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FREIGHT AND
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3rd Bapt. Miles, L'don, B'dam & Glasgow 16th Sept. M'les, Casablanca, London,
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LIVERPOOL SERVICE "NELEUS" Sih Sept, 4 pm. Havre, Laverpool & Ginagaw "OANFA" - 20th Sept. Genoa. Havre, L'pool & Glasgow
PACIFIC SERVICE
via Kobe & Yokohama
"TRUGER"
"IXION"
12th Sept. For Victoria, Van'vor & Seattle 10th Oct For Victoria, Van'ver & Beattle
NEW YORK SERVICE
Sall 19th Sept
HAMARITAON"
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Die th Sept For Kobe, Yoklenichi & Yoko, Dae 11th Sept. For S'hai, Moji, Kabe, Yoku, Otaru & Vladivostock,
PASSENGER SERVICE
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3rd Sep.
20th Sept.
For
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Also cargo Steamers with limited paxaroger accommodation st
specially reduced fares..
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* SHANGHAI
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■ CALCUTTA
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Yuensang
TO OSAKA via AMOY & KOBE
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'3
p.m. Sun 28th Sept at 3 p.m. Tues
9th Sept at 7 a.m Fri 19th Sept at
7am.
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noon.
Satur. 6th Sept at
Fri 19th Sept at доод
Fri. 5th Sept at Cheongshing Thurs. 18th Sept at 7 a.m.
noon.
SUMMER TRIPS TO JAPAN. Excellent first class accomodation on through steamers from Calcutta to Japan at the specially reduced return fards of $175.00 to Kobe and $200 00,to Yokohama. Theso return tickets are available for three months.
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General Managers
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SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELS
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ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM OR AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG
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AND SCANDINAVIA,
M.V. "SHANTUNG"
SHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS AND VLADIVOSTOCK
M.V. "NANKING"
Jassenger Rates Hongkong to Europe
Sailing about. 6th September. 10th
October.
Sailing about 13th September.
260.
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Hongkong.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
MORE TRIALS FOR KANSU
AN EARTHQUAKE AND BIG HAILSTORM,
STOWAWAY TO PAY,
CHINESE TAKEN TO MANILA
AND BACK,
Chan Wah, a Chinese, pleaded Peking, Sept. 1.', guilty before Mr. Whyte Smith, atj Just as Kansu was recovering the Kowloon Magistracy, yoster- from the recent famine, and the day, to having stowed away on the prospects for the harvest seemed Empress of Canada. He said that good, an earthquake, a hailstorm he had some money but it was not and floods have ruined the crop insufficient and he wanted to go to some districts, according to a letter Singapore.
from Mr. Findlay Andrew, writing from Lanchow on July 26.
were
NEW NORTHERN GOVERNMENT.
FORMALLY » ESTABLISHED IN PEKING.
1930.
Peking, Sept. 1. The Northern Government was definitely established this after noon
Ministries Interior, Foreign, Fin- The Government will have eleven ance, Justice, War, Navy, Educa- tion, Communications, Agriculture Mr. H. King, Master-at-Arms on and Mining, Labour and Commerce, The hallstones wore such as were board the Empress of Canada, said and Industry. The Ministers have
not yet been appointed. not known previously in living that the defendant was discovered There will be one Yuan, namely memory. Mr. Andrew found blocks hiding behind some tarpaulins and the Control Yuan, which will exer of ice still nine by four inches in wire in the store the morning after cise jurisdiction independently. Five size even after meiting all night, Sheep and birds were killed, and the ship left Hongkong. He was to seven members will be nominat the trees
stripped, the taken to Manila and brought back. ed to this body by the Central
Executive Committee. devastated area being forty miles The sum of $11.30 was found in his A Military Council will also be long and five miles wide.
possession.
established; also a Supreme Court The earthquake awoke all Lan-
Committee for codification, of the Mr: Whyte Smith: I-impose a chow on July 24, and reports were fine of $40 or three weeks' im-golian and. Tibetan Affairs-Reu
flaws, and a Committee of still coming in when the letter was prisonment and you will also pay written, reporting the Bevere $10 compensation to the C.P.R.ter. damage from the quake in certain and in default, one week's, im-) The State Council." districts.
prisonment. That is to gay", if
Peking, Sept. 1. It will be recalled that there has you pay the $10 out of the money
A Taiyuanfu message to the been more than one
appalling found in your possession then you vernacular papers states that a carthquake in Kansu in recent will get off with three weeks' meeting of the Central Executive years, with much loss of life.-prisonment Instead of one month. Committee Reuter.
The defendant said he would pay the $10 in order to shorten his imprisonment.
When a crowded East London Sunday school excursion train arrived at Southend alarm, was caused by a discovery of fire in one of the coaches. The train was carrying 800 mothôrs and children from. St. Mark's, Silver- town, and the 87-year-old vicar, the Rev. S. Smyth. As the train entered the station smoke
WAB
COUP BY THIEVES IN DISGUISE.
...
MISTAKEN FOR EMPLOYEES
OF A FIRM.
seen pouring from a compartment Thieves who adopted disguise to and porters found the woodwork cloak their movements atole furs beneath a seat in games. The worth £5,000 from a warehouse in compartment was the only one Upper Thames-street, E.C.
the unoccupied, but children in adjourning compartment stated that shortly before reaching Southend they were frightened by smoke and heat.
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS,
BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS,
OXY-ACETYLENE AND
ELECTRIC, WELDERS,
MECHANICAL AND
Mon-
on August 30 decided that a State Council be formed im- mediately, consisting of eleven members, of whom seven have so far been announced, namely:
Yen Hsi-shan, Feng Yu-hsiang, Chang Hsueh-liang, Wang Ching- wal, Tang Shao-yi, Li' Chung-yen and Hsu Chung-chih.
Yen Hsi-shan has been persis- tently urged to accept the Presi dency of the Council, ard after often refusing has now been "obliged to accept"--Reuter..
the eyes of employees of neigh- bouring firms.
Bundles of furs were thrown by They were dressed in light dust- the men through an aperture in coloured smocks similar to those the wall. These were placed in s worn by employees of the furriers, waiting car, which was then and carried out their raid under driven away.
LIMITED.
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Length on Blocks 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of ̈* SIN(H.W.0.S.T.) 34 ft. 6 ins.
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Bopt, 19
Oct. 9 Oct. 17.
Nov. 1
Nov. 14 Nov, 19
Deo 13
Des
Jan. 7.
Ja
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Apr.
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Oct. 18
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Dec. 23 Doc.
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Jan. 29 Feb. 1-Feb. 3 Fab, 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 3
30
Jan. 16
Apr. 25 ... | May *(Call at Nagsaaki the day after departure from Shanghai.
HONG KONG-MANILA
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Manila
EMP. of JAPAN Sept. 24 Sept. 26 EMP. of Asia Oct. 7
Telophones Pamenger 20752 Freight 20043
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Pres. Adams
To Manila
...Sept. 7,8 mmỊ Pres. Harrison Sept. 21, 8 am,
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FARE HONGKONG TO LONDON,
1st June/30 November,.
1st December/31st May
£65.12.0d, £82.0.0.
TO LONDON, ROTTERDAM & HAMBURG via STRAITS & COLOMBO.
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17th September ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.
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Loading for Mauritius, Durban, Reunion, Delagos, Bay, East London, Algoa Bay, (Port Elizabeth), Mossel Bay and Capetown.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, Ibo, Port Amelia, Mozambique Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Monbassa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderiz Bay, Bay and Madagascar.
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ONG direct for 1
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Sailing 17th Sept.
Bailing Brd Oct.
Also issuing through Bills of Lading to Gulf and Aflanble porte, with transhipment at Ban Francisco to Luckenbach Line
SOUTH BOUND,
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Motor Vessel “GLENGARRY“
Motor Vessel ́ GLENBEG"
8th Sept.
Motor Vessel 74LENLUCE".
Steamship "PEMBROKESHIRE”.......
29th Sept 10th Oot.
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Queen's Bulldings.
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