Shipping to Europe, Australia, and other Ports.
P. &0.-BRITISH INDIA, APCAR
'AND
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.
COMPANIES in corporated in ENGLAND) IS
TO
PLANS & BURKA, CETION, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIEST
MAURITIUS. EAST ROUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIASIA INCLUDING, NEW ZEALAND & QUEENSLAND PORTS,
RED SEA, EOYPT, KDROPE, ETC. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H. M. GOVERNMENT.)
Tona
From Hoog- kong(about) 9,000 27 Dec. 1.1 a.m.
9.9.
KASHGAR
PLASSY
NAGPORE
7,400 5,300
10th Jan.
10th Jan.
SOUDAN
6,700
18th Jan.
SARDINIA
NELLORE
6,700 16,850
JAPAN TANDA
24th Jan. 7th Feb. BRITISH INDIA-APCAR
3rd Jan. 6,000
15th Jan. 7,000 EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
ARAFURA
16,000 1
3rd Jan.
Destination
Į B'bay, if 'les, L'den, Awerp M'les, London & Antwerp S'pore, Colombo & Bombay S'pore, Pang, C'bo & B'bay Mles, Landon & Antwerp.. Mles, London & Antwerp SAILINGS (South)
S'pore, Penang & Calcutta S'pore Penang & Calcutts
SAILINGS (South)
(Manila, Tawac, Thursday Island, Tville. B'baus, Sydney & Melbourne.
Prequent adsamostana žive dušralia with the fallowing te The Dalan M. Compsay's steamers la 154 Chitad Kingium vis New Zealand.
PRA PIRA! Bac, Ma
P. D. Boya) Mast steamers la Lan Jon via Sner Cana
F. & C. Brának bertine of esemmers to London win the Cape
ANNAYUE.
The IFe Essland Shipping Co. "katannery lot Sealbampús as3 LoaJos via Fasama Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
NELLORE
16,553
30th Dec.
G. APCAR BOUDAN
4,650 16.200
2nd Jan,
5th Jan.
Shanghai & Japan Amor, Shanghai & Moji Shanghai only
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice
WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS.
Parcels Measuring not more than 143. x 2ft. x 1ft. will be recolved st
the Company's Office up to noon on the day previous to sailing-
For Passage Rates, Handbooke, Freights etc.. apply to
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agents
22, Des Vaux Road Central.
GLEN AND SHIRE.
JOINT SERVICE OF STEAMERS
ÚK, STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN Service.
OUTWARDS
OLENSANDA
HOMEWARDS.
Leaves Hongkong. Venaei. Due Hoogkong; }
7th Jan 1st Jan. GLENIFFER 16th Jan. L. Hull. A'werp, R'dam, H'burg. 26th Jap. CARNARVONSHIRE 17th Jan.
Gos. L. Hull. R'dam & H'burg. PEMBROKESHIRE 6th Feb.
RADNORSHIRE
OLENSHANE
Movements are subject to change without notice. For freight or further particulars please apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
THE GLEN LINE. LTD
AGENTS Telephone Central No 215, sub-ex. 22 and 3696.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN
LIJN.
Ivan 12
Tjimanoek
Tiikipl ...... Tjisondari
REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY
SERVICE BETWEEN
JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.
trum
Bapestad on 27 JORD
Well lose a SM
of shoar
Batavia Amor Daboy
Tlkembang Java
For
27th in port
Dec. Shai via Amoy 30th 29th Dec
Dec. Makassar S'baia 2nd Jan 3rd Jan. Batavia.
4th Jao. 7th Jeo: S'bai. N. China
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Shipping to Europe, Australia, and other Ports.
N. Y. K.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 192
SAILINGRƏİSUBJECT TO ALTERATION, VICTORIA. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER via S'hai & Japan Põrs Through Ollis of Lading festad sö all Overland Dommon Points in U.A A. & Chaada. "YOKOHAMA M. (Calling Kanila) Taura, 11th Jan. at 11 am. Wednesday, 7th Fex at 11 am. KAGA MARU MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP ria Singanore, &c.
HARENA MARU... KAMO MARO
ww
COASTAL SHIPPING.
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
Salling
29th at 10 am. 29th Dec. at 10 am.
30th Dao at
noon.
9.8.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination. Steamar
Fri SHANGHAI via Swałow Loksang
Fri. HAIPHONG vin Goihow Leesung
Sat. Hinsang SANDAKAN
S0th Deo. st MANILA 6th Jan, at 11 am.
Yuensang Sat. Sunday,
BANGKOK via Swatow Drutar Sun. Flat Deo at 10am. Wednesday, 17th Jan. at 11 a...
3rd Jan. at 3pm. Wed. STRAITS & Calcutts......Namsang
noon. 5th Jan. at 1AMBURG via LONDON & ROTTERDAM.
KOBE.
Fooksang, Fri.
8th Jan. at 10a.m. MITO MARU
BANGKOK via Swałow Childar STRAITS & Calcutta.............. Hosang
19th Jan. at 3p.m. LIVERPOOL vi■ MARSEILLES & VALENCIA.
STRAITS & Calcutta... Fooksang · Tues. 30th Jan, at 3 p.m. CALCUTTA LINE This Line now afforda regular sailinge to Calcutta, Penang and Singapore; Returning from Calcutta steamers proceed via Straits and Hongkong is Occasionally calling at Shanghai.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, &c.
YOSHINO. MARU...
AKI MARU...
Middle of January.
Wednesday, 17th Jan. at 11 am. Wednesday, 14th Fab. at 11 am.
gw YORK & BOSTON VIA PANAMA,
DURBAN MARU
Wednesday, 3rd January.
BUENOS AIRES via S'pore, Delagoa Bay, Durban & Cape Town.
WOMBAY, vía Singapore, Penang & Colombo. "
Wednesday, 27th December. KAMAKURA MARU... ́*** CALCUTTA via Singapore, Petang & Rangoon.
OSAKA MARU
Wednesday, 3rd Jan.
Friday. 29th December. Tuesday, 9th Jan. at 11 a.m.
VAŬASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
MOJ: MARU AKI MARU SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. TSUYAMA KARU (Calling Moji)
For further information apply to Tel. Central Nov. 293 & 293.
Friday, 29th Dec.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. K. H. KAMEL Manager.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
REGULAR SAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON FOR NEW YORK & BOSTON.
Sailing on or about Middle Jan. S.S." BOWES CASTLE"....
LLOYD TRIESTINO.
Taking carge on through Bills of Lading for Levant, Black Sea and Danube Ports.
PIUME baving been re-opened for traffic, cargo is also accepted for this port on through Billa of Lading.
S.S. "FILME"
FOR SHANGHAL
Sailing on or about 10th January. For BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE. Via Singapore, Penang and Colamba,
www
::. Sailing second half of January. S.S. FIGME" Passengers Luggage can be insured at the office of the Agents,
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.
Regular Passenger and Cargo Service. FROM CALCUTTA TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS. Through Bill of Lading issued from Hongkong.
For Freighter Passage on any of the above Lines apply te
DOUWELL & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
Telephone Central 1030,
AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE.
HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS, SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).
Steamer.
CHANGSHA
Arrives Hongkong from Australia... 30th Dec.
Leaves Hongkong for Australia. 5th Jan, at 4 p.m.
This steamer is fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensuring a plentiful supply of ice, fresh provisions etc. and has superior
the State-rooma. A duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Fares. Cargo booked through to all Australian, New Zealand and Tas-
The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans 10 have socommodation for limited number of saloon-passengers. All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through rater to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia.
For Freight and Passage apply to the
manian ports.
For Freight and Passage apply to
Telephona Central No. 1574,
Java-China-Japan Lijn.
York Buildings,
Telephone Central No. 36.
CO.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP
OFFERS
SPECIAL THROUGH FIRST CLASS RATES HONGKONG TU EUROPE
via SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK
U. S. G. $620,50
which includes
MINIMUM BERTH TO SAN FRANCISCO FIRST CLASS RAIL ACCOMMODATIONS SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK
WITH STOPOVER PRIVILEGES, BERTH AND ACCOM- MODATIONS OF ANY ATLANTIC OCEAN STEAMER VALUED AT U.S. G. $205.00
BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE BERTH AND MEALS ACROSS AMERICAN CONTINENT.
FOR FULL INFORMATION see
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.
UNITED
Managing Agents.
STATES SHIPPING BOARD.
UNION BUILDING, HONGKONG
Cable Address “SOLAÑO" Canton Agents, RBISS & CO.
Butterfield & Swire. (JOHN SWIRE & SON, LTD.) Agenta.
Mon. Fri.
Japan
PARTISAN COLOURS.
Going Out of Fashion
It appears that balour is becom fing less important than was DUCÓ the case in the strife of partisans, though colour has oòrtainty plas- jed an important part in the politics of many countries ovar s long period, aga the Manches Guardian.
When Dutch William ömer to London orange was naturally the colour which greated him overy- where in his progress to White- hall, and orange remained his symbol, so much so that the~ squeezing of an orange was * method of intimating detestation of the "tyrant.”
T
́White' has served more than one political party. The "White- was a rally. All steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted | Plume of Navarre
with Electric Light & Fans and carry a fully qualified Surgeon. icg point in France at one period, SHANOMAI LINE: Sailings approximately every three days between the white cockade was the symbor Canton and Shanghai, sometimes calling at Swatow. Through of the Royalists at another.
The " tricolour” was still more tickets can be obtained and through Bills of Lading are issued
important and more durable than all to Northern and Yangters Ports via Shanghai. MANILA LINE—A weekly service is maintained with Manila by the violet of Napoleon. Nor was
ramels with good passenger accommodation, sallings from both porta every Friday. HAIPHONG LINE Sailings approximately weekly for passengers and cargo, calling at Hoihow when inducement offers. BORNEO LINE Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakan by two 5,000 ton steamers 8.3. *HINSANG" & " MAUSANG ** both steamers having excellent passenger accommodation Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading for Kudat, Jusselton, Labuan, Tawao and Lahad Datu. TIENTSIN LINEA regular service is run from March to Nay
between H'kong & Tientsin calling at Weihaiwel & Chefor.qite plainly. BANGKOK LINEA weekly service is provided between Hoog- kong and Bangkok, vik Swatow, by fiva etsamers fitted with up-to-date passenger accommodation.
CALCUTTA LINE.
S.5. "Namsang" will be despatched on or about Wednesday, 3rd Jan., at 3 p.m. for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PORT SWETTENHAM & MADRAS & DUTCH EAST INDIES.
For Freight or Passage apply to: --
JARDINE MATHESON & GO., LTD. General Managers.
Telephone Central No. 15:
C. N. C.
CHINA NAVIGÁTION CO., LTD, BAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamers.
For SWATOW & SINGAPORE...Kayior SHANGHAI & TSINGTAO...Yingchow AMOY & SHANGHAI...Shantung HOIHOW & SINGAPORE... Chinhua SHANGHAI & TSINGTAO...Sinklang HAIPHONG
Teas
SWATÓW & SINGAPORE...Kingyuan SHANGHAI & PUKOW......Luchow H'HOW, P'SOL, HPHONG. Yunnan AMOY, M'LA, CEBU, TILO Taming AMOY & SHANGHAI
...Sufyanz
SHANGHAI & TSINGTAO...Soochow
To Sail. ...28th Dec. at 10a.m. ...29th Dec. at 4 p.m. ...29th Dec. at d'light.
2th Dec. at 10a.m. ...30th Dec. at d'light. ...30th Dec. at 10a.m. ...3 st Dec. at 10 am. 31st Deo. at 4 p.m. .. 2nd Jan. at 10a.m. 3rd Jan. at d'light ..: 4th Jan, at d'light. 6th Jan, at d'light.
any great difficulty made i changing colours on necessity. An Enzlish traveller in France at the beginning of the Hundredt Days noticed that the sentries had adapted their cockades to the needs of the moment by painting over the tricolour with * of white through which, however, the original colours could be seen
cont
In our own polities the buffandTM the blue had a long reign and provided us with some phrases.
"True bine" had a meaning welf anderstood, and people talked of a man's "political colour." Nowadays colour seems to be of little importance, and Labour's use of red has sometimes been a positiva enbarrassment. Politi cal agents seem to follow their own incliastions as to the colon to be chosen for any pary in any constituency, and it is possible that the multiplication of parties makes it difficult to jadicate shades of opinion by shades of colour.
Even in Ireland orange sod green Day lose their special meaning before very long, nađ ia this country the wearing of favours may be the exception rather thar the rule in the coming election.
ASCENSION ́ ISLAND..
Old History Recalled Ascension Island, tha adminïz-
SHANGHAI LINE.-PASSENGERS, MATLS AND CARGO, juration of which will be transfazred manth to the Colonist Exelent Salon accommodation amidships, with Electric Fan Sited. Regular Schedule this service tour times weekly between Caston, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong Office, has ever since its occupa- Sundays (extending to Fakow). Thesisys and Saturdays (extending to Tsingtao), Thorndays (viz Amoy). Cargo taken on through Bill of Lading North Chins Ports. Passenger for Shanghai do not require tɔ tranship at Wooang.
BANGKOK LINE -Begular weekly service leaving Hongkong Tuesdays to from Bangkok raswat maintained by new clade steamers, scively dued fortzunengana, with deable and single, verth cabins:
For Freight and Passage, apply to
all Yangtze and
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
(John Swire & Sons, Ltd.) AGENTS.
Telephone Central No. 36. Cargo and baggage can be insured at the above office.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.
HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS SERVICE Regular Service of Fast, High Class-Coast_Steamers having good accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and For Swatow, Amoy and Foochow and Returns, Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cusine.
(Occupying 9 to 10 days.) - ..Captain..
Leaving. 27th Dec. Hatching... J. S. Thomson... | WED.. Steamships.
29th Dec. at
• Maloong... Ellie Walker...... FRI Calling at Amoy for Passengers only. Arrivals and Departures from the Co's Wharf (usar Blake Pier.)
For Freight and Passage, apply to
'1 p.m. 2002.
Douglas Lapraik & Co.,
General Managers. ·
tion by the British in 1815 been treated very much in the light of ship, and has been governed by the Admiralty through a naval captain, with about a hundred officers and men under him- Married officers, whose wives could be accommodated on the island were appointed for three years, other officers for two years.
They used to tell a story in Ascension of the wives of two officers of equal rank wrangling · as bitterly for a certain pew la the tiny charch that the captain. was asked to settle the dispute: After hearing both sides, he said: "Ladies, your husbande“ commissions dating from the same day I am not able to award precedence to either. Therefore- the only fair way of settling the materia for the elder lady to take her choice." The coveted pew is said to have rom sized. empty during the stay of the two- ladies on the island.
WORLD'S TINIEST BABY,
Weighs One Pound at Birth..
Weighing only one at
"ELLERMAN" LINE, NANYO YUSEN KAISHA. birth su infant, which appeared
(Ellerman & Bucknall S. S. Co., Ltd.). UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT. SERVICE.
"City of York" "City of Simia" City of Poona"
OUTWARDS.
HOMEWARDS.
PASSENGER SERVICE.
Marseilles & London.
14th Feb. Mid. March Mid. Apti
Subject to change without notice.
For further particulars apply to
REIBS & FOO. #
CANTON.
+
The South Sex Mall 5.S. Co., Ltd.) REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY
SERVICE
between
JAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA:
For Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya,
SS. BORNEO MARU Sailing on or about 30th Dec.
For Moji, Robe & Yokohama,
10
a housebold
at Cadogan- terrace. Victoria Park, HackDGY. in the tiniest in the world. She- is a twin daughter of Mr. Cox. ber sister who weighed 334 lbs" Laving died soon after birth.
The tiny mite is declared to be thriving. Mrs. Clarke, ber grandmother, describing how she is faring, stated: "I wrapped ber in cotton wool, covered her with a woollen shawl, and put her in a sewing. machine box. I put in hot-water hottles and placed the box be-- fore the fire, which is kept going day and night. She is bathed with oil'several tines a day. Her
SS. SAMARANG MARU Sailing on or about 30th Dec.feet are so small that they could
For further particulars please apply to
THE BANK LINE, LTD.
"(Tel. Central 80.)
Tel. Central No. 2206.! Second Floor, Prince's Building,
T. WATANABF, Manager.
he covered by a pair of doll's shoes." A doctor stated: "Daly" one other case of a 1-lb. baby who Survived is on record in medies literature, The average weight at birth is 9 lbs."