CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIUNEES..~*~ PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION 00.'S STEAMER "NELLORE
AKRID Rongkong on 29th August, 1926. FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRALTAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSALD
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And Bust
ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS. CONSIGN Ge hereby informed YONSIGNEES of Cargo be the shore that their Goode are being landed placed at THEIR BISK in the Hongkong Kowloon Whart and Godown Compaar' Godowns at Kowloon, where each Cousign nest will be sorted out Mark by dark landed can be obtained the Goods are
Optional Goods will be landed hers unless Instructions have been given to the trary Six houzz before arrival of the Steam
Goods not cleared within 5 days, including date of arrival will be subject to Rent
сод
No Fire Insurance will be eTectal by na in any case whatever,
HONGKONG SHIPPING:
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST $0г.—1926
DECREASE IN HONGKONG CARCO-
to
LOW FREIGHTS PREVAIL.
LONDON DOCK DELAYS. WORST ROAD IN THE COUNTRY."
CAUSING HIGHER COST OF
LIVING.
and are
by
HOLE BORED IN PRISON CELL. 1
CONVICT'S ESCAPE AND MARRIAGE.
Sidney Morris Marks, 29, hairdresser, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on July 20th, to breaking out of Pentonville Prison.
to
CHINA'S TEXTILE NEEDS."
AN IMPORTER'S ADVICE.
CONCENTRATE ON FINE CLOTHS,
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER
Hongkong Observatory, August 29th,
Pravicus On Data On Date
Day
Barometer
20
at 2 pm 6 am.
$ Puttle
£9.79
29.89 29.82
83
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94
95
E
ORT
1,08 (.00
The week-end shipping statement show-
Bagdad has been_brought to the Part
Mr. E. D. Roome, prosecuting, said ed a decrease in all freight on Satur day, although yesterday's returns pointed of London, and the wealth and aromatic that last October Marks was serving a Pentonville Prison. He was transferred some improvement. On Saturday spices of the East lie crammed in her sentence of 18 months' hard labour at
strewn on ber bywarehouses had decreased
cell No. 17 and arranged with a Hongkong cargo
prisoner named Bacon who occupied an ped even lower yesterday. Freight for about three thousand tons, and it drop-specious quay sides.
On the 33 miles of quays controlled adjoining call a plan of escape.
Marks had a grievance against the ports beyond was also low on Saturday, the Port of London Authority ate prison authorities, complaining that he but showed an increase of nearly twelve Kathered every commodity the average had been unjustly punished for an alleged breach of discipline. He petitioned the thousand tons yesterday. British vessela person knows, and a great number he a Home Secretary, but became impatient poplins, dyed and printed sateens, and Overcast: P-Passing showers; provided the greater pari of the Hong ever heard of. There is enough meat, while the petition was under considera kong cargo, and especially so on Satur- in this system of docks to feed the popu- tion. The two men worked at making day when they brought all of it with the Intion of Britain' for three weeks; enough mail bags and were provided with a pair tobacco to provide it with smokes for one of scissors, and with them,/working from each side, they made a hole in the 18in. year and enough rum in the West India thick partition of brick and plaster, and Dock alone to intoxicats every man. Marks got into Bacon's cell, woman, and child in the kingdom in"hal! Iron Bars Removed. an hour.
exception of 305 tons.
tons.
TONNAGE AND NATIONALITIES.
The tonnage figures were as under:- Damaged Fachges must be loft in the Saturday total tonnage: 13,503 tons; Godown for examination by the Consignees, and British vessels, 7,926 tons; other nation
Yesterday:-Total the Company's Surveyors, Mears. GODBA alities. 4,577
These facts were given by Lord Ritchie, tans: British vessels of Dundee, chairman of the Fort of Devalar at-10.x on Mondays and tonnage, 27,012 Thursday, within the Free Storage period. 10,218 tons; other nationalities, 16,924 London Authority, at a luncheon given
All Claims against the Steamer mast betons. 468 a.m. on Saturday there were
at King George V. Dock, West Ham, to presented to the Undersigned on or before 48 vessels in the harbour, of which 23 were 16th September, 1936, or they will not be British. During the previous twenty-embers of the authority, M.P.'s, mem- bers of the Thames Conservancy, and recognized
No Claims will be admitted after the Good, four hours there were nine arrivala, others who made the annual inspection of hole by-tho-ventilator into the exercise
the Port of Lordon. have left the Godowas.
MAOKINNON, MACKENZIE & 00, -
Agente.. Hongkong, 29th August, 1926 ..13897
four British, one French, one Dutch and three Chinese. The departures över” the same period came to elevan, viz., even British, threo Chinese and one Japanese. At 9 a.m. yesterday there 48 vessels in the harbour, of which 10 were British During the previous twenty-four hours ~THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD..ten vessels arrived, ri, four British, three Japanese, two Chinese and one Dutch. The departures during the same FROX MIDDLESBRO', 'ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
period came to eleven, vi, four British, two Japanese, three Chinese, one Dutch and one, French.
The Steamship "BENAVON." YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform
CNG all Goods are being landed at
their risk into the hazardous and/or extr
the EoxexONG hazardous Godowns of
AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LTD whence, and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained...
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 30th instant, will be subject to Bent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 13th September, 1926, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are
to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on th instant, at 10.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by "
GIBB, IIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
Hongkong, 23rd August, 1996.
INSURE
YOUR
MOTOR
CAR
WINE
73887
CARGO ENTERED. (For the 24 hours ended at a.m. "yesterday).
6,300 lous. ..20,083
.23,409...
For Hongkong. For ports beyond...
Total
(For the previous 24 hours ended at 0a.m. on Saturday),,
For Hongkong/ 6,203 tons. For parts beyond ...... 7,493,,
Total
وو
..13,60€
(For the 4 hours ended at 9 a.m. Friday).
For Hongkong For ports beyond
Total.......
9,308 tons.
8,396
27
18,004
11
Uf the cargo for Hongkong on Satur- day British vessels brought 5,885 tons, the remaining 308 tons being brought in four vessels under other flags. The best entry wes,4,000 tons and the next best 1,700 tons. Of the freight for ports beyond, a British vessel carried 396 tons and a steamer of other nationality 7,097 tons.
SHIPPING NOTES,
It is notified in the Government Gazette that the Tai Ping Steamship Company, Limited, has been struck off the Register.
Notice is given that the Superintendent of Customs and the Representative of the Foreign Consular Body have declared the port of Wuchow to be infected with sholera.
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A special correspondent writing in the Manchester, Guardian Commercial Temperature
Wind Direction... Force on textile markets in Shanghai and Burdity in cheap staples, there is a wide scope. weather.... Hongkong, says:-Apart from the trade Severa!" high-elacs qualities of white Rain shirtings and dyed venetians are already established and selling well. If prices Bigbest open-air Temperature on 28th remain low it should be possible to sell Lowest open-air Temperature on 29:h still better qualities of these: but it is in
B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy; D=Drimle fancy cloths that the mope for expansion lies. Cotton and artificial silk brocades, F-Fog L-Lightning; ➡Mist; mercerised stripes are a few of the styles Squalls; R-Rain; T-Thunder which may be expected to increase in quality. To be worked successfully, they will need most persistent sampling; there is no limit to the number of qualities which may run or the number of designs which may be taken on A quality. Special improvement is needed in the sampling of designs for brocades. The scrapping of some of Lancashire's staple machinery and the substitution of looms to produce fancy goods may seem a costly experiment, but it is probably a neces- sity. "Concentrate on fine cloths" is the advice which Shanghai importers are preaching to Lancashire producers.
Bacon smuggled a cold chiser into his celf and with this the two men removed the iron bars of the ventilater leading to the exercise yard and the bricks round it. They made a rope of blankets which was tied to an upturned table, and with this they lowered themselves through the yard on October 19th and escaped..
Bacon was arrested-in-January, but Marks was not recaptured until June There is nothing too big sad nothing 9th, and the time he was at liberty count too small for the Port of London Authoed as if he were serving his twelve Detective-Sergeant Tyto, of Scotland rity," said Lord Ritchie, who added that months' sentence... the authority controlled 70 miles of river, yard, ved number of previous coBOARD a system of docks with a water area of, 730,000, acres, a total estate of more than 3,000 acres, 170 miles of railways, and so miles of roads.
ROADS HANDICAP.
victions against Marks, whose real name, he said, was Chimolsky.
RIVER LEVELS. Bulletin from
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From Angust 30th to September 5th, 1926.
Bon WALL.
LOW WATER
Day Wok
Daya o
Montk.
Height!
Hong Standard
-Time
Hsight,
28 A 7m $ 59 330-6-
311 58 30 44
408 18:0
0142.3
E'tong
Standard
Timo.
h. m.
ft im
Men. 50 m
Tas. 31 [@
Wed
1 m
Thur
2 5 38
7:22 & 4 6
1 18 a
8 34 45
11 49
3 im
Satar 47 38
San.
6 7
5m 8 21
6 9
m
9 +7 = 48
OF CONSERVANCY WORKS Fr. "OF KWANGTUNG, Waterlevels (in English Fect) at 8 am.
Pince of Observation.
Mr. Arthur Bryan, defending, said that while he was at liberty Marks had mar Lord Ritchie said that one of the worst ried and now had a wife to support. *
Judge Atherley Jones, in passing ser- handicaps under which the authority suffered was the condition of the roadstence of six months' bard labour, said communicating with the docks. This was that Marks had still to complete a term especially the case with the Victoria of 230 days from a nervious sentence of Dock-read, which, in relation to its trade penal servitude. The action of the autho, importance, was the worst road in the cities in 1912 was calculated to make the country. Besides being narrow and con-
man a criminal, for at the age of 14, for gested, it had level crossings and no white gates, and interminable delays took stealing fowls. he was launched on a
criminal career by being sentenced to place.
term of imprisonment. That was monsterous punishment to inflict on alat Sheking. +18.9 youth of his years.
A week's census taken on this road in 1025 showed that traffic delays occupied 59 per cent. of the total time...
It meant an increase in the cost of commodities and in the cost of living and was of vital importance to the whole trade f London..
"GIANT TESTING MACHINE.
CAN BREAK ANYTHING UP TO 1,250 TONS.
A demonstration of what is claimed to be the largest testing machine ever made was given at the Soho Foundry of Messrs. W. and T. Avery, Ltd, at Bir- mingham. It is capable of breaking any- thing "up to 1,250 tons resistance; and has been constructed to the order of Messrs. Dorman, Long & Co.,Ltd., of Middlesbrough, for use in connection with the erection of the Sydney (Australia) Harbour Bridge.
The machine is 130ft. long and 13ft. shin. high, with a ram 32in. in diameter, and it will teke specimens soit long.
A special building is to be erected at Frobably Middlesbrough to house it. £50,000 to £60,000 will be the total cost. The motor ship Taivan, of the Nor-
During the test thick steel cables anap. wegian Africa and Australia Line, leftyped under a strain of 938 tons, and a
GILMANS.Antwerp of the 16th inst., with earge farge cast iron girder crumpled up under
** OCEAN
THE
COMPREHENSIVE POLICY
MARTIN'S
from Norway vid ports, and is expected its pressure. to arrive here during September
The Rescue Tug Kau Sing made & trip to The Pratas from Hongkong on Thurs day, arriving there on Friday morning and returning to Hongkong on Saturday. She took over general supplies and stores for those at the new wireless station at Pratas.
The Dollar Line office here has been advised that the round-the-world liner, President Polk sailed from Shanghai'
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Constructed in the workshop in which James Watt built the engines of the Great Eastern in 1839, it was designed by Mr. H. M. Cox and has taker eigh- teen months to complete.
PASSENGERS,
AKRIVALS.
Per s.s. Hydrangea, on August 28th:-- on Friday and is due to arrive in portr. and Mrs. Sabot. to-day at day-light with cargo, U.S.
PILLS,mail, and round-the-world tourists.
APIOL & STEEL Sure and certain for all Female complaints. Every lady should keep a box in the house.
Chemists and Stores sall them throughout the world. Proprietor MARTIN, Chandia, Southampton, England.
FINDLATER'S
"WOODPECKER BRAND
OF
HEREFORD CIDER
Very refreshing in this hot
* 148.
DEPARTURES.
Per Dollar liner President Cleveland, The total number of deck passengers for San Francisco, vid ports on August entered for the twenty-four hours ended 29:-Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kline, M at 9 am yesterday was $18. The num- A. E. Shiffer, Mr. Dom Watt, Mr. A ber for Saturday was 436, of which the Funes, Miss E. C. Smith, Mr. K. biggest individual entries were' 270 and Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ebara, Mr. F. W. Vogler, Dr. J. A. Hoffman, Mr. 3. V. Crowe, Miss M. Wood, Mr. D. S. Reporting under the heading of Lewis, Mr. C. J. Endert, Mr. Franklin **Casualties" in his report to the Wong, Mrs. A. L Hillborne, Mr. M. Harbour Office on Saturday, the master of the && Fushimi Maru (Japanese) from Yokohama and Shanghai stated "Yes: met rough sea,"
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In connection with the Conservancy Works in the Min liver between Nantai, and Kushan point in the Foochow día trict, the Customs Authorities, under date of August. 20th, give notice to mariners that the construction of train-
Tavin, Mr. and Mrs. M. McNear, Mr. M. Freeman, Mr. W. W. Ly, Lt. T. J. Haffey, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Lamb, Mr. J. H. Geldart, Mr. E. W. Payne, Master E. W. Payne, and Mr. Duncan Mackinnon:
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS. The Blue Funnel liner Hector arrived
ing works in broken stone in the above at Marseilles on August 25th
named stretch of the river is now in
The Blue Funnel sa. Dardanus arrived
progress and that, constituting a danger at London on August 24th.
to navigation, they will be marked as
follows:-Heng Gi Island Spur Dykes.
In addition to three existing Heng Gi
VESSELS EXPECTED.
Island Spur Dykes, a fourth will be con Empress of Canada (C.P.B.), due to day. weather!structed between the No. 2 and No. 3, Empress of Russia (C.P.R.), dus Sept.
$5 per dozen pints delivered.
AGENTS:
GILMAN & Co., Ltd.; Hongkong Bank Building.
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extending out in a northerly direction
from, the south shore. The outer end of this dyke will be marked by a Black Beacon, carrying at night a single Red. Light. On no' account is a vessel to at tempt passing between, the beacon and Heng Gi Island,
VESBÉLS IN DOCK,
The following vessels are in dock at Taikoo-Bantang, Kathe, Kiangsu and
At the Cosmopolitan Dock:-Lama.
A
Tean.
6th.
SUNRISE AND SUNBET IN HONGKONG, -
FOR AUGUST, 1920.
STANDARD TIME OF THE 120TH MERİDAN, MAST OF GEZENWICH,
Sunrise.
Tunset. 8.43 p.m. 6.42
Date. August 30th......6.05.12.
Jist ..8.05
I
West River
Sluthing. +41. North River!
North River at Taingyuen +29.7
1925-
W.L W.L Aug. 26 Aug. 27
0
+16.4 +17.2
0
at Samaha +2.8-3.0
East River
4.4 +47
+ 8.72 +9.32
-3
+1.3 +1.7
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Alexandra Building Telephone Central 763
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Dock Owners, Ship Builders, Marine and Land Engineers, Boiler Makers, Iron and Brass Founders, Forge Masters, Electricians.
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BUNK ANY, ENGINED AT KOWLOON DOOKS BY THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD, TOʻZIE ORDER OF THE AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LED, FOR AUSTRALIAN-HONGKONG SIEVIDEĄ Please address enquiries to the Chlef Manager,
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