THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1914.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
ROYAL MAIL.
STEAMSHIP LINE.
From tiongkone y
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GOT
Empress of Asia Empress of
Japan Empress of
Russia
Projected Sailings from Hongkong -
19th Feb.
Empress of
India
2nd April.
5th Mar
Monteagle®
8th April.
19 Mur.
Empress of
Asia
De Mination.
16th April.
MARSEIL LES, |-
LONDON & AN-1
Atte Steinships leave Hongkong at noon.
The "EMPRES4 OF RIISS A." and "EMPRESS OF ASIA" are new quadruple screw 21 knot turbino ateainers, of 16,850 tons gross, 30,625 displacement, the finest, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacific.
The direct routa to Canada, United States and Europe, call- ing at Shanghai, Nagasaki (through the Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe. Yokohama and Victoria, B.C.
All Steamers of the Company's Pacific and Atlantic Fleets are equipped with Marconi Wireless apparatus.
"EMPRESS OF INDIA
Subject to Alteration
Steamers.
· TWERP, ~ via lyo Maru Singapore, Capt. Hirase Malacca, Penang, (Hirano Maru Colombo, Suez, & ↑ Capt. Fraser Port Sand......
VICTORIA, B.C.. and SEATTLE Shanghai, via Moji, Kobe, Yok- kalobi. and
Shipping
HONGKONG
LOG BOOK.
The Titantic Disaster. Claims aggregating $13,000.- [000, „bout £2,000,000, are wait+ ing the deation of the Uaned.
PHILIPPINES. States Supreme Court as josult of
(the Titanto dienster that ¿courrëd about 22 months ago, The Oceanic Steam Navigation Com- which owned the vessel is pany,
STEAMSHIP CO. seeking to induce the Court to
PHILIPPINES
Sailling Date Steamship T. Captains..
For
f
decide that the American Ad- Sailing date.miralty laws are applicable to the
st
Mantia,Mangarin, SATUR., 2 (WEDNES, 25th | Rubl '4000 J. Miller
Cebu and Iloilo. Feb. 4 p.m. Manila,Mangarin, TUES, 3rd ... 4000 F. S. McMurra Zafiro
Cebu and Iloilo. | Mar. 4 p.m. Electric light Fans in every cabin; competent stewardesses
T. 12,500 Feb. ut 10 a.m.
WEDNES., 11th T. 16,000 | Mar. at 10 u.m.
fi
"PASSAGE, RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON, 1
Yokohama
Aki Maru Capt. Nonu Sado Maru Capt. Asakawa
(TUES., 24th T. 12,500 (Feb., at noon.
TUESDAY, 10t T. 12,500 (Mar, at noon.
"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
via
Optional Atlantic Part. £21.10.
Intermediate service.
EMPRESS OF ASIA.”
SYDNEY & MEL JAPAN, via EMPRESS OR JAPAN,
BOURNE, via Kumano Maru
[WEDNES., 11th Monila, via Canadian
Thurs-Cap. M. Winckler T. 9,300 | Mar. at noon.. day Island, Tango Maru
(WEDNES., 8th Townsville and, Capt. T. Sekine T. 13,500 1Apr. at noun. Brisbane CALCUTTA
vin) Sanuki Maru
S'pore.
Optional Atlantic Port £65,"
''MONTEAGLE".
Atlantic port £43, via-Boston or New York £45.
Ratos quoted above do not include meals Rod slepping car across Canada. These if required, will be furnished for 46 additional,
:.
SPECIAL RATER (First Ciams only allowed to Naval and Military officers, Cird Servics eniployers, Missionarios, etc, etc. Fassengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Round Trip passage tickets have the option of coloring from San Francisco by the steamers of the Pacific Mail 8.S. C), or 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 Trathic Agent for China. Corner of Pedder Street and Praya, opposite Blake Pier.
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR LINE.
Regular Service Between
(CALCUTTA, STRAITS. SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS
BASTWARD.
S.S. "Dunera." 5,389 ton Capt. Dickinson, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI on 25th, Fab.
(SATURDAY, Penang Capt. Deguchi T. 12,30) (21st Feb.
& Rangoon....
BOMBAY via Singa-1 pore and Colombo.
KODE & Yokobama
NAGASAKI, Kobe
& Yokohama SHANGHAI, “Moji)
Jnd Kobe.... SHANGHAI, Moji,
Kobe & Yokohama)
1 Cargo only.
Kamo, Maru
THURS., 26th- Capt. Kaware T. 16.010 Feb. at 11, a u.
(WED., 11th Tango Maru Capt. Sekine T. 13,500 Mar. at 11 am.
Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy.
PASSENGER SEASON 1314
FOR EUROPË
Maru 12500 tons eails Wednesday 25th February.
11th March 25th
8th April. 22nd
sarried
اور
ofte, thereby limiting the com“ pauy's liability to the scat of salvage from the wreck and re- dooing the amount of claims to 90,000 dollars (about 13 000). fhe relatives of the pasangorë who lost their lives in the disaster are claiming full damages, ro
Passengers holding round trip tickets may return by any steamer of the Pacific Mail 9.9. Co., Toyo Kieu Kaisha, Norddeutscher Lloyd and Eastern and Australianording to what in declared to be Steamship Co., Ltd.
For Freight or Passage apply to
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERS
Hongkong, 13th Feb. 1914.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
the British practice, the contin- tion being the American Ad- miralty laws do not apply on tha |high sea".
The Leading Port of the World. .The very latest estimates of the value of the exports and imports of the ten leading ports of the world show that No York now stands at the head of the list, with Regular Fortnightly Service between
an advantage of nearly two hundred million dollars over JAVA, CHINA and JAPÄN:
London. The Marine, Review says that New York's total of exporta [Jikini.JAVA 2nd balf Feb. S'HAI 2nd half Feb. and importe, now valued at 1,- ilbodas......JAVA.let half Mar...JAPAN ...1st half Mar. 9,3,081,003 dollars, is over five TillwongJAPAN..lat half Mar......JAVA 1st half Martimes the amount of commerce filtaroem...S'HAI ..1st half Mar, ......JAVA 1st half Marthat was carried on by the entire
Kspected 's about
...2nd half Mar
rjimanoek...JAVA...2nd half Mar. ......S'HAI flipanas......JAVA 2nd half Mar................S'HAI ...2nd half Mar. country balf a century ago. As Tjilatjap.....JAVA: ...2nd half Mar. ..............JAPAN ...2nd half Mar. | to the future, it is declare that The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and the Panam's Canal is bound to lave accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers, and strengthen the land now secured vill take cargo to all Porte in Netherlands-India on through B/L..
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Telephone No. 1574
York Building.
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TOYO KISEN KAISHA
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
AVIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA,
JAPÁN AND HONOLULU,
Sailings from Hongkong--Subject to change without notice
Displacement.
Hiran
$16000
S.S. "Jelunga" 5,200 tank, Cpt. 1. BU, Sullivan, will he dese patched for MHIKE, KOBE & MOJ] on 22nd Feb.
Kator!
20000
Kamb Kashima
36000:
.20000
Aki Sth
Mary 12599 to
FOR AMERICA.
wails Tusaday.
42500
24th January, 10th March
A wa
Yokohama
Shizuoka
12500
24th
Tenyo Maru.
12500
April.
Nippon Maru
12500
21st
Hongkong Maru. Selyo, Maru
Tuns & Spoed 22,000 - 21 knots Sat.. 22,000 23 knots - Sat., 44,000 18 knots Wed., 11,000 - 10 knots Sat.,
Sat.,
25th 13 4th P
via Manila. Omitting Shanghai.
WESTWARD.
S.S." Torilla," 5.203 tone. Capt. Swanson, RN.R. wil hy dee patchet for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA on 219 Feb
S.S. "Dilwara," 5.378 tons. Capt. Ramajo. R.N.R. will be des- patched in above on 28 h Feb,
The above ateamers have excellent silon accommodation for 'passongere and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a Auly qualified surge in.
DAVIO SASSOON & CO., LTD.
For freight or pas-age, apply to,
Hongkong. Feb. 16th, 1914
Agents
THOS. COOK & SON,
Tourist, Steamship and forwarding Agents, Bankers, &o,
Head Office for the Far East-16, DES VIEUX ROAD, HONG-
KONG, SHANGHAI: 29, Pouchow Rond. YUKOHAMA
32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotel,
TICKETS SUPPLIED 16 EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP
LINES and TIGANS-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 1U DOATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
Destroke mpfschiffahrts Gesellschaft “HANSA.”
EAST ASIATIC SERVICE.
Begurar du inge. from JAPAN, CHINA and PHILIPPINES *** RAITS and COLOMBO
ro
Marseilles, Havra: Bremen and Hamburg and New York, And from Manila, Hongkong and Japan to Vancouver (B.C.) and
Ting C
Ambria Scandia Assyria.... Hoerde.
Portland (Or.)
cares to a Buncuran Sane Continal at and British Parts - kipo. Trinete
and that Gadileyenigno Lavring, Blank Partie des don Pets, and all North and Souk Amurtean Parks,,
Next Sailings from Hongkong:
OUTWARD
For Shanghai: Kobe & Yokohama:
18th Feb. Seudmärk
24th Fab. Brisgavla
3rd Mar | Uckermark 17th Mar. j Sambia
HOMEWARD.
For H'ra, R'dam, B'mon &H'burg: O. J.D. Ahlers... 28th Feb. For Ma selles, il'burg & A'werp: Suevia...2nd Mar. For Marseilles, Havrs & H'hure;
Sithonia ...
6th Mar. For Miles, 're, R'dam &H'burg;
Bermuda
8th Mar. For Havre, Enden, & Hamburg:
Spezia
14th Mar. For Bremen, 'burg & Antwerp:
Senegambia .. 17th Mar.!
...18th Mar.
27th Mar. 5th Apr. 25th Apr.
For further information apply to Telephone No. 292.
T WEREVOTO. Merapi
CHINA NAVIGATION
CO LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
For
SHANGHAI A MOY.. SHANGHAI
Steamers. Wuhu Linan ...Anhui
Liangchow
Luchow
SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Foochow SHANGHAI... MANILA.CEBU & ILOILO...Tean SHANGHAI
| SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Kanchow
To Sail. .. 19th Feb. at noon
19th Feb. at 4 p.m. ... 13th Feb. at 4 p..
21st, Feb. at m'night 24th Fer. at 4 p.m.
24th Feb. at 4 pm, 26th Feb: at 4 p.m. 29th Feb. at m'night DIRECT SAILING TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly, "3.S. LINTAN "and" S.S. BANUI"*
MANILA LINE-Twin Screw Steamers "Chinhus," "Taming” and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric fans fitted: extra staterooms on deck aft on "Taming" & "Tean." ESHANGHAI LINE.-The Twin Screw steamers Anhui "Chenan," and the S.S."Liangchow," "Luchow" and "Yingchow" having excellent accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a faat sebedule Brvice between Canton. Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hong kong for Shanghat direct avery Thursday and Sunday. taking cargo ou through Bills of Lading to all Yangtze and Northern Chinx Ports...
The steamers leaving Hongkong on Sundays proceed from Shanghai to Tsingtau, laving there on Tuesdays for Shanghai, Hongkong and Canton.
Steamer. Chiyo Maru
Leave Hongkong."
7th Mar. 4th Apr.
8th
די
All steamers.will be despatched at NOON. First Class to London..................................£71,10. Return(6 months) £120. First Class to New York.........£60.
£96.10: „, San Francisco £45.
· £68; Passengers purobasing Trans-Pacific Return tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacific Mail 8.8. Co., or from Vancouver by steamors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
Special Rates given to MAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION ARIES ato
ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal
Mail Unes and the Trans-Siberiap Railway.
charge,
Pauzongers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan free of
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
by this port; for the enial wil! bring New York 1,600 miles nearer to Yokohama than is Liver- pool; 2,500 miles nearer Sydney; 4.000 miles nearer Wellington, New Zealand; and 2,574 miles Bearer Valparaiso, Bremen and Hamburg being some 500 miles further removed from the canal, that Liverpool, it is evident that the new conditions-the general re-arrangement of trade routes will tend to strengthen the posi tion of this part in its supremsor over its neater competitor Ex pressed in round millings ( lollars) the returan ia value for the other Inading parts are: Lɔoden, 1,792 millions; Hamburg, J.674 mil. lione; Liveronol, 1,837 millions | Antwerp, 1/21 millione; Marseil-
les. 878 millions; Havre, 631. millions; Bremen, 501 millions, Buenos Ayres, 479 millions; and Calcutta, 410 millions.
Big Ship Era,
Like its predecessor, 1913 was. a great year for the launching of large liners for British steamship companies. The biggest ship
put into the water was, of course,
Via JAPAN FORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA the Cunard Line's Aquitania, of |ORUZ,CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO.
Thence by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES. For Full Particulars as to Passage & Freight, apply to
Telephone No. 291
S. MORIMOTO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS.
47,000 tons. She is rather bigger than the Olympic, nad pome 15,000 tona larger than the Lusi tania aud the Mauretania which came in the North Atlantic ser- vice in 1907 and 1908. As the
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN Aquitanight to be running this
STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. Mail Service to Australla
via Manila.
'MAIL SCHEDULE {<DRIF(T TO, MODIFICATION
Steamers.
Empire N.B.-Passengere must embark before midnight or Saturday for SL Albans................... the Sunday morning sallings. A Company's launch leaves Murray Eastern Pier at 10 o'clock every Saturday night.
These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, svolding the incon vanience of the trans-shipment at Woosung.
Reduced Fares:itage 145: Return 175.
For Freight or Passages apply to.
Taiphone No. 36.
Hongkong 18th Feb, 1914.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agente
Arrive Hongkong' from Australia..
21st Feb. 14th Mar.
rommer, thisnotable advance in size has been reached in just about seven years. By contrast with the Aquitanis, the other big ship launched last year seem relatively small, but in reality they represent a very high avor- age of tonnage. Leaving aside balf a dozen oil-tank steamers of over 10,000 tons each, it is to be Hongkongnated that the dozen big British passenger liners put into the traler have an register ol 14,000 tons.
Leave
for Australia..
27th Feb, at 10a.m 20th Mar.at
9th April at "
The "bove Stoamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en suring a Plentiful supply of Ice, French Provisions, etc., and are Bghted throughout with Electricity: All State-Roome have Electri Fana. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.
For further particulars, apply to,
Gibb, Livingston & Co.
Agate
RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
HONGKONG AGENCY."
Homeward Bound. Odessa via ports of call.)
The S.S. Perm. 4.149 R... Commander Baksnoff, is expected to arrive hero about the 22nd day of February, 1914.
Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
Highest lass. Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light Excellent Cuisine.
FUL SWATOW, amur anD FOOCHOW RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain
Leaving.
Steamships:
FurV'curia, Viver S'tle & P. (Or) Sudmark......... 18th Mar
The S.9. Klev, 5.566 R.T, Commander Stetzky, is expected to For Milos R'dum & Hamburg; I
Sachsen...23rd Mar. arrive here about the 5th day of March, 1914.
The 8. Vladimir, 5,620 R.T.. Commander Kamichansky, is For Havre & H'burg;
1 Scandia
281, Mur. expected to arrive here about the end of March, or beginning of Halching For Dunkirk-& Hamburg;
April, 1914.
Haltan Aragonia.................3rd Apri. | For Havre Emden & Hamburg;
Assyria.......
Outward Bound. (Vladivostok va Nagasaki.)
4th April. The S.S. Yaroslav, 4,494 R.T., Commander Tokhmatoff, is Haimun For 'toris, Viver, S'tle & P. (Or) expected to arrive here about the 21st day of March, 1914.
Hoerde
..14th April.
For Further Particulare, apply commo
N.B. This outward steamer on the way to Nagasak! and Vladivostok will call at Hongkong f the room permits,"
For Freight, Paskage and further particulara, 'apply to
Capt. D. A. LUKHMANOFF, Agent, Hotel Mansipsa, Tol No, #224,
Hamburg-Amerika Linie, HongkongOffice,
Harkoon, 18th Fab, 196
W. C. Passmore, FRIDAY, 20th Fob. at 11 am. | J. 8. Ranch ...... | TUESDAY, 24th Feb. at 11 am
FOR SWATOW.
.. J. W. Evans ... } SUNDAY, 22nd Feb. at 10 a.m.
Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co's Wharf near
Blake Pier. For Freight and Passago, apply to
[
Douglas Lapraik & Co.
Clenami Moungary,
Rverage groSA of upwarda lis doubtfual if such a figure has ever been surpassed. The naw Allon liners. Calgarian and Alsatiare, ach of 18.000 toon, core at his head of this list, and are bigger than any- thing yet built for the trade with Canada. They are turbine driven. The Royal Mail and Pacifio com- Jaoies have to their credit three 15,600-ton liners in the Alcantara, Andes, and Orduas, esch driven by combination engines. The Holtliner Ulysses, for the Australian trade, ย of the Berrima and Borda, of over 14,500 tons, and two seamers, 11,000 tone, are for the P. and 10. Company's branch line to thể Commonwealth. In the Andania and the Aulania the Cunard Company have two 13,400 toá boate for the Canadian trade, and in the Llandovery Castle and the". Llansteph in Castle the Union Castle Company bave a couple of 11,800 ton liniers for their direct East African service, via the Quez Conel,
Oysters, Frosh, Fried or Stewe Findon Haddoako, Kippers &o., ALEXANDRA CAFE,