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DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.

NEW YORK BERTH

FOR NEW YORK AND BOSTON via SUEZ.

M.V. "RABY CASTLE".

LLOYD

Sails on or about 6th August.

TRIESTINO

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BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE.. LONDON

NEXT SAILINGS.

£75.0.0 £83.0.0

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI.

S.S. "PIAVE"

M.V. "REMO”

From Hong Kong.

Sails on or about 6th August Sails on or about 13th August.

S.S. "DUCHESSA D'AOSTA” Sails on or about 3rd September. M.V. "ESQUILINO"

.Sails on or about 12th September.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE. ·

S.S. "TIMAVO"

MY. "HIMALAYA”

M.V. "VIMINALE"

S.S. "PIAVE"

From Hong Kong.

Sails on or about 28th July. Sails on or about 3rd August, Sails on or about 20th August.

Sails on or about 7th September.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

S.S. “UMZUMBÏ""

Sails from Calcutta 3rd August.

Regular Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Ports. 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.

SUEZ CANAL

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

EFFECT OF STABILISATION OF FRANC

At the seventy-fifth annual meeting of the Suez Canal Company, held in Paris in mall week, the President, the Marquis de Vogue, in presenting the report of the directors, said: The re- sults for the year 1928 have been ex-. satisfactory. The in- ceptionally crease in the traffic

AB compared year. with that of the previous, Amounting to

nearly 3,000,000 tons, has only been exceeded once in 1919.

In addition, in si

spite of

of the reduc- tier in dues of 25c, which came into into force sa April 1, 1928, transit receipts were greater by 7 per cent. than those for 1927. This enables us to increase your dividend

we again,

propose dividend per capital to fix the

gross

an increase of 87.06f share at 644.57f, an as compared with 1927.

and

Financial Position Owing to the legal stabilisation of the French currency on June 25, 1928, all the items in the accounts presented to you to-day are shown with their

SECTION.

PORT OF OLYMPIA

REPORT SHOWS HUGE GROWTH

[appellants. quoted

Cages

in

which it had been held that the re- ceiver bore the expense from the time the cargo in the sling was ready for discharge.

The action was brought to contest the dock company's charges for stevedoring, unloading and delivery, which the company claimed they had the right to do, and the apportionment of the cost as between the shipowners and the consignces. The shipowners urged that the dock company's right to act as stevedores was limited by statute to charging a reasonable sum.

Mr. Justice Branson, who tried the Revealing the phenomenal growth action, held that the dock company were not bound to act as stevedores, of the Thurston County shipping ter- minals, general cargo exports increas-

that there was no statutory provision ed 830 per cent, and lumber ship-limiting their freedom ments made a gain of 61 per cent. in 1928 over 1927, Ernest C. Gribble, manager, Port of Olympia, an- nounces.

1927,

that the

to

contract.

charges were agreed by con- tract between the dock company and the shipowners and that in fact the rates charged to the shipowners for the work done were not excessive or unreasonable. The shipowners' action, challenging the deck company's sesle and apportionment of charges therefore dismissed, and their that more of the cost should be put on the receiver failed.

was 0452

During 1927 ninety freighters lift ed cargoes at Olympia while in 1923 the number of vessels calling almost doubled, 166 being registered with ports jumped from 957 tons outbound cargoes. General cargo ex-

to 8,911

a year later and lumber shipments increased from 127,853,958 The appeal was brought to decide fest to 205,330,119 feet.

the extent of the receiver's due, and Following

instituting the appropriate apportionment of terminal rates which placed the Port charge to him. What was in fague, of Olympia on the

Le same shipping Mr.

Quesne said, Was basis with Seattle, Tacoma and Port- sum of 1s 10d and is 11d per standard land, the volume of imports is show as part of a charge of 11s per standard ing a marked increase monthly and made to the ship, and services in dis- a huge gain over 1928 is in pros- charging. The appellants submitted pect for this year, Gribble said. that it represented à proportion of the

the

of

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929.

PACIFIC

to EUROPE

U

via CANADA

UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT

SE the Canadian Pacific Route to Europe and dispose of all the troublesome details that usually arise out of a 10,000 mile overseas journey.

When you travel Canadian Pacific there is only one transaction- the initial one between our agent and you. Your trip across the Pacific, across Canada, and across the Atlantic is made on Canadian Pacific ships and trains; your stopovers at Canadian Pacific hotels.

One ticket One service

The utmost In speed and

comfort.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Next sailing to the Pacific Coast EMPRESS OF FRANCE

6 a.m. 31st July, 1929.

GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM'

WORLD'S

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

JULY-AUGUST SAILINGS

DEPARTURE HOURS:

Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 2.00 p.m.

8.8. TAI HING"

[1,068 tons Capt. Trott.]

JULY

NYISLINE

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

་་

SUMMER EXCURSION RATES

From Hong Kong to Shanghai

and return

.H.K.S120

..

Nagasaki

165

Móji Kobe Yokohama

190

210

235

+

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,

TAIYO MARU

Wednesday, 7th August.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

MISHIMA MARU

IYO MARU

Monday, 29th July. Monday, 12th August. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, SUWA MARU

FUSHIMI MARU

Saturday, 27th July. Saturday, 10th August.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KAGA MAKU

Wednesday,

21st August,

27th July. 11th August. SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

↑ NAGATO MARU

TAMBA MARU

Mexico & Panama

BOKUYO MARU

Saturday,

Sunday,

Monday, 19th August.

National indignation has beam aroused by the racent Dccurrence of deaths of innocent citixana from the guns of dry agents. Upper left shows J. W. Kendrick of Abington, Ky, center; Mrs. Lillian De King and,

The

right, her husband, Jeanph Da King, and son Gerald. Below left le the schooner "i'm Alone", on which customs agents fired, killing one of the crew, an sat which nearly caused international-complicatione

When they pass the Shiuking Gorge, the American travellers say "Well, We guess this beats the Hudson River, our show place." Continental visitors cemark that it reminds them of the "Rhine and Switzerland." Whilst British tourists declare "Surely, the Lake district or the Scottish moors, but with а little less vegetation." Now why not take a five-days' round trip and see for yourself. It costs you Jonly $40.

FRI. 26th

WED.

31st

AUGUST

TUES. 6ih SUN. 11th

WED.

21st

FRI.

16th

TUES. 27th

5.3. "TAI MING"

[649 tons-Capt. G. J. Spink.] MON. 29th

SUN. 4th FRI.

9th WED. 14th

AUGUST

JULY

MON. 19th

SUN. 25th FRI. 30th

For Information apply tomada

KWONG WING

87, Connaught Road West; Phone: Central 893.

Express

American Travellers Cheques

“Sky-blue” in colour, these Cheques give travellers the fullest protection against the loss or theft of their travel They are spendable and acceptable everywhere. For more than 36 years travellers the world over have found personal service au financial security thru their use.

Facilitating the movements of actual value in French francs.

wages of the two men in the tracks revaluation of assets and abilities both Imports and exports, a second on the quayside, and should therefore which has been made shows a credit large transit, abed costing more than be borne by the receiver on the proper the charter-party $12,000 is now being built and will construction of balance of 100,930,131.51f, which we

be used to handle the general cargo clause Clause 15 of the Baltwoed propose to transfer to the statutory

which would then amount to exports such as Shelton mill wood Charter. reserve, 141,448,910.081.

Mr. C. R. Dunlop, K.C., for the con But also seemed

it

pulp products, canned goods from indispensable to

said that in the court below. South-western recasting ever

several us, when

Washington sig owners had sought to recover canceries and Olympia wood pro- the our balance sheet, to bring statu-

this

fúnds. the sum as a debt, and they strenuous- tory reserve up to its pre-War value, ducts.

A $35,000 addition to the cold stor- ly denied that any work was done on about 40,000,000 gold francs, and we

increase

age plant at the terminals is now their behalf after the cargo had left it to-day propose to 200,000,000f by taking the necessary being rushed to completion and will the ship's fall. On the construction of be ready to handle the 1929 Thurs- the contract their present contention sum, 58,551,050.921, from the extra-

The was equally erroneous. ordinary

reserve, which will then ton County strawberry crop. amount to 81,

61,448,949.08f.

plant will have a capacity of 4,100 † Judgment was reserved. barrels of berries and twenty-five | Improvement Works

cars of produce such as apples and With regard to the necounts, it will

figures are very with the port showing

such ex- different from those of previous years, owing to the conversion into French ceptional growth during the past francs, but actually the expenditure year and more shipping being made through the terminals to al points. was on about the saine level as in

Gribble predicted the previous year, while receipts, hav-in this region.

grown in conformity with the de- that another year would see still port, which velopment of the traffic, exceed those greater growth of the

was opened in November, 1928, 1927 by about 65,000,000L.

New Ageneics Announced propose to take advantage of the ex-

McCormick for 1928 results

Steamship Company ceptionally favourable by setting aside 100,000,000f fox im- has been appointed California provement works and 25,000,000 for of the new trans-Pacific

SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports, be seen that the

BINGO MARU

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

† ATAGO MARU

† KUMA MARU

Friday, 9th August

Thursday, 25th July. Sunday, 4th August

Sunday, 11th August. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

† BENGAL MARU

Thursday, 8th August.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.

DELAGOA MARU

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

+ MURORAN MARU (Moji direct) Saturday, SADO MARU

+ Cargo only.

Wednesday,

27th July.

31st July.

Reduced 1st Class Excursin Fates quoted between Manila and Australia,

For further information apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

for

in

WA

we

agent

service

of

the construction of ho000.000 Pt; the Klaveness Line, of which the

In addition, the usual set aside for amortisation.

of

Ernest E. Johnson Company is Portland is

general Pacific Coast. egent. The McCormick Company was also recently appointed agent on Puget Sound for the Redwood Line. The General Steamship Corpora- tion has been named Pacific Coast agent of the new inter-coastal ser- vice to be established by the Shepard Steamship Company.

After providing for these amounts and adding the balance brought for- ward from 1927, there is an available dividend will absorb proposed 712,192,676.06.

Tel. Central No. 292 and 3897. (Private exchange to all departments,) sum of 716,298,322.471, of which the

0. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore.

Colombo, Suez and Port Said.

ATLAS MARU

Sunday, 11th August.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES Via Saigon, Singapore,

Colombe, Durban & Cape Town ANO MONTEVIDEO MARU

BOMBAY-Via Singapore & Colombo,

HONOLULU MARU GANGES MARU

DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,

Tuesday, 80th July,

Sunday, 4th August, Monday, 19th August, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI BARTM & MOMBASA—Via Singapore &- Colombo, CANADA MARU CALCUTTA—VI Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

KUSADO MARU

SEATTLE MARU

Tuesday, 6th August.

Thursday, 1st August. Sunday 18th August

The traffic through the canal in 1928 showed, by comparison with that for 1927 (which broke all previous re- cords), an increase of 2,943,854 tons Det

to 31,905,902 tone-an increase of over 10 per cent. Progress in the traffic of the canal has continued dur- ing the current year, and the tonnage during the first four months of 1923 was 786,000 tons greater than that for the corresponding period of last year.

PASSENGER LIST

DEFARTUKES

Another agency announcement le that of the appointment of the Transportation Company, Harkins operator of a line of river vessels between Portland and Astoria; as agent for the Admiral Line at Asteria."Railway & Maring News," Seattle.

TIMBER DISCHARGE

JUDGMENT RESERVED IN SHIPOWNERS APPEAL

Per ss. "Siberia Maru" for San Francisco and Los Angeles out Jaly 24

Fowzel, E. Ravera, R. H Berkov, S. Posayanenth, S. Asabane; London. The Appeal Court to-day, R. Nakanishi, Mr. and Mrs. K (says the "Journal of Commerce" of Nuzaka and family, Miss Rath June 21), consisting of Lords Justices Kucifer, Miss M. D. Becker, Miss Scratton, Grear and Russell, reserved D. M. Rosch, G. H. Davies, S. A. R. Judgment in the

appeal Ismail, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ismail, the owners Mise S. L. Hollis, FK. M. Ewart Maersk the plaintiffs,

the

of

Lanza

from

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from Miss Ewart, Mr. Y. Kobayashi, Mas so much of the judgment in the recant

Manila, Brisbane & Sydney,

Porr Shanghai.ANAGE

*A*- HIMALAYA MARU GA Wednesday,

HAIPHONG Ylä Koihow & PakhoLANGU

7th August,

NEW YORK VIA Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama.

HAMBURG MARU

JAPAN PORTS

ALASKA MARU..

KEELUNGSVI Swaton & Amoy.

HOZAN MARU

CANTON MARU -

TAKAO VIA SWATOW & AMOY.

DELI MARU...

TAKAO & KEELUNG

SOUBABAYA MARU

For fin her pariculars please apply to ATE DEMI No. 1089; 1059.22 000,

Sunday, 18th August 1th August Sunday,

Sunday, 25th July, 3 pun Sunday,

4th August, 3 p.m.

· Thursday, 1st August, Noon

Friday, 16th August

OSAKA SPOSEN KAISHA

MTAKEUCH, Manager

K. Jerasawa, Mr. and Mrs. H. Satoh Garston timber discharge action as and child, Mr. M. Matsunaga, Mrs. E. Gale, Mrs. F. Fujiwara and two chil- he is favour of the second defen- dants, the consignees. Mr. Justice dren, Miss H. D

Sammerskill, Mer, Miss S. Branson's Judgment in the King?

Shimada and Bench Division appeared in fuil in children, Terasawa, H. G. Nagan The Journal of Commerce on Marah P Hasseram, Yonezawa, S.

27 last. 1999 A Rapier, Mr and

Mrs.

Ang Paragan, Frits

The judgment, in so far as it was in favour of the defendants,~ the

Mrs., E. Gorahty, Mr. and "ners of the Garston Docks, the

Rooney and child, Mr. and Smith M M de Ocampo, Mr. and London, Midland and Scottish Rail-

Miss Theims way, was not challenged.

Mrby pe Lillian Cooss The second defendente, Mosura. Nation, Mrs. 8. G. Lanewalla, E. J. Denny, Mott and Dickson, Ltd, were Buckdisch, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry the constrares of the Umben in ques

McGuire

tier, and Mr. Le Queene KA. for the

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