THE HONGKONG.
THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE
REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES.
LONDON
"HELENUS. ** "KEEMUN " **TBIRESIAS" "ELPENOR" "ATREUS"
.SERVICE
(Direct)
9th October London & Rotterdam, 12th October London, Amsterdam & Hamburg 18th October London, Amsterdam & Antwerp 16th Nov. London, Rotterdam & Antwerp 23rd Nov. Loadan, Amsterdam & Hamburg
SERVICE LIVERPOOL
**CURYPYLUS " ** TITAN ** **PELEUS"
** TELAMON"
(Direct or via Continental Parts)
9th October Havre, Rotterdam & Liverpool 11th October Genoa, Mles, L'pool & Glasgow 26th October Ganos, Liverpool & Glasgow
2nd Nov, Liverpool.
PACIFIC
**TEUCER"
** IXION "
**TALTHYBIUS"
NEW
**TYDEUS **
SERVICE
(via Kobe and Yokohama)
20th October
16th Nov.
7th Dec.
YORK
Victoria, Seattle and Vancouver
SERVICE
(via Suez or Panama) via Fanams
24th November.
HOMEWARD PASSENGER SERVICE
"STENTOR"
"TEIRESLAS"
**IDOMENEUS"
PYRRHUS"
13th October for London direct 15th October for London direct
1st November for Liverpool vis Marsailles 21st December for London direct
For Freight and all Information Apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
CONSIGNEES.
AGENTS.
CONSIGNEES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO.LTD. | OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM
NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
-
Consignees per Co's Steamer
JASON"
From NEW YORK vis SUEZ.
are hereby botined that the
Holl's Wharf, Kowloon, where it
ASD
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
Consignees per Co's Steamer
"HELENUS."
are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's
is a Consignee's risk.
The
* CONSIGNEES,
NOTICE TO`CONSIGNEES.
"THE ROBERT DOLLAR DO.
The Steamship
HAROLD DOLLAR”
having arrived from New York viaVancouver, B.. and parts on October 3rd, 1920, consignees are bereby notified that their cargo, fis being landed at their risk
into the hazardous Godowns of the Hongtong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. and stored at coo- signees' risk.
All broken, chafed and dam. aged cargo is to be left in the Godowns until Thursday Octo- ber 7th, 1920, when they will be examined by Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke at 2.15 p.m. Thursday October 7th, 1920.
Claims will not be accepted un- lesa cargo is so examined by said Surveyors, prior to the above date.
All claims must be presented withlo month of the steamer's arrival hero, after which they will not be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
1920.
W.S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN KOWLOON.
+
HARBOUR REPAIRS
'Call Flag "L"
Sole Arents for
KELVIN MOTORS."
Motors from 12 B.H.P. to 50 BHP. now in stock also spare parta.
Works Manager...
Secretary
BOLLER MAKERS. FORGE MASTERS.
OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY.
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED
ENGINEERS.
Tel K.91. K.329. £369.
"
Harbour Engineer .. K.25. Telegrams "SEYBOURNE.”
FUTURE OF DISABLED SOLDIERS.
CONTINUED DONATIONS.
ADVISED.
The Select Committee on Pensions have presented to the House of Commons & report in which they criticise the official handling of the question of employment for disabled men. They state that insufficient steps were taken for promoting the All goods remaining after employment scheme, a feature of October 10th, 1920, will be sub-which is the King's Roll. ject to rent.
It is recommended that the narce of every Government No Fire Insurance whatever Department should appear on the will be effected.
Roll, that local authorities should also qualify by employing the requisite percentage of disabled nien, and that after a date to be fixed Government contracts THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO. whose names are on the Roll
should be granted only to firms
Agents.
Hongkong, 4th. October, 1920.
Consignees are requested to send in their bills of lading for countersignature,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE STEAMSHIP
** AFRICA
From TRIESTE, VENICE, PORT SAID, COLOMBO, PENANG & SINGAPORE.
Consignees of Cargo are bareby
in the mercantilə marine is defir-
THE ADMIRALTY AND THE LOWER DECK.
of the
as
-DRY DOCK-
LENSIN 787 FREE. LENGTH IN BLOCKS 738 FENT
DEPTH ON CENTRE OF
SILL (HWOST) 34 FT. 6 INS. -THREE SLIPWAYS--
CAPABLE OF HANDLING SHIPS UP...
TO 3000 TONS DISPLACEMENT. ELECTRIC CRANE AT SEA WALL CAPABLE OF LIFTING 100 TONS AT TO FEET RADRIS
BUTTERFIELD & SWRE, AGENTS,
“HOMBROMS, CHINA & JAPAN.
ses service. Admiral Jerrams's them be considered afreak, and Committee did an immense enforced with reasoned and work, and the Welfare System cogent argument before present was set on foot. Great benefitsation to the Admiralty, with ang THE REAL INTEREST OF FLEET-MEN.
have thereby already been other points that may arise. "Their Lordships are of opinion with mutual confidence
secured, and more will be doas. There is no disposition any- that it is desirable that the Wel-good will. It is by a full under-portance of giving all that can and where to question the high im fare Conference should now pro-standing of what is necessary be reasonably given to the men, ceed with the consideration of for the advantage of the men that of the Lower Deck. Requests to be placed before the the Admiralty can be strengthened have requirements also, but upon Offers next Committee, in socordance against the Treasury, for it is them the silence of the Navy H with the approved procedure, and important to realise that mine-The men are invited to speak for that it is their unmistakable duty tenths of existing unrest arises themselves. The good will come to the rest of the Service to do from the reduced value of money, from within the Navy, not from A FATIONAL CONFERENCE, The national conference of sin-
so-Admiralty. Letter to the That much can be achieved by any outside pressure, and whom ployers and employees to further
Commander-in-Chief at Devon-judicious handling may be seen the requests are made and their? the scheme, and a scrutiny of the port, August 3
by the recent decision to increase reasonableness is acknowledged, lists of unemployed men, in order interests of the Lower Deck of ance from 2s. 1d. to 38. 6d. a day. posture to obtain the necessary Those who have at heart the the provision and leave allow the Admiralty will be in a good to distinguish between the quali-the Navy were discouraged when I would therefore be an error of supplies from the Treasury, fied and those who need training, the immediate outcome became are suggested. Meantime, say the
the first magnitude for the Inter Committee, the out-of-work dona-the representatives of the Walfare the work
known of the interview which Port representatives to abandon the strain of war is relaxed is not The symptom of unrest whats tion should be continued.
of the Welfare uncommop. Increases in the sexie of allow. Conference recently bad with the Conference, and thus to lose Japanese war then were dis- After the Rumo? ances in respect of war service inays Mr. John Leyland in the year. The Admirally have in Fleet, and Admiral Togo therfore First Sex Lord at the Admiralty, the advantage of a whole quieting signs in the Japanese the mercantile marine are recom-Obermer. It seemed mended. It is proposed to increase
casted that this and no less made a practice of taking his efforts for the minimum allowance for total | 20
the good would be the consequence of ships to sea sul withdrawing Navy incapacity from 35s, to 50s. a week,
might be abstention, and certainly the them from unsesmanlike - in- and to make corresponding in- neutralised. Bot the stars in action would not be in accord fluences. There ware Hka tokens. creases for partial disablement. their courses exuous be allowed with the spirit in which the of unrest in the United Staley Cargo will be discharged into Wharf. Kowloon, where it will informed that all Goods are being a maximum allowance of £36 is to fight against the ultimate wel-Welfare Scheme was inaugurated Navy after the war with Spain. will lie at Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for deliver downs of the Hongkong and Kow. of the existing £50. War service/requests had been laid before the The Inter-Port Welfare Com-hundredfold after the recent rat
landed s: their risk into the to recommended for a child instead fare of our Fleet-men. Over 300 and has so far been conducted. nad such tokens have incred
Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 5th loon Wharf and Godown Comed as service performed under while others remained under con- strength of the various ratings io came into the British Fiest, and “ Admiralty, of which a consider-mittees require reconstruction. war. During that war way able number were approved, As present, on the basis of the technical and other specialists pany, Ltd. at Kowloon, whence and or from the wharses delivery conditions where risks were in-sideration, and the rest were the Fleet, they are far from re- could not all be dispensed with at may be obtained.
creased by war conditions.
refused, though possibly not with pesenting the Lower Deck. They the demobilisation. They have CIVIL LIABILITY GRANTS. Snality. On the subject of civil liability
really represent From
series the lastinet of the share relberi the statement which af committees located speedy decentralisation of the conclusion arises. It is that a grants, the Committee urge the precedes this article a
definite the
in than of the sea and among them porta
The seamen and some discontent may smoulder, casas of disabled men.
stokers, though greatly more But the real sea service is Dis-duty lies upon those who speak numerous cretionary powers to make grants for or infinence others that they ratings put together, probably to able
than all the other sui generis. It has 'an'admir in certain circumstances should, should make the atmost use of the extent of 80 per cent may own. the Committee think, be vested the Welfare System. They conceivably be entroted at the of better emolument or comfort it
salt
of its Whatever It can have men serving since the Armistice the representatives invited to judge the views of the bluejackets be sought and most surely gained in the department. Officers and not permit it to fail Yet Conference. One would not pre- richly merita. Its needs can best should be permitted to make apWhitehall, dissatisfied with their and stokers, but the point is that in active resumption of work in plication for grants until the end Lordships response, strangely they are not now adequately preparation for the deliberations enough expressed their desire to represented. Even the Seamen's of the next Welfare Commllice, dissolve the Welfare Conference. Society is numerically small, Let, therefore, the Inter-Port Thereupon the Admiralty Tex compared to the total strength. Representatives, with a proper pressed their view in the sentence
CONSIDERATION IMPERATIVE. untlook, sagaciously mature their quoted above. Yet the repre- Things cannot be allowed to re-programme. Their sentatives persisted in
sbetention Captain Sir William Nott-intention not to carry on and they have reached. All the afforts All broken, chafed, and damag-Bower, Chief Commissioner ofhir decision was communicated for the betterment of the position
their main in the apparent impasse would be intolerable. All Claims against the Steamer
All Claims against the Steamer ed Goods are to be left in the Go City Police, unveiled at Cloak-to the Admiralty by the Com- of the man cannot end in fiasco. must be presented to the under-must be presented to the under-downs, where they will be exa-lane Police Station recently mander-in-Chief at Devonport on The representatives of the Inter- sigoed on or before the 26th signed on or before the 25th Oct. ined on the 8th inst. at 10. October, or they will not be
Roll of Honour of 100 members
Angust 7.
We are therefore Port Welfare Committee, svan as recognised.
of "D" Division, City Police, reluctantly driven to the con- now constituted, can do most month of July 933 persons travel- No Fire Insurance has been who served in the war, and 11elusion that the representatives useful work. Probably the alleged led by sir between London and effected.
of whom lost their lives. He have retired to their eats, but discontent has been exaggerated, Paris. said that on August 4, 1914, the they must not, like Ulysses, fein bat
This makes a daily Bills of Lading will be counter-strength of the division was 230, madness and see the seashore
thera are matters that average of 30 passengers. The signed by
and of the 100 who served 83ith salt instead of the fields to be stained can be attained shown in the following figures of can be amended, and whatever is gradual increase in trafie in gained commissioned or not-with corne commissioned rank.. Six com-
only by careful consideration of the number of passengers carried missions were awarded and 18
the requirements of the whole for the early months of the British and Allied distinctions made to improve, as far as ations of the 1919-20 conference 183: April, 198; May, 450; Jine, A very great effort has been Fleet. Many of the represent-year-February, 102; March, possible, the conditions of the | remsited without response. Let
775.
from Godown on and after 5th October.
4
Optional cargo will be landed, unless notice has been given priorto steamer's arrival.
P
All broken, chafed, and damag- ed goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of
10.45 a.m. and noon within the free storage period.
Noclaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and sil Goods remaining undelivered after the 13th Oct, will be subject to rent.
October.
Optional cargo will be landed, to steamer's arrival. unless notice has been given prior
Optional Cargo will be forward- led unless notice to the contrary
be given before.
All broken chafed, and dam- aged goods are to be left in the
No claims will be admitted after Godowns, where they will be the Goods have left the Godowas, examined on any Tuesdays and and all Goods remaining unde- Fridays between the hours of livered after the 8th inst. or they 10.45am. and noon within the will be subject to rent. free storage period.
No claims will be admitted after
the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 11th Oct, will be subject to rent.
All claims against the steamer: signed on or before the 18th ins must be presented to the Under- or they will not be recognized.
of next year..
CITY POLICEMES'Y WAR HONOURS.
or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 5th October, 1920.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents, Hongkong, 5th October, 1920.
were won för valour.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents, Hongkong, 6th October 1920.
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