Shipping
CANADIAN PACIFIC
ROYAL MAIL.
STEAMSHIP LINE.
THE HONⱭKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 16
From Hongkong
From Quebec
Empress of
25th June. Alsatian.
2nd July
1st July.
23rd July
8th July.
4th Aug.
Japan Monteagle Empress of Russla
Victorian
All Stemships leave Hongkong at upon.
The "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, and "EMPRESS OF ASIA” are new quadruple screw 21 kot, turbine steamers, of 16,850 tons gross, 30.625 displacement, the linest, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacific.
The direct reato to Canada, United States and Europe, call- ing at Shanghai, Nagasui (through the Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohuns and Victoriu, B.C.
P
All Steamers of the Company's Preific andAtlantic Floats are equipped with Marconi Wireless apparatus.
PASSAGE RATES - HONGKONG TO LONDON,
"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
Optional Atlantic Port, £71.10.
"EMPRESS OF INDIA." Optional Atlantie Port £65.....
"MONTANGLE”. „
EMPRESS OF ASIA."
via
"EMPRESS OF JAPAN," vin
31
Intertrediate service, via Canadian Atlantic port £43 vin Buston' or New York £45.
Rates quoted above do not include, meals and sleeping cat
These, if required, will be furnished for across Canadia additional.
SPECIAL RATES (First Class only)allowed to Naval ard Military officers, Civil Serving employees, Missionaries, etc., etc. Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Ronad Trip passago tickets have the option of returning from San Franci co by the steamers of the Pacille Mail 5,9. Co., or Togo Kisen Kaisha.
Local and through passengers may, if desired, travel by rail bolwoon Parts of call in Japan.
For further information, Maps. Ratios. Fandooks, Ratest of Freight and Passage, apply to
D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for, China. "Corner of Peditor Street and Lyn, opposito Blake Pier.
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR LINE.
Regular Service Between
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN, PORTS.
EASTWARD.
S.S. "Takada," 6,800 tons, Capt. Robins, will be despatched for KOBE & MOI on 19th June, daylight,
S.S. "Torilla," 5.205 tons, Capt. Swanson, R.N.R. will be des patched for SHANGHAI, KOBE & MOJI, on 6th July.
WESTWARD..
S.S. "Japan," 6,013 tons, Caot. Seldon, will be despatched for SINGAPORE PENANG & CALOUTTA on 20th June, 1 p..
S.S. "A. Apcar," 4,450 tons, Capt. Walker, will be despatchod as above on 30th June.
The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for passengers and, are fitted with all modern convenioncos and carry a duly qualified surgeon.
For freight or passuge, apply to,'
Hongkong, June. 18, 1914...
DAVID SASSOON & CO.. LTD. Agoats.
THOS. COOK & SON,
Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.
Shipping
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Destination.
I
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co.
Projected Sailings from Hongkong -
Subject to Alteration
Steamers.
MARSEILLES,
1914.
Shipping HONGKONG..
LOG BOOK
Half-Year's Profits.
The South Manohariasem
PHILIPPINES. hipo. Dreu, with a p id-up
PHILIPPINES
Steamship. T
Captains.
Sailing Dale
Rubi
4000 J. Miller
1
Singapore, Miyazaki Maru
WEDNES.. T. 16,000 fist July,,
Zaliro
LONDON & AN-
TWERP, via
Malacca, Penang, Capt.
Colombo, Suez. & Port Said..
VICTORIA. B.C.. and SEATTLE vis S'hai, Koulung, Moji, Kobe, Yok kaichi, Shimidzú and Yokohama
Awa Maru Capt.
JTITURSDAY, 2nd T. 12,510 July, at 4 pan.
SYDNEY & MEL-)
BOURNE, via Tango Maru Manila. ThureCapt. Sekine day
Island, Nikko Maru Townsville and Capt. Brisbane
CALCUTTA
via) Kanagawa Maru
S'pore, Penang Capt. & Rangoon,
BOMBAY via Singa- Rangoon Maru
pore and Colombo.f Capt.
1 lyo Maru J. Capt. Himse NAGASAKI, Kobo Nikko Maru
& Yokohama) Capt. R. Takeda SHANGHAI, Moji
KOBE & Yokohus
and Kobe
T. 13,500
WEDNES, 1st July, at noon, WED. 29th T. 9,000. (July, at noon.
ISA URDAY, T. 12,500 127th June:
MONDAY,
T. 13,000 122nd Juno.
T. 16,000
T. 9,600
(THURY., 18th
Juno, at 11 am, (TUESDAY, 30th
Juno, at 5 p.m.
[THURSDAY,
18th June.
Kirin Maru KOBE & Yokohama) Capt. Nakamura T. 12,000
Cargo only
§ Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy. REDUCED SUMMER RATES BETWEEN HONGKONG AND JAPAN PORTS. Cominencing from Isi June, ending 30th Sep.
SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS (1st & 2nd class) available for
3 months,
1st clase...
YOKOHAMA KOBE
Ralurn. Roturn.
$122 ...$135
MOJI Return.
NAGASAKI Roturn.
$108
$95
$75
$ 65
$57
2nd class........$ 81
With option of Rail between Steamer's Calling pods in Japan. For further information apply to
Telephone No. 292.
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a itil of Yen 1.000.000, it its general meeting of shareholde.a, reported a net profit of Yen 144,481 for the first half of the
ME MSHIP CO. working year ending May.
For
Sailing date.
JManila,Mangarin, SAT, 20the
1 Cebu and Iloilo. June, 4 p.. Manila Mangarin, WED, Est ... 4000 F. S. MoMurray'
Cebu and Iloilo, July, 4 p.mit Electric light and "fatis in every cabin; compotent stewardesses
1
varriod.
Passengers holding round trip tickets may return by any stoamor of the Pacilis MailS.S. Co., Toyo Kison Kaisha, Norddeutscher Lloyd and Eastern and Australian Steamship Co.. Lack
For Freight or Passage apply to
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGERS
Hongkong, 13th June, 1914.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Samsk
Bogulag Fortnightly Service batween JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
From"
For
Will we og de about
י.
Explosion Aboard Ship, The Rickmers Line stenmar Do ke Rickmars, on her way from into Vladivostok to Hull, pat
ver on May 16 owing to n orions explosion among the coal in her port bankor in which two men wore killed and two injured. No damage to the ship has been 10ported.
Bigger Ships.
The growth in the size of individual waits has once moroj been a feature of mercantile ship. construction for last year. In ships of 6,000 tons and over, while the yearly average number of such ships during the five years 1908 to 1912 was forty-one, during the past year no less than -' eighty-four auch shipswers launched. In ships of 10,00 Kxpected on or aboni
...Ist half Juno tons and upwards, the average ..1st half Juno...... JAVA Tilpanas......S'HAI Tjilatjap......JAVA ...ist half Juno......JAPAN 1st half Juno uumber of which during the 2nd half Juno previous five years, was eleven, .......JAVA Tibodas.
..JAPAN ...2nd half June......JAVA2nd half June the number for 1913 was twenty- Tjimahi Tilmanoek...Siral...2nd half June......JAVA 2nd half Junejone. ...1st half July ......JAPAN Tillwang JAVA
...1st half July.....SMAI Tjitaroem.JAVA Tjthini ...JAVA ...2nd half July ......S'HAI ...2nd half July The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengore, and Kwangping, while lying at the will take carge to all Ports in Netherlands-India on through B/L.
For particulare of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
York Bunding.
140 Telephone No. 1574
•′i
1st half July 1st half July
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU.
Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notion.
Louve Hongkong.
Stoumor. Nippon Mare*
Shinyo Maru
T. KUSUMOTO, Manager.
Chiyo Maru
Tenyo Maru
CHINA NAVIGATION
CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamers.
To Sail. Luchow ......18th June at 4
p.in 20th June at m'night ....23rd June at14 p.m. ....Shaohsing......23rd June at 4 p.m.
For SHANGHAI.... SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Chenan MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Taming SHANGHAI.........
HOTHOW & HAIPHONG....Kaifong WEIHAIWEI & TIENTSIN Kueichow HONG-MANILA, CEBU& ILOILO...Tean
Head Office for the Far East:-16, DES VEUX ROAD,
KONG, SHANGHAI: 2-3, Fooshow Road. YOKOHAMA :
32, Water Street, MANILA: Manila Hotel.
LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN. RAILWAY.
24th June at 10 a.m. 29th June at 10 a.m. 1:30th June at 4 p.m.
DIRECT SAILING TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly. "8.5. LINTAN," and " 8.5.,SANUI "
Displacement.
Tons & Spoed 11,000-18 knots Tues., 2400) - 21 knots Tues., 22,000- 21 knots. Tues.,
22,000 - 21 knots Thurs.,
23rd June. 14th July. 4th August, 27th August.
Steamers via Shanghai will be despatched at noon. Steamers via Manila will be despatched at 10.30a.m. First Class to London...£71.10. Return (6 months) £120. First Class to New York......£60.
£96.10. £68.
San Francisco £45. "Pussongor purchasing Trans-Pace Return tickets have the option of returning from Sina Francisco by steamers of the Proific Mall 8.8. Co., or from Vanooavor by steamers of the Claudian Pacific Railway Co.
Special Rates given to NAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION- ARIES etc.
ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Rallway.
large..
Passengers muy travel by Rallway botwooa ports of call in Japan free of
SOUTH AMERICAN "LINE.
Fire !
¿
A fire broke out in the 'tween- dook cross bunker of the steamer
French Bund, Shanghai, at 11.15 pm on June 4... Denso smoke was pouring from the vessel's hatches and the fire brigade was summoned to assist. With the help of the vessel's hoses, the firə was got under in about two hours, the ship receiving no damage.
tons.!
A Record Year. During the past year there was a record output of merchant ships, namely, 1,032,000 tons," and of warships over 271,000 tons, ving a grand total of 2,203,000. The porcentage of the total merouaar tonnage launched ia the United Kingdom, aa.com. pared to the world's output, had, failea from 68 per cent, in L 58 per cent. in 1913; while the output had increased in two years by 128,000 tons, that of foreign shipbuilders had increas ed in 'the aggregate by 554,000
tong.
Damaged by Grounding,
The damage to the 'S.M.R. steamer Isshin Muru," which went nebore while downward bound
Via JAPAN FORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA from Newchwang and was refloat- CRUZ, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO.
Thence by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES. For Full Purticaturs us to Pasango & Freight, apply to
W
Telephone No. 291
jed shortly after, is estimated "to cost about Yon 3,000 to repair.
S. MORIMOTO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS,
P. & 0. Fleet,
Of the five Blue Anchor Line
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP MANILA LINE-Twin Sorow Steamers "Chinhus," "Taming" THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN steamers taken over by the
TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwardod and insured at lowest rates.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and
CASHED
Chief Office:-LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.,
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH Deutsche Dampfseniffahrts Gesellschaft "HANSA.”
Regular Sailings from JAPAN, CHINA and PHILIPPINES
via STRAITS and COLOMBO, -
TO
Marseillos, Havre, Emden, Bremen and Hamburg and New York. And from Manila, Hongkong and Japan to Victoria, Vancouver (B.O.) and Seattle, Wash, and Portland (Or.)
Tehlox Cargo Through ale co all European North Cenglarstal and. British Ports, als Telestr Oporto, Marles, Genoa, and viber Mediterran Levantine, Black Ses and Balik Forte, and all North and Soxia American Ports
Next Sallings from Hongkong : Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama...
FOR
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Vitoria, V'ver, S'tle T. &
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and "Tean." Excellent salcon accommodation amidships; electric 'Taming" & "Tear." fans iltted; extra staterooms on deck aft on
SHANGHAI & TSINOTAU LINE-The Twin Screw steamers "Anful" "Chenan," Shaohsing" and the 8.8. "Kanchow"| Liangchow,** "Luchow" and Yingchow" having excellent accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a fast schedula service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Tuesday Thursday and Sunday, taking cargo on through Bille of Lading to a!! Yangtze and Northern China Ports,
STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
VIA MANILA.
MAIL SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION).
Arrive Hongkong from Australia,
Steamer.
The steamers leaving Hongkong on Sundaye proceed from Shanghai to Tslagtau, leaving there on Tuesdays for Shanghai Eastern.............. Hongkong and Canton.
N.B.-Passengers must embark before midnight on Saturday fo1 the Sunday moming sailings. A Company's launch leaves Murray Pier at 10 o'clock every Saturday, night.
These steamers land passengers in Shangbai, avciding the venience of the trans-shipment at Woosung.
Reduced Fares :-Single $45: Return $75. For Freight or Passages apply to
STEAMSHIP
Silesia....
TO BAIL 20th June
C. Ferd. Laeisz...3rd July
Senegambla
Scandia
Alesia
17th July 27th July ..14th Aug.
Tolophone No. 36
Hongkong 18th Juno; 1914.
D
Sithonia ..Liberia... ...Altmark
P. (Or.)......Andalusia
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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agents
Aldenham
Empire
49
4th July. 1st Aug.
Leave Hongkong for Australia.
10th July, 10 a.m. 31st July, 28th Aug», __”______
The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, on" suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are incon.lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electric Fans. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.
For further particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & Co.,
23rd Aug. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.
..11th Sept. ..18th Sept. 2nd Aug, Belgravia ..17th Sept. Brasilia ..........12th Oct. Havre, R'dam. Hamburg & A'werp...Wuerttemberg ... 20th June. .......Segovia 4th July. M'les, Havre, Emden & H'burg
Suedmark...6th July, Hamburg & Antwerp.......
......14th July. Havre, R'dam, H'burg & A'werp....Goldenfels
Preussen 19th July, Havre, Bremen & Hamburg......
Emden..........20th July, Silesia ........29th July. Markomannia ...5th Aug.. ...Frisia ....... 10th Aug.
O.J. D. Ahlers...22nd Aug... Senegambla ..............25th Aug. to--- Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hongkong Office,
Havre, R'dam & Hamburg
Havre, Emden & Hamburg
Havre & Hamburg...... Genoa, Dunkirk &
'burg
B'dam, Fiamburg & A'werp .... Havre, Endon, H'burg,
For Further Particulars, apply
HONGKONG AGENCY.
Homeward Bound. (Odenss via Ports of call.)
The S.S. Mogilev 6,200 R.T., Commander Kahiani, is expected to arrive here on Monday evening the 15th June, 1914.
The 6.9. Koursk, 6,400 R.T., Commander Padalka, is expected to arrive here on or about the 17th day of July, 1914.
Outward Bound. (Vladivostok via Nagasaki.)
Agents.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
Hongkong-South China Coast Forts.
P. & O. Company in 1910, averaging less than 0,000 toe apiece, only two comparatively modern vessela, the Common- wealth and Geelong, aro retained. The addition of the five new "B" ateamers, esca of 11,100 toas, bringa tho Branch Line fleet to a total exceeding 67,000 tons, as compared with the aggregate of 20,600 tons at the time of the line's purchase.
Vaterland's Compasses. The new HAL, steamer
the Imperator, is provided win Vaterland, like her sister ship Anschutz gyroscopic compasses, these. boing the only two com
The I'mercial vessels so fitted. equipment of the Vaterland is the that of different from Imperator, in so far as the newer Veszel has two "mother" com- pastes which are placed in a special compass-room amidships.
Highest, Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the With these are, connested four Coast, having splendid Accoramiodation for First-Class Passengers," daughter" compasses, two of Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine.
FOR SWATOW, AMUY AND FOOCHOW RETURN.
(Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain.
Leaving,
which are on the navigation bridge. Another improvement is that the gyroscope, using the same
Steamships."
amount of power as in the case J. W. Evans...FRIDAY, 19th June at 11 am. of the Imperator, makes 30,000 Haitan......... Haiyang
A. E. Hodgins... TUESDAY, 23rd June at 11 a.m.revolutions in a minute, instead in showing Halching..... W. C. Passmore. FRIDAY, 28th June at 11a.m. of only 20,000, and thus much
FOR SWATOW.
greater accuracy direction ja achieved. Halmun......... A H. Stewart... SUNDAY, 21st June át 10a.m. A. H. Stewart... WED., 24th June at 11a.m. During the months of July and August First Class Return Fares to Foodhow The S.S. Kiev 5,566 R.T., Commander Stetzky, is expected to be subject to a reduction of 20% on the full Faros. arrive here about the beginning of July, 1914.
Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near Blare Fier. For Freight and Passage, apply to
For Freight, Passage and further particulars, apply to
Hongkong. Juas 12, 1914.
Capt. LUKHMANOFF, Agent, Hotel Mannions, 3rd Floor, Room 126 & 14,
•Tel. Wo; 1844,
Haimun.....ÉTAL
Douglas Lapralk & Co.,
General ManagerH,
For a good solid, moala In Garts or Table d'Hote with Wines & Liquors of the Best ALEXANDRA CAFE A