Jeb- sen & Co.
New York, American str., 3,468 tons. Capt. R. T. Hall, from
An- Shanghai, Stonecutters chorage. States & Co Rhexenor, British str., 4,305 tons, Capl. G. L. Stout, from Manila, buoy No. A2-B. & S. Shinyo Maru, Japanese str., 6,377 tons, Capt. N. Wade, from Shanghai, Kowloon Dock.- N.Y.K.
Shun Lee, Chiness str., 949 tone, Capt. Miyaoka, from Canton, buoy No. C.-Yee Tai Hong. Tchekam, Chinese str., 806 tons, Capt. Lal Yee, from Hollow, buoy No. B11.-Wo On & Co.
CLEARANCES,
Friday, December 11. Adrastus, for Iloilo. Atlas Maru, for Kobe, Canton, for Haiphong.
Cheongshing, for Canton.
Chinhua, for Canton,
Haiyang, for Swatow.
Hakozaki Maru, for Singapore.
Hulchow, for Canton.
Kaga Maru, for Singapore. Kutsang, for Singapore. Kwangtung, for Canton. Menado Maru, for Hoihow. Taikai Maru, for Takao. Leverkusen, for Manila. Tjiliweng, for Shanghai.
HONG KONG TIDES.
The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 5th Jan. deg, E.; 00h. is midnight, 12hrs. In noon. The belghts are referred to the datum of the largest scale Ad- 24th Dec. miralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given 14th Dec. on the chart unless preceded by an 8th Jan.astorisk (*), when they should be
subtracted from the depths.
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT.
Mon
Singapore,
Colombo, Paria Mara
Fri.,
Suez & Port Said.
Call Direct at Boston,
Los Angeles & Panama. Kinai Maru
NEW YORK via Japan porta, Kwanza - Maru
Mon.,
Mon.,
14th Dec. 4th Jan.
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
BOMBAY & KARACHI via Shinnok Maru
(not
Singapore, Belawan Deli &
Colombo
Rangoon .....
Dell) ....Menado Marn
calling Karachi and
Fri.. Belawan Deli) .... CALCUTTA via Bingapore. Burma Maru (not Belawan Doll, Penang & calling Belawon
HAIPHONG VÌ Hollow
BIOLUNG via Swatow & Hozan Maru
day).
(8 p.m. every Bun- Canton Mara
JAPAN PORTS via Takao & Canada Maru
Keelung...
TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy Dali Haru
For further particulars plassa (apply, tos-
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
(Fortnightly).
Telephone 28061.
December 12 to 18, 1981.
DATE HION WATERLOW WATER.
Btndard Times
EASTERN PORTS.
Details of Epidemic Diseases.
The health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ended Decem- ber 6, issued by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, gives the following cases --
Plague.
Alexandría: 1 caso. Port Said: 2 cases. Cholera.
Bombay: 1 death.
Calcutta: 11 cason, 6 deaths. Colombo: 1 case, 1 death, Canton: 3 cases,
Small-pox.
Bagdad: 4 cases, 2 deaths. Calcutta: 1 case, 1 death. Karachi: 4 cases. Madras: 2 cases.
Rangoon: 2 cases, 1 death. Saigen: 7 cases, 9 deaths. Amoy: 11 cases, 7 deaths. Canton 2 cases. Shanghai: 20 cases, 8 deaths.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
Consignees of cargo Ex m.v. Afrika are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which wil be subject to rent after December 18.
only relieve the Panama waterway of the surplus freights that can be foreseen 38 soon ав South and Central American trade revives, but would also save three days' steaming from New York to San Franciaco. The proposal would large expenditure, it involve a being suggested that the construc- tion work would cost roughly Tho Nicaragua Canal would not £150,000,000.-Modern Transport.
POST
OFFICE NOTICE.
Christmas and New Year cards bearing not more than five written words and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rato for printed matter. L.e., 4 cents per 2 ounces.
Envelopes must be entirely.open.
Information has been received that the Air Mail Service between Shanghai and Manchoul is suspended 'and the acceptance of letters for this service is accordingly discontinued until further notice,
Japan
INWARD MAILS.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13.
London (Parcels only, London, Nov. 5) Shanghai and Swatow
Japan
MONDAY, U.S.A., Honolula, Japan and Francisco, Nov. 20) Shanghai and Europe via Siberia (London,
Nov. 28)
Sirdhana Hector ......Sul Yang
Sirdhana
DECEMBER 14. Shanghai (San
..President Wilson
WEDNESDAY, Calcutta and Straits
Santhia THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17.
..Ulysses DECEMBER 16.
Japan
Manila
.Heryo Maru
Empress of Russia
OUTWARD MAILS.
SATURDAY,
Bangkok Amoy Shanghai, Japan, U.S.A., Canada, C. & S. America & Europe via Victoria, B.C.
Samshui and Wuchow
Jourabaya
Straits Manila
DECEMBER 12.
Michael Jebsen Chungking
President Madison
2.80 p.m. 3,80 p.m.
(Dua Victoria, B.C., Dec. 29 and Europe via Siberia.) Parcels
Dec. 12, 8 p.m.
Registration
Letters ....
Toi Bhan
.4.15 pm ..6 p.m.
4 p.m.
Granville
5 p.m.
Ajax ...
p.m.
Empress of Russia".
5 pm.
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER
18.
Yu Sang..
9 a.m.
Hozan Maru
9 a.m..
DECEMBEL
14.
Kalgan
8.30 a.m.
Kwansal Maru
10.30 a.m.
Sirdhana.
Sandakan Swatow, Amoy and. Formosa
MONDAY,
Bangkok via Swatow Formosa Straits and Calcutta
Swałów
Dalny
Japan and Canada via Vancouver,
B.C.
Parcels .........Dec. 14, Noon,
Lettera Hydrangea Chichua.
Hikawa Maru
Shanghai and *Europe via Siberia Hikawa Maru
.1 p.m.
3 p.m. 8.80 p.m.
(Due Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 4) Registration Dec. 14, 4.16 p.m. Letters
...bp.m.
Regletration ....Dec. 14, 5 p.m. Letters Chung. Kong DECEMBER 15.
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HOLIDAY. SUGGESTION.
Empress of Japan
Leaves Hong Kong
· Arrives Manila Leaves Manila Arrives Hong Kong
December 20
December.28
December 28
December 30
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LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
** ULYSSES ** 16th Deo. For Port Baid, Ganos, Harre, Liverpool
and Glasgow "AGAPENOR” 10th Jan For Port Said, Genos, Havre & Li'pool
NEW YORK SERVICE.
"XHEXENOR"
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PACIFIC SERVICE,
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