PRESIDENT LINERS
are LUXURY LINERS
with Borry Stateroom, Outside Large and Ašry
SEATTLE AND VICTORIA Via Kobe and Yokohama
S.S. PRESIDENT GRANT Sails Friday, December 31st, 8-a.m.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo Bombay, Suez Canal, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. S.S. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
Sails Sunday, January 2nd, 8 a.m.
MANILA
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Sails Friday, December 31st, 9 p.m. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
CANADIA PACIFIC
BAK WAY
12, Pedder Street.
8 DAYS
IODAYS
5 DAYS =
GoEMPRESS to America, Europe
Hong Shang-Naga-
Empress Kong
hai
Кобе
Leave Arrive Leave Leave
Yan- Honalnim couver
Victoria Leave Arrive
Japan
Asia
Jan. 26 Jan. 28 Jan. 30:
Feb 8 Feb. 10
Feb. 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 27.
Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 13 Feb. 15
Mar. 1 Mar. 3
Feb. 12
Feb. 21 Feb. 26
Mar. 12
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RESUMPTION OF CALL AT SHANGHAI
Commencing with the Empress of Russia from Hong Kong January 1938, Canadian Pacific "EMPRESSES” will call at Shanghai on
eastbound voyage.
Empress of Asia from Vancouver will call at Shanghai January 24th, en route to Hong Kong.
SAILING TO MANILA
Empress of Japan on January 14th.
Canadian Pacific
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 28, 1987-
British Steamers To Continue
Yangtse Service
British shipping companies will ed when the river rises, if reports continue to operate on the Yangtse that the boom is sa solidly con- despite booms, bombs and an off-structed are true.
Butterfeld and Swire has eight cial announcement from Chinese authorities. at Hankow that vessels above the Matung boom at through shipping is closed below present. These vessels are the Kangting, Wanliu, Kiukiang with the completion of Changsha,
Wen- the boom at Matung, says the Shasi, Singtan, Wuhin, the "China Press.”
how and the Woosung. The latter This latest boom, they state, will two vessels were to be brought hamper them for a while, but they down in a convoy with a large believe that a way of overcoming number of women and children it will be found before long.. refugees from Hankow, but they have been caught by the closing of the boom and are still at Hankow
The first boom laid by the Chin- ese was at Kiangyin, 85 miles abore Woosung shortly after the beginning of hostilities in Shang- hai Made of numerous sunken vessels, the Kiangyin boom was Imost effective until it was broken Ithrough, as was the boom at Chinkiang, by Japanese naval ves- sels during their recent drive to Nanking.
SERVICE TO WUHUS The company's boats below the boom will continue to run as far as Wuhu, there being no regular ports between Wahu and the boom. Ves- sels above the boom will be engag- ed in shipping on the middle and the upper river. The Tatung, an oil vessel of the same company, has been beached at Wuhu with a Until the first of the month, hulk, both of which were badly both Butterfield and Swire and damaged at the time of the Japan- Jardine, Matheson and Co. were
able to continue service up and ese air raids over Wuhu. It is not yet known whether these vessels down the river by discharging can be salvaged.
cargoes to native lighters which Jardine, Matheson Company also went around the boom through has its vessels scattered up and creeks north of the river. The down the river. The Tackwo was lighters connected with other river but out at Wahu as a result steamers at Kowan above the boom of a direct hit by a bomb from 2 and at Tungchow below. Jardine, Japanese plane at the same time Matheson and Company transship- that the Butterfield and Swire ves ped about 10,000 tons of cargo over sels were damaged. The Loongwỏ
this route.
· STOPPED AT MUD FORT
is at Hankow and the Kutwo has been chartered by the German This arrangement proved very Embassy to carry refugees. The satisfactory until the Chinese laid
Kungwo. Tungwo, Siangwo, Ping- down a boom at Mud Fort, 25 miles above Chinkiang, on November 29.wo and the Saiwo are at Shanghai This boom was made up of floating and are to be employed in bringing pigs, chickens, eggs and other pro- vessels, however, and did not prove duce to Shanghai from Tungchow- effective for very long. The Chinese The same company also has vessels had two vessels ready to be sunk on the middle and upper in the main channel, but the boom which are not affected by the was broken before they carried out booms built to date.
the plan.
between
The boom at Matung, Kiukiang and Wahu, is expected to prove most effective, the shipping men stated. Thousands of Chinese labourers were engaged in laying down the boom. It is reported that they quarried tons of rocks which
Singapore Raw Rubber
Messrs. H. B. Joseph and
river
Co..
they dumped in the river in their have received the following quota, efforts to stop Japanese naval craft tions in Straits Currency for Raw
F from reaching Hankow. The river Rubber: is quite shallow at Matung, an rather dire consequences are fear
Lloyd
Triestina
April/June 24-b. Unchanged. Market: Nominal.
MV “VICTORIA”
will despatch for
Genoa, Naples, (London Overland)
via
Manila, Singapore, Columbo, Bombay, Aden, Massawah and Port Said on: 19th Dec., 1937
Special Two Months Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates
To BOMBAY
COLOMBO
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$72
$19
18
$13
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