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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS.-The S.M.K. Co. has established, under its direct management, a series of Yamato Hotels at Dairen the Finest Hotel in the Far East), Hosingsums, Port Arthur, Mukden, und Changchun, All at European lines. Cook's coupons accepted. Tel, Add. “Yamato.?
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2.10
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5.00 10 8.00
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7:30
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8.00
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Width of Entrance on bottom
30.301-1
to 11.00
11.00 pr. to 11.45 DAY
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12.00 noon to 1.00pm
1.00 pm to 5.30
8.30
to 600
8.30
6.00 to 851
6.30
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(1)
NIGHT CAES as on Week Days
SATURDAYS.
Extra Car at 12 Midnight.
SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildi Veear Road Central.
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Notes
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Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
Doux No. 1 Dock Na 2
1510 foot : 360)
Dook No. 714font.
PATENT SLIP Capable lifting verspla up to 1,000 tona grosk
Two Floating Cranes of 80 and 30 tons each, tides 160 tons Ginut Cranes
Lifting Power.
KOBE.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS" DOCK,” ROBE FLOATING DOCKS
Mar Length of Ship taken in
No 1 7,000 tons. No. 2 18,000 tons.
400 feet:
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288 Fees 0 Inch
Breadth an Entrance on bottom.intui
Depth of Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
Length on Keel Blooks
Floating Crane capable of lifting 20 tons weight.
THE NAGASAKI, KOBE AND HIKOSHIMA,. DOCKTANDS
are closely connected with each other, enabling them to co-operate in the prompt exDLU-
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Any Orders will be promptly attended to and Estimates went on application o
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