MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1930.
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 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 H.M. Government.)
9. S..
From I Tons Hong Kong.
About
KARMÁLA
1930
9,128 16th
Feb.
*KIDDERPORE Į 6,334 19th Feb.
MACEDONIA
KASHMIR
KALYAN
*ALIPORE
11,120 ist Mar. R.OND 9th Mar.
9,144
15:h Mor
5,273 19th Mar. RAWALPINDI-] 16,619 20th Mar.
• Cargo only.
Destination
THE
CHINA
MAIL.
BROKEN PROMISE 1
Stolen Trousers Not Redeemed
G-MONTHS-OLD CRIME
A theft which was committed on August 7 last, was brought to light at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day when Chan Fuk, a villager, was [charged with the theft of a pair of silk trousers, the property of u Chinese married woman living at Tung Hung Village.
The accused was a lodger in the complainant's hut and on the day in question a basket of clothing was įmissing, as was accused. The lat- ter returned and told the woman that he had taken the clothing to pawn, and would redeem them inter. But that promise he failed to carry Fout. On Chinese New Year, he was arrested by the complainant at Kowloon Cily and charged.
The Magistrate held that the com- (plainant should have taken action quicker. Meantime he would take into consideration the accused's frank owning up of his offence,
A fine of $10 or fourteen days' jail with hard labour, was impos-
ed.
CANTON CUSTOM
Money for P.C. to Buy Tea
A Chinese, who came down
from HIM | Canton to pay his respects to his re- Intives at the Chinese New Year, was at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day brought before Mr. Whyte-Smith charged with (a) disobeying traffic signals in Wuhu Street, and (b) offer-
Marseiles, London, Hull, Rotterdaming a bribe of 20 cents to an Indian
& Antwerp. Straits, Colomba & Bombay. Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp,
Marseilles, London, Hull, Rotterdam
& Antwerp.
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Frequent comans tion from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other. Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steambip Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS,
TALMA *SHIRALA
TAKLIWA
TILAWA
TALAMBA
1
1930 | 10,000 8th Feb. 7,641 13th Feb. 7,936 25th- Feb. 10,000 11th Mar. I 9,018 14th Mar. Cails Bongaon.
Singaporo, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singaporo, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
BI. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and
carry a qualified surgeon.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
1030 *TANDA
6,956 | 28th Feb. ST. ALBANS 4,500 4th Apr. NELLORE 16,853 2nd May
Calls Port Holland.
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailing from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong
to Australiu.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Ilolfo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Tinior, Darwin, or other parts en route as in-
ducement offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
policeman.
The defendant frankly admitted hath charges. He said that he had hired a bicycle for an hour to go round wishing his people "kung hay, kung huy
Mr. Whyte-Smith remarked that it was not much fun hiring a bicycle for an hour and riding it among the crowds in Wuhu Street and places like that. There was no pleasure in it, so fur as his Worship could sec.
On the first charge the defendant was fined $5, while a caution was re- gistered on the second, the Magistrate reminding him that it was a very dan- gerous thing to offer bribes to police.
MAN.
Sergeant Gilling pointed out that the tefendant gave the 20 cents to the policeman with the words "Yum chaa" (drink tea), and when brought to the station the defendant told the Police that that was the custom in Canton.
Political and social improvements in the status of women in the Balkan countries Are reported. Municipal suffrage to women over
HONG KONG TIDE
the
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Steamer
... Wed
Sun.,
Destination Tiau via Stow & Sha..CHAKSANG Tzu via S'low & S'hal . KWAISANG Tian via Stow & S'hai .POOSHING....Wed., Osaka via Amoy, Moli &KUTSANG .....Tues,
Kobe
Onake via Amoy, Moji & YUENSANG ...Tues.,
Kobe
Osakn via Amuy, Doj & SUISANG
Kobe
Salling
6th Feb. at 7 a.m. 9th Feb. at 7 a.m. 12th Feb. at 7 a.. 11th Feb, at 7 a.m. 18th Feb. at 7am.
Wed., 26th Feb, at 7.R. S'pore, Penang & Calcutta HOSANG Thura, 13th Feb. at 3 p.m. S'pore, Penang & Calcutta KUMSANG Tuus, 18th Feb. at 3 p.m. Sundaken
HINSANG Thurs., 6th Feb. at Noon Sandakan
MAUSANG Mon., 24th Feb. at 3 p.m. Tientsin via Swatow
CHIPSHING... Sun., 9th Feb, at 7 a.m. For Freight and Passage apply to:- JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.. Telephone Central 215.
General Managers.
PASSENGER LISTS
ARRIVALS
II. Bassarmal, Emile Gensberger. R. Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jackson, David Judah, Mr. and Mrs. I. Odell, Mra. C. A. Verleysen, Master Morris Verley. sen, Master Robert Verleysen.
HISTORIC SHIPYARD
(Continued from Page 4)
The following passengers arriv-truction engines beyond the town ed by s.. President Grant from of Lymington, whilst three miles by Shanghai on February 1:
land and water, "away up the wood- ed estuary lie the shipwrights and caulkera, resting in the peaceful! churchyard of Beaulieu Abbey, side by side with the last Hampshire ironfounders from Sowley Pond.”
Still a picturesque little spot, this
Buckler's old-fashioned
Hard, for between 70 and 80 years was a busy hive of the shipbuilding industry. Were one to ask, any Tynesider where the Mauretanis was built he would almost certain-
DEPARTURES
P. & 0. 9.s. Mantua for Singa. pore, Marseilles, Gibraltar, Ply. mouth and Landon on February
1:
f
F. J. Abbot, W. R. Agus, Mrs. G. T. Anderson and Infant, A. Alli, Rev, and Mrs. C. I. Blanchett, Byrne and two children, A. Ely give the right answer whether J. C. Brown, Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Baedeker, Mrs. D. M. Bradley and he had ever been employed at Swan, infant. A. T. Braley, H.E. Sir Hunter's or not; if one asked the Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., Lady average resident of Merseyside who Clementi, Miss A. Clementi, Capt. built the Alabama the odds are that and Mrs. A. Cave, Group Capt. he would know something about Cave Brown Cave, R.A.F. when she left Laird's yard in the that vessel, which made history Cave, Mrs. B. B. Charig, Miss month of May, 1862, and cost the A. M. Calliman, Mrs. K. M. Corvan, P. J. Condon, K. T. S. Durston, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Fraser. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Field and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Fuggle and son, Miss J. H. Ferris, J. C. Fletcher, Major and Mrs H. T. Guest, Mrs. C. D. Goldman,
British Government several mil- lions.
residents of the North of Scotland Perhaps even воло of the might remember that the famous slipper ship Thermopylae was built at Aberdeen, or those of Dumbarton that the almost more famous clip! E. D. Groves, Miss George, R. Aper Cutty Sark was built to the de Hall, Col. G. H. R. Halland, K. signs of Scott and Linton of that Hockey, Mr. and Mrs. F. Hoare town, but it is very doubtful whe and son, Mrs. S. K. Horn, C. H.
her many residents in the neigh- James, Sir James Jamleson, bourhood of Beautien River would K.C.M.G.. B. H. Jones, E. remember that the ship which is so Kaufmann, H. 1. Lockhart, Mrs.closely connected with the earlier: F. H. Lowe, Miss H. Lowe, Capt. exploits of Lord Nelson first took and Mrs. W. J. Larter and two the water at the little village of infants, Mrs. E. M. Lornie, Mr. Buckler's Hard. and Mrs. L. J. Morley and song, Major, G. R. Moore, M, and Mra. A. McNay, R. E. Magnusson, H.
and
Mr. and Mrs. S. Sharrock infant, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Saker, E. Schwenzer, C. D. Stewart, H. Stringer, W. N. A. Smalley, Capt. F. G. Sillito, R.M., Miss M. I. | Thomas, H. Thorpe, Mrs. R. K. Valentine, Miss J. L. Vincent. Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Whittenbach, Mra. G. A. F. Woymas and three children, Miss Wright, Mr. and Mrs. N. Watson, Miss M. A. Wilson, W. J. Waddington, L. Walton, A. D. Wyllie.
Pompey's, Fate
Of the great naval establish.
re-
30 who can read and write has been conceded in Greece, while polygamy is now forbidden in Jugoslavia.
F. C. Neville and child, Mr. andments at Portsmouth, a few miles Mrs. W. Old and Infant, Miss away, will its fate ever be that of} Another war between France and J. G. Old. Mrs.. M. C. Potts, Miss Buckler's Hard? One may be ex Germany within two years is prode P. Peyssard, T. W. Sturton, cused in these days when talk of phesied by M. Leon Daudet,
disarmament is more Insistent than Royalist deputy, who is soon to re-
ever before, for asking such a turn to Paris after his exile in
question. Lord Montagu evidently Brussels.
did not consider this an absolute Impossibility, for at the conclusion of his little book he states:- "Where the caulking hammer sounded is now a peaceful mendow (referring to Buckler's Hard), and wild fowl and herons haunt the once busy banks. Who knows that Portsmouth may not, 45 aerial navigation progresses-and pro- gress it will lose a great part of ita glory? The oak gave way to metal. Shall the dominion of tho seas be overshadowed by the dominion of the air? It may be Dockyard: But if so, the Mistress of the Seas "Herald," must also be the Mistress of the
Air.
been obtained by aid of the Tide-pre- The tide-table given below har
dieting Machine, which includes 40 components for the better prediction
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New of tides, from the result of the Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London vin Suez Canal.
The F. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
annlysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kowloon tidal observa. tory under the direction of Dr. Deberck during the years 1887, 1868
The times and heights are given for Kowloon; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and and 1889. London via Panama Canal.
.TANDA
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
*ALIPORE KALYAN TILAWA TALAMBA BAWALPINDI
1030
6,956 4th Feb.
Noon 5,273 11th Feb. 0,144 15th Fob. 10,006 20th Feb.
8,018 21st
Tob. Feb.
10,010
28th
TAKADA
0,049
7th
Var.
ST. ALBANS
4,500
MALWA
10,980
*NAGPORE
5,283
10,000
TALMA
*BELTONA
* Barge only.
11th Ker. 14th Xar. 17th Mar. 22nd Mar. 27th Mar.
Moji, Kobe & Yokohama,
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobo & Osaka. Amoy, Moll Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Amoy, Muji, Kobe & Osaka, Hoji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji, Kahe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobo & Osaka, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
All dates are approximate, and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Kangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans, free of charge. Steamers un London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries: Parcels measuring not more than 2 ft. x 2ft x 1ft will be received
at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, „Passage, Freight, Handbosks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & 0, Building, Connaught Rd. C, Hong Kong.
Agents.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
-ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty yours' experience. We own two Slipwaya and can seeruanodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. Central No. 4595. Shipyard: Sham-Bul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel. Kowloon No.9.
Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924
The times of high and low-water must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.
February 3 to 9, 1930,
DATE HIGH WATER LOWER WATED.
Standard Times
H
5 50.
1.8
WARSHIPS IN PORT
British warships in port this morn- ing were:--
In Basin of R:N. "Tamar," "Sterling." "Petersituld," "Iroquois,"
North Arm: "Kent."
West Wall: "Berwick."
In Dock: "Moorhen," "Seraph."
No. 0 Buay: "Bruce."
No. 7 Bucy: "Serapie."
No. 12 Buny: "Thracian."
No. 13 Buay: "Cicala."
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
on
Standard Feb.
Times
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of Asla arrived at Shanghai Mon, 2 01845, m. Jonuary 31 (Fri.) at 1.30 p.m., Tues., 0 16.3 7 10
left Shanghai on February 1 1 18 4.8 6 41 a 8.1
(Sat.) at 10 a.m., and was due at Wed. 5m 63 5.7 m 7 42 1.3 Hong Kong to-day (Mon.) at 10
119 5.L 7 EO A 31 Thar 8 m 1 68 5.0 m 8 15
a.m. She leaves Hong Kong for 9 40.a
Manila to-day (Mon.) at 5 p.m. -Fri.
7m 3.934.3
The E. & A. m 8 519,0
5.3. Tanda loft. 3 37 & 80 11 4%E5 Manila for this port on January Bat em 128.99 38
81, p.m.
with the outward Aus- 4 33 6.6
tralian Malls, and was duo here 9m 7 98.7 m 101.8
540 & 70 m 10 33 3.5. this morning.
Sun.
7 30
33
AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
“CHANGTE” & “TAIPING"
These New Vessels Maintain a Regular Servies from
HONG KONG, TO AUSTRALIAN PORTS via MANILA, and THURSDAY ISLAND.
Through Bill of Lading, issued to all Australian, New Zealand
and Tasmanian Ports. SAIN Excellent and Best Up-to-Date First and Second Class Passvogue'
Accommodation, . .HONG KONG TO SYDNEY-19th DATË,
Steamers CHANGTE TAIPING CHANGTE
TAIPING
Due Hong Kong
*** 11th February
11th March
11th April,
“Due to Sufi 18th February 18th March 18th April
For Freight and Passage apply to—– BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Tel C. 83.
Agents.
President Liner
SAILINGS
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
WILL SAIL
FOR SEATTLE and VICTORIA
Via Shanghai and Japan
AT
10 A.M.
5
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH.
instead of
1 A.M.
as previously advertised.
AMERICAN
MAIL LINE
AND..
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE
CANTON BRANCH:-4, SHA KEE STREET,
HONG KONG AND MACAO LINE in Good Speed
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Daily Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.00 pm.
Sailing from Macao at 7.50. a.m.
Sundays excepted.
Freight and Passage apply :-
CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD.
4, Connaught Road W.
WALKELAGEN
LINE
PANAMA
EXPRESS
SENICE
Tel C. 6061.
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.
Passengers desiring to travel, by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
42 Days To New York.
For Passenger and Freight information please apply?—-
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Queen's Buildings.
Agents.
Telephone C. 1030.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO”. HONGKONG.
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,
ELECTRICIANS.
The Com
pany pos
actees Bix Granite Docks and Two Pat ent Slip.
ways. The
* dimensions
of No. 1
Bock are
700 .ft.x
86 ft x 30
急
M.S. "SUGBO”.
Codon Unedi
A1, ABC
Filth EE-
tion; Ea
gineering First &
Second Edi
tlon; West-
ern Union and
Wit-
Single screw steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions: ----- 15w 0′′ B.P. x 28′ 0′′ Mid. 1 11′ 6′′ Mid.; D.W. 470 tons; B.H.P. 360; Speed 101⁄2 knots. Bulit and machinery installed by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd, to the order of La Naviera Filipina Inc., Cebu for Philippine coasting service.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., M.IN.A., Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong.
"
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.