SHIPPING
THOS. COOK & SON,
Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers,&o.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915.
Head Office for the Far East-16, DES VOUX ROAD, HONG-
KONG. SHANGHAI: 2-3, Fooohow Road. YOKOHAMA :
32, Water Street, MANILA: Manila Hotel.
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.
LEITERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and CASHED
Chief Office :-LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
THE
SHIPPING
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Destination.
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO."
Projected Sailings from Hongkong
Subject to Alteration
Steamers.
MARSEILLES
AND LONDON, | §Hirano Maru via Singapore, Capt. Fraser Penang, Colombo, SKatori Maru, Suez & Port Said Capt. Kon
VICTORIA, B.C., andSEATTLE via
Tamba Maru Capt. Nagasuys
Capt. Noma
JWEDNES... 13th T. 16,000 Jan., at 10 a.m..
ƒTHURS., 28th T. 19,000 Jan. at 10 am.
AUSTRALIAN Shai Moji, Kobe, Shizuoka Maru
ORIENTAL LINE
HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS
SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).
Steamers.
CHANGSHA TAIYUAN *******-*-****
Arrive Hongkong
from Australia.
12th Jan, 18th Feb,
Sail Hongkong
for Australia.
15th Jan. 21st Feb.
These steamiera are fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensur nga plentiful supply of ice, fresh provisions ote, and have superior accommodation with Eleotrio Light throughout and Electric Fans in he State-rooms.. A duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Fares. Cargo booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and Tas- manian ports.
For Freight or, Passago apply to
Telephone No. 93.
Butterfield & Swire.
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
Regular Service Between
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS
EASTWARD.
Tho 9.8. "Orissa," tons 5,436, Capt. Redfuen, R.N.R., will be despatched for Shanghai, Vladivostock, Kobe and Moji on the 19th Jan., 1915.
The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for passengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a duly qualified surgeon.
For freight or passage, apply to
Hongkong, Dec, 26, 1914.
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Agents.
HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & WEST RIVER STEAMERS.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON and MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. and CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd.
#HONGKONG-CANTON 'LINE,
HONGKONG TO CANTON. | CANTON TO HONGKONG.
FRIDAY, 8th. JANUARY.
5.00 p.m. Kinshan.
5.00 p.m. Fatshan.
SATURDAY, 9th JANUARY,
8.00 a.m. Honam.
8,00 a.m. Heungshan. 5.00 p.m. Kinshan.
Bingle Fare by Night Steamer
$ 6.00
Return Fare by Night tavaliable atao for Return by day Steamor)... 10,00
Single Fare by Day Steamer...
4.00
Return Fare by Day Steamor...
8.00
HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.
s.s. Sui Tai, tons 1,651 s.5. Tai Shan, tons 2,006 HONGKONG TO MACAO..
Yokkaichi, Yokohama
and
SYDNEY & MEL-
44
BOURNE, vis Nikko Maru Manila, ThursCapt, R. Takeda day Island, Hitachi Maru Townsville and Capt. Sato Brisbane
CALOUTTA via
S'pore, Penang Sanuki Maru & Rangoon Capt. Date BOMBAY via Singo- lyo Maru
pore and Colombo. J. Capt. Okamoto
1 Tsushima Maru NAGASAKI & Kobe} Taps S'HAL and Koba...
1 Ceylon Maru" Capt. Shinohe NAGASAKI, Kobel Hitachi Maru
Robe & Yokohama...... Capt. Sado
KOBE & Yokohama} Kashima Marú
JTUES., 12th 12,500 Jan. at noon.
ƒTUES., 26th
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SHIPPING
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Regular Fortnightly Service between
JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
Trom
Kerated on or about
For
LOG BOOK:
War Vessels Burnlør Ol."
Mr. J. D. Henry, the English oil expert who visited Bakersfield and the oil fields of Kern county a few years sinoe, has just issued
a book entitled" History and Will takva da në sheist Romance of the Petroleum 1st half Jan. industry," to which be added a 1st half Jan. chapter at the last minute cover; 1st half Jan.ing the importance of oil as a 1st half Jen. naval fuel during the present 2nd half Jan, war. He quotes Charles Marvin,
Tipanas......JAVA....2nd half Dec.......JAPAN Tjikembang JAVA...I half Jan.......S'HAI Sailing Date Tikini S'HAI 1st half Jan. JAVA
Tjitaroem
...JAPAN Tilmanoek...JAVA.Znd half Jan....SHAI Tjibodas.JAVA 2nd half Jan...JAPAN...1st half Feb.. Tjillwong ...JAVA at half Feb. JAPAN 2nd half Feb. noted writer of political and eronomical topics, as considering "The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and the motive participation of British have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers. All capital in the development of steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through the Russian oil industry of the rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia.”
atmost importance to the nation. For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
"Fortunately," says Mr. Henry, "the Germans never have been, JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
and certainly are not to-day, our York Building.
mastere in any branch of oil com- merce and industry, and we can 186 this greatest of all wars through feeling absolutely certain that so far as concerns the naval engineer ing methods of all vital questions affecting the supply and distribu- tion of oil we are the lucky posses Bors of a fairly safe, if not a con eiderable, margin of supericrity. "There are several reasons why our fleet should do well on oil fuel. Simply paragraphed they are:
T. 12,500 Jan. at noon.
f.FRI, 15th T. 9,600 1Jan. at noon.
WEDNES., 10th T. 13,500 Feb. at noon.
[FRI, 15th T12,500 (Jan.
JSATUR., 16th T. 12,500 Jan.
{TUESDAY, T..12,000 12th Jan.
ĮMON., 11th
WEDNES., 13th
T. 12,000 Jan.
T. 13.500 Jog, at 5 p.m.
THURS., 14th
Capt. Yagi T. 19,000 Jan. at 11 a.m.
f Fitted with new system of wireless tolegraphy.
PASSENGER SEASON FOR 1915.
FOR EUROPE.
Steamers.
Displacement,
Katori Maru Kamo
20,000 tons
Kashima
16,000
가
20,000
Mishima Suwa
.5
16,000
"
17
25,000
Atsuta Yasaka Miyasaki Kitano Fushima
16,000
25,000
12
16,000
12
16,000
25,000
Leave Hongkong."
Thursday 28th January 14th February 25th February 11th March
25th March
8th April
22nd April
6th May 20th May 3rd Juno
Tuesday 26th January
FOR AMERICA,
Shidzuoka Maru Sado
12,500 tons
*
Yokohama.. Awa Shidzuoka Tamba Aki Bado
12,500 12,500
"
12,500
+
32,500
1)
12.500
12,50)
12,500
แ
For further information apply to
Telephone No. 292.
9th February 23rd February
9th March
23rd March
6th April
20th April
4th May
T. KUSUMOTO, Manager..
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
For
»
MANILA, CEBU&ILOILO...Chinhua SHANGHAI....
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
Steamers, H'HOW. P'HOI & H'PHONGṢungklang SHANGHAL......
Liangchow.
Kanchow
MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Taming
Week days at 8 am, and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Streat Wharf. Bu days at 8 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.
'MACAO TO HONGKONG.
Week days at 8 am & 1.30 am, Sundays at 8 a.m. & 1.30 p.m.
EXCURSION TO MACAO.
SUNDAY, 10th JANUARY.
The Company's new Steamship TAISHAN
will depart from the COMPANY'S WING LOK STREET WHARE
at 8 am, and return from Macso at 1.30 p.m.
To Sail. 9th. Jan. at noon .16th Jan, at d'light ...12th Jan, at 4 p.m. 12th Jan. at 4 p.m. 19th Jan. at 4 p.m.
DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly.
“S.S. LINTAN" and "S.S. SANUI":
am, and from Hongkong ist 12.30 pm, from the Company's Wing Lok Street Whart
NB-The Company will also run a steamer from Macso on Sunday at 8MANILA LINE Twin Screw Steamers "Chinhua," Taming,
REDUCED FARES 2nd CLASS and DECK. AREAS CANTON-MACÃO LINE, Mega 9.5. Sul An. 2 Departures from Macan to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 pm. Departured from Canton to Macao on luesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4.30 p. JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAU STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD, & THE INDO-CHINA COUSTEAM NAVIGATION' CO., LTD.
CANTON-WUCHOW LINE
s. Sajnam,1588 tons and s.s. Nanning, 469 tons. One of the above steamera labres Canton for Wunbew every Monday, Wednes day and Friday, as about 8 am, and the other leaves Washow for Canton en the same days of 8.80 2. Round trips take about 3 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Company's direct, Steamers LINTAN and SANULA These vemple hovo superior Cabin accommodation and are Bghted throughout by electricity. Electric Fan in Dach Cabin
Broking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. to.5.p.m. Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the same
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.
HOTEL MANSIONS (First Floor),
Opposite the Blake Pier
and Tean. Excellent saloon accommodation amidships, electric fans fitted; extra ntaterooms on deck aft on Taming & Tean
Telephone No. 1574
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANCHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU,
Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.
Steamer."
Tenyo Maru Nippon Marut Shinyo Maru
Displacement
Tons & Speed
Leaves Hongkong
22,000 - 21 knots Tuesday, 25th January,
11,000-18 knots
22,000- 21 knots
† via Manila, omitting Shanghai,
9th February. 23rd February,
Steamers via Shanghai leave at noon. Steamers via Manila leave at 10.30 a.m. First Class to London.......£71.10. Return (6 months) £120. First Class to New York.........£60.
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+1
.. San Francisco £45.. -
£96.10.
£68.
* Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Rétuin tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacifio Mall 3.9. Co., or from Vancouver by steamers of the Canadian Pacific Railway Oo.
Special Rates given to NAVAL & MILITARY, OIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION- ARIES sto.
AROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Fassengers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan free of joharga.
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE."
Via JAPAN PORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, CRUZ, QALLÃO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO, Kiyo Maru
9th Jan,
17,200 - 15 knots Thones by TRANÉ-ANDEAN ROUTÉ 10 BUENOS AIRES. For Full Pärticulars as to Pámmago & Freight, apply tọ
Telephone No. 291
توبر
"1. We are generally believed to possess the best systems of oil- burning, composite in character and absolutely the secret of the fuel oil department of the Admiralty.
"2 We have cent into this great war the largest and most powerful oil-fired battleships in the world and the most numerous fleste of oil fired light cruisers and destroyers and petrol-driven sub- marines, waterplanes and aerial Craft.
the start led the world in the age 3. Our engineers have from
of oil fuel.
4. We own the largest num ber of nival auxiliary tank BALINA steamers and fally two-thirds of the oil-carrying vessels afluat carry the British flag.
O. WURIU, Acting Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS,
THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
STEAMSHIP Co., Limited. MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
·VIA MANILA.
MAIL SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.)
Steamer,
Aldenham
Arrive Hongkong Leave Hongkong from Australia. for Australia.
29th Jan.
6. Possessing a secret and ample, oil reserve standard, we start the war with large stocks of oil fasl and petrol at our naval bases and practically anthreaten- ed ses routes to and from the most important oil exporting ports of allies and friendly neutrals. (As recently as March, Mr. Churohill told the House that the Admiralty had safely stored in this country consider Jably more oil then three years
peace consumption of the whole of? the existing oil-burning flost, and that as the flest increased the oil position would be fully maintain ed and even improved.)
6. Our adversaries can only rely on one home source of any consequence, the Galician oil fielde, which will probably be raided by the Russian army, some Cossack regiments of which are already reported to be sweeping
The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en-over the plains of Galicia,”.../ suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are Weekly Commercial News, lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electrio Fane. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.
For further particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & Co."
Agents.
The P. and 0. ́ ́ Kalsar-l-Hind.
The latest addition to the P and 0. Company's fleet, the 8.8. "Kaisar-i-Hind," was completed in November, and possesses meny additional conveniences for the passenger traffic, She is n vessel of 11,430 tone burden, with a length of 550 feet, breadth 61
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD. fret, and depth 38' fedt; and in
Hongkong-South China Coast Forts,
Electric Light Excellent Cuisine facer pretty koth Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for Tirst Class Passengers
102 SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN.
(Occupying 9 to 10 days.)
ESHANGHAI LINE -The Twin Screw steamers " Anhul " and Chegan and the 8.9. Kanchow. Llangchow.
Luchow and Yingchow having excellent accommodation, with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the Steamships. State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghal, leaving Hongkong Halching for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, taking
Halyang Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtare and Northern Hailan......J. W. Evans ... | FRL, China Ports,
These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of trans-shipment at Woosung.
For Freight or Passages apply to
Captain
WC. Passmore. FRL AB. Hodgins... TUES.
FOR SWATOW
Leaving
8th Jan. at 1 pm. 11th Jan. at 1 pm. 15th Jan, at 1p.m.
Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near
Blake Pier
For Freight and Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Telephone No. 36
Agents.
Hongkong 8th Jan-1915,
Dongles Lauraik & Co.
General Managers,
driven by two sets of quadruple expansion reciprocating oogines: of 16,000 HP. Most of the cabins have two berths, and there is a large number of single cabine, a
also said to bo maoh moro con change which will appeal to many travellers. The cabins are
veniently furnished iban bas been nenal, and water is laid on to all cabin lavatory basins The electric arrangements both for pankabs and lighting show an advance, there is a laundry on board to meet with passengera need for olean linen, and in every way, the improvements are such that the new steamer will be sura to be popular with travellers on the to or fro journey between Bombay and England.
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