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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1918,

CANADIAN PACIFIC

ROYAL MAIL.

STEAMSHIP 'LINE.

From Hongkong

Shipping

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

(TDE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.).

Projected Sailings from Hongkong-

From St. John N.B.

Empress of

Japan Empress of

18th Doc.

14th Jan.

1st Jan.

Charter

24th Jan.

Russia

15th Jan.

Allan Liner

14th Feb.

"Destination. MARSEILLES, I LONDON & AN-

Monteagle

All Sternships leave Hongkong at noon. The" EMPRESS OF RUSS A," and "EMPRESS OF ASIA" Bro now quadruple screw 21 knot turbine steamers, of 16,850 tons gross, 30,625 displacement, the finest, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacific.

The direct route to Canada, United States and Europe, call- ing at Shanghai, Nagasaki (through the Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria, B.C..

All Stoamers of the Company's Pacific and Atlantic, Fleets are equipped with Marconi Wireless apparatus.

PASSAGE RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON, "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA."

Optional Atlantic Port, £71:10.

EMPRESS OF INDIA "

Optional Atlantic Port £65

'MONTBAGLE".

"EMPRESS OF ASIA." via

1.

EMPRESS OF JAPAN," vis

via Canadian Intermediate service, Atlantic port £43, vi Bosto or New York £45.

Rates quoted above do not include meals and sleeping cat Boross Canada These, if required, will be furnished for £G additional.

SPECIAL RATES (First Class only.) allowed to Naval and Military officers. Civil Service employees, Missionaries, etc, etc.. Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Round Trip passage tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by the steamers of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co, or Toyo Kisen Kaisha,

Local and through passengers may, if desired, travel by rail between Ports of call in Japan.

For further information, Maps, Routes, Handbooks, Rates' of Freight and Passage, apply to

D. W. CRADDOCK,General Traffic Agent for China. Corner of Pedder Street and Praye, opposite Blake Piar.

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE

Regular Service Between

CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN, PORTS."

EASTWARD,

Subject to Alteration Steamers

Shipping

HONGKONG

LO BOOK

Oll to Calm the Sea.

"Pouring oil on the troubled waters" is one of the many mata-

PHILIPPINES. phors which wo have derived

PHILIPPINES

STEAMSHIP CO

Salling Date Steamship T.

Captains,

T. 16,000

WEDNES., 31st Rubi Den, nt d'light. WEDNES., 14th | Zafiro (Jan, at d'light.

TWERP, via Asauta Maru Singapore, Capt. Nagao Penang, Colombo, Hitachi Maru Suez, and Port | Capt. Yemawaki' T. 12,500

Said

VICTORIA, B.O..

and SEATTLE Shangbat, via Moji, Kobe, Yok kaiohi, Yokohama.

and

SYDNEY & MEL-

BOURNE, Manila,

CALCUTTA

Yokohama Maru

(TUES., 30th. T. 12,500 1 Dec., at noon. Capt. Wada

TUESDAY, 13:h Awa Maru Capt. Shimidzu T. 12,500 (Jan. at noon..

T. 9,300

T. 13,500

WED'DAY, 17th Dec. at noon, WEDNES., 14th (Jan. at noon.

J SATURDAY,

via Kumano Maru Thurs-Capt, Winckler day

Island, Tango Maru "Townsville and Capt. T. Sekine

Brisbane

via) Hakata Maru S'pore, Penang Capt. Nomura. & Rangoon BOMBAY via Singa-1 Kamakura Maru

pore and Colombo.f Capt. Hori .

Miyazaki Maru KOBE & Yokohama}

Capt. Soyeda NAGASAKI, Moji, Nikko Maru

Kobe & Yokohama) Capt. Takeda SHANGHAI, Mojil Penang Mruf

and Kobe..... f Capt. Murazumi T. 12,000 119th Dec. SHANGHAI, Kobe Kanagawa Maru

T. 12,500 27th Dec.

WEDNESDAY, T. 12,500 117th Dec.

THURS., 18th T. 16,000 Deo. at 11 am.

JWED., 14th

!

T. 9,600 Jan, at 11 am.

JFRIDAY,

(MONDAY,

& Yokohama ... Capt. M. Machida T. 12,000 122ad. Dec.

ICargo only.

►

Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy."

PASSENGER SEASON a6914.

FOR EUROPE.

Miyasaki Maru 16000 tons esile. Wednesday 28th Kitano

Iyo Hirano

S.S. *A. Apcar," 4,450 tons. Capt. Walker, will be despatched Katori for SHANGHAI, KOBE & MOJI on 27th Doo.

יי

Kamo

S.S."Thongwa" 6,298 tons, Capt. Robins, will be despatched to KOBE & MOJI on 15th Jan.

Kashima

WESTWARD.

S.S. "Dilwara," 5,378 tone, Capt. Ramage, will be despatched for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA on 17th Dec,

S.S. "C. Apcar," 4,600 tons, Capt. Drake, will be despatched. sa above on 24th Dec.

The above steamers have excellent saloon accommodation for passengers and are fitted with all modern conveniences and carry a duly qualified surgeon.

For freight or passage, apply to.

Hongkong, Dec. 16th, 1913.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Agents

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO,

AND

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

Joint Service of

THE HONGKONG, CANTON and MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD",

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

HONGKONG TO CANTON.

CANTON TO HONGKONG. Wednesday, 17th December.

10.00 p.m. "Heungshan,"

Thursday,

8.00 a.m. "Fatshan," 10.00 p.m. "Kinshan.".

5.00 p.m. "Fatshan," 18th December."

8.00 a.m. "Kinshan,' 5.00 p.m. "Heungshan,"

These steamers, carrying His Majesty's Mails, are the largest and fastest on the River. Special attention is drawn to the Superior Saloon and Cabin. Electric Fan in each Cabin.

16000 12500

#1

"

11

16000

TT

1

20000

24

21

16000

20000

"J

FOR AMERICA

Tuesday

Shidzuoka Maru 12500 (ons sais Tamba..

January, 11th February. 25th 11th March

25th

April.

22nd

8th

27th January..

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For

'Salling date,

Manila Mangarin,' TUES., 23rd 4000 J. Miller,

Cebu and Iloilo. Dec. 4 p. Manila Mangarin,' FRI, 2nd 4000 F. S. McMurray Cebu and Iloilo. Jan. 4.p.m Electric light Fans in every cabin; competent stewardesses Passengers holding round trip tickets may return by any steamer of the Facific Mall B.S. Co...Toye Kisen Kaisha, Norddeutscher Lloyd and Eastern and Australian Steamship Co., Ltd.

For Freight or Passage apply to

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS

carried.

S

Hongkong, 15th Deg. 1913.

Tjikini

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN

From

LIJN.

Expected on my showi

Will was no se aber t

Regular Fortnightly Service between JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN .........S'HAI.....2nd half Dec.......JAVA ...2nd half Dec. Tillatjap......JAPAN 2nd half Doc. JAVA...2nd half Dec. Tibodas......JAVA 2nd half Dec.......S'HAI 2nd half Deo, Tjiliwong ...SHAI..hd half Dec.......JAVA:2nd half Doo Tipanas...JAVA2nd half Dec.......JAPAN 2nd half Dec, Tilmanoek...JAVA...2nd half Deo. S'HAIst half Jan. TimahiJAVA 1st half Jan.AVA.2nd half Jan. Tjilaroem ...JANA 2nd half Jen...SHAI...2nd half Jan.

The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers, and will take cargo to all Ports in Netherlands-India on through B/L.

For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Telephone N. 376

tork Building.

·

From the life of the sea. Oddly |enough, although this device was known to Aristotle and practised by Pliny, it fell into complete

dieuse for hundreds of years, says the Pall Mall. It became

prac- tice I politics' again some thirty years ago, when the Admiralty

rescribed the best means of using. oil for calming the waves, but. apparently, was forgotten again until Captain Barr summoned the Narragansett to his aid, and thus saved the majority of the passen gers in the burning Volturno,

Professor Ray Lankester, writ ing in the Daily Telegraph, in- forms us that so small a quantity" as a piot an hour is sufficient to secure a zone of calm

water round | ship safficient space for boata to be launched in with safety. It does not seem much to require that all ships should carry the Ivery small quantity needed—say, [for safety, a hundred gallons- and the simple apparatus neces Bary for its use.

The thinnest possible film of oil spread over the surface of the water acis very much as if the ater were covered by'a 1'in skin f india-rubber. It prevents the water from breaking or beginning to break.

It seems thit the British Government allows great liners, owned by British companies, as well as emigrant ships like the Volturno, sailing under the British flag, to embark hundreds

TOYO KISEN KAISHA of helpless, ignorant passengers

SAN FRANCISCO, LINE

VIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND" SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU,

Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.

Steamer.

Chiyo Maru.

Displacement

12500

10th February

Tons & Speed 22,000 21 knots

Leave Hongkong.

Aki

Sado

12500 12500 Yokohama * 12500 12500 Awa Shidzuoka,,- 12500

24th

M

10th March.

Nippon Maru* Tenyo Maru.!

11

11

12

**

24th

Hongkong Maru

Mon, 11,000 18 knots Wed., 22,000- 21 knots Satur., 11,000 10 knots. Tues.,.

22nd Dec. 14th Jan.

17th Jan,

10th Feb.

"

15

7th 21st

April.

via Manila. Omitting Shanghai.

+1

For further information apply to Telephone No. 292.

» Tartsero: Manage

CHINA NAVIGATION

CO., LTD.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

For

HAIPHONG

SHANGHAI

SWATOW, AMOY, HING-1

Steamers.

Luchow

To Sail. ......18th Dec. at 10 a.m. ...........18th Dec, at 4'p.m.

PO AND SHANGHAI ... I Yochow

19th Dec, at d'night SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU.....Yingchow... th Dec. at m'night| MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Taming. . 23rd Dec. at 4 pæn,' SHANGHAI .......................

Hulchow ... 25th Dec. at 4 p.m.

DIRECT SAILING TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly. "9,8. LINTAN " and " 8.6. BANUI "

A Telephone service has been recently installed on the Canton.MANILA LINE-Twin Screw Steamers "Chinhua," "Taming" Company's Steamers-Day Steamers Call No 776. Night Steamers. Call No. 775,

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

5.S. "Sui An." Tons 1651. S.S. "Heungshan," Tons 1051

HONGKONG TO MACAO. Week days at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing from the Company's Wing Lok

Lok Street Wharf.

Sundays at 9 a.m. & 12.30 p.m. Street Wharf. Week days at 7.30 a.m. & 2. p.m.

MACAO TO HONGKONG.

Sundays, at 7.30 a.m. & 5 p.m

EXCURSION TO MACAO SUNDAY, 21st December." The Company's new Steamship,

"Tal Shan." will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharl et 9 a.m and return from Macao at 4 p.m.

N.B. The Company will also ran a steamer from Maoso, on Sunday morning at 7.30 am. and from Hongkong at 12 30 pm. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf.

FARES

Saloon...Single $3.00 Return $5,00.

2nd Class...Single 1.00 Return 2.00, 1st Olaez...Single 2.00 Return 3,00, Staterooms: Saloon. $1.00 per person each way. 1st Class. 30 cents per person each way,

Further particulare may be obtained at the Offics of the Company.

CANTON-MACAO LINE. S.S. Hol-Sang 457 Tons.

D'tures. from Macao to Canton on Mon., Wed, & Fri., at 9 p.m. D'tures. from Canton to Macao on Tues., Thurs, & Satur., at 4.30 p.m.

* Joint Service of Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., The China Na vigation Co., Ltd., and The Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

S.S. Salnam? 588 Tons, and Nanning," 569 Tona. One of the above steamers leves Canton for Wuchow every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at about 8 a.m., and the other leaves Wuchow for Canton on the same days at 8.30a.m. Round trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vice versa by the Comany's direct steamers Lintan, and Sanul. These vessels have superior Cabin accommodation and are lighted through out by electricity. Electric Fan in eech Cabin^nia z maga

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Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9am to 5 pm. Further particulars may be obtain at the office of the

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY LIMITED,

HOTEL MANSIONS FIRST FLOOR) Opposite the Biską F(91,

and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electio fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on “Toming” & “Toan."

SHANCHAI LINE.-The Twin Screw steamers

Anhul." "Chenan," and the S.8, Liangchow," "Luchow" and "Yingchow" having excellent accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms and Dining Saleon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Thursday and Sunday, taking cargo on through Bill of Lading to all Yangtze and Northern China Ports,

All steamers will be despatched at NOON. First Class to London £71.10. Return (6 monthe:} £120. First Class to New York...£60...

*

£96.10.

£68. San Francisco £45. Passengern purchasing Trans-Pacifio Return tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacific Mall 8.9. Co., or from Vancouver by steainers of the Canadian. Paulfio Railway Co.

Special Rates given to MAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION. ARIES ato.

ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal

Mall lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway.

charge.

Passengers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan' free of

C

SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.

without insisting, and, in fact, <uaranteeing, that the most sign- ple precautions for the rafety of |ibose passengers are taken. An- her Plimsoll is needed to fight for them on the floor of the Blouse of Commons.

When the oil ship Narragan -ett, with 20 survivors of Voltur-¦ no on board, came alongside the Anglo-American Oil Company's gaily-decorated wharf at, Purfleet sayn the Daily News, some body ou

the abip answered the cheers of the crowd with the inquiry Where did you get Four age from?" They came up with the milk in the morning!' shouted a cheery voice on the Jetty.

When I got the Carmania's meз88ge, said the Captain Captain

Via JAPAN PORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA Barr thought I might be too far CRUZ, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO.

Thonce by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES. For Full Farticulare 'as to Passage. & Freight, apply to

Telephone No. 291

S. AMORIMOTO, Agent,

KING'S BUILDINGS.

1.

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.

THE AMERICAN LINE TO SAN FRANCISCO Via Shanghal or Manila, Nagasaki, Inland Sea, Kobe. Yokohama and Honolulu, THE SUNSHINE: BELT Operating the following steamers

MUNGOLIA, MANCHURIA ORBĄ. SIBERIA and NILE, CHINA and PERSIA, Some Features of Servico: Electric Fans, Swimming Tank, Orchestra, Amusements, Wireless Telegraph, Cuising under personal supervision of Mr. V. Moroni, one of the World's most Submarine Signal Bervice and Bilge Keels. famous caterera.

Retura portion of round trip tickets, es above, available for Panago Via C.P.R. from Vancouver diad Theagh Passengers bays the Privilege of Traveling by Rall between ports of Koln a The steamers leaving Hongkong on Sundays proceed Rom Yokohama Shanghai 10 Tsingtau, leaving there on Tuesdays for Shanghai, Steamer: Hongkong and Canton

N.B.-Passengers must embark before midnight on Saturday for w the Sunday morning sailings. A Company's launch leaves "Murray. Pier'at 10 o'clock every Saturday night,

These steamers land passengers in Shangbai, avoiding the incon- oniones of the transhipment at Woosung. Reduced Fares -omgit $40,

For Freight or Passages apply to

Telephone No. 36

Hongkong 16th Dec., 1913.

Seturn $75.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Agents

way to arrive in time, as he did act expect the burning vessel to fast the night. But I told himi I was coming at full speed, and that I would pump a circle of oil round the Volturno, which would enable the boats to go bckwards and forwards to the vessel safely and quickly.

I sighted the wreck at five clock, ship's time, and got up bout an hour later. It was 7.20 when, on the Carmamia's advice, I took up a position to the leeward

•f the burning ship and started pumping oil through two 4m. hoses. Ten minutes later I Jaun- ched two lifeboats. The first boat returned in 49 minutes with 21 Survivore, and the second ten minutes later with eight other people they had taken off the wreck. All these people were brought to safety in less than an hcar. The effect on the wares*** nasty Bea was running-was Dec. 20...CHINA ... Dec. 22. marvellous and instantaneous. I Dec. 26...... MANCHURIA... Des 28.tood on the bridge and watched the boats skim over the long waves, and they were only signles manned

Siberia. ...... 18,000 Tons, Sailing Wed., 17th Dec., at 1 p.m.

Hongkong-Manila Service.

Aal Mariia.

Jan. 1. Jan. 12.

From HONGKONO, Leave tlonkonga Dao. 30OHINA.... Jan. 10......NILE. King's Building (app, Blake Pier).

Panas-Faclic Intereational Exposfilan-San Francisco-

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Leave ...alacita..

From MANILA,

Du

Hongkong.

Águi

R. C. MORTON,

Telephone No. 141

That shows the use of oil. It

is not boats that those who are inquiring into the means of pre- venting loss of at ses

RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD. study, but oil. Any ocean liner

HONGKONG AGENCY.

Homeward Bound.

(Odessa via usual ports of calli)

The 8.6. Tambov, 4,441 R.T., Capt. Alexieff,

arrive here about the 20th day of December, 1913.

Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.

Highest lass, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Const, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers expected to Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine. S

The 8.8. Vorone), 5.616 R.T., Capt. Granovsky, is expected to arrive here about the 29th day of December, 1913.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain

Leaving. 1.W. C. Passmore. FRIDAY, 19th Dec, at 11 am

Steamships.

***The 8.8. Koursk, 6,400 R.T., Capt. Padalks, le expected to arrive, Halching"

Hlayang here about the 10th day of January, 1914.

Haltan

A. E. Hodgins... TUESDAY, 23rd Doc. at 11 am.

The above three steamers will call at Beyrouth direct. The exact date of arrival will be published after the receipt Halmun J. W. Evans THURS, 18th Doo, at 12 noon.

of sailing from the last port or call.

For Freight, Passago and further particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 11th Dec. 1919,

J. 8. Roach FRIDAY, 26th Dec, at 11am, FOR SWATOW AND AMOY DAY

Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Coe Wharf near

Blake Pler VELA For Freight and Passage, apply to

Dougl s Lapralk & Com

General Manager®,

Capt. D. A. LUKHAMANOFE,

#Hetyl-Manniona, Tai Ng, 12247

139

can carry 50 or 100 tons. I was & believer in oil for: calming the waters before this; now I swear by it.

The amount of oil he used to calm the great Atlantic waves Captain Harwood estimated at less than 50 tona, adema

But these is one risk in the use

of oil. If a man falls overboard

in the oil-coated waves, said the

captain, he's done if he swal lows a mouthful down he goes.

Oysto

Fresh Friel or Stewed Findon Haddock". Kippers &c.

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