SHIPPING:
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1917.
SHIPPING
P.&O.S.N.CO. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
WILL
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.
JILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or
about the DATES named:-
For
LONDON & Bom-
bay via Singapore, Penang, Colom". Port Said and Marseilles..
BHANGHAI, Moji
and Kobe
SHANGHAI, Moji, Kobe and Yoku- bama
· LONDON viaSinge-
pore, Penang. Colombo, Bombay,
Port Sald and
Marseilles.................
Steamers
To Sail On
Remarks
Connecting st Colombo with Australian Mall Sigamer.
Direct Servies.
Direct Service.
Direct Service.
WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS, Return tickets at a faro- and-a-half available to Europe for two years, or Intermediate Ports for six months. Bound-the-world and through tickets to New York, at Special Rates.
For FASSAGE RATES, HAND-BOOKS, FREIGHTS, Dates of Sailings etc. apply tu
F. &.0.8. N. Co-'s office. Hongkong, Jan. 2, 1917%
E. V. D. Part. Superintendent.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
S OCEAN SERVICES
VERANS PACIFI
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP" CO.
Projected Sailings from Hongkong-
Subject to Alteration
Steamers,
Destination. L'DON "vin Singa-1 pare, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Delagon Bay, Cape Town, Madeira........ 1 VICTORIA, B.Ust and SEATTLE vis Shanghai, Moji. Kobe, Na: goya & Yokohama C'ČÚTTA via S'pore, Į Fang & Rangoor. BOMBAY vis 9'pore, 1. Malacca & C'bo...
Tamba Maru
Sailing Date
ƒTHURS., 8th
Cant. Akamatsu T. 12,500 (Mar., at noon.
(WED., 28th.. Shidzuoka Maru Capt. Noms
SHANGHAI, Naga~ | Penang Maru
T. 12,500 (Maṛ., at noon.
SUNDAY,
saki, Moj Kobe Capt. Kushibiki T. 10,000 (25th Mar,
and Yokkaichi.....
KOBE Direct.....
For
SHIPPING
C. N. C.
SHIPPING NEWS,
Tsingtan Freight Up. Among the three shipping lines. in Japan which maintain regular services with Tsinstau, an agree- ment has just been signed to To Bail
raise their rates on the particular ......27th Feb. at 10 am lines from March 15. For the ......27th Feb. at 10a.m. present, however, freightage on ....27th Feb. at p.m. the retura trips will not be 28th Feb. at 10 am. touched and most changes are 28th Feb, at noon.effcted in outward rates. lat 1st Mar. atd'light. class notions are new quoted at ...... 1st Mar. at 4 p.m.6.80 yen per ton instead of 6 yen 7th Mar. at noc per ton as before. The rates on 2nd class notions are raised from 4.8) yen per ton to 3.60 yen per ton: In other cases the rate of appreciation is between 10 per cen, and 20 per cent.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamer. WUHU
Linas SHANGHAI VIA SWATOW Shuntien SHANGHAI.
......................... Chenan HAIPHONG
... Sungkiang MANILA. CEBU & ILOILO Kueichow AMOY & SHANGHAI
.....Tamsul SHANGHAI........
„Sinkiang MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO Chinhua
DIREKT BAILINGS TO WEST RIVER. Twice. WeaK‡Y-
B.S. "LINTAN" and 8.5. "SANUL" EPMANILA LINE-TwoScrew-Steamers "Chlabus." Taming," and “Tean." Excellent Saloon accommodation Amidsnips; E ectric fans fitted; Extra State-rooms on Deck Aft, on "Taming" & "Tean," SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO. BY 8.8. “Anhui,”-“Cheman.” “Sunning."
Shaq- Yingchow, tung," and "Slaklang," with excellent accommodation, electrio light and fans in Saloon and State-rooms, maintain a regular the case of the seizure of post schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving correspondence on the Rindjani Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and was determined. On March 16, Sunday, taking cargo on through Bill of Lading to all Yangtze and Rindjani, on a voyage from Rot Northern China Ports. Fassengers are landed in Shanghai, avoid-terdam to the Dutch East Indies, ing the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung.
För Freight or Panagor apply to
Beaten Maru Capt. Tomita
JMONDAY,
T. 8,000 26th Feb.
Fushimi Maru
ƒTHURS, 15th Capt. Irizawa - T. 21,000 Mar. at 11 am.
Hirano Maru
(TUES. 20th
Telephone No. 14.
Hongkong Feb. 26, 1917.
Nikko Maru
Capt. Takeds
SHANGHAI, Kobe and Yokohama
NAGASAKI, Kobe and Yokohama ... EASTBOUND NEW YORK LINE VIA PANAMA CANAL. (CARGO ONLY).
Capt. H. Fraser T. 16,000 (Mar., at 11 a.m.
JFRI, 16th T. 9,600 Mar. at 10 a.m.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
LIMITED
NEW YORK is Manila, San Francisco, Panama and Colon..... CAT CON
Sk
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. B. MORI, Manager.
Tillatjap
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
To Canada, United States and Europe via Vancouver
In connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway,
Hong Kong to Vancouver 17 days.
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA and EMPRESS OF ASIA 30,625 tone Displacement, Quadruple Scrown, Speed 21 Know. Largest and met Luxurious ships on the Pacific, SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG (subject to charge) BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG EMPRESS OF RUSSIA 15 Mar. | EMPRESS OF RUSSIA 9 May Empress of Japan ...28 Mar. Empress of Japan ...23 May. EMPRESS OF ASIA ...12 Apr. EMPRESS OF ASIA ⚫ June. Monteagle
***
...21 Apr.
Ceiling at Shanghat. Nagnaski (Juland Sea), Kobe and Yokohama. Monteagle calls Moji instead of Nngasaki,
Through Bills of Lading issued via Vancouver in connection with Canadian Pacific Ry, to all Overland Points in Canada and the United States, also to Pacific Coast Points, European ports and West Indies.
For Further information as to rates of Freight and Fassngo, Sailing Lists, etc. please apply to
P. D. LUTHERLAND,
General Agent, Passenger Dapartment,
Long Kong.
J. M. WALLACE, General Agent, Boat Lond
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR LINE,
Regular Service Between
SHANGHAI and JAPAN' FORTS.
EASTWARD.
WESTWARD.
The shore steamers have excellent saloon sccommodation for passengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a duly qualified surgeon.
For freight or passage, apply to
Hongkong Jan. 2, 1917.
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.. Agents.
"ELLERMAN" LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.)
JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS
ΤΟ
UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to approach
the undersigned.
Steamers proceed vis Cape of Good Hope..
Bubject to change without notice.
or to REISS.& Co. Cantoo
Hongkong, 2 Jan., 1917.
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
General Agents,
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
NEW SERVICE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN Yokohama, Kobe, Hongkong and Rangoon. Steamers are despatched Eastward and Westward at regular {ztervals taking Passengers and Cargo at ourrent Rates,
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Hos 215.
JABDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD,
§ Wireless Telegraphy, Telephone No. 292 & 293.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU.
Sallings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.-
Steamer. Tenyo Maru Nippon Maru Shinyo Maru Persia Maru Korea Maru
Displacement Tons & Speed 22,000 - 21 knots 11,000 - 15 knots 22,000 - 21 knots 9,000 14 knots 18,000 - 18 knots 18,000 18 knots 1st class to London G$348, (£71.10.0),
Siberia Maru
11
to San Francisco G$250.
Leave Hongkong 6th Mar. 24th Mar,
2nd Apr.
16th Apr.
28th Apr.
retura G$619. (£122). return G$137,50.
17th May.
* Cargo only. 1 Proceeding to South America. Porta, *For this voyage the Persia Maru will call at Honolulu. Special Rates giran to MAVAL & MILITARY, QIYIL SERVAR EX, MISSIONARIES ete
ROUND THE WORLD Ticket inmied in Connection with all the·Principal Mall lines and the Trans-Siberian Hallway. Passengers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan free of charge. SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
Regular Fortnightly Service between CHINA and JAPAN.
From
Telephone No. 1574.
Expected
of about
While a of wher
F
1st Mar. | KOBE
An Interesting Decision. In the Prize Court, en 15th ult.
was detained at Ramsgate, and the mail on board removed for examination, e:rtain parcels being seized out of the Parce's Post, and subseqently some of the letter maj', all clearly sent from Germany. Sir Samuel Evans. the President, in giving judgment, said: Clearly the 50 letter packets referred to in the affidavit are not "letters" entitled to'exemp- tion.
The goods are Enemy goods, and order their sale and payment of the proceeds into Court,
Marine lasurande Rates. The "Chugai Shogyo,” a Japan- ese commerical paper, prints the
in
"All steamers fitted with Wireless Telegraphy." "The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and following-The Tokyo Marine have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers, | Insurance Company was All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at |¦ receipt of a telegram from Jon- through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia." don yesterday, stating that from
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
fifteen to twenty guineaS WAS quoted between New York and JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
London, and from ten to twelve York Building. (16 guiness on shipments to Asiatic porte. From five to ten guineas was charged between America (and England before the German suɔmarine declaration. There is no standard in the insurance market of Europe at present. Japaness underwriters are des- cribed as being in a frightened | state, on account of the fact that` over fifty steamers have been destroyed since the besinning of the month, and they think only of minimising their losses. They are endeavouring to meet the
& AUSTRALIAN
THE EASTERN
STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.
MAIL SERVICE to austraLIA. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.) ..
Arrive Hongkong Leave Hongkong Steamer,
from Australia.
for Australia.
The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en-requirements of their old cliente, VIL JAPAN PORTS, SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU, ILOILO. LOS ANGELOS.suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are but are said to turn their back
lighted throughout with Electricity. All State-Rooms have Electric on new customers. Tons & Speed
Faas. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.
All Steamers Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy. For further particulars, apply 30
Steamer
For Full Particulars as to Pumage & Freight, apply to
Telephone No. 291,
Leave Hongkong
T. DAIGO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS.
JAVA PACIFIC LINE
OF THE
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Monthly Service between
MANILA, HONGKUNG AND SAN FRANCISCO. Next sailings for SAN FRANCISCO via NAGASAKL
Subject to change without Notice.
S:S. Bintang 18th Mar. S.S. Arakan
Tjikembang 13th Apr.
14th May.
ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The steamers have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers and carry a daly qualifie i surgeon,
Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading to all Overland Points
in the United States of America and Canada.
For particulars of Fraight and Passage, apply to:-
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Managing Agents.
Hongkong, York Buildings.
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO, LTD.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
S.S. CHINA
WILL SAILING FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANG HAT, NAGASAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU.
APRIL 16, JUNE 23, 1917.
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER
SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE RATES..
O. H. RITTER, Freight and Passenger Agent.
Prince's Buildinga, Ice House Street.
Tol. 1934.
THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET
COMPANY.
7.
Owners of The "SHIRE" Line of Steamers.
FOR BAILINGS TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS.
Please Apply, to
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD. Telephone No. 215, Sub, Ex. No, 10,
Gibb, Livingston & Co.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.
་
Vancouver Dry Dock. Arrangements have been com- plete for the construction of s lange floating dry dock at Van- couver, Tue structure will be a 16,000 ton double-section dock, capable of handling a boat of
LD. 19.0 tone, which is the measure
HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.
Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having good accommodation for firet Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) - Steamships.
Leaving. Haihong... | J. W. Evana THURS 1st March, at 11 am. Haitan... A. E. Hedgine... | TUES., 6th March, at 11 am.
Captain
Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near Blake Pier).
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Douglas Lapraik & Co.,
General Managers,
INDO-CHINA STEAM
Pacific to-day. The company is the Vancouver Dry-docks Ltd., with Mr. Charles Meek of Vancouver, as the moving spirit. Bonds to the amount of $2,000,000 have been sold to Me.sre Breed, Elliott and Harrison, of Circin- nati. A ship repair and ship- building plant is a part of the plan decided upon. Contracts for construction and machinery are being let, and the company announces that it will have the cock in operation within a year. There will be subsidy aid from the Goverments of both the Dominion of Canada and the Province of British Columbia, on the ground that the dock will be a commercial and naval asset. Steamers sailing from Canadian ports on the Pacific at present are forced to dock for repairs at
NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Kobe, or in Australia. "Ex-
(Projected Sailings from Hongkong.-Subject to Alteration).
For
SANDAKAN. HAIPHONG MANILA
Steamship
Од
change."
The Congestion of Kobe Harbour. Among the measures adopted by the Customs authorities to relieve the congestion of go:ds in Kobo harbour was an extension
Mausang Wed., 28th Feb. at noon of landing space by the con- Loksang Thur.. 1st Mar. at d'light.struction of temporary sheds on 3rd Mar. at 3 p.m. the piers. The building of one
Yuensang Sat..
SHANGHAI..............Kwongsang Tues., 5th Mar. at d'light. shed, covering 1,0) tsuba of 10th Mar. at 3 p.m. ground, on the reclaimed land
MANILA...
Loongsang Sat.,
CALCUTTA LIKE:~Terse, sailings per month from Hongkong to Calcutta wadhop at Cingapore sad, between Nor, 1 and 2 piors was
Pesang
Returning from Calcuum steamers procted to Kabe and Moji, Senquantly calling at Shanghal. These steamers have exceliazi penger accommodation, are Gered with ectic Light and
carry a fully qualified burgçün.
SHANGHAI LINE:- Selines approximately every five days betwren Carton and "kaathai, come
calling at WELOW.
on dui line kave limited amount of passenger com dation, and thr ugh ticks can knitalord Far Northers and Yungmen Poria via ikangkal. Blasmugl Bastanding are äussed to all Northern and Yangtana. Farsan
completed on the 2ni-inst o t, and was opened for use the following day. The construction of two beds, each covering 220.1 tsubo of Rround, on No. 3 pier was completed yesterday, and both will be opened for use t-day. As
MANILA LINE:- rockly service is maletalted with Masila by vessels with good⋅ påminger Accom the work on all th s shede wa
odation, sailingi from both port every Saturday,
HAIPHONG LINE:-Sailings approzitassely weekly for p sasagers and cargo, making at
inducement offers,
I
wire resolily
BORNEO LINE :-Two callinga per monili betwmen Hongkong and Sandakan by steamers having o****
data accommodation for passege'),
Carge taken on through Bills of lading for Kudat, Issation. Laiman, Tawacand Labad Qais. TIEKTEIN LINE:-A parulur pezéion in run from March to October between Bangkong and Tiscais,
Calling at Wellnśwei and Cutou
Under Straits Government Passport Regulations.
comme ced on January 11, their construction has boon completed with remarkable al-. acrity. The constiuctors are the Obayashi Gumi of Osaks. Mer chants, stevedores, and shipping agents in Kobe will be grateful for the prompt response by the Customs authorities- to their Settle-request for more landing space, and it is to we hoped that the operațions for the completion of the harbour-works will be ez- pedited by the Finance Depart mant in order that a reomitian
All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits ment, are required to produce on arrival at destination passports with their Photographs and description affixed thereto.
For Freight or passago, apply to
ラジ
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO., LTD. Cookie Consen