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THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE

́REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

· PASSENGER SERVICES.

LONDON

**ANCHISES" 22nd Joan **LAOMEDON” 13th July ** MENTOR" 19th July "TEUCER" 11th Aug. “TEIRESIAS" 16th Aug.

SERVICE

(Direct)

London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Antwerp & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London, Rotterdam & Hamburg London, Amsterdam & Antwerp

LIVERPOOL

SERVICE

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

THE HONGKONGS TELEGRAPH.

-MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1991,

Then it entered into a contract your ago with chartered ships. with, Mosorn, JH, W. Steels | Has built two ships since than Galveston, whersby it shares in | (together 11,000 tona), and thres the Cuban and Mexican services. Fothers will soon be ready. Following that it reached an So the smaller concerns are agreement - with Mošars. Alfred | following the example of their Holt and Co. Liverpool; another bigger brethren!

with the Ellerman and Bucknall BID FOR S. AMERICAN TRADE, Steamship Company, London; German shipping firms are and a fifth with the Nippon Yusen making particularly determined Kalshs Co. Tokio. (The N. G. Lefforts in the direction of con- will look after the Tokio concern'squering the South American interests in Europe.)

BUSY IN BALTIC PORTS,

In addition, it is busy in Baltic parts, has a big tug service,

numerous travel bureaux and an

air service. In spite if its great war losses, it paid 8 per cent, both in 1919 and 1930. In the latter year its net `profits amounted to M34,000,000,

The Hamburg-America Line

trado. Herr Stinnes' shipping interests are almost exclusively concentrated on that outlet. Ha is runnig three ships regularis, including the Hindenburg and Ludendorf, both of 12,000 tons.

The Hamburg-America Line the North German Lloyd (with two new vessels, the Vegesack Aud the Bremerhaven) the Kosmos Line and the Artus Co. all have regular services running

**EURYDAMAS " 10th July Genos, Barcelona & Liverpool "YANOTSZE " ** AGAMEMNON" **EURYPYLUS""

13th July M'lles, Havre, L'pool & G'gow (capital M£230,000,000) is another to that great and important sub-

28th July Genos, Liverpool & Glasgow

5th Aug. Genos, Marseilles & Liverpool PACIFIC SERVICE (via Kobe and Yokohama)

"TYNDAREUS " 6th July "PROTESILAUS " "IXION"

NEW

DEUCALION"

3:1 Aug.

24th Aug.

}

YORK

Victoria, Seattle & Vancouver'

SERVICE

(via Suez or Panama)

HOMEWARD PASSENGER SERVICE

3rd July.

"ANCHISES”* ·

22nd June

"MENTOR" "TEIRESIAS "*

19 July

16th Aug.

30th Aug.

**ASCANIUS"

via Suez

for London

for Loadog

for London

for Liverpoo!

For Freight and all Information Apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

THE GERMAN MERCANTILE

MARINE.

AGENTS,

example of the remarkable posi- tion of the German shipping concerns, notwithstanding the tremandonsly heavy blow dealt them by the war and the Treaty

of Versailles.

The recent increase of M. 150,- |000,000 in its capital was mainly for the purpose of enabling it to carry out an extensive scheme of

exchange of shares with other concerns in the cass of the Hamburg-South America Line alone this will involve as much

as M. 20,000,000. This policy brings about a form of working

agreement and Control.

degree of

The company's agreement with the Ker: Line (by which the Hamburg-USA. and the Ham burg-River Plate services are tsken up again) "led to a much more important agreement with the Harriman concern. Like the N.G.L., the Hamburg-America

Line, the main trading "territory" of which is the west coast of South | also works with Mesars. Holt and America, and which, by its agree Messrs. Ellerman and Back- mant with the German-Australian | mall. Line, shares in Pacific trade.

The Hamburg-America Line Plans for its Restoration. The Henckel von. Donners-lost nearly 1,250,000 tons of ship- mark Upper Silesian mining ping as a result of the war, and it The Hamburg correspondent concern and the big Phoenix coal non employs 3,500 men instead of the Daily Chrowite.supplies and iron trust are both going to of 22,000 in 1914. But it has some remarkable particulars of acquire large shipbuilding in-been very carefully managed. Germany's plans to establish her terests. Thus the question of the and every opportunity for doing shipping industry.

supply of raw material will be any kind of business has been After outlining the general come less serious.

taken advantage of; and the conditions, the correspondent pro- Then there is the subject of the result is that its losses from ceeds:

future policy of the great com-1914 to 1918 only amounted to panies. Here the "mot d'ordre," | M.237,266. too, is combination of far-reach- In 1919 it made a net profit of ing agreements between great M.21,640,000, and paid a dividend shipping interests.

of 8 per cent, on M.180,000,000. of capital; in 1920 jts profits wero 17,149,000, and its dividend again 8 per cent.

Everywhere I saw a good deal of building activity. The Weser, from which 47 per cent. of Germany's new ships came in the period of 1909-13, is beginning to look something like her old self again.

f learn that a very close working arrangement between the Hamburg-America and the North German Lloyd

It is rapidly extending its in-

it

continent.

Tha. Levant, Turkey and the Black Sea are also regarded in shipping circles as highly impor fant The Hamburg-America's Levant Lice has two new ships, the Abessinia and the Alex- andria, in service in these parts.

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well as several chartered, steamers. The Solman Line has, too a number of vessels engaged in trade in that part of the world.

Everywhere you look you sea clear evidences of energy and

determination. "We

аге

apt

pessimistic; we are determined"

said the head of the North Ger- man Lloyd recently; and that saying you hear echoed through- out the German ports.

Here, too, Germany is going to put up a big fight.

I append some interesting ship- ping company results and noti- fications of increased capital:-

Contiacatal

“The Gathering of the Clan.”

From the original Painting on the mansion of the Pregraduen of the James "PDC Suština piata of Haben Lanezu

Messrs. PETER DAWSON, Ltd.,

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

SHIPPING NEWS.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE ADMIRAL LINE.

JAPANESE SUBMARINES. Seven Japanese submarines bave started on a voyage of more. than 6,000 miles, the longest Dividend. single tap of which will be about 1919 1920 1,700 miles, going from Japan to The Steamship Per Per the Marshall and Caroline Islande cent, cent.and return.

6 ... 11

8..

12

Shipping Co., Hamburg Neptune Shipbuilding

Yards, Rostock Silesian Shipping Co.-

Bremen Lloyd Hamburg-South Ameri-

ca Steamship Line... 16 German East Africa

Line Oldenburg Portugual

Steamship Co. Riza-Lubeck Steamship

Co. Lower Weser Tag. Co.

Bremeb

Bugsier Steamship Co.

Hamburgd.

I found the big Weser Company employing nearly 12,000 men and is one of the early and importan:terests in all directions. It bas building 23 ships, passenger and possibilities of the situation. At agreements with ship machine freight vessels, for the North the recent general meeting of the building concerns, air companies German Lloyd, the Neptune and Hamburg-America Line, Herrand travel organisationS; Hansa Lines. The Horn Co., of Cuno referred quite pointedly to fowns hotels; is interested in Lubeck, bas just launched its the need for and possibility of marine insurance companies, and Argo Steamship Co. first postwar ship the Horacap, such a development

has acquired the German Lovant Neptun Steamship Co., With a carrying capacity of

Bremen Line, which is worth M.30,000,000. 4,150 tons.

Here are some details of other Dantzig Shipping Co.. The Vulcan Works at Vege- Already the two companies important companies:- Back, near Bremen, are just finish have agreements with the same The Neptune Line.-Capital ing two abips, the Bayern and the foreign firms. The Hamburg-M.15,000,000. Had 76 vessels Wurtemberg, each of 12,000 toos, | America, too, is running a regular | (55 713 tous) in 1914; bas row 43 for the Hamburg-America's South West and East Africa and Cape (29.658 tons) in service, mostly American service.

service in conjunction with the chartered. Trades mainly with Hamburg-Bremen Africa Line, Spain.

Three other similar ships have been begun, and at the Deutschs Werkt in Hamburg there is the Niederwald. 7,350 tons, nearly ready for the same service.

to

AFRICAN SERVICE.

freight

New

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"PAWLET"

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE ADMIRAL LINE. The Steamship

ELDRIDGE" having arrived fromSeattle, Wash.. via per a on 17th inst. Consignees ♬ are hereby notified that their car- go is being landed at their riak Into the Godowns of The Hon Shan Godown Co. 16 & 17 Kan- Inedy Town, Praya, Hoogkong,

Consignees of cargo must pro- duce an Import Permit signed by the Superintendent of Imports & Exports, Hongkong, before Bulsa of Lading will be countersigned.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPYARDS. having arrived from Portland. The first overseas steamer built Ore. via ports, ou 17th inst..and stored at Consignees' risk. by the State was recently launch-consignees are hereby notified 1ed with great ceremonial. It is that their cargo is being landed at of 6,600 tons, and one of several their risk into the Godowns of ordered by the Federal Govern- The Hon Shan Godown Co., ment The Minister in charge 16 & 17 Kennedy Town Praya, 16 of ship construction in a message Hongkong and stored at con-

said that unless there is industrial signee's risk. 20 harmony the cost of building

Consignees of cargo roust pro- ships in Australis must so adduce an Import permit signed by vance that it will prove impossible the Superintendent of Imports to continue the industry, which and Exports, Hongkong, before is now on trial. So far 12 ships Bills of Lading will be counter- have been launched.

signed. TRAINING SHIP FOR OFFICERS,

10

20

20.

20

25

25

30

30

(on 6 mil.

(on 21 mil,'

capital),

capital), & FEE

The big five-master Kobenhavn, 20 which

30

25

30

40

Messrs. Ramage and Ferguson launched at Leith re- cently for the East Asiatic Com- pany, will be fine picture when she is finished. with her towering steel masts (190-it. in beight), and great steel yards (the lower yards are 90-ft in length), and her spread of 55,000 sq. of American 70.150 cotton. She is 390-ft. in length, Capital in-49-ft. in beem. 28-1. 7-in. in creased in depth, moulded, and of over 5,000

million

toos dw. Her lower mast, with- marks. out rigging, weighs 16 tons, her From To topmast

64 tous. and her topgallant mast 4 tons. She will be used as a training ship for officers.

44.1996

...96...1514

50

KRYPTOK LENSES

Neptun Shipping Co.,

Breman

... 6 ... 12 the Woermann Line (in The Hamburg-Bremen Africa L. Frerichs and Co which Here Stinues is interest-Line.-Losi 11 of its 12 ships a

(Ship and machine ed and the German East result of the war. Has now four

builders) Africa Line. There are numerous ships running on its three African

Shipping Co., The Vulcan Works, by the way. other such agreements, and they services, already mentioned, ong

Stettin

are the most perfect double focus made a profit of M.1,345,000 in are obviously only a beginning. of them being the Winfried, of Hamburg-South Ameri- 1912 (dividend 8 per cent.), and Let me now refer individually 6,000 tons carrying capacity, the

ca Steamship Co. ...30

glasses for both reading and dis- of M.2,071,000 in 1920 (dividend to some of the most important first passenger

tani. In the ordinary bifocal In addition to these, as already and 12 per cent). M.6,000,000 is to be shipping companies, so that the steamer to come into service after mentioned, there is the capital lens. the segment or

part for devoted during the coming year position may be more clearly the handing over of the mercan- increase, M.100,000,000, of the reading is comented to the dis- tant lens, raising the segment the renewal and modern- indicated.

tile feet. Two more ships of the Hamburg-America Lioe. Seven abore the surface of the mala isation of machinery. etc. The North German Lloyd, same size are nearly ready.

new shipping companies were lens. The segment and the line "The business of the Bremen, immediately after the The Roland Line-Capitalformed last year with a total year has been quite brisk," says war, set about its plans for M.21.000.000, as compared with capital of M.7,500,000, while 15 of union are always more or less the anual report, and much resumption of some of the 49 M.2,000,000 in 1914. Bafore the companies, not including any of noticeable. In Kryptok lens, no repairing work was done, includ-services is used to run. It first war: 20 ships (200,000 tons): those mentioned, called for and cement is used, but the reading ing some from England!"

The Vulcan Works is a branch United States Mailship Co. of Trade chiedy with the west coast capital.

10 ships (22,000 tons), obtained .123,000,000, of fresh segment is electrically fused in a depression in the main leas, while the whole lens is ground of the Thyssen Trust, and it is New York, by which it be of South America. Three new

smooth on both sides to the desir- interesting to note to what an came that company's agent ships, each of 6,300 tons, will be

ed focus. Kryptok lenses of any extent the big industrials are for Central Egrope, a very ready this year for that service.

prescription in either regular or interested in shipping. Herr lucrative agency; and, by the Hansa Line-In 1914, with 70 He had got over his shortage Toric form are manufactured by Stinnes has his own big company. agreement, it will, too, put 18 ships (350,000 tons), was Ger- of room 'dinculties, said a witthe Hongkong Optical Co., Suc- The important West German cwn ships, to the extent of 200,000 many's biggest purely freight mess in Bow County Court yestercessors to Clark & Co., Optical mining concern. the bothringertons, on the New York, Boston, concern. Capital M.60,000. Be day. by sleeping his children Prescription Specialists, located Gewerkschaft (the Funke Group), Baltimore, and South American gan its trade with India about e "ship's-bunk” fashion.

| 53, Queen's Road Central. has acquired the Kosmos Shipping services.

came to an agreement with the now

SLEEPING "SHIP'S-BUNK"

FASHION,

All broken, chafed and damaged cargo is to be left in the Godowas where it will be examined a: 10 am on 24th inst. by the Co's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas..

All claims must be presented within thirty days of the steamer's arrival here, after which they cannot be recognized. No claim will be recognized after the goods have left the Godowns, and cargo undelivered on and after 24th inst. will be subject to rent.

No fire insurance whatever will be effected.

Consignces are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for. countersignature immediately,

PACIFIC S.S, CO., Gnited States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Managing Agents. The Admiral Line. 5th Floor Hotel Mansions.

Hongkong, 17th June, 1971.

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All broken, chafed and dam. aged cargo is to be left in the godowns, where it will be ex- amined at 10a.m. on 24th inst.a by the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas,

All claims must be presented; within thirty days of the steamer's arrival here after which they can- not be recognized.

No Claims will be recognized after the goods have left the Go downs, and cargo undelivered out and after 24th inst. will beð subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance whatever. will be effected.

Consignees aro, requested to send in their Bills of Lading for Counter-signature immediately.

PACIFIC S. 8. CO., United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporationą Managing Agents, The Admiral Line. 5th Floor Hotel Mansiona Hongkong. 17th June, 1921

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IS THIS YOU

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SAY, POP, WIEL YOU BRING HOME SÜME GOLDFISH

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