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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 1999.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED.

REGULAR BAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON tor NEW YORK & BOSTON via Spez

** D'ACRE CASTLE” "BOLTON CASTLE”·

LLOYD

ading on or about ist.of Mar. sailing middle of Har.

TRIESTINO.

TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LÁDING FOR LEVANT, BLAUE SEA & DANUBE PORTS.

FIOME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo le also accepted for this port es through. Bill of Lading,

FOR SHANGHAI,

**MERANO” ... ·

-sailing on or about 15th Mar.

FOR BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

** **TRACIA "

sailing end of Mar. sailing on for about 1st Apr. Passengers" Luggage. can be insured at the Offs of the Agents.

"MERANO”

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.

Balling from Colombo to South African Forts SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS from CALCUTTA & COLOMBO. Through Bills of Lading issued from Bongkong.

For Freight or Pasage on any of the above Lines apply to 1-

DODWELL" & CO., LIMITED,

Agents.

ENGINEERS OF CHINA LIMITED.

樂意

A Group of British Manufacturers Co-operating together to

maintain both in Chins and Britain efficient sales offices as MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVES.

Amongst the Chief Co-operators there are the following firms →

ASHWELLS NESBITT Ltd. Pumps & Heating Apparatus. ALLEN M. & Sons Lti. Centrifugal Pumps etc. ARNOTT W & Co, Lancashire & Cornish Boilers. ALLEN EVEBITT SONS & Co Lri. Brass & Copper Tubes, Muntz Metal Tubes,

Sheets, Plates, Ferrules etc.

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· BLACKLOCK & MACARTHUR L25. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Compos, etc. CAMPRELL & ISHERWOOD LTD. Marine & Small Electric Lighting sets, Motors,

Dynamoes etc.] G

DAVEY PAXMAN & Co. Lan Paman-Engines 20 to 2503 IHP. Economical Steaza

sets, Economic Bollari, Loxomotive Bollers, Undertype Engines, etc. DAVI&COLMAN L. Prismatic Glass, Optical Glass and Field Glasses, Gun.

Sights etc.

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ELLENBRAND DEVITT & MASREY LTD. Wine Clothing. GREGSON & MONK LTD. Weaving and Finishing Plant HAIGHS (OLDHAM) Ltd. Machine Tools of every kind.

HALL J. F. & SONS LID. Service, Feed, Ballast & Oil Pumpe. HARVEY G. A. (LONDON) LTD. Down Pipes, Perforated Sheets, etc.. IRA MILLER & Co., L. Small wires, Tools.

LIGHTFOOT REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD. Refrigerator Plant. MAY & PADMORE Las Builders Brass Foundry.

MARSH BROS. Co, Lt, High Sp cd CYC Swels," 18 per cent. 14 per cent and lower. Hack Saw Blades and Back Saw Shests, Music Wire, Cold Rolled strip Files Mining Steel.

LION FOUNDRY CO., LTD. Radiators, Boilers, Baths & Cast Iron work generally. MANLOVE ALLIOTT & Co., La., Oil Expression Plants, Sterilizing Plant and

Displecting Plant.

OUTRAM, C. W. & Co, Lern. Forcelain Sanitary Ware, etc. PEGLER BROS & Co., LTD. Steam and Water Fittings. RICHARDS, H. & Co. (TILES) La Ceramic, Ged, Monais Tiles, etc. SMITH 3, & Co., LTD.' Bedsteads and their Tubes and componente. SWITCHGEAR & COWANS Lan. Switchgear of all kinda. TULLIBJ. & Sona LID. Leathers, Beltings, Lacer, Roller Hides, WALLS & STEEVENS Loc. Steam Road Roller, Tractors etc. YOUNG R & Co., Ira, Acids. Disinfectants. Lysol, Cresols etc. SALE OINCE: No. 20, Des Vaux Road Central, Hongkong HEAD OFFICE: No. 83, Chao Yung Men, Peking. T. A.-Moerebenet LONDON OFFICE: No. 18, Victoria Street S.WI

And at Shangkat, Canton

..Tientsin and Mulden.

SOUTH CHINA REPRESENTATIVES

· BOILE· CHRISTIANSEN, ESQ., CANTON. T. A. BOILE, CANTON,

“A. J. MOORE-BENNETT,

Chairman.

SCOTTISH LETTER. DERELICT SCOTTISH MANSIONS ABFRDEEN AND THE TEA CLIPPERS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDWET.]

EDINBURGH, January 11th. Regret and sympathy will be awakened by the intimation made by the Marquis of Linlithgow that, owing to the pre- sent very high rate of taxation, oral and Imperial he will be compelled to close his great mansion of Hopetour House, near South Queensferry and Rosyth. It will remain one of the chief architectural ornaments of the district; but it will be, ffor a time at least, an empty shell from which the spirit bas departed Lord Linlithgow states, what can be well be lieved, that the decision to close his establishment has been forced on him by necessity which has left him "No alter native."

THE TEA CHIPPERY,

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED

SHANGHAI

BAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION

HAIFRONG + EQIHOW BANGKOK,

SANDAKAN.

STRAITS & CALCUTTA MANILA

'OHUNDING "

*WAISHING.” .....Thurs,

"LOKBANG"

Thurs

Thurs

Thurs

Thu

23rd Feb. Dlight. Prd Feb, 10 ASK. 23rd Feb, 10 Kat.

Feb., Noor 3rd Feb, 3 PM 23rd Fab., 3 KN.

HAUBANG "FOOKBANG"

YUENSANG...Thurs,

The ton clippers were at their best in the sixties. With the ousting of the Americans, the fight for supremacy wis carried on between the British designers, and for some time the Clydebuilt clippers were unrivalled. Such vessels as Sir Lancelot, Tarping, Taittaing, Ariel, and Sercia were hard to beat, and according to some authorities, were unequalled, until the launch of the Thermopylae again CALCUTTA LINE-This line affords regular sallings to Galoutta, Penang and brought Aberdeen to the front. Keen 43 knife below the water line, yet swelling gracefully into proportions good... for stability," were the masterpieces of the SHANGHAI LINE--S Aberdeen builders-the Flying Spur, Black Prince, Fychow," and "Yangtze of Hall & Co. and the Jerusalem, Thyatira, MANILA and Thermopylae of Hood & Co.

Singapore returning from Calcutta stamens prośned via Harmita and (Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling ai Shanghai. All steamers have srcellent passenger accommnuistion, se Ated with Electric Light and Fans and carry s fuhr-qualified

#pproximately every threa

dayı dersen Canton and

sometimes oslling at Deaton Through liokeen on

be obtained and through Hill of Lading are inued to Northern and Yangtase Porta via Shanghai LANE-A weekly service is maintained with Mausla by vessels with good

pengar accommoda

odation/sailings from both ports every Fridayze

calling A wilings to and from: Sandakan by two 1,000 toor

The Thermopylae, launched in 1989, HAIPHONG LINE:-Sailings approximately weekly for passengers and carro

- when inducemans offers. made her first yoyage to Melbourne in so BORNEO days, averaging a daily run of 175 miles Her record day's run was 330 stalute miles, a feat exceeded by no sailing ship

COLY PROBLEMS.

steamers da

saving excellent por Kudat Jezzalion. Labuan Tawao- Accommodation Cage taken en brough Bills of Lading for

and Lahad Datu.

March to November between

Hongkong and Tientsin, calling as Weibalwel and Obeloo.. LINE-A regular service is run from LINE-A oakly service is provided between: Hongkong and Bangkok

via Swatow, by Ave steamer ditted with 3-to-daba namqona en accommodation

CALOUTTA

LINE

sa. (' FOOKSANG" will be despatched on er aber Thursday, 23rd Feb., at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANGI

& CALCUTTA.

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PUKT: SWEJ TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIES!

Fur Freight or Passage apply to-

The closing of Hopetoun, like that of Gosford by the Earl of Wemyss, and of before or since. She was commanded by TIERHIN other great and historical seats in the Captain Kembull, who won the tea race RANGKOR Lothians and elsewhere, is the inevitable in the Tangize in 1887. The interest in result of economic and other causes which the tea races in 1989 was doubled when are everywhere more or less operative, became known that the Thermopylac It is a sign of the times. Taxes and had been chartered to go to Foochow and rates cat more and more into a diminish load with tea for London. Three ships ing margin of estate profils, until in man broke the record home Sir Lancelot, casce it has entirely disappeared and left Thermopylae, and Titania; but Aberdeen a balance on the debit side. This Pro failed to bear the Clyde, the Sir Lancelot Cass has been recently illustrated from the carrying off the palm for an 80 days' accounts of the Buccleuch estates, and of

voyage the Thermopylae's 91. There other large, landed Scottish properties. was little to chose between the Thermopy The latest instance is that of Arndillyne and the Cutty Sark. The Thermo- estate, near Craigellachie, the accountslae made the best passages during the of which brings out an anual loss of 10's, the Cutty Sark during the 80's. Ere £335, the disbursements, apart from tax that time, however, the great days of tion, being confined to wages and other racing clippers had begun to wane. necessary outlays. The singular fact exhibited that, at a time when there is

One of the good points about goil as an unexampled demand for house accom. modation, houses beyond & certain size pastime is that it has no close seasons are not only a drug in the market for There are few days when play is not prac selling or letting, unless they can be tiable, and on these rare occasions the converted to other than their original enthusiast may at least argue about, the intolerable burden, game. At present he need not look far purpose, but an

Gelf legis which the owners are compelled to get for controversial material.

lation is a comparatively new feature in rid of by leaving them derelict.

This is Dustrated by facts and figures a very old game, and, like most legisla this have recently been published in the 10. it threatens to develop partisan When the governing authorities Estate Market reports. It appears to view.

Last year embarked upon, & measure of have become more marked with the ar rest of the boom in the price of houses standardisation of the golf ball, it was nad landed property. Even in the caec predicted that they would not have their of houses of moderate size, their selling troubles to seek. The standard ball has price is still far less than the cost of failed to restore the lost balance between building them at the present rates of the power of the ball and the length of labour and material. "It is stated by one the holes, and although it has not yet real estate agency that, in spite of the to be ruled out as, an unsuccessful ex- recent fall in the prices of materials and periment, the announcement that tests labour, the cost of building is all are to be carried out in the ensuing season times what it was before the war. Even with balls larger than that made last if all materials, external and internal, year to official specification is an indi- were provided for nothing, the expense cation that the authorities themselves are of building would still be much above the convinced of the futility of their first pre-war standard, it is almost entirely essay in standardisation.

those who confine their golf to the friend- due to limitation of output,"

ly round may still play with any kind of ball, and, after all, they make up no small proportion of the devotees of the Royal and Ancient game.

THE CLIPPER SHIPS OF ABERDEEN.

A romantic story could be written around any port in Sootland, although in its way Aberdeen is unique. Dundee's atory is also outstanding. While Aberdeen was the pioneer of the great racing chip pers which brought Britain world-wide fame as well as commerce, Dundee had its great whaling feet, the trading adven tures in the ley North, and the building up of its staple industry of jute with India. And the same romance surrounds other seaports both in the East and West of Scotland, Bus Aberdeen is fortunate in having one more capable historian in Mr. V. E. Clark in a volume just publish ed The Port of Aberdeen'

THE EASTERN TRADE AND AMERICAN RIVALRY The Scottish Maid, built in 1839 to compete with the paddle steamers between Aberdeen and London, was the pioneer of the clipper built ships. And the first British clipper to enter the China stas to compete with American opium clippers was the Torrington, built by Alexander Hall & Co., Aberdeen. That was in 1849. But the fame of Aberdeen is based on the great tea clippers. In 1844 the repeal of the British Navigation Lawn threw open our foreign markets to the world, and brought our mercantile marine into direct competition with that of other nationalities: The American clippers seized the opportunity to enter, the British tea trade, in which for a time they held supremacy, wresting the tea trade of London out of the hands of Eng- lish shipowners. To prevent the complete extinction of this valuable trade, we had to bestir ourselves, and in 1850 Messrs. Hall; of Aberdeen, received an order to build clipper which would combine the fine and beavy rig of the American ships with the superior strength of our own, The Chrysolite started on her maiden voyage in 1851, reached Hongkong in 102 days, and, with her cargo of ten, made a magnificent rub home, overtaking Brat the Memnon, then the Havannah and three noted raging clippers, and arriving in Liverpool after a voyage of 103 days from Whampon." The British clippers, however, were scarcely equal to their American rivals. But in 1852 Hail & Co. built the Cairngorm, & 1,250 tons vessel, the first to equal, if not surpass, the speed of any American competitor. In 1865 others were built, all fine vessels, but shortjived.

THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

Fortunately

While the future of the ball is being moulded by the manufacturers and their advisers, under legislative control, the question of the conditions under which the Amateur Championship should be played is likely to be keenly discussed. The difficulty here is to find an adequate test for players who have something more than ambition to support their title to compete. A petition in favour of in stituting a qualifying stroke competition and making the subsequent matches each over 3 holes-instead of 18, apart from the falhas been largely signed, but there are objections to both which may yet lead to the formation of a group of

die-hards" among the legislators of golf. Their task will not be easy, nor will that of the player who survives such an ordeal as is proposed; but if aspir ing championa desire these conditions, the rest of golfing humanity need not object, though as a spectacle, the Amateur Cham pionship will gain nothing, by the change. HOLED IN ONE FIFTEEN TIMES

For the Efteenth time Sandy Herd, the Gold Champion, has former Open holed out in one. This is easily a re cord, for Braid, who is next on the list, can only lay claim to eleven such feats. Strangely enough, Harry Vardon has only once in his long golfing career done a hole in one stroke.

A NEW-YEAR TRAGEDY,

I have just received particulars of a New Year tragedy which has caused a profound sensation in business and social circles in Glasgow, where the victim is well known. This Glasgow gentleman visited a friend, in Edinburgh the other evening and was asked, Will you have a whisky and soda!" His response was immediate, but having no liking for soda he said, "I'd prefer water, if you don't mind." His host, a testetaller, brought him a glass of water, and there was no thing doing." for the rest of the evening

IRRITATED & INFLAMED EYE és be directly traced in many cases, to the Sunday Motor trip and Golfing. The dust from sections of the local roads, contain a decided eye irritant 4 m gestion for these trips would be to, keep the windshield up and to use a pair of Sunglasses. San glasses of any pattern

The clippers were not exclusively used in the Chins trade; some of the finest rossels traded to Australia. Indeed, the Aberdeen White Star Line, owned by Messrs. Goorge Thomason & Co., brought with either Crooke Aberdeen to the highest pinnacle of lame in the shipbitiding worldThe firm' connection with Australia began in 1848 and the pioneer. of the White Star clip

Amber, London, Smoke, or Blue lenses

obtainable at very moderate prices.

are

from The Hongkong Optical Co., adoos-

pace as the Phoenician, the first regular, sors to Clark & Co., Manufacturing-and- trader to Australia There were no finer

clippers adeat than those engaged in the Befracting Opticians--the most

wool trade between Britain and Ausent manufacturing optical establishment tralia, and it is interesting to note that in South Chins-located in 53, Queen's many of the Aberdeen built ships navigat

ed the coasts of Australia when Melbourne Boad Central, topposite to the Singer and Adelaide were men villages.

Sewing Machine Company,-"ADVE. [101"

Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltd

GLEN

GENERAL MANAGSEF

AND

SHIRE

Joint Service of Steamers.

U.K.—STRAITS. CHINA & JAPAN SERvice.

MY.“ GLENARIFFE MY." GLENOGLE

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BS GLESSHANG* M.V. "GLENADE" MY. "GLEVAMOY' MY GLENTARA” MY. GLENABIFFE"

OUTWARDS.

HOMEWARES

Leaves Hongkong

Due Hongkong"

2nd, Mar.

17th Mar

Discbarres

25th Fade Grena MESEILLES, LONDON & HAMBORG 10th Mar. Gexos, Loxpon, Haxhone & A¶TWERP, 24th Mar. LOIN, BHIERD HORG & ANTWERP," 2nd Apr. GKOA, LesDON, ROTIXEDAM, & HANBULG. 18th Apr.:

do."

Movenmte are wæbject: to shange without notice.

› For treight or further particulażu please apply to *-*

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. The Glen Line, Ltd,,

Telephons No. #15 mb-ex, 23 and 2835

Cable Addres

Karatista, Kuba. Bentley's 4.3.0. 5th EL.

and Bookt's Goden

KAWASAKI

KISEN

AUDITS,

Kriephone BaxKERİY

1944, 8935.

(ZAWASABI STEAMSHIP CO.)

CAPITAL PAID-UF

NEW

·

KAISHA

720./10.000

Fresidents Mr. Y." Kayınxı. Vice-President: Mr. K. Matiukata. Managing Director: Mr. Hasaza Axa].

Any

se Company has on hand a Large Namter of

CARGO STEAMERS

ALWAYS HEADY FOR CHARTERS of all descriptions.

"The following ase comprised in the Company's Flestum

Eleven steamers of 9,100 tons"exons dend wais

And szder the Company's Management

DIE MITIAN INI DA

Twenty steamers of about 9:100 tons deadweight asch,

Two steamers of about 6,400 tons desdweight" sach

(Belonging to the Kawasaki Dockyard. Oo, Elkart

other parkoloji społy to the

For Charter Bot

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA,

ON BALE

DOUND VOLUMES of the BONOKONG

BOWEEKLY PRESS, Janowy bo

1921:

With I, Price $7,50,

als at the Hongkong Daily From 05,