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EAST INDIES.

P. & 0.-British India DUTCH SHIPPING TO

Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

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

TAKING CARGO FOR

WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,

AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND "

QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE'

PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

Profits In Far East Operations.

LVATION OF

КОВЕ.

Existence Threatened By Osaka.

OPIUM GANG AND MISSING CAPTAIN.

Mystery Discussed At Shanghai.

Shanghai, August 10. The mystery of the disappear

The accounts of the Koninklijke At the Kobe Municipal Assembly Paketvaart Maatschappij operating on July 29, Mr. Mill, a member, in the Netherlands East Indies, for referred in an alarming strain to last year show a gross profit of the possibility of Kobe losing much ance on July 18 of Capt. Miclo, 5,556,751gla, (11,662,412gls in of her foreign trade to Osaka in master of the Yangtze Rapids 1980), in addition to which the in the event of the completion of the SS. Co.'s I-Chang, is the cause of surance account shows a surplus of Osaka harbour works. There are much talk in Shanghai shipping 974,544gis. (897,511gls) Of this indications, be said, that the Nippon circles, especially in view of the sum 6,022,689gis, is written off the Yusen Kaisha and other shipping other such disappearances have fact that in the past few years two book value of assets, as compared companies will include Osaka among taken place, those of Capt. Brandt with 8,688,961gla, and no dividend the ports of call for their European and of Capt. McArthur. The solu will be paid on ordinary shares. and other liners in that event. This

The report states that apart from contingency raises a serious prob- tion advanced for the problem can. the East Indies has been affected by ed whether the Municipal Executive kow, on her way to up-river ports. the general depression shipping in lem for Robe, and the member ask be summed up in one word-oplum.

Capt. Miclo's vessel left Han increased competition, closing down had any suitable plan to meet it.

officer

off the

of Industries, limitation of Chinese Mr. Kurose, the Mayor, simply on July 18 Capt. Miclo was in STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GUL tralian pound, the Straits dollar and prospect with much apprehension he could not be found anywhere. emigration, depreciation of the Aus replied that he was regarding the food spirits and everything was progressing normally. At 8 am the rupee.

Smaller quantities of Mr. Miki suggested that a stand-naval coal and salt have been carried for ing committee of seven should be the Colonial Government, and under appointed to study methods of pre- was reported, took the ship into US.S. Oahu, to whom the affair the new agreement freight rates venting the call of European and I-Chang have been considerably reduced, other liners at Osaka. Twenty ships of 87,005 gross tons, Mr. Tange enthusiastically sup inquiries into the affair, but no Naval authorities are making hage owned by the company, have one cause of the threatened situa-Asked for information, Mr. E. S representing 13 per cent. of the ton ported the proposal and said that statement has been issued as yet. been laid up. Sallings on the tion is the more moderate charges Cunningham, U.S. Consul-General, Australia Line have been extended of various kinds in the port of Osaka stated that he had as yet received to Adelaide, and on the Salgonas compared with the port of Kobe. Java-Noumea Line to Sydney, and This phase of the question must

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

8.5.

*KIDDERPORE

RANPURA

+BURDWAN

MALWA

RANCHI CARTHAGE + SOMALI

VALDERA

RAJPUTANA

+ BANGALORE:

CORFU

COMORIN

**BHUTAN

RANPURA

KAISAR-I-HIND

*Cargo only.

From

Tome HoaLang

8,500

About

Destination.

Straits, Colombo & Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg, R'dam, Antwerp & Eull. Bombay, Karseilles & London. Marsailles & London.

1982. 5,800 24th Aug.

49. 17,000 27th Aug.

Noon 3rd Sept. 11,000 10th Sept 17,000 24th Sept. 14,000 8th Oct, Bombay, Marseilles & London.

6,800 15th Oct. Marseilles, Lon

London, Havra, Hamburg, Rotterdam, 18,000 22nd Oct. Bambay, Answerp & Hull. & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre

H'burg, 'terdam, Antwerp & Hull, Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London Bombay, 'seilles; L'den Have,

17,000 5th Nov. 6,500 12th Nov.

15,000 19th Nov. 15,000 3rd Dec 6,000 10th Deci

17,000 17th Dec. 12,000 Bist Dec. Gälla Cəzablanen.

·H'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the

Khedivial Mail Steamship Co.

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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

la regular service has been establish-lengage the earnest attention of the ed between India and South and projected committee. East Africa, under the style Java Mauritius-Africa Line by the two steamers Houtman and Tasman.

IDLE SHIPPING IN

EUROPE.

Superfluous German

report on the affair, Opium Gang.

In the meantime local shipping Mr. Mori suggested that the com-men consider it most likely that mittee should also consider home some opium gang is behind the trade as well as foreign.

matter. There is report current

The proposal to appoint a com- to the effect that four men sudden- mittee to study ways and means of ly and silently invaded the bridge ensuring and increasing the pro- of the ship, stabbed and killed sperity of, the port of Kobe was Capt. Miele and threw him over- unanimously approved.

board, all in the space of a few seconds. It is no secret that there

Ships To Be Scrapped. HONG KONG TIDES, is a great deal of opium traffic on

the river, and it would be quite London, Aug. 11.

simple for Capt. Mielo to have in- The time used is Standard, or mean Enormous quantities of shipping time of the meridian of 120 deg. Erred the enmity of a gang. There are laid up in European ports. 00h. is midnight, 12hrs. Is noon. The are many stories of opium In- One hundred and seventy-nine the largest scale Admiralty chart of cases in the past few years in- heights are referred to the datum of cidents on the river, and in many vessels, representing over 1,000,000 the place and should be added to the the Tyne alone which is a record ceded by an asterisk (P), when they or forcibly restrained by Chinese, dead weight tons are laid up in depths given on the chart unless pre-quisitive officers have bear held up

should be subtracted from the depths passengers on river vessels.

for the river.

High Water Low Water

August 24 to 30, 1992.

Date

Aug.

24

The German Government and companies have come to an under- Constanding regarding superfluous ton- nage which will be scrapped and the Reich will pay companies marks. 12,000,000, namely 80 marks on, a Wed. gross register ton of a total of 400,- 000 tons.

Standard Ht. Standard Ht. STEAMER STEWARD

--Times,

Times.

01 37 5.3 69 19 2.7

H. M. F. H. M.. F.

13 35 3.4 10 500 2.8 |

ARRESTED.

Thors. 25 02 09 5.4 10 50 2.4 Evading Of Export.

05 2.2

18 00 1.6

Duty On Gold.

02 53 5.8.

04 15 6.0

05 45 6.4 21 89 4.1 18 48 12 ing over the action of the police in

Sydney, Aug. 11

A first class legal case is develop

1982.

SANTHIA" TAKADA SIRDHANA

8,000 81st Aug.

7,000 17th Sept. 8,000 3rd Oct.

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

Fri. LORD INCHCAPE'S WILL

Sat 27 The reticence which has been ob- Sun. 28 served. about the will of the late Lord Inchcape may be explained by Mon. some talk of a reference to the Courts.

29

Tues.

30

06 54 7.0 00 01 4.0 arresting a steward from the liner 21 35 4.5 14 20 0.8 Niagara, who brought $1,000 worth

B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for It seems. that the will es 1st and 2nd class passengers,><

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). interpolations in his own hand.

TANDA

NANKIN NELLORE

1932. 7,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 1st Oct 7,000 2nd Nov.

Regular monthly sailings from

and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney—19 days.

07 407.4 0106 3.8)

21 49 4.7 14 55 0.6 of gold from New Zealand to a

lending Sydney gold buyer INDIAN FROM - MALAYA

DROWNED,

originally drawn up was a type, written document. Subsequently

The latter's counsel has initiated Lord Inchcape made a number of

proceedings to hold the gold, in Australia and obtain possession, while criminal proceedings have Though the authenticity of the

Negapatam, August 5. been initiated against the steward holograph is not questioned, the When the British India Rohna by the New Zealand Government point arises whether, under Scottish was salling more than half way to for fraudulent evasion of the duty Manlia, Eabaul, Brisbane, Sydasy & law, the modifications which were reach India, an Indian passenger on the export of gold. The court to-

Melbourne,

introduced can be admitted threw himself Overboard.

day ordered the steward to be sent It is understood that the object It was stated that the man had to New Zealand in police custody Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan the bequests which the testator as an unemployed and was returning and 200 half-sovereigns

of the alterations was to enlarge been in Malaya for several months for trial. Two hundred sovereigns made to his helr.

Frequent connections from Australia" with the following:-

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via -- Now

Zealand; Vancouver, San Francisco, sto.

The P. & 0..Royal Mail Steamers to London end

The P. &0. Branch Barvice of steamers to London, vis

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.

BANCHI

TÁRADAS

*NOVARA NANKIN "BONATTE BIRDHANA CARTHAGE

BANGALORE RAJPUTANA

BHUTAN COMORINĖS

1932.

17,000 25th Aug. Shanghai, Kobe

Noon

7,000 28th Aug. Amoy, Shal, Moji,

6. B.. 7,000

2nd Sept. Shanghal, Mojl, Kobe 7,000 5th Sept. 8'hal, Moji, Lobe, 6,800 6th Bapt. Shanghai, Kol 8,000 8th Sept Amoy Moji 14000 8th Sept. Shi

21st Sept.

22nd Sept. the Deta

|home in a depressed condition. hibita in court

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TWELVE TON YACHT side they found the salls low

IS STOLEN

Then Stranded On- Sands.

UNUSUAL CRIME

and no one on deck. Ten Shillings “They hailed the

a man came from cepted their offer? they hart pa sands the stra

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