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WEDNESDAY, JUNKEIK, 1921.

SHIPPING

P.&O.-BRITISH INDIA

APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES

STRAITS, JAYA, BURKI, CEYLON, INDIL, PERSILK GULF, VČET INDIES, MAURITIUS, ELST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUITRILISEL, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, RED HEL EGYPT, EUROPE, 26.

BILLS OF LADING.

UNIFORM EMPIRE-LAW ON CARRIERS LIABILITY,

THE CH

We would perhaps point out that such legislation should operate to the detriment of Brbad trade in Com the difference in effect between the petition with that of other countries i exerche of dee diligence and the in which Bills of Lading chu be sciemsolute warranty of sixworthines free from any such restriction. We is that the former maken allowance. zre inclined to think that the fear of; for defects which could not have such foreign competition has Httle boen discovered by the exercise of substance. Our chief competitor ordinary care "while the latter, does under present conditions is the United not. We think that the former is the States and there the Harter Act for more reason bie requirement since the bids contracting out. In Japan, principle that the shipowner should Fallowing "are extracts from the Articles 592 of the Commercial Code not be liable for what is not within report of the Imperial Shipping Com-provides that "the shipowner cannot his control is conceded in the matter mittee, discussed in to-day's leading

of navigation risks, but

“IMPERIAL - SHIPPING COLDITTER'S

article:

REPORT.

en by an Express agreement be exempted from lability for damage We think that the assimilation of caused by his own fault, or by the the Australian law on this point with We find ourselves, therefore, in bed faith of the gross fault of that of the rest of the Empire should this position, that, on the one bead. mariner or of any other person-em- be part of the uniformity to be

ployed or by the underworthiness of effected the shippers submit to the insection the ship. In France, Sweden and

tuned com3 Poga 10%) - of the classes in question and yet Norway the present legal position is, it through their organisations, generally appears, very much as in the United Kingdom, but there has long been and object to them, and, on the other bandil is, active pressure in France for

SOMETHING DEFENDABLE the shipowners insert the clauses legislation on the lines of the Harter MARRHEA is always more or lear prevalent during this weather. Be and yet many of them, and perhaps Act; and in Scandinavia generally

and Diarrhea Remedy is prompt and the question of obtaining similar prepared for it. Chambe lain's Colic legislation is being actively of cussed. antriqal. It can always be decended According to the Report of the Do-- upon. For and by all Chemists and misloes Royal Commilsskin the largest Borekrepera German, Companies, as the outcome

a majority, do not as a rule avall themselves fully of the rights which they so obtain. It seems to follow from such a situation that there is, at

- any rate, a prima facin case loc legit- at sereement between theis and the

-

lation in the sense asked for, and shippers, adopted before the War P. & O. S. N. CO.

that (as the Dominions Royal Com-Bill of Lading which accepted on be mission remarked in their Final Re-half of the shipowners the carriers

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS (South) port) such legislation would appear risks. Nor shakl It be forgotten

6400

1,000

18th June

3. S

Tops

From Hongkong (about)

"DUNERA"

*DELTA"

·DILWARA'

*SYRIA

-7,000

*KALYAN

$,000

"KASHMIR

9,000

KELBER

8,000

9th July 23rd July 6th Aug. 19th Aug. and Sept

6,100

25th June at daylight

Destination

likely to be a protection rather than that in practice Beltish shipowners otherwise to such shipowners as already pay a large part of the claims make it a practice to pay reasonable made against them. claims.

It will be admitted, we think, there

Singapore, Colombo & Bombay, are good general grounds, for obvious Bingapore, Penang Colomb economic reasons, for maintaining Bombay, Port Said, Maras far as possible the rule that a con-

seilles and London. Singer Lormar & Awerp Singapore, Colombo & Bombay. MARELLES, LONDON & Awerp. MARSHIGE, LOXBox & Awerp MARIKUAR, LONDON & A’werp

BRITISH INDIA-APOAR SAILINGS (South)

*TANDA* -TAKADA"

k

6,955 4019

17th, June $3rd June

Calcatta, vix Singapore Pensng and Rangoon

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)

Sandake Thursday Taland, Townavila, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne

SHANGHAI

**FAFTERN"

1,500

**KANOWNA"

7,000

28th Jane 25th July

SAILINGS

TO

**TAKADA”

7,000

19th June

st Noon

"TÖRILLA

6,900

DILWARATM

5,400

"SYRIA"

7,000

2015 June Sith June 25th June

KALYAN

9,000

5th July

& JAPAN

Swatow and Amoy.

Shangbai and Kobe. Shanghai only.

Shanghu and Japan. Shangbai and Japaz.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. “

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS,

Tickets Interchangeable

1st Saloon Passengers may "travel by B.LAN. Company's steamers between Singapore and Calcutta Singapore and Madras in lieu of the section of their P. & 0. Tickets Smsspore to Colombo.

C

All Cabins are Etted with Electric Fane free of charge.

Beamers and Sailing dates are Hable to be cancelled or altered without notice Parcels Hessuring not more than 1 it. 2 Ft. I will be received at the Company's Okes up to noos on the day previous to sailing.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

Consignees are reminded of the recently to apply to the Company's Agenta regarding scrival of consignments expected of which they have received documenta or advick

Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consigne and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 am. un MONDAYS and THUESDAYS. All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hac, after which date they cannot be recognized claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

For Further Information, Passage Fares, Freights, and books, etc, apply tom MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

2. Des Youx Road Central, HONGKONG.

E. HING

Ag+nta.

LARGE STOCK OF SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS,

vix. Steel Ship Plates, Angles and Bars

Also Shipchandlery Articles,

Telephone No. 1116,

25, Wing Wei Street, CextraL

N. Y. K.

NIPTON YUSEN KAISHÁ.

RITAWGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ASTIKÁTION.

SEATTLE & VICTORIA OB VANCOUVER via Manils,

Keelung, Shangliai & Japan ports.

Cargo to Overland Points U. B. in connection with Great Northern, Northern

Pacific, and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pail Railways. KATORI MARU (omit. Keelurg).

***Friday KASHI YA MABU (Omit, Mazia)Tuesday, SUWA MARU

17th June, at 11a.m. |

13th July, at 11 am

Friday,

29th July, at 11

Malacca, Penang

24th June, at 11 am.

8th July, at 11, D-

· LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore,

Colombo, Suez, Port Said & Marseilles.

BRIDZUOKA MARU....... .....

KAGA MARU...

Friday, Friday,

HAMBURG, MARSEILLES, LONDON & ROTTERDAM. LIVERPOOL & MARSEILLES via Suez,

THUYAMA MABU

First half of July.

BYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, Zamboanga, Thanday

Inland, Townsville & Brisbane.

TANGO MARU

NIKKO MABU..

1

NEW YORK vi& PANAMA,

TUBA-MARU l'an

TAKETOTO MARU

SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS

AWA MARU

Tuesday, Sat June, at 11 á.m. „Zuenday." "19th July, at 11 a.m

...Friday 24th June. ...Begi

BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Singapore.

CALCUTTA MABU

tractor should be responsible for the negligence of his servants. All agrees however, that there is no ground for interfering with the shipowner's free- dom of contract with regard to his "navigation risks," and it is agreed that it would make for simplicity If he were also allowed to continue to contract himself out of his cariors" risks, thos, in effect, throwing upon the shipper's under writer the whole of the risks of every kind. Such simplicity does not, bow-

ever, under present conditions appear to be attainable, for since pilferage has become tife, underwriters, bath in London and Liverpool, have not only refused to cover "risks of the losses due to pilferage. Their object, it was explained to us, was to make shippers mere careful in pack ing, and shipowners more diligent in supervising their servants.

We have considered the apprehen sions expressed lest the passing" of

Uniformity.-The advantages, Of uniformity in the shipping laws of the several countries with the British Commonwealth of Nations are manifest. At present there islegis lation of the subject of alipowness". liability in respect of carriers rises in Canada, Australia and New Zealapet:

tion in the United Kingdom, India, and there is no corresponding legiala- South Africa, or Newfoundland.

An analysis of the three Dominion Acts (and also of the Harter Act) is attached as Appendix II. It will be seen that they are far from uniform in their provisions.

The chief difference between the Australian Act and the rest of the legislation is the provision of Section (1) to the effect that in every Bill of Lading there shall be an implied warranty of sea-worthiness at the be- ginning of the voyage while the other Acts are satisfied by the exercise on the part of the shipowner of due diligence to see that the ship is seaworthy in every respect and is property manned, equipped and supplied.

SHIPPING.

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE SCHEEPVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (United Netherlands Navigation Company.)

HOLLAND-OOST AZIE LIJN (Holland East Asia: Lina)

(Members of the Straits, China & Japan Conferences)

Regolar mouthly service between

YOKOHAMA, KOBE, DAIREN, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA

AND

AMSTERDAM

ROTTERDAM,

Steamers

Loading.

ALCHIBA

BRICLLY

'BL JA..

*July

HAMBURG, BREMEN.

For

Saling. Amsterdam & Hamborg 1st July

6th August. August

Rotterdam & Hamborg ... Bestember. Amsterdam"& Hamburg 4th Sept. October ...Rotterdam & Hamburg... 3rd Oct.

TJIMANOEK -

For full particular plase apply to:-

JAVA CHINA JAPAN LYN,

Telephone No: 1574

General Agenta

York Building..

JAVA-PACIFIC LINE

OF THE

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN

Eteamer.

From

8.8, “TЛISONDAEI" || - JATR

Expected

Will leave

on or about on or about

end of June end of Juze FRANCISCO

Tize stemmers are all fitted throngbout with ectric Hght and Bccommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers.

All steamers carry's duly qualified out Overland Foints to the Cargo-taken on through Bill of Lading to United States of America and Canada, bigge

For Partiostars of Freight and Pre Amply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN” LIJN,

of July

Telephone No. 1676

Bunday, 10th June.

„Tresday, 28th June

CALOUTTA & RANGOON via Singapore & Penang.

* PRBANG- MAHUSI

***... Wednesday," Kind June. JAPAH PORTS-Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama,

BLAKO" MABU

„Friday.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA

FANGOON - MARUMO on De

TOKOHAMA MIBU

“For furti - dámation suply

- Telephens' has, 200

17th June, at 11-a,mi

Inesday, 15th June.

NIPPON YUSEN-KATHEHA

GRITAL MANAGERS.

York Building!

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

[GINETES and SHIPBUILTYES, BOL

FOUNDERS, A3} POCK, Aone is over thicky yasal experanos.). Waʼown two

Kowls

STEAMERS FOR “

STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUS TRALIA BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN-PORTS & LONDON.

༣་

Through Bill of Lading issued for -Estaris, Parsian Gulf, Continental, American and South African Parts.

Captain WALKER, carrying His THE Steamship “DUNERA * Majesty's Mails, will be darpatched from this Fort on or about SATURDAY, 18th June, 1921, taking Prem

Silk and Valasbien and Tes for Italy,

and Cargo for the above Porte France and Landon (under arrangement) will be transhipped at Bombay into the Mail Steamer proceeding direct to Harselles and London,

-Parcels will be received at this Offca until 3r the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages: are required.

W

For further particulars apply to

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE

& CO.,

Agents Hongkong, June 8, 1921.

MITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA, LTD.-

(Mitsubishi Trading Co., Ltd.)` COAL, GENİBAL IMPORTS and EXPORTE

SOLE PROPRISTORS OF TARASHIMA, QUEL MUTARE KIRHIDARR YOSHINOTANI. KOJO, BAMAKOTA BAYO, BRIK NEW, KASADA. BIBAL, KANIYA MADA, and GYURAEL

AGENTS FOR SAKITO COAL Head Office:-TOKYO.

Branches and

Representatives

Nigamki. Karaten, Wakamatsu, Mojl, Kurs Kobe, Osaka, Tauraga, Nagoya, Yokohama, Tokyo. Hakodate, Murora Otaru, Vladivostock, Paking, Timits Dafrem, Zaingtao, Finanti, Hankey, Shanghai, Hongkong/ Canton, Manis, Blup pore, Boobaya, London, Farle New York and deaštis.

Oublä Address :---IWABALISAL Oola, A. B. Q. 4th Ed,

Western Union and Bentley Agencies for The Milaubishi Marie & Fire Insurance Co. The Oaks Marine &

Fire Insurance Co.

Fer Particulars, apply to--

B. KOMURA, "Manager":" No. 14. Pox Staust. HusevOLG

SHIPPING

STRUTHERS & DIXON Ine

GREEN STAR LINS.

Opening For Fanern services in secount of tha

·VEITAD STATES SHIPPING BOXER

To LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO- Vis HONOLULU )

West CarNIORS.”

1b Jane

TO VANCOUVER & BRATTLE (Via MANIL).

21h Jane.

*** West. Ivis." *Also, cargo accepted for Transhipment at Sa Franalaco and/or Seattle to weekly sililega för NEW ORLEANS, SAVANNAH,RFOLK, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA,

NEW YORK, BOSTON,

Through Bia of Lading linued to all UL.A. à Canadian Overland Common Printa HONGKONG OFFICE-1st for Powell's Building, 12, Des Voeux Reh, Tel, 3008.

TKK

TOYO KISEN KAISHA

HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO.

VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU, CATHY PATHWAY OF THE SUx.”

STKAMERA

TENYO MARU. KOKEA MARU. SHENYO MARU +PERSIA HARU TALYO MARU PIBERIA MARU

LEAVES EXINGKONG,

19,000

*June 21st

July 1-Tabi

(000.

July 16th

9,000

Jaly 30th.

2,000

atg. 19th

mAug. 27th

†Calling at Dairen and omitting Shanghai...

480 UTE AMERICAN LINE. HONGKONG TO "VALPARAISO. VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU, HILO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PEDRO BALINA CRUZ, BALBOA, DALLAO, MOLLANDO, ARIQA & IQUIQUE, NETCH ZY TRANS-ANDRAY BOvis to Bursòs AYRES.

LEAVE KONETEKKING, on July 18th.

"CHOTO MARU

*Cargo only.

1004

For full information regarding passengers freight and railings, apply to: Y. -TSUTSUME: Managen: King's Building." Tol, Ne #24

Agents at Canton: Mesra 1. L. GRIFFITH.

THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LTD.,

}

COPENHAGEN.

The MS. "PERU" will Le siling fr ta Hörk ng about

20th of June faking cargo for

Copenhagen, Christiania, Go h.nburg and Hamburg.

For further particulars please apply taż-

MANNERS & BACKHOUSE, LTD.,

7, Queen's foud, Central:”j

THOS. COOK & SON,

Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers,

OFFICIAL PASSENGER AGENTS TO THE · PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT." TICKETS SUPPLIED to ALL FARTS of the WORLD at Tarif Rates LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOLES ISSUED

CASHED.

And

BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates. COOKS FAR EASTERN TRAVELLER'S GAZETTE" containing Sailings and Fares from the Far East to all parts of the World, will be. forwarded free on application

THOS, COOK & SON, Talographic Address " COUPON.”-

Hongkong Katal Buildings, Hongkong, Telephone No. 594.

"ADD" SHANGHAL PEKING, YOKOHAMA, MANILA, One Orrom-LUDGATE CIRQUS, LONDON, 1.0.

TATYO & 00.

STAFAKESE

-BOOTS AND SHOES -MADE TO ORDER. Ba, 14, Franın 82.

SHIPBUILDERS. SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS. OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.

MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRILUA ENGINEERS,

A. KWAI & CO.

15 33 CORTANENS KONG DESITI, HONROUAZING. "NAVY CONTRACTORS" Ship Chandlers, Coal Merchants- Ball-Makers General Stankoupecs Asp Bory and Soda Manufaturer. CANTO AÑO,” AXWAI".

LIMITED.______

TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG,

OVER ANE, PRIK ANY, U

-DRY COOK-

Length 787, Feet-

Length on Bucks 750 Feet

Lepia în Centre of 1,0.87) 42.

TEREE ELIPWAYS- Capable of Hardling Ships Ty

to 3,002-Ton Displacement: Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capabis of Lifting 100 Ton at 70 Feet Radius

BUTTERFIELD & SW RE

AGENTS HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN)