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

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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

* SIBERIA MARU (Calls Los Angeles) Tuesday, 6th March. TAIYO MARU

Tuesday, 20th March.

LONDON via Singapore, Buez, Marseilles & Ports

*Calls Keelung,

ATSUTA MARU

KASHIMA MARU

TANGO MARU

AKI MARU

Saturday, 10th March. Saturday, 24th March,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manita & Ports.

Wednesday, 21st March. Wednesday, 26th April.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang. & Colombe.

Friday, 2nd March. Saturday, 10th March.

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

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SADO MARU

Mexico & Panama.

ANYO MARU

HAKATA MARU

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S REPORT AND DEPARTURES,

THIS MORNING'S RETURN.

The arrival of vessels ng record- ed at the Harbour Office to-day (March 1) Include some 18 vessels, of which there are 9 British ves- sels; 4 Chinese vessels; 1 French, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and

Chinese vessel.

The cargo imported to this port by the above vessels total 12,233 tons, of which amount the 9 British vessels shipped 4,609 tona.

SECTION.

SAVING WEIGHT.

ALUMINIUM IN "COUNTY" CRUISERS.

USED EXTENSIVELY,

The Gormans started

DESERTION AT U. S.

ARE FOREIGN SEAFARERS ENCOURAGED?

RIGHT TO DRAW ALL PAY.

It is only the rather extreme wing of the American Seamen's Union which is disapppointed with the fact that the United States' authorities have re- cognised the folly of restricting Limmigration on the one hand and encouraging desertion from for- cign ships in United States ports] on the other. Owing to the scarcity of American seamen who clable time, desertion was form- would stay at sea for any appre- erly made as easy as possible, and there is still a very strong ten- dency in that direction with cer- tain United States officials,

sea-

Perhaps the features of the now County cruisers which have in terested foreign observers most is the extraordinary extent to which aluminium is used wherever 'pos- sible in order to save weight, and to give these ships some measure

Two Months' Pay For One? of protection, whereas the original French design was not able to pro extraordinary degree by the In this they are helped to an vide any. using aluminium during the war, clauses of the La Follette Sea- and found that it was a very real men's Act, which, among other saving in weight, with little or no things, gives the foreign 12,890 tons are being shipped

disadvantage. through Hong Kong for porte be tried the system with our des pay that is owing to him to date We have already man the legal right to draw all the yond, of which amount the 9 Bri-troyers, as have also several other when he is in a United States tish vessels are carrying 7,566 tons. Navies, and in every ease the ex-port. This has served the pur-

Of these above figures, the best periment has been successful,

pose of deserters excellently, for return for to-day, for cargo im.

it gives them enough to live on ported to this colony was register.

while they are looking about for ed by the s.s. "Chian Lee" (Chi- With the displacement of cruisers a ship in which a sign on at the nese) from Bangkok Messrs. | very strictly limited by

the highest possible rates of pay, but Ching Kee-3,500 tons rice for Washington Agreement to 10,000 the Seamen's Union has gone a Hong Kong.

tona, the saving of weight in these little too far when it suggested The highest record for cargo be vessels is very important indeed, that they should have the legal ing shipped to port beyond Hong and aluminium has fully justified right to ignore all advances that Kong was contributed by the

Itself. It will be realised, of they had drawn on their pay be- as. "Takliwa" (British) from Cal course, that all these fittings are cause that was prohibited to cutta, Singapore-5,825 tona yen to use this metal in any part of the

internal, and that no effort is made American seamen. eral cargo.

hull. The French tried that with

The passenger list for to-day is as follows: 32 European cabin passengers. 407 Asiatic cabin;

19,595 Asiatic deck. Total 4,034.

Departures.

For Swatow: Menado. Maru, Hai Ning.

For Manila:--Edmore. For Macao: Tak Hing.

For Shanghai:-Australien.

For Canton:---Escondido.

For Singapore:-Yuen Sang. For Sandakan-Hin Sang.

For Hoihow:-Taikwa Maru.

Fully Justified.

Bad Precedent.

If the United States courts had torpedo craft some 40 years ago, agreed with this contention and dissolved in no time, and was an draw their first month's money and found that the ship literally had given the men permission to absolute failure. For internal fit-twice over, in anticipation of de- tings it is different.

serting, it would be difficult to find any scamen staying on in United States ports, but happily the United States courts have LESS THAN A MINUTE refused to take such a view, and, moreover, the authorities have DRAMATIC STORY OF SHIP'S they intend to check desertion in passed some strong hints that

CAPSIZE.

A dramatic story of the capsizing

their country in the future. For one thing, both the United States Navy and Merchant Service find

For Saigon:-Mao Lee, Chan of the Dutch steamer "Zeemeeuw," it very difficult to keep their sea- Hing.

For Iloilo-Kiukiang.

Clearances.

For Keelung: Koyo Maru, For Pakhoi-Limehow. For Moji: Lagon Maru, For Singapore:-Kawachi Maru, Van Heutsz.

For Autau:-Tak Hing. For Amoy:Kiungchow. For Whampoa :-Taisei Maru. For Swatow-Kwai Sang; Tean. For Canton:-Tak Hing, Maud. For K. C. Wan:-Wing Wo.

Shipping Abstract.

in less than a minute, is described men, and the example of foreign in an Aneta message to the "Straite seamen being encouraged to de- Times" from Batavia. Except for sert is a very bad precedent to the stormy weather prevailing set before them.

everything appeared to be normal when there was a strong gust of wind and a jerk and the vessel rolled over until her keel was above the water. The officers on deck. including the captain, were thrust beneath the surface, but found a log of wood and floated amidat heavy seas for an hour until they were rescued by the "Menten."

Wonderful Escapes.

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DEATHS AT SEA.

The master of the s.s. "Takliwa" (British) reports to the Harbour Office that while on a voyage from colony, two deaths occurred among Calcutta and Singapore to this

the Asiatic passengers from causes unknown.

the atokera actually being washed AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT

from which he was thrown to a

18 standing position on the cabin

Men on watch and the engine room staff had wonderful escapes,

In

Arrivale Departures Port,

away from the boilers by the in-

British

9

5

28

rush of water. The second on-

Japanese

I

1

11

gineer was lying awake in his berth,

Norwegian 1

1

5

Thursday, 15th March.

Chinese

$

2

Danish

0

1

....Tuesday, 10th April.

Dutch

1

0

6

French

1

0

2

Saturday, 10th March.

Panama

จ

1

Saturday, 10th March.

American 0 Italian

: Portuguese 0

0

2

18

12

74 in the water for about three hours.

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

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YAMAGATA MARU

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NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

AKI MARU

BHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

Saturday, 3rd March, Friday, 9th March,

Friday, 16th March.

† HAKODATE MARU (Moji direct). Friday, 2nd March,

AWA MARU

BUWA MARU

Saturday, 3rd March. Monday, 5th March.

+ CEYLON MARU (Moji direct).... Tuesday, 13th March.

†Carge only.

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PORTHOS

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D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar.

For Shanghai, Japan and North

China

D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar.

For Shanghai and Japan

ist Mar. ....18th Mar,

PORTHOS PAUL LECAT ANDRE LEBON ...27th Mar. CHENONCEAUX

For Marseilles

SPHINX

PORTHOS PAUL LECAT

0 wall. He kicked open the door and

the sea rushed in, throwing him

towards the chief engineer's cabin.

The water soon reached his lips,

0 but he managed to open a port hole,

1 and saw the "Menten" leaving the

scene. Luckily, the vessel return-

ed and saved him after he had been

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Friday, 9th March. RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Salgon, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. HAWAII MARU

BOMBAY Via Singapore and Colombo,

.Saturday, 24th. March,

CELEBES MARU (Calla on Karachi.) Monday, 6th, March. INDUS MARU (Calls at Penang)...Tuesday, 20th March. DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR AND

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ALABAMA MARU (from Shanghai) Monday, 6th March, HAIPHONG-VI■ HOIBOW & PAKHOL

·MENADO MARU

Tuesday, 13th Mar. 10 a.m.

NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama. JAPAN PORTS

AMUR MARU

REELING Vi, SWATOW & AMOY.

KAIJO MARU

HOZAN MARU TAKAO Vis. SWATOW & AMOY.

DELI MARU

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Sunday, 4th Mar. 11 a.m. Sunday, 11th March, 11 am.

Thursday, 8th March 10 a.m.

Wednesday, 28th March.

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