SHIPPING
CANADIAN PACIFIC ROYAL MAIL.
STEAMSHIP LINE.
From Hongkong
Sailings Temporarily Withdrawn
All Steamships leave Hongkong at noon.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914.
EMPRESS OF ASIA" The "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA," and are now quadruple screw, 21 knot turbine steamors, of 16,850 tons gross, 30,625 displacement, the finest, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacific.
The direct route 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.
SHIPPING
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP 'CO.
Projected Sallings from Hongkong,
Destination.
MARSEILLES, 1
LONDON & AN-
Subject to Alteration
Steamers.
TWERP, via Suwa Maru. Singapore Malacoa, Penang, Colombo, Suez, & Port Said.....SSLE
Capt. Murai ·· Atsula Maru m Capt. Irizawa
VICTORIA, B.C., Tamba Maru
and SEATTLE via Capt. Nagasuye S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Aki Maru Yokkaichi, and (Capt. Noma Yokohama...
"EMPRESS OF ASIA."
via
PASSAGE RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON,
"'EMPRESS OF RUSSIA,"
Optional. Atlantic Port, £71.10.
-“ EMPRESS OF INDIA,"
Optional Atlantic Port £65.
"MONTBAGLE":
SYDNEY & MEL-
-BOURNE, "EMPRESS OF JAPAN," yia
Intermediate service,
via Canadian
Atlantic port £43, via Boston or New York £45,
1
Rates quoted above do not include meals and sleeping car across Canada. These, if required, will be furnished för £6 additional.
SPECIAL RATES (First Class only) allowed to. Naval and Military officers, Civil Sorvics employees, Missionaries, etc., eto, Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Round Trip passage tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by the ateamers of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co., or Toyo Kisan 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.
ارچه
D. W. CRADDOCK, General Traffic Agent for China. Corner of Pedder Street and Prays, opposite Blake Pior,
via Nikko Maru Manila, Thurs-Capt. Takoda' day Island, Hitachi Maru Townsville and Capt. Sató Brisbane
CALOUTTA
via)
S'pore, Penang Sanuki Maru & Rangoon ...... Capt. Dato BOMBAY via Singa- Jinsen Maru .pore and Colombo.f Capt. Torada. NAGASAKI, Kobo) Inaba Mara,
SHIPPING
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Staśmor (
Regular Fortnightly Service between
LOG BOOK
Motor Boat Construction,
The approaching completion of four large composite motor houseboats for the Canton-
JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
Engated on or about For Wut on be about Hinkow Railway. calle attention Tjikembang
S'ĦAI 2nd half Oct. to the developments in the build. Tipanas......JAVA 1st half Oct..JAPAN ...2nd half Octing of motor yachts and other Sailing DateTimahl ....JAVA...2nd half Oct.
WEDNES 21st T. 25,000 (Oct., at 10 a.. WEDNES., 4th T. 16,000 (Nov. at 10 a.m.
JTUES., 20th T. 12,500 10ot. at 4 p.m.
JTUES., 3rd T. 12,500 Nov. at 4 p.m.
Tiwong...JAPAN...2nd half Oct.....:JAVA 2nd half Oct. craft up to 50ft. in length, The Tibodas.....JAVA 1st half Nov......JAPAN...let half Nov. houseboats, two of which have Timanock...JAVA ...1st half Nov,.....S'HAI ...let half Nov.
Taijap.JAVA 1st half Nov... JAPAN 2nd half Nov. been constructed by the New Thitaroem.JAVA 1st half Deo.
Engineering Worka and two by
The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and the Shanghai Dock & Engineering have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers. All Co., are built with steel frames. steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through and solid teak planking, the rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia."
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
York Building.
Telephone No. 1574
FRIDAY, 23rd
T. 9,800 1Oct, at noon,
T. 16,000
(WED., 18th
Nov. at noon.
[TUES., 20th T. 12,500 (Oeb, ...
MONDAY, T. 5,000 126th Oct,
(SUNDAY, Ist
& Yokohama....... Capt. Tominaga T. 12,500 Nov. at 5 p.m.
Colombo Maru
JSATURDAY,
MOJI and Kobe... Capt. Noguchi T. 12,000 (24th Oct. Hitachi Maru
JFRI., 16th KOBE & Yokohama Capt. Sato
T. 12,500 1Oct. at d'light. + Cargo only.
f
Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy.
PASSENGER SEASON FOR 1915.
Leave Hongkong. Thursday 28th January
FOR EUROPE.
Steamers,
Displacement.
Katori
Maru
20,000 tons.
16,000
J
Kashima
20,000
**
Mishima
16,000-
"Suwa
25,000
11
Atsuta
16,000
Yasaka
25,000
Miyasaki
16,000
Kitano 'Fushima
16,000
ጉያ
25,000
10
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR
LINER
Regular Service Between
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.
EASTWARD.
Steamers are despatched Eastward and Westward at regular intervals, taking passengers and cargo at current rates.
DAVID SASSOON & CO. LTD. Agents.
Kamo
Hongkong, Aug 31, 1914
THOS. COOK & SON,
Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.
FOR AMERICA,
11th February 25th February 11th March
25th-March"
8th April 22nd April 6th May. 20th May 3rd June
Tuesday 26th January
9th February" 23rd February
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU, Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.
Displacement
Sailings from
Steamer.
Chiyo Maru Tenyo Maru
Shinyo Maru
Tons & Spood
22,000-21 knots From H'kong, Tues., 20th. Oct. 22,000 - 21 knots: N'saki, Sat., 14th Nov. H'kong, Tues., 8th Deo.
22,000 21 knots
Steamers via Shanghai will be despatched at noon. Steamers via Manila will be dospatched at 10.30 am, First Class to London. £71.10. Retura (6 months) £120.
“”
£96.10. £68.
First Class to New York.........£GO. ,, San Francisco £45. Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Roturn tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by stuamers of the Pacific Mail 5.8. Co., or from Vancouver by stosmors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
ARIES ato.
Special Rates given to MAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION- ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal Fassengers may travel by Rallway between ports of call in Japan free
Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
charge.
SOUTH AMERICAN', LINE.
of
Vis JAPAN PORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA ORUZ, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO. Anyo Maru
18,500- 15 knots Wed., 2nd December. Thence by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES, Fer Fall Particulars se to Passage & Freight, apply to
S: MORIMOTO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS.
Aki
Maru
12,500 tons
Sado
*
12,500
11
Yokohama,,
12,500
Awa
12,500
9th March
Shidzuoka,,
12,500
23rd March
Tamba
12,500
6th April
Telephone No. 291
Aki Sado
12,500
20th April
12,500
4th May
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For further information apply to Telephone No. 292.
T..KUSUMOTO, Manager.
CHINA NAVIGATION
CO., LTD.
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SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
-For SHANGHAL............. MANILA, CEBU & ILÖILOTM Chinhua SHANGHAI...................................................................... Kanchow Luchow-
BHANGHAI, HONG-WWEI & TIENTSIN
Head Office for the Far East: -16, DES VEUX ROAD,
KONG, SHANGHAI: 2-3, Foochow Road. YOKOHAMA :
32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotel,
Steamers.
To Sail.
Llangchow.....18th Oct. at d'light .....20th Oct. at 4 p.m. 20th Oct. at 4.p.m. .22nd Oct. at 4 p.m. ..24th Oct. at noon"
27th Oct. at 4 p.m.
www.Hulchow
MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Taming
DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly, "8.8. LINTAN" and "8.8. SANUI"
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
Co., STEAMSHIP ( LIMITED. MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRÁLIA
VIA MANILA,
Mail SchedulÈ
(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.)
Steamer.
Aldenham
St Albans
Eastern.................................
Arrive Hongkong
from Australia.
27th Oct. 21st Nov.
12th Dec.
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The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery,
suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, ato., and are
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP MANILA LINE, Twin Screw Steamers "Chahun," "Taming," lighted throughout with Electricity: All State Rooms have Electric
and **Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric Fane. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried. LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on 'Taming", & Tean:
TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and OASHED
Chief Office:-LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.Ɑ..
THE AUSTRALIAN
ORIENTAL LINE
HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS.
BAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).
Steamers.
CHANGSHA
Arrive Hongkong
from 'Australia. 18th Ont.
Sail Hongkong
for Australi.
24th Oct.
These steamers are fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensur- ing a plentiful supply of ico, fresh provisions eto, and have superior accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms, A duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Faras Cargo booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and Tas manian porta.
For Freight or Passage apply to
Telephone No. 99,
"
07
SHANGHAI LINE. The Twin Screw steamers Anhul Chonan. Shaohsing and the 8.9. Liangchow," **Luchow.” and “Yingchow" having excellent accommodation, with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-roome and Dining Baloon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong for Shanghai direct overy Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangteze and Northern China, Ports.
These steamers land passengers" in Shanghai, avoiding the
# inconvenience of trans-abipment at Woosung.
For Freight or Passages apply to
Telephone No: 36
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. Agents.
Hongkong 16th Oct., 1914.
TO SAIL
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP CO.
PROPOSED SAILING HOACKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN PEDRO (LOS ANGELES)
S.S.
HAZEL DOLLAR
Captain M.Ridley, on or about November 10th.
For Freight Rates and space spply to
Butterfield & Swire.
Tel. 702.
THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO., 3, Queen's Building. V.M. SMITH, Manager.
For further particulars, apply to
decks and houses being also of tesk. Up till lately the motor boat or yacht, when built of wood, was planked right fore and aft on: steamed elm timbers, a system of construction which gives little... transverse stiffening and is not to be recommended for a full-lined, open-water boat, which at times has to pound through headsesa for perhaps a dozen hours at a time! A vessel of under 50ft... can be made, stiff enough by increasing the scantlings of her. fore and aft members, such aa bilge, kcolson, and shelf, and the fuing of a atout panting stringer forward, a little below the load line; but in a larger boat. particularly if she is to be used. in exposed waters such as the Lower Yaugtsze and many of the ports of China, where such a motor-boat might be called. upon to face the frequent typhoons and. high Beus, some heavy transverse, framing will be necessary. The angle steel frame of the composite boat is cheaper than the heavy. oak timber of the all-wood boat,
it is quite as strong and much heater, and when the yellow metal plank fastenings are well bedded and properly secured they need not be looked at for perhaps ten years. Considerable progress. has also been made with the fit ting of twin-screw installations. in motor lighters, the four house; boats mentioned and another, the motor lighter Meishan, which was launched on September 22 for the Standard Oil Co., being thus fisted, the houseboats with twin Kelvin paraffinongines of 20 b.h.p. each and the lighter with a twin sat of Beardmore: semi- Diesel four cylinders of 130
b.b.p, each. The modern internal combustion engine is very reli able, as is shown by some of the paraffin four-cylinder sets which aro fitted with doublo ignition," | pampe, etc.; but there is a great-
sense of security in the twin screws. There is, of course, a loas of efficiency in fitting the twin machinery. Two 50 h.p. engines will not give the same speed as a single 100 h.p. set, but the differ- Leave Hongkongence is so slight that, practically
for Australia.
speaking, it need not be reckoned es a factor in the calculations, The first cost of twin eCTERA 10th Nov., 10 a.m. 18th Dec.,
is also more than that of aingla 8th Jan
sorowa, while in many onsas the upkeep is slightly increased, enThese drawbacks are more than
advantages of twin screwed A compensated for, however, by the
twin-sorew boat need never ba completoly hung up. Ore engine can be stopped for adjustment and the vessel can be ran with the other engine at about three-quarter speed. Should a mishap ocour to the steering gear, the boat can keep her coarse with comparative ease and make her berth. The twin- screw vessel is much handier to manoeuvre in the event of any break-down of one engine, the other is always available and there is very little likelihood of both breaking down at the same. time. For equal powers, too, the engine room may be mnóh shorter and the space saved utilised for cabin accommodation, The cost for upkeep and running expenses is usually a little more, but this is made up for by the increased safety of the boat and the absence of troubles which handled as they are so frequently by Chinese, a of considerable importance.Shipping and En- gineering
Gibb, Livingston & Co. “Agents.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
**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, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain
Steamships..
Halyang Haitan
W. C. Passmoro. J FRI A. E. Hodgins... TUES, J. W. Evans. TRL,
· Leaving,
16th
at 1 pm 20th Obt at 1pm. 23rd Oct. at 1 pm.
Haimun Halmun.
FOR SWATOW.::
A. H. Stewart. SUN., 18th Oct, at 10a.m. A. H. Stewart...WED., 21st Oct. at 1 p.
Bloomera will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near Blake Pior. For Froight' and Passago, apply to
Douglas Lapraik & Co.,
General Managers.
For a good aolid meal a la Carta or Table d'Hote with Wines & Liquors of the Best
ALEXANDRA CAFE