CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
AMERICAN & MANORURIAN LINE.
FROM NEW TORK.
THE Steamship
"CITY OF CORINTH " having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by ber landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or are informed that all Goods are being extra-hazardous
of. Holt's
Godowns
Wharf, whence Delivery be obtained.
No Olaias will be admitted after the Goods. bave left the Godowns, and al: Goth remaining andelivered after 15th August, 1926, will be subject to Rent
THE " MONDEGO.”
LEAVES ON "CHARTER FOR SAIGON
THE
Thess. Mundego, a Norwegian steamer, formerly known as the s.8 Standard, left Hongkong on Saturday, following In thorough overhaul and general repairs
Company's shipyard, Kowloon, for Sni. at the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock
gon. At Saigon she will take up her new charter in the cattle trade between Phem Thenh in Cambodia and Manila and Cebu in the Philippine Islands.
presented to the Undersigned ja or before She is a shallow draft steamer, her mean
Xd,
not
All Claims against the Steamer must be
August, 1926, or they will
Sa
brokan, chafod and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays or Fridays, be tween the hours of 10.15 and within cho. Free origo period of Une, Week.. No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE LTD. General 3gents. Hongkong, 9th August, 1996.
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draft in ballast being barely S, feet, and with a full cargo of cattle caly about 10 feet 6 ins. She is well suited for this run, because at Phom Penh, which is situated fully 150 miles up the Cambodia River (just south of the Saigon River) the draft is only 12-13 feet at certain parts of the season.
The Mondego was built at Sandefjord, Norway, in 1006, by the Framnes Mekaniske Verksted. She is a steamer of 804 nett register tons, and 1,460 groas register tons, and carries 1,317 tons of
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BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10mm. 1926
LONELIEST POST ON EARTH ACCIDENT TO THE
THREE POLICE OF "TOP OF THE WORLD" PATROL
RECORD UNDER CAIRN.
Three policemen, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, bold the unenviable distinction of being the lone- West men in the world.
"PHRANANG."
MACHINERY DAMAGED BUT REPAIRED.
DELATED ARRIVAL.
The sa Phrenang, a Chinese steamer, Their shack at Craig Harbour, a barren present plying between Hongkong, cove on the southern share of Ellesmere Tourane and Quinhon, arrived in port Land, is literally on the top of the world. | yesterday afternoon from the last-men-"} They can stand at their door looking tioned port. She should have arrived! miles to the Pois, and 1,000 and more early in the morning, but was unable to northward, knowing that for the 700
down the other side of the earth into the do so owing to a slight breakdown in
Siberian plains, no other human being the engines.
exists.
The report of her master, Captain If human endurance permitted, t would be possible for these three men to HC Reddle, to the Harbour Office travel on the same degree of latitude stated. Five degrees South and 10 completely round the earth before other degrees West of Green Island, machinery tiny tribe of 200 Eskimos clinging to the damaged so that ship could not proceed humans would be encountered, except a
western coast of North Greenland. to port. So discharged live stock."
Mr. Herbert F. Lee, who has endured the rigours of this grim police post, tells its story in Blackwood's Magazine.
The Phranang brought to Hongkong 500 tons of general cargo, in addition to a certain amount of live stock:
On enquiry at the local agents" of the steamer we
were informed that the damage was very slight, and in fact If that ship failed to arrive the amounted to comparatively nothing at would be no other, only 12 long, weary
The supply ship dretic 'comes çace gear, but dare not stay more than twop days for fear of being trapped in the grip of winter. She is the only link with civilisation.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
cargo under deck. Her cubic capacity is months more of isolation, such isolation all. We were told that the Phranang PENINSULAR ORIENTAL STEAM110,000 cubic fest grain, and 101.563 foras few men know next to the intense arrived of Cheung Chau on Sunday
NAVIGATION CO.'S STEAMER'
Chales. Her deadweight capacity. includesire for intercourse with our fellow-night-when-something-went-wrong-in-the-
sive of bunkers is 2,100 tons, while berthe mail for which we longed the most.
humans from the great outside," it was
engine-room which caused, a break-down AMITED Howokowa ON 6TH AUGUST, 1926.
bankers contain 353 tons. Her draft
in some part of the engines, so that they NO ESCAPE. FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRALTAR, fully loaded is 17 feet 9 ins. and she is
were unable to function. The ship was, In this land there is no escape, no way ADEN, CULOMUC AND STRAITS.
$
For three long months and more the oil-lamps burned in the little shack. banked in six feet thick with snow to preserve the warmth within. One of us
port yesterday afternoon. The Phranang, following her arrival, proceeded to her usual wharf at West Point
MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID..enpable of making a speed of about 10 of communicating with, the outside world therefore, unable to proceed farther. It knots per hour on a consumption of except by terrible sled journeys, which appears, however, that the engineers make. Ten managed to effect the necessary repairs, CONSIGNEES of Carry formed aliout-13-14 tons of Japanese coals per would take two seats, to
Vessel are hereby informed
months out of the 12 there is nothing to that their Goods are being fanded and day only. Her length between perpen- do but gaze at ice from the windows so as to enable the steamer to reach placed 4 THEIR r in the Hongkong and diculars is 2311 feet, her extreme breadth of the shack.
owloon Wharf and Godown Compan's is 353 feet, and her depth of hold 194 ins. Godowns st Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted put Mark by Mark and Delivery The height of her, tween decks is-74 can be obtained as the Gooda are landed. ins., and she is arranged with air scuttles
Optional Goods will be landed here anless
and very large hatches for a steamer of Instructions have been given to tas Con trary Six hours before arrival of the Steamer. her size, which, together with four side Goods not cleared within 8 days, including ports, allow for plenty of ventilations. date of arrival will be subject to Rent
Na Fire Insurance will be effected by us in She is of the spar deck type, and in former years, when she had a Hongkong passenger licence, she used to carry 12 first-class passengers in the various cabins and about 500 coolic passengers in the tween decks. She carries - ample
There was, of course, no police work fresh water ballast, in the amount of 290 in the accepted sense to do. We merely tons. Her engines were made by the understood that the Government desired a garrison on Ellesmere to make good sarie makers as her hull, and are of the its claim to possession. It was expected triple expansion type, and situated that we would explore as much as pos- amidship. She has 159 nominal horse-sille, and report each year to Ottawa. | power, and has two boilers with a heating
surface of 2,603 square feet.
any case whatever.
Damaged Packages mast be left in the Godowns for examization by the Consigneen, anu the Company's Surveyors, Meurs. GODDA
t10 Denglis, t A.M Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Biorage period...
All Claims against the Steamor must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 29th August, 1926, or they will not recognized.
be
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods
have left the Godowns. MACKINNON
YON, MACKENZIE & CO., Agenta
13564. "Hongkong, 6th August, 1976, —
HAMBURG-AMERIRA LINIE.
THE Motorabip
TE MUENSTERLAND" having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her arr hereby notified that all Goods are being landed at their riak, into the hazardous andjor extra hazardous Golowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Ca., Ltd., whence, and/or from the Wharves, Delivery can be obtained,
Ne Cisims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the Godoyos, and all Goods remain-
RI -
It is understood that the ship will re- main on her new charter for at least six months Messrs. Kärsten Larsen & Co., of Pottinger Street, are local agents for the steamer.
NO MORE WAR.
GERMAN PLENIPOTENTIARY'S
HOFE.
ing andelivered aftur 18th August, 1936, DISARMAMENT AND FEDERATION will be subject to Rent
All Claims must reach us by 15th August 1928, or they will not be recognised.
All damaged Packages will be examined by Mesara. Goddard and Douglas (Marine Surveyors) at 10 1.72, on 19th Angust.
Na Fire Insurance will be effected.. Bille of Lading will be countersigned by
JEBSEN & Co.,
Agents, Hongkang. Hongkong, 6th August, 1928.
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The Phranang is a steel-screw built noon each day took a storm-lantern steamer of a registered gross tonnage of to read the thermometer bung on the wall 1,604 and nett tonnage of 1,022 She was outside, to gather data for meteorologists.built at Glasgow and her port of registry But when summer comes hours mean is Hongkong. Her dimensions are:- nothing on Ellesmere. For nearly four length, 270.4 feet; breadth, 37.0 feet; months," writes Mr. Lee, we knew no depth, 218 feet. She was originally an such thing as darkness. Night was the der the British flag, but is now Bying the same as day, often as not an expedition Chinese flag. Her owners are the Chung would leave the post in the warm light Yue SS. Company, and the local agents of midnight as in the blinding brilliant are Chau Yue Teng. sunshine of mid-day."
WEATHER REPORT.
and remarks, issued from the Royal Last night's weather report, forecast Observatory, stated:
With the coming of the summer and the
A feeble anti-cyclone is central over arrival of the Arctic, the bitterness of the Loochoo Islands The Jopression the past year was forgotten. Life, too,
over Indo-China is less intense. was abundant for a time. There came
Local forecast: S.E. winds, moderate, cloudy, showery.
walrus, and the seal, while gulls and the snow-bunting, the ptarmigan, the
ducks in thousands swam in the sea of the edge of the pack.
WHEN NEWS LAST CAME.
A year ago, when news last came from this outpost of the world, there were but twp white men at the police post, and only the corporal could be spared for the "top of the world" petrol. His job was to travel northwards for 300 miles with only one Eskimo, 25 days of toiling over treacherous glaciers-
All to place under the cairn of stones at the foot of the glacier at Cape Sabine an empty cartridge case containing, a record that the top of the world' patrol, ordered by the Government in Ottawa,. had heen carried out."
months to pass, and the ship to come bringing word of the outside," that strains human endurance to the limit."
But this is almost easy" work. It is in doing nothing," says Mr. Lee, sit- ting tight through the long Polar win- Count Bernstorf (the German Ambaster, waiting for the sun to come, for the sador to the United States during the war), who headed the German depata tion, is an interview, referred to the con- dition of Europe, and said there were two outstanding matters of vital importance "on which the resumption of normal con
ditions depended. The first was disarma- ment. Germany had realised that great sacrifices were necessary and its people were making these sacrifices; but it would count for nothing unless there came dis-
armament.
WAR BRINGS POVERTY.
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The House of Commons, quick to api "We have learnt," he continued, "that preciate any departure from its somewhat war, brings poverty. We have learned sombre uniformity in the matter of also that preparation for war brings war as the natural result and no nation in the clothes, enjoyed as undeniable innovation world can afford another outbreak The July '12th.
For some years Lieut.-Colonel Appliu, second great factor in the rebuilding of Europe is a federation which must include the member for Enfield, as greeted the Great Britain. The interests of each advent of summer by appearing in a nation are inter-independent. We cannot straw-coloured tumore silk suit. His ad. do without you and I am no party to the cheered enviously, but only in rare in- miring and perspiring colleagues have suggestion of a federation of Europe which excludes Great Britain. The Chan stances have dared to follow his bold. example. Lately Colonel Applin has
nel now has become so narrow that your shared with Miss Wilkinson, who has a interests and the interests of Europe are identical; but we must get rid of the king for summer frocks, the distinction. of being the only really cool-looking barriers both economic and territorial
people in the House,
GERMANY SOUND FOR REPUBLICANISM.
On July 12th both hon. members had to yield position to Mr. Macquiston, the Scottish K.O., who sits for Argyllshire. Foreign and Chinese papers fortion of those who lived on the borders, than that of the member for Enfeld-at Count Bernstorff referred to the poar Wearing a complete outfit even lighter its Clients,
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