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BIGGEST BRIDGE IN NEW ROTTERDAM LLOYD
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WORLD TOURISTS..
CONSIGNEE NOTICES. CONSIGNEE NOTICES. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
LINER.
THE MOTOR VESSEL
SIBAJAK."
́EIGHT LINERS TO COME NEXT SEASON.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
IMPORTANT. EFFECTS ON THE DETAILS OF ENGINES AND
CITY'S LIFE,
CONSTRUCTION. ·
Puny Boratchings of man; in the Plans of the new ship of the not- huge masses of rock that rise on terdam Lloyd S.S. Co., the notor either side of Sydney Harbour, vessel Mibajek, which is the second marked, a few months ago, the beail-engined liner to be built for this a Company have now been published. ginning of the realisation of dream of over a hundred years. The following are the leading de To-day, the world, sailing in aile Length overall, 530 ft., through the headlands of Port Length .p., 005 ft. 0 ins.; Ream, Jackson, can see clearly the first stages of the great stride that is to carry a Colossus of stone and steel across the harbour.
" RYNDAM,”* "FRANCONIA,”
" BELGENLAND" AND
"OLD OTHER
FRIENDS."
world tourist liners ate due in the Far East in the next tourist season: The travel department of the American Express Company have given this information and among the vessels are two "college liners," 62 ft. o ins.; Depth to "D" drek,Two of the tourist liners are due in 38 ft.; Loaded draught, 27 ft. 24 February, four in March, and two
in November. ins; Machinery power, 10,200 s.h.p. There are some interchangeable
FROM NEW YORK.
THE Steamship'
"CITY OF BEDFORD" baving arrived, Consignees of Cargo: by her are informed that all Goods are boing landed at their risk into the
Gooda
be obtained.
will not be recognized.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP.CO., LTD
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
AND
FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE.
YONSIGNRES per Co.'s Steamer IXION
Optionalver from Godown on
No fewer than eight round-the-hazardons and/or extra-hazardous Goara beruby notified that the Cargo will be ¦
downs of Holt'e Wharf, whence Delivery discharged into Boite Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and No Claims will be admitted after the subject to Terms and Conditions of foods have left the Godowor, and all Storage at Holt's Whart. The Carge will
remaining undelivered after 18th be ready for July, 1927, will be subject to Reat and after 11th
All Claims against, the Steamer
will not be landed here, ust be presenter to the Undersigned anions Notice has been given prior to on or before 26th July, 1827, or they Steamer's arrival, but carried on from All broken, chafed and damaged Goods, port to port to the final port of call to
which the option extends. are to be left in the Godowns, where they All broken, chafed and damaged Goods will be examined on any Tuesdays or are to be left in the Glodowes, where they Fridays, between the hours of 10.46 a.m.will be examined on Toondays and
any and Noon, within the Free Stange Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM. and Noor within the Free Storage period, No Chims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered. after the 18th July, will be subject to Rent,
It was as far back as 1824, writes first and second-class cabins, and Australia, 22,000 tons, is due. Her perid of One Week,
the Sydney correspondent of The Times, that Sydney laughed at the dreamer who talked of a Harbour Bridge.
Ten years later they had learned to alrng their shoulders nt." Green- way and his bridge" and they turned with admiration to the prae tical work of the Rev. Dr. Lang, who caused to be built, in enduring stone, the first Scottish Church of Australia.
At this moment the old Scots Church is being demolished to make way for the approaches of the Bridge..
Political Questions.
The Bridge has been practical polities for generations, though its construction is now little more than begun. Thirty to 40 years ago elections were won and lost on it nissile. Finally, it became part of the platform of every
party.
Oddly enough, the Ministry which at fast let the contract and turned the god was thrown out by the people it the first opportunity, mainly on the charge that it was a Ministry which never did anything. And that circumstance holds up the mirror to an aspect of human unture which perhaps is not singu lar to Now South Wales,
A British Contract. The biggest bridge in the world Sir," the portly citizen will tell a visitor, For the main span of of this structure, arching proudly over the water, will be 1,850 feet long.
In February, the first of the liners, the R.M.S. Empress of
cruise is under the direction of the Canadian Pacific Line.
by the International Mercantile Marine Company in co-operation with the American Express travel department.
No Fire Insurance has been effooted. Bill of Lading will be countersignal by
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
General Agents. —; Hong Kong, 12th July, 1927. [6115 THE BEN LINE STEAMERS. LIMITED,
LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES,
The Steamship "BENVRACKIE."
the number of passengers who can be accommodated are: First class, in or 220; Second class, 142 or
The Red Star liner Belgenland, 106; Third class, 68; Fourth class, 27,000 tons, follows in the same 34.
Cargo is carried in four holdsonth, and this, incidentally is the largest liner to circumnavigate the and 'tween decks, two forward and globe. Her cruise is operated Fox MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP two aft of the engine-room, the total capacity, exclusive of the refrigerating chamber, being in the neighbourhood of 270,000 enbic feet. Fuel oil is accommodated in the deep tanks forward of the engine room and in" double-bottom tanks under the deep tanks, the total capneity, being about 1,000 tons, reckoned at 40 cubic feet to the ton. The daily fuel consumption Then comes the Samaria, under will probably be in the neighbour the Raymond and Whitcomb, Com- hood of 45 tons daily for all pur-pany, aleo arriving in March. poses.
Tank Capacity.
The third vessel to arrive, and theONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being. first of thero Cunard liners, will landed at their risk into the bazardous be the Caledonia, 16,700 tons due in and/or extra hazardous Godowne of the March.
Hong and Kowloon Wharf and The Frank C. Clark Godown. Co., Ltd., whence sud/or from tourist bureau are in charge of this the wharves, Delivery may be obtained, tour.
KOBK
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th instant, will be subject to Rent.
All Claima against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 30th instant, or they will not be
be recognized.
The third Cunard liner will he the Francia, a well-known visitor with tourists to this port, as is also the Belgenland and Rewolute; and she as bringing tourists under Son, and will also arrive in March: at the auspices of Thomas Cook and
In Ove of the double-bottom tanks drinking water may be carried, whilst five will accommodate water ballast and one cooling water; 90
The sixth liner will be the Ham. tons of drinking water. can be burg-America Line Resolute, 20,000 loaded in the fore-peak tank and tons, duc also in March. 316 tons in an after tank, with 185
Arriving in November is the tons of water ballast in the after Ryndam, known as the Boating peak. The total quantity of drink-rsity, which was here with water is 934 tons and of water American students last year, and ballast approximately 708 tons/ will be calling again in November
The accommodation of the ship's on a "college cruise. officers, as well as the engineers,
The other liner to come here is deek." A ia outeworthy. few passengers are also berthed the durania, of the Cunard Line forward on this deals. On also on a world college cruise, and deck at the forward and is the is scheduled to arrive in November. social hall,
The new K. P.M. steamer Op Ten attractively shaped saloon, with the smoking room just Noort is to make a cruise around aft. A special nursery dock is pro- the Orient and her itinerary in- vided aft, together with a nursery cludes Bingapore, Bangkok, Sai of relatively large size, and right gon, Manila and the Dutch East aft on deck B is the third-class Indies, smoking room. On deck "C"
on
are
most of the first-class cabins of the single and two-berth type with a couple of cabines de luxe forward.
"VESSELS-EXPECTED
Adrastus (Blue Funnel), dus July
19th.
deneas (Blue Funnel), due Sept.
28th,
Amarone (M.M.), due July 19th. Antenor (Blue Funnel), due July
There must be added tex op proach spans, giving a total length, Alt are located the second-class- from terminal pier to terminal smoking saloon and ladies, sploon, and on deck "D" are more first- pier, of 8,770 feet, to fulfil the com-class and second-class cabins, the tract, which was let to a contrac-third-class dining saloon with 62 for in the homeland at £4,200,000.sents being right at the after-end
of the stil
on this deck. Below on deck " * is the first-class dining saloon with. 176 seats, and the second-class dining saloon aft with Arafura (E. & A.), due July 28th. a similar seating capacity. Two Athus II. (M.M.), due August 30th. and three-berth second-cinas cabins Calchus (Blue Funnel), due Sept. are located on this deck, besides cabins for 20 third-class passengers. Chenonecaux (M.M.), due August D'Artagnan (M.M.), due Septem-
ber 13th.
The closing of the gap between the two halves of the arch now being erected will be done by loosening the jacks on the holding
cables.
Until this is done, each half of the bridge will forn a railway, bang in the sky, along which will creep the cranes to hoist and carry the great girders which will make the next section of the arch.
The Machinery.
21st,
10th,
2nd,
All brokes, shafed and damaged Goods left in the Godowne, where they' will be examined on the 16th instant,
are to
Ne
No Fire Insurance has been effected. GIBD. LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
the
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 1st August, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be elected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agenta. 11th July, 1927.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s ETEAMER "NOVARA."
ARBITE BONG KONG ON
1īru JULY,
1927,
FROM ANTWERP,LONDON, GIBRAL- TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO & ьTRAITS.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- tamed Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at TEZER RIB in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown pan Godowns at Kowloon, where Bach Mark by Mark and Delivery can obtained the Gords are landed.
Billa of Lading will be countersigned by Co Consignment, will be sorted out
Agante. Hong Kong, 9th July, 1927, 5110 HONG KONG METEOROLÒGICAL
REGISTER.
Hong Kong Observatory, July 12th.
Previous On Datejon Date
Day at
at
at 2 p.m.
B, 121,
p..
Barometer... Temperature Humidity ... Wind-
29:77 ..29. 70
29.72
81
29.71 89
91
68
2
0
2
0.
B
0
0.08
*
Direction W Calm WBW Force Weather... Bain...
0.00 DCO Highest open-air Temperature, 11th: 89 Lowest open-air Temperaints, 12ta:81
B-Blue sky; Cloudy; D Drisale; F-Fog; L-Lightning: M-Mist: O-Overcast; P-Passing showers; Q-Squalls; R-Rain; T- Thunder.
HONG KONG TIDÉ TABLE.
From July 19th to 19th, 1997, HIGH WATER.
Date of
LOW WATER.
Hong
Height
Kong
Standard
Height.
Hong
Kong
13tandard
Tine.
Time,
.b. m. ft. in.
b. m.
in.
29
the De Schelde yard, where the The Sibajak is, being built at Sulzer-type machinery has aléo heen constructed. The two engines each have an output of 5,100 s.h.p. when running at 85 r.p.m., and The engineers call this contrnet have eight cylinders, 760 mm, bore "the job, but to fulfil it a new with a piston stroke of 1,340 mm. ;
at the controls of the engines are at Hector (Blue Funnel), due August Sat. town has been established
the engine-room floor level, and Mornya, on the coast.
Devanha (F. & 0.), due August 4th, Empress of Canada (C.P..), due Wed. 13 m 7 26 7 1m 1 10
July 18th.
9 25 8 9 3 120 8 Eurglochus (Blue Funnel), due Thur. 14 m 8 6 75m 144
September 11th.
10 13 3 9
3 50 a 0 4 15 m 8 40 10 59
420 a 0
the Australian term), each with Motor Ship. accommodation for 40 men; and
Garbeta (B.I. & Apear), due July Fri.
25th.
25th.
16 lm 9 36 11-44
8 0 m 2 57
9 m 3
1
cach motor drives its own scaveng| Kashmir (P. & O.), due September Sun. 1710 23 It has been named Granite Town.ing blower. This is a modification 29th.
of turbo Keemun (Blue Funnel), due Sept. Mon. 180 28 There all the granite for the bridge of the usual system
tl 12 7 6 8 38 a 0 & scavenging generally employed with 20th. is quarried,
Tres. 19m-1 13 14 2m & 19 29 machinery of the Sulzer type. Two Khyber (P. & O.), due August 4th.
0 4 al 7 01 7 26 09 The contracting company na five-cylinder Sulzer engines of 520, Lycaon (Blue Tunnel), due Sept.
2nd, built, up to this date, 62 4-rooted addition to a 200 b.b.p. Sulzer en Macedonia (P. & O.), due October .b.p. are coupled to dynamos, in
PASSENGERS. uses for workmen, and has erost-gined generator for the supply of
13th ed three bachelors" "huts" (to use current throughout the
DEPARTURES, ship. Malwa (P. & O.), due Saptenber
16th.
European passengers per 8.2. Mantua (P. & O.), due November | Shingo Mare, for San Francisco vid ports, on July 12th-My Ri Enpit, Mr. Ri Ento, Master Stanley A. Broadbridge, Mr. Klainschmidt, Miss Pansy Shaw, Miss Olga Burh, Miss Suey Surh, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Cassidy, Lt. H. Elliott, Mr. J. da Silva, Mr. K. Saegnon, Mr. H. G. Duncombe, Mr. L.B. Furtough. Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Tottenham, and Mrs. J. Ring, Lt. Col. W. n. Barber, Major Jackson, MR. Blake, Mr. J. N. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Teves, Mr. G. Monserrat, Mr.
the Education Department of the
State haz erected a school..
Carrying the Granite.
11th.
12th
28th.
MOTOR SHIP ACTIVITIES.Menelaue (Blue Funnel), due Aug. Mongolia (P. & O.), due October Three steamiera built to carry, the
Considerable activity is recorded granite from the quarry to the in the motor shipbuilding industry, Morea (P. & O.), due August 18th. bridge workshops on a deepwater
(Hugo Stinnes shore at the bridge site; docks for according to the The Motor Ship Muensterland.
Linien), due to-morrow. Last month orders were placed for barges and all facilities for un- 26 tankers and cargo vessels, total. Nagpure (P. & O.), due August loading oversens cargoes on the ling 200,000 tons deadweight, all
... 20th. site these are some of the provi- to be equipped with internal-com-Ningehow (Blue Funnel), die Aug. sions of the contract.
There are 250 men in the work-bustion machinery, in addition to shop now, but then the work is two 18 knot transatlantic linera Nyanza (P., & Q.), due September for the Hamburg-Amerika Line, in full swing there will be 700.
27th,
14th,
which thus follows the White Star Perseus (Blue Funnel), due July
17th. and the Swedish-Amerika
Bth.
Hawalpindi (P. & O.), due Jaly herenor (Blue. Funnel), due Ang.
Aud what is it for, this great Line bridge of Sydney! Its imposing Line in adopting oil-engine drive Philoctetes (Blue Funnel), due Aug, structure will link up two sections for pasenger ships trading to of a leading Empire city.
America. In several Swedish and Danish yards which have concen- trated solely upon the construction of motor vessels, there is work in hand for between 18 months and Santhin (B.I. and Apear), due July
i6th. two years. Three prominent ship-
For Efficiency.
It is going to reduce the daily journey from the more northerly suburbs from an hour to half-an, hour, and so save millions of wast ed hours in a year
It will save Bevon miles of rail haulage on all the produce of the
21st.
building concerns in Sweden, for Taklima (B.I. & Apear), due to
day. between them have 19 instance,
berths, and contracts on hand for St. Albans (E. & A.), due Sept,
Comparatively 6th, great fertile regions of the north $4 motor ships.
and north-west of the State, and few of the vessels ordered last Tanda (E. & A), due August 8th
on all the goods sont to them, month were built at British yards, Telemachus (Blue Funnel), due Aug.
And it is being financed by a but it is understood that seven' special tax on properties which in passenger and cargo liners will be Dany instances already are euer-ordered in this country within the mously enhanced in value.
course of the next few weeks.
5th, Tilava (B.I. & Apcar), due July
90th,
Falou (M.M.), due July 22nd,
J. Trinidad, Miss M. M. Bustillos,
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Heck, Miss V. Kettwell, Miss R. Kettwell. Master J. Kettwell, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. M.. Tamson, Mr. J. E. Kromme, Mr.. H. Engberg, Mr. H. C. van Bergen, Miss C. H. van Bergen, Mr. J. H. Tucker, Mrs. M. Richards, Mr. C. A Partridge, Mr. C. T. Cox, Mr. L. H. Hutchings.
Per 8.8. Kukuyo Maru, for South. Amerien vid ports, on July 11th Mr. T. Uchida, Mrs. S. Tase, Miss Y. Tuse, Miss E, K, Liedholm, Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Desha, Master D. Dosha, Mister G. Desha, Mrs. D. Rohm, Mr. and Mrs. A. Swift, Master M. Swift, Miss M. Swift, Miss L. Lockwood, Mr. H. A. G. Clark, Mr. and Mrs J. Montiel Olvera.
Optional Goods will be landed here onless Instractions have been given to the contrary Sir hours before; arrival-of- the Steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days, ir- oluding date of arrival, will be subject to Rent.
INCLUDING
HUGO STINNES LINTEN
COMBINED FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. CABIN CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR 50 PASSENGERS. FARE FROM HONG KONG TO GENOA—£73, 0a, 0a, OUTWARD.
Sailings from Europe for Shanghai and Northern Ports:-- M.S. "MUENSTERLANT" (H.8.L.)... due liere on or about the 16th July duo hero on or about the 29th July 8.9, "OLDENBURG" ("A.L) 8.8. "ADOLF VON BAY YER" (H.St.L.) due here on or about the 16th Aug. due here on or about the 28th Aug. 8.8. SAARLAND" (A.L.) 8.8. "EMIL KIRDORF
dus here on or abont the 13th Sept. 8.8. "RESSEN" (HAL)
HOMEWARD.
(H.St.L.)"
dne kore on or about the 27th Sept.
Sailings for Europe via Manila, Singapore,
Colombo & Port Said :--
b M.S."ERMLAND" (H.StL.) Bailing from here on or about the 18th July
1 M.S. VOGTLAND" (B.A.L)... sailing from bore on or about the Srd Ang.
M.8. "MUENSTERLAND"
(H.SL.)... aniling from here on or about the 19th Aug. 18.8. "OLDENBURG" (H.A.L) sailing from here on or about the 8th Sept. 18.8. "ADOLF VON BAEYER"
(E.St...)... sailing from here on or about the 23rd Sept
& Calling at Gonos, Marseilles, Rotterdam and Hamburg and Antwerp.
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Calling at Genos, Rotterdam and Hamborg.
Calling at Marseilles, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
For Freight, Passage and further Particulars please apply to
JEBSEN & CO.
18, Peader Street,
Tel. 0. 2225, Tol. O. 4754.
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REGULAR FORTNIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
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All Claims against the Steamer must
be presented to the Undersigned on or
July, before Sist 1927, or
they will not be recognized,
No Claus will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowos.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.,
Agenta.
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