Mails.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY
OCTOBER 15. 1008.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.
BREMEN:
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE
FOR
STEAMERS
BORNEO
KUDAT and SANDAKAN ................................. •{"Capt F. Sembill
SHANGHAI, “NAGASAKI, KOBE Į " KLEIST"
and YOKOHAMA
TO SAIL
TUESDAY,
9 A.M 2016 October
No. 1 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Width of entrance, top 85 ft.; bottom 75 it. Water on blocks, 27.5 ft. Time to
pamp
out, 4 hours,
No. 2 DOCK.
Length inside, 875 ft. Widthlof entrance, top 80.6 ft. bottom 45.8 ft. Water on blocks, 36.5 ft. Time to pump out, 8 hours.
*HESE DOOKS are conveniently situated in Yokohama harbour and the attention of THES
Captains and Engineers is respectfully called to the advantages offered for Docking and repairing Vessels and Machinary of every
description
The plant and tools are of recent parterus fus dealing quickly and cheaply with work had a largó sosk of matonal is always at hand, (plates and angles all being tested by Lloyds' surveyors).
Two powerful Twin Screw Towboats are available for taking Vessels in or out of Dock, and for taking Salling Vessels in or out of the bay, The Boating derrick is capable of lifting 35 tons.
NAPLES, GENOA, GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERJ and BREMEN
ZIETEN N
Capt. F. Prosch
WEDNESDAY,
Noon, 21st October.
Capi... RATZERA DI***
About WEDNESDAY,
*1st October.
MANILA, YAP, ' NEWGUINEA,"
BRISBANE, SYDNEY
and
"PRINZ SIGISMUND "..
Capt. D. Leas
THURSDAY,
SP.M., 5th November.
Tenders will be made up when required and the workmanship and material will be guaranted.
MELBOURNE
Foi juriker Particulars, apply to
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
MELCHERS & CO.,
THE DIAMOND CITY UNDER
CLOUD:
GLOOM IN KIMBERLEY,
*Kambarley, totë August, Everywhere in Cape Colony the great slump
da
Consignees
5.5, POLYNESIEN."
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
VIEN MARITIMES,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. in diamonds is a subject for keen discussion.
CONSIGNEES of Carró from London-ax The temporary collapse of the great diamond-
as. Douro and Charente, from Havre ex mining industry has had results which are felts. Charentes and from Bordeaux ex 1.5. Villa throughout South Africa; but Cape Colony is Dunbergu, in connection with above Steamer far more vitally affected than any of the other are hereby informed that their Goods, with the are being landed and stored at their risk into the States. It is not only that more men are forced exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables to join the already overcrowded army of the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of unemployed; it is not only that the carrying the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and trade from the coastal porte to the diamond Godown. Coy Limited, at Kowloon, whence fields has been very seriously reduced, and delivery may be obtained immediately after ibat business in many directions"'is `advarsely' fficted. These are"all Attendant evils of a severa crisis in any industry. Bat, in addi- tion to all this, revenue of the Colony is very-appreciably diminished by this stagnation. in Kimberley. The gigantic De Beers Corp. oration has always contributed lately towards
landing.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees beforas P.M, TO-DAY, requesting it to be landed bere.
Hills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed alier MONDAY, the 19th instant, at Noon,
All claims mást be sent in to me on or before the revenue of Cape Colony through the in-ill be subject to rent and landing charges. come tax. In its last year of office the Jame the 19th instant, or they will not be recognized. son Ministry, when the question of a tax on All damaged packages will be examined ou diamonds was raised, compromised with the MONDAY, the rg b instant, në 3:2M,
No Fire Lasurance has been affected.
P. NALIN, agitators for this fallacious remedy by increas ing the tax on the profits of mining companier earning more than a certain amount. This
Hongkong. 12th October, ron8 was equivalent to a direct impost on De Beers; there is no other mining company
for
Steam Launches of Steel or Wood, Lighters, Stest Buildings and Roofs, Bridge Cape Colony making sufficient profits Work, and all kinds of Machinery are made on the premises.
to become liable under the new ACL
The cost of Docking, and repair work, will be found to compare favourably with that saved the numerous digger and prospectors of any port in the world.
Telephone: Nos, 376, 508, or 081:"
Telegrams, "Dock, Yokohama," Codes A. B. C. 4th and 5th Edt. Liebers, Scotts, A. 1, and Watkins.
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINÁ.
Yokohama, May 23rd, 1905;"
Hongkong, 15th October, 1908.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
FRENCH MAIL LINES.
FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL.
TO and FROM JAPAN via SHANGHAI.
FOR
- CAPTAINS ——— TO BAIL ON .....Lancelin...26th Oct. F.M. SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA...TOURANE........ MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS, CALEDONIEN... Martin...... 27th Oct., at 1 Pid. SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA...ARMAND Beillc......... Guionnel... 9th Nov., P.M MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS ......POLYNESIEN Brectoth Nov., aft P‚M. Transhipment on the Co.'s Steamers at Singapore for Batavia 1 at Colombo for Calcutta, Bombay and Australia ; at Port Said for the Levant, Constantinople and Black Sea.
Through Tickets to London via Paris from 27.10 up to £71,10, 20 hours' railway from Marseilles to London...
latorpreters.mset'passengers at thelı arrival in Marseilles.
For further particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 13th October, 1908.
"STEAMERS.
P. NALIN,
ACTING AGENT,
QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.
CHARGEURS REUNIS.
FRENOI STEAMSHIP Co.-HEAD OFFICE: PARIS.
ALL ROUND THE WORLD LINE.
Outward: ANTWERP, DUNKIRK, LA PALLICE, MARSEILLES, GENOA, NAPLES, COLOMBO, VIA SUEZ, SINGAPORE, HONGKONG, CHIN, WANTAO (Peking, Tientsin), KOBE, YOKOHAMA.
GENOA TO HONGKONG IN 30 DAYS. NAPLES
29
Dalque opportunity to make a tour in North China and Japan with the Greatest Speed-
Sa ety and Comfort,
Transpacific: VICTORIA (B.C.), VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO,
Connecting with the Canadian Pacific Railway, FREIGHT to OVERLAND
via VANCOUVER. PASSENGERS to OVERLAND and EUROPE)
YOKOHAMA-VANCOUVER..................... DAYS.
LONDON and PARIS 26
$1
Homeward: MEXICO, RIVER PLATE, BRAZIL, LA PALLICE, LIVERPOOL
VIA MAGELLAN STRAITS.
Proposed Bailings;
AMIRAL OLRY 19'h Oct,
* CORSK
1 CEYLAN .................26th Nov.
S.S." AMIRAL OLRY" expected on the 18th October,
TAVA-
Shipping-Steamers,
CHINA-JAPAN
REGULAR THREE-WICKLY SERVICE
BETWEEN
JAVA, CHINJ, AND JAPAN.
LIJN.
Steamer
From
Hxpected on
Will leave for
or about.
TJIFANAS...
TJIKINI
JAPAN JAVA
Second half ·
.JAVA
Oct.
Second half
Oct.
T LATJAP.
JAVA
Second ball
Oct.
TIIMAHI. TJILIWONG.
JAYA
First half
Nov.
JAPAN
First half-
JAPAN
SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI JAVA
Nov.
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On or about.
Second: half Oct. Becond halt Oct. Second half Oct. First half Nov. Firs' ball Nov.
The Steamers are all őttéd throughout with Electric Light and have Accommodation for a limited number of Saloon Passengers, and will take Cargo to all Netherland India Ports on through Bills of Lading,
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For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN-
-Telephone No.375,
YORK BUILDINGS, 1st floor, -
Hongkong, 14th October, 1998.
11th Jan., 1909.
•
4 New Twin Screw 16,000 Toas displacement," 1st class accommodation, splendidly equipped with single berth cabins.
*-*- Intermediate class and rates of passage.
All round the world ticket by these boats, &c.
For further Particulars, apply to
Hongkong, 13th October, 1908.
MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES.
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FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. CANTON, AND KOUANG-SI.
S.S. "PAUL BEÀU," 1,900 (038, '14 knots,
B.S. "CHARLES HARDOUIN," 1,900 tons, 14 knots.
The speedlest, most luxuriously appolated and punctual steamers on the line, Departure from. Hongkong at 10 2,M. (Saturdays excepted), Departure from Canton at 5.15 P.M. (Sundays excepted).
By adopting this course Dr. Jamason penalised the great Corporation with which he is closely connected, and at the same time❘
along the Vaal River from the loss and bard. ships which a general tax on diamonds would mean to them. But the ex-Premier has received un credit for this from his opponents ; nor is be likely to do. now that they have attained to power. Thus, the smaller the profits of De Beer, the smaller is the revenue of the Cape, and the results of the present dislocation of the diamond trade are felt-almost as much at Cape Town as at Kimberley.
THE HEIGHT OF PROSPERITY.' But it is in Kimberley that the more obvious. ́and direct effects are seen. The whole at mosphere of the town is changed," For a few years after the war Kimberley was the most prosperous towa ia South Africa. There were zona-of-thuko-vexing problems of labour and politics to be solved which so seriously retard- ed the progress of the Rand. The wonderful organicstion of Da. Beers enabled them resume work at full prassure when the proper moment arrived. There were so fortunes to be suddenly acquired, and no sharu market to gamble in; "but trade was good, and, above all, steady, and every one in the little town seemed to be prospèring in a big or small way,
So steady was the demand for the precious stones that gradually the old idea of a break in the market came to be regarded as the disordered vision of the confirmed pessimist, At enormous expense, De Beers developed their new mines, with all the most recent ap- pliances koown 10 mining engineering. A billet in De Beers-came-to-be regarded as permanent as one in the Civil Service. The very spirit of confidence and progress was in the people.'
And then came the crisis, and the prospects and affairs of an entire community have boog darkened by its shadow, Mines closed down and workmen retranched in scores; empty buildings and sorely diminished trade; it is a very different-Kimberley-now_Do_every_side. ose hear the great question of the possibility of a revival; of the fabulous amount of wealth, which is represented by the stock of diamonds still unsold; of the chespening of production, and of new methods of min- ing to be adopted in the future, But uncertainty hangs over all; the ongoing trains are filled with workers seeking new homes' in Rhodesia, or on the Rand, or possibly in Australia or Eogland. At two of the largest mines the machinery stands idle; iboimmense acreage of the "flors" alone where the pre- cious "blos ground has been laid out to be softened and broken up by sun and rain-con- tains sufficient diamonds to supply the market for a year or more.
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Thas the people of Kimberley, although con- @dent in the future of their town, are prepared for a time of trial. Retrenched cler.s go out by twos and brees to pag out claims on the River Diggings, for river stones still. fetch' a lucrative price, os acconat of their extrema punity as compare with the ordinary mine stone.
These superb steamers carrying the French Mail are fitted throughout with Electric Light | -Pull Mall Gautie and Fans and were specially built for this trade. Excellent calside.
The Company's Own Wharf near Wing Lok Street and its barth in Canton opposite
Shameen.
For further particn'are, please apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shameen, Canton,
or to their Agents
·BARRETTO & CO., Hongkong,
Hongkong, 9th, October, 1908,
P. NALIN, FRENCH MAIL OFFICE,
~ [460
WEST RIVER BRITISH STEAMSHIP
COMPANIES.
HONGKONG÷WWO HOW LINE
" LINTAN” and “SAN-DI,”
JAIL FROM HONDxong Twice a week and CoOMPLETE Tas Round Trip in 4 Days.
•Dog Thase"steamers have Excellent Saloon Accommodation, and are Lighted Throughout by
Electricity. THE QUIMATE ON THE WEST RIVER DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IS WILL
VERY FINE AND EXHILIRATING.'
--For feather Information apply to-n
BUTTERFIELD, & SWIBE
WEST RIVER BRITISH;8.W. BOHANPIES
EYES
RIGHT!
N, LAZARUS, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN, CORNER OF D'AGUILAR STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD,
test your eyes free of chargo, and if :hy are wrong will put them right,
Spectacles for all requirements, Laaste Ground / All kinds of Repairs,
Ask, or waita, for Illustrated Booklet on "Dafectiva Sight "--fras BOLA LONDON,
AC CALQUEZA!
59, Bentlack Street
Joke Straat, Bedford Row, WA Hongkong, 4th Mürch spol
Intimatious.
THE IMPERIAL COLONIAL CLUB.
HE above Club is formed chiefly for
(TEONIAL, and OVER-SEAS MEM-
SHANGHAI,
Nanking Ro
BERS; it is situated at No. B‡, Piccadilly (the centre of Clubland), opposite the Green Park,
The Club has a Bridge Section, Reception, Dining, Billiard Room, Smoking Lounge, Reading Room and Library,
Ladies are eligible as Members. Entrance Fee, Five Guineas, Acnual Sub- scription, Five Golocas..
Further particulars from
THE ORGANISING SECRETARY, 84, Piccadilly, W. Lasdan, 19th August, 1908,
MUSIC LESSON.
[769
ESSONS is Violin, Mandoline and Guitar
at pupil's residence.
· Ksening—engage Concerts),
· Apply to-
ents for Dances
E. J. LOPES,
igkong, 9th March, 100%.
Acting Agent
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
"HE P. & O: S. N. Co.'s Steamer
* PODNA, FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA," PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS, A Consignees of Cargo by the above-named. vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and "Kowloon Wharf and Godown' Company's Godowas at Kowloop, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are fanded,
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before & hours.
ན་དྷཱུ་
Goods not cleared by the 19th October, 4 PM; will be subject to rent."
No Fire Insurance will be effected by ma in any case whatever,
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Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at an ap- pointed hour.
All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns.
F. J. ABBOTT, Acting Superintendent. Hongkong, 12th October, 1908.
*BEN* LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. S.S. "BENAVON,” FROM MIDDLESBRO," ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS. ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous, and/or extra hazardous-Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. whence and/or from the wharvas delivery may be obtained, jak
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods. have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 20th fast. will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 27th inst., or they will not be recognized. --
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be. examined on the zoth inst, at 11 AM
No Fire Insurance has been affected. "Bills of Lading will be countersigned by "
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agonis Hongkong, 13th October, 1908.
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Intimations.
THE *HINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND
MORTGAGE CO., LD.
(CAPITAL PAID UF..............$1,250,000)
Los on Mortgage of House Property, &c..
· Goods received on Storage.
·Advances made on Merchandise. Loans made on the Providest System.
[Rates and Particulars on application),
'THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY."&c., Uzdörtaken and Executed,
SHEWAN, TOMES 400.
General Managers. Hongkong, soth March, 19085 (un [as
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