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THE HONGKONG

MONDAY: FEBRUARY 28, 1921.

TELEGRAPH.

NEWS AND VIEWS.

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. "NINGCHOW" 26th Mar. 44 KEEMUN N"

SERVICE

(Direct)

Amsterdam, London & Antwerp London, Amsterdam & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Amsterdam & Hamburg 5th Apr. London, Amsterdam & Antwerp LIVERPOOL

** ACHILLES"

** TELAMON"

SERVICE

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

"KT. of the GARTER" "'IDOMENEUS"

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

29th Mar. Genos, Milles, L'pool & G'gow 12th Apr. Havre & Liverpool.

PACIFIC SERVICE (via Kobe and Yokohama)

"TALTHYBIUS" 16th Mar. 6th Apr. *** TYNDAREUS " "PROTESILAUS" 4th May

NEW

"BURYPYLUS "*"

YORK

Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma and

Vancouver

SERVICE

(via Suez or Panama)

2nd March

via Suez

ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN

KOWLOON.

HARBOUR REPAIRS Call Flag "L"

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

Works Manager...

Secretary

Tel. K.21.

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K.329.

K369.

K.28.

Harbour Engineer, Telograms SEYBOURNE."

CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

"KOREA MARU." From SAN FRANCISCO vin

HONOLULU, JAPAN PORTS & MANILA.

HOMEWARD PASSENGER SERVICE ing arrived

"TEIRESIAS "

1st March 11th March

"'STENTOR"

"IDOMENEUS"

"PYRRHUS"

ANCHISES"

**TEIRESIAS "

12th April

3rd May

10th June

7th July

for London for Loudon

for Liverpool for London. for Liverpool for London

For Freight and all Information Apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From UNITED KINGDOM, GENOA, COLOMBO

& STRAITS.

The Motorship

"GLENSANDA".

having arrived from the above porte, Consignees of cargo by her Are hereby informed that all goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, whence, and/or from the wharves, delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared by the 28th February 1921 at 5 pan. will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined by Messrs, Goddard & Douglas, on 28th February, 1921, at 10 am. Claims against the steamer must be presented within 30 days of arrival otherwise they will not be recognized.

AGENTS.

CONSIGNEES.

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE

SCHEEPVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ

Company.)

HOLLAND-009T AZIE LIJN. (HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE.)

"You may be doctors; I'm an actress It's an art with me- not to say business. Freak, break, break!" And the doctors broke.

Dunder Advertiser.

Miss Ruth Gordon, loading woman in the company playing Booth Tarkington's "Seventeen," spent Christmas in hospital, with both legs broken-but she is asking no sympathy. Ruth had legs broken purposely. They are to be carefully reset with the outward curvo eliminated. To be frank, Ruth used to be bow- legged..

One might almost call Dofos a ene-book author, for what of all the amount he wrote do we recall beyond Robinson Crusoe"? Cervantes's "Don Quixote " also stands alone. Mrs. Beecher Stowe wrote many books, but nothing equal to "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Thomas Day was certainly a onebook man with "Sandford and Merton." and what else did Honry Cockton write hesiden "Valentino Vox "?

Scottish

ATTENTION LADIES !

OUR FRENCH AGENTS HAVE JUST SENT US A SHIPMENT OF

PERFUMES & TOILET WATERS

OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

ALL WELL KNOWN BRANDS ARE REPRESENTED.

MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICE.

THE SINCERE COMPANY, LTD.

SHIPPING NEWS.

KOBE CUSTOMS RETURNS.

Returns for Koba Customs January show a remarkable con- trast with January of last year, the total trade having fallen off more than one-half, the exports showing the greater decline.

FIUME RETURNING TO

NORMAL..

SHIPPING.

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE SCHEEPVAART

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(United Netherlands Navigation Company)

HOLLAND-OOST AZIE LIJN

(Holland East Asia Line)

(Members of the Straits, China and Japan Conferences.)

Regular monthly serv co between

The above named Steamer hav-

A distinguished on Saturday, the

An indication that the port of 26th Feb., 1921, consignees of Orientalist has passed away in carga are hereby notified to pro- the death of Rav. Dr James sent thoir Bills of Lading for Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Fiume is getting back to normal countersignature, and take im- of Hebrew and Oriental Langua is the statement that the Lloyd mediate delivery from alongside gee in Clasgow University, whoseTriestino S.N. Co. can now accept

bills of lading. steater or the Company's Go-death occurred at his residence, cargo for that port on through down, whore all cargo impeding 161 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh. immediate discharge will be land. Professor Robertson, who was in

his 81st year, was a native of With the opening of Harland od at consignee's risk.

Steamers Loading Storage will be assessed on Alyth. The first 13 years of his & Wolff's ship-repairing estab remaining undelivered ministerial career were spont inlishment on the Thames, it is

March Re-expected that the port of London TJIMANOEK after Saturday the 5th March, Constantinople and Syria.

April ALDERAMIN turning to Scotland in 1875 he will become an even more im- 1921.

was for two years minister of portant terminal port for shipping BOEROE

Edinburgh. Ithan it is now. Church, Mayfield Professor Robertson was appoint-

cargo

No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.

THAMES ENTERPRISE.

REPATRIATED CHINESE

and

Japan ports, Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila Amsterdam, Rollerdam, and Hamburg, Bremen

For

Sailing Rotterdam & Hamburg | 15th Mar. Amsterdam & Hamburg 10th April. Amsterdam & Hamburg 20th May. Rotterdam & Hamburg 20th June. Amsterdam & Hamburg 20th July.

ALCOR

May

June

July

JAVA CHINA JAPAN LYN

General Agents,

All broken, chafed and damaged packages will be landed into the Company's Godowns, where same

The Melbourne (Australia) For full particulars please apply to will be examined on Tuesdayed to the Hebrow Chair in Glas-MELBOURNE HARBOUR CHARGES. ALCHIBA

gow Unviversity in 1877.

Harbour Trust has decided to the 8th March, 1921, at 11 a.m.

No Claims will be recognised after the goods have left the The piper whose pipes captured raise the wharfage and other steamer or Godown, and nous in a Sinn Fein row in London-charges from 2s. 6d, and 3s. 4d. (United Netherlands Navigation will be entertained if presented derry, after a severe struggle to a flat rate of 5s. per ton.

later than

three weeks after may find himself in a parlous Special lines will be charged for

position if precedent is to be at the rate of 2s. 6d. per ton. arrival of steamer.

followed. Without having been

LABOURERS. actively engaged in any seditious

The M. M. Porthos, which enterprise, a Scottish piper James Reid by name was arrested and arrived at Shanghai the other Hongkong, 26th February, 1921.tried at York in 1746 for merely day, brought back to China 700 being the possessor of a hagpipe. Chinese labourers who served on He was charged with high trea-the Western front and son, the case for the prosecution incapacitated through illness. being that as "no Highland regi-

INDIAN GOVERMENT VESSELS AND PORT DUES. ment ever marched without a pipor, therefore his bagpipe, in Indian and Ceylon Chambers the eyo of the law, was an instru- of Commerce are prótesting to ment of war," The judge seems the Indian Government in refer to have agreed with this reason.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

From HAMBURG, AMSTER- DAM, LA ROCHELLO PALICE, LISBON, GENOA and SINGAPORE.

Tho Steamship

"ALDERAMIN"

having arrived from the above ports, consignees of cargo by her are notified that all goods are being lauded at their risk into hazardous and/or extra- the hazardous godowns of the Hong- Wharf & king & Kowloon Godown" Co. Ltd., whonce and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared by the 4th, March, 1921 will he subject to rent..

All-broken, chafed and damaged packages are to-be left in the godowns, where they will be the 3rd March. examined on

10 a.m. by Messrs. 1921 Goddard & Douglas,

at

Claims against the steamer must be presented in writing within ten days after arrival of

No Fire Insurance will be steamer, otherwise they will not effected by us in any

whatever.

сано

be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be

Bille of Lading will be counter-effected by the undersigned in any

case whatever. signed by

Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by

JARDINE, MATHESON,

& CO., LTD..

Agents..

Hongkong, 21st February, 1921.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,

General Agents. Hongkong, 26th February, 1921.

Y. TSUTSUMI,

Manager.

WATER RETURN.

Level and Storeage of water in Reservoirs on Feb. 1, 1921. CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER

WORKS LEVEL.

Tylko Tyłam

Iyash Tytan Inter

medinte*** Tylan Tuk..... Wook nel

chun ak

Peatulon

1920.

9.3 Delo

uverflow 23-2 below

wverflow 6.8 ::: overflow 25-10. Below

55-0 B

aver Gow 14-0 Bl

Titer

1921

16.2 Heluw Overton 28.3 11

WONT TW 17 Be

verdw S.7 Betr vertter

26-1 Belaye overtow IC. Reise OV/EHU STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS OF GALLONS.

Tytam

Tytam Bycwnsd|y

Pets itermediale... Tytan Tuk

Wong-chung------

Pokitu

Total

were

ing, for the unfortunate-piper was ence to their failure to pay port dues on vessels not falling under sentenced to death. Reid's of the category of warships or ecution at York is recorded in

troopships. the Culedonian Mercury as having been carried out on Novembar, 6, 1746.

York Building.

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Royal Packet Navigation Co. of Batavia) THE STEAMSHIP;

"VAN CLOON"

will be despatched to

Singapore and Belawan Deli.

on the 2nd March.

This vessel offers excellent cabin-accommodation for saloon passengers.

:

Wireless Telegraphy.

For freight and passage apply to:

Telephone No. 1574.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LYN,

Agents,

FIREARMS ACT. Under the Firearms Act, which has recently been passed, a per- The active spirits among the son arriving in Great Britain in Communiste in the United King-possession of firearms or am- dom have (says a Labour corres-munition should, immediately on pondent) decided on a "big push" taking his residence, apply to theping (wireless tegraphy) Rules, complication to the situation is 1.1985 with the object of using the un-nearest police station for a fire-1920, the Board of Trade point the fact that the Cuban Govern

employment question as a means arm certificate.

1920 SIC. 47 GC

1921 257.76

Nil

160.18

17.00

1.98

$1.51

1,355 54

64.7

32.46

1.668.29

Concumplien of water in the City and Hits Distel in millions and decimals of galloar during the month of Jan.

1920. Consumption 193.07 Existed popal 277.800

ation .....

22 4 Consumption pert bead per day... Constant supply in all Jan. of both 1926 and 1821.

1926. 9-3 Betow

1921

222.91 M. gallon

201.403

25 5 districte

1931.

2-10 Hetow

Howloon

Gravitation

orer dow

overfc Reservoir....

STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS OF GALLONS,

and not from mid-day.

SHANGHAI TONNAGE. An indication of the amount of shipping visiting Shanghai may be gathered from the fact that

on February 14, 136 merchant vessels, whose tonnage aggregat

the country of Chinose labourers, there being many Chinese out of employment already, owing to trade depression prevailing.

NARRATIVE OF A MANILA WRECK.

out that the time referred to is ment has declared an embargo of embarrassing the Government, N. Y. K. DOES NOT WANT EX-time commencting from midnight against the further admission to

OERMAN LINER. and it is clear from reports

The latest report regarding the reaching the Government and the. national leaders or Labour that ex-German liner Cap Finisterro there is now considerable under-states that the N. Y. K refuses.

tho amoug ground activity Usilon unemployed with the object of to take over the vessel unless a

A report from Manila states turluggiving effect to this intention. subsidy is givon, on the ground During the last few days speakers that she is too expensive to

maintain.

ed 191,000, were in port, in addi- that thirty-three women and KOWLOON WATERWORKS LEVEL. of the Communist Party through.

TO OPERATE ON COMPETITIVE

lion to soveteen men-of-war of children, who perished in the wreck of the Felicidad, a coast- out the country have been laying

BASIS.

Įvarious descriptions, making a stress on the importance of the

The U. S. Shipping Board total of 153 vessels, states ing vessel off north Luzon, were unemployed question, and have

forced to jump into the sea by been urging the workers affected announces that the Japanese Shipping and Engineering.

the captain of the ship for the to fake immediate steps to force Shipping Companies have decided

purpose of lightening the vessel, the Government to action. Some to withdraw from the Trans-

A large number of Chinese according to the sworn statement of the more enthusiastic of the Pacific Rate Conference, on the Communist leaders declare openly ground that they find it necessary emigrants to Cuba, on board the of relatives of the victims. The operate on a competitive Russian Volunteer Fleets. Penza, affidavit declares that many that they have hopes of bringing to

which left Macao about five were dashed up against the coral ex-basis. about the unememployed

DEFINITION OF "OREENWICH weeks ago, were attacked by a reefs, and others were drowned Service men into conflict with

when the vessel outright. The bodies of six wo- fever, and MEAN TIME." the Government, and plane are

As some doubt has arisen as arrived at Honolulu the patients men and one child have been to be in a recovered. The captain and four The Government Analyst's reports show being laid for organising demon-

strations of the workless through to the meaning of the term were reported out the country in the hope of "Greenwich Mean Time" in the pitiable condition owing to lack men are the sole survivors of the

Schedule to the Merchant Ship-of sufficient supplies. A further disaster. provoking trouble,

1320

1021. Howtosa

323.56 Gravitation 263.02 Flearrvoir Consumption of water is Kowloon in mill-

and decimals of gelions during the meath

at Jan,

1020 Censumption 47.29 Melinated popul

sion 104,750

Consumption per 14.5

Boad per day

the water i ezoellent quality

121.

41.25 H. gations

106.560

12.4

gallons

W. CHATHAM.

Water Authority.

EMIGRANTS TO CUBA.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?

That Clears the Mystery

BY BLOSSER.

WHAT ARE

SlUCKS!

"THAT'S

YOU LOOKING

FOR?

FOR WHAT I LOST

YEAH

FUNNY!

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