THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914.
Shipping
Shipping
CANADIAN PACIFIC NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
ROYAL MAIL.
STEAMSHIP LINE.
From Hongkong
(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP OO.)
Empress of
Projected Bailings from Hongkong-
5th Feb.
Empress of
19th Mar.
India Empress of Asia Empress of
Japan
Russia
19th Feb.
8th Mar.
Empress of
India Monteagle
2nd April.
Destination.
8th April
LONDON & AN.
All Steamshipellesve Hongkong si noon. The "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA,” and “EMPRESS OF ASIA". aro new quadruple sorew 21 knot turbine steamers, of 16,850 tons gross, 89,625 displacement, the finest, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacifio,
The direct route to Canada, United States and Europe, oall ing at Shanghai, Nagasaki (through the Inland Sea of Japan)," Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria, B.C!
All Steamers of the Company's Faolfo and Atlantic Fleets are equipped with Marconi Wireless apparatus.
PASSAGE RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON.
"'EMPRESS OF RUSSIA."
Optional Atlantic Port, £71.10.
Optional Atlantio Port £65
"EMPRESS OF INDIA,"
"MONTEAGLE".
MARSEILLES,
Subject to Alteration Steamers.
TWERP, Via | Miyazaki Maru Bingapore, Capt. Boyada Penang, Colombo, Kifano Maru Buez, and Port | Capt. F. Cope Bald
VICTORIA.
Shipping HONGKONG
LOG BOOK.
Accident to the Theseus.
A Lloyd's message from Perim, dated December 7, says: The
PHILIPPINES. Holt Line steamer Theseus was
PHILIPPINES
STEAMSHIP CO Sailing date,
T, 16,000
T. 18.000
Saliling Date Steamship. T.
WEDNES, 18th Zafiro Jan. at d'light. WEDNES. 11th |Rubl (Feb. at d’light.
Captains.
For
B.C..
"EMPRESS OF ASIA,”
via
and SEATTLE Shanghai, via Moji, Kobe, Yok- kalohi, and Yokohama
Shidzuoka Maru Capt. Irizawa Tamba Maru Capt. J. Teraneks T. 12,500
T. 12,500
(TUES., 27th
Jan., at noon. TUESDAY, 10th | Fob, at noon,
EMPRESS OF JAPAN,” via
BOURNE, via Nikko Maru Manila, Thurs-Capt. Takeda
day
Intermediate service, via Canadian Atlantiq, port £43, via Boston, or New York £45.
Rates quoted above do not include meals and sleeping our across Cañada. These, if required, will be furnished for 46 additional,
SPECIAL RATES (First Class only.) allowed to Naval and Military officers, Civil Service employees, Missionaries, eta, etc. Passengers: purobasing Trans-Pacific Round Trip passage tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by the steamers of the Pacific Mail 9.8: Coor Toyo Kisen Kaisha."
Local and through passengers may, if desired, travel by rail between Ports of call in Japan.
For further information, Maps, Routes, Handbooks, Rates of Freight and Passage, apply to
D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for China. Corner of Podder Street and Praya, opposite Blake Pier,
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR LINE.
Regular Service Between
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS,
་་
EASTWARD.
S.S.Torilla." 5,203 tons, Capt. Swanson, will be despatched for SHANGHAI, KOBE & MOJI on 28th Jan.
S.S." Dilwara" 5,378 tons, Capt. Ramage, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI on let Feb.
WESTWARD.
S.S. "A. Apcar." 4,447 tons, Capt. Walker, will baldsspatched for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALOUTTA on 20th Jan.
S.S. "Thongwa," 6,298 tons, Capt. Robins, will be despatched as above on 1st Feb.
The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for passengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a duly qualified surgeon.
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For freight or passage, apply to.
Hongkong, Jan. 13th, 1914.
DAVID SASSOON & GO., LTD. Agents
THOS. COOK & SON, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, As.
Head Office for the Far East-16, DES VEUX ROAD,
KONG. SHANGHAI: 2-3, Fooshow Road. YOKOHAMA :'
32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotol.
*?***
SYDNEY & MEL-
Island, Kumano Maru -
and Cap. M, Winckler T. 9,300
via] Kanagawa Maru Penang
T. 9,600
WEDNES., 11th Feb. at noon. WEDNES., 11th" Mar. at noon.
(SATURDAY,
Townsville Brisbane CALOUTTA
S'pore, & Rangoon BOMBAY via Singa- Penang Maru,
(WEDNESDAY, pore and Colombo. Capt. Murazumi T. 8,000 121st Jan.
Hirano Maru KOBE & Yokohame
(THURS., 29th J Capt. H. Fraser T. 16,010 Jun. at 11 a m. NAGASAKI, Kobel Kumano Maru
(WED., 11th
Capt. M. Machida T. 12,500 124th Jan.
& Yokohama... Capt. M. Winckler T. 9,300 (Feb. at 11 am. › SHANGHAI, Mojil Bombay Maru
TUESDAY, and Kobe... Capt. Tozawa T. 5,000 127th Jan. SHANGHAI, Kobel Sanuki Maru.
SATURDAY, & Yokohama... Capt. Deguchi'
Cargo only,
T. 12,500 117th Jan.
Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy.
PASSENGER SEASON 1914
FOR EUROPE./
Miyasaki Maru 16000 tons sails Wednesday 28th January. Kitano
Hirano. Iyo
39 16000 12500 +9
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17
14
Estori
JE
Kamo Kashima
16000 # 20000 16000 11 20000.
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FOR AMERICA
Shidzuoka Maru 12500 tons sails Tamba
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FL
11th
February,
25th
11th March
25th
8th April. 22nd
Tuesday
27th January.
10th February. 24th
towed in here to-day, all well, by the Meyum and Borkhad. She has her tail shaft broken and han lost her propeller. About 2,000 tons of cargo will have to be dis and the spare propeller. Atted charge, and the vessel tipped, when the pilgrims have been
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4000F, S. McMurray
Manila,Mangarin, THURS. 22nd landed.
Cebu and Iloilo, Jan. 4p.m.
The New York Herald (Paris Manila,Mangarin, SATUR., 31st edition) anys the Thesous, with 4000 J. Miller
Cebu and Iloilo, Jan. 4 p.m.
800 Mohammadan pilgrims on Electric light Fans in every cabla; competent stewardesses December 1, in latitude 15deg. board, loat ter propeller on garried."
40min. N. and longitudo 41deg. 28min. E. during a southerly gale. Since then she drifted in a northwesterly direction toward Dahalak Island and 108ls, away from the regular steamship
Famongers holding round trip tickata may return by any steamer of the Facife Mai 8.8. Co., Toyo Kisen Kalahs, Norddeutscher Lloyd and Eastern and Australian Steamship Co., Ltd.
For Freight or Passage apply to
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERS
Hongkong, 15th Jan. 1914.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Esper
Reguls JAVA,
From
Fortighdy Service, between CHA and JAPAN.
20-1450 about
Tibodas...S'HAI 1st half Jan.......JAVA 1st half Jan.
Will wears on or that Timahi ......JAVA 2nd half Jan. AYA2nd half Jan.- Tipanas.JAPAN 2nd half Jan. JAVA 2nd half Jan. Timanock...S'BAI 2nd half Jan.JAVA 2nd half Jan. Titaroem ...JAVA ...2nd half Jan. ......S'HAI...2nd half Jan. Tillwong...JAVA 1st half Feb.......JAPAN...1st half Feb. Tjilatjap.JAVA 1st half Feb.......JAPAN ...1st half Feb. Tjikini.........JAVA...2nd balf Feb.......S'HAI ...2nd half Feb.
The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers, and will take cargo to all Ports in Netherlands-India on through B/L.
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
York Building,
116
Telephone No. 375
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
VIA SHANGHAI,
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU.
Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.
Steamer,
"
Displacement Tons & Speed
Leave Hongkong. 22,000 - 21 knots Satur., ."11,000- 10 knots Tues., 22,000-21 knots Fri.,
12500
19
Aki
12500
Tenyo Maru.". Hongkong Mare,
Sado
12500
10
12
Yokohama.. Awa
12500
10th March 24th
Shinyo Maru.
41
via Manila.
Omitting Shanghai.. "
12500
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Shidzuoka
12500
7th April. 21st
Telephone No. 292.
For further information apply
・
CHINA NAVIGATION
CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
For
Steamers.
HONO-SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Kanchow
NINGPO & SHANGHAI
Wuhu HAIPHONG....................
.Kalfong MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Sungklang SHANGHAI SHANGHAI ..... ................. ...Anhul... SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Chenan MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Taming
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and CASHED Chief Office→LUDUATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft "HANSA.”
EAST ASIATIC SERVICE, Rogurar Sailings from JAPAN, CITINA and•„RHULIPPINES via. STRAITS and COLOMBO,
To
Marsellics, Havre, Bremen and Hamburg and New York.
*
And from Manila, Hongkong and Japan to Vancouver (B.0,) and Portland (Or.).
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Turing Caned w) Through rates, to all European Norit Continental, and Brieka Porta, viso Tilasır
Lleida, Oporia, Genze, and athar Mediterranean Levantina, Miach Ratic Spa
Port, and ali Korth and South Ausclean Duria
Spezia
Saxonia
Next Sallings from Hongkong
OUTWARD.
For Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama:
..:28th Jan. J Baden
4th Fal. Sudmark
Brisgavia..
Scandia ... 14th Feb,
Hoerde................ 28th Feb.
To Sail. 17th Jan. at 4 p.m. ¡17th Jan, at m'night .19th Jan. at noon. 20th Jan. at 4 p.m.
17th Jan.
10th Feb.
13th Feb.
All steamers will be despatched at NOON. First Class to London. £71.10. Return (6 months:) £120, First Class to New York.........260.
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£96.10.
San Francisco £45. Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Ratura lokots have the option of
£68. returning from Ban Francisco by steamers of the Pacifio Mall 8.9. Co., or from Vancouver by steamers of the Canadian Paoifio Hallway Co.
Spoola! Rates given to NAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SIRYANTS, MISSION- ARIES ato. Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
charge.
ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal Passangers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan free of
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
*
Tuos..
Kiyo Maru.
17,000 - 14 kaots Via JAPAN PORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA
3rd Feb. CRUZ, CALI.AO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO.
Thonce by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES. For Full Particulara as to Passage & Freight, apply to
....20th Jan. at 4pm.Telephone No. 291
22nd Jan, at 4 p.m.
,,24th Jan. at m'night
S. MORIMOTO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS,
48th Jan. at 4 p.m. THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
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DIRECT SAILING TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly. "8.8. LINTAN " and " 8.8. SANUL ” » MANILA LINE.-Twin Borew Steamers "Chinhus," "Teming" and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; olectric fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on ESHANCHAI LINE-The Twin Sorew steamers
"Taming" & "Tean," Chonan," and the 8.8. "Liangchow," "Luchow" and "Yingchow" Anhui " having excellent accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain b fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong for Bhanghai direct every Thursday and Sunday, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtze and Northern China Ports.
STEAMSHIP
CO., LIMITED. Mail Servios to Australik
via Manila.
MAL SCHEDULE 47RIFCT TO MODIFICATION
Arrive Hongkong from Australia,
Ateamers.
The steamers leaving Hongkong on Sundays proceed Rom Shanghai to Tsingtau, leaving there on Tuesdays for Shanghai, Aldenham Hongkong and Canton
Empire..... N.B-Passengers must embark before midnight on Saturday for St. Albans the Sunday morning sailings. A Company's launch leaves Murray Eastern......................... Pier at 10 o'clook every Saturday night,
31st Jail. 21st Feb. 14th Mar,
Leave Hongkong for Australia.
30th Jan. at 10 a,m 27th Feb. st. 20th Mar.at 9th April at
17
These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, avoiding the inconsuring a Plentiful supply of Ice, French Provisions, etc., and are The shove Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en enience of the transhipment at Woosung,
Reduced Fares
For Freight or Passages apply to
Telephone No. 36.
Hongkong 17th Jan, 1914.
10th Mar
25th Mar
12th Mar RUSSIAN
For Havre, Emden & Hamburg: For M'les, H're, R'dam & H'hurg;
HOMEWARD.
Silesia......
25th Jan. For Vitoria, Viver, S'tle & P. (Or)
Saxonia...
„Ratura, 575.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. Agenta
VOLUNTEER FLEET.
HONGKONG AGENCY.
Outward Bound. (Vladivostok via Nagasaki.).
Homeward Bound.
(Odossa via parts of gall.)
Bermuda....*** 4th Mar For Marseilles & H'bure;
The S.6. Kiev. 5,566 R.T., Commander Stetzky, -ís expected to Sithonia
6th Mar. arrive here about the end of January, 1914, For Havre, Emden, & Hamburg.
Spezia For Vitoria, V'ver, S'tlo & P. (Or.). 8th Mar. Sudmark
11th Mar; For H'burg & Antworp; th
Senegambla 12th Mar For Havre & H'burg;
Scandia ...
6th Feb. For Maraeillos, & H'burg;
Andalusia
8th Feb. For R'dam, Bremen & Hamburg; Preussen...............13th Feb For Favre, Bremen & H'burg;
O. J.D. Ahlers 21st Feb. For Marrell'es, IL'burg & A'werp; Suevia mort.26th Feb.
For Forthor Particulars, apply to
...26th Mar
Hamburg-Amorika Linio, Lengkong Offica
Tho. 8.8. Perm, 4,149 R.T., Commander Bakanoff, is expected to arrive here about the middle of February, 1014. de
NB-The exact date of arrival will be published after receipt of telegram from the last port of call.
For Freight, Pasange and further particulars, apply to
lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electric Fana. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried,«
For turther particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & C
gopta
doul sea.
The fact of a ship
drifting helplessly in the Red Sea with 800 Mohammedan pil-" grimson board for nearly a week draws attention to a port and a trade of which little is beard in Northern Europe. And yet every year about 150,000 true believers and from British India, China, North' Molammedonism has made giszt Central Africa, where strides of late years, Egypt, from which country alone about 11,000 persona make the pilgrimage every from Turkey, Russia and the year, not to talk of thousands Balkan States, journey to Mecca.
Mohammedans are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives. The pilgrima must, according to the places whence they come, stop at certain stations indicated by the Prophet himself, to prepare them- Belves to accomplish their saintly duty.
While many travel overland tens, of thousands have to pro- coed to Mecca by sea, Jeddah, in the Red Sea, is the port of. Mecca, and it was here presum- ably that the Theseus was bound with her human freight,
Mecca is situated about sixty miles from Jeddah Sea, and is the chief town of the province of Hedjaz. Uninteresting in itself it derives its importance entirely from these annual pilgrimages to Mosque, or Bist Ulla, contains ité Great Mosque. The Great the Kaaba, a small square edifice, the foundation of which is at tributed by the Mohammedans to shrine of the Moslems, and con- Abraham. This is the sacred tains the "black stone," to which they all turn in worship. This from Heaven with Adam, and the stone is paid to have descended
spot on which it stands i believed by the faithful to be. that on which Adam firat wor- shipped after hie expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
celebrated
There is also at Mecca the medicinal spring, Zemzem, which, it is said, was rediscovered by Mahomet's grand-
father.
Armed Merchantmen.
The now edition of Rhodes'a Shipping Anonal cortains an article over the signature o Landeman which amounts to a stronz indictment of mohart men wilgans us to allo s tlem to put up a defeire aginst anyTM hostile puiters, by which thing. might be nth oked in war.
„From the very fires the scheme. has presented Lumeruspints of
hand. There is, however, que very difically, and upon several of thens Land man laa ho vy important point to which he does not refer probly because it is so obvious. It is known that such merchant ships. aa are. destined to be armed by the Ger man Government in the event of war will be properly commission- ed privateere, enjoying all the all the risks of ordinary warships. There is as yet, however, nothing to alow that the captains of British armed merchantmen will. carry thefe commissions with them, and if they do not, the frat shot they fire, even though it be in defence, will make pirates of them.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.ileges and, of course, running
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine."
FOR SWATOW, MA&D FOOOTICW REVENA (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Steamships
Captain Halching Halyang
W. O: Passmore, TUESDAY, 20th Jan, at 11 am.
Leaving. A. E. Hodgins... | FRIDAY, 23rd Jan. at 11 am.
FOR SWATOW AND AMOY:
Halmun...| J, W. Evans...
SATUR., 17th Jan, at 2 p.m. Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near Blake Pier
Douglas Lapralk & Co.
General Managers,
Capt. D. A. LUKHAMNOFF, Agent,
Total Medklons, Tel. No. 124,
For Freight and Passage, apply to #129:
Rib Jin, 1914.
In March last when Mr. Chur- chill dra ribed the new policy be, took as his standpoint the fact (Continued on Page 7.)
Oyaters, Fresh, Fried or Stowed Findon Haddooks, Kippers &o,, ALEXANDRA CAFE,