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SHIPPING

CANADIAN PACIFIC ROYAL MAIL.

STEAMSHIP LINE.

From Hongkong)

Empress of India 16th Sept.

Monteagle

30th Sopr."

All Steamships leave Hongkong at noon;

THE 110NGKONG TELEGRAPH. – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.

The "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA," and "BMPRESS OF ASIA” are now quadruple sorew 21 knot turbine steamers, of 16,850 tons gross, 30,625 displacomont, tho fingst, fastest and most luxurious on the Pacific.

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

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

PASSAGE RATES HONGKONG TO LONDON.

EMPRESS OF RÜSSIA."

Optional Atlantic Port, £71,10.

"EMPRESS OF INDIA,"

Optional Atlantio Port £65.

"EMPRESS OF ASIA."

via

'EMPRESS OF JAPAN," Ivis

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SHIPPING

IPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

THE JAPAN MAIL. STEAMSHIP CO.

Projected Sallings from Hongkong-

via

Subject to Alteration

Steamers,

SHIPPING

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Regular Fortnightly Service between

LOG BOOK.

The Osaka Shosen Kalshs. After the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, saya the Hoel, the Osaka Shosen- Kaisha chiefly attracts public attention. The business methods of the company are a reflexion of the character of Mr. Nakabashi, the president, who had negrent predilection for extending busi Will we per MDL51 ) 13688, The board of directors Titaroem ...JAVA 1st half Sept......SHAI1st half Sept: recently proposed the doubling Tiiliwong.JAVA...1st half Sopt.....JAPAN...Ist half Sept, of the company's capital (You 'Sailing Date Tibodas......JAPAN 1st half Sept.JAVA 1st half Sept. 10,600,000) and the extension of 2nd half Sopt. the business, but the general 2nd half Sept. meeting of the shareholders 1st hall Oot.

Kamo Marus

(WEDNES., 9t Capt. Shimidžu T. 16,000 (Sept. at 10 nm. Kashima Maruš

WEDNES., 23rd Capt. Yagi T. 20,000 (Sept., at 10 n.m.

Destination. MARSEILLES, LONDON & AN- TWERP, Singaporo, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Suez, & Port Said..

VICTORIA, B.O.,

and SEATTLE via Yokohama 'Maruş S'hal, Keelung, Capt. Komatsubara T. 12,500 Moji, Kobe, Yok Awa Maru kaichi, Shimizu | Capt., T. Hori and Yokohama ... ||BYDNEY & MEL

BOURNE, via Tango Maru Manila, via Canadian

Thurs- Capt. Sokine day

Island, Nikko Maru Townsvillo

and | Capt. Takeda Brisbane CALCUTTA via) Kawachi Maru

"MONTEAGLE”. Intermediate servico, Atlantic port £43, via Boston, or Now York £45....

Rates quoted above do not include moals and sleeping our across Canada. These, if roquired, 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 passago tickets have the option of returning from San Francisco by tho

Sporo, Penang Capt. & Rangoon

BOMBAY vin Singa-1 Rangoon Maru pore and Colombo.f Capt. Nomura

steamers of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co., or Toyo Kisen Kaisha. NAGASAKI, Kobo Nikko Maru

Looal 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 Praya, opposite Blako Pior.

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR

LINE.

Regular Service Between.

CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.

BASTWARD.

Steamers are despatched Eastward and Westward at regular intervals, taking passengers and cargo at current rates,

. Hongkong, Aug. 31, 1914.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

THOS. COOK & SON,

Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.

Head Office for the Far East':-16, DES VEUX ROAD, HONG-

KONG, SHANGHAI: 2-3, Foochow Rand. YOKOHAMA :

32, Water Street. MANILA: Manila Hotel.

& Yokohama... Capt. Takeda MOJI' & Kobe

KOBE & Yokohamia Capt.

1 Kaga Maru

Cargo only,

(TUES., 8th

Sept. at 4 p.m. ĮTUES, 22nd T12,500. Sept., at 4 p.m.

(WED., 23rd" T. 13,500 1Sept., at noon.

WEDNES. T. 9,300 119th Oct.

MONDAY,

T. 12,500 121st Sept..

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MONDAY,

T. 12,500 (14th Sept.

(TUESDAY, 22nd T. 9,600 (Sept, at 5 pin.

ƒTHURSDAY,

T. 12,500 110th Sept.

Fitted with now syatom of wiroless telegraphy. REDUCED SUMMER RATES BETWEEN HONGKONG AND JAPAN PORTS.

Commencing from 1st Juno, onding 30th Sept.

SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS (1st & 2nd class) ävnilable for

3 months.

NAGASAKI

YOKOHAMA KOBE

Return.

1st class.......$135 2nd class........$ 81

MOJI

Return.

Return.

Return.

$129 $ 75

$108 $,65

$95

$57

With option of Rail batwoon Steamer's Calling ports in Japan. For further information apply to

Telophone No. 292,

T. KUSUMOTO, Manager.

CHINA NAVIGATION

CO.,

LTD.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

Stoamers.

For MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO...Tean SWATOW, N'PO & S'HAI....Hupeh SHANGHAT.

..........Chenan MANILA, CEBU&ILOILO...Chinhua

SHANGHAI.................. Kanchow H’HO, PHOI CH'PHONG Sungkang

To Sail. Lying in K'loon Bay. As 1 soon as weather permits." ......6th Sept. at d'light'

..8th Sept. at 4 p.m. 8th Sept. at 4 p.m. 9th Sept. at 10 a.m.

DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly, *S,S. LINTAN" and "R.S. SANUI"

Stam

JAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.

From

Buy ecled on or about Pie

Tilmanoek...S'HAI...2nd half Sept.....JAVA Tillatlap...JAPAN...2nd half Sept......JAVA Tilhembang JAVA...2nd half Sept.......S'HAI Tihini.JAVA 1st half Oct... SITAI TiimahiJAVA 1st half Oct.JAVA Tjipanas....JAVA..2nd half Oct....SHAL

1st half Oot. approved of only a 50 per cent. 2nd half Oct. inerease, Fringing the capital up 2nd half Oct. to You 27,750,000. Even this amount the shareholders wore

"The steamers are all-fitted throughont with electric light and reluctant to take up themselves, have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-paasongors. All and the directors hail to take near- stoamers carry a duly qualified surgoon. Cargo takon at through ly hall the new shares. Shipping rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia." :

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For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to tho

Telephone No, 1574

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

York Building.

15

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 Shinyo Maru Chiyo Maru

Displacement

Tons & Speed

22,000 21 knots Front N'saki, Tues., 15th Sopt. 22,000 - 21 knols N'anti, Tues., 6th Oct. 22,000-121 Knots If'kong, Tues., 20th Oct. Steamora vin Shanghai will be despatched at noon. Steamers via Manila will be despatched at 10.30 am. First Class to London........................£71.19. Roturh (6 months) £120, First Class to New York.........................£60. ·

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conditions bave recently under- gonen profound change, and even The Nippon Yusen Kaisha iy | repenting of tho recent building of big steamers. Yet at anoha moment the Osaka Shosen Kaiulia · bas undertaken large extensions" of ita business. This policy can not but bring a harvest of trouble to the company, concludes the Hochi, and those business men and capitalists whose interests ars intimately connected with it are feeling some anxiety with respect to its inture, ma

The Liability of Ship Owners.

Under the laws of America, il a ship is wrocked, either on á river, Inke, or the bigh sons, the injured passengers and members of the Crew or the dependants of those killed in the wreck may red ver damages from the ship-owners. only to the extant of the value of:

i

the ship after the disaster and of

£96.10.

£68.

the value of the ponding freight San Francisco £45.

money. If the ship is lost, the Passengers purchasing Trans-Pacific Return tokets have the option of owners are liable only to the raturning from San Francisco by steamers of the Pacific Mall 8.9. Co., or from extent of the pending freight, A Vancouver by steamers of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

Special Rates given to NAVAL & MILITARY, CIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION. Í recant decision of the United ARIES eto.

ROUND THE WORLD Tickets issued in Connection with all the Principal Titanic claims cases hins nerved States Supremo Court in the Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Radway.

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Passengers may travel by Rallway hotwson parts of pall - in Japan, fres of somewhat to call public attention to our inadequate liability", Iowa in admiralty. As the Titanjë flow the English flag, io claim-

SOUTH AMERICAN LINE,

Va JAPAN PONTS, HONOLULU, HILO, MANZANILLO, SALINA note of damages asked the ORUZ, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO. Seiyo Maru

14,000 - 14 knots · Sat., 3rd tobor

Thones by TRANS-ANDEAN ROUTE to BUENOS AIRES, For Full Particulara as to Possage & Freight, apply to

S. MORIMOTO, Agent.

KING'S BUILDINGS.

Tolophone No: 291

-39

THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN

STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED. MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

VIA MANILA. ·

MAIL SCHEDULE

Court to apply the Englial rale of determining liability, nader: which the ship-owner is respon sible for a fixed sum por ton of the chip's tonnage, irrespectivo of whether the vessel is loat or not. If this ruling had been allowed, the victims of the disas- ter could have collected as much 18 $3,000,000 from the White $90 000 to which they will be Star Company, instead of the

limited under American laws. So far as injured seamen are concern. ed, they or their dependent fam ilies, by the rules of our admiralty courts, can recover nothing for the loss of earning power or sup- port except in cases of actus! negligence on the part of the owner, who is not liable for the negligence of the captain or crew.. And even where the owner is Leave Hongkong personally negligent, the claim of for Australia." the sooman or his dep

endents. is subject to the 26th Sept., 10 a.m. legal right of the i 9th Oct.,

Labandon the ship to the claim- 30th Oct.,

ants and thereby escape personal liability. Thus in cases of wreck there can usually be no substanti

(SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.)

Steamer.

St. Albans.............................................. Eastern. Aldenham

Arrivo Hongkong from Australia.

2nd Sept. 14th Sept. 3rd Oct,

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MANILA LINE-Twin Scrow Steamers "Chinhun,"" Taming," The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, on and "Tean." Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Frash Provisions, etc., and are ans fitted; oxtra staterqams' on deck aft on"," "Taming" &

Tean," lighted throughout with Electricity: All State-Rooms have Electrical

Fans. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardons are carried. Anbul"

For further particulars, apply to

TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP SHANGHAI LINE-The Twin Screw steamers

LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest ratou,

LETTERS of OREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and CASHED

Chief Office-LUDGATE CIROUS, LONDON, E.C,

THE AUSTRALIAN

ORIENTAL LINE

HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTI

SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).

Steamers.

Arrive Hongkong:

from Australia.

12th Sept.

Sail Hongkong

for Australia,

16th Sept

These steamers are fitted with Refrigorating machinery, ensur- ing plentiful supply of ice, fresh provisions, etc, and have superior accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooma, duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Fares. Cargo booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and Tas-1: manian porta..

For Freight of Fassage apply to

Telephone No. 93.

10

Chenan." **Shaohsing jund the

**Liangchow," 9.8. Luchow" and "Yingchow" having oxcollent 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 ovory Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtsza and Northern China Ports..

Those steamers land passengore in Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of trans-shipment at Woosung.

For Freight or Passages apply to

Telephone No. 36

Hongkong 4th Sept., 1914,

J

...

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Agents;

Gibb, Livingston & Co.

Agents.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.

Hongkong-South China Coast Ports.

recovery. Writing in the Survey," Thomas 1. Parkinson points out the present admiralty liability laws of most nations were formed years or even centuries ago, intho face of conditions essentially different from those faced by alipownera to-day. Voyages wero much more hazardous then than to-day, and furthermore, a single ship frequently represented an

LD owner's entire business invest-

Highest Class, Fastest and Most Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommodation for First-Class Passengers |Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine:

RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET. Steamships.

Captain' D.. A. Lukhmanoff,

Agent for

Hongkong, South China, Indo-China and Philippines Islands. Office:Hotel Mansions, Third Floor, No. 12a and 14, Telephone No, 1224. P. O. Box 472.

Leaving.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW RETURN. E

(Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Captain A. E. Hodgins... TUES., J. W. Evans

FRI.. FOR AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

Halyang Hallan

8th Sept. at 11 am.. 11th Sept. at 11 am.

ment, whereas much of the ship- ping of this century is carried on by vast corporations. The Outlook agrees with Mr. Parkinson that United States demand radical the admiralty liability laws of the readjustment, and believes that the following legislative changes Auggested by Mr. Parkinson deserve public consideration I An amendment to our liability laws similar to the English rule increasing the owner's liability BO that where the owner is liable the persons to whom

he

18liable may have recourse to some irrespective of the condition or value of the vessel after the accider 2. The extension of the Feder employers liability laws or future inter-State railway workmen compensation laws to sesmen on vessels in foreign, lake, and inland river trade,

Oysters, Fresh, Fried Findon Haddocko,

Haiching...W.C. Passmore. | SAT., 5th Sept. at I p.m. substantial fund

Calling at Swatow for Passengers only.

FOR SWATOW. Halmun...... | A. H. Stewart... | SUN., 6th Sept. at 10 am." Halmun...........| A. H. Stewart... WED.,

9th Sept. at 11 a.m.

Steamers will arrive at and'dopart from the Co,'s Wharf near

Blake Pier.

Capt. D. A. LUKHMANOFF

Butterfold & Swire.

For Freight and Passage, opply to

Dougl

Konrone An 3 1014

General Manzar