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P. & 0.-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, EGYET, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

6.S.

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From Hong Kong

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"KIDDERPORE 5,300 *SOMALI

6,800

RAJPUTANA 17,000

*ALIPORE

PADUA

KARMALA

CATHAY **SOUDAN

*KALYAN

1931.

Destination.

5th Aug. Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

LEAD DIVER'S STORY.

Submarine Wreck Off Italy.

THE CHINA MAIL.

For some time past the local fishermen have been complaining that a dangerous rock tears their nets and causes them danger, and the other day the local authorities He reported sent down a diver.

the discovery of an intact sub- marine and the bodies of the crew, long since dead, still in it.

'Apparently the submarine had Inot been wrecked by a mine' or

torpedo, for there was no outward sign of damage. His story was ao Interesting, that after putting a buoy over the spot. the authorities sent him down a second time. But he lost his life, it is not yet clear how,

SALE OF SEANG

BEE.

Judgment in Rangoon Case.

CONSIGNEES

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

Chartered Motor Vessel,

**HILDA "

From TRIESTE, VENICE & PORTS. CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby Informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Corapany, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option

extends.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and the 2nd August will be subject to rent. All Goods remaining undelivered after

All claims against the vernel must

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will he examined on the 1st August at 10 am. by our Bur reyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effect-

The reported discovery of a sub- Judgmont has been delivered by marino 90 feet below the surface in Mr. Justice Das in the Rangoon suit the sea just off Porto Recarati, the Secretary of State for India' in near Ancona, is causing much Council v. Lim Kar Chung, Ran- speculation in Italy and great ex-goon Port Commissioners and two. citement on the Adriatic coast. No others. body knows to what Navy the wreck His lordship said that the Seang belonged.

Bee was a sea-going British ship, The master did not pay the tolls, dues, rates, charges, or penalties payable under the Rangoon Port Act and the Port Commissioners applied to the Collector of Customs under Section 89 of the Rangoon Port Act to arrest the vessel. The Collector of Customs on December be presented to the undersigned on or 23, 1980, did distrain or arrest, the before the 12th August or they will vessel and the tackle, apparel and not be recognised. furniture belonging thereto and detained the same. The present sult was then filed and this Court ordered the arrest of the vessel and that order was served on the Col-ed lector of Customs on February 14, Bill of Lading will be countersign-† 1981. On March 19, 1931, the led by

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Rangoon Port Commisaloners BX-

Agents. plained their position in a lettor addressed to the Government Ad- vocate. The Commissioners claim- ed to be entitled to retain the ship until the amount of all tolls, dues, rates, charges or penalties payable under the Act, had been duly paid. The Commissioners claimed that The only plausible explanation of the arrest of the ship by the High the wreck's presence near Ancona

Court was without prejudice to is that the vessel once formed part their statutory lien and to their CONSIGNEES of Carge are hereby of a big Submarine base near the prior, distraint and arrest. They intormed that all Goods are being |

at their risk into the Godown of the longkang and Kowloon Whart and Godown Campany, Ltd., at Kow. loon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Submarine Base. Meanwhile inquiries have been made in Vienna and in Berlin, but neither the Austrians nor the Ger- can trace a submarine lost just there, and the Italians any they know It is not their wreck..

mans

8th Aug. Murecilles, Gibraltar, Havra, London, island of Brioni, on the other side of the Adriatic off Pola, which is in peace time widely known as tourist resort. It appears that the Germans last several submarinca from the base during the war which äre not registered as "missing."

15th Aug. 5,300 19th Aug. 6,000 22nd Aug. 9,000 29th Aug.

15,000 12th Sept.

0.800

19th Sept. 9,000 28th Sept.

1

H'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Hull Bombay, Marseilles & London. Straits, Colombo & Bombay, Marsellles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

Marseilles, Londen. Rotterdam, Ant

werp & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam & Antwerp. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Ant-

werp & Hull.

Cargo only. Calle Casablanca. Calls Djibouti.

Calls Karachi & Port Swettonħani.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaue, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

"TILAWA SANTHIA TALMA

1931.

10,000 8th Aug.) Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. 23rd Aug. Singapore, Pinang & Calcutta.

8th Sept. Singapore, Penang & Valcutta,

8,000 10,000

* Calls Port Swettenham."

The Italian Admiralty has taken the matter up and hopes to solve the gruesome mystery when other divers have been sent down.

MERCANTILE MARINE.

Lord Jellicoe On War Record,

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe was the principal guest at the bi-annual dinner and reception of the Forum Club at 6, Grosvenor Place, London, S.W. Lady Guggie, berg presided. Proposing the toast of "Her Highness the President," Lady Hollis Haid that Princess Marie Louise was the godmother of

further claimed that the ship could not be delivered to the purchaser until the tolls, etc., had been duly paid.

....

The vessel was then sold by the court and the port dues were paid by the purchaser to the advocate of the Port Commissioners before the vessel was released by them, and the. port dues were subsequently paid by the advocates, into court to abide the decision of this Court as whether the claim of the Port Com missioners were paramount or sub- ject to, any maritime lien which might be existing on the vessel.

Hong Kong, 27 July, 1831.

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV, CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Steamer:

"TEVERE" From TRIESTE, VENICE & PORTS,

landed

but

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival, carried on from port to port to the final purt of call to which the option

extenda.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godawn, and all Goods remaining undelivored after the 3rd August will be subject to rent.

All claims against the veanel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 13th August or they will not be recognised.

All brokes, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be luft in the Godowns,

where they will be examined on the 1st August at 10 a.m. by our sur veyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effect."

Bill of Lading will be countersign- DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents.

Hong Kong, 28th July, 1981.

The only question for decision now was whether the Port Commis- sioners under section 89 of the Act, had a right to detain the vessel before the amounts due to them.ed were paid or whether their righted by was subject to the maritime lien in favour of anybody on the vessel. In this case, the Port Commissioners preserved. their right to datain the vessel before their dues were paid at the time of the sale. It was only when their dues were paid by the: it was entirely due to her that it purchaser that they allowed the had grown as it had. In support vessel, to proceed. His lordship ing the toast the Chairman said be- thought they had a paramount title|

Princess Marie Louise for a mess-as port dues was not subject to any age to give the members. She re-maritime llen In favour of the plied: "Will you say I am slowly plaintiff and the Port Commit- 2nd Sept. Manila, Rataul, Brisbane, Sydney climbing back from death and that stoners were entitled, to draw this

B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st the oversea section of the club and and 2nd class passengers.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South),fore the dinner she had asked to that money and the amount paid

1981

TANDA NANKIN NELLORE

7,000 7,000 2nd Oct. 7,000 31st Oct.

& Helbourne.

I will be with them all at the next money as it belonged to them. dinner. (Cheers.)..... Lord. Jellicoe. As regards the other parties to at the reception paid tributes to this suit, it was quite clear that the people of New Zealand and to plaintiff had a maritime lien on the

Regular monthly callings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan the officers and men of the Mer-sale proceeds of the vessel and the and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney 19 days.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union 3.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The F. & C. Royal Mail Steamers to, London and

The P. & C. Branch Service of steamers to London via Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan, June to Sept.

TANDA "SOUDAN CATHAY ITALMA

NANKIN TAKADA KALYAN 1ST. ALBANS

:

*1931,

7,000 7th Aug. S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama. 0,800 8th Ang. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 15,000 14th Aug. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,

Amoy, S'hal, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka.

10,000 14th Aug. 7,000 27th Aug.

7,000 28th Aug.

9,000 28th Aug.

Shanghai, Kobe & Yolchama.

Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

4,500 81st Aug. S'hai, Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Thama.

*Cargo only, † Calls Nagoya,

1 Calling Wal-hal-wei, Tsingtau & Shanghal on return from Japan.

All dates are approximate und subject to alteration without notice. Fassengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,

All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans on Punks Louvre System free charge.

Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 6 cu. ft will be received at the Com- pany's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing

LONG VOYAGE ENDS. Another Windjammer At Queenstown.

Queenstown (LF.S.), June 18. The four-masted barque Mel- bourne, the eighth, windjammer from Australia this season, has

arrived from Port Adelaide after a Voyage of 109 days. On June 2 she passed the calling vessel, Penang, which is also on the way to Queenstown.

cantile Marine. The way in lien of the master of the vessel was which the former had tackled the subject to the lien of the plaintiff, disaster of the earthquake was and the lien of the engineer was splendid. Of the Mercantile Marine similar to that of the plaintiff and bearing and fur-bearing stock from he said that upon it the prosperity he would be entitled to a propor- and life of the British Empire de tienate share of the money. The pended. During the War the Mer-Port Commissioners would get their cantile Navy lost nearly 8,000,000 costs from plaintiff. tona shipping. There was no finer history written in the whole of the

annals of the British Empire than of preserving the Mercantile Navy the work of the Mercantile Navy but also of protecting her traders [during the War. This country should by maintaining the efficiency and

Keep in mind the necessity not only superiority of the Royal Navy,

Large-scale exports of wool-

British Columbia to Japan are seen as a possibility resulting from the visit to the Pacific coast province of 8. Chiya of All Brothers, Tokyo, who is conferring with the market branch of the BC. Department of Agriculture with the view to getting in touch with reliable breeders of Angora and Rex rabbits, mink, mus- krat and pure foxes.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,

·HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:

Telograma!:

"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG, KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KOCE 18019.

Telephones:

KOWLOON DOCK, 58058..

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, -

FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

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For further information, Fassage, Freight,. Handbooks, etc., apply to:-

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MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1931.

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via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, ··Los Angeles and Panama Canal.

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TUESDAY, AUG. 4

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42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:---

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

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