BUTTERFIELD
SWIRE.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS TO
"POYANG”
**ANKING"
"HUNAN"
"SHENGRING"
"HUPEN"
Shanghai
Singapore
Tientsin
10 Jh. 1st May
10 a.m. 2nd May
ARRIVALS FROM
7.1.
30th Apr. 3rd May ard May
Keiling
...Shanghai
A.O. LINE LTD./C.N. CO., LTD., JOINT SERVICE
SAILINGS TO
"CHANGTE:
Kure, Kobe
Yokohama
12th May
ABRIVALS FROM
"CHANGTE"
.....Australia
& Mandia
8th May
BLUE FUNNEL LINE
Scheduled Sailings to Kurope via Aden & Pori Bald
Loads
Satis
"CYCLOPS"
Genou, flotterdam, Amsterdam, London & Hamburg
29th Apr.
30th Apr.
"PERSEUS"
Marielles, Liverpool & Glasgow
"LAOMEDON" "'ANÇUISES"
Laverpool & Glasgow Liverpool Liction, Lundon,
&
Dublin
5th May 13th May 23rd May
24th May
Suits Rotterdam
"CLYTONEUS”
G. "ANCHISES"
N. CLYTONEUN"
"PYRRHUN"
S. AENEAN"
Amsterdam, Rotter.
dam & Hamburg
Bobeduled Sailings from Europe
G. "EUMAEUS“
N. "ASCANIUS“
G. "PELEUN
S. "AGAPENOR“
Baile
Liverpool
Salled
do
do
00
ຍ
3rd May
7th May
18th May
13th May
6th May 14th May 24th May
25th May
Arrives Hour Kon
2nd May
8th May
14th May
25th May
2011 May
7th June
13th June
22nd June
✡. Loading Glasgow before Liverpool B. Loading Swansea before Liverpoo
Carriers option to proceed via other ports to 10a noa discharge cargo
BY DE LA RAMA LINES
"AJAX"
ARRIVING FROM U.S. ATLANTIC &
"HAINAN"
"AGAMEMNON”
"DONA AURORA"
"DONA ALICIA”
PACIFIC COAST PORTS.
2nd May 15th May 3rd June 14th June
Baila N.Y.
Bažja 6,F.
Arr. II.E
Balled
Sailed
- do
~ do-
- do
24th Apr.
8th May
4th May 18th May 30th May
28th June
SAILINGS for NEW YORK, vla SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, CRISTOBAL and JAPAN
"DONA NATI"
-MANGALORE"
"AJAX"
101de
6th May
19th May
4th June
"THE" "CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954.
CHINA MAIL
WINDRAK STILET
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NOTICE TO CONSIONERS Increase In
ex this vessel
Ms. "LACHEDON" Damaged cargo will be qurveyed by. Meaurs, Goddard & Douglas at Holi Whart from to km, on April 10 and May 1, 1854, and coignees aro regtested have their representatives pediment during the survey.
BUTTERFIELD & WINE, Agenta
Portage China and Macso $3.00] Hongkong. April 20, 1904. var month, UIC, British Possessions and other countries $1.00 per month
News contributione, always
oceno,
wol.
the
thuld be addecused to Editor, business communications and advertisements to the Secretary.
Telephone: 26411 (5 Lines), KOWLOON OFFICE:
Isllsbury Road, Telephone: ¿2009
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Yvonne
P.P.C.
BASTO
FOR SALE
Harry
Odall
ways
If you enjoyed "MOCAMBO”
you must not miss
to
"TANGA TIKA”
Commencing to-morrow at the
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To ADVERTISERS
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Special Announcements and Clamified Advertise.
ments as unum?.
“VEGETABLE
IN CULTIVATION HONGKONG" by G. A. C. Herkipl Over 200 pages: 10 drawings. Price Obtainable at "S. C. M. Post." $12.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Tel: 26851
HONGKONG to MARSEILLES in 24 days.
P.O. Box 53
Queen's Building
"CAMBODGE"
Balka
"LA MARSEILLAISE"
7th May
20th May 5th June
sailing May 16th sailing June 19th
sailing May 4th sailing May 31st
HONGKONG to CASABLANCA in 30 days.
“IRAQUADDY"
"INDUS"
Accepting cargo for Kingston and to Central & South American put on
through bills of lading.
Tathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Route
HK/Satgon/Singapore 11X/Bangkok/Singapore 1K/Manila/N. Bornes
Monday a.m. Tuesday
Tuo, & Fri Wednesday Thursday
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
THE THINKS THE'S GOING TO SCARE TIM.
IK/Hanol/aiphong
1K/Bangkok/Singapore
1K/Bengkok/tangoon/
Calcutta
Depart Hongkong (DC-4) 0,00 10.00 (DC-4) (DC-3) 7.00 4.1. (DCA) 12.00 noom
8.00 a.m. (DC-4)
Friday
withous
notice.
(DC-4) 1.30 p.m.
All the above subject to Alteration
for particulars please apply to:.
Butterfield & Swire (Hongkong) Ltd.
1 Connaught 14. Tal: 30331/8
Branch Office: 50 Connaught Rd. Wust. Tel: 25875,32144, 24878
THIS 15
A HOWL!
CAN'T--RAISE MY HANDS --CAN'T MOVE --
In British Shipbuilding In
First Quarter Of 1954
London, Apr. 28.
World tonnage of merchant ships under con- struction at the end. of March dropped by 127,874 tons compared with December 31, Lloyds Register of Shipbuilding returns reported today.
The total is 6,167,002 tons (1,137 steamships and motorships) compared with 6,294,876 (1,136 ships).
Britain is building 3528 per
| ceni-323 ships of 2,175,760 tons compared with 313 ships and 3.179,708 tons in the previous quarter.
Germany was the next biggest builder with 10.45 per cent-141 ships totalling 644,301 tors. This Compares with 140 ships of in the previous 633,804 tons
quarter.
The United States was third with 7.00 per cent-41 ships of 486,053 tons compared with 19 ships of 353.782 tons.
A total of 200 oil tankers were
under construction in all parts of the world during the period under review. These consisted of 135 steamships of 2,020,010 motorships of 1,422,020 lons-an overall decrease of 100,200 tons com- pared with the December figure.
tons and
104
BRITAIN LEADS
China's Rice
A Problem For Ceylon
Colombo, Apr. 27. Ceylon's offer to sell sur- plus Chinese rice to other consumer countries has found no response, it WR8 fearned here today.
A
of the source suld that 10,000 fenN of rice available from just year's imports of rice from China about 16,000 tons were still on offer,
not
A spokesman of the Food Britain was leading in tanker | Ministry, commenting on the construction with 92 vessels surplus rice, said that many of tolalling 1,110,998 tans. The Inst year's buyerA were United States followed with 22 interested to renew
their pur- vessels of 380,778 tons and Ger- | chased, many came third with 32 tankers totalling 343,080 tons.
Sweden Was bullding 25 tankers of 296,519 tons. The Netherlands
tankers 27
of 288,597 tons, Japan 20 tankers of 133,000 tons and Norway 13 tankers of 115,260 tons.
Japan, he said, which bought 30,000 tons of China rice from Ceylon last year, did not show any interest this year.
P&O B.I. E&A
COMPANIES
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. CO.
PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE
Outwards "CANTON"
"CARTHAGE”
"CORFU"
Laxvas Landus Due floatkor
1st April
29th April
2711 May
4th May
Hist May
26th Junp
via Southampton, Port said, Aden, Dombay, Colom2. T
Panama à stngapore
Leava Nongkong Due London
Bomewarde **CHUSAN"
. and May
"CANTON"
12 May
"CARTHAGE"
4th June
Jiet. May
17th June
July
Accepting carga tor Blagapore, Pebana, Colavabo, Dombey
Aden, Por dxió a London
* Arr. from Japan Apr. 30. Acropting cargo for Marseilion,
Outwarda **BRILLONG"
tatue warda "SURAT""
FREIGHT SERVICE
Arstving 30th April
Loading oth May
From
UK
For
Singapore, Swettenham.
Port Penang. Port
Cukuttibo, Aden.
Said. Genon, Marseille Havre, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam & Hamburg
With liberty to call at Belawan before or after Stratta Forts and så Bombay ii idacemens offers
available for
Tanks
красе
Cargo of on for tengeraled Cargo,
accommodation
ย
Bulk
Limited Passenger
BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.
duo Our May from Japa
Tiny
sala
"BANTHIA”
"FULTALA"
duc 4th May 30 May
Jor Singapore, Penang, Hangout Calcula from Japan
fur singapore, Hangoan & Cluttagong
P. & 0./B. I. JOINT SERVICE
dus 20th Apr. from Persian Gulf.
“UMANIA”"
"ORNA"
it was could pur- from other
**OKHLA"
The official suld that the world market price of rice Was steadily declining and Norway was the greatest Impossible that Japan rlee cheaper porter of ships of all types chase under construction with 62 producing countries, vessels of 367,474 tons on order.
Under the paci
Liberia followed with
with Chilna,
32 Ceylon would have to lake ships of 504,701 tons being built 266,000 tons of rice this year. for her. Reuter.
United Press,
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
ails 30th Apr.
due 30th Apt. saila 1st May
дие 6th May Kalle 701 May
"OLINDA"
due 11th May
*xlix 12th May
for Kubo, Unako. Yoko- Hand & Nagoya
from Japan
for Mingapore, Colombo, Karachi & Bombay
Fra Japon
for Colombo, Bombay, Karachu. Khorramshahr, Baarah, Kuwait TECI Other P, Quif Ports vlá Bombay
from Persian Cuit for Japan
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN 5.5. CO., LTD.
"NANKIN"
dd 13th May "Bad"ifth May
from Japon
for Labuan, Sandakan, Manus, Townsville. Brisbane, Sydney, Mei- bourde & Adelaide
All vessels have liberty to, call ut any ports on or of the route & the route & sailing are subject to change or amendment with or without notion.
For full particulars apply to: MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. OF HONG KONG LTD. Telephone Nos. 27721-4.
EVERETT LINES
EVERETT ORIENT LINE Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- China, Slam, Malaya, Rangoon, Calcutta and Chittagong.
"NOREVERETT"
Arrives Sails
May 17 from Singapore
May 17 for Kobe & Yokohama.
"REBEVERETT"
Arrives Soils
May 17 from Manila.
FERDNAND
for May 18
Rangoon
Зіонароте,
&
Penang, Calcutta.
NANCY
(Acoeping cargo for transhipment Hobe/Pusan and Kobe/Okinawa)
EVERETT STAR LINE
Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- China, Blam, 'Malaya, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf Ports.
"THAI"
In Part Salts
Loading
Apr. 28 for Singapore, Port Swetten- ham, Madras, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Khorram- shahr, Basrah, Kuwait & Bairein.
"STAR, ALCYONE"
Arrives
Salle
Apr. 29 from Sandakan.
Apr. 80 for Osaka, Kobe Yokohama
* Nagaya.
(Accepiing cargo for trazakipesent Kobe/Puma and ` Kebe/Okinawa)
VERETT STEAMSHIP. CORPORATION
THIS IS A NEW DRUG- STORE,
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BLACK MAGIC
PLAIN
CHOCOLATES
P2,080,000 Robbery
Buenos Aires, Apr. 27.
A Belgian textile engineer, Henr! Dikker, was robbed of jewels valued at 2,000,000 pesos. and 80,000 pesos in cash here on Monday afternoon.
The robbery took place when three well-dressed men, one of them with a drawn revolver, rang
the doorbell at Dikker's sixth floor apartment and forced their entry. Dlikker refused to answer the robbers when they asked where the wall safe was, so two of the men searched the house and found Mrs Dikker, also a Belgian, who was taking a nap in one of the bedrooms.
They tied her to a chair in the bedroom and when Dikker Hoard blowa' and 'seréámw, he
told the man with the revolver
that the safe was in the baths room behind the medicing chest.
Dikker gave the robber the keys. The gunman wrapped the contents of the safe, all jewels and money, in a towel and the three letter
Dikkef then discovered that his wife had not, been harmed. "She maki" one of the than hit # chair and the other screamed) ASLA United Press.
Her Husband
Didn't Tell
Hluguel