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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926.

P. & 0.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER, STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR,

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA. PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS. FAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASEA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

S. S.

From Tons Hongkong

About

0,195

25th

NELEURE KHIVA

6358 23 bed.

Bee

Noon...

MIRZAPORM

0,785 29 h

NYANZA

7,023 6th- √ √ ነ?

MALWA

10,981 [ 803

8.155 th 10918 | 5th Feb. 9006180" Feb. 9:006. 19th

Jan. Jan. Jan.

KALYAN DEVANHA MOREA. DELTA

KASHMIR

NELLORE.

MANTUA

KASHGAR

NYANZA

MONGOLIA

MACEDONIA

DEVANHA KARMALA

MALWA

DELTA

KRIVA

MOREA

Fub.

J 4,950 | Beril Murrk

19,002 th furch 19:00 12 March 477,000 | 1708 March 14,604 19th March

! 10,120-

8,155

0:128

83007

30,942

THE CHINA MAIL.

OFF HER COURSE.

ADVENTURES OF LINER IN HUANGPU.

MUCH DAMAGE AND LOSS. OF LINE,

A SALVATIONIST.

S. A. COMMISSIONER PEARCE

WORK IN CHINA.

POOR PRINCE.

LEOPOLD GETS A LAWYER GRATIS,

SUCCESSFUL PLEA

The "N. C. D. Daily News"

Commissioner Pearce. who

While the former Kaiser (Shanghai) of Dec. 8, reports:-

Extraordinarily high tides and a charge of the Salvation Army millions of marks from Prussia, for the last geven years had been stands a good chance of getting strong wind from the north-east work in North China, died on threw the Admiral are steamer November 4 in the Rockefeller Prince Leopold of Lippe, one of President McKinister cours Hospital, Peking, fram an attack the richest Prince of Germany yesterday shortly after noon as she of typhus fever. The Commis- before the war, is now so poor Was passing the Customs Jetty and sioner who was 62 years of age, that he has to beg the Lippe forced her against the N. Y. K. Mall intended to leave for Australia court to assign him a lawyer tree Wharf "adoining the Japanese Con-this month An officer in the in a civil case in which he is quinte-General, with the result that Salvation Army for forty-three plaintiff. three pontoons, and four connecting |

years, he had held important 'Leopold's case is typical of the fll-width bridges were seriously positions in Australia and South fate that has attended mary. broken up, and it is feared that Africa, and had been in charge former rulers of this land in the eght Chinese were drowned.

of the Army's work in South post-war and inflation periods in Although the McKinley" was un- America. His last appointment Germany, damaged and went on her way to before going to China was that After the armistice Leopold Hong Kong a few hours after she of Chief Secretary for the was one of the first German had been brought under control, the Army's work in Great Britain Princes to come to terms with damage done to the wharf amounts and Ireland. With General the civil authorities and received!

A Dollar Tüg Amok. Besides the accident to the "Pre-learnt that there

and a

to approximately Tis, 10,000 Fur Booth's support, he carried on a large sum of money ther damage was done to curto various branches of the Salva- castle in Detmold as compensa- which slid into the Huangpu fromtion Army work in China such, tion. But his resources were 83 the pontoons and connecting are not usually adopted by depleted in the inflation period bridges.

missionary societies. For in- and the upkeep of the castle was stance, during the famine hese heavy that Leopold found him- sident McKinley which occurred number of girls in moral and one Dr. Thyssen for 250,000 was a large self forced to sell his estate to about 1.30 p.m., another accident physical danger He immedimarks at the height of Inflation. took place on the river during the lately telegraphed to the General It was a good bargain for dinner hour as a result of the "aband with his approved he secured Thyssen, as he paid in paper normal tides. A large Dollar tug.lithe Chinese Government's back-marks which soon were almost maneuvring to put the inwarding and rescued a large number worthless. When Thyssen de- bound President Tuft" into post-of these girls, who were ad-clined to valorise a portion of tion in the lower reaches, crashed raitted into the Army's home the worthless paper he paid for into the beam of a P. & O. tux, Peking. On hearing that the the estate Leopold brought suit Sport, Fenang. Colombo & Bombay which hag juss" brought into posi-police had had to provide 467 against him; but found the cost Marsh, London, Antwerp & Hull

tion an incoming British lines, coffins in twenty days for un-of the proceedings would be too Marseilles, Londen, Hamburg & R'damAfter striking the other Boat the identified bodies picked up frozen much for his slender means, and Singapore, Penang, Colombo & B'bay Dollar tug swang into the tail end to death in the streets of Peking, consequently availed himself of Marseilles and London

warm the so-called "right of the poor? Marseilles, Bondon, Antwerp & Hullfa group of sumpans which were the Commissioner added Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Bay being towed up stream by a third shelters to the already existing The court has assigned a lawyer ung and cut off a part of one porridge kitchens. In which the to conduct the ex-Prince's case The boats. It is said that no Salvation Army officers ware gratis.

Destination

Marseilles and London

rang. Colombo & Bombay Perang. Maccities, Bondon, Antwerp & Ha

of accidents.

ני

S'pore Funang, Colombo & Bomery,ualties resulted from this series daily feeding thousands of the

& Londen Marseilles &

city's poor. The Commissioner Marseilles.

never shirked the hårdships of

Hes. Bondon, Antwerp & R'daïm Spar, Per

Penang, Colomão. & Bombay Marseilles, & London 2nd April Marseilles &

London 9th Aprili

Ari Marseüles.

& Antwerp

16th April! Marseiles, Lordon & Antwerp

28th April Singapore,, Penang, Columbe & B'bay 30th April Marseilles and London

J

ED

May Messeilles, London & Antwerp" 10918 28th May Marseilles & London Prequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to. Obhatantinople, Pirenus, Smyrna and other Levant Porta by steamura of the Khova Mah Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

TALMA SHIRALA TAKLIWA TAKADA TILAWA

10:000 | FOUN

7.841 20th.

Dec. Dec. 7,00 2nd! J 6,919 21st

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Singapore, Penang & Calcutla Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore. Penang & Calculta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

CONSIGNEES,

Abnormal Conditions. The unusual conditions which missionary Efe, and had travelled prevailed upon the Huangpu yes- thousands of miles in the interior ¦terday immediately preceding the of China and endured the discom-

cold snap which came over Shang-forts of third-class, railway ac-THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD., hai last night are naturally greatly commodation on long and tedious

to blame for the accident to thejourneys:

"President McKinley," as the pict

is a cool-headed man with years of

COPENHAGEN,

TH

THE M/S

"MALAYA" experience. The strong spring of the cargo which had just been having arrived, Consignecs of cargo tide, which, according to seafaringscharged from the antagó Maru,' ure hereby informed that all gooda mez was increased, because of a large number of barrels and are being landed and stored at their on-shore wind, forced the waters cases were thrown into the river. risk into the hazardous and/or of the Huangpu over the sidewalk Fortunately mout of this had been extra-hazardous Godowns" of The in the Public Gardens. Competent placed on the bridges and the bar-Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & observers along the water frontirels, flossing on the outside, pre-Godown Co., Ltd, whence delivery were ot, the dinion that the tide vented the cases from sliding into may be obtained.

10:000 th Feb. Spore, Penang. Colombo & Calcutta EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)been 10 knots. As evidence of the

Dec.

ST. ALBANS | 4.530316 ARAFURA !0,000 | 28th Jan. TANDA

ST. ALBANS

ARAFURA TANDA

| 8,956

4,500!

41h March

Fat.. April

6,000. 20th April

8.956 Bird June.

Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island,.

Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.

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* Omits Sandakan but calls Kolambugan. Regular monthly salliigs from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd, steamers will also call at Shanghai, Hollo, Cebu, Kalambugan, Tawan, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:

offers.

even knots an hour while others signments were recovered before cargo originally shipped by the was Howing at the rate of at least deeper "water: Most of these con- This vessel carries part of the maintained that the rate must have dark."

M/S "Java" which grounded off Pontoon and Bridges. Lisbon, against which a General height of the water the condition The lighter which the President Average of 15% will have to be e Miller Road may be taken usa boat struck was drawn up alongside paid by Consignees unless same has, criterion for here the sewers had the Brat pontoon. The impact drove been adjusted by shippers backed up and the road was cover-the upper end very nearly against Copenhagen, which information'wild' ed from pavement to pavement. a wharf office on the bunding, prob-be supplied on presentation

The "President, McKinley," com-ably 35 or 40 ft. from its ustal Bills of Lading. manded by "Captain Lustie, leff the alignment: The connecting bridge No claims will be admitted after Dollar Wharf shortly after noon, to the second pentoon' wus' also the goods have left the Godowns, and, although the strong focd -tide thrown away but in some way was and all goods remaining undeliver- was felt, it was not believed that not dialodged, but the farthered after the 20th December, 1926,

the ship was in any serious danger bridge was thrown half into the will be subject to rent. and no tugs. were obtained to assist Huangpa. The third pontoon

NY.KUNE

AÄILINGS SUBJECT TO VLTERATION.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal Japan Ports & Honolulu,

Monday Bath January," Sunday 8th February,

TENTO MARU

KOREA MARU.

Calls Lea Angole

SOUTH AMERICA v Japan. Tanolulu.

Angelca, Mexico & Panama. BOKUYO MARU

RAKUYO MALU

.1

MARSEILLES, LONDON, ANTWERP

KASHIMA MARU HAKONE MARU

SUWA MARU

San Francisco. Los

Thursday, 10th Doc., at Noon Wednesday, 12th Jan........at. Noon...

& ROTTERDAM via Ports. Saturday, 18th Dec."at 11 ande Saturday, 1st Jan, at 11 am, Saturday, 15th Jan, at 11 am.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Porla.

TANGO MA RU

AKI MARU

I

... Wednesday, 22nd Dec... at 11 am. Wednesday, 19th Jan., at 11'..

"SEW YORK and ar BOSTON, da PANAMA.

TAKAOKA MARU BENGAL MARU

Tuesday, 28tä. Docombor, Saturday, 15th January, BUBNOS AIRIS v singapore, Durian & Cape Town.

KAWACHI MARU

BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & COLOMBO, '

YAMAGATA MARU GENOA MARU

Friday, "last December,

Saturday, 18th December. Wednesday, 29th December. "

Thursday, 10th December,

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.

CEYLON MARU NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

AKI' MARU

SHANGHAL KORE УОКОНАМА

Saturday 18th December.

RANGOON MARU (Mot direct).... Tuesday, 14th Decemberi

FUSHIMI MARU

MORIOKA MARU (Moli direct). HAKOZAKI MARU

Wodnesday, 15th December."

Wednesday, 22nd December. Monday, 7th. December.

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA-

Tel Central Nos. 292: (Private exchanges to all devoriy

CHINA BORNEO SHIPPING CO.

· HONG KONG-BORNEO ROYAL MAIL SERVICE To Sandakan, Tawau, Semporna and Lahad Datu,

Roturning, vie Sandakan.. Jambongan and Jesselton, Regular Throe-wookly Fróight and Passenger Servico.

in

8.8. LOK SUN.

of

Next Sailing from Hong Kong Friday. December 17th, 1926. For Freight, Passage and other Information, please apply to-- CARMICHAEL & CLARKE, Agrats, Queen's' Building, Phone €:282.-

or W. WATT & CO., Agents, 27, Connaught Road West.

All broken, chafed and damaged

its progress. No considerable diff-mained nearly in its usuaì position. goods are to be left in the Godown. THE AUSTRAL-CHINANAVIGATION CO., LTD.

experienced until Connecting bridges between the

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Newculty Zealand,. Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal; The P. & G. Branch Service of steamers, to London vin the Cape. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Scuthampton and London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

KALYAN

TAKADA ARAFURA MOREA DEVANHA TILAWA KASHGAR

DELTA MANTUA MANITY! NELLORE TANDA

MONGOLIA NYANZA MACEDONIA ST. ALBANS DEVANHA KARMALA MALWA DELTA

ARAFURA

9, 24th Der.. 6,049 31st Dec. $,000 4th Jan.

10,018, 7th Jan.

Jan.

8,354 71h. Jan. 10,000 12th

21st Jun.

| 9,000

8,007 21st

Shanghai, Moji and Kobe

Shanghai, Moji, Kebe & Canka Muji, Kote, Osuku nudi Yokohamın Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

Shanghai & Kobe Shanghai & Kobe.

Jan, Boji and Kobe

10,002 4th Feb. 6,853 5th Feb. 8th Fab.

0,953

18,504

11,120 4,500 3,135

9,128

10,980

17th

18th

Feb.

Feb.

4th March Bth March 18th March

18th March 1st April

8,097

1st April 8,000 6th April

Moji and Kobo

Shanghai, Maji and Kobe Shangha Moji and Kobo Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama Shanghal & Kobe

Shanghai, Moji and Kobo

Shanghai, Moji and Kobe

Mojl, Kobe, Osaka &Yokohama

Shanghai off & Koba

Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

Shanghai, Moji & Koha Shanghai, Moji & Kobe" " Maji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

All Cabina are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and. Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. will be received

at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing,

For further Information, Passage Proights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

P. & O. Building, Connaught' Rd. C., HONGKONG. Agents.

Aret

2.

where they will be examined by jahe approached the mouth cfpontoon and the bunding were tart Messrs Anderson & Ashe on the

Soochow Creek, where the in-entirely loose, the being 18th December, 1926, at 10 a.m. coming waters. overwhelming thrown several feet through an All claims must reach us before the flow of the ereek pro-foffice or to the roadway and the the 23rd December, 1923, or they duced that condition commonly ron gates and wooden structure will not be recognised. known to mariners as "chow chow partly demolished. The econd Ne Fire Insurance will be wator. caused by the swirling and bridge was not forced in so far, effected. whirlpools of the two streams' while the third, again in some pecu- forced meeting at this point. The liar way, was partially dislodge sharp projection of Pootung Point and the outer edge fell into the ¡ of course, adds to the unusual con- ¡struïm

dilion of the river bezo.'

Out of Control.

All this wreekage was the result

of the impact and came about des- The "Mckinley" could not steam pite the fact that six, 14 by 14 in. fat more than moderate rate of by 85-foot pine beams were thought speed without endangering ship- strong enough to sustain the post- ring anchored Immediately below tion of the pontoon. The majority o the stream. Because of this, of six four-legged, concrete-based those in charge lost control of the upright, weighing several thon. 16,000 tons of metal and before the sand pounds each, were broken starboard anchor, which was im-lonse from their underground place- mediately dropped, could get it ments. The first beam was thrown kold upon the river bed, the ae-half way across the adjoining rond.; cident had taken place.

the others either into the water or" In some miraculous way, "either to a lesser degree on to the land, through "Providence" or by reason depending upon the angle from of skilled handa at the wheel, the which they were projected. The re "McKinley" crashed into steel placing of these permanent fixtures lighter, loaded with several hun will probably be the most expenalvej dred tons of beans, and avoided part of the repair work. striking both the "Amagi Maru Victims of the Catastrophe, and "Yuankiang Maru," which were The wharf coolles' did their beat. berthed on either side of the lighter. to rescue the victims of the cataj.

after-f The speed of the vessel was check-trophe and several hours

ed when the anchor was dropped, wards they were seen prying under the port engine ordered full ahead the capsized bonts to try and re-}; and the starboard engine full claim their dead. The Japanese aftern. These operations were par-Fomicials ordered-out salvage squide. tially auccessful because, when the to secure as much of the cargo s

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE veel struck the pontoon, she was possible, and it is believed that

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

c

BLUE FUNNEL LINE.

"

(OCEAN 82: CO. LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL SIN. CO., LTD.

AND

going ahead at a very slow rate. most was taken from the river..

Huge, Beam Splintered.

At least five tugs, headed by the The damage of the impact was, "Alatandro," were aummoned and however, considerable, although the tied on to the bow of the "President bean lighter was but lightly hurt. fcKinley, the "Alexandra" first. The force of the collision, the mo-end after an hour or so got her islo mentum being transferred to the a favourable position in mid-stream.

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE lighter, broke a 12" by 16" reinfore The tide and wind wore

(EULEHMAN & BUCKNALL 8.5. CO., LTD.).

"SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG,

Viä Suot Canal

Via Buez Canal

Vin Buez Canal

"YANGTZE"

17th December. "COLORADO!!

31st December. "DANFA"

14th January.. | "CYCLOPS

Via Sues Canal..

28th JanuarY, Steamers proceed via Suéz Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option.

Subject to change without notice.

For Freight and particulars apply to:-- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE OF THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & CuATOH': JARDIN, MATHESON & CO. LTD., Canton.

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ing beam to matchwood. A small favourable, however, that those on craft was splintered and a single the Customa Jatty Just before. 3) survivor states that five others went o'clock, who were bidding farewell into the river Between the pon- to Sir Ronald Macleay, thought that toons and the shore, three other the ship was aground, Farmpans, probably 30 ft, in length After the local Dollar officiile teach, were" capsized," of the occup- had obtained wireless communica- Ennta of' which, It is known that three tone with the resident Mc- turned and wedged in between the undamaged, they instructed the were drowned. These were over- Kinley," ascertaining that she was

pontoons and the binding.

officers to proceed to Hong Kong.

E

Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD., Agents.

Hong Kong.. 13th Dec., 1926,

For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE

via Manila, Iloilo, Sandakan, Balikpapan & Rabaul

S.S. "CALULU

For Freight & Particulars Apply to

DODWELL & CO., LTD

Agent's.

Telephone No. Central 1080

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO, LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.

Codes Uded: AY, A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edition:

Western Union and Watkins.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER, MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,

ELECTRICIANS

1. s. S. "SEANG WO”

& Cargo River, Steamer, bhit and engined at Kowloon Dock, by the Hongkong Passenger

Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., to the order of he Indo-China. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for service on the Middle Yangtze, Hankow -Lehang

Please address enumirilo to the", Chẩnf

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