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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1931.

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REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING

•FROM £79 TO £120 ON SALE:

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan-Ports & Honolulu,

TATSUTA MARU

ASAMA MANU

HEIAN MARU

HIKAWA MARU

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Wednesday, 16th September. Wednesday, 30th September.

8th September. 6th October,

LONDON, MARSEILLES. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM vla

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez.

BOMBAY vin Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

KAGA MARU

Friday.

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU

Tuesday, Tuesday,

HAKOZAKI MARU

Saturday,

TERUKUNI MARU

Saturday,

5th September. 10th September.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

26th September.

KAMO MARU

Saturday,

24th October.

YAMAGATA MARU

SOUTH AMERICA (West

...... Monday, Coast) via Japan,

11th September. 14th September. Honolulu. :

Saturday,

12th September.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

+ ASUKA MARU

Tuesday,

8th September.

† TOBA MARU...

Tuesday,

29th September.

+ LYONS MARU

Sunday,

13th September.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

† BENGAL MARU

Tuesday,

+ CALCUTTA MARU

Tuesday,

8th September. 15th September,

HARUNA MARU

Friday,

+ MURORAN MARU

KAMO MARC (Nagasaki. direct)

Sunday, Friday,

4th September. 6th September. 18th September.

+ Cargo only.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

For further information apply to:- NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

Telephone 30291.

(Private exchange to all departments.)

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S.

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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS | Buenos Aires Maru

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

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Thuc

3rd Sept.

&

BUENOS AIRES

via

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ho, Durban & Capetown,

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Arizona Maru

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,

Wed.,

7th Oct.

LOURENCO MARQUES.

DURBAN, PORT · ELIZA-

BETH & CAPETOWN

THENCE TO RIO DE

JANEIRO, SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singa-

pere & Colombo

BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL Sydney Maru

Sun,

BOURNE, AUCKLAND &

WELLINGTON via Manila.

JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Havana Maru

Services).

Fri,

6th Sept

11th Sept.

·LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT-

Suez & Port Sald.”

TERDAM & ANTWERP Amazon Maru via Singaporo,

Fri.,

Colombe, Alaska Maru

Sun...

NEW YORK via Japan ports, Kinai Maru

Tues.,

Los Angeles & Panama. Hokuraku Maru

Tues.,

Call Direct at Boston,

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Argun Maru

Thurs.,

Belawan. Deli & Colombo.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Burma Màru

Penang & Rangoon.

Fri.,

HAIPHỐNG VIa, floihow &

Pakhol (Fortnightly),

Menado Maru

KEELUNG via Swatow d

Amoy (3 p.m. every Sun- Canton Maru day),

Thurs., Sun.,

Thurs.,

3rd Sept.

13th Sept

10th Sept.

(Fortnightly).

TAKÃO via Swntow & Amoy Deli Maru

For further particulars please apply to:-

OSAKA · SHOSEN. KAISHA.

Telephone" 26081.

11th Sept. 11th Oct

15th Sept 6th Oct.

3rd Sept.

18th Sept.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR SEPT, 1991 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 3 p.m.

Steamer.

Arrives

Wuchow

Arrives Leaves Wuchów Hong Konr

Leaven Hung Kong

3rd SAT. 5th SUN. 6th MON. 7th 6th TUES. 8th WED. 9th THURS. 10th. 9th FRI 11th SAT. 12th SUN. 13th 110: SUN.

13th MON.

14th TUES.

15th 18th SAT

19th. 21st

TAI HING THURS. TAI MING BUN. TAI HING WED... TAI MING FRI TAI HING TUES TAI MING THURS.

TAI HING MON.

TAI MING WED.

TAI HING SUN.

15th THURS. 17th FRI... 17th | SAT.

19th SUN. 20th MON. 21st WED, 23rd THURS. 24th FRI... 25th 23rd FRL 25th BAT. 26th SUN. 27th 27th TUES. 29th WED. 30th THURS.

1st FBI. 2nd SAT

TAI MING TUES. 29th THURS.

Forts of Call Samahut, Bhuihing Takhing & Dishing.

Faros Return (not including meals) $20.00.

Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board.

Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing - Wharf,

For information apply to

20, Connaught Road West, SANG WO

Phone 20898.

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WATER LEVELS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Details for West, North and East Rivers.

The following table, 'issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in feet the water levels on the West River, North River and East River on the dates named:--

1

Aug. Aug. .30 91

West River at Shiuhing...20.6 29.1 North River at Samshul...10.3 9.8. North River at Tsingyuen .12.8 119 7.2 East River at Sheklung...7.5

The

recorded highest levels are-Shiubing, 41 feet; Taing-

Shipping

主鎖

Intelligence.

WARSHIPS IN PORT;

The following British warships were in harbour to-day!--

Cicala-In dock. Odin-North wall.

Orpheus-West wall' (Dock), ' Ogwald-North wall. Otus-East wall.

Seraph-North arm. Stormcloud-North arm. Tamar-Basin.

Foreign.

Argus-French gunboat, Helena-American gunboat. Regulus-French gunboat.

A SHIPPING CONVERSION.

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STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The C.P.S. R.M.S Empresa of Japan arrived at Shanghai-on Sap tember 1 (Tues.) at 2.80 p.m., left Shanghai on September 2 (Wed.) at 11 a.m., and is due at Hong, Kong on September 4 (Fri.) at G.30 a.m. She leaves Hong Kong for Manila on September 4 (Fri.) nt 5 p.m.

BANANA SHIPS.

Reconditioning of Destroyers For Above Work.

Built to destroy submarines, the Worden 287 and. the Putnam 288,1

yuen, 29.2 fest; Samshul, 27.3 Four Cargo Steamers Turned Into former destroyers of the U.S. Navy, feet; Sheklung, 11.5 feet.

The lowest levels

on record are minus 5 feet at Samahui and minus 2.7 feet at Sheklung.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Monday, August 31 Chipshing, British str., 1,199 tons, Capt. D. S. Pethick, from Wei- hat-wel, buoy No. B1. M. & Co. Halvard. British atr., 1,217 tona, Capt. A. Hall, from Hoihow, buoy No. B29.-Wo Fat Sing. Tjimanoek, Dutch str., 3,510 tone, Capt. H. J. A. Krijt from Sourabaya. buoy No., A3 J.G.J.L.

Tuesday, September 1. Antung, British str., 2,107 tone, Capt. D. Lupton, from Amoy, buoy No. B14.-B. & S. Bokuyo Maru, Japanese str., 6,162 tony, Capt. K. Fukuda, from Moji, buoy No..AL-N.Y.K, Chaksang, British str., 1,470 tons,

Capt. J. McAnish, from Swa- tow, West Point Wharf.-J. M. & Co. Chichibu Maru, Japanese str., 10,286 tons, Capt. Y. Arakida, from Manila, Kowloon Wharf. N.Y.K.

M.M.

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Graciosu, Norwegian str., 1,029 tons, Capt. Markussen, from Hongay, buoy No. B26-Thore- sen & Co. Lushan Maru, Japanese str., 1,507 tons, Capt. R. Nagayama, from Swatow, buoy No. 02.-N.Y.K. Nanshin Maru, Japanese str., 2,970

Passenger Vessels.

will be used for the transportation of bananas from Central America The Societe des Services Contracto New Orleans. tuels des Messageries Maritimes The two vessels have been taken purchased some months ago from over by the Standard Fruit and the Compagnie, Navale et Commer- Steamship Company, and towed to ciale de l'Oceánie the four cargo New Orleans from the League Island vessels of the Saint-Elol type, and Navy Yard at Philadelphia, after decided to place these ships on their they had been Felieved of most of

Their recondi-: Oceania line to New Caledonia..their war fitting. Several French and foreign ship- tioning includes the installation of yards were invited to tender for the Diesel engines to give a speed of It is conversion of ships to passenger] 16 knots when fully loaded. vessels, and the contract was finally expected that the capacity of each awarded to the Forges ef Chantiers vessel will be about 25,000 bunches de la Gironde, who proposed, as of bananas. The modern type of regards, both price and time of de-j flush deck will be preserved, and livery, terms.almost similar to those each vessel will carry six officers

and 124 men. proposed by foreign firma.

The Forges et Chantiers de la: Gironde have now completed the conversion of the four ships at their Bordeaux yards, and the new pas- senger vessels, which have been respectively renamed Boussole Ax-. trolabe, Recherche, and Esperance, have entered service.

It la stated that the success of three destroyers of a slower type acquired a few years ago. hastened the decision of the company to add the new vessels to its fleet.

Messrs. R. and E. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co. Ltd. launched re- Special interest attaches to the cently the twin-screw motor-tanker steps taken by the shipyard to deal Capsa; building to the order of the with this important contract in the Anglo-Saxon Peroleum Co. Ltd., The vessel is of 11,500 time stipulated, Le, 100 days for London. each ship. As regards the delivery tone, and has been specially design- of the steel material, it is note-ed for the carriage of petroleum in worthy that as soon as the order bulk. A sister vessel, the Caprella, General Metzinger, French str., was placed the Forges et Chantiers ran highly successful trials a few 5,624 tons, Capt. Brun, from de la. Gironde, who have at their weeks ago, and was handed over to Shanghai, Kowloon Wharf disposal in London a branch in close the owners.

touch with British industry; or- ganised there a special drawing office. The order was placed at Paris; the full drawings of the work were approved by Lloyd's Register in London on the same day, and the specifications worked out the same night, and then handed over on Aug 12 to the British forges. tons, Capt. Y. Herii, from At the same time a special ship was Milke, buoy No. 824-M.B.K. chartered for the transport of the Porthos, French str., 7,520 tons, material, which was machined from Capt. Filippi, from Saigon, Aug. 18 to 18, so that on Aug. 22, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M.

L... only 11 days after the placing. Ryusei Maru, Japanese str., 1,509 of the order, the steel material tons, Capt. Tanaka, from Can-arrived at Bordeaux; this may be ton, -Yaumati Anchorage regarded as a record. The four D.K.K.

ships are 110.63m. long overall, 16m. Sulsang, British str., 8,229 tons, broad, 8853m deep, with a displace-

Capt. C. M. Bone, from Singa- ment of 10,877 tons and a dead- Wed. pore, Kowloon Wharf.-J. M. weight capacity of 8,290 tona. The & Co.

propelling machinery consists of Thora S

Talkyu Maru, Japanese str., 1,305 one triple-expansion-angine deve-

tons, Capt. Fujii, from. New-loping 2,500 h.p. chwang, Yaumati Anchorage- Y.K.K. Tatsutasan Maru, Japanese str. 1,098 tons, Capt. E. Yoshida, from Nowchwang, Yaumàti An- chorage.-M.B.K.

SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS,

HONG KONG TIDES.

The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. E.; 00h, is midnight, 12hrs. is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Ad- miralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless preceded by an asterisk (1), when they should be subtracted from the depths.

September 2 to 8,1931.

DATE HION WATER; LOW WATER

Etendard Standard August

Times

Empress of Japan Empress of Anla Empress of Carında Empress of Bussin Empress of Japan Empress of Axis

Leve

EMPRESS OF JAPAN MAMMOTH WONDER SHIP

of the Pacific

39,000 Displacement 26,000

30 Gross Tons

Sails for

Victoria & Vancouver

Calling at SHANGHAI-KOBE-YOKOHAMA NOON-SATURDAY

Banghal

Firs

12 SEPTEMBER.

Kobe Tokohama VaneoU PRE

Letra Arrive

Sept. 12 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 19 Sept. 27 1 Oct. 3 Oct. 12 Sept. 25 Sept. 28 Oct. Oct. 10 Oct, 13 Oct, 15 Oct. 17 Oct 25 Oct. 23 Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Del 31. Nov. 9 Nov. 7. Nov. 18 Nov. 12. Nov. 14 Nov. 21

Nov. 20 Nov. 28 Nov. 26 Nov. 28 Dec. 7 Empress of Canada Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Des. 20 Empress of Russia Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 24 Dec. 26 Jan. 4 "Empresa of Russia" and "Empress of Asia" call at Nagasaki,

Special Through Fares To Europe

£120 £112-£83—£79.

HONG KONG MANILA.

Leave Hong Kong Arrive Manila

Sept. 4 Sept. 17

Sept. 6

Sept. 19

EMPRESS OF JAPAN EMPRESS OF ASIA

· Ask

about the Now

Low Empress tourist Cabin Fares

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Telephones: Passenger 20762.

THE

A'so The Exceptional

Summer Kares to

Japan.

Freight 20042.

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES |

LONDON SERVICE. "HECTOR"

2nd Sept.

"MENELAUS"

15th Eept.

For Port Said, Marmollies, London, Rotterdam Hamburg and Ginegow For Port Fald M'Ulés, l'amblasen, Londen, Rotierdam and Hamburg

LIVERPOOL SERVICE,

"BELLEROPHOX" 18th Sept. For Port Sald, Genos ('pool,

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menced the mall seaplane service

North German Lloyd has recom- Burm. with the Bremen and Europa. Two Mon.

new 12,000-ton motor ships are be- ing built for the Far Eastern run.

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PASSENGER LIST.

DEPARTURES.

Moaley, Wm. Mosley, Jack Mosley, Edward Mosley, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney RD. Wrightley, Jr. J.L Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mac- |Donald."

The following sailed from Hongster

to New York and San Fran

via ports on the s.. President The New Zealand branches of Pierce yesterday Ride the Navy League have presented a Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dodson, J. D. bronze plate of honour to HM. ash; A D., Forbes, MM. Orr, sloop Veronica tenorecognition of B.C. Wize, M. La Soares, the work done by the Navy after Douglas Wilson, A. E. Alexander, the Hawkes Bay ear take last B-Chrieber, Mr. and Mrs. ¿PM February

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apable of Handling Ships Up to 3,000 Tons Displacement. ic Crane at Bex Wall, Capable

100 Tons at 70 Feet Radlus. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

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PACIFIC SERVICE. /

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