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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, MARCH -

SHIPPING

SHIPPING

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

ROYAL MAIL SERVICE.

WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS on or

about the DATES named:-

For

LONDON & Bom-

bay viaSingapore, Penang, Colombo, Port Said and Marseilles..............

SHANGHAI, Moji!

and Kobe

SHANGHAI, Moji, Kobe and Yoko- hama

LONDON víaSinga-

pore. Penang. Colombo, Bombay.

Port Said and

Marseilles.......

Steamers

To Sail On

Hemarks

Connecting at Colombo with Australian Mail Steamer.

Direct Service,

Direct Service.

}

Direct Service.

WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS. Retura tickets at a fare- and-a-half available to Europe for two years, or Intermediate Ports

THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.

Projected Sailings from Hongkong-

Subject to Alteration

Destination. L'DON via Bingo-1 pore, Malacca, Penang, Colombo, † Delagon Bay, Cape I Town, Madeira.... | VICTORIA, B0,1 and SEATTLE via Shanghai, Moji, Kobe, Na

goya & Yokohama

}

| C'CUTTA via 8′′pors,

Fang & Rangoor.J BOMBAY via S'pore, Į Malaces & C'bo... MOJI and Kobe

Steamers.

STamba Maru

Salling Date

[THURS., 8th

Capt. Akamatsu T. 12,500 (Mar., at noon.

WED., 28th Shidzuoka Maru

Mar., at noon.

Capt. Noma

Tolomi Maru Capt. Kamada Tojora Maru Capt. Shimizu

for six months. Round-the-world and through tickets to New York, SHANGHAI, Kobe i §Fushimi Maru at Special Rates.

For PASSAGE RATES, HAND-BOOKS, FREIGHTS, Dates of

Sailings etc. apply to

P.&O. 8. N. Co.'s office,

Hongkong, Jau. 2, 1917.

E. V. D. Parr, Superintendent.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

OCEAN SERVICES

TRANS PACIFIC.

LIMITED

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC

To Canada, United States and Europe via Vancouver in connection with. tree Deunadian Pacific Railway, Hong Kong to Vancouver 17 days.

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA and EMPRESS OF ASIA 80,625 tons Displacement, Quadruple Screws, Speed 21 Knots. Largest and most Luxurious ship on the Pacific, BALLINGE FROM HONG KONG (subject to change) BAILINGS FROM NORDKONA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA 15 Mar. | EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, 9 May. ...23 May. Empress of Japan ...28 Mar. Empress of Japan EMPRESS OF ASIA ...12 Apr. EMPRESS OF ASIA ... • June, Monteagle

**

...21 Apr.

Calling at Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland, Sea), Kobe and Yokohama, Monteagle calla Mojí instead of Nagasaki,

Through Bills of Lading issued vía Vancouver in connection with Canadian Pacific Ry. to 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 Agezt, Passenger Depert:naul

J. H. WALLACE,

General Agezt, Ilong Kons

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE.

Regular Service Between

SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS.

EASTWARD.

WESTWARD.

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

For freight of passage, apply to

Hongkong, Jan. 2, 1917.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD...

Agente,

"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,

Subject to change without notics,

or to REISS & Co. Canton Hongkong, 2 Jan., 1917,

THE BANK LINE, LTD.,

General Agents,

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

NEW SERVICE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN Yokohama, Kobe, Hongkong and Rangoon. Steamers are dospatched Eastward and Westward at regular wala taking Passengers and Cargo at current Rates, For Freight and Fassago, apply to

slankous No.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LD.

and Yokohama...

NAGASAKI, Kobe and Yokohama ...

Capt. Irizawa (Hirano Maru Capt. H. Fraser

Nikko Maru Capt. Takeda

[

T. 12,500

MONDAY,

T. 8,000 12th Mar.

SATURDAY,

T. 21,000

T. 8,000 110th Mar.

ƒTHURS, 15th

Mar. at 11 am, (FRL, 23rd. T. 16,000 (Mar, at 11a.m.

jFRL, 16th

T. 9,600 Mar. at 10 a.m.

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

NEW YORK via Manila,

San Francisco, Panama and Colon....

§ Wireless Telegraphy. Telephone Nos. 292 & 293,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,

B. MORI, Manager.

TOYO KISEN KAISHA,

SAN FRANCISCO LINE

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

Steamer. Nippon Maru Shinyo Maru

Persia Maru

Korea Maru

Siberia Maru

*

Displacement Tons & Speed 11,000. 15 knota 22,000 - 21 knots 9,000 - 14 knots

18,000 - 18 knots

18,000 - 18 knots

1st class to London G1348 (£71.10.0),

"

to San Francisco $250.

Leave Hongkong

24th Mar. 2nd Apr.

16th Apr.

£8th Apr.

12th May.

retura Q‡6 H. return G$437.50.

(£122).

• Cargo only. I Proceeding 10 South America Porta. “For this voyage the F'era'a Maru will call at Honolulu, Special Rates RITSE TO RAVAL & MILITARY, DIVIL SERVAMES,MISSION XX125 ste

ROUND THE WORLD Tickets ixated in Connection with all the Principal Mail lines and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Passengerı may travel by Railway between ports of cali in Japan free of charge, SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.

Via JAPAN PORTS, SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU, ILOILO, LOS ANGELOS,

Steamer

Tons & Speed

For Full Partfonlars as to Pawaga & 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

MANILA, BONGKONG AND SAN FRANCISCO Next sailings for SAN FRANCISCO via NAGASAKI.

Subject to change without Notice.

S.S. Binlang 23rd Mar. SS. Arakan

Tjikembang 13th Apr

14th May.

ALL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY,

The steamers have accommodation for a limited number of saloon passengers and carry a duty qualifie i surgeon.

Cargo taken on through Billa of Lading to all Overland Points

in the United States of America and Canada.

For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to?...

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Managing Agenta.

Hongkong, York Buildings.

CHINA MAIL S.S. CO. LTD.

FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS,

S.S. CHINA

WILL SAILING FROM HONGKONG FOR

SAN FRANCISCO

VIA SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU.

APRIL 16, JUNE 23, 1917.

AN UNSURPASSED ́HION CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE AT ENTRENEGIATE HAYES,

O. K, RITTER, Freight and Passenger Agent,

Prince's Buildings, Ioa House Street. Tel 1934.

THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

Owners of The "SHIRE"

Line of Steamers.

FOR SAILINGS TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERMEDIATE PORTS

MATHESON & CO.

1917.

SHIPPING

C. N. C.

CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Steamers. Holhow

SHIP

NEWS.

--- Shipbuilding at Chepstow.

Although little or nothing has been heard lately as to the ship- building progress: being madë at Chepst w it is interesting to SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. -

gather from "The Times" that To Bail.

real progress is being made by the Standard Shipbilding and Eng- Sth Mar. at d'light. intering Company, Ltd, the com 8th Mar. at 10a.m.pany concerned in the enterprise. 8th Mar. at p.m. It will be recalled that on August 11th Mar. at d'light 15 last, the company took over 14th Mar. at 'noon.

the engineering firm of Messrs. .....1st Mar, at noon.

Edward Finch and Co., Ltd., which was originally establishei DIRECT SAILINGS TO WEST RIVER, Twice Weekly.

there to build Brunei's bridge over the Wye, and a new com-

For AMOY & SHANGHAI ................ H'HOW. P'HOI & R'PHONGKaitong " SHANGHAI....................

.........................................Shanteng Yingchow MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO Taming

MANILA, CEBU & ILOILO Tean

S.S. "LINTAN" and S.S, “ŠANUL" EFMANILA LINE-Twin Screw-Steamers "Chinbus,"" Taming," pany was formed entitled Edward and "Texn." Excellent Saloon sccommodation Amidships; Electro Finch and Co. (1916), Ltd. In fans fitted; Extra State-rooms on Deck Aft, on "Taming" & "Tean," spite of labour difficulties three SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO. alipways have been prepared in Shan this yard, and two 3,300-ton cargo *8.8. 'Anhui,** "Chenan," "Sunalng," " Yingchow,'

tung

*" and "Siaklang," with excellent accommodation, electric steamers are being built. It is Kight and fans in Saloon and State-rooms, 'maintain a regular expected that a vessel of about schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, leaving 6,000 toas deadweight will shortly Hongkong for Shanghai direct every Tuesday, Thursday and be laid down on the third slip, Sunday, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtze and and it is hoped that by the end of Northern China Ports. Passengers are landed in Shanghai, avoid- the your five new steamers will ing the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung.

For Freight or Passages apply to

Telephone No. 36.

Hongkong Mar. 7, 1917.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agente.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Regular Fortnightly Service between CHINA and JAPAN.

From

Hopected un er AboBl

Wil tram pa

or about

"All steamers fitted with Wireless Telegraphy,"

have been put into the water from this yard, in addition to 18 smaller vessele, all of which are urgently required. The company has energetically taken in hand the provision of the most modern machinery, and plant, and sinos the yard was acquired the number of men employed has been more than doubled. A month ago 8 start was made with female labour, and now about 40 women are employed with satisfactory results. & beginning has also been made with provision of better housing accommodation. Already | 30 high-cla s workmen's cottages have been built, under licence from the Ministry of Munitions, on site adjoining the yard. It is

„** The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers. I understood that the company All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia." For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Talaphone No. 1574,

York Building. 116

proposes to continue buiding when it obtains licences from the authorities, "who are issuing licences in blocks of 15. Re- crestion rooms for the men and women are being provided. Work in the new yard of the Standard Company is making progress and

THE EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN the first four slips for building

STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.

MAIL SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA. (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE..

Steamer,

Arrive Hongkong Leave Hongkong from Australia. for Australis.

The above Steamers are fitted with Refrigerating Machinery, ex- suring a plentiful supply of Loe, Fresh Provisions, etc., and are lighted throughout with Electricity. All State-Rooms have Electric Fane. A duly qualified Doctor and Stewardess are carried.

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

Gibb, Livingston & Co.

steamers up to 1,000 tons each are being prepared. Every as- sistance is being given by the Great Western Railway Com- pany. The directors are known to feel indebted to the invaluable aseistance rendered by the Ad miralty, the Board of Trade, and the Ministry of Munitions. Much more could be done towards preparing the new yards if sufficient labour could he secured, but so far the national labour requirements have been con- sidered, not unnaturally, a serious difficulty. Confidence is express- ed, however. that the Govern- ment will assist in securing the necessary labour directly it sees its way to do so. It is estimated that if uffici nt help were forth-

LD, coming from four to six large

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LD.

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORT SERVICE.

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

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

Steamships.

Captain

*

Leaving.

Halhong... | J. W. Evans...ITUES., 15th March, at 11 a.m.

Arrivale and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near, Blake Plor).

For Freight and Passago, apply to

Douglas Lapraik & Co.,

General Manager.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

1

merchant steamers could very soon be laid down." Journal of Commerce."

The Chartering of Neutral Shipping.

It is understood that the 'inter view which Mr. Howard Houlder. as president of the Institute of Shipbrokers, had at the Board of Trade, showed clearly that the views of broker respecting the new char ering regulations are quite appreciated by the Marine Derartment, The decision of the Inter-Allfed Chartering. Exscu- tive to effect their chartering of vessels from the River Plate through the regular + gents had already made it clear that there is no intention of: ignoring the existing chartering machinery, and it seems not impossible that the principle fuvolved in this

• decisión may be extended to other trades. No doubt the president of the institute was careful to explain that all the shipbrokers On

have been aiming at in their Fri, 9th Mar. at d'light, recent antion has been to try to Set 10th Mar, at 3 p.m. protect their own is forests with- Sun. 11th Mar. at d'light, out prejudicing, in any way the Fri, 16th Mar. at 3 p.m. effectiveness of the new scheme Allied Sat.,

17th Mar. at 3 pm for the national and Tues., 20th Mar. at 7am. interest. The position of the brakers during the wat his naturally been seriously off, cted. by the dirent requisitioning of a British tonnage by the Govern ment; but whether anything could - be done to alleviate the position for the brokers in this matter em matter for the Admiralty rather than for the Board, of Trade to sonider. The recent mass meeting was held at the

(Projected Sailing, from Hongkong.-Subject to Alteration),

Steamship

For SHANGHAI via Swatow Yusang MANILA ***rsepitan ................. Loongsang SHANGHAI.................................. Chaysång

TIENTSIN

*****...*.............. Chipshing MANILA ........................................................... YUCHSERE HAIPHONG. TẠI

CALCUTTA LIKE:-Tamma mökign your manch from Korzkang to Calcata mikar at Singapore and

Roquening Leon Caloutie simman grooved as Lobo nad Kaji, troqumaly zulũng at Khanghsis bbons souma hayo yalinas payungu mammodmaion, ma Stips with Elberts Light and

sery & fully added largonau SHANGHAI LINE --Šklagesagerinanty wraz dve days berrose Canime and Fhimeksi, soms

caling a bummed Stammar, sn this flat have a limited sumount of passerer som Fassa, kad terugh so se os berbeiland for Fortsariand Yangime Form via Changhal ** baugh Basanding an inonei 42 ali Morikers and Yanguen Parné

« auklings team back parm atwy Saturday,

MANILA LINE:-6 monkly muevice is maintained wiik binalin jy vanade wiik good pamonger accom HAIPHONG LINE:-Sakings opprydnately weski'y for prospeɛwe add cargo, walling at + allow when BORNEO LINE FOŽEu pallings par monik berean. Kongkong and Bandahas Try stunners: How Baltio Exchange under the auspices of the Institute of Ship- Cargo mkmimi, dhrough Bills of lading för Ludai, Jossedion, Lahoma, Tawasant Lažné Dais. i brokers and it may, barexpected. TIENTSIN LINE 2-A varalar service la run from. March ve Growler Batman Bangkang and imiz, that another mosting WITH

miling Walkaloni 'spd Obuton."-

PLADERES

Under Strails Government Passport Regulations.

All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits Bottle ment, are required to produpe on arrival at destination with their Photographs and de

called for a very early, date, at: which, praumably, the president. will take the opportunity plaining the views