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THE CHINA MAIL.

·RIVER RUNDER.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1926.

DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ,

SS. "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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OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJL

8:8. **VENEZIA”

M.V. "ROMOLO

S.S.""FIUME-L**

From Hong Kong. ...Sails on or about 9th Dec.

Sails on or about 6th June, 1927. Salk on or about 5th Feb., 1927...

་

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTI.

M.V. "ESQUILINO"

SIS. “VENEZIA

SIS. "KOMOLO"

S.S. "FIUME-L”

From Hong Kong. Sails on or about 10th Dec. Sally on or about 7th Jan., 1927. Sails on or about 4th Feb., 1927, Sails on or about 4th March, 1927. -

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 African Ports: Through Bills of Lading issued from Hong Kong.

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

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.

Telephone Central 1030.

0.

S.

K

BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, RAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP—Via Blazapora, Colombo

Suez and Port Saidi

.......... Tuesday, 14th December.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Vis Saigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Capetown.

ANDES MARU

SANTOS MARU

SHUNKO MÄRU

BOMBAY--Vis Singapore and Colombe.

"TACOMA MARU

DURBAN,

Sunday, 6th December,

(Cns at Karachi) Saturday, 4th December.

Tuesday, 7th December.

BAN, DELAGOA BAY. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR. AND MOMBASSA—Vis Singapore and Colomba.

MEXICO MARU

CALCUTTA---Via Singapore and Rangoon,

BINGO MARU

BANGKOK VIA Saigon

KOHSO "MARU

Wednesday, 22nd December.

Saturday, 25th December.

VICTORIA,

SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER yin Shanghai and Japan. Porta

End of December,

ARIZONA MARI (From Shanghai) Tuesday, 14th December. HAIPHONG-vin Homow & PAKHOR

TAIKWA MAKI

MENADO MARU

NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San

Hamburg Moru...

JAPAN PORTS.

FONOLULU MARU ATLAS MARU

SEATTLE MARÜ

Proa

IKKLUNG via SWATOW & AMOY,

HOZAN MARU

MENADO MARU

BAKAO YE WATOW & AMOT, TAKAO id KEELUNG.

SOURABAYA MARU

Friday, 10th December. ---

Friday, 24th December.

Francisco and Panama.

DAIREN CHEFOO and TSINGTAU.

CHUKWA MARU

For further particulars please apply

· Tel. "Central No. 1989, 1089, 4090,

Kobe) Wednesday, 15th December..

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

Friday, 24th December.

Sunday, 6th December, 10 a.m. Saturday, 11th December..

Friday, 24th December.

Thursday, 9th December. to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAIBIA.

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

OREGON ORIENTAL LINE.

Operated for

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD E.F.C. By COLUMBIA PACIFIC SHIPPING COMPANY. FOR PORTLAND via KOBE, NAGOYA & YOKOHAMA 8.5 OAKRIDGE"

.23rd December.

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FOR PORTLAND via MANILA.

S.S. "WEST KADER".

4th December.

All sailings subject to change without notice.

/!

SHIPPING SECTION.

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES.

THE MORNING LIST.

This morning, the following rea going arrivals at Hong Kong were reported-

STEAMER NAMES.

ORIENT LINE'S LATEST

DECISION.

to

MECHANISM GIVES CAPTAIN FULL CONTROL.

The shipping Press of Berlin gives prominence to the reports from the Rhine that a new typo of balance rudder was recently tested in the Duisburg-Buhrort harbour on the state-owned tug' Monopol F" in the presense of re- presentatives of the State Towing the Chamber of Department, Commerce, and various shipping

interests.

The rudder is known as Ecke'a Patent Rudder, and, while based on the balance method, is and to give better results than its rival as it functions readily whether the ship is going ahead or astern. Its claimed for the new rudder that its action can be relied uponi by fast harbour tugs and by river and canal tugs in nunceuvres of all kinds, especially in the fast dificult currents of the Rhine.

Attention has been called in a contemporary to the decision of the Orient Line to introduce new Liangchow (1,220 tons), Brit., from Shanghai, Amoy: B. & S. mes, as additions are made 900 tons cargo for Hong Kong. 60 the feet. It is regretted under tons for ports beyond, 24 passen-the circumstances, that nomen calture should be extended be- gers.

Suisang (1.983). Brit., from Bangkok, Swatow; J. M. & Co.yond the list which embraces 3,400 tons rice and general for many a score of "O" ships that HK.. 2 passengers.

have made history and are a part Hong Hwa (1,924), Brit. from of the long tale of Orient Line Singapore; Seng Soon Hong. 440

There were some fine tons HK. 770 tons beyond, 387 success.

sounding names among them, for passengers.

Tonkin (846) French, from which the travelling public and

Ecke's invention is described as Haiphong: MM. 1,000 tons H.Keven the landlubber, had a parti

cular affection, but they are ap- pendulum rudder. By utilising 5 passengers. _ \

Song Bo (720), French, from parently not to be perpetuated. the pressure of the water it gives the captain complete command Haiphon, Fort Bayard: M.M. 850 There will be no more "Ophir." tons 1.K., 15 tons beyond, 68 pay-Orontes" or "Umrah," although over the movements of his vessel. it may be possible that the Japan The trial trip with the state tug ese. who are always in the market showed, according to the "Ham- for old vessels which are still able burger correspondent, that

vessel even under most unfavour- to pass a survey, may tack a India Arrow (5,176) Amoy, lant old timers fall into their Rhine can be manoeuvred without "Maru on the end should the galable current conditions on the from San Francisco, Haiphong hands. The North German Lloyd having recourse to the steam rud Sungshan Maru (1,503). Jap.. gives the lie to the generally acder. It is further claimed that from Shanghai, Swatow, N.Y.Kcepted belief that the Germans the tug "Monopol " had, until 144-tons HK, 960 tons beyond, are too materialistic to indulge ehe was fitted with the new rad- their faney in such smalt matters der, proved quite unmanageable, 70 passengers.

Chung Hing (249), Chi, from of sentiment; for the newer ves-no fewer than four different types Kwong-chow-wan; Hong On. 180 sels of the rapidly expanding fleet of rudder having previously been

are at carrying names that re- tried without success. call a pre-war sailing schedule, sel turned with and against the The Hamburg Amerika does the current in a minimum radius with same, while the Huge Stinnes no steering aid but that of the Line, without the history and Ecke rudder.

adition of the glider companies,

Satisfactory tests were also indulges in no fanciful baptisms carried out with the same vessel but sonds its ships forth bearing with two loaded Rhine barges in Tjikem-theless inplienably associated

|commonplaces which are never- [tow..

sengers.

Svale (1,854). Nor... Swatow; Thoresen. 395 gers..

No cargo.

Atons HK.

from passen-

Au

Tak Hing (106) Chi., from Tau; Fook Hoi. I toni H.K., 70 passengers.

Slakiang (1616), Bril from Canton; D. & S. 40 tons beyond Departures.

For Boils West Isom

For Shanghai: Yorck. bang. Agra.

For Manila: City of Oakridge, Empress of Asia,

with the country's flag. "Scheer" Cairo.and "Tirpitz" are a compliment to

F Singapore: Murroan Maru For Muntok Tjisondari.

war heroes. "Ruhr" and "Rhein" are of the land and then come the "Legiens" the "Kirdorfs" and the

For Saigon: Prominent, Han-Veglers," which to the casual

Yang,

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Fer Canton: Eiger. For Au Tau: Tak Hing. For Kwong-chow-wan: Wing

Wo.

For Holhow: Daviken.

Clearances,

For Hoihow: Mingsang. For Swatew: Kwaisang, Kotsu Maru. Sinkiang.

For Moji: Bandoeng Maru. For Canton: Liangchow.

SHIPS IN PORT.

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

15.

32

Н

1

British...

American

German

Payana

Norwegian

Japanese

Chinese

16

Portuguese French

3.

.2.

H

Total

69

Dutch

in

reudes bear no great tings.

There is certainly a great con- name indicative of ownership, venience in having a vessel's

such as is the case with the Head Line. City Line" and others. · A prefix of "Tre" "Polo" or "Pen" gives latitude but the system savours too much of the stereo- typed There are occasions when it becomes cumbersome and un- attractive, as for instance. the mass production ships built dur- ing hostilities and given a Chris- Lian name "War." The diction- aries were ransacked from Araon. to Zebedee to find fitting terminals with ghastly results and many of these atrocities survive as for in- stance, "War Sepoy" and "War Krishna. Locally, this method of naming has given us the "tungs" and the chows" of the China Navigation Company, the "sangs" of the Indo-China, the "Hai's" of the Douglas Line, the "stans" of Nemazee and the "shans" of the river traffic. While convenience is served in this way, there will, never be any real affection for

Dec. 2-arrivals 11, departures the particular ship if there are

CLYDE TONNAGE.

"Lloyd's Bank Monthly October reports:-

for

The output of tonnage from ship- yards on the River Clyde in Septen her Execeded that of any previous month this year, the total being 8: vessels of 40,316 tons, compared with the April Agure of 35,900 tons, which is the next best.

The in- crease may be attributed to the in- clusión in the ratus of the Blue Star Liner "Avila" of 14,000 tons launched at Clydebank. The total for the past nine months consists of 108 vessels of 243,785 tons, against 170 vessels of 417,339 tone launched in the corresponding

Through Bill of Lading issued to all rail Overland Points in the U.S.A, also to New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore,period of last year, and 166 vessels Philadelphia, New York and Boston, via Panama Intercoastal steamer,

ADDRESS:

Room 26, Bank of Canton Building,

6, Des Vœux Road Central.

Telephone Central 4871,

Canton Agents: John Manners & Co., Ltd.

* NATURAL MINERAL WATER'

FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S Springs

VICHY CELESTINS

In bottles, half and Splits

Gout, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gravel, Arthritis VICHY GRANDE-GRILLE over ble

VICHY HOPITAL For Indigestion,

and Billousn968.

Refuse substitutes. -Mention name of Spring registrod.

of 489,425 tons in the best cor. responding period on record, that of 1920. It will be seen from these returns that this year there hea been a decrease of G2 vessel and 163,604 tons when a comparison is made with 1925, and a decrease of F3 vessels and 245,690 tons when: the comparison is made with tho year 1920. Very few new orders) were booked in the course of thei month and practically all the boats

extravagances and this is 8- pecially the case when as in pas- senger liners, public sentiment is a factor in the selling of tickets.

AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT LINE.

Operated for

U. S. Shipping Board By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. SS. "WEST PROSPECT" Nov. 29. For San Francisco & Los Angeles

S.S. "WEST ISLIP" Dec. 15. For full information apply to- SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. L. EVERETT, Inc. General Agents. Telephone C 8008

1st Floor, Queen's Building.

AMERICAN ORIENTAL MAIL LINE

Operated for

U.S. Shipping Board E.F.C..

by

contracted for wero of small size. ADMIRAL ORIENTAL

Though unemployment is in the meantime Increasing at the ship yards, there is good reason to ex- pect that after the coal strike comes to an end and... coal and materials. are again available, there will he a period of activity, as it will then be possible to proceed with work on vessels, the construction of which has been delayed.

$

The P. & O, 8.5. "Delta" le tö leave Hong Kong, homeward bound,

LINE

"ELDRIDGE"

Dec. 5.

for

MANILA ILOILO-ZAMBOANGA --DAVAO CEBU

ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Buliding

at noon on Dec. 9. Parcels will Tolephone:-

bo. received by Mesara. Macklation, Mackenzie & Co. up to 6 pm. on. "Dec. 8.

C.2477, C.2478. and 0.795,

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The ves-

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CANADIAN

PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC. TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.

SAILINGS 1927.

H'Kong S'hal Kobe Thame 'Yer

Leave Lente Еспто Leave Arrive

STEAMERS

EMPREES OF ASIA Jan. Jan. 8. Jan. 11 Jan: 14 Jan. 23 EMPRESS OF CANADA Jan. 20 Jan. 89 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 13. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Feb. 16. Feb. 19 Feb. 22 Feb. 25 Mar: 6 EMPRESS OF ASIA Mar. 9 Mar. 12. Mar. 15 Mar. 18 Mar. 27 EMPRESS OF CANADA Mar. 30 Apr. 2, Apr. 5 Apr. 8. Apr. 17 EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Apr. 20 Apr. 29 Apr. 26 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 July 14 July 19 July 22 July 81 (E/Asia and B/Russia call: Nagasakl day after departure from Shanghai). Connecting sailings St. John to Liverpool MONTROSE February 4

4.

MONTNAIRN February 19

MONTCALM March 12

MONTROSE April 2 MONTCLARE

April 23 MINNEDOSA May 13

¡J

Frequent aallings to Liverpool, Bekast, Glasgow, Southampton, Cherbourg and Antwerp...

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN..

Early application for space is advisable,

SPECIAL FARES 70 EUROPE

£120

21-12.

£83

HONG KONG MANILA SERVICE.

Leave

Arriva

Hong Kong Dec. 2. Dec. 25

Manila

Dec. 4

Dec, 27

Leave

Arrive

Manila

Dec. 5

Hong Kong Dec. 7

Dec. 30

EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA Dec. 28

CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS

TRAVELLERS "CHEQUES, PAYABLE THE WORLD OVER.

THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO CARRY FUNDS. Passenger Department: Freight and Express:

Tel. C:752 Tel. "C.42

Cables: "GACANPAC."

Cables: "NAUTILUS.”

CHY LOONG.

New Season" Preserved Ginger.

Best quality-Prompt attention to Exportera, Office: 231, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor. Tel Central 2539. Factory:--500-504, Canton Road, Yaumati. Tel. K. 869...

BANK LINE LTD.

AGENTS FOR

ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO.,

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. WITHOUT NOTICE.

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

S.S. "CITY OF TOKIO" S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW" Passenger Service,

For Angles, don, H'burg & Hay .".. For M's'les, L'don, H'burg & Havre

4

S.S. "CITY OF LAHORE"... London, Havre, Rotterdam & H'burg

Fares to LONDON: 1st Class £72; 2nd Class £49, 10%, "S.S. "CITY OF CALCUTTA" Marseilles, London, Havre & H'burg

Fares: 1st Class to MARSEILLES 276; to LONDON 180. 2nd Class to MARSEILLES £5); to LONDON 155.

AUSTRALIA

LTD.

'ELLERMAN LINE

18th Dec

... 13th Jan.. "

9th February.

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.24th March.

AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE.

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

to Java, Fremantle, Adelaido, Melbourne and Sydney and vice versa. Through Freight and Passon ger bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerinan" Line or

مرکز

other services..

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE. AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

1.1

S.Š. “COLORADO"

A... via Suez Canal

ALSO AGENTS FOR

ANDREW WEIR & CO.

SERVICES TO

31st December.

BOSTON & NEW YORK

· AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

M:V. "WEIRBANK"

vin Suez Canal

.30th January. "MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE Loading for Mauritius, Delagoa Bay, Durban, East Londen, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay

and Capetown.. Through Bill of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, Ibo, Port Amelia, Mozambique. Chinde

Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindini, Rory Nolloth, Luderitz Bay, Walvis Bay and Madagascar.

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

Telephone

.Central 4791.

SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS," MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL

THE BANK LINE, LTD.

J

DRY DOCK

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

ENGINEERS.

OF HONGKONG, LIMITED,

Tel Address: “TAIKOODOCH,” HONGKONG.

Telephone: Central No. 212.

Call Flag: "C" over “ANS, PENNANT.”

Length 787 Feet.

Length on Blocks 750 Feet, Depth on Centre of

SIU (H.W.O.S.T.) 34 ft. 6 ina.. THREE SLIPWAYS-

Capable of Handling Ships Up to 3,000 Tons Displacement. Elèctric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

AGENTS. HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN,