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18S OF LOCAL STRAMER.

*NOT* SIR.”

THE THONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY OCTO

NOTICES.

VESSELS LOADING AND TO LOAD.

Inquiry at

An oficial Court of Inquiry

is opened at Durban on July 37 /

Mr. J. W, Gerard's Recent

A Honour.

London, August 24.—Anawa ing the question which ap Inquire into the circumstansparently has arisen in the United kanding the loss of a Hongkong Slats us to whether Mr. Tamer amer, of Port St. John's, on Ward, the former American ály 25

PaAmbassador to Germany, en The vessel foundered: while on titled to the profe Bila before voyage from Jays to Gissgow his name by, reason of King with a fall cargo offengar, the George's conferment on him of mound officer, Mr. F. L. Hotchin, the Order of Knight, Grand Gross Add second engineer, Mr. T. Blair, of the Bath; officials of the College. being the only survivors of the of Arme, the omotal authority of European stad.

matters of heraldry, Mo-day said.***** The Coutt- wsarcomposed of a former Ambasador at pre- the Acting Chief Magistrate, sent is Mr. J. W Gerard G10.B. Walker Wilson, with Captain He will not be 's Bir unless he Brown Dickis and Captain Bowyer received the accolade from the 'as the samémeors.

***King."

WELLS FARGO & CO.

EXPRESS.

› FORWARDERS TO, ALL PARTS,

WORLD. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SHIPPING OF TOURISTS, BAGGAGE AND PUR- CHASES, TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES CASHED..

MONTEITH WEBB & CO.,

- Representatives.

"FORWARDIES DEPT A

Chater-Road.

Phone No. 1500.

Mr. Millar represented the All British subjects who recove| KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY.

Crown, and Mr. O'Mara (Mesra, thin order of knighthood are Shepstone and Wylis) appeared styled "Sir" in Debratt's Peerage, for the ownery of the vessel

| Baronetage, Knightage," and The first witness called was Companionare, and in the officia! Frank Landis Hotchie, the roomd lists, Foreigners receiving officer of the ship. He swore to similar bonoursometimes have a statement made that the vessel's

| assumed the title" Sir," as in the port of registry was London. She case of Blatin Fasha, formerly was a "steel" wispel, twenty-two British inspector of the Sadan, years old. There was a crew, of who is Baron of the Austrian Afty-eight on the ship at the time Empire, his native country. A of the casually, but there were no majority of the foreigners who The amount of the have been given the Keight| for know was unknown to him. Grand Cross of the Bath have The whip" went down in the

been men who held a higher rank South Indian Ocean, about than knighthood in their own thirty-five miles from land,

passengers.

country.

in the vicinity of Port St. A csording to maofficial announă Jphn's. The weather was cold, cement, King George bestowed

• galo was raging, and the nose knighthood on Mr. Gerard in were tremendous. There were recognition of the ex-Ambassade- plenty of boats, but it was quite dor's acessing and courageous impossible to launch them owing efforts to ameliorats the lot of the so the heavy seas. Fifty lives British prisoners in Germany. were lost, and the loss of the

vaesel was dus to the extraordin

ary stress of weather. The num

ber of water-tight compartments wind, did the vessel become very was five, but they proved of no lively There

was nothing

ass. During the afternoon the wrong until we got into the thick wesa iddressed, and became of it; then she became sluggish, mountainous and the vessel and the decks were soon smashed. laboured so heavily that water The tarpaulins, sto", were quickly. ponstrated into the holde and the washed overboard, and the vessel Tessel cothmenced to settle down, started to make water; every asa

The consignment of 4,000 tone doing more damage.

of sogar was slowed solidly, The. Now, give as it in your own What caused the ship was safely loaded. Every, language. thing was closed, but the trem-vessel to founder ?-Absolutely endous sess overwhelmed ever thing. He could not suggest in kny way that the ship was us be worthy. He was on daty in the forenoon on July 2, the day

have a chance. stress of 'weather, Bhe did not

!.

Was she a well-decked ship?--

Yee.

What sise ventilators?-Ordin

f the wreck. About two o'clock ary size.

he weather got worse, and all By the Courts-The plage and anda were called on deck. He ventilators were washed away, but mained on duty until the ship news went down and replaced ent down about 7 o'clock The them. Very little water had age sous were increasing during entered the holds then. The water e whole of that time. They was there, and still going down, fe Darban at noon on the pre- because it was imposible to make one Bandey, July 1 Witness the holds absolutely tight. The caped by hanging on to the re-reel hadwarried passengers, but kins of the lifeboat, He said pot European. The ship was over- mains, because-the-boat was hauled about a month or two prior nashed up before the ship went to his joining bar in January. His ▶wn. The bottom was knocked could not give the identical-date. an out of it. All the boats were He could not say when the ship asked before the Wreck took went through her previoussarvey. oe. The others were smashed They had no wireless. When trying to launch them they left Durban the vessel had olately nothing could have no list. There was no coal on en done to save the ship. dook; it was all in the bankers. There was nothing on dock with was simply overwhelm by the tremendous" beas

the exception of the usual dook ning. This alone was re- Estängs. He had been an officer kasible for the wreck. Nothing 12 steam for a period of abous re could have been done to eight years. There were four her. He had been_sobond boats amidships; two small boste joer of the ship since January aft and two rafts on No. 2 batch. *** He had "hold" ■* second They left four boats at Singapore, cer's certificate since 1909. Those were carried with extra bed not the certiānate in his rafts when they had passengers janensión.“ All his belongings on board..

fars lost at se 'He had, hadi Captain. Bowyer-On your o opportunity of applying for voyage from Singapore to Durban nother bertianste, The Collector did you have boat paradea?-You, if Oustoms had advised him to every Sunday. wait until in gåt back to Hồng. I take it one officer was appoint kong. During his period of sered to each boat?—Yes, the covers vice he had seen six full cargoes and everything were taken off and placed in the vessel. The ship each bost's crew want to its carried general cargo. He could stations. not say that on each occasion the Did you lift the boats off įthe Tassel was fully loaded. He could shocks?—No, we never do that. not remember the ship's draught when your bosts were last in the Can you give us any idea of but an 'onë coóssion abs would be approximately six inobes light of water P--No. a full cargo,

You have been in the ship from Captain Brown-Diokie-You January to July, during which don't really know whether the period her bosts have not been in vassal was overloaded or not?- the water-They were quite Oh, yes, I do Iwas halfan inch, tight because they always had a below: The diso must have been mail amount of water in them.

Were the boats always kept provisioned ?--Yox,

joka shout the ship be-i

What did you have in them - Fresh water, biscuita, and ofthe Before asal provisionsgate Mitran Can you my in: what condition the life belts, water in th

ion, they warO IZPO

of one, ma

...! (ROTAL PACKET BAVIUATION.CO.

This vessel plies rogularly between HONGKONG & BELAWAN DELI (Sumatra) via Swatow,

Next Sailings from Hongkong:

· This› vessel «kas excellent saloon accommodation for a limited

number of passengers, is fitted with all modern conveniences and carries a duly qualified surgeon. ** For freight and passage apply to ---

York Building. Tel.:1574,"

dongkong, 30th Dec., 1916.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Agents.

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.

U. S. MAIL LINE.

Operating the new First Class Steamers

** ECUADOR.**** VENEZUELA” and “ COLOMBIA.”

14,000 tons Each,

Hongkong to San Francisco,'

via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and HONOLULU.

THE SUNSHINE» BELT.

1:

The most Comfortabla Boute to America and Europe.

Sailings from Hougkong at noon."

"COLOMBIA " Oct. 10th, #4 " VENEZUELA " "Növ. 7th.

"ECUADOR"

Dec. 4th.

These steamers have the most-modern equipment including over- head electric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER, BERTHS & Large Comfortable Staterooms (all single and two berths caly).

The Safety and Comfort of Passengers in our First Consideration. Special care is given to the cuisine, and the attendance or passengers cannot be murpamed.

Tickets are interchangeable with the Toyo Elsan Kaisha sad the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd.

For further information, rates, literature, schedules etc.,

Apply to:-

Company's Office in ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Chater Road.

Telephone No. 141.

HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO & WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT 00., LTD., & CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

·HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Single Fars by Night Steamer

$7.00 Return Fare by Night (available also for return by day steamer) 12.00 Single Fare by Day Steamer Return Fare by Day Steamer ...........

1100

- 6.00)

¡HONGKONG TO CANTON. I CANTON TO HONGKONG.

** MONDAY, 1st OCTOBER, 1917. 10,00 p.m. Kinshan,

4.00 p.m. Faishan. TUESDAY, 2nd OCTOBER, 1917. 158.00 z.m. Honam.

10.00 p.m. Faishan.

i

8,00 a.m. Heungshan. 4.30 p.m. Kinstan.

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

B.S. Taishan Tons 2,008.

BLB. Sul Tal Tone 1,651, E HONGKONG TOʻMACAO. Wook days at 8 am and 2 pm. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf. Sundays, at 9 am, and 1 pam, from the Company' Wing Lok Street Wharf.

MACAO TO HONGKONG.

ak days at 7.30.a.m. and 2.p.m. Sundays at 7:30 am, and §. p.m.

-PXCURSION TO. MACAO.

AU-SUNDAY, 7th OCTOBER, 1917.

KOTAISHAN

The Company's Steamship

Will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf sm, and roburn from Maçaɑë në Sp..

**N B,--The Company will also run a steamer from Macao ob Bunday at 7.30 and from Hongkong at 1 pm from the Company's Wing Los Bicent Wharf, The attention of the Pubbe la desen to the social facilitias agterded by the Police Department of the Macro Government. Fames are issued at the Police station facing the Company Wharf thus obviating delay and trouble in having to apply at Wale Head Folate or for permila

{"vates: Baloon; Bingis'$8; Heturn $5,

*FARES-AB÷KIBUTAL, MACAO-CANTON LINE.

$$$_$$*SUL TAI":

Leaves “Maono" for Canton every Monday, Wednesday and Fridaƒ at 9 pm and Canton noso, weary Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 430 pm.pt/ JOINTSERVICE OF THE HONGKONG,CANTON AND HAGAC STEAMBOAT CO., LTD THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. UTDA AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

and 88. JAINAM $88 Tone, and 8.8. NANNING 569 Tóns.

One of the above fléasmer leaves Danion for Wuohow every Mooder.#77adnesday, and Friday, st shoul 8 a.m, and the other leaves Waghow for Canton on the same days at 8,50 mm. Bound trips take about 5 days. Passengers can return to Hongkong or vide hy, the Company a direct, Steamers LINTAN and SANUI. superfor Cabin soopmmodation and are: Lalled. by aleokrialey, Electro Fan in sach Cabin.

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4. Oct.

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·5, Oct.

NOJL

Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Tiantain

Raibong ID. L. Co.

5, Oct.

Manila

Shanghai

Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama Manila Kobe

B. & S. Fuensang J. M. Co. - - 6, Cot Tjimancek. J.C.J. L- 7, Oct. Yingchow B. & 8.7. Octi Kagy M. N. YE 10, Oct. Aki .. N. Y. K. 12, Oct. Loongsang J. M. Co. 13, Oct. Tjilatjap.C.J.-L... 120, Oct. Shanghai, Kobe.and Yofohama Katori M. İN. Y. K. 24, Oct.

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between NETHERLAND'S EAST INDIES SINGAPORE, HONGKONG and SAN FRANCISCO.

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WATER

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Steamers.

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Sails.

8,000

October

PRINSES JULIANA”

*34,000.

12th. October 24th.

CITY

8,000.

November 7th.

"REMBRANDT"

10,000

November 21st:

"10,000

December 5th.

*.8,000

December 19th

*VONDEL"

10,000

January ... 2nd.

Ayam

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8,000

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10,000

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15,000

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These superior passenger steamers have accommodation for first

and second class saloon passengers.

For further particulars' please apply to

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OFFICIAL PAssenger AGENTS TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT.

750KITS SUPPLIED ALL PARTS of the WOELD

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population

| Conasmptios par

bond per day. Contant supply ju both years sgth and

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STORAGE IN

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Comption of waar ba) decimals of gallons during.

Consumption Estimajać popala- į

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band per day man |

water is of vecellest,

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