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SHIPPING

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.

SHIPPING

P.&O.S.N.CO. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.

WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or

W

about the DATES named

For

LONDON & Bom-

bay via Singapore, Penang, Colombo. Port Said and Marseilles.........

SHANGHAI, Moji

and Kobe

SHANGHAI, Moji, Kobe and Yoko-

hame....... LONDON viaSinga-

pore,

Penang,

Colombo, Bombay,

Port Said and

Marseilles con

Steamers

To Sail On

Kemarks

Connecting as Colombo with Australian Mail Steamer.

Direct Service.

DirectService.

Disect Service.

WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS. Return tickets at a fare- -and-a-half available to Europe for two years, or Intermediate Ports for six months, Round-the-world and through tickets to New York, at Special Rates.

For PASSAGE RATES, HAND-BOOKS, FREIGHTS, Dates of Sailings etc. apply tɔ

P. & 0. 6. N. Co.'s office, Hongkong, Jan. 2, 1917.

E. V. D. Parr, Superintendent

CANADIAN PACIFIC

OCEAN SERVICES

TRANE PACIFIC

THE JAPAZ-MAIL-STEAMSHIP CO..

Projected Sailings from Hongkong-

-Subject to Alteration

Destination.

L'DON vía Singa-1

pore, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Delagoa Bay, Capt Town, Tonerrife VICTORIA, B.C.. and SEATTLE vis Shanghai,

Moji, Kobe, Na goya & Yokohama SYDNEY & MEL BOURNE. via - Manila, Thursday Island, Townsville and Brisbane.............." }

C'CUTTA via S'pore, F'ang & Rangoon,

BOMBAY via S'pore,} Malacca & Cibo... I SHANGHAL Moji

and Kobe...

SHANGHAI, Kobe

and Yokohama

NAGASAKL, . Kobe'

and Yokohama...f

Steamers.

SKIPPING

C. N. C.

CHINA - NAVIGATION CO., LTD. SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. «

To Sail.

Salling Date

For

EASTBOUND NEW YORK LINE VIA PANAMA CANAL. (CARGO ONLY).

NEW YORK via Manila,

LIMITED

Saa Francisco, Panama and Colon.....

§ Wireless Telraphy. Telephone Nos. 292 & 293,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. B. MORI, Mansgar.

LINKS

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC

To Canada, United States and Europe via Vancouver

In connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Hong Kong to Vancouver 17days. Hong Kong to Montreal 22 days Hong Kong to Chicago 21 days. Hong Kongto New York 221 days

20,625 tons Diydacement, Quadruple Screws, Speed 21 Kuéta.

Largest and met Luxurious ship on the Pacific,

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG (abject to change) SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG

Calling at Shanghai, Nagsanki (Inland Sen), Kobe and Tokobama, Monteagle onih Moji instard of Nagasaki,

Through Bills of Lading issued vin Vancouver in connection with Canadian Pacific Ry, 10 all Overland Points in Canada and the United States, also to Pacific Coast Points, European porta and West Indies.

For Further information as to rates of Freight and Passage, Sailing Lists, etc. please apply to

P. D. SUTHERLAND,

General Agent, Passenger Departament,

J..H. WALLACE,

Gezi Agost

19 оный ст

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE.

Regular Service Between

CALCUTTA, STRAITS, SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.

EASTWARD.

WESTWARD.

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

For freight or passage, apply to

Hongkong, Jan. 2, 1917.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD..

Agents.

"ELLERMAN" LINE.

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.)

JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS

TO

UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT,

For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to approach

the undersigned.

Steamers proceed via Cape of Good Hope,

Bubject to change without notice.

or to REIBS & Co. Canton

Hongkong, 2 Jan., 1917.

THE BANK LINE, LTD.,

General Agenta,

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO..

LTD.

NEW SERVICE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN Yokohama, Kobe, Hongkong and Rangoon. Steamers are despatched Eastward and Westward at regular intervals taking Passengers and Cargo at current Bates.

For Freight and Passage, apply to

Telephone Nos 215,

JARDINE, MATHESON & GO!, ̄LD,

Agenta,

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

SAN FRANCISCO

LINE

VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU, Sailings from Hongkong-Subject to change without notice.

Steamer.

Leave Hongkong

18

Cargo only.

Displacement Tons & Speed

1st class to London G$348. (£71.10.0). retura (346)9. (£138).

to San Francisco G$250. return G$137,50.

Proceeding to South America Puri, "For this voyage the Persia Maru will call at Honolulu. Special Hates given to MAVAL & MILITARY, DIVIL SERVANI S.MISSIONERIES sla. ROUND THE WORLD Tickets lasted in Connection with all the Principal Mall lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Passengers may travel by Railway betwees, ports of call in Japan fras of obarge. SOUTH AMERICAN LINE..

Via JAPAN PORTS, SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU, ILOILO, LOS ANGELOS SALINA CRUZ PANAMA, CALLAO, IQUIQUE and VALPARAISO, THENCE, BY TRANSANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES, ETC,

Steamer

Tons & Speed

For Fail Particulare na to Passage & Freight, apply to

Telephone No. 291.

Leave Hongkong

T. DAIGO, Agent.

KING'S BUILDINGS.

JAVA PACIFIC LINE

OF THE

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Monthly Service between

NETH. INDIA, MANILA, HONGKONG AND SAN FRANCISCO. Next sailings for SAN FRANCISCO via NAGASAKI.

Subject to change without Notice.

ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The steamers have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers and carry a duly qualiño i surgeon,

Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading to all Overland Pointe in the United States of America and Canada.

For particulars of Freight and Passago, apply to:----

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Managing Agents.

Hongkong, York Buildings..

CHINA MAIL S.S. CO, LTD.

FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.

WILL SAIL FROM HUN IKONG FOR

SAN FRANCISCO

VIA SHANGHAI, NAŬASAKI, KOKE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU, TO BAN FRANCISCO.

AN UNSURPAGSEO SHIAN

"SERVICE AT

O. H. RITTER,

Prince's Buildings,

OLASS PASSENGER

INTERSEDIATE RATES.

Freight and Passenger Agent,

Ice House Street

and

Steamers.

"

DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly,

S.S. "LINTAN" and 8.8. "ANSUL." MANILA LINE-Twin Soew Steamers

a

**

*1

Excellent saloon accommodation amidships; electric fans fitted; extra staterooms on deck aft on

2& SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO.

# 8.8.

歌曲。

"

SHIPPING NEWS,

Standardisation and Merchant

Ships.

The extent of the shortage to be made good, the need for the ex- ercise of the most rigid economy in expenditure, and the rapidity with which the work must be turned out, are factors which make application of the principle of standardisation peculiarly ap- propriats to the present situation. Of the truth of the general pro- position that time and money can be saved on the manufacture of the second and all subsequent

firm on standard lines there can articles manufactured by one

be no doubt, and this fact is in itself ample justification for the immediate application of the and

with excellent accommodation, electric standardisation principle to ship light and fans in Saloon and, State-roome, maintain a regular construction on a scale larger and schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving more complete than has yet been Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and attempted. Sunday, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtere and doubt that the adoption of a There can be no Northern Chias Ports. Passengers are landed in Ehanghai, avoid standard design of hull would ing the inconvenisace of transhipment at Woosung.

For Freight or Passages apply to

have numerous advantages re- garded from the constructional point of view. A system of "internal" standardisation could be adopted whereby sach plate and angle in one ship would, as far as practicable, be a duplicate. of each other plate and angle in in the same or similar parts of the same ship. Docks, shell plating, tanktop plating, bulk- heads, &c, could to a very large extent be designed this principle, and by thus carrying the principle of standardisation to its loxical limits

60, ap. preciable gain would be made in the time required to manufacture the raw material as well-ss in the time and cast of working material in the ship. The band-

Telephone No. 36.

Hongkong Jan. 2, 1917.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Regalar Fortnightly Service between JAVA CHINA and JAPAN.

From

Bon WIN

œ about

or show

For

"All steamers.fitted with Wireless Telegraphy."

од

*The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers.ing of frames for several ships at All steamers carry duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken through rates to al: ports in Netherlands-India and Australia."

For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Talophone No. 1574,

York Building. 116

one time would enable the time and cost of bading and fixing the set iron round which each frame is bent to be distributed over the number of ships worked, and with two or three squads bending each a portion of the frames very

In the case of dis ricts where the yards are situated close together and transport facilities are good it might be of advantage for one firm to bend frames for two or three yards building similar ships.

THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN rapid progress could be made.

STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.

MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA.

- (SUBJECT, TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.

Steamer.

Arrive Hongkong Leave HongkongIn many cases the same tem

from Australia. for Australia.

plates could be used for marking off a number of plates and angles for one ship, as well as for repeat

The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, en-ships, while the machines would suring a plentiful supply of Ice, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are lighted throughout with Electricity, All State-Rooms have Electric Fane A duly qualified Doolor an i Steward-as aro osrried.

All Steamers Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy. For further particulara, apply to

Gibb, Livingston & Co.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.

ployed on the one class of work, be set for and continuously em.

thus avoiding the loss of time involved in resetting them. for different classes of work. Bo- petition work in marking off and in machine operation affords an opportunity for the employment of women, thereby releasing men for work of a more skilled nature, The adoption of standard of pro- pelling machinery also would enable one set of patterns to be used for large number of castings, would e. Buro more rapid construction and delivery of auxiliary machinery and would largely increase and cheapen the turning out of work by machine tools in the shops by affording opportun ties for the employment of special devices for the production of particular

Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having good accommodation for first Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine.

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

Lagring. Haitan... .. | A. E. Hodgins... | FR", 19th Jan. at 11 a.m.

Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (Dear details. At present many of Blake Pier),

For Freight and Passage, apply to

Douglas Lapralk & Co.,

General Managera.

INDO-CHINA STEAM

our most

War

important ship- building yards are building both

and

mer- chant vessels the latter being in many cases of the passenger or cargo-passenger type, and by no means the most suitable for pre- sent urgent requirements-and progress on the merchant work

NAVIGATION CO., LTD. is necessarily slaw owing to the

for men for urgent CALCUTTA-LINE:-Three sailings per month from Hongkong ent supply of labour. The types Admiralty work and the insudici- to Calcutta calling at Singapore and Penang.of vessel most urgently required Returning from Calcutta steamers proceed would be to Kobe and Moji, frequently calling at consideration by experts, the a matter for special Shanghai. Those steamers have excellent passenger the cargo-handling equipment nature of the cargo to be carried, accommodation, are fitted with electric, light available at the trading ports, and carry a fully qualified Surgoon.

and various other points bearing SHANGHAI LINE;-Sailings approximately every five days be-jupon the work of the ships in tween Canton and Bhanghai, sometimes call-service being considered in con- ing at Bwatow,

junction with the most suitable Steamers on this line have a limited amount dimensions for rapid and economi- of passenger accommodation, and through cal building and running. In this tickets can be obtained for Northern and connection it is worth noting that Yangtaze Forts via Shanghai. Through large numbers of the most modern Ba/Lading are issued to all Northern and cargo vessels of various types. Yangtze forts,

now on Government service LINE:-A weekly service is maintained with Manila might be employed to better ad- by vessels with good passenger accom-vantage in carrying cargo f modation, sailings from both ports every suitable tonnage wore available Saturday.

for the Government service, and HAIPHONG LINE:- ailings approximately weekly for passengers it might, therefore, be an advant- and cargo, calling at Holhow when induce-age to build standard vessels for ment offers.

the Government service, and LINE:-Two sailings per month between Hongkong thereby release the cargo carriers and Sandakan by steamers having up-to-date now on war service. In a general accommodation for passengera.

way it would seem that vossele Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading for to carry cost, oil in balk, grain in Kudat, Jessaltun, Labuan, Tawao and Lahad buik, refrigerated meat, Datu

and standardised and the building put general cargo should at once be in hand.-" Engineering."

THE ROYAL MAIL MANILA

"STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

Owners of The "SHIRE"

Line of "Steamers.

FOR SAILINGS TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS.

Please Apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON Telephone No. 245,8ub.Er, Nɔ, 10.

BORNEO

TIENTSIN LINE:-A regular service is run, from March to October, between Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Weihaiwei and Chefoo.

For sailing datas and further particulars regarding' Passage or Freight apply to

1

For a good solid, meal ala Carlo prTable d'Bote wish ALEXANDRA CATE

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. VI. & Liquors of Male, Bart

General ManageĄ