SHIPPING
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
P.&O.S.N.CO. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.
VESSELS despatched to the Undermentioned FORTS
LONDON & BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES.
SHANGHAI, MOJI AND KOBE.
LONDON VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, "PORT SAID & MARSEILLES.
SHANCHAL MOJI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
LONDON & BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, PORT SAID & MARSEILLES, WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS. PASSAGE
RATES.
HAND-BOOKS, For FREIGHTS, DATES OF SAILING, ETC., apply to :-
P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s office Hongkong, lst April, 1917.
P. L. Knight.|-- Acting Superintendent.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
OCEAN
SERVICES
PACIFIC
41
LIMITED
SERVICE
CANADA, UNITED STATES AND EUROPE
QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC
Monteagle,
SAILING ON OR ABOUT
Empress of Japan 1st Jan.
8th Oct.
Key West
30th Nov.
Empress of Japan
Empress of Japan - 6th Nov,
*Key Wes!
Monteagle
With Dec. Key West
* FREIGHT SERVICE ONLY.
Regular Mail, Passenger and Freight Services."
Excellent Accommodation. Moderate Rates.
Por particulars regarding paaaage, faros, sul. 129 130 FAROrvation of scomodation, eled aztarnation of trips and descriptive luersANIE
ZIMAAL ARENT, Phone 752
P. D. SUTHERLAND,
PARENJEH DEFISTMEXI
Feb.
For freight rates and through bits of lading hower in octanemon (with Cacadian Pacific Hathway to all Overland Points in Canada and United States so to Europe and Wert İndles, apply to
Phone 42.
MONGKONG
J. K. WALLACE,
GENERAL LORRI
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
'APCAR LINE.
Regular Service Between
SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS,
BASTWARD.
The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for passengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry & duly qualified surgeon.
For freight or passage, apply to
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.,
Hongkong, Sept. 24, 1917.
Agents,
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.
U.S. MAIL LINE.
Operating the new First Class Steamers "ECUADOR"."'VENEZUELAT" and "COLOMBİA.“
14,000 tons Each.
Hongkong to San Francisco,
Ma Shanghal, Kobe, Yokobama and HONOLULU. THE SUNSHINE "BELT.
most Comfortable Bouts to Amerion and
Bailings from Hongkong at noon.
B.K.
Oct. Nov.
9th.
6th. 4th
Europe,
"VENEZUELA " "ECUADOR" *COLOMBIA "Dec. 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 Balety and Comfort of Pange is our First Consideration. Spectat Both The fare is given to the online, and the attendanon on passengers cannot be surpassed,
Toksia are interchangeable with the Toyo Kisan Kaisha and the Canadfi Facile Oopan Services, Lade
For further information, rates, lezature, schedules etc.,
Taleoboma
Company's Diffos in. ALEXANDRA BUILDING,
* Chater Roads
(JAPAN MAIL S.S. CO.):
Ballings from Hongkong enhjeet to sharedİON.
Destination.te
SHANGHAI, KOBE
& YOKOHAMA
| NAGASAKI, KOBE
Steamer & Displacement. Salling Dates. *Shidzooka Maru
WED 9th
T. 12,520, *Kaga Maru
12:301
*Aki Maru
& YOKOHAMA.............. (*Tango Maru
T. 12,30012
T. 13,760
SHANGHAI, MOл§Hwah-wo
& KOBE......
T. 8,500
الراسي
LONDON OR LIVERPOOL VIA SINGA. PORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, DELAGDA BAT 2 CAPE TOWN,
MELBOURNE YA MANILA ZAMBOANADA
THURSDAY IS. TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, A STONET
NEW YORK 114SHANGHAI: KOBE YOKO- HAMA SAN FRANCISCO, AND PAKAMA CANAL - sim BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE, MALACCA. &
COLOMBO, CALCUTTAVIA SINGAPORE, PENANG A KANGOON... about kas - mate Omitting Shanghai Ajor Moji,
Oct, at II ́am, WED., 30th 10ot., at 11 am İSATUR, 19th 1Oct. at 11am.
(MONDAY, 130th Sept.
For date of sailing apply at the Company's Office.
3
* Wireless Taingraphy.
HONGKONG-VICTORIA, EC-SEATTLE VIA'MANILA, KEELUNG, SHANGHAL NAGASAKE KOBE, YOKKAICHI, SHIMIDZU AND YOKOHAMA.
Operated by the magnidolent and spiandidly equipped passenger steamers ** Fushie MarsTM Sume Naru.TMTMTM Kashima Maru," & "Ksion Marak" sách of over 80,000 mms displacemen
Sering frona Hongkong.
**Katori Maru
** Suwa Maru
- Umitting Manila Eastbound
2-1918.
C. N. C.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION”
Steamers.
For-
To Bail. SWATOW & BANGKOK.. Luchow 25th Sept at noon. SWATÓW & SINGAPORE....Taming ...26th Sept, at noon. I SHANGHAI.........
Sulyang
27th Sept at noon SHANGHAI.....
Kallong
28th Sept at 3pm SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO, 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 China Ports, Passengers are Landed in Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung,
For Freight or Passage apply to
Telephone No. 36.
Hongkong Sept.. 24, 1918.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agente.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Regular Fortnightly Servion betweGD CHINA and JAPAN,
Expected
or shout
or about
<
Telephone Nos. 292 & 293;
SUN. 20th Oct., at 11 am. "THURS,, 14th Nov., at 11 a.ITE.
For further information apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. B. MORI, Manager,
WUI ANAWA.ON'
S
From
Nias
Saa Fico, Jap.
Kobe & Moji Amoy
in port 28th Sept 30th Sept. 30th Sept.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU,
PAST AND LUXURIOUS MAIL STHAMEBS" -
Basings from Bangkong-Rabiwat to change witham matiem.
Steamers. "SHINYO MARU
KOREA MARU
SIMERIA MARŲ
TENTO MARU
Tons.
22,000
20,000
£0,000
£2,000
Love Hongkong,
2nd Oct.
Sirt Oct
12th NDT.
23rd Nov.
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO, SALINO CRUZ, BALBOA CALLAO, ARIGA AND IQUIQUE. THENCE BY TRANS ANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES.
Steamers.
"AKYO MARU
2
NIPPON MARU
KIYO MARU
Tons.
18,500
11,000
17,300
Leave Hongkong.
26th September.
asa Novembe
9th Jaunary-
Hobo are interbanzosble with the Ososdian Pacife Doean Sarrices. Led. wad the Pacifie Mall Stoamship 0.
Pengery may travel by rail bewoes porte of call in Japan İres of charge.
For fed information ne su cases, millings, cis, apply to
Telephone Nos. 2374 & 2375,
T. DAIGO, Manager.
KING'S BUILDINGS.
JAVÄ PACIFIC LINE
OF THE
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Monthly Service between
MANILA, HONGKONG AND SAN FRANCISO0.
Next sailings for SAN FRANCISCO via NAGASAKI,
"Subject to change, without Notice.
悲。
Sailing from Hongkong to San Francisco.
ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
The steamers have accommodation for a limited number of: saloon passengers and carry a duly qualified surgeon.
Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading to all' Overland Points In the United States of America and Canada.
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to:-
JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
Managing Agents, Hongkong, York Buildinga.
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO. LTD.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. NANKING"
** CHINA"
(15,000 tons, American Registry) (10,00) tons, American Registry) SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANGHAL, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU. **NANKING"
October 2 Lat.
"CHINA
November 18th
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE.
O, H. RITTER, Freight and Passenger Agent, ..
Prince's Buildings, Ioe House Streek, Tel. 1934.
“ELLERMAN" LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.)
JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS
TO
UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to the undersigned.
Steamers proceed via Cape of Good Hope. Bubject to change without notion,"
to BRISS & Co, Canton
THE BANK LINE LTD. General Agents
Tilwong Tjikini Tjimanoek". | Chingwantao
27th Sapt Java ports 30th Sept. Macassar. 4th Oct. Java"ports 2nd Oct. 1 Java ports
The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-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, Telephone No. 1574.
Tork Buildiäg. '
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SHIPPI
NEWS.
Death Mr. James, Low.-
We regret to learn of the death, on September 8, at the General.
· Hospital, of Mr. James Low, of Tayport. Fifshire, lata 'second: engirear of the G.M. Kianghsin.“ Mr. Low, who ined the company in 1908, had been seven years second engineer.
American Shipping. America's shipbuilding oper ations demand an sanual 1,000,- 000 tons, reserve of steel Tas present monthly requirement is 250 000 ms 1his is the estimate of the Shipping Controller, and probably will form the basis of the shipping board's portion of the general steel allotment programme still under consider- ation by heade of Government war agencies and the steel- producing industry.
New Yard for San Francisco. The general manager of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco is responsible for the statement that the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation has begun to lay out a new yard on San Francisco Bay which will equal in Bize the Union Iron Works and the Alameda Yard. There will be ten berthe, and the yard will specialize on standardised steamers of 20,000 |tons deadweight. The yard is to be completed by January 1, 1919. Protection for Concrete Ships.. Nr. N. E. Esusner, of Chris tiania, has taken out a patent for applying to ships built” of reinforced concrete a smooth protective, concrete band girdle, about 1 m deep and l'in thick, along the waterline, and the said girdle "consisting of a mixture highly, resistant to the action of sea water. It may comprise a concrete mixture with. iron fillings or pulverised fron added. The girdle is applied to the roughened surface of the concrete hull soon
or
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD. rond after it is
HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.
Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having good accommodation for first Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine,
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN. (Oooupying to 10 days.) Captain
Lesring Steamships.
Haitan... A. E. Hodgins... | TUES.. 24th Sert. at 1 p.m. Haihong...J. W. Evans FRL, 27th Sept: at 1 p..
FOR SWATOW.
cast, is carefully
smoothed to obtain a tight surface
Badges for Scamen.
The requisite arrangements have been made for the distribut in of torped badges to masters, officers and sesmen who have served on vessels which have been sunk or damaged by torpedo or mine during the war and who have afterwards signed on For and completed a further voyage. In addition to the badge, a bar will be awarded for each sub-
Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near sequent torpedoing or mining, Blake Pier).
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Douglas Lapraik & Co., General Managers..
INDO-CHINA STEAM
and when five bars have been awarded the recipient can. if he so desires, exchange his badge and bars for a pentagonal pointed
The badze very appro star. priately takes the design of a torpedo, and is to be worn on the coff of the left sleeve.
The Messageries Maritimes. In the speech of the President of the Messageries Maritimes at
NAVIGATION CO., LTD. the shareholders meeting on June
(Projected Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to Alteration).
For
HAIPHONG MANILA
SHANGHAI
SANDAKAN
MANILA....igara se
Steamship Taksang Yuensang .....Wingsang
....Mausang
Loongsang
On Wed., 25th Sept. at Fri. 27th Septat Tues., 1st Oct. at Tues., Tst Oct. at
28. it was stated that from March 10, the company had lost the control and employment of ita deet. It is now only a salaried agent of the State. which retsins
7 am for itself the benefit of the work- 3 p.m. ing. It is not without regret, d'light.tated the president, that the- noon. Compagnie des Messageries Fri., 4th Oct. at 3 p.m. Maritimes has to renounce its CALCUTTA LINE-This Now is temporarily disorgaizzed owize to the war. bet at present a monthly legitimate profits of a working
servica is maintained with Caletta by the is, "KWAISANG " and "VITIN" calling N →Singioma and Passing. The former vessel has expaliliar passenger accommodation, la find which: was so difficult and so
with Electric Light sad Fxas, and caring a fully qualified Sargson."
little remunerative for it in the SINGAPORE LIKES The sĂ "YAN WAERWIJCK" leaves for Singapore appenzimately avery.
formight Iris vessel was clear accommolar'on for dem cima pastengues, and is mutud first years of the crisis and which throughout with Electric Light and Fans and a so carries a full y qualified surgeon.
had commenced to improve. The SHANGHAI LINE:—Sailings approximazaly money five days between Canion and Shanghai, sumatimas
calling at swatow. Spammers on this lion have a limited amount of passing accommon French mercantile fleet, already dation, and through tickets can be obtained for Forthern and aagtune Ports via Shanghat insufficient before the war, has Qimagh Ellls of badlog ure issued to all Novizers and Yangtze, Parta.
MANILA LIKEJA #sckly service is maintained with facile by vessels with good passenger accom pamengers and cargo, cafíng sí kolhre when BORKED LINES—Ove sailing per mouth between Hongkong and Sandakan by a steamer having sexo,
daze accommodation for passEDENS,"
odation, sailings from both parts stary Fridný. HAIPHORO LIKE:-Sailings Appraskastały wsaldy for
inducement offers.
Si Cazan taken on 'durangi Bile of lading for Kadat, jassalton, Labuat, Towne and Lahad Datui- TIENTSIN LIKEITA Regular service is now from Mass in October between Bongkong and later
calling at Walhalwei, and Chelon 2
Under Straits Government Passport Regulations.
All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits Settle meat, are required to produce on arrival at destination passports with their Photographs and description affixed thereto.
For Freight or passage, apply to
Telephone No. 215,
has been cruelly tried
Japanese Shipping Enterprise.
According to a Japanese con- temporary, the Shanghai Branch of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Ld, which had sold its Po tung
harf to the Nisshin Kisen Kaiba and extended its wharf ace immodation at Yanetszepoo; := has purchased the Pingho Wharf (Liddell Bros), owing to its being situsted among the wharves of the South Manchuria Wailway Co. The newly acquired property. has undergone reconstruction,
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD. and after a month's work, &
General Managers.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
BANKERS AND FORWARDERS. ESTABLISHED 1841.
HEAD OFFICE -65 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, SUBPLUS-U. 8. $25,000,000.00. CAPITAL AND LONDON OFFICES,-84, QUEEN STREET, E. C.,
6, Haymarket, 8, W 11 Elbury Street, S. W., throughout the world, Foreign Exchange
Branches & Agencies General Banking and
We maintain Forels rade and Travel Bureaus.
| modern wharf is available for service. A formal contract hɛa been-signed with Messrs. Liddell Bros, & Co,, and the price of Tis, 60 000 was paid on the 5th instant. The new wharf measures 333 ft. in length, and including the old wharf, s water frontage of 850 f. in said to be obtained, capable of accommodating large liners, to and from Europe and America aud South Bes islands. A schame to erect a large sized godown As also being put into execution. Horeafter, Japanese abippt enjoy every facility at this port as far as wharf accommod is concerned. the