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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927.

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, 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.)

S. S.

Tons

From Hongkong

About

Destination

THE FIRST PORT.

1 A RECORD YEAR 'FOR

LONDON.

THE CHINA MAIL.

PASSENGER LIST.

DEPARTURES.

Passengers departed per Dollar Liner "President Cleveland" which left Hong Kong for the North on July 27, are:-

CONSIGNEES.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

i

'CONSIGNEE NOTICE.

THE Steamship

"YALOU"

London, whose supremacy as the world's largest shipping centre has stood unchallenged for centuries. has just completed a record year. Mr. J. Cameron, Dr. Y. S. Wan, The aggregate of registered ton-Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Roberts, Miss BRINGING CARGO from Dunkirk, page carried on the Thames is the

Roberts, Mrs. C. Y. Huang, Mra, London, Antwerp, &c, also Cargo highest in the history of the port. Wong Chin-shee,

With bigger ships and inerenaing

Messrs. Chan from Havre, Cognac, &c, Ex. 3.5. trade has come the demand for big-Wing, Mr. Ma Stag som, C. G. "Commissaire Pierre Lecocq."

Mackie, Wong Tak-chun, Lee Hce- CONSIGNEES are hereby in gur docks. A £4,000,000 develop- funt scheme which the Port of Lon-ling. T. S. Wong, P. E. O. Bolger. formed that their goods with the don Authority has in hand will not Miss E. Ahwee, Messra. T. J. Evans, exception of Opium, Treasure and only give London a still greater H. W. Rny, Misa Ray, Miss Waller, Valuables are being landed and lead over her rivals, but will pro- Messra, Chung Sing-bong, J. H. stored into the Godowns of the vide her with a dock for the largest Little, Lau Kinht A. A. HONG KONG KOWLOON WHARF vessels afloat.

Reméding, Comdr., 1, II. Mayfield, & GODOWN CO., LTD., KOW

An authority on shipping esti-Messra, F.. H. C. Jaeger, Ng Tsz- LOON, whence delivery may be mates that a thousand ships of alingong, Mui Peng-hol, Lee Dick, obtained immediately after landing. {sizes pass Gravesend every 24 Jeu See-hop, Mr. and Mrs. Wong All claims must be sent in to mu {hours, and a thousand entries in alYou, Dr. J. F. Rock, Messrs. In on or before THURSDAY, the #thi book are made by a look-out man Wan-ra, Li Chih-chen. Wai Chung-August, 1927, or they will not be in a tower at Tilbury,

įkwok, M. E. - Antolini. Messrs. recognized.

50 Miles Long.

L. C. Bisgaard, Mr. Hau Ngok-tari, DAMAGED PACKAGES will be Mr. and Mrs. Fung Fook-tian, examined by the Company's Surve London's great network of docks, Messrs. C. J. Ferguson, K. C. Fan, vor Messra:-Goddard & Douglas is quays and wharves and store Mr. and Mrs. Yang, Miss in the firesence of the Consignews houses, ore spread over 50 milles of river bank. Nearly 80,000 men of Master J. J. Corbett, Mesars. J. August, 1927.

Master H. G. Raymond,

Allen, at 10 am on MONDAY, the 18t muscle are registered as dock work-C. Flowers, R. H. Flower, W. No Fire Insurance will be effect-

The vision of London's shipping. Guerry, Misses C. Grether. M.

McGibbon, Mrs. A. C. Gibb, Mr.ed by us in any case whatever.

J. LIMAGE, supremacy lies through the bascules

Agent. Hong Kong, 26th July, 1927. THE HEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

ers in London.

of the Tower Bridge. London's M. Hanna, Mr. C. Holcomb, Mrs. leet of ocean giants is steadily in-S. Kishle, Misses B. Lopez. P. R. creasing. The biggest vessel that Samson. Mr. T. B. Thompson, has ever entered the Thames is the Misses M. E. Thompson, T. L. Red Star Ilner

"Beltenland Thompson, Mrs. M. L. Thompson, 127,1 tons), but "Cunarders" of Mrs. I. Watson. Mesars. J. L. 20,000 tons

have recently made Waller, K. Yabuki, Misses F. Lindon their home. The new era Yabuki, M. Tabuki, M. Tubuki, for big ships that has just opened! Mrs. U. Yabuki and Me. T. P. is bound to develop with the dock Chan. and warehouse improvements atj Tilbury and other places nearer the Poot.

From LEITH. MIDDLESBRO',

ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.

THE Steamship THE "BENLED!"

Passengers departed from Hong

Consignees of Cargo are hereby.

Four and five thousand tonners.

Kong by the s.s. "Kama Maru" informed that all Goods are being will soon be able to unload within a for Japan via Shanghai on July landed at their risk into the hazar few yards of London Bridge itself, 27 were:-Mr. T. Arimura, Mr. dous and or extra hazarious Go where there mammoth cranes are T. Akagi, Mr. Y. Endo, Mr. T. downs of The Hongkong and Kow loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. being erected on the new bi jetty Itoh, Mr. K. Hasegawa, Mr. Hwhence, and for from the wharves 2nd Aug. Mlles, C'blanca, L'don, A'werp & Hull at Hay's Wharf, on the South side. Unakami, Mr. Y. Kurita, Mr. and delivery may be obtained.

Hitherto boats only a quarter of Mrs. Ou Tsin-shuing, Miss M. 3rd Aug.

the size have berthed there, Ou, Miss M. Ou, Mr. and Mrs. the goods have left the godowns, J. V. Harnweld, Mr. C. H. Nance, and all goods remaining undeliver

Straits & Bombay

KALYAN NYASZA

7,023

KASHGAR

RAWALPINDI

SIOREA

DEVAMIA

KLYDER

MALWA

Noum 0,005

6th Aug. Nuon 16610 20th Aug, 1933 Sul Sept. 8,155 17th Sept. 2,114 1st Det. 10.1046 15th Ust.

Matscilles, London & Antwerp

►

Marseilles & London

Marseilles & London

Marseilles & London

KASUMIR

SANG 29th -Det..

· Marseilles & Landon.

MACEDONIA

11,20 12th Nov.

Marseilles & London

Marseilles. Londen & Antwerp

Marseilles & London

to

Frequent commection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo Constantinople, Pirenas, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

Tonnage Incrense.

No claims will be admitted after

The aggregate of vessels using Mr. Sio Bee-keng, Com. Ted after the 28th instant, will be the Port during the year ending Ishiguro, Com. T. Nakamura, subject to rent.

over

it was 49.095,610, an increase of 2,489,060 tons

the previous rear.

The following table of the total lonnage in and out of the Port shows, how this record was rench- ed:--

от

.

before the 11th

August, 1927 or they will not be recognized.

last March was the highest in his- Com. T. Honda, Mr. J. Miyoshi, All claims against the steamer tory. Represented by the total of Mr. S. Oda, Mr. D. Nicolau, Mrs. must be presented to the Under registered tannage arriving and de- Kurita, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. signed on parting with cargoes and in ballast Stibbe, Mr. H. Hino, Mr. F. Oda, Mr. K. Geyer, Mr. T. Koyima, Mr. and Mrs. Tse Ting-shu, Capt. All broken, chafed, and damaged and Mrs. M. Hori, Mr. K. Tasaka, goods are to be left in the Go- Mr. S. Mori, Mr. F. Ono, Mr, and downs, where they will be examined Mrs. Y. Yamaguchi, Mr. T. on the 28th Instant, at 10 a.m. Iwasaki, Mr. K. Sada, Mr. S. X Fire Insurance has beep Takamoto, Mrs. Chan, Miss S. effected. Yamasaki, Miss Loong Yi-yuen, Bill of Lading will be counter- Mrs. Wong She, Mr. K. Mura-signed by matsu, Mr. J. Kojima, Mr. Shing GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.. -Fong-ng.

Agentam

Year

1910

1918

SANTHIA

| 7,754 | 12th Aug. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

1921

1922

1000

7020

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)

1024

1925

ARAFURA

TANDA

ST. ALBANS

6,000 | 29th July ↑ Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island,

4 p.m.

Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, 0,950 2nd Sept. 4,500 30th Sept. Melbourne,

&

Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Ikilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawau, Tunor, Darwin, or other ports en route us inducement offers.

Frequent.connections from Australia with the following:-

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal,

The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to Landan via the Cape,

1926

Reg. tonnage. 38,610,000 *40,082,000

34,087,000

39,293,000

41,215,000

45,394,000

47,064,000 49,995,610

There are already signs that London is increasing her lead as the world's greatest shipping centre. New York follows close on hert heels, and then Liverpool, Lon- don's lead over Liverpool in 1926) was 17,000,000 tons.

A MODERN DRAKE.

ACROSS ATLANTIC_IN_8-TON

BOAT IN 54 DAYS.

Hong Kong, 21st July, 1927.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

The 8.3. "Calulu" (D. & Co.) arrived in Manila from Rabaul & Australian Ports on July 20, and la expected in Hong Kong to-day.

The E&A. 5.5. "Arafura” will Claiming to have sailed from leave for Manila, Sandakan, Thurs- Growing Fleets.

Charleston, South Carolina, in 54 day Island, Townsville. Brisbane, Foreign trade is improving. The days, Capt. Thomas Drake, who Sydney, and Melbourne, to-morrow, value of overseas imports and ex-arrived at Plymouth in an 8-tons

calls himself the "Lone Sea Rover,at 4 p.m. ports to London in 1925. was

The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress, or The Union S.5. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New 745,425,000. Big and small steam schooner-rigged boat, the "Pilgrim Asia" left Yokohama on July 22,

ship lines are adding to their fleets.

of Seattle,"

and is due at Vancouver on July Si More dredgers are sucking up the is fitted with an auxiliary

The boat, which he built himself, The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of mud In the fairway.

motor, Canada" from Manila, ia due here Rubber stocks are now larger but Capt. Drake said that the en- at 10 am. on August 1, and will The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and than in 1924. There is an effort to tire distance was accomplished by berth at Pier No. 5 Kowloon Wharf. London via Panama Canal.

increase the Port of London's pro- sail only.

The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of digious trade in oil. City men are native of Faversham, Kent, and an Kong, via Japan ports and Shang- Capt. Drake stated that he is a Russia" left Vancouver for Hong talking of a costly scheme to lay American citizen. He left England hai on July 21. and is due here on a pipe line from Crayfordness to Purfleet if order to quicken the many years ago and settled in the August 8 transport of oil, but this scheme United States, where he was en- The 8. "Finme-L" (D. & Co.) would only do away with a com-gaged in mining and timber. paratively small number of oil back, and he set sail on April 27

The call of the sen brought him July 18, and is due in Hong Kong barges.

on August 18. A shipbuilding boom is fore- from Charleston in the "Pilgrim • The following vessels of the shadowed. Signs of it, in fact, Seattle," which is 38ft. long, 11ft. Compagnie des Messageries Marl are already appearing, and this beam, and 4ft. deep, Between naturally will have some stimulat Bermuda and the English Channel times are expected here:-

"Chenonceaux," August 2 effect on

he only saw 6 vessels,

"Athos II," August 30. nenet the big Cunarders" have After leaving the "Azores," he

"D'Artagnan," September 13. jilted Liverpool and have fallen in said, he hove to for 4 days during love with London. The Cunard line raging galee, and then sight- has now the largest service from the during the voyage he hove to for ed the English coast. Altogether

best day's run was

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

July | Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Oska

GARDETA

5,327 29th

B.

DEVANHA

8,155

6th Aug.

TANDA

0,956

9th Aug.

MORZA

NAGPORE

KHYBER

10,953 5283 19,134

19th Aug

30th Aug.

NYANZA

MALYA

2nd Sept. ST. ALBANS 14,500 6th Sept. 7023 15th Sept. 10.986 16th Sept. 8985 30th Sept.

KASHMIR

Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Muji, Kobe, Usakn" & "Yokohama Shanghai Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kabe & Yokohamn Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokoham Shanghal, off & Kobe Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yckobama

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. Thames of any Atlantic shipping 5 days and nights owing to rough

́WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

*Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Rotel expenses

at

Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.

A Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.

Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries.

Parcels measuring not more than 21⁄2 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.

r. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG. Agents.

company.

Before the war the Cunard pos- weather. His sessed but

small London- 140 miles, Canadian link consisting of one or wo vessels of 14,000 tons. To-day the link has been extended to New York, and London's largest dock, the King George V., opens its gates to 20,000-tonners.

New Tilbury Dock.

The next step in the development of London's waterway is the possi bility of Tilbury becoming seri oua rival to Southampton and Liver- pool as an American passenger

hort..

The £4,000,000 scheme for Port Improvements includes a sum of 2,276,000 for the construction of a new dock at Tilbury to accommo-

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

STEAMER FOR STRAITS, "COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, AND LONDON,

THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE. date the largest liners afoat, THE Steamship

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

י

FUNNEL

"BLUE

"LINE. (OCEAN S.S. CO. LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LTD., AND

AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE (ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.) SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.

8.4. "HELENUS"

Via Suez Canal

9.S. "CITY OF BEDFORD" Via Suez Canal

8.S. "MENTOR"

Via Suez Canal

8.8. "CITY OF NORWICH" Via Suez Canal

29th July

gth Aug.

26th Aug.

11th Sept.

Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Gwners' Option.

Subject to change without notice.

For Freight and particulars apply to:--

BUTTERFIELD & SWIFE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON À CO., LTD, Chaton,

THE

"NYANZA ”

landing atage similar to that at, Liverpool, but shorter, and a river- side station for through traina to Capt. L. M. GORDON, R.N.R., other ports and industrial centres, carrying His Majesty's Mails will Boats like the "Majestic" and the be despatched from this port on "Leviathan," after disembarking or about WEDNESDAY, the 3rd passengers at the landing stage, will berth and "turn round" in the August, 1927, at NOON, taking new dock.

Cargo for the above Ports, Under the scheme other docks Silk, Valuables and Tea for Italy, will be enlarged, including the West France and London (under arrange- India, South West India Dock and ment) will be transhipped at Bom- Millwall Dock.

bay into the Mail Steamer proceed-' ing direct to Marsellies and Lon- don.

POLAR CAKE

ITS QUALITY

THAT COUNTS

Farcels will be received at this Office until 6 p.m. the day before safiing. The contents and value of all packages must be declared.

For further Particulars, Apply

tom

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

Agents. Hong Kong, 27th July, 1927.

from Trieste, sailed from Aden on

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5

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

AND

AMERICAN MAIL LINE

JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE ..

A Regular Weekly Sailing

TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE. ·

THE "PRESIDENT LINERS”

TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU, SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE SUNSHINE BELT"

PRESIDENT MADISON.

PRESIDENT JACKSON

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

Monday, Aug. 1st 10 p.m.

Tuesday,

Aug. 16th.

.Tuesday,

Aug. 30th.

Tuesday,

Sept. 13th.

.Tuesday,

Sept. 27th,

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 Enes across United States and Canada, with liberal atop-over privileges for Sightseeing. Ask for Information. Following are suggested Itiner aries:-

From Hongkong

Via

Contacting with Steamship

From N. York

Arriving si

Aug.

2 San Francisco

Ang- Aug. 148an Francisco Aug..

Seattle

10 Soritlo

Majestic Mauretania Olympic Bercugaria

Aug. 3 San Francisco Sejit.

Reattle Sept. 13 Ban Francisco Sept. 21 Beatflo Sajt. 27 San Francisco Det. 5 Seattle Oct. 11 San Franciaco Oct, 19 Beattle

Homeric Aquitania Majestic Leviathan

('84 52

Olympic

Oct, 20

Berengaria Loristhan

Nov. 2

Cbig-hmptn Nor.

Nov. 12

Chrg-S'hapte Nov.

Sept.

Sopt B Fest, 17 Sept. 21 Vet. Oct. 5 Oct. 15

Sept. Верк

C'big-S'impin

"mth-Obrg Cbg & hmpin Sept. Cbig-Sampin Sept

Gbg B'hmpin Oct. Obrg-hmpin Oct Cbg Shmpta Oct. Chrg-Shape et. Cbig-hmptn Nov..

Aqultaala Nov. 16 Obg-8'hmutn Nov. 22

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK. VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES

-GENOA -MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK, PRESIDENT POLK...

PRESIDENT ADAMS

PRESIDENT GARFIELD

PRESIDENT HARRISON PRESIDENT MONROE

„Tuesday, Aug. 2nd 8:00a.m.

..Tuesday, Aug. 16th 8.00 La Tuesday, Aug. 30th 8.00a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18th 6.00 a.m.

Tuesday, Sept 27th-8:00-a:m Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

. PRESIDENT GRANT

PRESIDENT MADISON

Wedneėday, Aug. 10th.

Wednesday, Aug. 24th

Wednesday, Sept. 21st.

Wednesday Oct. 5th.

Wednesday, Sept. 7th.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesday.

TO MANILA.

PRESIDENT POLK

PRESIDENT PIERCE

PRESIDENT JACKSON PRESIDENT ADAMS PRESIDENT TAFT.

.Aug. 2nd .Aug. 2nd .Aug. 8th .Aug. 16th

8.00 a.m.

6.00 p.m.

6.00 p.m.

8.00 a.m.

..Aug. 16th

6.00 p.m.

For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

GENERAL AGENTS,

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor

Telephones 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;

Western Union and Watkins.

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.

Beift and engined by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.

Please address enquiries to the Chief· Manger:

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA., Kowloos Bock, Hongkong.

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