CANADIAN
PACIFIC
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1927.
TO VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER
STELMIES
Lesys
T'hatin. V'conver. Lear Arriva
SAILINGS 1927.
Robe H. Kong Shai LOATS Loave
7 Jan 10 Jan. 18 Jan. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA ...Jan. 4 Jan,
8 Feb. 12 EMPRESS OF ASIA ...sa, 25 Jan 19 - Jan. 31 Feb. EMPRESS OF CANADA...Feb 15 Fab. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Mar. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Mar. 7 Mar. 10 Mar. 13 Mar. 16 Mar. 25 EMPRESS OF ASIA ...Mar. 29 Mar. 31 Apr. 3 Apr. 8 Apr. 15 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA May 9 May 19 May 13 May 18 May 27 EMPRESS OF ASIA Alay 30 Jane Jaas 5 June 8 June 17 (E/Asia and E/Russia call at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai),
SPECIAL FARES TO EUROPE £112
£120
£83
All First and Second Class Rooms on the "EMPRESS OF CANADA," "EMPRESS OF ASIA" and "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA” are fitted with Hot“ and Cold Runuing Water.
"HONGKONG-MANILA SERVICE
Leave Hong Kong
ATTITE Manila
. Dec. Jan.
30 Jan.
1 EMPRESS OF ABIA
·Arriva Mamila Hong Kong
Jan. 3. Jan. 1
Jan. 24 20 Jan. 23 EMPRESS OF CANADA Jan. 22
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THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES. £120, £112, £110, 2102, 283: TIA SAN FRANCISCO. G$440, G5420FIA JAPAN AND BRATTLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
TATTO MARU
TENTO MARU
Calls Los Angeles.
Tuesday, 10th Jan, 1928. Tuesday, 24th Jan,
LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.
HLAKOGAKT MARU...
HAKUSAN HARU
KITANO MABU.
r
Baturday, 17th. Dec. Saturday, 31st "Dec. Saturday, 14th Jan,, 1929,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE- via Manila "& Ports.
TANGO MARU
AKI MARU
Wednesday, 1st Dec Wednesday, 18th Jan, 1928,
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
+ GENOA MABU,
AWA MARU.
F
L
Tuesday, 27th Dec, Wednesday, 11th Jan.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BAKUYO MARU
Friday,
23rd Dec.
BOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape
Town & Ports.
KAMAKURA MABU...
TAKAOKA MARU
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON vis PANAMA.
LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.
DURBAN MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
† AKITA MABU
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NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. -
Shipping News
YESTERDAY'S FREIGHT
RETURNS.
HEAVY CARGO ENTERED.
JAPANESE VESSELS BEST CARRIERS.
Daily Statement, Waterfront News, etc.
DAILY WATERFRONT NEWS.
NEW YANGISZE, STEAMER.
[NY LONGSEOREMAN.]}
The passenger ship Chia Ling Freights both for the Colony and Maru, which has just been placed for other ports, carried by the iu service on the Yangtze between vessels arriving here during the 247 hours ended at B am. yesterday Ichang and Chungking, is said to were heavy. Japanese steamers be the first of its class. It is 138 were the best through cargo ft. in length over-all, with a beam carriers.
of 24 ft. and a depth of 6 tt. e The vessel carries seven daches. first-class and 30 second-class pae sengerș în cabins, as well as a num ber of first-class passengers in open berths. The new ship was co structed by the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co.
There were 18 steamers cominj into port yesterday, freights fets this port were carmed by every ressel. The total tonnage of mer chandise discharged here was 20,852 tona Eight British ships were responsible for 11,535 tons.. The wa best returELA were 6,900 tons of kercame all by the a.. Oto from San Pedro and Yoko- hama, and 3,000, tous general by the President Jackson from Seattle wood Shanghai.
Twelve steamers out of the 18 arrivals carried a total of 35,286 tone for ports beyond Hong Kong
New Vassal For Nederland Steamship Do.
The Christiaan Huygens, a new motor-ship, was successfully launch- ed from the yard of the Netherland Shipping Company (Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappy), Am-! sterdam, a few weeks ago,
..
Built for the Stoomvart Maste chappy Nederland and destined for the Holland Java Line, the prin- cipal dimensions are Length over- all, soft, length between pp- 550ft.; breadth, 3ft ein; depth to D. deck, 30ft. Bina.
The passenger accommodation is arranged for 639 first and second- cines passengers, 62 third-class `passengers, and $9 fourth-class passengers. All the accommodation
bas
been provided with every modern luxury.
$13
P. & O., British India Apear and
Eastern
& Australian Lines
(COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). MALL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, KAST SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND & QUEENS. LAND PORTS RED BEA EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, ETC PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIKBUT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.
(UNDER GOTTLICT WIK HAN, GOVERNMESTI
From Hongkong
Steamship
"KHIVA"
** KASHGAR”
"KALYAN
DEVANHA
ship was performed by Mr Kon- The ceremony of christanding the ing-Hock, wife one of the joint- managing directors of the Stoom Mines Laid In The West Rivervaart Maatschappy Nederland in In a notice issued r the Com-the presence of the directors, MORBA
directors, managing
and chif missioner of Customs at Wuchow, officials of the Stoomvaart Mantan it is notified that mines have been chappy Nederland, the Nederland
MALWA laid in the West River in the sche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappy and
"KAYBER" vicinity of the Chicken Basket Werkspoor. The ship was designed MACEDONIA" Island. All vessels when bound There were only 10,162 tons con- | up or down river, are to stop and by the Technical Staff of the Sbooni-RHIVA”
*KASHMIR" vaart laatschappy Nederland un- tributed by fire British ships communicate with the Guard Boat der the management of Mr. S. G. KARMALA Japanese vessels, however, were the best carriers, there being .7,325 ton stationed in the vicinity which will Visker, superintendant engineer,
on the Atlas Maru, from Bremen Provide safe pilotage through the who dent with machinery, and MONGOLIA »
and Singapore, and 8,112 tons on the Haruna Maru from Middles- borough
The and Singapore. Ceylon Maru, from Calcutta and Singapore also carried 4,651 tons.
The arrivals, and departures dur- ing the period under review were the following :——...
Arr. Dep.
-British
B
10
American
2
Japanese
B
4
Chinese
9
Norwegian
0
3
Total 18
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
The N.D.L. Bs. Trier left Shang- hai on December 13th, and is ex- pected to arrive at Hong Kong to morrow. She will sail for Europe viá Manila. Singapore and ports
to-morrow (Friday), at about 6 p.m.
The B.I. & Aper Line Takliwa left Singapore for Hong Kong Do the afternoon of the 13th inst., sad is due to arrive here on the morn
og of the 19th inst.
The mv. Javanese Prince is due here on the 31st inet, and the Japanese Prince on the 28th pro
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN
HONG KONG.
danger zone.
•
Marine Gourt: For causing an obstruction in the Southern Fairway, the masters of two lighters were each fined $10 at the Marine Court yesterday morn ing by Coudr. G. F. Hole.
་
H. N. Prins, Naval architect, who dealt with the hull department.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
Warships and auxiliaries in port.. yesterday were:-
North Wall Basin, Francol, Robin, Peterel, Tern, Kharki South Wall Basin, S/M Libr
Chiness Deck Passengers. The Harbour Office returns for the 24 hours ended at 9 am. yoster 1.9; East Wall Basin, Argus; day showed that 1,571 Chinese deck North Arm, Hawkins; Petersfield, passengers had entered the Colony West Wall Dock, Stormcloud, These were brought here by nine Cienla, Nessus; Kowloon An- steamers, most of whom were, from
chorage, Witherington; No. 9 the emigrants district at Singapore. Buoy, Bluebell, No 3 Buoy -------- Dangerous Goods............ Herald; No. 4 Buoy, Iroquois; No. Dangerous goods manifested by 4 Buoy, Carlisle No. 8 Buoy Wolverine, No. 7 Buoy, Ambrow, some of the vessels arriving here 6/Ma LS, LT, L.15: No. 9 Buoy, during the 34 hours ended at Seraph, Sepoy; No. 10 Buoy, yesterday were 800,000 rounds of Serapia, Sirdar; No. 11 Buoy cartridges for Kobe by the 2.8.
Thracian; No. 12 Buoy, Bruce; No. Kamakura Mari from Buenos Aires and Singapore. On board 1 Bor Beige No Puthenc the Atlas Maru there were 120 tons Fortol; No. A26 Buoy, Ruthenia. of chlorate of potash, and other chemicala.
Chinese 'Lapers From Manila. The as. President Pierez arriving here yesterday from Manila brought four Chinese lepers back from Manila. They handed over to the Authorities here on arrival, as will be sent to the Leper Settlement at Canton by the first available boat,
FOR DECEMBER, 1927.
Cocaine Seizure, STANDARD TIME OF THE 120th When the Hong Peng arrived at MERIDIAN, EAST OF Singapore from China, revenue officers boarded the steamer and GREENWICH. Date, Sunrise. Sunset.
found eighteen pounds of cocaine on board. A Chinese was arrested December 15th...6.55 a.m. 5.41 p.m. 16th...8.55"
5:41
in connection with the seizure. 17th...6.56, 5.42
5.42....
"
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13
11
17
18th...8:58. "
19th...6.57
31
5.435..
20th...8.58
5.43...
11
21st...8.58
5.44..
+1
22nd..6.68
3.44 **
1
23rd...0.68
6.44
14
24th...7.00
5.43
13
95th...7.00
5.46
"
26th...7.00
5.48
27th...7.01
5.47
""
5.47 5.48
11
28th...7.01 29th...7.02 30th...7.09.1 5.48 31st...7.03
5.49
2
The Loss Of The "Elberfeld." Messrs. Lohmann & Co., N.D.L. agents, Singapore, have received a cable from the general agents at Shanghai, dated December 5th, reading
follows: Elberfeld steamer submerged, nothing salved 5 fur, salvage steamer still there" A Domparison
...
as
The Diesel-engined veasel is bo the coal-burning ship as the modern car is to the old-fashioned steam car-Sir ALFRED YARROW.
4.m. were
* MOREA *
* KASHGAR” "MALWA" "DEVANHA" **MACEDONIA”
Tone.
(about)
8.135 18th Dec., 4 p.m. 9,005 24th Des 10,953
Destination.
Straits and Bombay, Marseilles, Ldon, Antwerp & Hull · 7th Jan, 1928 | Marcillas and London. 7th Jas. Straits and Bombay, 8,155 21st Jan, 18,905
9,144
at
J
4th Feb
v,114 18th Feb.
11,190
3rd Mar..
9,135
Toth Mar.,
8.985
17th Mar,
9.128 94th Mar,
10,846 31st
9:144 7th
April
1
10,953 28th April, n
10,986 28th May,
8,155
8th June,
11,120 23rd June,
18,504
14th
9,008 18th May,
Passengers to Singapore only.
Marsailles, L'don., Antwerp & Hall Marseilles and London.
Massailles, Lidon. Antwerp & Hall. „Marseilles and London,
Marseilles, London and Antwerp Marsaliss, Ldon. Antwerp & Hall, Marseilles and London.
da. Marseilles, London and Antwerp, Marsailles and London.
do.
Marseilles, London and Antwerp, Marseilles and London.
do.
do.
Frequent connections from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Firesas, Smyrns, and other Levant Porta by steamers of the Khadivial Mail Steamship Co.
TILAWA"
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR HAILINGS
* GARMULA “ "TAKLIWA"
10,006
17th Dec.
5254 10th Jan.
7938 14th Jan,
Bingapore, Penang & Calcutta'
do. do.
B.L-Apcar Lans stammers have excellent accommodation "for 1st and 2ud-
class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a "qualified surgeon:
EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (SOUTH)
11
4,500 30th Dec. 6,000) 27th Jan, 1923 *,958
2nd Mar
* Callist Fort Holland..
"VESSELS IN PORT,
Vessels in port yesterday at 9 * ST. ALBANS"
"AKAFURA ** British Telemachas, Kalyan,TANDA " Fook Sang, laihong, Hydrangea, Kang Chair Tung Sàng, t
athilde, Changte, Antung, Apocy press of Russia, Gorgistan, New Ting Hong, Haldis, Taming, Achiller, Ling Nam, Kalgan, Shan Si, Sui Sang, Tean, Yunnan, Hop Song, Armanentan, Sumatra, Tai-
koo.
American President Jackson, Norwegian-Helikon, Mondego. Panama:-Pawnee, Swedish:-Atlantic. | German:-Fathe Japanese:-Hozan Maru, Kama- kura Meru, Ceylon Mari, Atlas Maru, Sanjin Maru, Deli Maru, Sorachi Mare.
Chinese-uen Jean, Fan On, Hong Tui, Hoi Cheng, liaimun, Shing Devawongse, Confucius, Ming, Derwent, Ban Foo Soon,. Puo Tre, Lee Cheong, Gen. H Hunt, Gent. H. Knox, Man Sun.
Dutch:-Tiondari, Fulcanus, Hanker, Jan, Otto, Hong Kong,
Portuguese:-Kong On, King
On.
BANK LINE LTD.
Friday, 20th Jan., 1928:
Tuesday, 27th Des.
Tuesday, 10th Jan, 1928.
Monday, 19th Dec.
AKI MARU
Saturday,
17th Dec.
+ LYONS MARU
Sunday,
18th Dec.
+ OBAKA MARU
(Moji direct)
+ BANGOON MARU
Monday, Monday.
19th Dec
KAMO MARU
+ SEIYO MARU
TOTTOBI MARU
(Maji direct)
Tuesday, 27th Dec. Thursday, 29th Dec. Saturday, 81st Dec.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
"CITY OF TOKIO“
"CITY OF CALCUTTA“
17
"CITY OF PEKIN"
19th Dec.
+ Cargo only.
For further information, apply to
Telephone: Central No 293 (Private exchanges to all Depta.).
SOUTH
MANCHURIA RAILWAY
BUMMER HOLIDAY
RESULTS
SOUTH MARCHUBIA
ACENTS FOR
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. WITHOUT NOTICE.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
"CITY OF BENARES”
AUSTRALIA
"CITY OF SPARTA" "CITY OF PALERMO
Marseille, Hayre, London, Rotterdam & Hamborg.....
Marsailles, London, Botterdam & Hamburg Havre, London, Botterdam & Hamburg Loadon, Rotterdam & Hamburg
SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA
**
Leaves Bingap te
Leaves Singapore
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday. fsland, Townsville, Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne,
Regular Monthly Beilings from Hong Kong to Japan & Hong Kong to Australia. The E. & A. É.8. Co., Ltd., atomers will não call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu,
Kolambugan, Tawać, Timor, Durwin, or other ports enroute sa indos
ment offers.
The Frequent connections from Antaralis with the following
8.8. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand Vancouver, Sao Francisco, etc. The P. & O. Boyal Mail Steamers to London via Sue Ossal, The P.&O. Branch Bervice of Reamers to London via the Cape. The New Zealand shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London
Panama Canal.
BAILINGS TO BHANGHAI AND JAPAN:
TAKLIWA" DEVANHA DELTA *AKAFURA **.
MALWA **NELLUBE"
КЯТНЕЕ" KHIVA -MACEDONIA"
7,936 21st Dec. 8155 24th Dec.
1st Jan, 1928 3rd Ja
*8,097
6,000 10,034
7th J
6,853
14th Jan,
9,114 Pist Jan... in
4th Feb
9,135 28th JAD..
17th Feb 18th Feb., 9,144. 18th Fob.
2ud Mar.. diu Mar
11,120
Bute
7th Feby
"
KASHMIR" KALYAN MANTUA
8,985
10,940
"ST. ALBANS
4,500
6,262
12th Mar
16,504
"МОВКА
10,953
30th
KASHGAR
8,0US
13th April,
MALWA "DEVANHA ** **MACEDONIAP
10,986
47th April,
8,155 11th May,
11,120 25th May,
ELLERMAN LINE
• Cargo only,
3rd January 18th 14th February 20th
AUSTHAL-RAST INDIES LINE
For, FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE & SYDNEY,
7th January
7th February
Through FREIGHT and PASSENGER bookings from HONG KONG in conjunction, with ““ELLEEMAN"
Linz or other services.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
—— ལོ སྐ
HOSHIGAUBA.-Finert Seade Summer Holiday Resort in North China. Five miles from. Dairon, bat connected with the aty by special motor and our risge road and electric tramway. Yamate Hotal (85 rooms) and 11 fürniabad bungalows in charming sliff garuen, teshing, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Tannis Hillards, Orchestra twice a week. Captal place for children. OGONDAL Most beautiful and select Sesalds Besort in the Far East. Two miles from Port Arthur. Formerly the Bammer Resort of the high Bassan officers and officials. Tamsic Hetal and 53 villas and bangalows, mostly with detached servants quarters Excellent Bathing, Wonderful Boomery, Historia BattleBalds, Rained and Diamantled Forts, Miles of sharming Walks and Drives. Abundant Fionicing Facilities. Orchestra, twice a week. Bost place for high-class families PORT ARTHUR Famous for its two memorable Hege and its bewailtal
landlocked Harbour. Exactly one hour's journey from Dairen by express -
Yamato Hotel (14 rooms, Sufficient place of historical and scenis train. Interest to fill a month with freeb walk, or drive every day. Most homlthy and lubrious spot in the Far East
All under the direst management of the SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO. Ilestrated Booklets and all Information post free on request.
Applications may be sent to the Hotel Managers at the various rimonta or to
* THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HOTELS, Tralle" Departmen Orbis Add, 1 MarZZS or SD, SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY, Dairan
Chăm#1 A.B.C. 5th & 6th Fl., AL Lieber's and Bentley's.
"CITY OF LAHORE"
"CITY OF BEDFORD
*CITY OF KIMBERLEY"
................. AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LIKE
via Sues Canal.
via Suez Canal
via Suor Canal
DERMALSO. AGENTS FOB
ANDREW WEIR & CO.
BOSTON & NEW YORK
"MYRTLEBANK”
SERVICES TO
MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA
"TINHOW":
27th December, 23rd January ....... 20th February
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE
6th February ORIENTAL AFRICANTM LINE
1st Half April.
Loading for Mauritius, Delagos Bay, Durban, East London, Algos Bay Port Elizabeth), Mossel Bay and Capetown.
Thronght Bill of Lading framed to Beirs, Quilimaine, Too, Port. Amalia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Killadini, Port Nolloth, Luderits Bay, Walvis Bay and Madagascar, For Freight or Fasaage on any of the above lines apply Telephone: Central 4791,
THE BANK LINE, LTD.
Moji. Kobe & Osats.
B'ham, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama, S'hai., Moji, Kobe and Yokohama
do.
S'hal., Moji, Kobe & Yokohams.
hanghai, Moji & Kobe. S'hal, koji, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama, S'hal, Moji, Kobe a Yokohama,
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe S'hat, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. S'hai., Moji, Kobe & Yokohama).
do.
All dates are approximate and eubject sa alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED UN ALL STEAMERS, *Passengers for Bangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on carrying steamer,
All Cabina are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.
Steamers on London and-Australian Liner are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring nợ, more than 24 ft. x 3 th 11 th will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For Further Information, Passage Farss, Freights, Handbooks, stom apply tom MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.
&0. Building, Connaught Road Central, HONGKONG.
THE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LIMITED,
SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELS
| LOADING DIRECT FOR BARCELONA, BOTTERDAM. HAMBURG- AND SCANDINAVIAN PORTS.
BLY, “FORMOSA” my. "CANTON "
Bar Loading", about 1122nd December
Bang 15th February, 1928
FOR SHANGHAI, JAPAN AND VLADIVOCTOCK.
m.v. "CANTON,
LY, DELHI
Loading about
For further partiesian, apply to the Ageta
GILMAN & CO., LTD.,
5th January, 1928.
18th January,
G. E. HUYGEN