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SHIPPING

THOS. COOK & SON,

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

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEET

Head Office for the Far East16, DES VEUX ROAD, HONG-

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

32, Water Stroot MANILA: Manila Hotel,

TICKETS SUPPLIED to EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORI'D. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates..

LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED and

CASHED

Chief OfficeLUDGATE CIROUS, LONDON, E.C.

SHIPPING

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

Destination.

THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.

Projected Bailings from Hongkong-

Subject to Alteration

Steamers.

MARSEILLES

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-1915.

SHIPPING:

VA-CHINA-JAPAN

LIJN.

Regular Fortnightly Service between VA, CHINA and JAPAN.

Stand Prom

Exrested on or abona For

LOG BOOK,

Shipping in 1914.

The following in the half-yearly circular issued by Mesurs. H. E. Mons and Co. of Liverpool, tral vee Abst

1st half Mar. When we issued our last semi- London, and Newcastle-on-Tyns: 1st half Mar.

Tillat VA 1st half Mar......JAPAN TilmakTAT 1st half Mar.JAVA TikiniVA 1st half Mar......S'HAI ...1st half Mar.anpus! steamship oironlar, on Salling Date Tliliwa PAN 1t half Mar.....JAVA ...Ind kalf Mar. July 1, 1914, few shipowners or TiltarqvAnd half Mar.......S' HAI ...End half Mar. others contemplated we were on Tilpan VA. 2nd half Mar...... JAPAN Zod half Mar, the eve of the greatest crisis the TibodiVA 2nd half Apr...JAPAN 2nd half Apr. world has ever seen, yet apparent TilkemiVA 2nd half Apr......S'HAT...2nd half Apr. ly, in diplomatic cirales it was not

AND LONDON, Į Kashima Maru's

THURS., 25th via Singapore, † Capt. Yagi ©T. 18,000 (Feb, at noon.. Penang, Colombo,] ¡Mishima Maru

ƒTHURS,, Lith. Saez & Port Baid | Capt. Wada T. 16,000 Mar. at noon.

THE AUSTRALIAN S'hai, Moji, Kobe Awa Maru

ORIENTAL LINE

HONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS

SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION).

Steamers.

CHANGSHA

Arrivo Hongkong

from Australia.

25th Mari

Hail Hongkong for Australia 6th April.

Those steamers are fitted with Refrigerating machinery, "ensur- ing a pleatiful supply of ice, fresh provisions eto, and have superior | accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans is "the State-rooms. A duly qualified Docter is carried." Reduced Fares. Cargo booked through for all Australian, New Zealand and Tas- manian porte, **

For Freight or Passage apply to

Telephone No. 93,

[TUES,, 23xd: T. 12,508 1Fob.að koon..

[MON., Ist

VICTORIA, B.O., Yokohama Maru

and SEATTLE vis | Capt. Komatsu

Yokkaiahi, and | Caps. Həri Yokohama ENEO

SYDNEY & MEL-

BOURNE, iSTango Maru Manila, ·Thura- Capt. Soyeda

Island, ( §Nikko Maru ---

and Capt. Takeda -

day Townsville Brisbane " CALCUTTA

S'pore, Penang) Colombo Maru

T. 13,600 Marsat noon,

(TUES., 16th T. 18,500 Marjat 4 p.m.

(FRI 9th

T. 9,600 1Apri at 4 p.m.

TUIS., 23rd

& Rangoon ...... Capt. Sakamoto T. 12,000 (Fəh BOMBAY vis Singa-Į

pore and Colombo.J SHANGHAI, K..

HAI and Kobe...

....}.

JMN., 15th

T. 9,600 1 Mr. at 10 a.m.

¡TES., 23rd

Butterfield & Swire.

KOBE & Yokokama}

NAGASAKI, Kobe Nikko Maru

← Yokohama .............. / Capt.' Takeda

1 Suwa Maru Capt. Murai

T. 20,000 1Fb. at 11 am..

f Fitted wireless telegraphy.

Terminus Yokohama

PASSENGER SEASON FOR 1915

FOR EUROPE.

Displacement.

Steamers,

Leave Hgkong.

Kashima Maru

20,000 tons Thursday 24 February

16,000 25,000

11 March

25 March

16,000

31

Yasaka

25,000

Miyasaki

# 16,000

Kitano Fushima

16,000

25,000

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE.

Regular Service Between

CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.

EASTWARD.

The 5.8. "Itola," tons 5,257, Capt. Butler, will be despatched for Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobe and Moji on the 16th Mar.

For freight or passage, apply te-

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Agents.

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON and MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. and CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. -

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

HONGKONG TO CANTON. 'E. CANTON TO HONGKONG. MONDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY.

5.30 p.m. Kinshan,

5.00 p.m. Fatshan,

TUESDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY,

Mishima

Suwa

Atauta

For further information apply to

Telephone No. 292.

Hongkong, Feb. 22, 1915,

8.00 am. Heungshan. 9:00p.m. Kinsha

#6.00

4.00

8.00

8.00 a.m. Honam.

5.30 p.m. Fatshan.

Single Fare by Night Steamer........

Blagle Fare by Day Steamersze

Return Fats by Day Bioamer..

"HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

Return Fare by Night (available also for Retara by day Steamer)... 10.00

s.s, Sul Tal, tons 1,651 | 5.5., Tai Skan, tons 2,006 HONGKONG TO MAÇAO.

Yokohama Maru 12,500 tons

12,500 12,500,

Awa

Shidzuoka Tamba

Aki Sado

8th April.. 22) April 6th May 204May

3rd June

Trs are all fitted throughout with electric light and have action for a limited number of saloon-passengers. All steamer duly qualified surgeon, Cargo taken, at through rates to in Netherlands-India and Australia.”

Forrs of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN

York Building

Telephon74

entirely unexpected. Neverthe less, what has happened occurred. at the paychological moment, and we have much to be thankful for. The outbrask of bostilities come ing so suddenly, a world-wide LIJN.fidencial panic was overted by the prompt action of our Government, to whose forethought promptitude we owe so much, Then, the shipping insuranos soheme so quickly inaugurated inspired all shipowners" - with" confidence. We must not;

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TO KISEN KAISHA

SAN FRANCISCO LINE

VIA HAI, MANILA, THE INLAND SEA

JAPAN AND HONOLULU,

Sailings Hongkong-Subject to change without notion.

Steam

Displacement Tons & Speed 22,000 - 21 knots Tuesday,

Shinyo Ma Chiyo Mar Tenyo Ma

22,000 - 21 knots

Nippon Ma

22,000 - 21 knots 11,000 18 knots

$1

Steame anila leave at 10.30 a.m.

San Francisco £45.

Steamohanghai leave at noon. \/

Leaves Hongkong

23rd February. 23rd March. 13th April. 27th April.

and

| however, forget how much weaTU indebted to our Admiralty, done their part who have

to quietly and so thoroughly. With so much uncertainty exist |ing in August, a slump in freights nad value of steamers naturally ocourted, and for two months it was zoarealy possible to obtain bid, and prices for building were practically as low as they have bean for a long time past, Sinos then, however, there has been s very great change. Most of the shipyards are full to overflowing, £98.10.freights have advanced in many

First OlLondon.........£71.11. Return (6 months) £120. First Clew York......£60.

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£63.

instances over 100 per cent, and

Passon basing Trans-Pacific Return tickets have the option of those shipowners whose steamers returning fromncisco by staamats of the Paolfio Mail S.B. Co., or from Vancouver by of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

are not tied up are reaping pro-

Special you to NAVAL & MILITARY, DIVIL SERVANTS, MISSION.lite never bofore experienced,

ARIES sto

ROUND BRLD Tickets Lanted in Connection with all the Principal Mail lines and this borian Railway.

obarge.

Passengetravel by Railway between ports of call in Japan fre

UTH. "AMERICAN ̈ LINE.

of

Via JAPANS, HONOLULU, HILO, LOS ANGELES, MANZANILLO SALINA CRUZ, A, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO. TH NOE BY TRANS-ANDHUTE TO BUENOS AIRES, ETC.

Anyo Maru

18,500-15.knots Wednesday, 10th March

For Full Particula, Passage & Freight, apply to

FOR AMERICA,

Tuesday

#t

1)

23rd)bruary 9th arch 23rd arch

Telephone No. 29

12.500 ....

12,500

*12,500

20thril 4th by

*Terminus Yokohama

6th bril

T. KUSUMOTO,anagər

CHINA NAVIGATIN

CO., LTD.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION

Steamers,

For

Til MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO... Sungkiang......23rd Feb. p.m. Kanchow.......25th Feb. p.m. Luchow ..26th Feb. p.m. MANILA, CEBU&ILOILO...Tean ......2nd Mar. p.m."

Week days at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok SHANGHAI... Street Wharf. Sundays at 8s.m, and 1 p.m. from the Company's SHANGHAI.. Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MAČAO TO HONGKONG.

Weekdays at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. Sundays at 8 a.m. &· 2 p.m.

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

SUNDAY, 28th FEBRUARY,

The Company's new,Steamship TAISHAN

will depart from the COMPANY'S WING LOK STREET WHARY at 8 am, and return from Macao at 2 p.m.

N.B.The Company will also run a steamer from Masao on Sunday at 8 a.m, and from Hongkong at1 p.m, from the Company's Wing Lok Biroet Wharf,

REDUCED FARES 2nd CLASS and DECK.

CANTON-MAGAO LINE.

5.s. Sul An

Departures from Macao to Canton on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m.. Bogartures from Canton to Macno on Tuesday, Thursday and Baturday as 4.39 ),m.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MAÇÃO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD., & THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

CANTON-WUCHOW LINE,

s.s. Sainam, 588 tons and 6.8. Nanning; 469 tons. One of the above Btoamers leaves Canton for Wachaw every Monday, Wednes day and Friday, at about 8 am, and, the other lesvos Wuchów for Canton on the same days at 6.30 a.m. Round trips tako about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hangkong or vida varss by the Company's direct, Stoomers LIRTAN and SARU), Then vomsin hava superior Labin accommodation and are lighted throngkout by electricity. Electris fan in sack Cabin.

Booking Office open daily (Sunday excepted) 9 a.m. te 5 p.m. Further particulars may be obtained at the Office of the -

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

HOTEL MANSIONE (First Floor),

Opposite the Blake Pie

DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Wy.

“6.8. LINTAN” and “8.8. SANUI“

MANILA LINE.-Twin Screw Steamers "Chinhua,"ming," and "Tean." Excellent saloon ascommodation amidshilectric fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on "Taming" Tean;"

and

BY

K. DOI, Acting Agent.

KING'S BUILDINGS.

What everyone connected with shipping now asks, is: "How long will this war laat? and what will be the result after- mards?" To the latter question our opinion is there may be at first a set-back, but Lot long afterwards steamship owners in general will be benefited. At the present moment moat of our shipyards have sufficient orders to last them well into 1916. and few builders can give earlier delivery: Frices for building þave advanced... in ̈six months from 10 to 20 per cent,, and what new sleamers were building on. speculation have been nearly sil

THE EAERN & AUSTRALIAN disposed of Second-hand ton-

STEAMUP CO., LIMITED.

MAJERVICE TO AUSTRALIA

VIA MANILA.

MAIL SCHEDULE

(SUBT TO MODIFICATION.)

Steamer.

Aldenham

St. Albans.........................

Arrive Hongkong from Australia.

20th Fab.

Leave Hongkong for Australia.

24th Feb. at 11 am, 12th March,

uage is difficult to obtain except üt extreme prices, and large profits have been quietly realised." The amount of tonnage under construction on January 1, 1915, will, we anticipate, be greater than it has ever been before, and well above 2,000,000 tone. - Our Board of Trade reinras, notwith- standing the terrible ordeal through which we are passing, are steadily increasing, which bida well for the future, and in a. sure indication tuat every Briton is convinced of the only way this I ismentable war can end, cost what it may and however long it may

The above Stoamer, fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en- | Inat, suring a plentiful supi of Ica, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are lighted throughout with otricity: All State-Rooms have Electric Refloating of Vesselsat Tsingtan, Fane. A duly qualified ytor and Stewardess are carried.

For further particularpply to

Gibb, Livingston & Co.

Agents.

The work of refloating the: three sanken. German vessels, viz., the Ellen Rickmers, the | Durendart, and the Michael Jeb-

Ben, at the entrance to the Maing Harbour of Tsingtan in going on in full bigat. The previous report that the first-mentioned vasel

LD will be raised about the middle

DOUGLAS STEMSHIP CO., LD.

Hongkong-South'hina Coast Ports,

Highest Class, Fastest and lost Luxurious Steamers on the Coast, having splendid Accommotion for First-Class Passengers, Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AD FOOOHOW RETURN. (Occupying 9 410 days.) Captain

SHANGHAI LINE.-The Twin Serow steamers hul

Chenan" and the 8.8. "Kanchow,"

Low, "Luchow

and "Yingchow" having excellent accoration, | with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fan the

State-rooms and Dining Saloon, maintain a fast scheervice Steamships. between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving kong Haltan for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundaking Halyang**** Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtze andthern Halching... China Ports.

Those steamers land, passengers in Shanghai, av the inconvenience of trans-shipment at Woosung.

For Freight or Passages apply to

OLDED

MAK

Leaving.

Feb. at 1 p.m. Feb. at 1 p.m. Mar. at 1 pm,

J. W. Evania TUB 23rd, A. E. Hodgins... FRI 26th W. C. Passmore. TUE, 2nd

FOR SWATOV,

Halmun......A. H. Stewart... | WED, 24th Feb., at 1p.m. Steamers will arrive at and depart fix the Co.'s Wharf near

Blake Pier.

BUTTERFIELD & si

For Freight and Fassage, apply to

Telephone No. 86,

Agents.

Hongkong 22nd Feb, 1915,

Douglas Lapralk & Co.,

General Manager,

of this month is confirmed. The Durendart had her deck and other equipments on board badly dam aged when she blew herself up and went down. The last-men- tioned lies submerged on her starboard, forming the most dan gerous obstraction to shipping. It is said that the Durendart will have to be raised in part or she will have to be dynamited. In addition to the above, altogether, fifteen vessels, 'including gun boats, lug-boats, merchantmen, eta, lie scattered on the bottom of the sea outaide the Harbour, The refloating of these Tessala will prove next to impossible owing to the swift current and deep water,

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