THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1914.
Shipping
Shipping
CANADIAN PACIFIC NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
ROYAL MAIL.
STEAMSHIP LINE. S
From Hongkong'
Empress of
Indla
THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSINP V0.
From Quebec
29th April.
2nd April.
Monteagle
8th April..
Empress of
Asia
16th April."
Allan Line.
9th May
All Steamships-loave Hongkong at noon. The "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA," and "EMPRESS OF ASIA" are new 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 Steamers of the Company's Pacific and Atlantic Fleets are equipped with Marconi Wireless apparatus.
PASSAGE RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON, "EMPRESS OF ASIA,"
"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.”
Optional Atlas t'c Fort, £71.10.
Projected Sailings from Hongkong
Subject to Alteration
Steamers.
Destination. MARSEILLES-
LONDON & "AN-} -TWERP,"
via Katori Maru Singaporo, Capt. Murai Malacca, Penang, Kamo Maru Colombo, Suez, & Capt. Shimizu Port Said...........
VICTORIA, B.C., and SEATTLE Shanghai, Via Moji, Kobe, Yok- kalohi,
and Yokohama via
"EMPRESS OF INDIA." * EMPRESS OF JAPAN," via Optional Atlantic Port £65
"MONTEAGLE",
Intermediate service, via Canadian Atlantic port £43, via Boston or New York £45.
Rates quoted above do not include meals and sleeping car across Canade: These, if required, will be furnished for £6 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.8. Co., or Toyo Kisen Kaisha.
Local and through passengers may, if desired, travel by rail between Porte 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 Peddor Street and Praya, opposite Blake Pier.
BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.
APCAR LINE.
Regular Service Between
CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.
HASTWARD.
S.S. "Thongwa," 6,298 tons, Capt. Robins, will be despatched for YOKOHAMA, KOBE & MOJI on 24th Mar.
SYDNEY & MEL-
Yokohama Maru Capt. Wada Awa Maru Capt. Tominaga
BOURNE, via Tango Maru
Shipping HONGKONG
BLOG BOOK.
A Blow for Queenstown Some werkango, says the Times, t was officially announced that the Hamborg Amerika' Line b
PHILIPPINES. fecited to transfer its De
PHILIPEINIS
Sailling Date Steamship. T.
Captains.
Zafiro
Rubi
..
I WEDNES., 25th T. 20,000 1 Mar. at 10 am. WEDNES., 8th T. 16,000 | Apr. at 10 am.
JTUES., 24th T. 12,500 1 Mar., at noon,
TUESDAY, 7th* T. 12,500 (Apf. at noon.
T. 9,600
Manila, Thurs-Capt. T. Sekine T. 13,500 day Island, Nikko Maru Townsville and Capt. Takeda Brisbane CALCUTTA
S'pore,
via) Kanagawa Maru Penang Capt. Machida T. 12,500
WEDNES., 8th. 1.Apr. at noon.
WEDNES, 6th May,"at noon.
(MONDAY, 16th Apr. & Rangoon
(FRIDAY, BOMBAY via Singa- Rangoon Maru
pore and Colombo.J Capt, Kamoshita T. 12,500 (27th Mar,
1 Mishima Maru
WEDNES., 25th KOBE & Yokohama) Cap, Sommer
T. 16,000 Mar. at 11a.m. NAGASAKI, Kobal. Nikko Maru
(WED., 8th & Yokohama ...... Capt. R. Takeda T. 9,600 Apr. at 11 am.
Tottori Maru- KOBE, (direct)
Capt.. Moses Kirin Maru
TUESDAY, Capt. Nakamura T. 12,500 (24th Mar,
}
JFRIDAY, T. 10,000 27th Mar,
KOBE, & Yokohama Cargo only.
Fitted with new system of wireless telegraphy,
́PASSENGER SEASON 1914.
FOR EUROPE.
Katori Maru 20000 tons sails Wednesday Като
16000 Kashima
20000
"
25th March. 8th April. 22nd
1
13
S.S. Torilla, 5,205 tons, Capt. Swanson, RN.R. will be dea-Yokohama Maru 12500 tons sails Tuesday patched for SHANGHAI, KOBE & MOJI on 18th April.
FOR AMERICA.
AWB
Shidzuoka
15
12500". 12500
4
24th March, 7th April.
21st
+1
For further information apply to
Telephone No. 292.
T. KUSUMOTO, Manager.
I
WESTWARD.
S.S. "Japan," 6,013 tons, Capt. Seddon, will be despatched for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA on 25th Mar..
S.S.Dunera, 5,589 tons, Capt. Dickinson, will be despatched
as above on 29th Mar.
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, Mar. 20th, 1914.
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Agente.
THOS. COOK & SON, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.
Head Office for the Far East:-16, DES VEUX ROAD,
5
CHINA NAVIGATION
CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
Steamers,
For
SWATOW, AMOY, S'HAI,
AND CHEFOO
Ichang ...Llangchow
MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Chinhua SHANGHAI
HONG-W'WEI, CFOO & TIENTSIN Kuelchow...
SHANGHAI
......Luchow
KONG. SHANGHAI: 2-3, Foochow Road. YOKOHAMA
32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotel,
TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES. and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGOAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.
LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and.
CASHED
: Chief Office :-LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft “HANSA,”
EAST ASIATIC SERVICE,
Regular Sailings from JAPAN, OHINA and PHILIPPINES ria STRAITS and COLOMBO,
TO
Marseilles, Havre, Bremen and Hamburg and New York. And from Manila, Hongkong and Japan to Vancouver (B.O.) and Portland (Or.)
T-king Cargo at Through rates to all European North Continental and Bidth Farts, also Trieste, Lisbon, Oporto, Ganon, and other Meditaganess Levantine, Binck Baltic San And Ports, and all North and South American Port
Hoerde... Segovia
Next Sailings from Hongkong :
OUTWARD.
For Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama:
....14th Apr. | Andalusia ........................ 15th June.
**To Sall.
24th Mar. at noon 24th Mar. at 4 p.m. .24th Mar, at 4.p.m. 26th Mar. at noon 26th Mar. at 4 p.m. HAIPHONG.....................Sungkiang ......7th Mar. at 10 a.m. SHANGHAI & TSINGTAU...Chenan ......28th Mar. at m'night SHANGHAI................ Shaohsing......31st Mar. at noon MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO... Taming... 31st Mar. at 4 p.m.
DIRECT SAILING TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly, "S.S. LINTAN " and " 8.8. SANUI” ETMANILA LINE:-Twin Screw Steamers "Chinhua," "Taming" and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric fans Atted: extra staterooms on deck aft on Taming" & "Tean:"
SHANGHAI LINE.-The Twin Sörew steamersTM" Anhut ": Chenan," and the 88. "Liangchow,” “Luchow" and "Vlogchow". having excellent accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms and. Dining Saloon, maintain a fast schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Thursday and Sunday, taking cargo on through Billa of Lading to ali Yangtze and Northern China Ports,
The steamers leaving Hongkong on Sundays proceed: from Shanghai to Tsingtau, leaving there on Tuesdays for Shanghai, Hongkong and Canton.
4000 F. S. McMurray
4000 J. Miller
STEAMSHIP CO
For
Sailing date.
service from Southampto Queens'own, and the annou ment gave great satisfaction Ireland, for it followed closely upon the decision of the Cunard and. White Star linës not to allow their largest type of steamers to -embark passengers there. An intimation has been received at Southampton that the company had decided to revert to the old arrangements, and that the boste were to make Southampton their British port of call. The an nouncement may be expected to cause disappointment at Quesnel town, where arrangements to ex tend civio welcome to the steamer which inaugurated the service had already been postpon ed on two occasions. It wan decided that the Lord Mayor and the Cork Commissioners should proceed in a tender to welcome tae Rhaetia, but at the last. minu'e it was resolved that the | steamer should omit the call. The welcome was therefore regret. fully postponed until February von or how 12, when it was hoped to receive Tjikini .........S'HAI..2nd half Mar. JAVA...2nd half Mar. the steamer Fuerst Bismarch. Tipanas....JAVA 2nd half Mar. JAVA 1st half Apr. In the meantime Queenstown has Timah!JAVA 1st half Apr......JAVA 1st half Apr been superseded, and that steamer Tjibodas. JAPAN...1st half Apr......JAVA 1st half Apr.
(Manila,Mongarin, TUES, 24th
Cebu.and Iloilo. Mar. 4 p.m.. Manila, Mangarin, THURS., Tnd
Cebu and Iloilo. | Apr. 4 p.m. Electric light. Faus in every cabin; competent stewardesses oarried.
Passengers holding round trip ilokets may return by any staander of the Pacific Mail 8.8, Oos Toys Kinen Kaishn, Norddeutsebar Lloyd and Eastern and Australian Steamship Co., Ltd.
For Freight or Passage apply to "..
SHEWAN TOMES & COM
GENERAL MANAGERS
Hongkong, 23rd Mar. 1914.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN
Siamo
LIJN.
Regular Fortnightly Service between. JAVA," CHINA and JAPAN.
· Expected on or about
Tilatlap....JAPAN..1st half Apr......JAPAN ...lat half Apr, and the others which follow her Tilmanock...S'BAI...2nd half Apr.......JAVA...2nd half Apr will use Southampton. It has Tillwong.JAVA...2nd half Apr. ......JAPAN 2nd half Apr. slso been arranged that the [T]ltaroem ....JAVA 1st half May....S'HAI...1st half May. Vaterland, of 58,000 tone, which The steamers are all fitted throughout with Electric Light, and raskee her maiden voyage to New have accommodation for a limited number of salcon passengers, and York in June, shall use Southe will take cargo to all Ports in Netherlands-India on through B/L.
For particulare of Freight and Passage, apply to the
Telephone No. 1574
it
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
York Building.
16 116.
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
SAN FRANCISCO LINE
VIA SHANGHAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN AND HONOLULU,
Sailings from Hongkong Subject to change without notice.
Steamer.
Tenyo Maru
Nippon Maru* · Hongkong Maru* Shinyo Marui Chiyo Maru
Displacement Tons & Speed
Leave Hongkong.
22,000 - 21 knots Sat.,
11,000 - 18 knots
Wed.,
11,000 18 knots Sat.,
4th Apr.
8th 25th
14
22,000 21 knots from Kobe 11th May.
impton both on the outward and homeward passages. The Im perator will make Southampton ber sole port of call in England instead of calling at Plymouth on the homeward voyage EN hitberto.
A Milky Sea,
A correspondent writes to Calcatta contemporary that in August 1804 when returning from fedda with a batch of pilgrims on board the 8, 8. Naderi; and about ix hundred miles from Bombay, he saw a milky sea in the following circumstances."át. 7 p.m. there was geen one of the most bar ulifal sights that are only to be seen at sea. The con" was amooth and the ship going as stoady as could be expected. Sude denly clouds began to form in the £96.10.ky where at first some stare wore £68. visible. These were rain clouds, "Passengers Du
purchasing Trans-Pacifio Retura tloksts have the option of roturning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacific Mall BB, Co., or from yet there was no rain. A mist Vancouver by steamers of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
22,000 - 21 knots Tues., 19th May..
+Passengers by this steamer may travel per 8.9. Hongkong Maru,
via Manila. Omitting Shanghai.
All steamers will be despatched at NOON. First Class to London....£7120. Return(6 months:) £120. First Class to New York.........£60.
San Francisco £45.
1
Special Rates given to MAYAL & MILITARY, QIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION
ARIES ota.
ROUND THE WORLD Tickets Issued in Connection with all the Principal Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Fassengers may travel by Railway between ports of call in Japan feas of
obarge.
SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.
Via JAPAN FORTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO - SALINA ORUZ, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO.
Thence by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES. For Full Farticulare as to Pasage & Freight, apply to put
S. MORIMOTO, Agent.
KING'S BUILDINGS. Telephone No. 291
The Eastern
and Steamers Co.,
though not thick, began to form, and the sea hegan to change ite appearance. From the usually dark colour ecen at night it as meda whitish tint which grad
AB ually became milk white. far as the eye could reach the sea was a smooth mass of milk. At intervals a gentle wave formed and broke and produced a still whiter, a silvery, strank. The heavens above were dark and
Australian wherever darker, there the waters Limited.
Mail Service to Australia
via Manila.
MAIL SCHEDULA (SUBJECT TO MODIFICATIO ().
Steamers.
N.B.-Passengers must embark before midnight on Saturday for Eastern......................... the Sunday morning sailings, A Company's launch leaves Murray Aldenham Pier at 10 o'clook every Saturday night.
Empire.
These steamers land passengers in Shanghai, avoiding the incon- venience of the trans-shipment at Wbosung.
Reduced Fares Single $45; Return $75,
For Fraight or Passages apply to
Telephone No. 36
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agents
Hongkong 23rd Mar., 1914.
...Arrive Hongkong
from Australia.
14th Mar. 4th April,
2nd May,
ander looked whiter. This sight lasted till about eight "o'olcok' when it gradually disappeared and the sea assumed its canal colour."
Safety at Sea. Pay When the measures drawn up by the convention respecting methods for the safety of life at sea were reported to the House of Commons at Ottawa by Hon. J. D. Hazen, the minister of marine, it was accompanied by an an nouncement that Canada will adopt auch legislation as is necess am,sary to give effect to them. The recent conference in London was attended by representatives of 13
Leave Hongkong
for Australia.
9th April at 10 let May |29th May
The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en countries, and the fact that each suring a Plentiful supply of Ice, French Provisions, etc., and are lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electric Faus. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess äre carried.
For further particulars, apply to
Gibb, Livingston & Co. “Agents
1th May. C. Ferd. Laeisz... 10th July: RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP
HOMEWARD.
For B'ton & New York Suez Canal
Ambria....
.....25th Mar, For Havre Bremen & H'burg;
Scandia 29th Mar, For M'les. D'kirk, R'dam, H'burg Sachsen..........31st Mar. For Havre Emden & Hamburg; Assyria's 4th April. For Havre B'mon & Hamburg; Alesia................. 8th April. For Havre, Bremen & E'burgi
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For Havre & Hamburg;
Brisgavla 10th May. For Hamburg & Antwerp;
Arabla.........15th May. For Havre, Emden, & Hamburg;
HONGKONG AGENCY.
Homeward Bound.
(Odensa via ports of call.)
*
BOLD.
· Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.
Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine.dat
FOR SWATOW, ANDY AND FODOROW RETURN, (Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain
Leaving,
Haichibg
Uckermark.... 16th May, The 9.8. Vladimir, 5,620 RT., Commander Kamichansky, is
expected to arrive here about the end of March, or beginning of Steamships. For Harre & Hamburg;
Schwarzburg 19th May. April, 1914. For Hivre, Bremen & H'burg;
Altmark
1st June. For Rotterdam & Hamburg; //
Brasilia
6th June,
Bayern ..........23rd April. For Miles, H'burg & Antwerp;
Belgravia 28th April.
For Further Particulara, apply tom.
Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hongkong Office
Outward Bound.
(Vladivostok via Nagasaki) +5, d
The 8.8. Yaroslav, 4,494 R.T., Commander Lokhmatoff, is expooted to arrive here about the 21st day of March, 1914:
N.B-This tward steamer on the way to Nagasaki and Vladivostok will call at Hongkong if the room permits.
For Freight, Passage and further particulare, apply to
Capt. D. A. LUKHMANOFF, Agent, Hongkong, 18th Feb., 1914.
ffótal Marafonu. Tik No. 1888)
Hallan Halyang
W. C. Passmore. TUESDAY, 24th Mar. at 11 am J. 8. Roach FRIDAY, 27th Mar. at 11a.m AE Hodgins... | TUESDAY, 31st Mar. at 11 am
FOR SWATOW. Halmun.......J. W. Evane WEDNES., 25th Mar. at 11 am. Halmun, J. W. Evans SUNDAY, 29th Mar. at 10 am.
Steamers will arrive at and depart from the Co.'s Wharf near
Blake Pier,
Douglas Lapralk & Co. General Managers.
M
For Freight and Passage, apply to
signed the agreement implies that its undertakings will be implemented with legialation by way of ratification. The terms of the convention are not made public yet, but it is understood: that among the objects dealt with are rules for international ice patrols, more careful naviga tion, destruction of derelicta, 1 greater number of water-light compartments, lifeboats and rafts equal to the number of ramengera less equipment with operatori and crew and bigh power wire- always on duty. It will also be required of ships that their speed at night be slackened, that the iceberg zones be avoided by southerly courses and that special men shall be on hand to handle and direct the lagno
Hladnohing of lifer boate.
Oystore, Fresh, Fried or Stowel Findon Haddocksų Kioners &0;! SALEXANDRA CAFEA
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