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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1927.
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC. TO VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER|
SAILINGS 1927.
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STEAMERS.
EMPRESS OF ASTA! EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
Ecbe H. Kong, Shal
Leave Doare Losre
...May 11 May 14
June I June
May 17 Jans
June Jans 25
Jan 28
EMPRESS OF ASIA Jaly 13 July 16 EXPRESS OF CANADA...Arg. 3 Aug. 6 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA...Aug. 24 Aug. 27 EMPRESS OF ASLA Sept. 14 Sept. 17 EMPRESS OF CANADA...Oct. 5 Oct. (E/A and EB2uia call at Nagasaki the day after departers from Shanghai).
July 19
Aug.
Aug. 30
Sept. 20
8
Oct 11
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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
Tuesday, 3rd May, at Noon SHINYO MABU SIBERIA MARC (calls Keolung) Sunday, 10th May, at 10 am- TAIYO MARU
Tuesday, 31st May
Calla Los Angeles,
SOUTH AMERICA via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
Mexico and Panama.
BOKUYO MARU
Thursday, 28th April at Noon Wednesday, 8th Juta
MARSEILLES, LONDON, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM
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via Ports.
ATSUTA MABU
KASHIMA NARU
HAKONE MARU
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SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
MISHIMA MARU (calle Zamboangs)... Wednesday, 25th May, at 11 am.
Wednesday, 22nd Jute TANGO MARU
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA
LISBON MARU TSUYAMA MARU
DAKAR MARU
Thursday 5th May Saturday, 14th May
LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Forts.
(calls Saigon)... Sunday, 15th May BUENOS AIRES via Singapore, Durban & Cape Town.
Delagos Bay & Algoa Bay.
WAKASA MARU
Saturday, 28th May
BOMBAY vix Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
TOTTORI MARU
BANGOON MARU
Thursday, th April Saturday, 30th April
Saturday, 30th April
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Bangoon.
MONIKA MABU
NAGATO MARU
Tuesday, 10th May
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TANGO MARU
SHANGHAL, KOBE & YOKOHAMA
SADO MARU
SUWA MARU
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Monday, tad May Thursday, 5th May
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* YESTERDAY'S FREIGHT
RETURNS.
LOCAL FREIGHTS DOWN.
THROUGH CARGOES FAIR.
Daily Statement, Waterfront News, etc.
WATERFRONT NEWS
Local imports of general mer chandise as shown by the returns during the 24 hours, ended at 0
were still down. BIG a.m. yesterday Through cargoes, carried by aine vessels, were fair.
General cargo amounting to 7,365 tons was discharged here by twelve steamers. Of these, only 2,400 tons carried by three British steamers. The best return Was shown by the as President Jeffer
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CHINESE PASSENGER
TRAFFIC:
NEW FRENCH LINER ARRIVES.
OPIUM HAUL BY CANTON
AUTHORITIES.
[BY LONGSHOREMAN.]
A huge crowd went to the Kowloon Wharf yesterday "to give the once over " to a new French liner which arrived on her maiden voyage. The vessel is the athas H., owned by the Service Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes who des patched her from Marseilles on
from San Francisco and Shanghai, which brought 2,600 tons.
There were 10,683 tons of general merchandise, manifested for ports beyond the Colony. Of these palyfarch 25th. 1,050 tons were accounted for by
The steamer was built to replace four British vessels. The two best the thus which was torpedoed in returns were 7,384 tons and 6,730 tons. The former was carried by the the Mediterranean during the Great Japanese vessel Teshima aru War. She has a length over all From Newport and Manila, and the of 172.45m, a breadth of 0.10m., latter by the as President Adamser maximum displacement is 21,380 tons, and her gross tonnage 15,050 from Boston and Shanghai.
The Athos 1. has passenger ac During the period under review, comodation for 167 first class, 138 there were 18 arrivals and is deper second class, 104 third class and
The nationalities were:-
about 500 deck passengers. All her British, 5 arrivals and depar- arst and second class staterooms are tures; American, arrivals and side-cabins, as are a large number three departures; Dutch, I depar ture; french, 1 arrival: Norwegian 2 arrivals: Japanese, 4 arrivals and
tures.
The following were the
cargo
Madis
Big maila arrived during the week-end, keeping the Post Office vory busy. The Santhia mail con- signment has already been mention, ed, but on Monday the President Adams "intered no fewer than 717 bags, and the President Jefferson 300 bags while in addition there were 780 bags on the Leerang, max- ing a total of 1,830 bags. 'in addition to the above figures there addi has to be added mails by the Shinge Maru, Amazone, Talma, thos and Arafura arriving yesterday The from North and South. Amazone mail amounted to 141 bags.
Naval Ratings.
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The Bluc Funnel Line utolycus arriving yesterday from Liverpool, and Singapore brought a Naval draft from Birkenhead for Hong Kong. There were one officer, three Chief Petty Officers, 26 Petty Officers and 37 other ratings.
P. & 0, British India
On Apear and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES! INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR
GULF
STRAITS, JAVA, BURKA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND & QUEENS-
CONSTANTINOPLE, LAND PORTS, RED SEA, EGYPT, C
GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, ETC PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL "FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIM. (YANIRIT.)
Steamship
"MOBEA" "KASHM18"
**MALWA " Oplum Haul Werth $250,000,
** DELTA “ Worth $250,000, and said to im-LAHORE
"NELLORE" plicate a Portugucie merchant ce sident in Canton, opium to this "JEYPORE value was seized by the Nationalist NYANZA” authorities, who, according to the Conton Guzelle, suspect that the large consignment was intended for delivery to A Portuguese mer-
... for the purpose chant. smuggling fato Macao for sale." It is also alleged that the buyer of third cass cabins. The decora-poident in order that the cress of 'a large sum to the Canten tion of the cabine was carried out the Nationalist gunboat Hai Song
of
7. departures; Chinese, 2 arrivals by French firma and the hull and | Might be bribed to carry the opium and 2 departures: German, 1 de-machinery were constructed in Ger
many.
She is Erst French liner to parture.
be fitted with the "Oertz" rudder. This new liner is a sister ship to She was scheduled to sail for the Dartagnan and Chenonceaux.
Shanghai yesterday.
carriers :-
S.S. Chak Sang (British)
from
Canton 100 tons general for other parts
S.S. Haidi (British) from Sai. goa, 1,500 tens general for Hong Kong.
S.S. Soochow (British) from Canton, 450 tons général for "other ports.
S.S. Szechuan (British) from Shanghai and Amoy, 200 tods general for Hong Kong and 400 tons for other ports. S.S. Hong Peng (British) from Rangoon and Singapore, 700 tons general for Hong Kong, and 1,000 tons for other ports, S.S. President Jefferson (Ameri- can) from San Francisco and Shanghai, 2,600 tons general for Hong Kong and 3,400 tons for other ports.
ports.
Derelict Junk.
from Wuchow down the West River. The crow pretending to comply went. to Wuchow and were handed the
ceeded to a searching station in- opium, and the gunboat then pro stead of to Macao. The opium was seized and taken to Canton.
Chinese Passenger Trafic, According to the Deputy Harbour
No less than 1,173 Chinese passen. Master, a wreck of a junk with two masts showing has been reported in gers entered the Colony daring the an approximate position & miles 24 hours ended at an yesterday. South of Nine Islands, on the aping to China. from Singapore, and Of these 925 were emigrants return- proach to Macao.
104 were from Canton.
Chinese Passenger Fined.
A Chinese passenger arriving into the Colony by the &.&. President Jefferson was arrested for having in his possession, 27 rounds of am munition and was charged before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. He was fined 875
French Liners.
Топа
From Hongkong
(about)
Destination
S0th April, Noon
Marseilles and London.
Struts, Colombo and London Marseilles, London & Antwerp. Marseilles, London and Antwerp. Marsailles, London & Antwerp. S'pore,, Funzug, Colombo, B'bay.
Kanchi Marssikes and London. Sarsoilles
mad London.
Marseilles, London and Antwerp Marsellice, London and Antwerp.- Marsilles and London.
Marseilles, London and Antwerp, Marseilles and London. Marseilles, Londen, & Antwerp
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10,980
8,097
3rd May
5,99
11th May
0,834
14th May
6,318
20th May
Park Any
10,198
28th May 11th June
10,902
9,144 11.10 9,005
95th Jana 9th July
23rd July BAK 20th Ang.
3rd Sept.
MANTUA KALYAN MACEDONIA" -KASHGAR"
RAWALPINDI 19,619 **ARMALA "
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Frequent connections from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- tantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna, and other Lerant Ports by steamers of the Khedirial Mail Steamship Ce.
Is
"TALMA *TILAWA"
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS
Passenger trafic from the Delta has been very heavy during the past few days, perhaps, owing to An instance the trouble in Canton. of the passenger figures is shown by the fact that the Sai On brought down on Monday no fewer than Other steamers 1,300 passengera also brought passengers in propor-TANDJA' tion, while cargo remains
"ST. ALBANS " average. There were many passen↑ "ÄKAFURA” «
down again yesterday by gera steamers.
the
The Fataham trouble has been settled, and crew of the Einshan have returned asking for re-employ. ment on this steamer, which is still
some days to come.
Two French Mail liners were S.S. President Adams (American) port together yesterday. The from Boston and Shanghai,thos 11. came in from Marseilles 978 tons general for Hors and Saigon, with mail and many Kong and 6,730 tons for other passengers, and the Amazone, also S.S. Hanni (Frenchy from Hai- of the "M.M. Line arrived from the North, bringing passengers, freight phong and Fort Bayard, 2001 and mails from the North and from in dock, and will not be out for tons general for Hong Kong Home tid Siberia. Bath
Yessels S.S. Norviken (Norwegian) from departed from port later in the Singapore and Hoihow, 40 day, the Amazone being en route tone general for Hong Kong, for Saigon and Marseilles, and the nad 9 tons for other ports..
Athos . for Shanghai and Japan. S.B. Kifunezan Maru. So.
(Japanese) from Yokohama mazone brought only 35 tons of cargo for Hong Kong, and and Miike, 53 tons general for carried 180 tons for ports beyond. Hong Kong.
Mail landed here, amounted to 141 S.S. Tashima Maru (Japanese)
bags Passengers on the liner from Newport and Manila, $14 tous Reneral for Hong totalled 163, the majority of whom Kong, and 7,58 tons for other were through travellers, only 31 disembarking here. On the Athon 17 were 101 passengers, of whom 35 were for this port, 133 for Shang hai, eight for Kobe and 13 for Yokohama
ports.
S.S. Shingo Mars (Japanese) Francisco and [com San Shanghai, 160 tons general for Hong Kong, S.S. Sun. Kong (Chinese) from Kwang Chow Wan, 200 tons general for Hong Kong. S.S. Foo Lee (Chinese) from New
chwang and Dairen, 220 tons general for Hong Kong.
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Died At Sea.
people came to Hong Kong during Shipping figures show that 48,506 the week April 11th-17th, and only 17,816 left the Colony, an in- crease in population of nearly 30,000. On ocean going vessels there departing. By the river steamers were 36,195 arriving, and 20,198 there arrived 10,471 passengers, and 7,307 left by these boats.
10,000 28th April, 1 p.m. Singapore, Fenang'and Calcutta 10,000 29th April"
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EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (SOUTH)
"ARAFURA'
6,000 29th April, p..
6,9663m Jano
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Manila, Sandakan, Iloilo, Thursday
+,500 but Jaly
iziand, Townsville, BrisbanÓ, bydney and Melbourne,
6,000 | 29th July
Call. Kolambugan
Regular Monthly Sailings from Hong Kong Japan & Hong Kong to Australia. The E. & A. S.3. Co., Ltd, stendiers wall nino call at Shangnai, Hoilo, Uebu, Kolambugas, Tawso, user, Darwin, or other porta en route as induce ment offers.
Frequent connections from Auteralis with the following
The Union 8.8. Uo.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand
Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The F. & C. Boyal Mail Steamers to London vis Suez Canal, The P. & Q. Branch Bervice of Ntesmen to London via the Ospe,
The New Zealand Shipping Co's Namers for donthampton and London via
Panama Can
BAILINGS TO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN ・・
More Ammunition.
"NYANZA" Arriving here yesterday from
"MOREA" Newport and Manila, "the 8.5. Tshima Mare carried 15 cases of paper cartridges, 2 cases of metallic" TANDA"
· MIEZAFORE" cartridges and lease of small arms
"KASHMIR *** primers for porta beyond the Colony.
Dangerous Goods,
Amazone Manifested on the ss. tuber-were 1,200 kilos of liquid Carbolic
neid in cylinders.
During the voyage from San Fran- ciaca to Shanghai, an Asiatic deck passager died on board the ss. President Jefferion from culosis and was buried at sea.
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