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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

W. S. BAILEY

THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE & CO., LTD.,

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES.

LONDON

"TEIRESIAS " 1st Mar. "HELENUS " 8th Mar. "STENTOR ** 11th Mar. *NINⱭCHOW" 22nd Mar. "KBEMUN " 5th Apr.

SERVICE

(Direct)

Amsterdam, London & Antwerp. London, Amsterdam & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antworp London, Amsterdam & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antwerp

SERVICE

LIVERPOOL

"' ACHILLES "* "' TELAMON"

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

1st Mar. Genoa, Milles, L'pool &.G'gow 16th Mar. Havro & Liverpool

"KT. of the GARTER" 29th Mar. Genoa, Mlles, L'pool & G'gow "IDOMENEUS"

12th Apr. Harro & Liverpool.

PACIFIC SERVICE

"TEUCER

(vla Kobe and Yokohama)

23rd Feb.

"TALTHYBIUS" 16th Mar.

"TYNDAREUS "

NEW

"EURYPYLUS "

6th Apr.

YORK

Victoria, Soattle, Tacoma and

Vancouver

SERVICE

(via Suez or Pananta)

via Suez.

HOMEWARD PASSENGER SERVICE

2nd March

"TEIRESIAS"

1st March

•

STENTOR"

11th March

"IDOMENEUS **

12th April

"PYRRHUS "

"ANCHISES"

Red May 10th June

""TEIRESIAS"

7th July

far London for London for Liverpool for London. for Liverpool for London

For Freight and all Information Apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

AGENTS.

CONSIGNEES.

CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship

"LOWTHER CASTLE"

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

From NEW YORK

From TACOMA via JAPAN

PORTS & SHANGHAI,

AFRICA MARU"

Consigneos of Curgo are hereby The Company's Steamship informed that all goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forward- ed unless notice to the contrary be given before 17th February,

undelivered after the 23rd inst. will be subject to rent.

ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN KOWLOON.

HAKBOUR REPAIRS Call Flag "L"

Solo Agents for "KELVIN MOTORS." Motors from 12 B.H.P. to 50 B.H.P. now in stock also spare parts.

Works Manager...

Secretary

t

Tel. K.21. K.320. К369.

"

Harbour Engineer K.28. Telograms "SEYBOURNE.“ CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. "BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS

From MIDDLESBRO, LONDON and STRAITS.

The Steamship

"BENARTY "

Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being lander at their risk into the hazardous anilfor extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd, whence and/or from the

wharves delivery obtained.

may

be

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1921.

SHIPPING NEWS.

N.Y.E. TO CALL AT VANCOUVER.

N.Y.K. passenger vessels on the Seattle run will in futoro include Vancouver in their calls.

DUTCH SHIPOWNERS MOVE. Dutch shipowners are forming a company to conduct a largo popular store for the sale of clothes and other goods at re- duced prices.

THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE,

The Australian shipping striko had disastrous results, shipping, industria) and public services being completely held up and a great amount of hardship entailed to the general public. -

TANKER TONNAGE,

With oil in such request, and with oxtonsive schemes in pro- gross for distributing it along the chief sea routes, tanker tonnage.

is likely to do well for some time to come, quite regardless of or- dinary market conditions.

KOBE LIGHTERS IDLE. The Kobe Yushin says that the 300 lighters of the Taisho Tran- sport Company, of Kobe, lie idle,

90

the concern has recently decided to co-operate with the Toshin Godown Company in order that they may assist ench other through the period of dopression.

THE N. Y. K. SUBSIDY,"

No Claims will be admitted

Commencing on April the after the Goods have loft the Go-Japanese Government grant to downs, and all Goods remaining NY.K. for the European, North undelivered after the 27th inst.

American and Australian lines will be subject to rent.

will be reduced by 66 per cont.,

the new under

arrangemont

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under- signed on or before the 5th March, or they will not be recognised.

All broken, chafed and dam- aged Goods are to bo left in the Godowns, where they will be

10 a..

whereby the Company will be paid for carrying mails instead of receiving a shipping subsidy.

THE DOLLAR LINE ON THE YANGTZE.

SHIPBUILDERS. SHIP REPAIRERS. BOILER MAKERS.

FORGE MASTERS.

OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL

OF HONGKONG, LIMITED

TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

ENGINEERS.

TEL. ADDRESS: TAIS:00DOCK

TELEPHONE NO. 212

-DRY DOCK-

LENGTH 787 FEET.

LENGTH ON BLOCKS 750 FEET

DEPTH ON CENTRE OF

SILL (H.W.O.S.T.) 34 FT. 6 INS.

-THREE SLIPWAYS-

CAPABLE OF HANDLING SHIPS UP

TO 3000 TONS DISPLACEMENT.

ELECTRIC CRANE AT SEA WALL CAPABLE OF

LIFTING 100 TONS AT 70 FEET RADIUS

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. AGENTS.

HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

HONGLONG.

CALL FLAGS "C" OVER "ANS, PINNAHL'

FLUSHING HARBOUR EXTENSION.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

MEAT PACKERS DECLARE JIUGE DIVIDEND. The Morris Company, the Am-

The Netherlands Governmont bas begun the works at Flushing which will double the harbour accommodation at a cost of £500-erican moat-packers, have declar- 000.

WATER RETURN.

Lavel and Storeage of water in Reservoirs on Feb, 1, 1921. CITY AND HULL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL,

FyLom Tylam

Tata Inter.

mediate..... Tytam Tuk...... Wong.oct

Poktorumul

Tylan

1320, DJ Urlow averic 23-2 Below

myrrhow &B Belos overflow 26-10 Below

averi 350 Below Overdue

£821.

163 Below

23.3 Bulow

wverfow 15-7 Below

overNow

0.7 Relow

verdow

26.1 Below

Overflow

14.9 Below

15-9 Balowe

overBow

STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND

DECIMALS OF GALLONS.

1920.

1921.

510,17

267.78

1.40

NI

160.13

119.80

1,183.15

туба

6.L7

31.51 4

32.48

1,355.51

1,400.28

Tytam Byewe Tylam-Intermediate?....

Tytan Tukdurmenn 817.00 Woog.net.chDR

ed a dividend of over 1200 %. FRENCH TAX ON FOREIGN BANKS. MID-SCOTLAND SHIP CANAL.

A Bill has been drawn up by M At a meeting of the Convent-

erald, deputy of the Charente, ion of Royal Burghs hold in the|

which provides for the imposition Chambers, City

Edinburgh, recently, a letter was read from of a spacial tax on foreign banks the Secretary for Scotland regard-established in French territory. ing the proposals for the con- AMALGAMATION OF LEAD FIRMS. A scheme is nearing comple- struction of a Forth and Clyde The American Bag will be fly-Ship Canal, in which it was stated Ition for the amalgamation of five examined on the 26th inst. ating on vessels the whole length that in the aggregate that the leading British firms of lead of the navigable waters of the Board of Trade found the 3,500,000 manufacturera, in close associa- tion with the Burma Corporation. Yangtze this year. The Robert tons gross of shipping per annum

LOWER BRITISH STEEL PRICES. Dollar Company has started a would be a generous estimate of

Following the Scottish example, new line of steamers which will the total amount likely to use the travel between Shanghai and canal. The estimate of the Mid Middlesbrough, the great York- shire iron-manufacturing and Hankow. The first of these Scotland Ship Canal Association steamers, the Esther Dollar, will of 12,000,000 tons was thought to shipping centre, is reducing stabl shortly be placed on the run and be much too high. While the prices. The reductions are from

20s to 40s a ton. the Robert Dollar II, a new Board do not feel justified in sup-

CHINESE FAILURES IN SAIGON, steamer, will be started on the porting the proposals on "com.

Chinese papers report bank- upper Yangtzo fun some time mercial grounds, they would be during April of this year.

prepared to receive any reasoned ruptcies among Chinese firms in KOWLOON WATERWORKS LEVEL. estimate which those interested in Saigon to the extent of over

Speculation JAPANESE CASUALTIES.

the scheme might care to submit $8,000,000. Eight motor fishing boats were of the amount of shipping which exchange and rice is reported reported missing off Keelung on it was considered might make use to be the principal cause,

canal. If reasonable! the 6th inst. One was discovered of the

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

Bill of Lading will be counter- signed by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON

& CO. LTD.

Agents. Hongkong, 21st February, 1921.

NOTICE TO.CONSIGNEES.

Cargo "GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS,

having arrived from the above

of ports, Consignees are hereby notified that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed,

LIMITED.

From UNITED KINGDOM, GENOA, COLOMBO

& STRAITS.

The Motorship

"GLENSANDA" Goods not cleared by the 26th Feb. 1921 will be subject to rent. having arrived from the above No claims will be admitted

ports, Consignees of cargo by her after the Goods have left the Go- Dan age packages must be are hereby informed that all downs, and all Goods remaining left in the Ciotowns for examina-goods are being funded at their tion by the Consignees re-risk into the hazardous and/or presentative and the Company's extra liazardous Godowns of the Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf Douglas, at 10 a.. on Wednes-and Godown Co., Lt, whence, All claims against the steamer uy a Saturday. All Claime and/or from the wharves, delivery must be presented to the Under-nust be presented within Ten may be obtained.

days of the steamer's arrival hero, after which date they cannot be No claim will be recognized. admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

signed on or before the 4th prox. or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed, and damag- ed Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be ex- awiued on the 23rd inst, ai 10 a.m.

Goods not cleared by the 38th February 1921 at 5 p.m. will be subject to ront.

at 10 a.m.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be No fire insurance whatever will examined by Messrs. Goddard & be effected..

Douglas, on 28th February, 1931, Claims against the steamer must be presented within Consignees are requested to No Fire Insurance has been send in their Bills of Lading for days of arrival otherwise they

will not be recognized, countersignatures immediately.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any CAS whatever.

Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

JARDINE, MATHESON, Manager.

& CO., LTD.,

Agents. Hongkong, 20th February, 1921. Hongkong, 21st February, 1921.

elfected.

Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Agents.

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA,

Y. YASUDA,

U. 5. MARINE FLEET.

TRADE APPROPRIATION.

Total

1821

Consumption of water in the City and District in milliohe and decimals of gafloat durtog the month of Jan, 2020. Consumpti 192.97 Estimated popul-} 277.800

stion engin

Consumption per] 22.4

Read per day .....

222.91 M. gallons 281.400

24 & Galloni

Constkat supply in all diatrieta during Jan, of both 1920 and 182).

1920,

IDZI.

in

Kowison

Gravlatinin

9.3

2-10

Below Retow Reservoir.. Overdow

uverfew STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS OF GALLONS.

Gravitation Beerevals

1820.

263.02

The U.S. Senate has disapprov- the $450,000 "cut" in the ap- propriations for the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Com- merce Commission and the Tariff Commission. It restored tho original sums in the Sundry Civil Bill, which has passed the House.

to have capsized and two manag-grounds could be given for higher ed to put into Suwo; but the re-estimates of traffic or revenue.ed maining five boats, are missing. the Board would be prepared to The Destroyers Ume and K-examine the question further. sunoki, were despatched from the Pescadores to search for the missing craft. The Kusunoki FRENCH MERCANTILE MARINE, went aground near Kako, owing to the rough sea on th night of the 6th, and the Destroyers Katsura and Kayede were des- patched to her rescue on the following morning. DISCHARGE OF JAPANESH DOCK-

YARD HANDS.

for

Kowloon

1821.

323.56

Consumption of water in Bowtuon la mill long sad decimals of gations during the mootb of Jan.

1926. 182)

41.25 M. gallon

106 (50

Chamption - 47.20 Kotimated popul. 104,750 Coumption peri

32 4 gallunt licad per day 145 The Govermek Arealyst'a roporte nhan ↑ 41 the water is ezenlient quakery.

W. CHATHAM.

Water Authority.

UNIFICATION FO CHINA

LOANS.

That the U. S. Marchant

LONDON WOOL SALE. Marine Floct will lose $25,000,000

At last month's "free" wool for the first half of 1921 is the estimate of an American Ship- sale (following decontrol) there ping man, who also predicted was good Home and Continental that conditions would return to competition, and practically all normal later in the year, when wool offering was sold at about the Government would make a 10 per cent. bolow the roserves in profit with the Fleet. France is to the Government sales. In the

Proposal by the Banks. The Harima Dockyard, which make great efforts to increase her Bradford market there was rather For the sake of reorganizing is under the management of the mercantile marine to a size which more inquiry topmakers, China's national finance, Mr. Suzuki Company, has dismissed will mean less dependence on quotations hardening. Sixty Chang Chia-ao, vice-President of 1,000 employees, nearly one half | foregn shipping.

fours made 51d. to 54d.; cross-the Bank of China, has submitted breds were irregular. of the total number, owing to

memorials and suggestions to the glackness of business and lack of WEAR-SIDE PROSPERITY.

WORLD TRADE REPORT. Government urging the necessity orders. Many of the employees The output of shipbuilding from A Washington message of the for the reorganisation and at the Toba Dockyard have also the Wear yards at Sunderland for 9th inst states-World trade unification of Chinese Domestic been discharged. It is hoped to 1920 is returned as 67 vessels, conditions are little improved at loans, otherwise it is feared that find work for a number of the aggregating 333,335 tons, an in- the beginning of 1921, excepting Chine will not be able to pay discharged men at the Kobe Steel crease on last year of four vessels, in the Scandinavian countries their capital and interest within Works. The dismissed men wore and 14,673 tons. With the and Belgium, where the cost of a few years, in view of the of the given some consolation money, exception of one F. and O. liner, living is lower, Department of deplorable condition the amount varying according to all the vessels are cargo boats. Commerce agonts have reported nation's finance.

Pro- their wages and term of service, Forty of the vessels were built to to the Department here.

The chief suggestion is to pool and in the case of married men the order of foreign firms, chiefly spects are brighter in Great all the loans and permit the travelling expenses

for their Scandinavian, who placed big Britain which is on the verge of Chinese banking group to handle families were also allowed, orders on the Wear at the con-financial improvement. The the pooling on behalf of the There was no disorder at either clusion of the war. Official banks are freer with loans, there Government with full powers. The yard, the men Accepting their returns show that the tonnage of is less speculation, and an in- suggestions are under the con- fate as luveitable and recognizing vessels launched at Belfast during crease in American money in sideration of the Government that the Company had dealt with the year was 116,543, as against vested in dock improvements and will be placed before the them considerately and fairly.

which will encourage shipping. 197,826 last year.

Cabinet Conference shortly.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

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