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THURSDAY, MAY 5,71981.

SHIPPIJA

P. & O.-BRITISH INDIA

APCAR AND

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(00MPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), 4 MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN QULP, WEST --INDIES,-MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRIOR, AUSTRALASIA,

INCLUDING KAY KEALAND AND QUERESLAND PORTS, RID EMA, EGYPT, EUROPE, Jo.

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CHINA'S COMMUNICATIONS.

RAILWAYS, AYDA WATERWAYS. 1

THE CHINA MAIL.

DEATH SENTENCES.

MODEEN EXECUTIONE,

SHOULD WE KRVISE OUR METHODS?

J

In Nevada there is about to be in- In his book "China After the War troduced a new means of capital just off the press, President Hea Shibpunishment. The sondemned man chang writes as follows on the sub-is to be aware of the precise time fect of Communications of his execution. His and will come, #gether there are in China <twenty-

four railway lines with a total mileage during the night; in a cell. Gas will fo about seven thousand. Of this be turned on while he sleeps, and un 2,600 miles are foreign-concessioned consciousness will peacefully, merge Hines, namely, the Chinese Faster, into death. the South Manchuris, the Khochow It is all very simple, and certainly Tainan, the Cantor-Kowloon, the humane, says a waiter in a home paper. Yuanan: Railway and the Lung cheo It has not the suggestive trappings crewhile the Chinese Government lines of the scaffald nor the grim mechan. number only eighteen, and extendim of the chair of the guillotine. The quer, about: 4,500 miles. This is example of Nevada is worth considera- certainty altogether insufficient. The United States, with a territory of tion.

Capital punishment as carried out about-jhe same size, and with only one-fourth of our population, has in Britain is pamless, physically pain 266,000 miles of railways or 60 times less, but what psychological agonics as long as ours. Moreover, many of must not the condemned man suffert our lines, though now nationalised. No one has sympathy for a murderer, were at first built with foreign but even such an ilafamed wretch capital. The diversity of foreign might be allowed to satisfy, justice în interests has made it impossible to the easiest manner põemble. · Jay out lines according to some com-

GREH PARADE prehensive plan for the whole country.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS (South)Such being the case, part of the

8. S.

Tou

From Bangkong (about)

8,378 7,000 7,446

10th May 18th May

8,000

11th Jóve $5:5 June

*DILWARA”

NAGOYA'

PLABOY"

DELTA"

Destination

Singapore, Colombo & Bombay MAKIMES, Lorber & werp MARKRYKERS, LONDON & A ́werp, Massailles, Lexpos & Awerp

BRITISH INDIA-APUAR SAILINGS (South)"

TAKADA*

7,000

9th Mar

Calcutta, via Singapore Penang and Rangoon

Why the sticld and the dread business of hammering it up on the Capital seems to have been invested day before the execution't Why al In unimportant routes, while many these, trappings; ropes, executiones, more important regions are without the pinioning of armas, and the cap any modern means of communica which blots out for ever the prisoner's tion. Ever since the first construction gaze on the living? Need there be of railways in China forty years ago, all the ceremony and parade round no less than $400,000,000 has been the noose hanging like a looped expended. Yet trunk lines are found offence in the moming sir? only north of the Yangise River The lethal chamber suggests an and east of Hopan province, advance in civilisation. Hanging Leaying the great plains to after all, is a Wild-Western method the south and west practically of meting out justice. In the prai-ies,

untraversed. In this war such portions of the country as Sheast, Kansu, Stechnen and Kweichow, are inaccessible to the coast, and their development is consequently retarded.

BASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGB(South) Tatially as well as commercially

P.&O. S. N. CO.

*207**

STEAM BS-FOR STRAITS, COLOMBO, TRALIA „BOMBAY, EGYPT,

MEDITERRANEAN PORTSTM

& LONDON. Tareagh Bill of Lading, issand for Batavia, Paria Gall, Continental, American and South African Ports.

THE Steamship "DILWARA," Captain BAX, carrying. His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from the Fort on or aboutUESDAY, 10th May, 1921, taking gure and Cargo for the above Parts.

Sill; and Valuables and Tes for Italy, France and London (under arranges) all Steamer proceeding direct, so will be transhipped as-Bombay into the Marseilles and London.

Parcels will be received at this Office. until 3 PM. the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages are required.

For further particulars apply to-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE

à 004

Agente Hongkong. May 2, 1921.

however, they are more merciful, for F they do it briefly, on a tree, without solemn ceremonies.

NOTICES

CONSIGNIKES

TOYO-EISEN KLEHA

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

Steamship

"SEIYO MARU,”. SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS viz SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU &

JAPAN PORTS”,

The modern form of execution is

The above named Steamer baring rather like an echo of some prehistoric legislation which condemned a man arrived on Tuesday, the 3rd May, 1911, of cargo szu- hereby to crawl on his hands and knees to consignees

countersignature, and take Immediata delivery from alongside steamer or the Company's Godown, where all cargo impeding immediate discharge will be landed at consignees risk.

Aborigilbe

Nor is this all, for in recent years railway loans made to China have Thursday (Taiko,

Island, often partaken of the nature the edge of a precipice and to crawl notified to present their Bills of Lading for Townsvilla, Brisbane, Sydney, of politico-commercial transactions right over! and Melbourne.

This not only hinders the proper in- dustrial development of the country, but it also sows the seeds for future international complications. There fore, In the interests of all concerned, such arrangements should be modif ed as to preclude all undesirable possibilities.

JAPAN

*KANOWNATM

7,000

8th May

at Noon.

* ST. ALBANS *

4,000

95th May

SAILINGS

TO

SHANGHAI

"ST. ALBANS

5,000

7th May

ABBATOON APCAR* FLASJY"

4,500 10th May. 1,348 −23th May

Japan direct. Japan via hanghai. Shanghai-only

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without betion.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS,

Tickets Interchangeable.

1st Saloon Passengers may travel by RLSN Company's steamers between Singapore and Calcutta or Singapore and Madras. In en of the section of their P. & 0. Tickels Singapore to Colombo.

-All Cabins are fitted with Mectrio Fane free of charge.

Mamers and Estling dates are Hable to be cancelled or altered without notice, Parcels Measuring not more than 3ft x2x1 will be received at the Chespecty's Offes up to zoon on the day previous to mailing."

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

+

Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents regarding serial of consignzonts expected of which they have received document Any damaged packagos must be left in the Godown for examfosiks by the Goodger and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard sod Douglas, at 10 am

MONDAYS and THURSDAYS. All claima mazi be presented, withir, ten days. kink steamer's smisal hers after which date they anne sogeled: No *me will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

..

There is room in our laws for this method of death, which is easy, comes in sleep, and satisfies justice without the slow torture of deadly precision and deadly detail

cargo. remaining undelivered after Monday, the 9th May, 1921 is

All broke, chad, and damaged pack goe will be-landed fato the Company's Godown, where samo will be examined on Thursday, the 1th May, 1991,

navigation by foreign_vessels. Since Just as railways may be compared then the role between the guest and to the lines of longitude, so may host has been reversed; for, not only roads and highways be compared to are the Chinese funks unable to com- the lines of latitude. Each supplepete with foreign shipping, but also LE ments the other and each has its few Chinese steamship companies sphere of usefulness. In ancient prosper under such conditions. The goods have left the steamer of Godown, and China well-constructed courier roads China Merchants Steamship node will be entertained if presented used to radiate from the Metropolis Navigation Company is among later than three weeks after arrival to the provincial capitals and from the few notable exceptions.

No car will be recognised ifter

Y. YEUTSUMI,

Manager.. Hongkong, May 5, 1971.

these to other cities of the country. Consequently, of the one thousand No Fire Insurance whatever will be There were more than 60,000 miles odd steams vessels plying to and fro affected. of such roads, but nowadays few of on the waterways during the last them are good for travelling. This is year, only one fifth or 200 flew the partly the result of age-long neglect Chinese Bag.

As regards ocean going vessels, of repairing and partly the result of Late disuse, since the modern postal the tonnage of Chinese shipping is and telegraph services no longer almost all In Fukien and Kwang employ the dd courier roads. A tung, the Chinese, business men few new roads have indeed been having commercial interests in the constructed by the municipalities South Sea islands own a few cargo For Further Information, Passage Fares, Freight and books, etc., apply to of Peking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Han steamers of some 2,000 tons each, the Chinese merchants in

States -MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Cukow, and other cities, but the and

government-at-large has pot had the the United Lågents.

time nor money to build a respectable the China Mail Steamship Com system of highways for the whole pany with two or three larger country. Consequently, ipland travel vessels averaging 10,000 tons each. s especially laborious, and transit Otherwise, the shipping is entirely in Over one hundred miles will occupy foreign bands. Moreover, the vessels a longer time than over one thousand above mentioned are generally

-2. Des Tarix Road Central, HONGKONG.

E. HING

LARGE STOCK OF SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, viz Steel Ship Platoed Angles and Bars-

Also Shipchandlery Articles, C

Eniepisons ¿Ne, 1116

26, Wing Weo-Street, Contemi.

N.

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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

„MAILEGE, FROM: HUNGEONG SURFEGE-26)ARTINAAỞNG

SEATTLE & VICTORIA DE VANCOUVER via Manila

Shanghai & Japan ports.

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MITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA, LTD. (Mitenblahi Trading Co., Ltd.) COAL, GENERAL IMPORTS 834 ZXPORTS.

"FOLE PROPRIETORS O

on the railroad. In foreign countries, registered with the British, American TAKASHIMA QUEL, MUTAER however, there is a perfect netinork and Dutch authorities: hence the 1 KISHIDARE. - TOSHINOZAEL. of roads and, highways-connecting Chinese commercial flag remains yet HOJO, KAMALTIA,” BAYO, KRIK cities and cities, villages and villages, to be seen in foreign ports. For NEW KANADA. BIBAL," KAMIYA- and the stream of traffic is almost international trade to prosper, one HADA. and GYUBARL endless whether by carriages, carts, cannot rely solely upon foreign ship

motor cars or trucks, and whether ping. So, as long as Chine, does not in the carrying of goods or passen develop a merchant marine of her Fere. The United States alone has own, her trade and commerce with more than two million miles of the rest of the world will always be highways.

handicapped

AGENTS FOR SAKITO-COAL. Head Office: TOKYO.

Branches and

RepresentativeS→→ Hagaki, Karstan, Wakamatan, Mali, ur Robe, Osaka, Turaga, Kagoya, Yakshama, Tokyo, Hakodata, Horn, otara, Vladivostock, Fuking, Timsixia, Daira, Txingtao, Kumanda, Hankow, Shanghai, Hongkong. Canton, Manis

With unpretentious railway Much progress has of late been mileage China has more need of an recorded of the country's postal and adequate system of good roads and telegraph services. But we are still highways. Some time ago, the Min-lagging a long way behind the other istry of Interior, promulgated, a set nations. According to the report for of regulations for the instruction of 1918, the number of mails carried by Bingapore, Bombays, London, *Faris, Cargo to Overland Points U. B. in connection with Great Northers, Northern highways, which fixed the breadth the post office aggregated 300,000,000 New York and denetle.

of those to be built by the Central pieces. This would work out at leas Pacific, and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwayn

Government at fifty feet, those by than one piece per capita of China's

dotes ---SUPWA --MARU - pet pe ***Sunday, 8th May.

TUBRIMI MĀRU (omit. Manila) ....... Tuesday, 31st May, at 11am. by the provincial authorities thirty 400,000,000 population. In Europe, KATORI MARU

...Friday,

17th Jane, at 11am. feel, and those by the district on the other hand, the figures show Agencies

As from fifty to sixty, pieces per capita KASHIMA MABU (Omii, Manila)

Tuesday, 18th July, at 11 am. authorities twenty-four feet. LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Malacca Pening regards the width of those built by of its population. As to telegraph the village authorities, the standard lines, we have, at present not more Colombo, Sues, Port Said & Marseilles.

was to be adopted according to than 40,000 miles, whereas in the 18th May, at 11 am the needs of the local com United States, there are 1,620,000 for 17th May, at 11'munity. The programme suggested by miles of them. The proportion is

KAMO MARU...

ITO MARU

ATSUTA MARU

344

**

Friday Friday, Friday: HAMBURG, LONDON, HULL & ROTTERDAM. B

10th June, at 11-630- the Ministry is an ambitious one, therefore one to forty.

Uuble Addras-IWARAXISAL.

1. B. 0...5th Edg_ Western Union and Bentley. for: The Mitsubishi Marine & Fire Ineumatice Co. "The Oaks Mariño de r Fire Insurance Co.

Farticulers, apply to

LES, KOMURA, Manager.

NO, IL PEDOKS STIsan, HeraEGNA

Although it is not easy to carry it Such then is industrial backward aut completely, a good beginning, ness of China. In order to remedy for example, will have been made if the situation, we need to establish A. KWAI & CO.

LIVERPOOL & MARSEILLES vis Suez,

the old courier-roads are recon- stable government, revise the taxa SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday structed so that there will be 10.000 ton system, encourage technical

Island, Townsville & Brisbane.

mies of modern roads radiating from bill, and get-together a larger AKI MARU

Monday, and May, at 11 am. the National Capital and another amount of capital Above all, the ***Tucoday, fiat Juna, at 1150,000 miles radiating from, the pro- people should be taught to have a vidalcipital The old courfer roads knowledge of International condi make good foundations, and the tions social, political and especially Tai-Bunday, 8th May,

TARGO MARU

NEW YORK vis Suez,

- YAMAGATA MARU

-

SOUTH" "AMERICAN PORTS, via Cape.

KAWAONI MARDI

BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Singapore.

SHAKATA" MARU **

TAJIKA MABU

Wednesday, 4th May. .....Sunday, · 42nd May:

...Bunday,

CALOUTTA & RANGOON via Singapore & Penang. KATSSA MARU - Ta

JAPAN PORTS Nagash, Kobe Yokohama.

MUSTANGO MABU

SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

PRSANG MARU...

KIRIN MARO

SHIDKUOKA KAR

ograda.m

of repairing them will economical. The Europeans and certainly not be so great as that of Americans generally bare far better constructing highways con entirely commercial and industrial training. new road bedsp

yet part of their post-bellum recon China has long been considered as atruction programme is to make such a country very favourably provided education "more universal so that with inland waterways. The milea- there shall be greater productive ge of rivers navigable by Chinese power and greater efficiency. How Junka is over 20,000 miles and that much more have we," who are in these respects backward, toy spur of waterways navigaālā

forward

and steam launches another

11ve thousand miles. Since the

11th Mag

13th May, at 1

EG NIPPON YUBEN SKÄISHA

ing of the country to foreign trade Faizi ruskdzor however, Chinese ship.

been

Because of

of the large

the Sungari

.

18 ár 25 Goutamaks Bond Cantant, 30OMIKUMA

NAVY CONTRACTORS" Bhip Chandlers Con - Marchants, Ball-Makars, General Storakusgezi Bozy and Hods Manufacturin

ORMA AKA "AKTAI”.

TAIYO, & 00,

BOOTS AND BKOES -MADE TO CLUEL

SHIPPING

STRUTHERS & DIXON, Inc.

GREEN STAR LINE.

services for sccount of the

BOARD.

IFED STATES SEIFFING NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.

Jak, Jnten

ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO

(Via- HONOLULU.).

Bind. May.

To VANCOUVER & SEATTLE (Via MANILA);

West Lean,*

25th May. Also, onigo :sccepted for, Transhipment, at San Francisco. and/or Seattle to weakly sallidgs för NEW ORLEANS, SAVANNAH, NORFOLK, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA,

NEW YORK, BOSTON.

Thermagh Bade of Lading furweck der kill 1.8. & Chondian. Overland Common Poloba

• HONGKONG OFFICEM=Ist Soce Powell's Balding Lt, Des Feet Rd, Tel. 218,

T. K. K

TOYO KISEN KAISHA

· HÖNGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO,

VIA SELANGĦAL: THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN, & HONOLULU,

OPSAKE PAZNWAY OF THE SUM.*

SCAMERA.

†PERSIA MARU

TAIYO MARU

FIRKRIA MARU

KOREA MARON

TENYO HARU

SHINYO MARU” ------

6,000

LALTIAL BONGKOLIĆ,

May 14th

May 15th

June 10th

July: Tat

June 2łat.

uly 16th.

(Call at Daizen omit- Shanghai. Cading at Dairen and omit. Nagacakt

SOUTH AMERICAN- LINE. HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO. -

VIA JAPAN HONOLULU, HILO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO- BALINA CRUZ, BALBOA, CALLAO, MOLLENDO, ARICA & IQUIQUE, TRETCH BY TRAIN-ASDAN ROCKE TO BUSTOS ÁTRIE.

HAYO MARU RAKUYU-HABU

"CHOTO HABUTTA but

Largo only

LEAVE. BONGONG,

14,000 17,800

- May 18th

--July lith..

For full information regarding ramsengers freight and sailings, apply to 1- Y. TSUTSUMI, Manager:, King's Building. Tel. Nos. 5374 & 2015.

Avente at Canton Memes: 1. L. GRIFFITH, LID, "A

NANYO YUSEN KAISHA

(The South Sea Mail S.S. Co., Ltd)

REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVIĆ

BETWEEN-S

JAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA.

Sailings subject to alteration.

TOR JAVA:

Ports of call :—Batavia, Samarang, Sourabaya, Macassar and Baliky

MACASSAR MARU”

9th May. SAMARANG MARU”............................................ 31st - May.

FOR JAPAN.

Ports of call --Moj, Kobe and Yokohama -“ SAMARANG MARU”.......... bebas.

**** BORNEO MARU”

5th May. 10th May.

· All stenosers have excellent passenger sccommodations, and are fitted throughout with Electric Light, Fans and Wirelesk Telegraph.

For further information please apply to:-

S. S.

K-BUZUKI,

Manager.

No. 5, Queen's Bood Central.

CHEFOO

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From HONGKONG for KUCHING, SARAWAK,

direct

Sailing on TUESDAY, the 10th May, 1921. For Freight & Passago apply to :--

Telephons No. 1202

HỤNG -SHUN SHIPPING FIRM,

221, Queen's Road Central

WATERHOUSE LINE

REGULAR TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT SERVICE.

Operating U8 Shipping Board Steamers BETWEEN

SEATTLE-TACOMA-VICTORIA-VANCOUVER, and

China Japan and Philippine Island Ports,

*WEST "JESTER"

18th May.

further adings to be announced later. Threigh B/La femed to all Overland Common Paints

STUB and Canada.

For rates and full particulars apply to

FRANK WATERHOUSE & COMPANY,

HOTEL” MANSIONS

Tel No. 3507.

Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappy.

(BOTAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. rp, BATAVIA).

VAN CLOON

VEB Steamship,

wil

despatched to..

BINGAPORE, 2nd BELAWAN DELI Threct

lation for Baloan

Blogs and double cabins,

Tot Freight

JAVA CHINA JAPAN

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