SHIPPING
“THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918.
SHIPPING
P.&O.S.N.CO. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.
VESSELS despatched to the Undermentioned PORTS
44
*
LONDON & BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES.
- SHANGHAI, MOJI AND KOBE.
LONDON VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES.
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. LONDON & BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES. WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS.
For PASSAGE RATES,
́HAND-BOOKS,
!+
FREICHTS, DATES OF SAILING, ETC., apply to :~~~
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s office Hongkong, ist April, 1917.
(JAPAN MAIL S.S. CO.)
Destination.
Ballings from Hongkong subject to alterados."
SHANGHAI, KOBE &YOKOHAM........
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.....***
SHANGHAI, MOJI
& KOBE....RDUINO
Steamer & Displacement. Sailing Dates. *Inaba Maru
T. 12,600 *iyo Maru
T. 19.330 *Tango Maru
T. 13,500 *Nikko Maru T. 9,500.
LONDON OR LIVERPOOL VIA SINGA
PORE. PENANG, COLOMBO, DELAGOA BAY & CAPE TOWN.
MELBOURNE VIA MANILA, ZAMBOANACA
JSAT., 17th
(Aug. at 11 a.m. [WED., 4th
Sept, at 11a.m. (SATUR., 17th
Aug. at 11a.m. JSAT., 14th 1Sept., at 11a.m.
For date of sailing apply at the Company's Office.
THURSDAY IS. TOWNSVILLE BRISBANE & STONEY...meang mun "NEW YORK VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE TOKO- HAMA SAN FRANCISCO AND PANAMA CANAL
COLONBO. M
RANCOON..as meneruserer mon 1iting Shanghai Mior MojA
BOMBA Y VIA SINGAPORE, MALACCA 1 CALCUTTA VIA SINGAPORE. PENANG &
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HONGKONG-VICTORIA, B.C.-SEATTLE YIA MAHILA KEELUNG, SHANGHAI MAGAJAKA KOBE, YOKKAICHL, SHIMIDIU AND YOKOHAMA.
> P. L. Knight, Acting Superintendent.
"Suna Maru,”
Suwa Maru
* Fushimi Maru
CANADIAN PACIFIC
OCEAN SERVICES
LIMITED
PACIFIC
·TO-
SERVICE
CANADA, UNITED STATES AND EUROPE
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
SAILING ON OR ABOUT
*Key West
24th Aug.
Key West
Empress of Japan
11th Sept.
Monteagle
Iith Nov.
7th Dec.
Monteagle
ist Oct.
Empress of Japan Monteagle
Empress of Japan 6th Nov.
• FREIGHT SERVICE ONLY.
Regular Mail, Passenger and Freight Services.
Excellent Accommodation.
For particulare regarding passage fares, mail- ings and reservabes of accommoda Fattoreries of tripe and descriptive Marature appty so
P. D. SUTHERLAND, DOTERAZ 4QENË, “PASSENGER DEPARTEKENT, Phone 752.
Moderate Rates..
Por freight rate and through Lite of inding th. Vannndver in connection with Canadiaă Pacific Ballway to all Overland Points in Canada and United Sislen ales to Europe and Wen Lubes, apply
Phone 42.
HONGKONG
2. 15. WALLACE.
GENERAL AGENT.
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR, LINE.
• Regular Service. Betwsss
SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS,
BASTWARD.
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
DAYID SASSOON & CO., LTD.,
Hongkong, Sept. 24, 1917.
Agents.
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.
U. S. MAIL LINE.
Operating the new First Class Steamers
" ECUADOR, ".""VENEZUELA)” and “ COLOMBIA."
14.000 tons Each,
Hongkong to San Francisco,
via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and HONOLULU.
THE SUNSHINE BELT.
The most Comfortable Route to America and Europe,
Bolo
Sailings from Hongkong at noon.
"ECUADOR"
Aug. 14th,
Sept. 11th.
́" COLOMBIA **
"VENEZUELA " Oct. 9th.
These steamers have the most modern equipment including over- head electric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTHS & Large Comfortable Staterooms (all single and two berths only),
The Bafety and Confort of Painengers is our Fuxt Consideration. Special ure is given to the cuisine, and the attendance on pasengers cannot Be surpassed,
Tickets are interchangeable with the Toyo Klan Kalcha and the Canadian Paul Dosen Services, Li4.
For further information, rates, literature, sohedules etc.,
Apply to
Company's Otice in ALEXANDRA ... BUILDING. Telephone No. 141.
Chater Road,
Operated by the mandiolant and splendid'y equipped passenger sekino? “Fushimi Maru,“
*Kadina Maru,” a “Katori Mart,” each of over 20,000 zona dla cement
Next ualling from Hongkong.
WED... WED..
I Omitting Malli Kastbound.
Telephone Nos. 292 & 293,
14th Aug., at i am 11th Sept., at 11 3.m.
For further information apply
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
B. MORI, Manager,
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
SHIPPING
C. N. C.
CHINA" NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamers.
For
SWATOW & BANGKOK.......... Linan
SHIPPING NEWS.
Salving the Kawachi,
An attempt will be made to salve the Japanese battleship Kawachi, now lying in Tokuyama Bay, where she foundered after an internal explosion recently. If it is possible to raise the vereel as she now lies, she will be taken To Bail.
to Kura for repairs; but should it 11th Aug. at 10 am, be found' Impracticable to raise 11th Aug. at 10 a.m. the vessel, she will be dissected 11th Aug. at noon.and again rebuilt, probably at 11th Aug. at noon. Kure, In the latter event.the 13th Aug. at 3 p.m. work now proceeding on a new battleship under ccnstruction SHANGHAI LINE.-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO, there will be greatly interfered Excellent Saloon accommodation Amidships; Electric Light and Fans in Saloon and State-rooms. Regular schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtze and Northern Chins Ports, Passengers are Landed in Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung,
SWATOW & SINGAPORE...Liangchow
SHANGHAL.......
Yingchow
NEWCHWANG
SHANGHAI,
.Paoting
Sinkiang
For Freight or Passage apply to
Telephone No. 36.
Hongront Aug 9, 19lồ.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN:
Seamar
Regular Fortnightly Service between
CHINA
Java
Yseldyk...... Tjilatjap. Kobe
and
JAPAN.
From
Espected os
WW Jews'
of aboral
or aces
in port 12th Aug. Nagasaki | 19th Aug. | 23rd Aug. | Java
"The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of salcon-passengers, All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia."
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
"York Building.
VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU Telephone No. 1574.
PAST AND LUTURIOUS MAIL STRAMKRS.
Bangs from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.
Steamen KOREA MIRU
SIBERIA BARŲ TENTO MARU
SHINYO MARU
Toar.
20,000
20,000
22,000
99,000
Leave Hongkong.
18th Aug. Both ADS.
8th Sept. 2cd Oct.
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO, SALINO CRUZ.. BALBOA, CALLAO, ARICA AND IQUIQUE. THENCE BY TRANS ANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES.
Steamer
ANYO MARU
KIPPON MARÚ
KIYO MARU
Tops.
18.500
11,000
17.200
Leave Hongkong.
15th September.
8th November."
9th Jaunary.
Zebeta Aco interchangeable with the Canadian Pacita Osean berrices; Ltd, and the Padiş Kali Sonship Co.
Phmenger many faval by zalil bosweeu porms of call in Japan Ives of sharge.
For tail informando si to ratos, sellingu, eta, apply to
Telephone No. 2374 & 2375,
T. DAIGO, Managar.
KING'S BUILDINGS,
JAVA PACIFIC LINE
OF THE
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Monthly Service between
MANILA, HONGKUNG AND SAN FRANCISCO, Next salings for SAN FRANCISCO via NAGASAKI.
Subject to change without Notice, Sailing from Hongkong to San Francisco.
ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The steamers have acóommodation for a limited number of aaloon passengers and carry a duly qualified surgeon
Cargo take on through Bills of Lading to all Overland Points In the United Bates of America and Canada.
For particulars of Freight and Paasage, apply to
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Hongkong, York Buildings, Managing Agents,
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO. LTD.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
"CHINA"
*" NANKING” (14,000 tons, American Registry) (10,000 tons, American Registry) SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA BHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU. ***NANKING "
"CHINA
August 11th.
August 31st.
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE.
O. H.RITTER, Freight and Passenger Agent,
Prince's Buildings, Ice House Street, Tel 1834.
ELLERMAN" LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.)
JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS
TO
UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
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For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to approach the undersigned
te Steamers prossed via Cape of Good Hope,
Subject to change without notice,
or to REIAJ & Co. Canion Hongkong Tal 3, 1917.
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
Gmeral Agents,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP
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LD.
HONGKONG &'SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.
Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having good accommodation for first Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fane in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOT AND RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 dayɛ.) Captain { A. E. Hodgins.....} THUR., 15th Aug. at 1pm. Haihong... Į J. W. Evans ... I TUES,
20th Aug. at 1 p.m.
Steamships.
Haitan
FOR SWATOW.
Learing.
with.
Tonnage in Chosen Waters, . According to the lateat returns, the total tonnage plying in Chosen waters amounts to some- :
The thing like 40,000 tons Chosen Yusen Kaisha takes the lead with 18 vessels of 11,000 toza, followed by the Nakamura-gumi with 10,000 tons which is ex-. clusively engaged in the trans- portation of iron ore to Govern- ment Steel Works, Edsmitsu. In addition, the OS.K., the Goko Shokai (Kobe), and the Âma- rasaki Kisan Kaisha operate with 40 vessels of about 27,000 tons.
Improvements at Newchwaog
. It is reported from Newchwang | that excellent progress has been I made in the Liao River Conser
vancy work since last year and the depth of the fairway between the port and the bar has been appreciably improved The train- ing-wall on the east side, which will eventually close the East Channel, now extends from near the East Spit Buoy to the Fair- way Buby. a distance of 34 miles, although for some 3,200ft. it is not yet up to the standard height. While this does not yet entirely close the East Channel," it has reduced the entrance to this channel from, the Viso to less than one-third of its former width, and stone has been deposited across the open portion in line with the training bank to prevent scour during the winter. In the fairway the scour bas already increased the depth of
water between the outer and inner buoys by from 1 to 8-ft,
Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near the considerable expansion which Blake Pier).
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Douglas Lapraik & Co., General Managers.
STEAM
INDO-CHINA NAVIGATION CO.,
Swedish Shipbuilding, "Speaking recently at the general meeting of the Gota- Shipbuilding Works, the chair- Iman (Hugo Hammer) alluded to
had taken place in the Swedish shipbuilding industry since the Already, he said, "the Swedish Shipbuilding yards, so far as regards the quantity of newly built tonnage, are able to compete with the largest Dutch yards, and he added that un- doubtedly the development would have been still greater if it had been possible to overcome the
War.
LTD. difficulty that was experienced
(Projected Sailings from Hongkong,-Subject to Alteration),
For
Steamship
in procuring materials These statements found confirmation in... · reports published by the Swedish and Norwegian press. which show On
that while, on the one hand, SHANGHAI via SwatowTaisang
Wed., 14th Aug.. at d'light, orders for new: tonnage are MANILA.....................................................Yuensang Fri.. 16th Aug. at 3 p.m. plentiful, the amount of work. MANILA............................................... Loongsang Fri 23rd Aug. at 3 p.m. that is being done is severely CALCUTTA LINES—This tics is temporarily discrtained owing to the war, but at present a monthly limited by the shortage of
mevice is maistałami with Saicut by the 3.5. "KWAISANG” and “VITIM” calling Singacure and Penang. The former westel has azcales ng scomodation is med shipbuilding steel and material with Kimctric Light and Fant, and carries a fully qualised Sorges.
generally, The Swedish ship SINGAPORE LINE:-Iko La "VAN, WAERWUCK" leaves for Singapor approximately every
Jortsight Tris wessel has excellent accamo ist so for drst Clas passengers, and is itted building yards would very con throughout with Electric Light and fans and a so carries a fully qualified surgeon.
siderably increase their output if SHANGHAI LINKS—Stillngs approximately every Its days between Cantos ad skarahat, sometimes it were possible for them to
calling at swatow. Stamers on this line bave a limited amoval of passenger ACCOM
through Bills of lading pen issued to all Northern and Yangtzte Păzi.
dation, and through tickets on be obtained for Barther and Yonguse Forts via Shanghal. procure the requisite material, MANILA LINEI—A weekly swervice is maintained with Manila by vessels with good passezzo turn out larger ships than have and at the same time they could
ndation, sailings from both ports ovary Friday..
HAIPHORO LINE:—Sallings sporosinistały weekly for pazeszews and cargo, calling at Holbow whas ever before been built in Sweden,
Indecensat offers.
Jake BCLOUZmodation for passenqura.
BORNEO LINE-Obling per month between Hongkong and Sandakan by a steamer having to as most of the yards have only recently carried out vast extensions.
Carga takto of through. Ba of lading in Kudat, Jussalzon. Laban, Tewas and Labad Data NTSIN LINK from March to October between Hongkong and Tikutsiz
at Walfiles! and Chefos.
Under Straits Government Passport Regulations.
All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits Settle: ment, are required to produce on arrival at destination passports with their Photographs and description amfized:thereto.
For Freight or passage, apply to
Telephone No. 215.
To Develop Chinese Shipping.
It is reliably report día Chinese official circles that a joint pro- posal made by British and Japanese capitalists for the development of the Chinese Shipping trade is receiving the favourable consideration of the Chinese Government, and the Ministry of Agricultura and
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD. Commerce is said to be suporting
General Managers.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
BANKERS AND FORWARDERS, ESTABLISHED 1841.
HEAD OFFICE-63 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-U.S.: $25,000,000,00. LONDON OFFICES,-84, QUEEN STREET, E 0.
6, Haymarket, 8 W,
11, Elbury Street, B. W.,
Branches & Agencies-throughout the world, General Banking and Foreign Exchange, · We milntain Foreign Trade and Travel'Bureaus, American Business a Specialty.
the scheme in view of the scarcity. of ateamers at the present moment. Mr. Tien, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, says that if British and Japanese shipping companies will form aj int Sino-Japanese-British Shipping Corporation with one hundred million dollars as ospit- al, the Chinese shall be glad to give the concession provided4hat the Government retains control. while actual manavement may be invested in the hands" of British and Japanese shipping expe ta. On the British side, it is reported that Messrs Vickers, who have & representative in Peking, and some other shipping companies are interested, whils on the Japanese sie, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha is the principal) miver and certain big hinese merchants of Changhai and Tien tain will repr sout China in the proposed shipping corporation.