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DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

FOR BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ.

S.S. "BOLTON CASTLE"

LLOYD

Salls on/or about 15th Oct.

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.

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

NEXT SAILINGS.

LONDON

£72.10.0. £80.0.0.

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAL, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJ

M.V. "ESQUILINO"

M.V. "ROMOLO"

S.S. "VENEZIA”

From Hong Kong. Salls on/or about 15th Sept. Salls on/or about 13th Oct. ..Salls on/or about 10th Nov.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.

S.S. "FIUME-L"

M.V. ESQUILINO"

M.V. "ROMOLO"

From Hong Kong. · Salls on/or about 20th Sept. Salls on/or about 18th Oct. Sails on/or about 15th Nov.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

S.S. "UMSINGA"

Sails from Calcutta 3rd Sept. S.S. "UMVOLOSI"

Sails from Calcutta 2nd Oct. Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Porta. 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.

NYISLINE

THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES. £120, £112, 110, £102 £83, via San Francisco.

G$440, G420, via Japan and Seattle.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

• KOREA MARU

SHINYO MARU

SIBERIA MARU

Tuesday, 6th Sept., at Noon. Tuesday, 20th September, Tuesday, 4th October.

*Calls Los Angeles, omitting Horolalu. LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports,

KAMO MARU

KATORI MARU

ATSUTA MARU

TANGO MARU

AKI MARU

MURORAN MARU

SADO MARU

Saturday,

Saturday, Saturday,

10th. Sept., at 11. R... 24th Sept, at 11 a.m.

8th October,

..Wednesday,

Wednesday,

21st September. 10th October.

Sunday,

28th August. Saturday, 10th September.

BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & COLOMBO,

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

Mexico & Panama.

ANYO MARU

Thursday, 29th September.

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

KAWACHI MARU

Tuesday, 6th September. NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA,

CALCUTTA MARU

Sunday, 28th August. Sunday, 11th September, LIVERPOOL vla Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON,

TAKETOYO MARU

LIMA MABU

Friday, 21st October.

MOJI MARU

Wednesday, 31st August.

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

AKI MARU

Friday,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

TAMBA-MARU-(Kobe direct).

TOYOOKA MARU

CEYLON MARU (Moji direct)

KASHIMA MARU'...

18th September.

Sunday, 28th August Tuesday, 80th August. Friday, 2nd September.. Monday, 6th September.

For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)

M.M.

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Cargo Boats).

Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK:-

8.3. "DR. P. BENOIT" due to arrive from DUNKIRK, LONDON, HAVRE about the 25th August

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (Mail Service)

Belling from

Arr. at Hong

Blenteri

- Marseillos.

Kong & Ballingt for Bhanghai and.Japan.

Haflings, from Hong Kong for Marsellios.

CHEMONCEAUX ... A ATHOS II...

'A

29th July 2

18th August

15th Sept.

26th Augent (

9th September

27th Sept.

11th Oct

8th Nov.

23rd September

25th Oct

22nd Nor.

ANGERS

DABTAGNAN..

GAL METZINGER SPHINE

364

#8th Angust

30th Aug. 17th Bapt 11th Uch 26th Oct,

RATES OF PASSAGE MONET TO MARSEILLES (including Table Wine and Free Doctor's Attendance);/

1st Class

A Class) Ist Class 299, On. 04. B Clana

Rammers) Int

470. 08. 04. Bankers Late

Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europa. "Accommodations' reserved in the Firator at Marseilles.

(Bailings subject to alteration without notice).,

For full Pardeulars, apply to

Johtoh Gle, des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, Telophones Central 740,790 fps

CONSIGNATION-TRANSIT-REPRESENTATION,

THE CHINA MAIL.

SHIPPING

"RENOWN'S" CAT.

HOLDS UP IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL.

An amusing story has been cabled Home from Australia (at a cost that would keep a pussy cat in creamy milk and succulent giblets for a lifetime) of the black kitten mascot of the

SECTION.

·FARES CUT.

DETWEEN MANILA AND CHINA PORTS.

The Associated Steamship Lines has cut fares for passenger travel between Manila and ports in China and Japan. The reduced' schedule became effective on August 1, it

has been learned.

FAR EASTERN TRADE

SOVIET CHARTERING STEAMERS.

Tokyo, August 19.-The Soviet Mercantile Fleet, with the object of displaying greater activity in the Far Eastern trade, has chartered many Japanese steamers, including the "Kashima Maru," to be used in Bering Sea. Kamchatka, and Vindivostok. The same

of purchase

steam-

of

of the Empress liners, and of the Dollar and American Line, agents for the President ships on the MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. trans-Pacific run, in addition Shipping Board freighters and other round-the-world steamers.

to

No reduction has been made in the fares from Manila to the United States.

The new and the old passenger fares of the Associated Steamship

Lines are:- From Manila to

Hong Kong Shanghai

Nagasaki Kobe...

Old rate New rate

P.75 P.75

365

155

200

180

230

210

240

226

The O.S.K. s.8. "Tacoma Maru” la expected here from Japan ports to-day, and will sail to-morrow for Calcutta via Singapore, Penang and Colombo.

The O.S.K. 8.9. "Shunko Maru" will arrive here from Singapore on August 30 and sail for Japan ports on August 31.

The O.S.K. $.8. Mexico Maru" is expected to arrive here from Japan ports on August 30, and is due to sall on August 31 for East African ports via Singapore and Colombo.

ship company recently further six thousand-ten placed an order in Kobe for the freighters with a speed of 12 knots. This positive course of action on the part of Russia is said to be largely due to the severance The new rates will apply on ves-diplomatic relations between Rus- "Renown," which unwittingly sels operated by the Canadian sin and Britain.-Toho, held up the impressive ceremonial Pacific Steamship company, owners of dressing ship at the arrival off Perth of the Duke and Duchess of York, In brief, the kitten had assumed that the carefully ar- ranged piles of bunting placed along the deck in readiness for hoisting were merely a profusion of comfortable couches for its choice; it burrowed in one and went to sleep. As the long lines of flags went up the captain saw the kitten clinging desperately to a pennant a hundred feet above the deck. He at once gave orders & few to lower gently, and In seconds all was well-not one of the nine little lives had been lost. Nowhere do pets have such a good time as at sea. Sallormen, be they naval or mercantile, have plenty of leisure to play with | them. The crew of an American warship, the "Blackhawk, insist on their mascot puppy sleeping sailorwise, stretched out in a real Captafa William Marshall, little canvas hammock made to fit master of the White Star liner him.

"Olymple," which left New York

The P. & O. 5.8. "Nagpore" left Our cruiser, H.M.S. "Cairo,"shortly after midnight on July 8 Singapore for this port yesterday has, or had until recently, a mas for Southampton, has been com-at 6 a.m. with the outward Eng cot gazelle named Bob, who had manded by the King to appear as lish Mails, and is due here on been 10 years in the navy. He an aide de camp in attendance on September 1 at about 6 am. fell overboard in the Indian Ocean His Majesty at the opening of the last year, and, though the ship new Gladstone Docks at Liverpool was stopped and the boats search-on July 19. He was made an aide ed.for half an hour, no glimpse to the King last year. As Cap- could be obtained of him. It was tain Marshall was recently made feared that he had drowned, or a commodore in the Royal Naval

The M.V. "Esquilino (D. & Co.) that the sharks had pulled him Reserve and is the only comman- under, but eventually he was seen der in active commercial service from Brindisi, is expected in Hong swimming for the ship. The doc-holding the title, he will outrank Kong on September 15. tor and the sick-bay staff gave all other representatives of the him all the skilled treatment that British merchant service at the

1:

Yokohama....

WHITE STAR COMMANDER.

Honoured by King George at Liverpool

a human would have had; and, opening of the docks. although very much exhausted when rescued, he was out and about a few hours later.

The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of Asia" is duc here at 8.30 am. on August 30, and will berth at Pier No. 5, Kowloon Wharf. She will sail for Manila on August 31 at 5 p.m.

The Ben Line 3.8. "Bengloe" from Antwerp, London, Middlesbro', Straits and Philippines, la duc to arrive here on September 2.

The 8.8. "Bolton Castle" (D. & Co.) sailed from New York on July 19, and la due to arrive in Hong Kong on September 24.

S.S. "Athos II" to-morrow. S.S. "Angers" September 18.

S.S. "D'Artagnan" September 27. S.S. "Capitaine Faure" Septem-

ber 20.

S.S. "General Metzinger" Octo-

11.

The White Star Line will use the trans-Atlantic berths at the new doks exclusively and one of The following vessels of the Monkeys are the most popular its ships, the "Adriatic," will be Compagnie des Messageries Mari- ships' pets, but captains are not the first to enter the new docks.times are expected to arrive in willing to tolerate them in these Her transfer from the old berths Hong Kong:- days of hustle and hurry, as their of the line at the West Huskisson antics tend to take men's attention docks to the new docks will be an off the job in hand. Moreover, an important feature of the day's monkey mascots are such confirm programme. ed democratics; a man to them is The opening of the new docks merely a man whether a captain will give the White Star Line the or a deckswabber. The only per- most modern facilities for expedi-ber son aboard whom they might con- tious handling of freight, and will cede to be deserving of a little permit its ships to enter docks An earlier in the tide than at present, extra respect is the cook. angry captain does not like to be and leave later. Improved freight stared out of countenance or handling facilities apply equally mimicked by the ship's chim to shed space, which is greatly en- AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT larged and to rail transit, which will now begin directly at the ahipwide, without carting, as hitherto. There will also be ex- tensive space for motor lorries.

panzee.

WILL RELIEVE MOTHER'S FEARS.

The first steamer to occupy a berth at the new docks at the end of a voyage. will be the Celtic,

A panic of fear seizes mother when scheduled to sail from New York sudden and severe cramps, agonizing intestinal pains and weakening diaz-on July 16. All the ships will con- rhoea prostrate some one of the tinue to disembark and take on family.

Keep Chamberlain's Colic passengers at the Prince's landing and Diarrhoea Remedy in the home stage on the Mersey River front, and such emergencies need neither fear nor alarm. It eases pain the new docks being exclusively almost instantly. Sold everywhere.

CATEG

for freight.

S.S. "Sphinx" October 25.

S.5. "Si-Kiang" October 21. S.S. "Porthos" November 9.

LINE. Operated for

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

For fall information apply to.... SWAYNE & HOYT, ING. L. EVERETT, Inc.

General Agents Telephone C. 8008

1st Floor, Queen's Building.

BANK LINE LTD.

AGENTS FOR

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

BAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

S.S. "KABINGA"

S.S. "CITY OF PERTH”

AUSTRALIA

.London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Leith

Havre, London & Glasgow

ELLERMAN LINE

8th September 4th November

AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE: Sailings from SINGAPORE on 7th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO” or “CITY OF SPARTA”

to Jars, Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney and vice versa. Through Freight and Passenger bookings from Kong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerman" Line of

other services.

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

S.S. "CITY OF BOMBAY"

S.S. "CITY OF EASTBOURNE"

via 'Suez Canal

vía Suez Canal:

· ALSO AGENTS FOR

ANDREW WEIR

BOSTON & NEW YORK..

M.V. "OLIVEBANK”

SERVICES TO

vía Buez Canal

MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA

SS. “TINHOW”

From Hong Kong

& 00.

9th October 6th November

AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE

427th September

· ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.

My 25th October

Loading for Mauritius, Dalagon Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay

and Capetown. He

Through: Bills of Lading Inned to Beira, Quilinssine, ibo, Port Anglia, Hommbiqua, Chinda, Inhambane, Zanziber, Mombasa, Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Laderits Bay, Walvis Bay and

Madagascate

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

Central 4791.

THE BANK LINE LTD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927.

CANADIAN

PACIFIC

R.M.S. "EMPRESS OF ASIA"

will be despatched from

HONG KONG

FOR

MANILA

5 p.m. WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 31st.

CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS

TRAVELLERS - CHEQUES

PAYABLE THE WORLD OVER.

THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO CARRY FUNDS.

Passenger Department: Freight and Express:

Tel. 0.782

Tel. C., 42

O.

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

S..

K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TU ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Yia Singapore,

Colombo, Sues and Port Said.

AMAZON MARU

ATLAS MARU

Saturday, 10th September. Wednesday, 5th October.

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

Colombo. Durban & Cape Town, HAWAII MARU .............

BOMBAY Vla Singapore and Colombo.

BORNEO MARU-

INDUS MARU

.Thursday, 20th September

.Sunday, 4th September. Monday, 19th September.

DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND

MOMBASA-Vla Singapore and Colombo.

MEXICO MARU

CHICAGO MARU

Wednesday, 81st August, Wednesday, 28th September.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon.

TACOMA MARU

BINGO MARU .....

.Saturday, 27th August, ...Sunday, 25th September.

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports.

PARIS MARU (From Shanghai)......Sunday, 28th August, LONDON MARU (from Shanghai)... Monday, 12th September, TAIPHONG YE HOLLOW & PACHOL

.

MENADO MARU

TAIKWA MARU

SHUNKO MARU

JAPAN PORTS

SUMATRA MARU SEATTLE MARU..

KEELUNG VI SWATOW & AMOY.

HOZAN MARU TAIKWA MARU· KAIJO MARU TAKAO Via SWATOW & AMOY. TAKAO & KEELUNG.

SOURABAYA-MARU

TACAD, KEELUNG A JAPAN.

Tuesday, 80th August." .Tuesday, 18th Sept 10 am,

.Wednesday, 31st August

Thursday, 16th September. Saturday, 24th September.

,Sunday, 28th August, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, 81at August, Noon. Sunday, 4th September, 2 p.m.

.Tuesday,

27th September.

For further particulars please apply to:-09AKA SHOSEN KAISHA, Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089, 4990. .

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

COPENHAGEN,

The MS. "ASIA”

will be loading for Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen and other

Scandinavian Ports on or about

Further sailing :—

__M.S. “JAVA”

M.S. "ASIA"

M.S. "AFRIKA”

10th October.

Expected on

or about: 23rd Augast

9th September

20th October

Subject to change without notice.

For further particulars please apply to:-

Will leave homeward- bound on or about:-

10th October, 1927.

JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.

Agents,

OREGON ORIENTAL LINE.

Operated for

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD M.F.C. By COLUMBIA PACIFIC SHIPPING. COMPANY.

FOR PORTLAND VƖa KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

27th Sept. S.S. "WEST CADRON"

FOR MANILA, CEBU & DAVÃO. S.S. "WEST. HOLBROOK”.

80th Aug.

FOR MANILA, ILOILO & CEBU

18th Sept.

23rd Sept.

S.S. "WEST KADER": 8.8. "WEST NOMENTUM”.

All sailings subject to change without notice. Through Bills of Lading issued to all rail Overland Points ini tha U.S.A. also to New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston; via Panama Intercoastal steam

ADDRESS:

Room 26, Bank of Canton Building,

Canton Agents:

6, Des Vaur Road Central JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD. Telephone Central 48719

BOARD OF CONSERVANCY WORKS OF KWANGTUNG

REPORT FROM

Waterlevels in': Englis

Feet

WALA

WL.

Place of Observation

25/8

West River at Shimbing,

North River at Twingspen North River at Samabal East River at Sheklung

20,0

$0.2

For the Rude