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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930.

P. & O.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS,

TAKING CARGO FOR

THE

CHINA

MAIL.

THE HISTORIC NAME] Indeed. In its essential forma it yo

OF LLOYD'S

INSURING ANYTHING FROM TWINS TO SHIPS

£30,000,000 IN PREMIUMS

***

According to an advertisement of the year 1888, a certain Edward Lloyd was the owner of a modest coffee hours in Tower Street, Lon dan, writes Gilbert C. Layton in Overseas. Coffee houses in those days were an excellent business pro- position, for they had become centres not only of social intercourse, but of political and commercial discussion. Lloyd's particular property, being ad- Jacent to the river. enjoyed the patronage of many sailors whose vessels had brought merchandise to the capital Here, then, was the ob vious place in which news of the sea could be sought-nows which, in those days, was diflcult to obtain

Edward Lloyd sufficiently appreciat ed the opportunity offered, and mov

premises nearer the heart of the City. His patrons followed him, and after his death, their business becom ing more complicated, they moved again and finally into the Royal Ex- change. During the present century the need for further space has con stantly made itself obvious,

The membership alone has doubled since 1014, so that the magnificent bullde ing in Landenhall Street, which has lately come into WED was urgently

CONSIGNEES

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO. NOTICE TO CONSIGNETS.

Motor Vessel,

ingina what it was in the sighteenth century, and contains references to Pirates and Letters of Mark, which are grimis rahuluiscent of the` day when seafarers had to face not only the natural elements, but the pri vateer and cut-throat, Such a docu- ment is opt of date for present par poses, but it la not totally scrapped; modern conditions and needs, an they arise, are met by the addition of From - Trieste, Venite, Brindisi, alipi, It to to Bo understood that Fiume, Spalato, Port Said, Szex, Mas- this method is not followed purely un, Karachi, Colombo, Penang &

antiquarian reasons, but meets Singapore.. with the approval of the legal and insurance world generally,

for

"REMO"

CONSIGNEES' of Cargo are hereby Old as is the form of the polley informed that all Goods are being it would be strange even to Edward landed at their risk into the Godowns Lloyd ffor it did not appear till of the Hong Kong and Kowloon over fifty years after his death) if Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd., at he could return to see the complicat Kowloon, whence and/or from the ed business mechanisms bearing his wharves delivery may be obtained. paino-a name now, known in every quarter of the world where seafar ers and those interested in ships foregather in the furthering of ship. ping busine44,"

ORDERED FOR

www.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 7th instant.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have laft the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after

SALEe 18th inst., will be subject to rent.

BTRAITS, JAVA, DURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, ed his quarters to more commodious Admiralty Court And

WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, FAST AND SOUTH 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 HM. Government.)

9. 8.

Tous

From Hong Kony About

*LAHORE

KHIVA

*MIRZAPORE *JEYPORE

5,318 25th

1

1930 8,304 11th Jan,

9,185 18th Jan. Jan. 6,718 22nd

Jan

MANTUA

10,946

1st

9,128 18th

Feb. Feb.

* Cargo only.

KARMÁLA

Destination

Marsailles, London, Hull, Hamburg,

Rotterdam & Antwerp. M'seilles, Ldon, R'dam & A'werp. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg,

Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Marseilles, London, Hall, Rotterdam

& Antwerp.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Plruzus, Sinyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Thedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

*TALAMBA

TAKADA TALKA SHIRALA

TAKLIWA

TILAWA

1930 8,018 10th Jan

3 p.m. 6,949 23rd Jan. 10,000 2nd Feb. 7,841 10th Feb, 7,036

20th

Feb.

10,006

Calls Rangoon.

3rd Mar.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

L

needed,

Lloyd's News

During the centuries the members have

provided themselves with numerous aids for their business and have, of course, been, greatly assist ed to this end by the progress of invention. The early written ship ping lists, which began to circulato as soon‚às, a nucleus of interested

persone was collected onesies coffee house, developed into the com mercial

nows sheet. Lloyd's News was published three times a week Known to-day as Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette, it is the oldest newspaper in England with the ex- ception of the London Gazette.

Very early it was found necessary to appoint agents for the transmis sion of news from all the important

er,

де

ports at home and from some on the Continent. At the present time there are more than 1,500 such agents who Bro at the service

of shipmaster, merchant

and underwrit The forwarding of news WAJ particularly important ata.

time when such inventions as the tele graph were as yet unknown, and al the latter end of the eighteenth cen tury the Postmaster-General was not above making à profitable, but un- official arrangement by which all cor respondence for Lloyd's was deliver ed come hours before the private mails. Lloyd's by this means had a temporary monopoly of all shipping nows. Important Information which It was desirable for all members hear was publicly announced from tho Callers Eostrum. Notice of such an event was given on the still exist. ing and still used Lutine Ball. It h a relic of French frigate captur In addition, re ports received from Lloyd's signal stations and agents along the coast Are posted up from time to time throughout the day.

BL. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1sted by the British. and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.

Some "Characters"

FASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). An institution such as

"NELLORE

TANDA

ST. ALBANS

1030

81st Jan.

0.853

0,950

28th Feb.

4,500 4th Apr.

Calls Port Holland,

Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.

Regular monthly callings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong

to Australia.

The E. & A. 8.3. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Hollo,

Oebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route

ducement offers.

Frequent connections from Australls with the following:- The Unión 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis

Zealand, Vaneuver, San Francisco, otá

The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Bues Canal, · ·

The P. & O. Branch Service of steemers to London via the Cape.

as

New

.

Italian Steamer

All claims against the veszel must be presented to the undersigned on

before the 23rd Inst. or they will not

be recognised,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 13th inst, at 10 am by our surveyors, Messrs. Gdodard &. Douglas.

The sale of the Italian steamer Nimbo, ordered by Mr. Justice Bateson in the Admiralty Court, re calls an unusual occurrence in a gale ed. On November 12 last, when tion at Peacehaven, near Brighton, Nimbo ran on works under construed by

The steamer and did £8,000 worth of damage. was arrested by the Admiralty Marshal at Southampton, and a caretaker put on board. Her

No Fhe Insurance has been affect- the Bill of Lading will be countersign- DODWELL & CO, LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 7th January, 1980.

crew were taken off with the breeches buoy on the cliff.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND MANILA.

Mesars. John Gill, Ltd., were 'con- tion of the new sewage outfall works tractors for the Brighton Corpora and the underwriters had the steam- er talved and taken to Southampton by tuge of the Dover Harbour Board, The Steamship. and the Harbour Board also had a claim for salvage.

"BENVENUE" Mr. Damas for Mesura. Gill, Ltd., formed that all Goods are being land- CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in- asked the Court to order the aped at their risk into the hazardous praisement and sale of the ship and/or extra hazardous Godowns of

gainst which

they had a damage The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & claim. The Nimbo, he said, reached Codown Co, Ltd, whence and/or Southampton on November: 22, the underwriters then ceased to have tained.

and from the wharves delivery may be ob any interest in her. The Dover Har bour Board had Issued writ for Goods have left the Godowns, and all No claims will be admitted after the their expenses. The vessel was said Goods remaining undelivered after the to be worth £2,000, for Breaking up 14th Inst. will be subject to rent. purposes, certainly not more than £2 "All claims against the stesiner must ton, and was a constructive total be presented to the Undersigned en or The contractors' claims for before the 28th inst, or they will not damage to their works would more be recognized.. than eat up the values of the

the fees. Ali broken, chafed, Docks dues were about £20

week, Goods are to be left in the Godepas, and a pump of the Dover Harbour where they will be examined on the

in 1888, in the case of the Het-Goddard and Douglas. Roard stood by with a man to work 18th inst at 10 am, by MessTS. cales, Mr. Justice Butt said that in affidavit of the facts, and the Ad- Bach a caso there must be an

ed. miralty Marshal had made a reported by not be allowed to deteriorato. in/w

which he said the property should

loss.

Mr. Justice Butenon ordered the appraiserment and sale of the Nimbo, and gave leave to all parties to bid, and

empowered the Admiralty Marshal to sell by private treaty if 10 desired. The Dover Harbour Board assented.

GRAIN FLEET

S.S. Stadacona Launched At Midland

and damaged

No Fire Insurance has been effect-

Bill of Lading will be countersign- GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 7th January, 1930.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', LONDON AND STRAITS,”

The Steamship,

情感

LIVE

EXPRESS

PILKA

BARBER WILHELMSEN

LINE

TRANS-PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE

via PANAMA.

NEXT SAILING

M.S. "TAI PING YANG"

on JANUARY 20th

for SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK & BOSTON

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight Information please apply-

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings. Agenta.

+

Telephone C. 1080.

HONG KONG AND MACAO LINE in Good Speed

S.S. CHUEN CHOW

Daily Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.00 pm. Salling from Macao at 7.50 ani.

Sundaya excepted

Freight and Passage apply:-

CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.

4, Connaught Road W.

CHILEAN-FLEET

Two Submarines At

Portsmouth

The officers and crews of the two Chilean, submarines, which arrived rt Portsmouth were the guests of the Lord Mayor, Councillor J.-E. Smith, at a luncheon in the Lord Mayor's banqueting room at Guild- hall. Supporting the Lord Mayor were the Chilean Minister, Senor Antonio Huneeus, head of the this has

Chellan Naval Mission in Ports- not lacked its full quota of "charac

mouth; Rear-Admiral Luisa: "Esco- ters." There is John Jutlus Anger

* ĐÊNVRACKIE”

bar, Naval Attache; and Comman stein, believed to be a Russian,, to

Comalguses of cargo are hereby in der Alberto Obracht. whose initiative the move to the

formed that all goods are being land- Replying to the toast of the Midland, OntarioThe launching of ed at their risk into the hazardous Chilean He was Royal Exchange was due.

the x.s. Stadscona bere recently was and/or extra hazardous Godowns of Chilean Navy, proposed by the Lord Republic and the one of the first to urge the neces- sity of a life-boat-service.

the occasion for a general half hall-The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Mayer, Senor Huneeus remarked on Again, "Dicky".

day, the whole population turning out Godowa Co., Ltd, whence and/or from Chile's extraordinary friendship there was

for the gambler, who was

event which presages the the wharves delivery may be placing in service of ons more plen

be obtained. riska

did addition to the

No elsims will be admitted after the with England. For ten or twenty feet of the Goods have left the Godowns, and all years, he said, all the Chilean boats Canada Steamship

Goods remaining undelivered after the had been built in Britain. The two The .. Stadacons was construct-10th inst. will be subject to rent. ed by the Midland Shipbuilding Com pany.

whore

to covar

on any born

Theraton was a man means, and was in

cover

contingency. considerable position to meet any calla made upon him.

Exellar than his day, however, the gambling spirit which had caused such dises. in-ters as the South Sea Bubble broke out again, and many undesirable speculatere publicly offered on the like prospects of distingulars ed invalids, who, reading of the event In the newspapers, were frequently badly and, in some cases, mortally, affected.

Such men * Thornton have Insurance now plays almost as large apart in Lloyd's activities as marine underwriting. Apart from the more ordinary type of miscellaneous insur ance, one can cover the zisk of losses through Budget burdens anticipated but not definitely known, the risk of the arrival of twins, the risk of ra volution and numerous other unliks ly contingencies.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and brought it about that miscellaneous

London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

-1980

*KIDDERPORE 5,834 10th Jan. Koji & Kobe.

TALKA

KARMALA

- BETRALA

KASHMIR. TAKLAWA

4 p.m. -10,000 18th Jan.'

6.m 9.128 18th Jan. 7,841. 18th Jan. 8,985 25th Jan. 7,9801) 30th Jank 11,120 81st Jan. 6,958) 4th Feb. 10,000 20th Feb, Cargo: only,

| MAQEDONIA

TANDA

TILAWA

Amoy, Holl, Hobu & Quiks.

S'hal," Moji, Kobe & Thams. Amoy, Koll, Robe & Oanks. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Tokohama. “Amty, Moll, Kobe & Osaka, b

Shingbai, Hoji, Kobe Yokohama, Moži, Kobe, Osaka & Tokohania. Amoy Moji, Kobe & Diska.

All dates are approximate and subject ta alterntion softhout WIRELESS

Lingsporo while, a wa

him are

KAPHY FTTTED ON ALL

must defray - their own; Hotal expenses

But squid business is the main

All claims against the steamer must submarines were one of the results duding 13. Gleneagles. And before the 24th inst. or they will not friendship. other giants of the

of the. Upper loud be presented to the Undersigned on or of a century's collaboration and Lemoyne, the latter holding all the recognised.

grain carrying records of the Great Goods are to be left in the Godowns All broken, chafed, and damaged Lakes. The new vessel is a sister where they will be examined on the ship to the Gleneagles. She is 596 9th Inst at 10 am, by Messrs. feet in length with a breadth of 60 Goddard & Bouglas. feet, and moulded depth of 32 fest She will be capable of carrying ed 440,000 bushels of grain and will be In the, ore trade as well gh

PASSENGER LIST

ARRIVALS

Per s. Taiping from Australian

George Mason and Lady Allard; occupation of Hoyd's members Pre-R. Allard, Mrs. C. Parker, E nilums paid by clients now total Grant Smith, A. Bruca Ronald, 11, V. £30,000,000 a year. The interests of Jaques, Miss Lover Miss A these polley bolders are safeguarded Lever, Mrs. A. Chatterton, W. H. not only by deposited securities, vals- Atkins, Commander, and Airs, G. Ar ed at over £10,000,000, but by Wilson and two children, W. J. Found, guarantee polleles to as large an E. Ling, Mr. and Mrs. GV. Ross, amount as well as the unlimited per I. Grant Davis

somal liability of every member

Compulsory annual examination of

underwriters accounts is an import The Minister of Labour has appoint. ant safeguard. and takes place 10ed Mr. Hugh Pattison Ma

that the possibility of meeting obligas to be the Court of End

Three thousand hens, travelling No Fire Insurance has been affect in a "hen pullman" of the Canadian National Railways from Princo -Bill of Lading will be countersign-Edward Island to the market at ed by,

Boston, will eat two tons of fead, GIRE, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD drink 2,000 gallons of water and

Aginta, Hong Kong, Brd January, 1980. lay about 240 dozen eggs.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOAN

Tel. C. 6061.

HONG KONG TIDE"

The tide table givm below · bita been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre- dleting Machine, which includes .... 40 components for the better prediction of tides, from the result of the analysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kowloon tidal observa- tory under the direction of Dr. Dobarek daring the years 1857, 1888 and 1880.

The times and beights are for Kowloon; but they may be u Aberdeen, the differences: being very for the Victoria Naval" Yard, and

mall

The times of high and low-water mit not be considered to coincide with the times of slick-water; and change of corrent, the two phenomena being quite distinct,

1. DER VILE.

January 9 to 15, 1980,

DATS HIGH WATER LOWER WATER,

Standard Standard Ht Times

Times

Thum 9 m 3 48.0 m.,10 16

4.31 &#) | 11° 46'a lz

January

·

m

Ht.

1.7

Fri 10m 5 15 4.8 m 10 69 3.0 Bat. 113 33 43 m 0 563.4 fun. 11

648 7:5 Mou. 13m 9141 240 Tam 14 10 11 12 14

5.95 8:4.17 Wed, 16 m 10.50 4.3

CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : “MANIFESTO HONGKONG.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER

MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND KRASS FOUNDEES. FORGE HASTERS,

to irves.

The Com

Llops may be demonstrated rats, the dapate regarding wary

A Strange Document

maring pollay backed with the wool and allled textile such strength is a strange document the northern counties.

ELECTRICIANS.

Codan Uradi

Com

Noon

HIP LONG GO

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