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DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.

S.S. "BOWES CASTLE"

on or about middle of December.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

REGULAR MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME).. TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, BLACK SEA AND DANUBE PORTS.

REDUCED PASSAGE RATES TO BRINDISI, VENICE" OR TRIESTE.

"A" Class £72.10.0d.

“B” Class £66.0.0d. NEXT SAILINGS.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING SECTION.

P. & 0. S. N. CO.

INSURANCE IN OPEN

MARKET?

RUMOUR EXCITES LLOYD'S.

London, Dec. 1.

Excitement has been "caused at Lloyds by the persistent rumour that the P. and O. S. S. Company are shortly insuring their vessels in the open market,

It is understood that the Com- pany arranged with the Royal Ex

this purpose.

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJLhange Assurance Company for

S.S. "VENEZIA"

M.V. ROMOLE"

From Hong Kong.

Salls on or about 9th Dec.

Sails on or about 6th Jan, 1927.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI VENICE AND TRIESTE.

M.V. "ESQUILINO" S.S.VENEZIA”

M.V. "ROMO50"

The secret of the negotiations, which, have been proceeding for some time, has been so well kept that prominent underwriters at Lloyds had no precise information 04, the transaction. The deal is very important, as probably the pets to be insured Include the P and the Federal, the British Indin, the New Zealand and the Union of New Zealand.

From Hong Kong. Soils or or about 19th Dec," .Säily or or about 7th Jan, Salle on or about 4th «Feb.

for that purpose-Router.

NATAL LINE

OF STEAMERS ·

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO

SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

"UMZUMBI" "UMSINGA"

Sails from Calcutta End of Dec. Sails from Calcutta 31st Jan, 1927." Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South Africam Porta, Through Bills of Lading lasued from Hong Kong.

For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:-

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents. Telephone Central 1030.

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BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Vin Singapore, Colombo

Suez and Port Said

ANDES MARU

Tuesday, 14th December.

BIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Balgon, Singapore

Colombo, Durban & Capetown.

SANTOS MARU

BOMBAY-Vis Singapore and Colombo.

Sunday, 5th December.

SIUNKO MARU(Calls at Karachi), Saturday, 4th December. TACOMA MARU

DURBAN, DE

DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA. DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND MOMBASSA-Vin Blagapore and Colombo,

MEXICO MARU

BINGO MARUpore and Rangoon,

CALCUTTA—VL

Baixon

BANGKOK-Via

KOHSO MARU

Tuesday, 7th December.

Wednesday, 22nd December,

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.Saturday, 25th December.

End of December.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER via Shanghai and Japan

Ports.

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ARIZONA MARU (From Shanghai) Tuesday, 14th December.

HAIPHONG-vin BOIHOW & PAKHÖL

TAIKWA MARU

MENADO MARU.

...Friday, 10th December,

Friday, 24th December,

NEW YORK-Vin Japan porta. San Francisco and Panama

Hamburg Maru.

From

JAPAN PORTS.

HONOLULU MARU

2 ATLAS MARU

ATLA

SEATTLE MARU

KEBLUNG via SWATOW & AMOY.

HOZAN MARU

MENADO MARU

FARAO

via SWATOW. & AMOT.

KOTSU MARU

TAKAO KEELUNG

SOURABAYA MARU

DAIREN CHEFOO and TSINGTAU.

CHUKWA MARU

Kebe) Wednesday, 16th December,

Saturday, 11th December. Sunday, 12th December. ..Friday, 24th December.

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..Sunday, 5th December, 10 a.m. ..Saturday, 11th December, ...Friday, 3rd Dec., 8 a.m. ..Friday, 24th December.

.Thursday, 9th December.

For further particulars please apply to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.. Tel Central No. 1088, 4089, 4090.

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M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

The P and C. hitherto has in-

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LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND «CLEARANCES.

THE MORNING. LIST":

This morning, the following sea going arrivals at Hong Kong were reported :—

Adna (3.155 tons), British, from Yokohama; agents, A.P.C., Do cargo..

Seistan (1.571), British, from Singapore, Nemazee, no cargo, 548 passengers,

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WORLD'S SHIPS.

BUILDING DROPS 300,000 TONS.

Washington, Oct. 18-Further declines in the volume of world shipbuilding are noted by the De partment of Commerce in reports received from its representatives abroad, according to an announce- ment to-day. The total tonnage on the ways at present, according to the reports, amounts to only 1,850.000 gross tons of merchant vessels, which is a decline of more than 350,000 tons from the amourt a year ago. The present figure, it is also noted, represents a decline of about 1,800,000 tons froin the general pre-war level,

During the quarter ended September 30 the decline was a Hanyang (1207), British, general one. the Netherlands be- from Shanghai, Swatow; B. & S., jing the only country for which the 800 tons for H.K.

increase in tennage building is Empress of Asia (8,883), reported. Work commenced in British, from Vancouver, Shang the United States during the hai: C.PS, 650 tons HK, 1,116 third quarter of 1926 amounted tons for ports beyond, 939 pasto 119,728 tons, compared with sengers.

133,268 tons in the second quar- Kweiyang (1,580), British,ter; in the United Kingdom, 774,- from Bangkok, Koh-si-chang: 797 tons, compared with 841,338 B. & S., 2,800 tons H.K., 6 pastons, and in all other countries, sengers.

966,177 tons, as against 996,081. Hermelin

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(1,164) British,.

nured its vessels by a fund created from Bangkok, Swatow; Thore-of the shipyards of Great Britain

OPIUM ARREST.

EUROPEAN SEAMEN IN TROUBLE.

$1,000 FINH OR & MONTH'S JAIL.

sen. 2,000 tons rice H.K.'

Agra (2,605), Swedish, from Gottenberg, Singapore: Gilman & Co., 330 tons H.K., 8,500 tons beyond; 5 passengers.,

Eger (875), Norwegian, from Canton Karsten Larssen, 260 tons H.K.

Yorck (5,005), German, from. Antwerp, Singapore; Melchers, 86 passengers. 370 tons H.K., 3,603 tons beyond, * Nishiyava Maru (8,016), Evangelos Stavris, 24 born in Japanese, from Matsushima; Cyprus of Creek parentage, a sea-MBK 3,803 tons coal H.K. mun employed on the ".. "Ouk- bridge," was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsellat the Central Magia tney this morning with being in possession of 80 tuels of raw Persian opium.

Kotsu Maru (918), Japanese, from Canton; OS K., no cargo.

The sharp decline in the work

and Ireland is accentuated by the fact that suspensions of work have been ordered on 107,498 gross tons of building contracted for, reducing the total of con- struction actually under way in those countries to 667,000 tons

The reported expansion of ship- building in the Netherlands has caused some change in the rela tive ranking of the principal maritione countries. Great Bri- tain and Ireland stil led, with 774,797 tone followed by Italy, with 273,764 tons. The Nether- lands, however, has advanced Kaifuku Maru (1.969). Japan-160,601 tons; France is fourth, from fifth to third place, with ese, from Milke M.B.K, 3,200 with 184,985 tons; Germany Afth, tons coal H.K.

Poo Sang (729), Chinese. from States remains in sixth place. with 127,321 tons; and the United with 119,728 tons; only 8,000 tons. 320 tons H.K

less than Germany, compared with 15,000 tons less at the end of the preceding quarter.

Mr. A. Cannju, of the Imports Kwong-chow-wan: Tin Shing Co.

and Exports Department, secuted.

Pro-

Defendant, in reply to the Magis- trate, said that he was British subiect and that he understood English, He desired to

piend "guilty."

Mr. Cannie informed his Worship

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that the defendunt went, ashore in Shanghat where he was accost- led by a man in the street. According to his statement," the man in Shanghal had informed: him that he could increase his wages by baking this opium" to Hong Kong. During the voyage to |Hong Kong it apparently leaked out. that he had the drug in his cabin. and the Captain searched his cabin, forced open his locker und found two packets hidden inside a pair of boxing gloves and the remainder in défendant's overcoat pockets.

Ran Away from Ship. On arrival in port, defendant ran away from the ship. The Captain Beame ashore and reported the matter to the Imports and Experta office and the man was subsequently arrested. When charged he said that he did not realise the serious- nesa the matter.

His Worship: As you have plead- led "guilty" there is nothing more

to be anid, You are fined $3,000

or eight months' hard labour. The epium is confiscated.

Departures.. For Carton: Fobahing, Fingal, Tong Lee.

For Singapore: Tilaya, Car- marthenshire.

For Amoy: Anking."

For Bangkok: Clara Jebeen, Mikaga Maru.

For Weihaiwei: Huichow. For Saigon: Bellerophon. For Haiphong: Borneo. For Tourane: Chung Kong. For Kwong-chow-wan: Henci Chin-wang-tao: Hwah Wu.

Clearances.

For Singapore: Muroran Maru. For Salgon: Hanyang. For Shanghai: Agra, For Muntok: Tjisondari. For Manila: Oakridge. For Hoihow: Daviken.

SHIPS IN PORT,

At 9 a.m. to-day the following numbers of Tessela were port:-

British

American

German "Panama

Japanese Chinese Dutch Portuguese,

Norwegian Swedish

Total

32.

2

2

14

77

16

8

3

1

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FIRE IN JAPANESE: SHIP.

Firemen were engaged for many hours on October 21, at a serious fire which broke out on the Japan- ese 9.9. "Amazon Maru," a vessel of 7,000 tons, lying in the Victoria Docks, bondon, and laden with & thousand barrels of sardine oil large quantities of soya beans, and With ground nuts and foodstuffs.

all their available resources, and aided by the dock floats, the fire- men fought the flames vigorously, 'but they were handicapped by the great heat, the powerful fumes, and dense smoke. Fed by the burning. oll, the flames spread to a serious extent, and the fire was not under The control until the afternoon..

in vessel, which was built seven years.

ago, arrived from Yokohama; and is owned by the Osaka Shosen- Kabushiki Kaisha, port-of registry

being Osaka. The total loas has

not yet been ascertained, but It will amount to many thousands of pounds.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926.

CANADIAN

PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.

TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.

"SAILINGS 1927,

Y'hama

H'Kong S'hal Kobe LATO Leave Leare Lonto

Ter

STEAMERS

Arriva EMPRESS OF ASIA Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 14 Jan. 23 EMPRESS OF CANADA Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. Feb. 13| EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Feb., 18 Feb. 19 Fab.. 22 Feb. 25 Mar. 8 EMPRESS OF ASIA Mar. 9 Mar 12: Mar. 15 Mar. 18 Mar. 27 EMPREYS OF CANADA Mar. 30 Apr. 2 Apr. 5 Apr. 8 Apr. 17| EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Apr. 20 Apr. 23 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 May 8 EMPRESS OF ASIA

May 11 May 14 May 17 May 20 May 29 EMPRESS OF CANADA June June 4 June 7 June 10 June 19- EMPRESS OF RUSSIA June 22 June, 25 June 28 July 1 July 10 EMPRESS OF ASIA July 11 July 14 July 10 July 22 July 31 (E/Asia and E/Russia, call Nagasaki day after departure from Shanghai) Connecting sailings St. John to Liverpool. MONTROSE February 4 MONTNAIRN February 18 MONTCALM

May 13. Frequent sailings to Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow, Southampton,.

Cherbourg and Antwerp...

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March 12

MONTROSE April 2

MONTCLARE

MINNEDOSA

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN.

Early application for space is advisable.

SPECIAL FARES TO EUROPE

"April 23

£120

£112

£83:

HONG KONG MANILA SERVICE.

Leave "Arriva Hong Kong Manila Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 25 Dec. 27

Leave

Arrive

Manila

Honr Konr

EMPRESS OF ASIA "EMPRESS OF CANADA

Dec. 5

Dec. 7

Dec. 28.

Dec. 80

CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS ·

TRAVELLERS CHEQUES PAYABLE. THE WORLD 'OVER. THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO CARRY FUNDS,

Passenger Department: Tel. C:752 Cables: "GACANPAC" Freight and Express: Tel. C.42 Cables: "NAUTILUS”

STRAIGHT EIGHT

AUBURN

EASIEST STEERING

Auburn brought stooring up to date: For piool; don't alrogly duvə onu a of the new Auburn care, but delve a 1925 Axiburs atos). A minato Auburn produced the ultimate in easy, smooth Keering of balloon dres that others plan to "introduce" pexi'yem. No more arm latigum. Parking is simplißed. At all spends the Adharo pretindly hekle the road by its well, And it straightens up quickly after w turtu. Drive all day at 50 m lána 2 an hour or mora." No vƐant upon the past of the car to performs and' no efon upon the part of the dryer? Aubura challenges any other car ja equal sicher its degree or quality of service nader el conditicas Make your own comparisons and taste and il' the Auburn does not sell: Ironit, You will not be ked to buy,

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Am 118 + p b Ty nà

UNIVERSAL AUTO SUPPLY CO.

Tel. Central 4915.

31, Des' Voeux Road Central,

KAIPING® COAL

HOME,

FACTORY

AND

BUNKERS

FOR ALL PURPOSES

POWER

HOUSE,

TUGS &

LOCOS

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.

Head Office:---TIENTSIN.

Agents:DOWELL. & CO., LTD. Hongkong,

WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE"

BLOOD

VETARZO MEDICINE

Never before was there anything like it, nor are its marvellous properties Biriyorni to be! aquailed ia d'aesane mersing from Jimpaer blood. It searches out and expels from the vital. current every jurking. 12ace of poisonous matter, caring blood, and skin diseases, scrofulous and standulae mwėl dogs, bad Jeyn//zbscenses, LÍDETA, WEREoss, gunk, Thermatima, geilze or Derbyshire Neck, ela. It improve the general ismalth and quickly mYRZYNA Long-standing browahitên, mathms, and fucking, strainlog, spasmodio, tough, ivo ofte

the precursor of annanuption -

LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH ES LIVING, DIEATH, A

VETARZO BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.

Per Nervous Breakdown & Chronic Wan Instan Prior B (efther reneriai. The VNTARZO REMEDIxs Co., Dorpel Dek, 1 9.4, London, Riga. Unpelsőlpled' Tendors may try to sell you something else by dra prodt-do not accept it fundet on haring VETARZO. The gapnine fins worde (VETARZO REMEDIES“ '0s, Goverzissent staip. Bold by ZMAKO, CENSOSTE

AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT

LINE.

Operated for

U. S. Shipping Board

By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. For San Francisco & Los Angeles $.S. "WEST PROSPECT" Nov, 29. S. "WEST ISLIP" Dec. 15. For full information apply to- SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. LEVERETT, Inc. General Agents Telephone C. 8008

1st Floor, Queen's Building..

AMERICAN ORIENTAL MAIL LINE Operated for

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. by ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE.. "WEST-ISON"

Dec. 2.

for: ILOILO CEBU

"ELDRIDGE"

Dec. 5.

for

--DAVAO-CEBU.

MANILA-ILOILO ZAMBOANGA

Por freight and further particulars apply to ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building

Telephone:

C.2477, C,2478 and C.798.

Dec. 1-arrivals, 13, departures

14,

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HARBOUR OFFENCE.

For mooring his boat outside two other boats alongside the s.s. "Siberia Mari” on November 26, the master of, motor-boat Sun. Kwong Loong" was fined $5 at the Marine Court this morning.

HUGE HARBOUR LIGHT.

A powerful searchlight has been installed at the Yokohama Senpaku Shingo-Jo station at Yokohama. harbour, located on the Pluff. The light is 18,000, candlepower and has lens 48. cen- timetres in diameter. The light flashes four miles in daytime.and. 20 miles at night: The light is to be used as a means of signal- ling and also to light up the Yokohama harbour in the event of necessity, especially in the case of marine disasters. The Yoko hamu Senpaku Shingo-Jo is the only private Institution ever given the privilege of installing such

large light."

On the incoming "Seistan" from Singapore yesterday, there was'a case of suspected typhoid.

The beacon laid on November 15 by H.M.S; "Iroquois” 848 de-. grees 2.2. miles from Gap Rock lighthouse has been removed.

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BANK LINE LTD.

AGENTS FOR

ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

"SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE. UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT ........

5.8. "CITY OF TOKIO”

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For M'elles, L'don, H'burg & 'Hevre S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW" .. For M'a'lles, L'don, A'burg & Havre.

FARES TO LONDON by above steamers 260.

AUSTRALIA

ELLERMAN LINE 13th Dec 13th Jan.

AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE-

Sallings from SINGAPORE on 6th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO" or "CITY OF SPARTA”

to Java, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, and vice versa.. Through Fraight and Passenger bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerman" Line or

other services.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

*8.8. "CITY OF CAIRO"

8.5. "COLORADO"

via Suez Canal via Suez Canal

3rd December. 31st December.

"The above modern passenger steamer will be despatched as above for Baston and New York via

Philippine Islands, Straits, Colombo and Suez Canal arriving in New York on or about 29th. January, Fares: 2100 Single First Class, 470 Slagle Second Chass

ALSO AGENTS FOR

ANDREW WEIR

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SERVICES TO

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE 2nd half January ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

BOSTON & NEW YORK

M.V. "WEIRBANK”

via Buez Canal. MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

Loading for Mauritics, Delagas Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay fly and Capetown.

Through Bill of Lading. Issued to Botra, Quilimains, Ibo, Port Amalia, Mozambique, Chinda,

Inhanıbana, Zanzibar: Mombasa, Kiliadini; Port Nolloth, Laderita Bay, Walvia, Bay an

Madagascar.

For freight or passage on any of the above lines apply to:-

Telephone

„Central 4791.

THE BANK LINE, ITD.