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DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

FOR NEW YORK AND BOSTON via SUEZ.

.....on or about 10th January.

8.8. "WRAY CASTLE"

LLOYD 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.

BRINDISÍ, VENICE & TRIESTE

LONDON

NEXT SAILINGS.

£72.10.0. £80.0.0.

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJÍ,

M.V. "VIMINALE”

M.V. "ESQUILINO"

M.V. "ROMOLO"

: From Hong Kong .Sails hence on/or about 6th Jan.

Sails hence on/or about 2nd Febr. Salls henco on/or about 1st March.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE. .

M.V. "REMO"

M.V. "VIMINALE"

M.V. "ESQUILINO"

From Hung Kou

.Suils hence on/or about 10th Jan.

Salls hence on/or about 7th Febr. Salls hence on or about 6th Mar

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO

SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

9.5. "UMVOLOSI"

S.S. "UMZUMB!"

S.S. "UMONA".

.Sails from Calcutta 2nd February.

Salls from Calcutta 3rd March: Sails hence on/or about 6th Mar."

Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Ports. Through Us of Lading issued from Hong Kong.

·

For Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply (0:-- DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.

Telephone Central 1930.

YKLINE

THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES.

£120, £112, £110, £102 £83, via San Francisco.

G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Ḥonslulu.

TAIYO MARU

TENYO MARU

*Calls Keelung.

Tuosday, 10th January, 1928. Sunday, 25th January.

Saturday, 31st December. Saturday, 14th January... Saturday, 28th January.

LONDON via Singapore, Suc, Marseilles & Ports.

HAKUSAN MARU

KITANO MARU

HARUNA MAKU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manils & Porta.

AKI MARU

+

Wednesday, 18th January, 1928. BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

AWA MARU ....

Wednesday, 11th January.. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama.

GINYO MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

Monday,

6th February, 1928. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.

Friday, 20th January. NEW YORK and/or BOSTON vis PANAMA.

†TATSUNO MARU

†DURBAN MARU

Thursday,

2nd Feb., 1928. LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.

Tuesday, 10th January.

.Saturday, 31st December.

20th January.

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.

+NAGANO MARU

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

MISHIMA MARU

BHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

+ SEIYO MARU (Kobe direct)

+TOTTORI MARU (Moji direct)

+ MORIOKA MARU

KATORI MARU

† Cargo only.

Friday,

Saturday, 31st December, Tuesday, 3rd January, 1928. Sunday, 8th January, 1928. Monday, 9th January, 1928:

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

M.M

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

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LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Cargo Boats).

Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK:-

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

THIS MORNING'S LİST,

City of Pekin (4,426) British, from Dunkirk, Singapore,Bank Line: 450 tons general cargo for Hong Kong, 4,000 tons general (through).

SECTION.

́SHIPPING" REPORTS.

BRITISH INDIA STEAM

NAVIGATION CO..

At the ordinary general meat- ing of the British India Steam

LIFEBOAT “V.C.S Navigation Co., Ltd, held at

ANGLESEY CREW HONOURS.

the company's offices on Decem- |ber 14, at 10:40 a.m., the direc- tors, after providing for the divi- dends on the 5 and 5% per cent. preference stocks (less income- The Royal National Lifeboat In-tax) recommended a dividend on stitution has awarded its gold on the ordinary shares at 4 per medal, the Victoria Cross of the cent. for the six months (free of lifeboat service, to Captain Jones income-tax), making, with the in- and Second Coxswain William terim dividend of 4 per cent. paid) Roberts, of Moelfre, in Anglesey, in May, a total distribution on the and the bronze medal to each mem-ordinary shares at 8 per cent. for ber of the Molfre lifeboat crew, the year ended September 30.1 Chenan (1,355) British, from for a service in which the greatest

India General Navigation and Canton, B. & S.:-66 pasaongera, galantry was shown in the face of 5 tons general cargo for. Hong the gravest danger.

Rallway Co., Ltd. Kong, 53 tona general (through). This service took place during

Interim dividend of 2% per St. Albans (2,538) British, from the terrible gales at the end of Oc- cent, on the ordinary shares and Yokohama, Moji, Mckinnon, tober, the lifeboat being out near-121 per cent. on the preference Mackenzie, passengers, 1,100 ly the whole night of the 28th,shares of this company, both free tons general cargo (through), when the gale was at its height, of income-tax, has been declared,

Prosper (1,377) Norwegian, from She rescued the crew of the ketch payable on Nov. 25. Saigen, Fau Yuen Hong-257 "Excel," and struggled, waterlog. John I. Thornycroft and Co. passengers, 2,200 tons rice for ged, against the gale throughout the The directors have issued Hong Kong.

night.

Two men died on board statement to the effect that the Kaltsu Maru (906) Japanese, her, one of the crew of the ketch,accounts for the year ended July from Macao,-M. S. K.

from injuries which he had re-31 last have been made up, and, Dalgen Maru (1,318) Japanese,ceived when being rescued, and one in addition to the dividende on

from Wakamatsu,--Sato & Co.

Sungshan Maru (1,503) Japan esc, from Shanghai, Swatow,-N. Y. K.:-148 passengers, 211 ton gen- eral cargo for Hong Kong, 764 tons general (through).

Sungshan (1,603) Japanese, from Canton, N. Y. K.186. passen- gers, 50 tons general cargo (through).

Tak Hing (101) Chinese, from Macao, Hoo Hing-65 toną gen- eral cargo for Hong Kong.

Hung On (2,097) Chinese, from Canton-Wing Hong & Co.--200 tons coal for Hong Kong.

Tong Lee (882) Chinese, from Tsingtao-Yee Tai Hong:-800 tona.coal for Hong Kong.

Chian Lee (1,850) Chinese, from Chefoo, Ching Kee.

Chung Hing (249) Chinese, from K. C. Wan-Hong On:-85 tons general cargo for Hong Kong.

Tonger (1,949) Norwegian, from Canton,Dadwell & Co.

of the faboat's crew from expo.

8

sure. After reaching shore the the Preference and Preferred second coxswain, who had been at Ordinary, they recommend a divi- the tiller all the time, was com-dend on the Ordinaries of 6 per pletely blind for several hours cent., double that of the previous from the salt water, wind, and ter-year, carrying forward £51,670 !rible strain of that unrelaxed watch against £51,203 brought in.

through the whole night.

SMART RUN HOME,

DEMAND FOR MEN.

MERSEYSIDE FIGURES FOR

⚫ OCTOBER.

The Blue Funnel Line has al- ways believed in fast cargo ships, and certainly its experience in the years following the Armistice has fully justified its faith in spite of the extra expenditure involved. The steamer "Troilus," a ship of 7,648 According to the "Ministry of tons, built shortly after the war, Labour Gazette," the demand for has just done the passage home dockers on Merseyside during Oc- from Melbourne to Dunkirk in a tober was generally slack, and for time of 31 days 8 hours, which is seamen moderate to fair. There believed to be a record for a cargo was a decrease of 8,665 in the num- ship. The passage from Melbourne ber of scamen shipped in British to Port Said was done without a registered foreign-going vessels stop, and, of course, the ship was from Liverpool, Birkenhead and favoured with good weather. But Garston, compared with September, in spite of all favourable circum- The total number shipped last For Swatow:Van Heutz, Delf stances. it was a splendid perform-month was 12,000, or 286 more than Maru.

Yet it passes almost un-in October, 1928, noticed, while had anything propor- The average weekly number of tionately good been made in the old dock labourers registered at the sailing-ship days it would have clearing houses under the Liver aroused excited comment.

pool docks scheme as employed in the four wecks ended October 28, MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. was 15,002, compared with 14,652 in September, and with 15,961 in October, 1926. The average weekly amount of wages paid to these men through the clearing houses was £40,428 in the four weeks ended; October 28, compared with £39,835 in September, and with 445,218 in October, 1926.

Departures,

For Hongay:-Hung On.

Co

For Autau: Tak Hing.. For Canton: Fooshing, Chinhua, Huichow.

For Shanghai: Kamo Maru, Kaltsu Maru, Hua Lee No. 1.

For Macao:-Tak Hing.

For Hothow:-Devawongai. For K. C. Wan:-Yanon. For Singapore:----Svele.

Clearances.

í

ance.

The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of Canada" from Hong Kong on De cember 7, arrived at Vancouver on December 26,

The P. & O. ́s.s. "Delta" left For Canton:-Ryuho Maru;, Yel- Singapore for this port on Decem- jun Maru.

ber 20 at 8 a.m. with the outward Malls, and is due here to-morrow at abost 4 pm

For Shanghai:-Chenan. For Bangkok:-Fingal.

British Japanese Norwegian Chinese Dutch

Shipping Abstract.

Arrivals. Departures Port.

3

3

25

In

4

3

4

2

5

American

'0

Panama German Portuguese 0 French

0

0

2

A

1

14

14

68

The M.V. 8.8. "Ceylon" (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Im- mingham on December 28, and 18 due here on or about February 5.

The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of Asia" leaves Hong Kong for Manila on December 30 at 5 p.m.

The 8.8. "Corby Castle" (D. & Co.) salled from Honolulu November 26, and is due in Manila on January 1, 1928.

on

The C.P.8., R.M.S. "Empress of

*

Among insured workpeople in the canal, river, dock and harbour ser- vioe, 22.4 per cent, were unemploy- ed on October 24 last, compared with 22.1 per cent, the previous month, and with 32 per cent, on October 25, 1926,

Russla" (Capt. A. J. Hosken, AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT

R.N.R.) will leave here for Victorin

and Vancouver, B.C.,

via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama at noon on January 4, (Wednesday), 1928.

The M.V. "Viminafe" (D. & Co.) sailed from Aden on December 5, and is due here on January 5. 1028,

The M.V. 8.a. "Canton" (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Rot- terdam on November 22, and is due here on or about January 5.

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SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG · SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON. HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore,

Colombo, Suez and Port Said. ALTAI MARU

.Friday, 6th January. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,.

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. MANILA MARU BOMBAY—Vi« Singapore and Colombo.

*KASADO MARU

SHUNKO MARU

SUMATRA MARU

(*Calls at Karachi).

•Saturday, 31st December:

¡Tuesday, 3rd January,

Friday, 6th January,

Tuesday, 19th January,

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

MOMBASA-Ya Singapore and Colombo.

MEXICO MARU

CHICAGO MARU

Thursday, 5th January. Tuesday, 31st January,

CALCUTTA-Via Singapore, Penang and Rangoon,

SEATTLE MARU

Tuesday, 24th January,

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Porta HAIPHONG-Y!a_HOIHOW & PAKBOL,

TAIKWA MARU “..

MENADO MARU

Tuesday, 3rd Jan, 10 a.m.-

Tusaday, 17th January, 10 am.

NEW YORK-Yla Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama,

HAVANA MARU

JAPAN PORTS

AMAZON MARU BINGO MARU..... KEELING Via SWATOW & AMOY.

HOZAN MARU MENADO MABU-

TAKAO Via SWATOW & AMOT. TAKAO-Direct,

DAIREN-via TAKÃO.

For further particulars please apply Tel. Central No. 4088, 4089, 4090.

„Friday, 8th January.

Saturday, 14th January, Tuesday, 24th January,

Sunday, 1st January, 11 a.m, Wednesday, 4th January, 10 a.m.

to:-OBAKA BHOSEN KÄISILA.

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

BANK LINE LTD.

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ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO.,

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT

5.5. "CITY OF TOKIO" ..Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg. S.8. "CITY OF CALCUTTA".. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg S.S. “CITY OF PEKIN"

Havre, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg..... London, Rotterdam: & Hamburg ·

SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA-

Leaves Singapore.

Leaves. Singapore

För FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE & SYDNEY..

LTD.

ELLERMAN LINE

3rd January.

20th February,

7th January... 7th February,

Through Freight and Passenger bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerman" Line and

"other" bervicon.”.

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE

S.S. "CITY OF BEDFORD":

S.S. "CITY OF KIMBERLEY”

via Buez Canal

via Buez Canal

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AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE

.23rd January. 20th February,

ANDREW WEIR & CO.

2nd Decimber

4th Jan.

16th December'i

19th Jan

80th December

1st Heb.

81st Fam 14th Feb, 28th Foo

18th Mar.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK.

G. METZINGER...

SPHINX

13th Janntry 15th Feb.

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(including: Table Wine) 409, O. Od. B, Clasa 2nd " 4 £70.0%. Od. Steamers

A Class 1st Class Steame

2nd

lat Class, $85. 08. Od.

£01.08.

Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe. Accommodation reserved in the Trains at Marseilles. (Sallinga, ubject to alteration without notice).

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