HERFING.
P. & 0.-BRITISH INDIA
AND
APCAR LINES
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND)
TO
STRAITS & BURMA, QEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GELF AUSTRALASIA, WEST INDIES,
9.8.
NAGOYA
DUNERA
MAURITIUS, EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, RED SEA, EGYPT, EUROPE, ETC, SAILINGS FOR
LONDON via S NGA ORE, COLOMBO,
PORT SAID & MARSEILLES
21st August
leave Bong- kong & out
Due Marseilles
shout
Due London about
23rd Sept.
2nd October.
:)
due Bombay about 25th July
FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO & BOMBAY.
7th July
19th July
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, RANGOON & CALCUTTA, JAPAN
DUNENA
die Caleotta, 13th August, « FOR SHANGHAI & KOBE.
| 24th June, at 4 p.m. į for Shanghai only. WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS,
For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freights, etc.. apply to
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.
Agents.
22, Des Vaux Road Central,
HONGKONG.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
THE
OCEAN:
SERVICES
LIMITED
"HE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY announce the angmentation of the present double daily train service byf
"a third Trans-Continental train
THE TRANS-CANADA LIMITED.
The new train will leave Vancouver
DAILY FOR MONTREAL
Connecting for all points in Eastern Canada and United States. RUNNING TIME VANCOUVER TO MONTREAL 93.15 hours.
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The TRANS-CANADA LIMITED " will be devoted to First Class Sleeping Car passengers and will consist entirely of Compartment Observation and Standard Sleeping cars, Dining car and Baggage cars.
:P. D. SUTHERLAND, General Agent. Passenger Departinent.
Hongkong June 7, 1919.
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO,
U. S. MAIL LINE..
Operating the now First Class Steamers
→ ECUADOR," "VENEZUELA" and
14,000 tons Each,
Hongkong to San Francisco.
COLOMBIA."
via Shangha', Kobe, Yokohama and HONOLULU,
THE SUNSHINE BELT.
"The most Comfortable Route to America and Europe.
5.5
53.
S.4.
Bailings from Hongkong at noon.
"ECUADOR"
"COLOMBIA " "VENEZUELA“.
15th July, 13th Aug.
For Vladivostock, Seattle, San Francisco. & New York,
These steamers have the most modera equipment including over- head electric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTHS & Large Comfortable Staterooms (all single and two berths only.)
The Safety and Comfort of Passengers is daz Firat Consideration. 'Special. care is given to the cuisine, anithe attendance ou passengers cannot be surpassed. Tickets are late-changeabl with the Toyo Een Kaisho and the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd. -
For further information, rates, literature, schedules etc..
Apply to "
Company's Office in
Telephone No. 141 ALEXANDRA BUILDING. Chater Road.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
BANKERS AND FORWARDERS. ESTABLISHED 1841.
HEAD OFFICE-65 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-U. 8. $23,000,000,00. LONDON OFFICE-84, QUEEN STREET, E C.
6, Haymarket, 8. W.,
11, Elbury Street, B. T bes & Agencies-throughout the world, General Banking and Foreign Exchange.
meintala Foreign Trade and Travel Bureau's, rican Business a Specialty
IPPING
N. Y. K.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
SAILINGS FORM HONGKOND SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. SEATTLE & VICTORIA via Keelung, Shanghai & Japan ports. Cargo to Overland Points U.S. in connection with GreatNorthern, Northern Pacific, and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railways.
FUSHIMI MARU...
22nd June, at 11 añ Sunday KATORI HARU (calling Manila) Sunday, 13th July, at 11 a.m. LONDON & ANTWERP vis Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez,
& Port Said.
27th June, at Noon. 11th July, at Noon. Zamboanga, Thursday
TAMBA MAKU... MISHIMA MARU
Friday, Friday
MELBORNE & SYDNEY via Manila,
Island, Townsville & Brisbane. TANGO MARU
Wednesday, 25th June, at 11 am. NEW YORK & HAVANA vis Kobe, Yokohama. Murora, San
Francisco, Panama & Colon.
TOYAMA MARU...
Tuesday, 15th July. BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Singapore.
SHINRYU MARU TENSHIN HARU
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Beginning of July. Middle of July.
CALCUTTA & RANCOON via Singapore & Penang.
RANGOON MARU.....
CALCUTTA MARU
Saturday, 28th June. Saturday, 19th July. :
JAPAN PORTS-Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama.
NIKKO MARG AKI MARU
Friday, 20th June, at 5 am. Saturday, 19th July. at 11 am.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
KITANO MARC
SHIMBU MART
INABA MARU
Tuesday. 24th June, at 12 a.mi Saturday, 28th June. Friday 11th July, at 11 am. EXTRA SERVICES. (Marseilles, Liverpool, Antwerp, South American ports via Cape, etc).
-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. S. YASUDA, "Manager.
For further information apply to—|
Telephone Nos. 19 & 293.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA.
SAN FRANCISCO LINE.
VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND-SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU,
PART AND LUXURIOUS MATG BERÀNEED. Baking brake Hongkong--Babjak do shanes without nodes. Stedmarz. :
From Hongkons. KOREA MARU
TESTO MARV
25th June.
"Calling at Keslacg"
20th July.
KIPPOR MA
7th July.
SIBERIA MARY Calling at Keelung
29th July.
SMIRYO MARU
13'h Aug.
PERSIA MARŲ
28th Anz.
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE
HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU, BAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO, SALINO CRUZ. -
BALBOA CALLAO, ARICA AND IQUIQUE,
THENCE BY TRANS ANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES,
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Steamers.
ANYO MARU KIYO MARU
SEIYO MARU·
Lears Hongkong.
-10th Sept.
14th July. 4th Nor.
SHIPPING NEWS.
THE STASLAN
The motor schooner. Staša, which left Shanghai on June 6 in tow of the tug Victoria for Taku, arrived there, after ar excellent passage up, on the 10th, making the voyage in a little over four days. The vessel will be repaired at the yards of Messrs. Brossard and Mopin, Hsinho.
JAPANESE SHIPYARDS, Before the war, there were only
16 shipyards in Osaka, but since then a number of new shipyards were established making a total of 59, viz., 6 on the Ajikawa, 35. on the Kidzukawa, and 18 on the Shirinashikawa Since the peace slump sat in, many of them have either closed down or have suspended operations.
U-BOAT DAMAGE -
The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce has taken up the ques- tion of the losses sustained by merchants in Yokohama on account of the U-boats during the war and has appealed to the government for compensation. The loss consists of silk, babutae, peanuts and other miscellaneous cargoes and is estimated Y. 263,600.
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SHIP
N. C.
C. N.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. ---SAILINGS RUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamers.
1 For
H'HOW PHOI & R'PHONG Kaifong SHANGHAL& TSINGTAO - Kwangse MANILA, OEBIT & ILOILO Tǝming SWATOW & BANGKOK.Chusan SWATOW & SINGAPORE. Hupeh SHANGHAL...
Tean WEI, CHEFOO & TISIN Huichow SHANGHAI.....Sunning NEWCHWANG KAASU
To dat 22nd Juns atd lie Ziad Jana atd 'ligi ...S3rd June at 3 par
24th June at li am. 124th June at 37 â‚m. ...24th June at hoon. 26th June at y noon, 26th June at noon. Sed July abfam.
SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO
Excellent Saloon accommodation smidships. Electric Light and Fans in Saloon and State-roams. Regular schedule service between :: Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai (thrice weekly) and Teintaa weekly), taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtare and Northern China Ports, Passengers are Landed: in: Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung.
BANGKOK LINE-Weekly service to and from Bangkök vis Swatow.
For Freight or Passage apply to
Telephone No. 36.
Hongkong. June 21, 1919
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Stewmer
Regular Fortnightly Service between CHINA and JAPAN,
Fram
Tjimanoek | Japan
Expecial s
or about
Will Jaw on or about.
| 27th June [ 28th June † Java
For
CHANNEL TUNNEL SHARES. The buoyancy
of Channel Tunnel shares was again the out- standing feature of stock markets recently. As many as 45 trans- actions in the shares were mark ed at rapidly rising prices. The level of 15s, to which these four-
The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and.. shilling shares have been hoisted have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers. in a few days, representing all steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at premium of 275 per cent, scarce-through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia."
For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
ly seems justified by the mere announcement..of the Govern- ment decision to proceed with the tunnel project.
SHANGHAI SHIPPING. The total number and tonnage of vessels which entered and cleared at Shanghai during the quarter ending March 1919, was 3,850 vessels of 3.630,919 tous. Compared with the corresponding quarter in 1918 an increase of 99 vessels and 261,885 tons is shown Of the total 1,885 vessels 2,630,521 tons were ocean steamers, showing an increase of 255 steamers and 219,815 tons, and 502 steamers of 867,728 tons were river steamers, showing an increase
of 15 steamers and 39.334 tons The percentages of the different flags of the total were
Cikan kes berasinganzia enis aka Canadian Zando o Berries, I and the 37.6 per cent. British; 321 per
Atqti Səmaziship do.
PHIMZEE MAy sente) by rad between pans of and be Japan free of charge. Por full information se bo ruder, sailings, 19%, arply to
Telephone Nos. 2374 & 2375,
"
T. DAIGO, Manager.
KING'S BUILLINGS:
JAVA-PACIFIC-LYN
" FOR SAN FRANCISCO Direct.
S.S.
BINTANG"
Will be despatched as above on or about
July, 20th. 1919.
For freight apply to:-
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN-LYN Agents.
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Telephone No. 1574.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
York Building.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.,
LD.
HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS SERVICE.
good accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamere" having Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOOHOW AND RETURN. (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Steamships. Captain Quinnebaug❘ Medina
TUES.. Haltan
A. H. Stewart .. FKL.. Halhong..... J. W. Evans
[I
Leaving.
24th June at 11 am.
27th June at L Patte
TUES
1st July at 1 pm.
Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near Blake Pie
For Freight and Passage, apply to
Douglas Lapraik & Co.,
General Managers,
cant Japanese; 21.7 per cent, Chinese; 4.4 per cent. American; 1.2 per cent. French; 1;1 per cent. Dutch; and 1.9 per cent. Danish, Russian, Norwegian and Italian. Of the ocean steamers the per- centages were as follows:-34.9 per cent. British; 34.6 per cent, Japanese 18.7 per cent. Chinese: 5.9 per cent. American; 1.7 per eent. French; 1.5 per cent.Dutch 10 per cent. Russian and 1:7 per cent. Danish. Italian and Norwe- gian, and of the river steamers 47.8 per cent. were British; 28.3. per cent. Japanese and 23.9 per SHANGHAI vis Swatow Kwongsang Sun. 22nd Juan at d'light.
cent: Chinese.
PUFFED BRICK SHIPS BEING BUILT NOW.
Concrete ships seemed unlikely enough, but how about ships built of brick?. We hasten to say, for the information of scoffers, that the bricks are not laid in mortar, but are pulverized and mixed with cement. The result. is a pound vastly lighter than ordin- ary concrete, but employed in mach the same way. Two puffed-
com-
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO. LTD. brick ships are soon to be launch-
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
"NAN KING "
*** CHINÀ”
15,000 toos, American Registry) (10,000 tons, American Registry) SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU. *NANKING**
Aug. 19th, 1919.
"' CHINA"
July 2nd, 1919.
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE.
O. H. RITTER.
Prince's Buildings,
Freight and Passenger Agent,
Ice House Street, Tel: 1934.
“ELLERMAN” LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.).
JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS -
ΤΟ
UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
For
LONDON & ANTWERP
Steamer
Sailing.
are
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD
Projected Sailings from Hongkong,—(Subject to Alteration),
For
On
Steamship
TTSIN vis W'wai & C'fooCheongshing Tues., 24th June at d'light.
SHANGHAI SHANGHAI STRAITS and Calcutta Namsang KOBE MANILA MANILA
via Singapore and Penang.
Wingsang Choysang
Tues., 24th June at d'light.
Tues 24th June at d'light. Tues.. 24th Jane at 3 pm
Fooshing Loongsang Yuensang
Toux., 26th June at Fri,
p.m.
27th June at 3 p.m. Fri 4th July at 3p.
CALCUTTA LINE: This Line has now been re-organized and affords regular sallingy to Caleme Betoring from Calota stizers pressed via Straits and Hongkong to Japan, cocasionaRy
calling at Shanghai.
All gamers have accefloat ponger achommodation, are fitted with Electrie Idght" and
Face and carry a fully qualified Surgeon.
SHANGHAI LINE:-Sailinge approximately every dan daya berwosa Cascots and Skangkad, samutimes calling of Swalow. -Steamers on this Rae hase a Multad rows of primoget accSINES dation, and through dicks can be obtained far Northern and Yungissa Facts win Shanghai, Tanagh Bia of lading are inroad to all Northern and Yangiam Ports.
odation, salliegs Som both porto stacy Friday.
at San Francisco. Bricklayers MAHILA LINE: weakly service is malattied with Malia by vessels with gond paisanger Mosm not. however, employed HAIPHONG LINE-Seblags approximateliermekly for passengers and karżoy saking at Habem phen in building this peculiar type of
- inducement alors.
date accom.solation for sHAPES CAS
boat because with mortar used, BORNEO LINK: de sailing per month but Hougang and Sandakas by's xamaer having RP-10, a trowel-wielding labourer is not" Cargo takin on through Bills of lading for Kádat, Juslaitoka Jabuan, Lama and required. The 'puffed brick' used TIERTSIN LIKE:- regular service is run tow. March Octabur barweiz, Ronghong and Ights in
is made, like ordinary brick, of a
peculiar clay containing a low
percentage of silica. Subjected
to an intense heat, the brick puffs
calling at Wethniwal and Chalon.
Under Straits Government Passport Regulations.
up like popcorn. The productment, are required to produce on arrival at destination pass
All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits looks something similar to coke with their Photographs and description affixed thereto.
and is about as light. Once puffed the bricks are ground to a dust and mixed with cement. This process, it is claimed, makes for a gain of about forty per cent, in the lightness of the ship's walls with out losing any of its strength. The ship's forms are built in stan- dardized sections and are hinged with bolted they can be forced up and put out of the way when the concrete hardens. After launching, the forms are quickly put back into place, steel re-en- forcing rods installed, and the pouring of another ship can be begun. According to experts int concrete shipbuilding this system makes it possible to turn out a 7,500-ton vessel every threa
For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to approach months, and only about twenty. the undersigned.
نوار
Subject to change without notice:
or to REISS & Co. Canton
Hongkong 10, Ant. 1917.
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
Generat
five per cent of the lumber in the forms is wasted. The first two ships built of this material at San Francisco, each 7.500-ton oil tanks, are ready to be Janinch
For Freight or passage, apply to
"Telephone No. 215.
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTDA
General
FOR NEW YORK
BLUE TUNNEL LINE
S.S." EURYADES
Will be despatched for NEW YORK vis Parama, on Win,
Faly 5th
Freight and further particul
BUTTERFIELD & SWDD