MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1928.
P.&O.-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 SOUTII 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.)
B. E.
Tons
From Hang long About
NALDERA "KALYAN
#KABIGAIL
Destination
RAJPUTANA | 18,568 18th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 16,088 1st Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London,
9,144 16th Sept. Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hall. 9,005 29th Sept. Mles, L'don, A'werp & Hull,
*Calls Casablanca, *Cargo only.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople. Pireaus, Smyrra and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TAKLIWA
TILAWA TAKADA SALAMBA
7,90€ 14th Aug.
3.30 pam. 10,000 10th Sept, 6,949 20th Sept. 8,018 13th Oct.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
THE CHINA MAIL,
S.S. PRES. HARRISON.'
"WHO'S WHO", ON BOARD...
NEW VICE-CONSUL.
The s... "President Harrison" ar- rived in Hong Kong on Saturday with 63 first class passengers, 136 of cargo, steerage, 4,616 tons and 500 bags of mail.
Among the passengers were:-
, Mr. James C. H. Bonbright, of Rochester, New York, en route to Canton to assume the post of U.S. Vice-Consul.
Miami, Mr. E. C. Cole, of Florida, on pleasure trip to Orient.
Mr. William A. Doberck, of An-! dersen, Meyer and Co., Ltd., of Shanghal, on - a business trip to Hong Kong.
Mr. John S. Kunkle, President of the Canton Union Theological Col lege, en route to Canton, accom Ipanied by his wife..
Mr. Thomas P. Mangan, a pro- Mel- minent business man of bourne, Australia, on a pleasure tour of the world accompanied by his wife.
Mr. Glenn McGinn, former pas- renger representative for the Dol- lar Steamship Line in Los Angeles, to be connected with the passen-
er department of the Dollar Line
in Manila.
Mr. James McPherson, en route to Fabrica, Occ., Negros, where he is connected with the Insular Lum- ber Company.
Mr. Samuel D. Mott, engineer of. Passai, New Jersey, on round-the- world tour stopping over in Manila for a few days,
Mr. Lawrence J. Ayling. accom- panied by his wife, en route to Palembang, Sumatra, where he is connected with the Standard Oil Co.
World Tourists.
Mr. William II. Culver. journal- ist of Chicago on a vacation tour.
Mr. Alfredo de Sena Fretas, law- yer of Cuba on a world cruise ac- companied by Mr. Tomas Hernan- dez Mendoza.
Rev. Jesse C. Fisher, of Augusta. Kansas, on a round-the-world tour Jaccompanied by Mrs. Fisher and [party.
Mr. James Hoover, of the Metho- diat Board of Foreign Missions, en route to Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo, ac- companied by Mrs. Hoover.
Mrs. M. Osgood-Whitcomb, Secre- tary and Treasurer of Asiatic Ex- ploration, Inc., en route to Bang- kok.. Siam.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). Burmah, accompanied by
*ANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAFURA CANDA
T. ALBANS
Aug. 0,950 31st 4,500 1-28th Sept 6.000 2nd Nov, 6,956 38th
1. 4,500! 28th
Nov.
Вес
Manila. Sandakan, Thursday Island Toraville, Brisbane, Sydney
Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to
Australia.
The F. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steners will alse call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Koin mbugan, Tawno, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as inducement
offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
The Union S.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdam via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London vin the Cape.
Mr. N. J. Alleman, en route to Mrs. Alleman. Mr. Alleman is connect- ed with the Burmah Oil Co.
Miss Carrie C. Kenyon, Principal of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School of Penang, returning from a holi- day trip to the States.
route to
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Steamer
Destination
Salling
Tinu via B'tow & S'hai KWONGSANG.Wed, 15th Aug, at Noon Ttau vin Stow & Shai .HO BANG... Sun, 19th Aug. at Noon Ttau vis S'tow & S'hai.. KWAISANG ...Wed, 22nd Aug. at Noon Ttau vis Stow & S'hal.. HANGSANG...Sun., 26th Aug. at Noon Osaka vla Amoy, Shanghai,
Moji & Kohe Osaka via Amoy & Kobe FOOKSANG .Canton ..
Straits & Calcutta Straits & Calcutta Tientsin Sandakan
Sandakan.
.KUMSANG
HOPSANG
KUTSANG NAMSANG CHIPSHING
MAUSANG
HINSANG
.Fri., 24th Aug. at 7 a.m. Fri 14th Sept, at 7 a.m. Tues., 14th Aug, at 4 a.m.
Mon., 13th Aug. at. 3 p.m. Sat, 25th Aug. at 3 p.. Tues..
21st Aug. at Noon Tues., 21st Aug. at 3 p.m. .Sat, 25th Ang. at 3 p.m.
For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Telephone Central 215.
General Managers.
THE DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE
and
THE AMERICAN MAIL LINE
Announce Specical Round-Trip Summer Excursion Fares.
Effective immediately the following specially reduc- ed Round-trip fares are available for the liners of these companies.
From Hong Kong to Kobe'and Retura......H.K. $210.00 From Hong Kong to Yokohama and Return...H.K. $235.00
Tickets sold at above rates will be valid for return passage up to three months from date of issue. Final limit of sale, September 21st. 1928.
For further information and reservations apply to
AMERICAN MAIL LINE & DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE.
Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Building (Ground Floor) Telephones Central 2477, 2478 and 795.
MEAN THEFT.
YOUTH STEALS A WOMAN'S EARNINGS.
CLOTHES THEFT.
FROM NATHAN-ROAD PREMISES.
Bishop J. W. Robinson, accom-
With a parcel under his arm, a Stating that he had no parents
Was searched outside a where he is doing and that he had come from the dis- Chinese Delhi, India, panied by his wife en missionary work for the Methodist trict of Nam Hoi, a Chinese youth pawnshop in Yaumati by a Chin The parcel was ose detective. appeared before Mr. W. Schofield at Episcopal Church,
Mias Elzie Oliver, of Seattle, the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-| Washington, on a world tour.
Mr. W. E. Walter, retired busiing in nnswer to a charge of steal- found to contain a European jacket ing money from a cigarette stall in and another article of clothing. Shanghal-street yesterday.
The man, when questioned, failed to give adequate replies, and said
ness man of Pasadena, California, on a round-the-world tour.
Lt.-Comdr. E. S. Stone, U.S.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and Navy, en route to New York, ac when the boy came up from behind that he had been given the cloth-
Londen vin Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
XALDERA
WARFIELD
16,088 17th Aug.
TILAWA
NAGPORE KASHGAR "SAMBADA
ST. ALBANS
* MIRZAPORE
ТАКАПА NOREA TALAMBA "LAHORE
KHIVA *TALMA
0,066 18th Aug Aug.
Shanghal.
S'hai, Moji & Kobe.
10,000 20th
Amoy, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka. 6,283 31st Aug. S'haj. Moji, Kobe & Yokohame. 9,006 | 31st Aug. Shai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. 6,307 1st
Sept. Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka 4.500 4th Sept. Maji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama.
715 5th Sept. S'hai, Moji & Kobe. CD40
fith Sept. 10,959 14th Sept. 8,018 17th Sopt. 5,262 24th Sept 135 28th Sept. 10,000 28th Sept.
"Cargo only.
Amoy, B'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Y'hama & Osaka S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, S'hul, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Amoy, Moj, Kobe & Osaka.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notics. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Kangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses Bingapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fass free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries, Parcels measuring not more than 24 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received at the Company's Office ip to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Passages Freight, Haridbooks, etc., apply to:--
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONG KONG.
Agents.
companied by Mrs. Stone and daughter.
GREEK MARINE.
The woman in charge of the stall in question had her back turned and stole a small tin box containing the woman's earnings for the day.. The lad was arrested by a constable. He pleaded guilty, and stated that he had been in the Colony for 3 days INCREASE IN TONNAGE THIS only. He was looking for work.
The Magistrate, in passing sen- tence of 8 strokes of the birch, On December 31, 1927, the Greek ordered the youth to be sent to the merchant fleet, according to off- S.C.A. to see what they could do for cial statistics, consisted of 504 him. steamers of 1,111,050 tons and 726 sailing ships of 58,684 tons, mak- total of 1,230 vessels of ing a 1,169,734 tons.
YEAR
OUT OF CONTROL.
A TRUCK-DRIVER'S MISFORTUNES.
During the first three months of this year the vessels newly recog- nised as Hellenic and registered at the various ports of Greece, comprised S steamera of 38,077 tons and one sailing ship of 108 tons, or a total of 10 vessels of Wong Fook-cheung, driver of
steamers of 3,781 38.185 tons. On the other hand 4 motor truck No. 503 reported to the tons were ex-police yesterday that at 1.40 a.m." punged from the register. Thus on Saturday, whilst he was driv- on March 31 of this year the Greek ing the truck from Yaumati to mercantile marine consisted of 609 Pingshan, the steering gear sudden-1 steamers of 1,145,946 tons, and 727 ly went out of control as the truck sailing vessels of 68,792 tona, or, neured Fuishawai, in Pingshan dis- altogether 1,236 vessels, represent trict. The truck swerved sharply ing а total measurement, of to the right and colliding with a 1,204,188 tons. There was accord-small tree knocked it down. Then, ingly in the first quarter of 1928, before Wong could apply the brakes, a net increase of G vessels of the vehicle shot down an embank- 34,404 tons, the steamer fleet be- ment and fell some distance into a
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.reased by 5 units of 34,296 field. Wong was lucky to escape
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL" LINE.
(OCEAN S.S. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.S. CO., LTD.) .AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONG KỌNG.
S.S.. "LYCAON"
S.S. "PHEMIUS"
Via Suez Canal
.Via Suez Canal
S.S. "CITY. OF LINCOLN... Via Suez Canal;
with Aug. 21st Sept 5th Oct.
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option,
Subject to change without notice."
For Freight and particulars apply toz-
without Injury, whilat a passenger There were alsp stil, necording named Pan Tan-lam suffered a few to the official statistics, 9 other bruises of a nature which did not steamers navigating under the Hel- lente flag, but with provisional necessitate his going to hospital for treatment. Damage was done to papers, as they were abroad carry the truck to the extent of 30. ing out engagements contracted be-
fore their purchase. If the. 25,000 tons which these ships represent 1s
added to the registered tonnage,
the actual effective state of the FRIME MINISTER.
Greek mercantile marine is steamers of 1,370,000 tons, besides. the sailing ships as mentioned.
518
Mr. W. D. Stewart, the Minister. of Customs, state that the st tempts to negotiatan trade treaty between Canada and New Zealand
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE of THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHFON & CO., LTD., Carston | have been tempestrily suspended.
MR. BALDWIN LEAVES ENGLAND FOR FRANCE.
London, Saturday, The Premier, Mr. Baldwin, - has! me to Aix-les-Bains, for five works holiday-Renter.
ing by a man.
Later, defendant stated that he had stolen the clothing from No. 466, Nathan-road.
At the Kowloon Magistracy, this morning, he pleaded guilty, and ad- mitted to one previous conviction for a similar offence.
A fine of $10 with the alterna- tive of 14 days' imprisonment was imposed.
President Liner
SAILINGS
Weekly Trans-Pacific Service
To San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu.
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays.
Pres. Madison
Pres. Jackson
Pres. McKinley
Pres. Grant
Aug. 14th, at 8 a.m.
Aug. 28th
Sept. 25th.
Sept. 11th.
To Seattle and Victoria.
The Short, Straight Route to America.
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays.
Pres. Pierce ..
Pres. Taft
Pres. Jefferson
Pres. Lincoln
Aug. 21st
Sept. 4th
Sept. 18th
Oct. 2nd.
£120, £112 Special through rates to Europe via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines, Choice of rall lines acresa United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
Europe and New York Direct
ROUND THE WORLD.
Fortnightly sailing on Sunday via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genon, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
Pres. Mauros ..Aug. 26th 8 a.m. Pres. Wilson Sept. 9th 8 am Prea. V. Buren Sept. 23rd 8 a.m.
Pres. Hayes...Oct. 7th 8 a.m. B... Pren, Polk.....Oct. 21nt Prex. Adama ..Nor. 4th 8 a..
To Manila
Pres. Plerce Aug. 14th 6 p.m. Pres. Jackson Aug. 18th 8 p.m. Prex. Taft....Aug. 28th 6 pm.
Prea. McKinley Sept. Int 6 p.m.. Pres. Jefferson Sept. 11th 6p.m. Pres. Grant...Sept. 15th 6 p.m.
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor. Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795
Cable Address "Dollar."
CANTON BRANCH-304 Ka Naam Tong Building.
American Mail Line
aud
Dollar Steamship Line
AUSTRAL-CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY
S.S.
“CALULU ” -
will be despatched from Hong Kong
at Noon on the 14th August, 1928. ・・ 'for SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE via Iloilo, Kolambugan Tarakan, Sandakan, Balikpapan, Rabaul, Samaral & Port Moresby. For Freight and Passages apply to:-
Queen's Building.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.....
Agents.
Tel. No. Central 1030.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILEN MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years" experience. We own two Slipways and ens, accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel, Central No. 459. Tel Kowloon No. 9. Shipyard: Sham-Sul-Pe; Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
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, BOKLÆR MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,
ELECTRICIANS.
Single Screw Steel Passenger and Cargo Motor Vessel, "P. ABOITIZ,” 134' 0" B.P. 27′ 0′′ Mid. x 11′ 2′′ Mld, Ballt to the order of Messrs. Aboitiz Inc., Cebu, for Philippine Inter-Island Service,
Please address enquiries to the Chief. Manager:
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A., Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong.
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