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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SHIPPING.

SHIPPING.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919.

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

ROYAL MAIL SERVICE. UNDER CONTFALT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. STRAITS, BURMA, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA INDIA. EGYPT &c.

FOR MARSEILLES & LONDON VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO & PORT SAID.

8 9.

leave Hong- kong a out

Duo Marseilles

about

NORE

23rd February

NOVARA

12th March

NELLORE

9th April

30th March 17th April 15th May

Due London about

8th April 26th 24th May

FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO & BOMBAY.

DUNERA HEJAZ

14th Feb., 4p.w.

17th February

dus Bombay about

4th March

9th March

FOR SHANGHAI, MOJI & KOBE Etc.

NOVARA

For

| Shanghai, Moji & Kobe

WIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS.

PASSAGE RATES.

HAND-BOOKS,

FREIGHTS & FURTHER INFORMATION apply to :—

P.&O. S. N. Co.

Hongtong, 19th February, 1919.

E. V. D. Parr,

Superintendent.

CANADIAN BACIFIC

OCEAN

SERVICES

PACIFIC SERVICE

(JAPAN MAIL 8,8. 00.)

Destination.

Beninge from Bouchong ankžnas in allocation,

Steamer & Displacement.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKO-

HAMA

|NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKO-

BAMA

SHANGHAL Man & KоBE...

"Iyo Maru T. 12,330 *Shidzuoka M.

T. 18.530 *Tango Maru

T. 13,760 *Nikko Maru

T. 9,600 Yamagala M.

T. 8,000 Taisho Maru

T. 7.000 *Mishima M.

T. 15,190

LONDON or Liverpool via Singa-

pore, Malacos, Penang. Colom-Sado Maru bo, Suez and Port-Said.....n

| MELBOURNE via Manila, Zan-

F. 12.560 *Kamakura M.

T. 12,410

boanaga, Thursday Is. Town/Tango Maru sville, Brisbane & Sydney ...............

| NEW YORK via Shanghai, Kobe

T. 13,760

Sailing Dates,

SHIPPING NEWS.

SHIP'S NAMES.

The practice adopted by our great Shipping Companies of naming soma of their vessels

SHIPPING.

C. N. C.

CHINA NAVIGATIO CO., LTD. VAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

Por

disamers. ...Chenan

Changchow Shengking

after foreign countries and places, with many of which they are not and never can be connected in | SHANGHAI..

conceit of trade, is a

the | SWATOW & BANGKOK.. cosmopolitanism to which wo, SHANGHAI Almost alone among the nations, SHANGHAI................Sunning HAIPHONG '. Kaifong are addicted. Its inconvenience TTAO, WWEI, UFOO&TTSIN Hulchow

BATUR, tod {Feb. at 11 am. JWED., 19th

Marat 11am (SAT, 22nd {Feb. at 11 am ƒMON., 31st {Mar at 11am. SATURDAY, 115th Feb. JTUESDAY. 18th Feb. (FRI, 21st

Feb. at 11 am.

became apparent when the war SHANGHAI...... broke out and the foreign country

j SAT, 22nd

For date of sailing' apply st Yokohama, San Francisco and the Company's Office.

Panama Canal

BOMBAY vi Singapore, Malso-

ca and Colombo

| CALCUITA via Singapore, Pan-¡

ang and Rangoon ................... «up........

Hwah-wu

T.

Yubari Maru

T. 8,000 *Akita M.

T. 8,000

THUKS, 26th February.

Į Beginning of

March.

J Beginning of

March.

* Wirnimin Talidranky

became AB

For Freight or Passago apply to

reisphony No. 38.

Hongkong Feb, 15, 19.9.

To Sall

......15th Fob at 3 p.m. ...16th Feb. st10%,m. ...... 17th Feb. at 3pm. ......19th Feb. at 10am. ...... 90th Feb, at noon. 80th Fab, at 4 p.m. 22nd Feb. at $ pm.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Steamer

Regular Fortnightly Service between CHINA and JAPAN.

For

Yingchow SHANGHAI LINE-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO, enemy country. Excellent Saloon accommodation Amidships; Electric Light and An Index Expurgatorius had to Fans in Saloon and State-rooms. Regular schedule service between be set up, as it was obviously Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai, taking Cargo on through Bills of improper that there should be a Lading to all Yangtze and Northern China Porte, Passengers ats Galicia, a Carinthia, an Elbe, Landed in Shanghai, avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment

Danube,' a Teutonio, or at Woosung. Feb. at ilam German' fost under the Blue JWED., 19tb

or the Red Ensign. No vessel in Feb. at 11am-allowed to go to sea under an JWED., 26th

Her name alias.

cannot be (Mar, atllam changed by the stroke of a clerk's pen, but must adhere to it until the proposed alteration has been publicly ad- vertised and sanctioned by the Board of Trade. During the autumn of 1914 and the following winter not a few ships were thus permitted to shed their names and |to re-appear upon the undulating ocean under appellations more appropriate to the flag which they Tipanas flew. Subject to this in-wong convenience a ship may suitably Tlimarock

jikini take her name from an alien. country to which she usually Tillaljap carries passengers or with which she usually trades; but to name ships after an inland kingdom and a province of Italy which has no seaboard, as was done in the cases of two of the earlier fast Atlantic liners, the 'Servis' and the Umbria,' is paradoxical. Other examples in the past or present Cunard fleet are the ill- fated Lusitanis, the Mauro- tania, and the Anranía.' 'Lusi. tania is poetical for Portugal, bat neither 'Mauretania' and the *Aurania 'can be found in the atlas. The Cunard Company standardises its ship names

& Cutting Shanghai kjer Muj HONGKONG VICTORIA KC-SEATTLE YIA MAHILA SHARONAI,

· KAGASAKI, KÖSZ, TOKKAICHI AND YOKOHAMA. Operated by the magnticians and spieradiɗy vgatypač pakanagar steamers “ Feshima Maru.” *Sewa Mary,***** Kaskma Mars," & "Katori Man,“ mod at grese Ba000 tona disj morosanÀ

Hess andings from Bangkang.

• Fushimi Maru

** Suwa Maru

* Chagantin Hautbound

LIMITED

M

SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG to VANCOUVER

VIA

Shanghai Nagasaki (or Moji) Kobe & Yokohama.

Steamer.. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF JAPAN EMPRESS OF ASIA MONTEAGLE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

From Hongkong

Arrive Vancouver

27 Feb.

17 March.

12 March.

2 April.

27 March.

14 April.

5 April.

29 April.

24 April.

12 May,

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

7 May.

28 May.

EMPRESS OF ASIA

22 May.

9 June.

MONTEAGLE

10 June.

4 July.

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

19 June.

7 July.

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

2 July.

23 July.

EMPRESS OF ASIA MONTEACLE

17 July.

4 Aug.

13 Sept.

for parentes regarding pamangs bem, mis

•han and swervación at Monettemodations. also Weirsele si actos and descriptive StarsBITS

P.

Phone 757

SUTHERLAND,

ZASEINNA DOPANTHERA

20 Aug.

Per freight rated and through hills of lading eh Vancouver in godzimesion with Chandle Pacific Balesy to all Ovezland Polam in Chunda and Unded Bletan sino ka incepe sod Was

¿M. WALLACE,

TEKKAL. AS1271.

Prom 42

HONGKONG.

BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO., LTD.

APCAR LINE.

Regular Service Between

SHANGHAI and JAPAN PORTS

EASTWARD.

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

For freight or passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD.,

Agents.

Hongkong, Sept. 24, 1917.

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.

U. S. MAIL LINE.

Operating the new First Class Beemers ECUADOR." "VENEZUELA" and " COLOMBIA,"

14,000 tons Each,

Hongkong to San Francisco.

vin Shangha), Kobe, Yokohama and HONOLULU. THE SUNSHINE BELT.

The most Comfortable Route to America and Europe.

Sailings from Hongkong at noon.

+4

" COLOMBIA"

** " VENEZUBLA "

"ECUADOR"

26th February.

26th March. 23rd April.

These steamers have the most modern equipment including over- head electric fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTHS & Large Comfortable Staterooms (ali single and two berths only.). Te S,fety and. Comfort of Passangers is our. Kiras Conedération." Special care i- given to treculsins, and the attendanos os passengers cannot be mirpassed,

Ticketure lase okanzeible with the Toyo Kisen Kalha ard the Canadian | Paelfi Ocean Severn, td,

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

Apply to

Company's Office in ALEXANDRA BUILDING. Telephone No. 141.

Chater Boad.

Telophone Nos. 232 & 293.

SATUR., 22nd Mar. at 11 a.. MUN.. 5th May, at 11 a.m.

11

For further portacomatom spply la

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. 8, YASUDA, Manager,

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

SAN FRANCISCO LINE

VIA SHANGHAI, THE INLAND SEA, JAPAN & HONOLULU,

PARK AND LUSTRIOUS MAID STEAMERS,

Hatings from Hongkong--Bubjani lo shange without notice.

Stamera

TENTO MARU

KORZA MARU

SHINYO MARU

PERSIA MARU

"

KOREA MARU

1

RIPPOR MARŲ

SIBERIA MARY

Late Hongkong-

15th Feb

28th Fab. fron Yokohama.

5th March

27th March

22nd Apr. from YokohamN,

gind May. from Yokobama,

in port 19th Feb.

22nd Feb. JATE

Exportal on

From

on ab

PETITIVE D De about

Java

**

Java

Java

Java

Macassar

2nd Feb. 147th Fab Shanghai 23rd Feb.

8th M. 12th Mar. | Japan "The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers, All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken at through races to all porta in Netherlands-India and Australia."

For particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, A

York Building.

Telephone No. 1574.

:

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP

CO.,

LD.

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS SERVICE.

Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having

to the extent good accommodation for first Class Passengers, Electric Light and

2th Apr. from Yokohama.that they must all be nouns Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and Excellent Cuisine.

SOUTH AMERICAN LINE.

HONGKONG TO VALPARAISO VIA JAPAN, HONOLULU,

BAN FRANCISCO, BAN PEDRO, SALINO ORUZ, BALBOA, CALLAO, ARICA AND IQUIQUE.

THENCE BY TRANS ANDEAN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES.

Steamers.

ANTO MARU

SEIYO MARU

KITO MARU

Leave Hongkong.

Hist Myrch.

Sed May.

17th July.

with the classical caudal appendage-ia; and the longer the word the more does it seem to suit the fancy of travellers by sea, who prefer a ship bearing sonerously polysyllabic name, and who would not be so readily in- clined to take their passage on one of equal tonnage, speed and comfort, but having the homely

Emkan ere jarabangsabla mizo the Canadian Paolo Cosan bertions. Lad to the ran, British word 'Liverpool," "New-

MOLÍ Diaming Co.

Passengers may kravel by rail between part of sell in Japan tras of sharya Werfel Information se lo ráken, milzgs, etc.. seply to

Telephone Nos. 2374 & 2375,

T. DAIGO, Manager.

KING'S BUILDINGS.

JAVA PACIFIC LINE

OF THE

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

Monthly Service between

NETH, INDIA, MANILA, HONGKONG & SAN FRANCISCO

LI

The s.s.. BINTANG "

from JAVA 1st, March, Sailing for SAN FRANCISCO 3rd, March, 1919.

The steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers.

All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon,

Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading to all Overland

Points to the United States of America and Canada.

For particulars of Freight and Passage apply to the

Java-China-Japan Lijn. General Managers, York Buildings.

Telephone No. 1574.

00

WAS

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW AND RETURN.

(Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Steamships. Captain

Leaving. Hallan A. H. Stewart I.TUES. 18th Feb. at 1 p..

Arrivals and Departures from the Company's Wharf (near Blake Pier).

For Freight and Passage, apply to

Douglas Lapraik & Co.,

General Managers.

castle" or "Bath' in brase letters her bows and storu. As the Cunard Company insists upon the use of nouns for the nomenclature of its fleet, so like. wise does the White Star Com- pany insist upon adjective, and these must all end in ic. A story, which if not true is at least ben trovato, is told that an official of the Company was heard com- plaining that the flest

Projected Sailings from Hongkong, (Subject to Alteration). increasing so rapidly that it was

For-

Steamship

On difficult to find its names for S'PORE & Samarang Hinsang three new ships about to be HANGHAI via Swatow.Taisang

Sat, 15th Feb. at $p.m." launched, and that $ sar SHANGHAI via Ningp› Yosang castic person, who no doubt HAIPHONG

Taksang had suffered from mal de mer and SINGAPORE & Penang Van WaerwijckThur., 20th Feb. at 9 p.m. other discomforts of the Atlantic MANILA voyage, protested that the SHANGHAI difficulty was imaginary."Why MANILA not call your three new ships the TIENTSIN

Dyspeptic, the Rheumatic and the Emetic "?" There does

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Tues., 18th Feb. ut d'light.

Wed. 19th Feb. at' d'light.

Thur, 20th Feb. at 8 am

Yuensang Thur, 20th Feb, at 3 p.m. Kooushing Fri., Loongsang

..............Chipshing STRAITS & Calcutta Yaishing

21st Feb: at d'light.

Frin Sat,

21st Feb. at 3 pm.

22nd Feb, at d'light.

Sat.,

1st Mar. at 3 pan.

not seem to be any good reason CALCUTTA LINE :-Tab: 1a in temporeely dheargalused oring to the war, but at pagpunk a monthly service ir makstained with Calcuna by the ga. * KWAISANG * and *VITIM* calling of why ship names should be drawn

The reset the Fane, and cherisa a fally qasfiled fargos.

and Prang The foesse vizal kar moralear_passengm accommodation, is letad from two parts of speech only, SINGAPORE LINE:IM L “YAN WAERNUCK” me for Slagapore approximately every

fortalgic Light and wd and also carries a fally quaided Supos.

Accomodation for first chili passangers, and he decade Barongboat with

Or

why adverbs or aven prepositions should not be im-SHANGHAI LINEllingt zyprezimately every few days bergens Chaton and Skuachal, kopatiwe

into the service. For an

Atlantic liner

CHINA MAIL S.S. CO. LTD- Adante der making her round

FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.

"NANKING"

“CHINA"

(15,000 tons, American Registry) (10,000 tons, American Registry) SALLINGS FROM HONGKONG FOR

SAN FRANCISCO

VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU,

** NANKING"

March 27th, 1919.

-** CHINA **

April 24th, 1919.

AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE.

O. H. RITTER.

Prince's Buildings,

Freight and Passenger Agent.

Ice House Street. Tel. 1934.

́ELLERMAN'

LINE.

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.)

JAPAN, CHINA & STRAITS

ΤΟ

UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.

FOR LONDON.

8.6. "KALOMO" Sailing about

February.

For particulars of sailings shippers are requested to approach he undersigned.

Steamers proceed via Cape of Good Hope, Subject to change without notice.

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

"THE BANK-LINE, LTD.

General Agents,

pating si, awutry. Steamers on this kas kavo a tutted amount of prarengu scommu dation, and through tickets can be obtained for Hartbees and Yangines Forts via Glangini Personah Hills of ladbug are Iarned sa sið Northern and Yangtomų Porta.

trip to New York within a fort-MANILA LIKE:-6 wekly Movies ja makstained with Mhalia by vessein with good pameùgat som night, 'To and Fro' would be an

odation, wellings from both ports avery Friday. HAIPHONG. LINK :-Sulings approximatały weekly for passengers and cargo, calling ni Hafer wher appropriate name; while the

índungana udari.

to

dale scoor sadition for pa'sESCO's Cartu takaa ka lhrough. Bills of Inding for Kadat. Jesmizan, Labuan, Tawseiät Läbid Data.

LINE :-3 regalar Morrice is ran from March to October between Ranglong and Zimanigl

maker at Walsźwał und Chelan:

Under Straits Government Passport Regulations.

Telephone No. 215.

JARDINE MATHESON & CO. LTD. General Managers.

humble tramp" steaming on BO BORNEO LINK: „One selling par manik betwase. Hoagkang und Sandakan by a stoumor having nosa » customary track, but nosing for cago wherever it was to be found, † TIENTSIR might be aptly named 'Here and There. The aristocratic P and Q Company, the chief shuttle in the loom of Empire, for many years

All European Passengers, leaving the Colony for Straits Settle refrained from fancy nomen-ment, are required to produce on arrival at destination passports clature, but named its ships with with their Photographs and description affixed thereto. especial regard

the For Freight or passage, apply to places with which it traded. Thus the Delta' and the Massilia* marked the period before the Suez Canal was opened, and when the mails were carried from Marseilles to Alexandria and then to Baez by the overland route. Of late years, however, it has adopt- ed what may be termed to borrow

metaphor from the Recruiting Offices Group, or Clase system. An "M" group and siso an "N" group were launched; each of which was composed of vassels built about the same time and for particular services. In the same group with a Mooltăn was'a 'Majola," "Mookan' is, an appropriate name for a ship carry ing mails, and passengers to Hindustan; but "Majola, & pass in Switzerland over which a few travellers and Alpinist struggle in the difficult heights of the iced mounted sir," is the absolute an- Hthesis of an ocean liner,

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

Cka

BANKERS AND FORWARDERS.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

HEAD OFFICE--65 BROADWAY,--NEW YORK. CAPELAL AND SURFLU8-U, 8, $25,000,000,00. LONDON OFFICES,--84, QUIEN - STEMET, E C,

6, Haymarket, E, W, 11, Elbury Street, B, W. Branches & Agencies-throughout the world,- General Banking and Foreign Exchange. We maintain Forth's Trade an ravel Bare American Business z Specialty.