SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927.
THE
CONSIGNEES.
P. & 0.-British India BEN LANE STEAMERS, LTD.
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, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,
AUSTRALASIA, 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.)
Destination
S. 3.
Тода
From Hengkong
About
MANTUA
KHIVA
KALYAN
10,9:0 9,135 9,144 16th July
ALIPORE
MACEDONIA
5,273 21st 11,120 | 23rd
July
26th June Marseilles & London
9th July. Marseilles, London & Antwerp
Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hull Straits & Bombay.
July
Marseilles & London
NYANZA
KASHGAR
7.023 3rd Aug. 2,006 6th Aug.
Straits & Bombay
Marseilles, London & Antwerp
RAWALPINDI 16,610 20th Aug.
DEVANHA.
MOREA
8,150 3rd Sept. 10,953 17th Sept.
Marseilles & London
Marsellies, London & Antwerp. Marseilles & London
to
Frequent connection from Port Sald for Passengers and Cargo Constantinople, Pireaua, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Ca.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TALMA TAKLIWA
10,000 | 3rd July Singapore, Penang & Calcutta 7,936 14th July | Singapore, Penang & Calcutta
THE CHINA MAIL.
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO", ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.
HE Steamship
THE
"
SHIPBOARD SALES,
FOUR VESSELS SOLD TO MANILA.
Washington, June 7.
CLOSING DOWN..
DEPRESSION IN U.S. BUILDING.
com-
Founded in 1830 and operating| The Shipping Board "to-day ap- successfully from that time until proved the sale of four steel screw now, the William Cramp and Sons "BENARTY"
steamers to Madrigal and company Ship and Engine Building Company Consignees of Cargo are hereby of Manila. The ships are to be informed that all Goods are being operated in the Philippine coast of Philadelphia has decided to close down its shipbuilding plant when landed at their risk into the hazar-wise trade and to Australia. dous and/or extra hazardous Go- The ships for which sale was ap- present orders on hand are downs of the Hongkong and Kow-proved are: the Connersville, 2,32 pleted. These include two vessels leon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., tons; the Crangest, 2,222 tons; the for the Eastern Steamship Company wherice, and/or from the wharves, Craincreek, 2,292 tons and the-the Yarmouth and Evangeline.
Crawl Koys, 2,308 tons. All the delivery may be obtained.
ships were built in 1918. All but In announcing this decision Mr. No claims will be admitted after the Connersville were built by the J. Harry Mull, president of the com- the goods have left the godowes, Great Lakes Engineering company pany said: and all goods remaining undeliver- ed after the 24th instant, will be subject to rent.
at Ecorse, Mich. The Connersville "This decision is due to the gen-| was built by the same company at eral curtailment of the naval con- Ashtabula, Ohlo.
All claims against the steamor According to Lloyd's Register, all struction programme and the con- must be presented to the Under- of the vessels are single decked, tinued depression in merchant ship signed on or before the 8th July, and are equipped with electric building. Throughout the period 1927 or they will not be recognized, ilghts and wireless facilities. They of depression, the company has All broken, thafed, and damaged are 253 feet long, 43 feet wide and maintained its plants and organisa- goods are to be left in the Go buve a 20 foot draught. downs, where they will be examined
on the 24th instant, at 10 a.m.
N Fire Insurance has been effected.
Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents. "Hong Kong, 17th June, 1927.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
From MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON STRAITS & PHILIPPINES.
HE Steamship
THE
.are
"BENDORAN" CONSIGNEES of Cargo hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous; Godowns of the Hongkong and Kow- leon Wharf end Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
PORT OF LONDON.
TONNAGE RECORD FOR YEAR.
tion and has preserved its habitua! high standards of construction in the belief that the demand for naval and commercial vessels would re- vive and that prices obtainable for its work would improve.
The year ended March 31 laat "Pursuant to the company's new was in the matter of, tonnage of policy, it has surrendered to the ships using the port a record in the Navy Department the cruiser con- history of the Port of London. The tract and it is expected that this totals for all United Kingdom
5
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE
AND
AMERICAN MAIL LINE
JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
A Regular Weekly Sailing
TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE.
THE
55
PRESIDENT LINERS
TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
"THE SUNSHINE BELT”
"
PRESIDENT TAFT...Monday, June 20th at 12 Midnight,
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON
..Tuesday, July 5th. ...Tuesday, ..Tuesday,
July 19th.
Aug. 2nd.
...Tuesday,
Aug. 16th.
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.
HONG KONG TO EUROPE SPECIAL LOW RATES.
Via San Francisco or Seattle.
£120 £112
DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES
Choice of railway lines across United States and Ganada, with liberal stop-over privileges for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested itiner- aries:-
28
From Hongkong
Vin
Connecting with Stonehip
From N. York
Arriving at
Homeric
Jaly 93
Beattle
13
San Francico
Seattle
Levistban MaJomtie
Aug. 1
Ang. 6
Berengaria
Ang. 10
Jaly
Joly 27
19 San Francisco.
Beattle
Leviathan
Aug. 20
Aquitania
Any. 24
2 San Francisc
Majestic
Bipt. 3
10
Banitie
Mauretania
Верь в
18
San Francisos
Olympic
Bept. 17
Seattle
Berengaris
Bapt. 21
30 San Francisco
Homeric
Oct. 1
Seattle
Aquitania
1 Oct. 5
ports, however, showed considerable contract will be relet by the Navy decreases.
Department, resulting in a mini- Statistics presented at a meeting mum loss to the company. of the Port of London Au- "On the assumption that the plans thority showed that the ton- for the reletting of the cruiser con- nage of vessels arriving in tract are promptly consumrnated, a or departing from the Port reorganisation and financing plaa of London with cargoes totalled has been perfected and agreed to 32.626.229, an increase of 933,352, which includes the underwriting of And the tonnage of vessels in bal- G.$2,500,000 of bonds and which will Jane 21 San Francisco last departing or arriving was enable the company to complete the Jane 17,369,381, an increase of 1,556,508. other vessels now under construc- July 5 For United Kingdom ports the ton- tion and to satisfy all its outstand-Joly nage or vessels arriving and doing commitments. parting with cargoes and in ballast | "The manufacturing operations | Aug. was 278,858,269, a decrease of of the company's important sub- Aug. 31,670,460 on the previous year. sidiaries, the De La Vergne Ma- Ang Vessels arriving and departing with chine Company, 1. P. Morris Cor-Aug. Aug. No claims will be admitted after cargoes totalled 163,042,915 tons, a poration, Pelton Water Wheel Com- Bopt.
pany, Federal Steel Foundry Com- the Goods have left the Godowns, decrease of 18,449,354 tona. and all goods remaining undeliver-tonnage of vessels in ballast was pany, Cramp's Brass and Iron Foun- ed after the 20th inst. will be sub-115,815,354, a decrease of 13,230,- dry and Cramp Engine Manufactur-
105.
ing Company, will be continued. ject to rent.
thus Kingdom ports All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under.showed a decrease of just over 10 per cent. for vessels with cargo and sigued on or before the 4th July, with bailast respectively, while for 1927, or they will not be recognized. London there was an increase of All broken, chafed and damaged 29 per cent. for vessels with car- Goods are to be left in the Godowns, goes and 9.8 for vessols in where they will be examined on the ballast. 20th inst, at 10 a.m.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) signed by
ST. ALBANS 1 4,500 ARAFURA TANDA
6,000 0,966
1st July Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, & 29th July
Melbourne, 2nd Sept.
Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghal, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The Union S.S. Company's steamers
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, ate.
to the United Kingdom via New
The F.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal. The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton London vin Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
KALYAN
9,144
18th June
Noon.
ALIPORE
TAKLIWA
• NOVARA
ARAFURA
5,273 18th June
10 a.m. 7,936 22nd June MACEDONIA 11,120 24th June
0,989 29th
TASHGAR
NYANZA
RAWALPINDI
DEVANHA
June 6,000 6th July 0,005 8th July 7,023 8th July 16,019 22nd July 8,155 6th Aug.
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe
Shanghal, Kobo & Moji
and
Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Ytama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokobama Shanghai. Moji & Kobe Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kabe & Yokohama
* Will not take passengers northwards.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Rangoon most defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
41 Cabins 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 1 ft. will be received
at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agents
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL'
LINE.
(OCEAN 8.S. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL 8.N, CO., LTD.,
AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
́(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.8, CO., LTD.)"
́ ́SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.
9.3. "AGAPENOR” -
Via Suez Canal 9.5. "CITY OF CHESTER" Vin Suez Canal Via Suez Canal
8.5. ""KELENUS"
9.8. "CITY OF BEDFORD" Via Suez Canal
3rd July.
14th July 31st July, 14th Aug.
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Gwners' Optior.
Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to:- ht
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Centon: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Canton.
Bills of Lading will be counter GIBL, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Hong Kong, 18th June, 1927.
Agents.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"ELLERMAN" LINE.
From EUROPE.
THE Steamship
TH
"CITY OF CHESTER"
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo
United
The
FEWER IDLE SHIPS.
Whatever the degree of optim-! ism currently expressed by indi-f vidual observers in the trade out- Goods Landed. The total of goods landed at the look, they have as a common basis docks controlled by the Port of more than anything else the evid London Authority during the year ent signs of improvement in the amounted to 2,586,968 tons, an in-demand for shipping since the Crease of 141,487, tons over the pre-beginning of the year, reflected, vious year. These figures were the on the one hand, in the freight highest since the record year of 1921, when the total was 2,872,903 index and the volume of new ton- Heavy importations of for-page under construction, and, on eign coal, however, accounted for the other, in the volume of ship the increase."
ping laid up. The quarterly re-
tons.
An incomplete statement of the turns of the shipping laid up idle Fort of London's foreign trade dur- in Great Britain and Ireland, ing the year ended March 31 last while somewhat limited in appli- shows the tonnnge of import's as cation, owing to the fact that they 13,563,901,
compared with include foreign ships idle in Bri- 12,960,779 during the previous tish ports and take no account of year, an increase of 593,122.
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PORT ADMINISTRATION,
shipping idle elsewhere, have shown such a pronounced down- wird, movement since the begin- by her are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into! Port problems arise at both ends ning of the year that they cer- tainly merit attention. At the hazardous and/or extra- of the sea transit, and very many! hazardous Godowns of Holt's thousands of pounds will have to January 1 last the net shipping Wharf, whence delivery may be he judiciously spent in the provi-idle amounted to 364,874 tons. sion of better wharf, warehousing. At April 1 it aggregated 239,681 obtained.
and cranage facilities, so that ir-tons. Since April 1, 1926, there No Claims will be admitted after ritnting intermediate costs may be has been a net decrease of over the Goods have left the Godowns, eliminated on every ten of produce 120,000 tons. It is only necessary and all Goods remaining undeliver- that passes, Some
ambitious
ed after 22nd June, 1927, will schemes of this nature are already to recall that at the end of July, be subject to rent.
under way in several of the following the generalike, British there were 860,000 tons of ship- All Claims against the Steamer Dominions and Colonies. must be presented to the Under-, ports, too, are doing a good deal to ping lying idle to appreciate the
O'beg-S'hmptn July 29 Path-Obrg Aug. 7 Obrg Sampta Aug. 12 Obrg-bmpto Aug, 16 Path-Obrg
Aug. 28 Obrg-hmpin
Aug. 20 Obrhmpin Sept. 9 P*math-brg Bapt. 12
brg-hmptn Sept. 23 brg-Shmpin Sept 17
Ubeg-8bmpin Oct.
Obrg-Whmpt. Oct.
TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT
Wednesday, June 29th
Wednesday, July 18th..
..Wednesday, July, 27th. Wednesday, Aug. 10th.
.Wednesday, Aug. 24th
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesday.
TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK. VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES
— GENOA--MARSEILLES, Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK. PRESIDENT WILSON...Tuesday, June 21st 8.00 a.m.
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
PRESIDENT POLK
PRESIDENT ADAMS
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
..Tuesday, July 5th 8.00 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug, 2nd 8.00 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16th 8.00 a... Tuesday, Aug. 30th 8.00 am.
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.
TO
VILA.
June 21at,
6.00 a.m.
June 21st
6.00 p.m.
June 27th
6.00 p.m.
July 5th
8.00 3.1.
..July 5th
6.00 p.m.
PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PRESIDENT LINCOLN
For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to
signed on or before 29th June, cater for the present-day demand significance of this improvement. THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO
1927, or they will not be recognised for rapid and cheap cargo handling. Allowing for obsolescent tonnage, but mechanical equipment can be the amount of efficient shipping All broken, chafed and damaged atinpted with advantage to many now idle in British ports is less Goods are to be left in the Godowas, new uses, and the antiquated charg: than at any time since the war. where they will be examined on any ing methods need to be modernised Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 a.m. and Noon, within the Free Storage period of One Week.
and simplified.
Only in the last few years has the science of port administration re- ceived serious study. Ports have their divisional and their depart- No Fire Insurance has been
mental organisations, and many effected..
that are hybrids. That ideal sys- Bills of Lading will be counter-tems have not yet been devised la signed by.
evidenced by the frequent changes THE BANK LINE, LTD., that still take place in the leading General Agents. offloes and office-bearers of the principal ports. The search for a scientific system of costing at the big housing ports still continues, though it has proved the "Waterloo" of a number of outside experts and effelency equipment specialists.
Hong Kong, 16th June, 1927.
SNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG KONG FOR JUNE, 1927.
Sunset
7.09
It may yet prove that the Contin- ental "free port" system will allow
facilities not obtainable under the British bonding arrangements, 7.09 especially as we gradually charge from a Free Trade to a Protectionist 7.10 nation. Again, the terminal ar
7.10.
Date June
18
19
Sunrise
5.38 5.39
20
E**
21
6.39
710
22
5.89
23
5.40
24
5.40
25
56.40
26
5.40
27
28
5.40 5.41
5.41
5.41
rangements as between dock author ities and railway companies are 7.10 riddled with anomalies, and trans- 7.10 port men strong enough and tactful 7.10 enough to put things right will de- 7.11 serve well of the nation. A num- 7.11 ber of oversens examples may be 7.11 drawn on for Inspiration, if local 7.11 vision fails. The Bulletin of the 7.11 National Traffic College."
` REPORT FROM
BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS OF KWANGTUNG
Waterlevels in English Feet.
Place of Observation
West River at Shiuhing i
North River at: Teingyues North River at Samehul East River at Sheklung
Highest W. Lowest W.L
on record
record
-+- 41′′.0*·
+27.3 Cute 18-20.
W.L
15/0 +18.T
16/6
+19.8
12.4 +10.7 1.22
+11.4 +10.2
10.70
GENERAL AGENTS.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Buliding, Ground Floor Telephone. Central 2477, 2478 & 795,
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: “MANIFESTO” HONGKONG.
Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Second Edition;
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DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, ELECTRICIANS.
S.S. "TAIPING.”
Speed 14.77 LH.P. 4090 D.W: 4215 tons.
Built and engined by the Hong Kong & Whampon Dock Co., Ltd.'
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager':
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Dock, Hongkong.
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