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*PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

vix SHANGHAI, KOBE YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

B.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

SS. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

41

May 9

May 18

May 28

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

SS. "PRESIDENT HAYES"

May

3.S. PRESIDENT TYLER"

May 14

S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

May 18

Το MANILA

S.S. "PRESIDENT FIERCE"

Apr. 28

&S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

May 12

S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

May 21

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

5.S. S.S.

ria SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES and

PRESIDENT JOHNSON " PRESIDENT FILLMORE"..

PANAMA

May 8

May 18

June 19

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAYLOR"

• Cargo only

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE "

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

AND UNITED AIR LINKS

12, PADDER ST.

יי

TRL. 28171

N.Y.K. LINE

'SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

TATUTA MARU NITTA MARU

...I

Tuesday, Tuesday,

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from

FIE MARU

Saturday,

6th May 20th May

Kobe) 3rd May

* NOTO MARU

23th May

NEW YORK via Japan & Panama

Sunday, SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo & San

Francisco.

RAKUYO MARU

(starta from Kobe) Tuesday, 27th May COLOMBO & MADRAS via Singapore

* MURORAN MARU

SAIGON

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

Sunday, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

SUWA MARU

4th May

Monday,

* MATUE MARU

* TURUGA MARU

Friday: Thursday,

28th Apr.

26th Apr. 8th May

• GENOA MARU,

Friday,

2nd May

• OKITU MARU

Sunday,

11th May

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• MATUE MARU

Friday,

4

25th Apr.

* TOBA MARU

Thursday,

1st May

* LIMA MARU

Monday,

Tuesday,

Thursday,

5th May 6th May 16th May

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

TATUTA MARU

KASIMA MARU

Cargo only.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

N.Y.K. King's Building

POSSIBILITY OF SEEKING

AMERICAN

GOVERNMENT AID HINTED TORPEDO-BOATS

THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEKING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN THE "MAINTENANCE OF THE COM- PANY'S ESSENTIAL SERVICES, if the situation does not improve.

FOR BRITAIN

was revealed by the Hon. Mr. Li Tse-fong when he presided at the: Twenty Vessels Ready

annual meeting of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Cǝ., { "Ltd., held yesterday.

For Delivery

WASHINGTON, Apr. 24 (Reu-

In spite of approaches made by the company, said the Chair- man. no response was received from the other river shipping lines | to the suggestion that there should be an economical readjustment ter-About 20 fast torpedo-boats of the passage rates, until April 1 this year when the three principal are ready for delivery to Britain companies engaged in the Macao line agreed to increase passage and and are possibly on the way now. freight rates.

according to Colonel Knax, the Navy Secretary,

In the course of his speech, the

Chairman sald;-

CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH

I regret to have to report that although not unexpected, the re-j

from Canton. The fresh water fish business ceased early in the year for lack of transportation facilities from the interior.

Your Directors have, as usual, sult of last year's trading was been unremitting in their efforts

The boats are capable of going ut over a mile a minute, he told the press conference yesterday, be trans- adding that they will ported across the Atlantic.

Colonel Knox also revealed that

Canada

again unsatisfactory. The loss for towards the economical running of the United States the year, after providing for de- your steamers. The stock of coal for the construction in

is negotiating.

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

of a number of warships, pro- bably corvettes.

He pointed out that any

war-

to

be

preciation of steamers at the usual which was bought at a reasonable price late in 1939 lasted the Com- rate, repairs, etc., is $268,118.01.

Throughout the year under re-pany for the whole of last year. view the Company has had to rely and is sufficient to see the Kin-ships Canada built for the United mostly on the "old guard" of the shan through to next June.

States might be handed over Company's fleet-the s.s. Kinshan.

Britain under the Lease and Lend When your Directors decided last

It is unfortunate that the latest system.

will The decision May to lay up the Taishan be contract has had to be made at a reached when the ships near com- cause of the prohibitive cost of much higher figure. In this con-pletion. operation, and later, when they nexion prevailing conditions leave realised that the Chungshan made much to be desired, and it would aid for Britain in the Battle of Questioned regarding American but a poor substitute for the big-seem that Government assistance the Atlantic, ger vessel. It remained for the may be necessary in the

Colonel Knox sald Kinshar. to carry the bulk of the future in the maintenance of our and faster freighters have been that he understood that larger cargo available from Company's essential services if the situation seeking, Independently, to run the

does not improve. Trading conditions remained

gauntles of U-boats and bombers In the course of his address to for some time. poor for the whole of 1040. Every conceivable effort was made to you last year the Chairman re-i maintain Company's service on an marked that there was a possibility | economical basis. but conditions of the river shipping companies were such that your Directors were operating between Hongkong and forced to retrench further by lay-Macao forming a combine in order

patrons.

ing up the Taishan. -

י.

RESTRICTIVE MEASURES.

near

MARINE COURT

BOAT MISTRESSES. FINED Five. boat mistresses were

to do away with the suicidal.com- petition which had prevailed for so many years past: It is with charged before Commander T. C. The passenger traffic the regret that I have to report that Stiff yesterday, with using grap- Macao line was, adversely affected the agreement was never signed.pling irons and other means for by the restrictive measures against Unforeseen developments occurred the purpose of dredging coal from cholera. When your Directors necessitating the withdrawal of a the sea bed. off the Kadoorie Es- realised that prevailing conditions few steamers from the line, and tate Coal Yard in the Yaumat! demanded immédiate co-operation causing some owners to imagine Typhoon Shelter. between the river shipping com that the withdrawals obviated the

They were each fined $10 or ten panies towards an económical ad- necessity of a combine.

days. Justment of the passage rates they lost no time or opportunity in try-

MAÇÃO RATES INCREASED

For boarding a ship in harbour without permission, Cheung San

yung woman. was fined $50 or

two months,

ing to come to an understanding I am, however. pleased to be in with them. No satisfactory res- a position to report that on April ponse, however, was received to all 1, 1941, the three principal com- the overtures made, and it re-panies engaged in the Macao ine mained for the Company to face agreed to increase passage and

HEALTH BULLETIN a dally worsening situation with freight rates. These rates have the hope that something might not been brought up to a level! The following is the Returns of happen to bring about the desired commensurate with the much notifiable diseases notified as hav- prosperity.

higher cost of operation of the ing occurred in the Colony during Freight offerings throughout the steamers, but It is a step in the the 24 hours ended at midnight year were far from sufficient for right direction, and it is to be on Apr. 23:-Cholera. 1920 cases: the,, abnormally large tonnage in hoped that the sensible but belated

Dysentery, eight cases; Enteric commission. fan the Macao line. co-operation thus exhibited by

Fever, one case; Measles, one case: Competition for what was avail-

Tuberculosis, 31 cases.

able remained as keen as ever, and finally resulted in the further

retrenchment on the part of Com

pany's service. From August the

Cont'd Page 12 Col. 3

Kinshan and Chungshan operated CHINA NAVIGATION

only a curtailed schedule of sall- ings in order to economise coal and oil.

The invasion of the Heungshan District severed all communication between Macao and the interior, and the Tsien Shan Customs Station suspended service in May. The enforcement of the embargo -on rice from Hongkong further

affected freight returna.

Telephone 30291.

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TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns- ville, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING BEGINNING OF MAY, 1941.

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel, No. 30332.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP

CO., LTD.

Agents.

1. Connaught Road.

BAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sallings temporarily suspended)

KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGEONG. SERVICE Weekly skills from Hong Kong

For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to:-

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

General Managers.

40. Baßlding, 5th Floor.

Tel. Nos. 28087' A : 22028.

IMPORTS NEGLIGIBLE

In the Canton line the interests which the Company had in the operation of the Fatshan came to a stop in July when certain de- mands made by the authorities in Canton made it impossible for owners to continue running her on a commercial basis.

During the year exports from Hongkong consisted mostly of rice (until the embargo), salt and fire- wood. Imports were negligible, and varied little from Macao pro- ducts such. as firecrackers, and wine, as well as fruits and vege- tables which were transhipped

BANK

COMPANY, LIMITED,

Frequent and Regular Sailings for

Swarow, AMOY, SHANGHAL, TAKOVAO, WEINAIWEL

CHIO and TIENTSIN.

KWANGCHOWWAN and HomOW.

HAIPHONG

CANTON (Weekly ⚫ailing)

TOURANE, BAIGON and" BangiÒE,

SINGAPORE PORT SWETTENHAM and PENANG SAIGON, MIRI, SANDAEAN, MADANG, SALAMATA. HABAUL

TULAGI, Gizo and Loxengai,

For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. Please apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331

LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS POR

ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S.

Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM NEXT SAILING 1ST WEEK IN MAY, 1941.

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD.

ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

A

CO., LTD.

for Mauritius, Reunion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Darban and Cape Ports

"AS" OPPORTUNITY: OFFERS

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE

Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore-

AS OPPORTUNITY 'OFFERS

For Freight or Passage on any of the above lines apply →→ Telephone 27791

THE BANK LINE (CHINA),' LTD.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941.-PAGE 11

P. & O.

Passenger & Cargo Services

to

Straits, Ceylon, India, East & South Africa,

and

United Kingdom.

B. 1.

Passenger & Cargo Services

to

Straits, Burma & India.

E. & A. Passenger & Cargo Services

to -

Philippines, Australian Ports,

and

New Zealand with transhipment. For further particulars apply to MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

Phone 27721.

BARBER WILHELMSEN

SERVICE TO

LINE

BOSTON AND NEW YORK:

Vu LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK MAY

Following sailing Second week June

Taking cargo on Through Bills of Lading for West Indies, South American ports and West Africa.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents,

Hong Kong, Bank Building,

THE

Telephone 28023.

DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

OF

CHINA, JAPAN, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAYA, BORNEO, SIAM, PHILIPPINES, KOREA, INDO CHINA, NETHERLANDS INDIES, ETC.

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