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THE "HÔNGRONG

THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES.

LONDON

**HELENUS” KEEMUN ** **JASON." **ALPANOR "* **ATRBUS ***

SERVICE

(Direct)

19th October London, Amatardam & Hamborg 17th October London, Amsterdam & Hamburg 31st October London, Amsterdam & Antwerp 16th Nov. London, Rotterdam & Antwerp 23rd Nov. London, Amsterdam & Hamburg

LIVERPOOL

** BURYPYLUS

TITAN"*

** PELEUS"

** TELAMON **

SERVICE

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

7th October Havre, Rotterdam & Liverpool 11th October Genoa, Miles, L'pool & Glasgow 26th October Genoa, Liverpool & Glasgow

2nd Nov, Liverpool.

PACIFIC

TYNDAREUS"

*

"'TEUCER"

IXION"

NEW

** TYDEUS **

SERVICE

(via Kobe and Yokohama)

6th October)

20th October Victoria, Seattle and Vancouver 16th Nov.

YORK

SERVICE

(via Suez or Panama) via Panama.

24th November.

HOMEWARD PASSENGER SERVICE

**STENTOR **. "TEIRESIAS" "IDOMENEUS" **PYRRHUS **

11th October 19th October

for London direct for London direct

1st November for Liverpool via Marseilles 31st December for London direct

For Freight and all Information Apply to

+

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

CONSIGNEES.

AGENTS.

CONSIGNEES,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

The Steamship

From SAN FRANCISCO & SEATTLE

COAL, SHIPPING, AND FOOD, the pandaly porta

.

MONDAY. OCTOBER

mostly for W. S. BAILEY

& CO., LTD.,

Germany, and the Netherlands. The nekrosult we coma to, thare- FACTS THAT LABOUR MUST fare, is that" $500,000 tons of

BE TOLD.

British shipping carried coal to Italy: of this total at least The shipping correspondent of 2,600,000 tons worked its way the Observer writesten.

back to Channel-and North Sea The decision of the Minars waters as the foreigners" expanse; Federation to bellon an a general: discharged at foreign parts, and strike has not beag nacspected in - then, crossed in ballast to load abipping circles, and if the vase coal ́again for Italy. There is abould be in the affirmative, as the foundation of the whole is fully anticipated, the cup of edifice of our pre-war shipping the shipowner, the shipbuilder,supremacy-the outward cargo and, indomi, of everyone con- of coal, nected with shipping will be fill- ed to overflowing. Not but what the disaster is not in part due to themselves!

EVERT INDUSTRY AFFECTED.

want to know is why these facts Now, what a number of people

have not been and are not being

It may, therefore, be opportune brought hams to the coalminer to say a little about the connect and his wife. The "Board of ion between coal and shipping, Trade Journal" of August 12 and between shipping and the estimates our invisible exporta economic life of the country. In [receipts from freight

and 1913 we exported 76,688,446 tona Insurance—all of which are paid of coal and coke, exclusive of by the foreign bayar or charterer 21,031,550 tons of bankers. For at £500,000,000 per annum.

the

cargo cost we received They ought, if coalwere available £53,009,060, plus freight and for export, to be much higher. insurance money, bunker money. But assoming ourselves satisfied dock charges, and port duas with the estimate, it cannot estimated to be equivalent to be concealed that the miners are a further £150,000,000. Our coal doing their best ro deprive the trade therefore brought into the country of that amount. If our country at least £200,000,000 per coal export collapses it must annum. But its importance was mean starvation. If we cannot. much greater than even these exportcoal, we canrat import food, figures show. Coal was the baris and in addition hundreds of thou of our shipping because it provid-sands will be unemployed. The ed the outward cargoes for our coal industry strikes at the whole ships. This meant that the shipping business. If ships can freight money received for coal not be operated, now ships are not was used to reduce the cost of the wanted: if new ships are not homeward carriage of imported wanted, the yards must close foodstuffs and raw material. If down, and with them the plate we do not export coal we must and angle mills and many of the pay more for our food and our steel foundries. raw material.

HINGING ON COAL EXPORT.

ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN KOWLOON.

HARBOUR REPAIRS Call Flag "L"

Sole Agents for **KELVIN MUTOR......” Motors from 12 BHP. to 50 BHP. now in stock also spare parta.

BHIPPING.

HOLLAND-EAST ASIATIO SERVN

Regular monthly service batwaan

Japan ports, Shanghai, Hongkong nad Maalia

and

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Hamburg, Bremen

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Works Hanager... Secretary Harbour Engineer .. Telegrams "SEYBOURNE”

JACOBEAN BUNGALOWS FOR HOUSING STAFF.

......

DEVICES TO ENTICE "DOMESTIC HELPS."

Homeless people all over the country sighed when they read of the fairy-tale hours which the staff of the Housing Commis

ioner for the Birmingham area have had built for themselves.

"These houses cost £940, plus the subsidy,” he said. "The Istest approved houses which are being erected under the wing di the Ministry of Health cost about £900.

"Of course, the Birmingham officials have not had to pay any- thing for the plans, which have been drawn up by themselves. That is the only advantage they bare bad over other people.”

Health official with whom a Dazly Bat. according to a Ministry of

Chronicle representative discuss ed the matter there is no reason why similar houses ahould not be It is obviously somebody's duty erected for ordinary members of to tell the miners the facts, and to the public who want to take Altogether we exported before educate the people as to the pro-advantage of the Government the war 100,000,000 tons weight spects before them. The coal subsidy, of goods, of which 76,700,000 tons owners cannot very well do so, was represented by coal. We the Government having stopped imported about 56,000,000 tons them from propaganda las: April. weight of goods. Every ton Obviously, those who ought to imported was therefore represant undertake the work are the ed by 1.37 tocs of coal exported shipping, shipbalding, and insur- STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC. But the affect of our coal exports ance interests. Even if only the was much greater. Theas formed most selfish view is adopted, they the outward cargoes of our ships stand to lose far more than the to the extent of 35,000,000 tons £500,000,000 invisible exports per annum, and enabled our ton-True, the leading figures of the page to compete on advantageons | shipping community make terms with the vessels of other speeches-but who reads them? nasions for the carrying trade of Sir Thomas Fisher gave eloquent the world. Shipping only, con- figures of the expenses of shipping sists to a small degree in sending in his speech a Glasgow. But a Having arrived from San Fran. ships out with coal and bring speech that is summarised in the cisco via ports on 28th Septembering them home with food. The daily Press, is lost to the people 1920, consignees ara

bereby roajority of tramp business is far who rose the rank and file of notified that their cargo is being more complicated, and before the labour. landed at their risk into the war tramps represented more" hazardous and or extra-hazardous than 60 per cent. of Godowns of the Hongkong & cantile marine. We used to ship Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Lid. Kowloon, and stored at All broken, chafed and dam-consignees' risk. aged cargo is to be left in the Godowns until Thursday Octo- bez 7th, 1920, when they will be examined by Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke at 2.15 p.m. Thursday October 7th, 1920.

HAROLD DOLLAR"

having arrived from New York via Vancouver, B.C. and ports on October 3rd, 1920, consignees are hereby notified that their cargo being landad at their risk into the hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong & Howlong Wharf & Godown Co. and stored at con- signees' risk.

Claims will not be accepted un- less cargo is so examined by said

Surveyors, prior to the above date.

The Steamship

"WEST HIMROD"

monst

our mer-

65,600,000 tons of coal a year to European countries, and of this total 40 per cent. about 25,000,- 000 tons, was carried in British vessels.

STARVATION AHEAD.

REASON FOR BUNGALOWS It is interesting to learn that these experts, whose technical knowledge was stimulated by the fact that they were themselves homeless, decided on the bungalow style because it was more sasily worked than the usual two- storey house.

Loading

October October"

For

Salit

Anısterdam & Hanberry 8th Oct Rotterdam & Hamburg | Yst Oak, November Amsterdam & Hamburg 23rd Nov, Decembar 1 Rotterdam & Hamburg (20th Deo. January Amsterdam & Hamburg | 2234 - Jan. For full particulars please apply to

JAVA CHINA JAPAN LYN General Agents,

York Building.

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY (Royal Packet Navigation Co. of Batavia)

THE STEAMSHIP::

"VAN WAERWYCK"

September agth.

Singapore, Penang and Belawan Dell.

This vessel uffers excellent cabin-accommodation for saloon 6. ss0ngers.

Wireless Telegraphy.

For freight and passage apply"to :

Telephone No. 1574.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LYN,

Agents.

WATERHOUSE LINE

TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT SERVICE Operating the following U. S. Shipping Board steamers

For SEATTLE-TACOMA - VICTORIA - VANCOUVER

via Kobe and Yokohama.

"NILE"

15th October. further sailings to be announced later. Through B/L issued to all Overland Common points in U.S. and Canada. For rates and fall particulars apply to

FRANK WATERHOUSE & CO. Jet Floor, Hotel Mansions,

Telephone 3507,

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.

two portions, one to serve 29 & The kitchens are divided into charming sitting-room for the domestic help, who is to be JOINT BERVICE OF THE HONOKONG, CANTON AND MACID STEAM- attracted to the bungalows abo

"BOAT CO.LTD., AND THE CHINA SAVIGATION CO., LTD. by labour-saving appliances in the way of

Slow-combustion

stoves, which ensure a constant supply of hot water, Gas fres,

between dining-room and kitchen

A short "service" passage

Of lesser importance in the

The cause is a good one, and there are unanswerable facts to be disseminated. For example, per head of population we require in imported foodstuffs alone 15 lb. of bacon. 20. of beef, 1214 lb. of Consignees of cargo produce sa Import Permit signed

rautton. 954 lb. of butter, 6 lb. of Let us, to elucidate the matter, cheese, 46 eggs, 221 lb. of wheat, by the Superintendent of Imports examine the coal trade with 24 lb. of flour, 8 lb, of potatoes, 80 & Exports, Hongkong. before Italy, That country was our lb. of sugar, 7 lb. of tea, 1431⁄2 lb. bills of Lading will be counter-largest Mediterranean market. of rice, 24 lb. of tobacco, 28 signed.

Our ships went out practically gallons of beer. Tell the South fall; the load index for the out- Wales housewife that sha All broken, chafed and damaged Homeward there is little cargo these because the miners will ward Italian trade was 0.96 and her children cannot have cargo is to be left in the Godowns from Italy. The entrances from not mine, and she will soon put where it will be examined at 10 that country totalled only one the All claims must be presented a.m. on 5th October, 1920 by and a half million tons, of which wrote:

matter right! Confucius within & month of the steamer's the Company's Surveyors Messts. over 900,000 tons were in ballast femine overcometh the stronged with the servant difficulty will The charm of the eyes of families who are confront- arrival bere, after which they will Carmichael & Clarke. not be recognized

Of outward British shipping, man's will," but the miner will be the details of the baronial hall

No claims will be admitted after within ten days of the steamer's not return direct. It had business that she and her children must

All claims must be presented no less than 1,800,000 tons did feminine partner, when she learns has been designed, of the totalling 2,500,000 tons, to Italy find very little charm in his style on which the central lounge

the goods have left the Godowns.arrival here. after which they elsawbere. Fart, the greater starve because he will not work: room, and of the oak kingposts {"barrelled "' ceiling to the dining Cannot be recognised. No claims part, of this total of missing ton or when she understands that the which help out the All goods remaining after will be recognised after the goods nage used to wander up the high cost of living is dus to the Jacobean illusion.

general October 10th, 1920, will be sub-have left the Godowns and cargo Dardenelles in ballast and load ame ject to rent.

reason. Women undelivered on and after 5th grain, oil, and ore at the Russian heaven or hell, but whichever it wanting houses, and cannot get What all the people who are October, 1920, will be subject to and Roumanian ports but not is, they make it without com- them, will want to know is, "Why

for this country. Only a quarter promise.

cannot we have bouses with hot- water supplies and attractions for servants, even if we have to do without the Jacobean touch?"

No Fire Insurance whatever rent. will be effected.

Consigness are requested to sand in their bills of lading for countersignature,

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

Agents

Hongkong, 4th. Uctober, 1920.

send in their Bills of Lading for Consignees are requested to countersignature immediately. STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC. Agents.

1st floor. Powell's Building, 12 Des Voux Road Central, Hongkong, 28th September, 1920.

make

of the British shipping leaving This threatened strike must be United Kingdom; the Dardanelles carried to the averted, or if too late for that, it

Germany, must be terminated as soon as be Holland, Belgium, Italy and gun. This can be achieved by France, were the main destin-wide campaign ations. Another part, this time Give the facts and the extremists of education.

only a small part, of the outward will be thoroughly defeated and coal carriers to Italy went across discredited. The sooner the ship to Algiers and Tunis, and brought ping community puts its back gether again. The coal trade is other detachment loaded ors at body, but especially, for itself. Kingdom. ore to the United Kingdom; ko into this job the better for every the Ming pot of the United

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

Any fool can smash & Ming pot, bat no man living can put it to

We Wouldn't Question That!

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Babiny To Canton daily at 3 a = (Sundays miungtad) and 10 p.m

From Cazzo daly at 8 a.m. and 5 pm Bundaya 5 pm only. SERVICE oF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBO&T CO., LTD, HONGKONG-MACAO ́ ́LINE...

To Macao-Daily at 8 A.M. and 3 P.M. (Sundays ab-9 4.1.) From Macao-Daily at 8.30 AM. and 2 P.M. (Mondays at 7AM

& 2 P.M. Sundays at 5 P.M. only.)

Farther information may be obtained at the Coy's (Bo«, Ha! Mansion,

or frota Meurs. Tros. Coox & Sex, Boking Agents, Kangkung

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

M. S.

COPENHAGEN..

* PANAMA".

will be loading about the middle of October for Copenhagen taking cargo on through Bills of Lading to Scandinavia and Baltic destinations at Conference Rates.

For space and particulars please apply to

THORESEN & CO.,

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