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THE CHINA MAIL.

DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD. SHIPPING SECTION.

FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.

LLOYD

TRIESTINO

I

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 PAS SAGE RATES.

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE · LONDON

NEXT SAILINGS.

£72.10.0. £80.0.0.

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJL

M.V. "REMO”

S.S. "FIUME-L"

\- M.V. "ESQUILINO"

From Hong Kong.

.Salls on or about 21st July.

Sails on or about 18th August; Sails on or about 15th September.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE ÄND TRIESTE.

M.V. "VIMINALE"

M.V. “REMO“

S.S. "FIUME-L"

From Hong Kong.

Sails on or about 28th July. Salts on or about 23rd August. ..Sails on or about 20th September.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

S.S. “UMVOLOSI””

.Saila from Calcuttr 30th June. S.S. “UMZUMBI"

.Salls from Calcutta 31st July, 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..

NYKLINE

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. -SAN-FRANCISCO-via-Shanghai,-Japan-Forts & Honolulu,

SHINYO MARU (Calls Keelung).... Tuesday, 12th July, at 9 nm.

26th July, at 10a.m. Tuesday, 9th August.

• SIBERIA MARU (Calis Keelung)... Tuesday, ,TAIYO MARU

* Calls Los Angeles,

LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.

FUSHIMI MARU

HAKOZAKI MARU

HAKUSAN MARU

Saturday, 2nd July, at 11 am. Saturday, 16th July, at 11 am.

Saturday, 30th July.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

AKI MARU

MISHIMA MARU

Wednesday, 20th July, at 11 am. Wednesday, 24th Aug., at 11 a.m.

BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & COLOMBO,

TAMBA MARU

Monday, 11th July.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama.

RAKUYO MARU

Monday', 11th July.

- SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,

KANAGAWA MARU

Thursday, 11th August.

NEW YORK and/or BOSTON vin PANAMA,

BENGAL MARU

TATSUNO MARU

Thursday, 21st July. Wednoaday, 10th August.

LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports,

DELAGOA MARU

Tuesday, 12th July.

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.

HAKODATE MARU

CEYLON MARU

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

MISHIMA MARU..

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

NAGATO MARU (Moji direct)

HARUNA MARU

Friday, 1st July.

Friday, 8th July.

Friday, 22nd July.

Saturday, 2nd July.

Monday, 11th July.

·YAMAGATA MARU (Muji direct))... Tuesday, 12th July.

KAMO MARU

Tuesday, 26th July.

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)

M.M

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Cargo Bonta).

Monthly Sailings direct to HAMB URG, BOTTERDAM, DUNKIRE:-

S.S. "LT. ST. LOUBERT-BIE"

4th July.

3.8. "YALOU" due to arrive from DUNKIRK, LONDON,

HAVRE about the 22nd July.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (Mail Service)

Btowers.

bailing

from

MarseiRos.

Arr. et Hong Kong & Bailings for 8baoghal and Japan.

AMERICAN PORTS.

BENEFITS FOR FOREIGN SHIPS.

A NEW ACT.

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For serious facial or head dis- figurement there is provision for payment of compensation not to

exceed 3,600 dols.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

North Wall Basin, Aphis; South Wall Basin, Suba. L.15 and L19; North Arm, Vindic tive, Wishart and Wolverine; Suba. L.2 and LS; In Dock, West Wall Dock, Wanderer and Foxglove: Taikoo Dock, Caradoc; Kowloon Dock, Hermes; Buoy 1,

24,

If the injury causes denth thero Curlew; Buoy 2, Delhi; Buoy 3, is to be payment of funeral ex-Thracian; Buoy 4, Hawkins (on penses not exceeding 200 dols., arrival); Buoy 6, Frobisher (on and if there is a surviving wife arrival); Buoy 8, Dauntless (on or dependent husband and no child arrival Buoy 7, Titania; Baoy Considerable interest has been onder the age of 18 years, 35 per 8, Ladybird; Buoy 9, Wild Swan; aroused in shipping circles in deceased during widowhood or de- Buoy 10, Bruce and Stirling; Great Britain by the passing in pendent widowhood, is to be paid Buoy 11, Stormcloud; Buoy 12, America of the Longshoremen's to the survivor, with two years' Robin and Cicala; Buoy 18, and Harbour Workers' Compensa- compensation in one sum upon Ruthenia; Buoy 19, U.S.S. tion Act, which received the ap-remarriage, "and if there be a Helenn; Bupy 19, U.S.S. Pruitt proval of Congress on March 4. surviving child or children of the (on arrival); Buoy 21, Adamos- Part of the Act, which comprises deceased under the age of 18 tor (Portuguese); Buoy fifty-two sections, became effec- years, the additional amount of 10 Kharki; Buoy 2A, H.S Maine; tive on that date, and the remain-per cent. of such wages for each Oil Fuel Jetty, Fortol; Foreign. der (covering sections 1 to 38) such child until the age of 18 Men-o'-War, Patria (Portu- will come into operation on July 1. years; in case of the death or re- guese), Adamastor (expected), Up till now the position has marriage of such survivingU.S.S. Pampanga, U.S.S. Helena, been one of considerable confusion wife or depdadent husband U.S.S. Pruitt (expected), Argus and uncertainty. It was held in any surviving child of the (French), the case of the International | deccased employee, .at the Stevedoring Company v. Haverty time under 18 years of age, shall (United States Supreme Court, have his compensation increased October, 1926) that the State to 15 per cent. of such wage, and MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. Workmen's Compensation Acts the same shall be payable until he did not apply to injuries to shore shall reach the age of 18 years." workers (commonly known as There is a proviso that in the longshoremen) on board ship. case of death the total amount As a result claims were denit (payable shall in no case exceed 66 with under common law, and the 12-3 per cent. of such wages. Jury sometimes, it is stated. Under Sec. 14 (m.) it is laid awarded "colossal" damages. down that the total compensation The result of that decision, it is payable under the Act for injury known, has been to increase the or death shall in no event exceed employers' ability insurance the sum of 7,500 dols. rates by at least 20 per cent... with a grave risk of much larger. increases in the rates following

Under English law, it is inter- upon the continued awarding of eating to note, the maximum com- heavy damages, not only to the pensation in the case of death is Immediate but in some cases to a £600 where there is a surviving number of next-of-skin. It was widow and children, and where with the view of overcoming this there is a widow alone the com- serious situation that new legisla-pensation is limited to £300. For tion was introduced.

English Law.

total incapacity, temporary or per- manent, compensation is limited under English law to 50 per cent. of the average earning capacity, with a maximum of 30s. per week.

Scales of Compensation. As against the unlimited dam ages which might be awarded by juries under common law, the Act provides (under Section 8) in the

For partial incapacity, tempor- case of permanent total or tem-ary or permanent, the payment of porary total disability for com- 50 per cent. is limited to the dif- pensation of 66 2-8 per cent. of ference between the actual carn- the average weekly wage to be ing capacity of the injured per paid during the continuance of sons and 'his average earnings at such disability.

the time of the injury, not exceed- For permanent partial disabil-ing the limit of 30s. per week. ity compensation is payable on the basis of 66 2-3 per cent, of the average weekly wage for periods varying from 15 weeks for the -loss-of-a-finger to 312 weeks for

the loss of an arm.

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The Ben Line 8... "Benvrackie” from. Middlesbro'. Antwerp, Lon- don, Straits and Philippines, is due to arrive here on July 9.

The following vessels of the Compagnie des Messageries Mari- times are expected here:-

"Paul Lecat," July 5. "Amazone," July 19. "Yalou," July 22,

"Chenonceaux," August 2. "Athos II," August 30.

- "D'Artagnan," September 13.

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide-table given below has been obtained by aid of the Tide- predicting Machine, which in- cludes 40 components for the bet- ter prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kaulung tidal observatory under the direction of Dr. Doberek dur- ing the years 1887, 1988, & 1889.

The times and heights are given for Kaulung; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small,

The times of high-and low- The scale of compensation water must not be considered to under the new American Act is coincide with the times of slack- undoubtedly very heavy, and, water and change of current, the probably, in this respect, there- two fore-the measure-will-be-a-source-distinct.

phenomena being quite of disappointment to shipowners, but any scale, however bigħ, will be welcomed as a substitute for the unlimited damage which

passing of the Act.

June 24 to 30, 1927.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.

CANADIAN

PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC.

TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.

STEAMERS

EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF ASIA

SAILINGS 1927.

Kobe T'huma V*vor

K'Kong S'hai

Leave Leave Leave

Leave

Arrive July 13 July 16 July 19 July 22 July 31

Aug., 12 Aug. 211

Sept. 2 Sept. 11

Aug. 3 Aug. 6 Aug. 9 Aug. 24. Aug. 27 Aug. 30 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Oct. 2 Oct. 5.Oct. B Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct, 29 Nov., 1

Nov. 4 Nov. 13 Nov. IS Nov. 19 Nov, 22 Nov. 25 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 16 Dec. 25 (E/Aain and E/Russia call at Nagasaki the day after departure from S'hai).|

EMPRESS OF CANADA

CONNECTING SAILINGS TO EUROPEAN PORTS,

MINNEDOSA......Aug.

MONTCLARE

E/AUSTRALIA.....Aug. 31

MINNEDOSA

MONTROSE

....Sept. 16

MONTCALM

Cherbourg and. Antwerp.

....Oct. 7

..Oct. 28 ..Nov. 18

Frequent sailings to Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow, Southampton.

Leave

Arrive

SPECIAL FARES TO EUROPE

£120

£112

£83

HONG KONG-MANILA SERVICE.

Leave

Arrivo

Manila Hong Kong

EMPRESS OF CANADA

July 30 Aug. 1

Aug. 20 Aug. 22

Hong Kong Mañile

July 19 July 21 Aug. 9 Aug. 11 * EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS

TRAVELLERS CHEQUES PAYABLE THE WORLD OVER.

THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO CARRY FUNDS.

Passenger Department: Tel. 0,752 Freight and Express:

O.

Tel. C. 42

Cables: "GACANPAC." Cables: "NAUTILUS."

S: K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM Colombo, Sues and Port Said. ALTAI MARU

& ANTWERP-Via Stagapore,

.Sunday, 10th July.

-Thursday, 14th July.

.Saturday, 6th July,

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

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. MANILA MARU

BOMBAY Via Blogapore and Colombo.

SHUNKO MARU

SUMATRA MARU (Calls at Penang) Tuesday, 10th July. DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND

MOMBASA-Via Singapore and Colombo, PANAMA MARU

CANADA MARU

TIENTSIN

KINZAN MARU

CALCUTTA—Via Singapore.and.Rangoon..

Wednesday, 6th July.

.Sunday, 31st July.

.Saturday, 11th July.

Middle of June, Monday, 25th July.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Shanghai and Japan

TACOMA MARU SEATTLE MARU

BANGKOK-Via Saigon.

AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT might be incurred before the

DATE

Jane

LINE. Operated for

In fact, in view of the extra-

Fri. ordinary situation which, as al- ready indicated, has arisen in the st United States in regard to com- pensation to ship workers, the an. 18m 6 47 6.8 Act should, it is considered, prove

HIGH WATER | LOWER WAYRI

Standard

Sta dard Et Timea

Timos

14 m −5 245.8 18.0 25 m 8 115.0

TACOMA MARU

Thursday, 14th July.

*(Calling at Saigon only).

SEKKOW MARU

Ht

Thursday, 28th July.

Ports.

m 11 37 2.9

0.8

11 33.1

1

A

dia | 4.7

m 0 18 2.4

1 .63 4

2 34 10

m 1 3 29 3 18 Ju

U. S. Shipping Board By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

S.S. "DEWEY"...July 12. FOR HAIPHONG & MANILA 5.S. "WEST FARALON" July 9

For full information apply to

SWAYNE & HOYT, INC.

L. EVERETT, Inc.

General Agents Telephone C: 3008

1st Floor, Queen's Building..

m0 579.7

to be a very beneficial piece of Mon. 272468

0. 34. legislation so far as steamship Tues 28 m 87.1 owners are concerned.

U 24.5 m 8 4 7.5 m 2 6

10 5b 41

48

m 9 17 7.6 m 2 39

11 7 3.9 443 10

It should put an end to the ac- Wed, 29 tivities of a certain class of American lawyer whose sole busi-Thurs 2 ness seems to be made up of at- tempts too often successful-to wring extortionate damages

The Czecho-Slovak Danube Navi- | from empolyers, who had to gatton Company will, it is expected, choose between the evil of pay- shortly acquire the lease of a zone ing out of Court or placing them- for dock facilities, from the muni- selves at the mercy of the jury.

cipality at Vienna.

BANK LINE LTD.

AGENTS FOR

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

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT ..

3.8. "CITY OF TOKIO”

S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW"

AUSTRALIA

Havre, L'don, R'dam, H'burg.. .Havre, L'don, R'dam, H'burg..

3rd July. 10th Aug.

AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE

ALABAMA MARU (From Shanghal} Wednesday, 20th July.

HAIPHONG Vs HOTHOW & PATHOL

MENADO MARU

Tuesday, 6th July.

NEW YORK Via Japan ports, San Francisco and Panama.

HAVANA MARU ......(from Kobe) Sunday, 24th July, FOR TIENTSIN VIA TSINGTAU

TIENTSIN & TSINGTAU

JAPAN PORTS

AMAZON MARU

CELEBES MARU

KEELUNG Via'SWATOW & AMOY.

HOZAN MARU

TAIKWA MARU

TAKAO Via SWATOW & AMOY.

Thursday, 14th July.

Saturday, 16th July.

Sunday, 3rd July,

Wednesday, 6th July,

Thursday: 30th June, 10 a.m

SOURABAYA MARU (Direct to Takad) Saturday, 2nd July.

DELI MARU ...

TAKAO

NITTO MARU

DAMEN

NITTO MARU

For further particulars please apply

Tel Central No. 4088, 4089. 4030.

CHINA

HONG KONG SANDAKAN

JAMBONGAN

Monday, 4th July,

Monday, 4th July,

to:-OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager,

BORNEO SHIPPING CO.

Hong Kong-Borneo Line.

PROJECTED SAILINGS OF THE

S.S. "FUH TAI"

Departure

Arrival

Saturday June 18 3 a.m. Thursday..

Departure Friday Arrival Departure Arrival Departure

23. 5 a.m.

24 8 a.m.

24, noon

26 6 am.

Friday

Sunday

ELLERMAN LINE

JESSELTON

KUDAT

LAHAD DATU Arrival

Monday

27.6 8.J

Monday

Arrival

Tuesday

28

27 5 p.m. Ga.m.

*

Departure

Tuesday

27

28 9 a.m.

Wednesday

29

4 p.m.

Departure

SEMPORNA.

Arrival

.Thursday .Thursday

20

5 a.m.

80 9 a.m.

Departure

..Friday

July 16 a.m.

Arrival

....Friday

1

noon

2

8 am.

8

6 am

4 midnight

9 p.m.

Sailings from BINGAPORE on 7th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO” or “CITY OF SPARTA”

to Java, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourns and Sydney and vice versa. Through Freight and Passenger bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellosman” Line or

other services.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.....AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

8.S. "CITY OF CHESTER"

via Suez Canal

vía Suez Canal

ALSO AGENTS FOR

ANDREW WEIR & Co.

8.S. "CITY OF BEDFORD"

Ballings from

Hong Kong for Marseilles.

பகழ்

20th May

21st June

3rd Juba

***

17th June

6th July 10th July

Ist July

2911, July

2nd Augmt 20th August

5th July 19th July Yad Ang. 16th Aug. 20th Aug. 7th Bept.

BERVICES. TO

BOSTON & NEW YORK.

8.8. "COMERIC“

vis Suez Canal

14th July. ...14th Aug.

TAWAU

SANDAKAN

HONG KONG

Departure ...Saturday

Arrival

Departure Arrival

..Sunday.

.Monday

,Saturday

Excellent accommodation for Saloon Passengers, Through Bill of Lading issued for Other B. N. Borneo Parts, For Freight and other informations please apply:

W. WATT & COMPANY,

27, Connaught Road West, Second Floor

Agents.

Phone C.4968.

PORTHOS EPHINX.

AMAZONE

··FAUL LEGAT...

CHENONUEAUX

THUS H...

RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES (cluding Table Wine. and Free Doctor's Attendance)

A Class 1st Class .. 209. Os. Od. B Class 1st Class....”285, On. Od.' Steamers † 2nd *. £70. Da. Od. Steamers Í 2nd

#1 .. 251. Ca. Od.

Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe. Accor modations reserved in the Trains at Marsailles, (Ballings subject to alteration without notice).

For full Partieniars, apply to:--

Cie, des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

Telephone: Central 740.

CONSIGNATION TRANSITREPR

$, Queen's Buliding. ENTATION.

MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

S.S. "TINHOW"

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE ..25th July. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

25th July.

From Hong Kong Loading for Mauritius, Delagos Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay

and Capetowa Through Bills of Lading issued to Boirs, Quilimaine, Tho, Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinde, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kilindial, Fort Nolloth, Laderita Bay, Walvis Bay and

Madagascar,

For freight or passage on any of the above lines apply to:- Telophoor...Central 4791.

THE BANK LINE. LTD.

REPORT FROM BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS OF KWANGTUNG

πο

Waterlevels In English Feet.

Highest WL Lowest W.L. WIL

W.L.

Place of Observation

record

28/6

20/0

West River at Shishing

· 410

16,5

falling

North River at Teingyum North River at Samshul East River at Sheklung

For the 27th.!

+23′7′′

9.1

falling

+27.′B*

0.9

8.9

+18'2

+

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