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M.V. "ROMOLO"

9.S. "VENEZIA"

M.V. "REMO"

From Hong Kong

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TAIYO MARU

TENYO MARU

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

Tuesday, Tuenday, Monday,

4th October. 18th October, 31st October.

8th October.

22nd October.

Wednesday,

Wednesday,

Tuesday,

19th October. 2ärd November.

27th September.

Saturday,

Saturday,

HYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

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Thursday, 20th October.

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Saturday, 1st October.

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NAGASAKI, KORE & YOKOHAMA,

MISHIMA MARU

BHANGHAL, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

SUWA MARU

Friday, 21st October,

8th October.

Monday, 3rd October. Saturday, †YAMAGATA MAKU (Mojl direct)... Saturday;

†TOTTORI MARU (Mojl direct)

+SETYO MARU (Kobe direct)

FUSHIMI MARU

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8th October.

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10th October.

Monday, 17th October.

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Masters and officers, employed under Board of Trade agreements In the Royal Fleet. "Auxiliary 'ón the China Station, in the event of death or injury as the result of hostile action, are to receive wards, yn dd

The Mercantile. Marine Service

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1927.

CANADIAN

PACIFIC

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC. TO VICTORIA & VANCOUVER.

STEAMERY

were breaking over us all the time and I had to exert all my strength to avoid being washed out. The cold was intense. We were drift- ing before a gale, with lights of passing vessels occasionally show- ing through the darkness. I again Association has been loformed that called out to Williams, but still in cases of permanent partial in- there was no answer. I touched capacity there will be an award of qne of his legs, and it was stiff lump sum not exceeding £100, EMPRESS OF CANADA Melbourne, Aug. 17. Blown adrift in Bass Strait, in and deathly, cold, and I came to An annual allowance, not exceed EMPRESS OF RUSSIA & pilot cutter during a north-west- the conclusion that he had died ing £800 a year, will be made in EMPRESS OF ASIA

the case of total permanent in-EMPRESS OF CANADA erly gale last night, two members from exposure.

received a shock some time capacity. In cases of death there EMPRESS OF RUSSIA of the crew of the pilot boat Vic Inter when I found that Williams will be a pension to the widow not EMPRESS OF ASIA toria had a terrifying experience was not in the boat. He had evi-exceeding 8/60ths of her husband's EMPRESS OF CANADA One of the members; John

dently been washed overboard. pay and emoluments, together with EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Johannsen, Whe

washed ashore After drifting for hours I became gratuities not exceeding a total of about eight miles from Capo Schanck this afternoon, after being so thirsty that I was going to £40 for children up to the age of 'drink some salt water, Just then 15. If the officer does not leave alioat in the open boat for thirteen hours. But it is feared that his it commenced to rain, and you can a widow, and has a mother de companion, Rober Williams, who imagine how relieved I was: I lay pendent upon him, the award will WAS an elderly man, has been in the bottom of the beat and let be the same as that to the widow,

raindrops fall into my

drowned,

mouth.

This refreshed me slightly, but the MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. buffetting about and intense cold kept me practically helpless. At daybreak I sighted the coast about six miles from Sorrento.

The 0.5.K. s.3. "Bingo Maru" is expected here to-day from Japan and will sail to-morrow for Cal- cutta via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon.

"Johannsen, in recounting his un: enviable experience, said

that apart from privation, due to expo- sure and want of food and water, he was attacked by a large molly hawk, a large species of sea bird, but eventually warded the bird off. The two men put off from the pilot steamer Victoria about 8 o'clock. last night, when the vessel was an- chored at the inner pilot station, about a quarter of a mile. from Queenscliff jetty, to pick up a pilot who was coming on duty. A strong arma as it rushed down towards The P. and O. 8:8. “Lahore" left north-easterly wind was blowing, me. At times I thought my Singapore for this port on Septem- and the sea was too rough to make strength would give way, but even-ber 21 at 11 a.m. with the outward the jetty, so they decided to return tually the bird desisted. Approach-Mails, and is dus here on Tuesday, to the ship. The ebb tide proved ing the shore the boat ran on to at about 5 a.m.

Attacked by Molly Hawk. "Just when my troubles seemed to be over, a large molly hawk, a species of sea bird, circled The Q.S.K. 8.8. "Sourabaya Maru" around the boat for some time, and is expected here on Monday, from What Java and will sail for Japan ports then began to attack me. little strength I had left I used in via Takao and Keelung on Tues- warding off the bird by waving my day.

so strong that as they came alang-some rocks and rather than be The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of side the pilot steamer, they were dashed to death I clambered out Canada" arrived at Manila yester unable to grasp the rope which had of the boat into the breakers and day at 7 a.m. leaves Manila on Octo- been let down for them. Some the heavy surf slowly drew me in. ber 1 at 4 p.m., and is due at Hong time later the men were missed As soon as my fest touched ahore Keng on October 8 at 8 a.m. She and a search was instituted by the I struggled forward on my hands will berth at Pier No. 5, Kowloon autor pilot steamer "Akuna," and and knees, but it seemed hours be wharf, and will leave here for later by a lifeboat. Passing ves-fora I was out of the water. I seis cruised about and played their crawled over the sand for some Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama on Victoria and Vancouver, B.C., via searchlights over the water, but no distance, and, when exhausted, trace of the men was found. The rested for some hours. I then ba- October 5 at noon. search was continued until 1 o'clock gan to walk about through the this afternoon, when news was re- scrub to find a house, and it was ceived that Johannsen had been then

that I was

found by Mr. washed ashore.

Dimmick."

A resident of Rye, passing through scrub near the back beach about eight miles from Cape Schanck discovered Johannsen wan- dering about in a dazed condition some distance from the beach. The man was taken to the home of Constable Fletcher, at Sorrento, and recovered after receiving warmth and nourishment. He was bruised severely, but was suffering chiefly from exposure.

An order has been placed by the Baltimore. Steampacket Co., with the Pusey and Jones Corporation, Wilmington, for a new steamer, to cost about $200,000, for operation between Baltimore and Norfolk. The vessel will be 380 feet over all, 58 feet beam oyer guards, and 18 feet 6 inches deep. She will be Recounting his experience aftor of the single-screw type, with had recovered Bufficiently, triple-expansion engines and Scotch Johannsen said that they were un- boilers. able to make the jetty at Queen's- cliff, and decided to return to the Victoria. When they got alongside the pilot steamer a squall caught the cutter and whirled it away. The men called for help, but their voices were evidently drowned by

he

the wind.

Seas Breaking Over,

distance away "We were some from the Victoria when another squall, stronger than the first

..

A list of unseaworthy vessels engaged in the inter-island trade prepared at the bureau of cus- toms includes nearly all the ves sels now plying among Philip pine ports. The list was pre- pared under the direction Collector Aldanese for submis- sion to the legislature.

of

The legislature is studying Philippine shipping conditions caught us side.on. Our boat was with a view to enacting legisla came to the surface I called to him tion designed to improve ship. to keep his head above water aa ping.

overturned and when

Williams

2

PAIN IN THE STOMACH.

long as he could. We both manag ed to reach the upturned boat, but nothing could be done until the maat and sail had been cut adrift.) I managed to do this with great! difficulty, and Williams and I clam-

It is most annoying, Ls well as dis- bered into the boat, which was al- agreeable to be troubled with pains in most half full of water. We had the stomach, and there is no need or been lying there for some time it, for one dose of Chamberlain's Colic when I called to Williams, but re and Diarrhoea Romedy will allay zna ceived no anawer. Heavy seas pain. Sold everywhere.

The M.V. 8.8. "Japan" (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Ant- werp en September 2; and is due here on or about October 12,

The M.V. "Romolo" (Dodwell & Co., Ltd.) sailed from Aden on September 12, and is due in Hong Kong on October 13.

The 8.8. "Kendal Castle" (Dod- well & Co., Ltd.) sailed from New York on September 20, and is due in Hong Kong on October 14,

The following vessels of the Compagnie des Messageries Marl- times are expected to arrive in Hong Kong:-*:

SS. "D'Artagnan” Tuesday. S.S. "General Metzinger" Octo ber 11. spremne de

83. “Si-Klang” October 21, 3.S. "Sphinx" October 25, 8.S. "Porthos” November 9.

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