LOG BOOK.
Commercial Ports.
Groat activity is now going on in the commercial ports of French Indo-Chine, especially at Saigon,
Enfimafors
WM. POWELL,
LIMITED.
OUTFITTERS.
NEW GOODS
to afford bollor facilities for ship-GESTS ping. Wharves and mooring: berths are being greatly improved, and new godowns, affording amplo, accommodation for the growing traffic, are being constructed. Some of the recent rice milla con- structed procapable of turning out] upwards of six hundred tons of cleaned sivo daily,
The "America Meru." It is authoritatively reputed by the "Kol lorald" that the Osaka Shoson Kaisha hayo - parchaeod the T. K. K. finor, Amoric-mary-
ENGLISH
White
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MAY 31 101r
Mails.
PENINSULAR AND OBIENTAL
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
WILL despatch VESSELS to the Underimentional PORTS on or about
the 'DATES anmod-
FOB
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA {
MADE SHANGHAI ......
-
LONDON, VIA
USUAL PORTE OF > CALL...] LONDON & ANT-]
NUDIA
Capt. F. J. Fox
STEAMERS
TO BALL ON
REMARKS
10 AMFreight or 4th June Passage.
About Freight and Capt, S. Barchom..................... 18th June] Pasanga
„Dziti....
NOUD, Bot Spocial Capt. H. S. Bradshaw.........† 10tli Juno Advertisement,
{dapt, S. Bard
Canvas WERDS FORE. NLK
AND
and that she intention is to place Buckskin
this fine vessel “on-iho· Kobo-
Formosa run. Passenger traffic between the o, two points bas greatly increased during recont
Shoes.
PERANO, C'Ho PORT SAID AND E MARKKILLES ...... |
About - Freight and Capt. E. F. Dally, p.x.n. 14th Junof· Passage,
Shipping-Steamers.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
To Sail
BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS-
FOR KOBE.
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Stenmors on the Coast, having plendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers. Electric Light. Excellent THE Steamship Opisine."
ATHAMSIELFE.
DAPTAIN
LEAVING.
!.
་
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Haimun... Capt. W. Evans.. Į SUNDAY, 4th June, at 10 :: Haitan Capt. I. S. Roach ..... TUESDAY, 6th Juzo, nt 11 am,, Hatching... Capt. W. C. Pasemore. FRIDAY, 9th June, at 11 A.M."
FOR SWATOW, FOOCHOW and WAKAMATSU. Halyang" | Capt. A. E. Hodgins... | FRIDAY, 2nd Jnus, at Noon,
Cabin Passage to the latter port at choip rale, During the months of JULY and AUGUST, RETURN TICKETS available for three months will be issued at a redaction of 20% on the usual rate to Foochow
Steamers will arrive at. and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near Binke Pier..
For Froglit and Passage, apply to
| 457].
Douglas, Lapraik & Co., General Managera.
JAVA CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
I
Regular Fortnightly Service between JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
For Further Paniculars; apply to
E. A. 'HEWETT,
P. & D. S.. N. Co.'suffice,
Hongkong, 31st May, 1941
Superintendent.
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Yleamer
From
KABANA
months. The America-smart was SMART SHAPES NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
built thirteen years ago.. Sho is
5,307 gross tonnage, 3,460 net, with 11,000 tons displacement. and can steam. 18 knots an hour,
28, Queen's Road, (Central).
The vessel has a library, recoption | Hongkong. 28th April, 1915.
halls, a social promenade doek,
and all the modern conveniences
rious
with accommodation for 100 PEAK TRAMWAYS CO.,
cabin passengera.
Bangkok Dock.Co.
The annual report of the Bang- kok Dock Company states that, after paying interest on dabon- tures, making provision for all bad debts, writing off Tienls. 10,521,82 as depreciation on the Company's property and plans, the nott profits mounted to Ticals 27,992.09. To this has to bo added Amount brought forwardi from last year Ticals 3,850.64 which makes a sum of Tierla 31,840.64 available for distribu-
|
LIMITED,
TIME TABLE.
Werk Days.
7.00 'n.m.
BREMEN.
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.
Fon
STEAMER..
To sail.c
COULESZ".........6,750 | WEDNESDAY,
7:30 am to 10.00 am. Every 10. KONE & YOKOHAMA {"C. . "Klugkist
H
*
H
16 15 min. NAPLES, 10 min.
14
15 mitt.
11
10,00 nm, to 11.00 a.. 11.30 am. 12.45 p.. 12.45 pm to 1.15 p.m. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p. 1.45 jum. to 2.15 p
10 min. 2.16 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. 15 mio." 8.80 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. 15 mio. 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. 10 min NIGHT CARS.
overy half hour. SUNDAYS,
"
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8.00 .m. to 0.00 8.m. Every 15 min. 0.00 a.m. to 3.80 a.. 9.30 am, to 10.30 a.m. 10.80 min to 11.00 1.10.
11.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon
GENOA ALGIERS, GIBRAL- TAR, SOUTHAMP- TON. ANTWERP and BREMEN tsutsirchant
SINGAPORE, COLOM~ 1 BO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, GENOA, AL-' QUERS, GIBRAL-> TAR. SOUTHAMP- I' TON, ANTWERP &
• HAMBURG
MANILA, YAP, MA-1
"BOLO............ 16,900
Cap. I. Formes ..........
·Greisenau
81st May, 6 r..
WEDNESDAY,
81st May,
at Noon.
....................16,000)
About 7th June. "
Ph. Obenauer ..
30 min
J
***
15 min
10 mia
11
RONN.
Io min.
SAMARA,
COBLENZ
6,750
10 mig:
BANE, SYDNEY &
Capt. L. Klugkist
15 zain.
SATURDAY, 17th June, at Daylight.
10 min.
15 min.
tion. In view of sovere compoti- | 8.45 p.m. and 9 p.m., 0.45. to £1.16 p.tu. tion it was necessary to cut down prices considerably all round and after looking most onrefully inta the value of the stock in Irado, ile directors considered it ndvisable to utilize Ticils 20,000 of the Ticals 100,000 paid os premionion the new issue of shares, for the purpose of writing down valuos to compensate for the reduction in prices. The balance of premium account amounting to Ticals 30,000 was addad to reserve which › now stands at Ticals 250,000, A
sun of Ticals 20,000 was trans-
ferrod to Dividend Account 2-1.2
14
12.00 am to 1.00 p.m. 100p.m. 5:00 pm 5.00 pie, us 6.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. 7.00 pln. to 8.00 pm
10 ruin. NIGHT OARS as on Wook Days. SATURDAYS.
**
Extra care at 3.15 p.m., 11.30 p.m
and 11.46.p.10. SPECIAL CARS by Arrange
At
por cent, a sum of Tirus 4,657 ment cho Company's Office." to Dividend Account, Now Issné, Alexandm Buildings, Des Voeux Road Ticals 5,000 were voted as rom-Central,
noration to Directors and 2,162 JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, carried forward to 1911.
"LABOUR-SNATCHING "
IN HAWAII.
Thero has crept into the “Para- diso of the Pacifio" a most tangi- ble and troublesome serpent-the Oriental labour problem. As the
General Managers, Hongkong, 1st April, 1909,
DRAGON CYCLE
DEPOT,
ELECTRICIANS.
Engineers and
Pacific Covst papers explain the Steam, Oil, Gas and Motor situation, in order to cultivate their sugar-folds the Hawaiian planters have been importing an- nually many lipudreds of labourots from Japan, the Philippines, Indin, and Europe, at great ex- ponko at times under suspension
Rickshaw Builders.
REPAIRE' TO "
of the United States immigration Typowiitors, Bicycles, Phono-
lawa. But no sooner are they brought over than agents entice them to Alaska and the Const States. And as if this were not onough the Fedoral Commissioner of Immigration comes out with a
graphs, and all kinds of Electric Goods and Machinery
'PHONE 482.
report denouncing the sugar No. 63, Des Voeux Road Central. growers for holding their fold-
"
hands in a state of vassalago" Managing Propriétor :
and hastening the "Orientalis-41]
ation" of the islands, " Tho Literary Digest"
"AGE OF AQUARIUS.
The American "Old Moore" has a quaint explanation of our present development of wrial science.
Ho says we are living in the age of Aquarius, which means that the world is at prosent pass- ing through the zodiacal sign of Aquarius, the airy constellation. Bythe procession of the equinoxes, the earth entored this nign in 1882, and since then everything connootod with the air las boon brought to the fore-wireless telegraphy, arial navigation, com- pressed air and all inventions and compounds having to do with air. According to astrology, the earth "passos through asign ovory thou- sand years, and the same condi lions are repeated, so that thirty thousand years ago there was a alimilar state of affairs in the.
GRAVING
C. LAURITSEN.
DOOK
NEWGUINEA, BRIS-
MELBOURNE...
All the steamers of the European Ling ara Alitod with Wireless Tulegenphy.
Now System of Telefuckon.
For burt' er Particulars, apply in
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINA.
Hongkong, 1st May, 1911-
THOS. COOK & SON, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.
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Head Offies for the Far East:-10, DES VŒUX ROAD, HONGKONG SHANGHAI: 2-8, Fonchow Road. YOKOHAMA: 82, Water Birvet.
+19134
Expected on or about For Will leave on oralout Tjiliwong
.....JAVA................. tot half Jugo Timahi
JAVA....................... Ist half June Tiitaroem .............. JAVA........ Ist half. Juno...SHANGHAI. Ist half Juno Tilatjap..... JAVAL..............Žnd half June..JAPAN ......2nd half Juno Tjikini
JAPAN.....2nd half Jane.JAVA.........................Znd half Juno Tilbodas... JAVA...2nd half June. SHANGHAL2nd half Jung Tjipanas.JAVA........lat ball July...JAPAN......Ist half Jaly
The steamers and all fitted throughout with Elootric Light, and harc ➡etamodation for a limited number of kaloon passsengers, and will take cargo
Ports in Netherlands-India on through B/L. For partianlars of Freight and Pasange, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Tolophino No. 375
York Buildings.
Consignees
Consignees
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INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI GATION COMPANY, LTD. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG
"BARBER" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
and SINGAPORE. The Stearnship "SURUGA."
HE Company's Stearnship FROM NEW YORK,
" KUMSANG," CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby Consignees of enrgo by her are foreby having arrived from the above Ports, fuformel that all Goods ate informed that their goods will be do being lunlod at their risk into the livored from alongside.
T
Godotras of the HONGKONG AND KOW-
THE
"BENMOHR,"
Captain Haatio, will bo dospatuled au above on 2nd June, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
GIBD, LIVINGSTON & CO., Agents.
Hongkong, 27th May, 1911. 1154
SHIRE"
LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.
FOR LONDON & ANTWERP,
T"
HE Stepwiship
“MONMOUTHSHINE,"
Captain G. E. Wamer, will be des patched as above on or about 3rd June. For Freight or Passage, apply to JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD. Agents.
Hongkong. 17th May, 1911. [1184
ORIENTA
COMPY
The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation
Company..
STEAM FOR STRAITS, CEY- LON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITER RANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON,
TERODON BILLS OF LADING LEAVED FOR BATAVIA, CONTINENTAL AND AMERICAN PORTS.
THE Steamship
"DELHI," Majesty's Aails, will be despateled Unptain H. S. Bidshaw, carrying His from this for. Bombay, &, on SATURDAY, the 10th June, 1911,
LOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, remaining on board after 4pm. then connection with the Company's .. Cargo, impeding the discharge or at Noon, taking passengers and Cargo LTD., at Kowloor, when audior fromat inst., will to landed at Con-Malwa," 11,000 tons, from Colom
the wharges delivery may be obtnlárd.
No claims will be admited after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Gonds remaining inddelivered after the 2nd prax, will be subject to rent
All clinis ngainst the gleamer masi, be presented to the Undessigned on or before the 20th prox. or thewill not be rocognized.
All broken, dafed, and daungod Goods are to be left in tha Godorus,
where they will be examined on the 2nd prox. at 3 pr..
by
No Fire Insurance has been cffected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned
4
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hongkong, 26th May, 1911. [1161
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HE P. & 0. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer
THE
** DELHİ," FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO
AND STRAITS. · Consignoos of Cargo by the above-
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal. STEAMSHIP named vessel are listoby informed that
LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY..
| TOURS Arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD.
BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest malos.
| sheir goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com
vignes's risk and expense.
No Fire Instanta will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countor-igned
by
JARDINE, MATHESON &
. C. I. General Managers. 29th May, 1911.
Hongkong,
Intimations
lo. passengers' accommodation in which voel is secured before departure from Hongkong.
Bilk and Valuabies, all cargo for Race and Ton for London (under arrangement). will be transhipped at Colombo into the mall steamer proceed- [sing direct to Marseilles and London; other oargo for London, &c., will be conveyed ria lombay by the "s.s. Himalaya," dus in London on the 23rd July, 1911.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT. In Casks of 375 lbs. net. In Bags of 250 lbs. net. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managers. Hoogkong. 18th Ang.. 1010. FX4
།་
CLOUET CHAMPAGNE EXTRA DRY.
24 pirits at $22.50.
FRENCH STORE,
6, Queen's Road.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED, and pany's Godowns at Kowloon, whore tangkong. 15th Mar, 1911.
CASHED,
FOREIGN MONIES exchanged.
992]
Chier Oprice :-LÜDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
GENUINE EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES,
M. MELACHRINO CO., CAIRO,
Frash Lot arrived from Amsterdani: Havana Cigars, Cigars Non Plus Ultra.
Casino, Progreso, Margarita, aul Morca Cigars.. From Italian Mono: Cigars Regalin Londres. Virginia Alla Paglis.
1027
A. P. JEANNOU & Co., Importer, 15, Queen's Rand Contrs,
Obininable from:-TOE PARIS TOILET Co., Lro.,
M. Sternuelo, 68, Queen's Band Centmi, ani JONETH MONCHEN, Blameen, Canton.
SHIPBUILDERS, SALVORS AND REPAIRERS, BOILERMAKERS, FORGEMASTERS, BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS, CONSTRUC.
TIONAL, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
787ft. by 88ft. by 941t. 6 in. Pamps empty Dock in
-
Modern Appliances for quick construotion and repair of Ships, Engines, Boilers, Railway Rolling Stook, Bridges, and all
Classes
of Engineering, Iron and Wood Work Electrical Drives, Hydraulic & Pneumatic Tools
installed throughout the Works.
50-ton Hydraulic TESTING MACHINE for Chains, Wire Ropes, Rivets
and Metal Specimens.
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING CO. TAIKOO DOCKYARD, HONGKONG.
28-4 hours.
THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS taking rpesels up to 8,000 tana dieplacement, providing conditions for painting ships with most efficient reunit
100-Tox ELECTRIC ORANE DON QUAT-- ELECTRIC OVERHEAD ORANËS TunоUSHQUT › The Buors Raxoing or 76 100 Toma,
Estimates given for Docking, Bopaim to Half and Machinery, Coustructional Work.
Managers and AgriTA I
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Telegraphic Address 2-1-
“TAIKOODOCK."
HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery aan be obtained as the Goods are landed. This vossel brings on Cargo:
From London, &c., ok .."Nyanza"
and "Macedonia."
From Mombassa ex a.a. “* Purnea." From Persian Gulf, ex .s. .B. I. 8. N. and B. & P. Co.'s Stoainera,
Optional Goods will be landed bore: unlos instructions are given to the sontrary within 6 qum.
Goods not cleared by the 31st insi.,
No Fire Insurance will be effected
at 4 x, will be subject to rent.
by me in any care whatever.
Damaged packagea must be laft in | ·
GRANITE &
MARBLE
Monuments
C
E. WARREN
&
CO.
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Parcels will be received at this Office unul 4 P.M. the day before sailing. The atents and value of all packages are required.
Vor further particulars, apply to
L.A. HEWETT, Superintendent.
Hongkong, 27th May, -1011
Hongkong-New York.
S
A
AMERICAN-ASIATIO S.S. CO.
FOR NEW YORK VIA PORTS & SUEZ CANAL. (With liberty to call at the Malabar Const).
REPAIRS
5.8.
& CLEANING
DACRE CASTLE"
On or about 21st June, 1011. For Freight and further information,
UNDERTAKES.pply to
WREATHS.
MAN CHEONG,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
General Agents. (874 Hongkong, 20th May, 1911.
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19, WELLINGTON STREET CENTRAL, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Ησάσκοπο,
Gentlemen and Ladies'
TAILORS & OUTFITTERS. Embroidery, Pougas Silk, Glans Cloth,
Canton Silk and Laces, &c., &c. Hongkong, 25ni January, 1911. 835
the Godowns for examination by the SWATOW DRAWING WORK. Consigncos and the Company's our- |veyors, Mossrs. Gondand and DouglAS, ni 9 A.M. on MONDAYS and THURE (days." All claims must be prosentéd | within ton days of the steamer's arrİVA) bero, after which date they cannot be recognised. No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the GodownS,
E. A HEWETT,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 25th May, 1913. ......
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TSANG KWONG
COMPANY.
ERORDICAL AND GAS
CONTRACTORS,
230, Des Vœux Road Central.
Pelophone No. GOD:
1921
A LING & CO.
FURNITURE AND PHOTO SUPPLIES.
DEVELOPINO, PRINTING AND
ENLARGING.
19. Queen's Road. [803
WING KEE & CO. 47-49, Connaught Rd.
SHIPCHANDLERS,
PROVISION & GOAL.
MERCHANTS
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By Older
(76- Hogkonge 38rd Mar 1911.- [990) Hongkong,
Hongkong Telegraph. Rud Pecember, 1909 |E