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ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.,LTD. AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE. "CITY OF BARODA"

(9670 tons d.w..).

The above steamer having accommodation for over 100 Firat Class passengers will be despatched Via Philippines, Straits, Colombo and Suez Canal on 5th November 1926, for NEW YORK whore she is due to strive on 3rd January, 1927. *

For Freight or Passage, apply to

ADMIRAL

THE BANK LINE, LTD.

LINE

ORIENTAL

The fast "Short Route"...

to the United States!

Sailings Every 12 Days Special Through Rates to Europe.

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SEATTLE & VICTORIA

VIA

SHANGHAI-KOBE-YOKOHAMA

S. "PRESIDENT JACKSON".

Aug. 8th, 5.00 p.in. 5.S. "PRESIDENT MCKINLEY" Aug. 19th, 6.00 2.m. S.S. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON" Sept. 1st, 5.00 p.m.

FOR MANILA

S.S. "RESIDENT McKINLEY" Aug. 12th, 5.00 p.m. S.S. "PRESIDENT JEFFERSON" Aug. 24th, 5.00 p.m. S.S. "PRESIDENT GRANT" Sept. 5th, 5.00 p.m.'

EVERY 12 DAYS THEREAFTER." ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE

Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795. No. 4 Des Voeux Road, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor

CANADIAN

EMPRESS ·

!

PACIFIC

EXPRESS

QUICKEST TIME ACROSS THE PACIFIC

17 Days from Hongkong to Vancouver'

LARGEST & FASTEST STEAMSHIPS

Special FARES

£120 £12

to EUROPE

£83

VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER

via SHANGHAI & JAPAN PORTS.

STEAMERS

EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

Thineng Changhal Kobe

LISTO Leave

Aug. 19 Aug. 22 Aug. 25

Tokehame Van'ver Lava Arrivo

Aug. 28 Sept. 6

Sept. 3 Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept. 11 Sept. 20 Sept. 16 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept.25 Oct. 4 Oct. 14 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 23 Nov. L. Oct. 29 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. 15 Mov. Not. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 29

· (E/Asia and E/Russia cull at Nagasaki the day after departure from Shanghai)

HONGKONG-MANILA-HONGKONG-SERVICE

Leave Hongkong

Arriva

malin

Aug. 11 Aug. 13 "Aug, 25

Aug, 27

Pastsungur Department: Freght and Express:

דן

• LANDE.

Hipste

E/ASIA

Aug 24-

E/CANADA Aug, 28

Arrive Hongkong Aug. 16 Aug 30.

Tel. 0, 752.

Caller: "GACANPAC."

Tel. 2, 42.

Gables: NAUTILUS,"

INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd..

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,'

Destination..

STRAITS & Calcutta

HONGAY

HAIPHONG

TIENTSIN

KOBE via Amoy & Moji

TSINGTAU via S'hal

HAIPHONG

CHINKIANG via S'hai

Stedmer.

Sailings.

noon.

Hosang Fri. 6th Aug at 3 pan. Hangsang Satur. 7th Aug at 11 a.m. Mingsung Sun. 8th Aug at 8 a.m. .Chipshing Tues, 10th Aug at noon. Namsang Wed. 11th Aug at Ga.m. Yatabing Wed. 11th Aug at

.Locsang Sun. 15th Aug at 8 a.m. ...YuensangTuos. 17th Aug at noon. Wed. 18th Aug at noon. Kutsong Fri 20th Aug at 7am. ..Cheongshing Sun. 22nd Aug at 7am. Hinsang Tues, 24th Aug.at 2 p.m. .Kumsang Tues 24th Aug at 3 p.m.

Hopsang Wed. 25th Aug at Mausang Wod. 1st Sopt at 2 p.m. ..Fookoang. Wed, 15th Sept at 3 p.m.

TSINGTAU via Shaf...Kwongsang OSAKA S'hai Moji & Kobe TIENTSIN

SANDAKAN

STRAITS & Calcutta

TSINGTAU via S'hai, SANDAKAN

STRAITS & Calcutta

For freight or passage apply to :-

JARDINE MATHESON & CO. ID. Telephone 215, Central

General Managörs

noon.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1928.

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

DES MESSAGERIES. MARITIMES.

Tho Steamship,"

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

WE PASSENGER SERVICES

Marseilles, London R'dam & 'burg Marseilles, London, R'dam & R'burg Marseilles, London, R'dam & Glasgow Marseilles, London, R'dam & H’húrg

LONDON SERVICE, "ADTOLYOUS 10th Apg "ASPHALION" 24th Aug. "SARPEDOME" 8th Supt "HELEN US** 21st Sept. LIVERPOOL SERVICE. "EURYADES" “TELEMACH E8 "ATREUS"

20th Aug. Genoa, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow 20th Sept. Genoa, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow 20th Oct. Gonna, Havro, Tiverpent & Glasgow

PACIFIC SERVICE

la KOBE & YOKOHAMA. TYNDAREUS", "PROTESILAUS

NEW YORK "DEUCALION" "ANTILOONUS"

7th Aug. Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle. 26th Aug. Victoria Vancouver & Seattle.

SERVICE ··

27th Aug, New York, Boston & Raltimore. 10th Sept. New York, Boston & BaltimoID

PASSENGER SERVICE ..

"SARPELON" 4 p.m., qui6th Augnet. for Shanghai.

-SARFEDON

***PATROCLUR”

AN "ENOR" HECTOR"

8th Sept. 20th Oct. 17th Nov.

16th Dec.

Singapore, Maravillos & London. Singapore, Marseilles & London. Singapore, Marseilles & London. Singapore, Marseilles & London.

Also cargo alnumurs with limited pustenger accommodation ar socially reduced ratus.

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For freight and passage rates and information apply to :-

Butterfield & Swire.

Agante.

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"PRESIDENT ARE

LINERS

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK

VIA 'MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ-PORT SAID —ALEXANDRIA - NAPLES GENOA - MARSEILLES Thence o BOSTON and NEW YORK

Fortnightly Sailings

Aug. 17-8.00 a.m. ................ Aug. 31--8.00 a.m. Sept. 14 8.00 a.m.

Pres. Hayes

Pres. Polk...

Pres, Adams

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA HONOLULU KOBE AND YOKOHAMA Fortnightly Sailing's

Pres. Lincoln Pres. Cleveland Prés. Pierca

Aug. 15-12 noon Aug. 29-12 noon Sept. 12-12 noon

Dollar President liner offer you luxurious travel comforts. All staterooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and goaled, by electric fans. They arr furnished with beds (not births), each having an electrin reading lamp Staterooms with private bath predominale, and all have hot and cold running water. The spacious steel swimming Lank is always filled with clean sun-water Decks are brond, and the use of oil-fuel insures their cleanliness, DOLLAR LINE cuisine is world-famous-varied fure prepared under the direction of skilled chefs. Orchestra, music enlivens the voyage. All then travel advantages are yours when you sail on Dollar President liners

Pres. Lincoln

Pres. Hayes

Pres. Cleveland.

will

TO MANILA

Aug. 6-8.00 p.m. ...... Aug. 17-8.00 a.m. Aug. 20-3.00 p.m.

For passenger and freight rates, apply to

Dollar Steamship Line

Bondrong and Shanghai Bank BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR,

delhone: Central 2477, 2478 and 793.

THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd.

..ba

COPENHAGEN,

The M.. S. "SIAM'

loading for Valencio, Marseilles, Bunkirk, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen and other Scandanavian ports. 28th. August 1926.

Further Sailings:- Expected on or Will leave homeward

M.S. "Pork"

MS. "Danmark 8.8. "Kina"

M.S."Asia"'

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about.

,28th July

4th August 12th August 10th September

bound.on or about.

28th September 10th September

6th October

Subject to change without notice.

For further particulars please apply to

JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.

Agents.

LIFE AND I

Ditch As Its Boundary." Thus are (ancient rights preservad; but I think the Woolwich Borough Coun

TEN MILES, FOR TWOPËNCE.cl might repaint the board, and x it up-right in this historic {ditch.

[By C. Lewis Hind.]

On we plodded, and avón a "straw- dinwary thing happened. Daring- I have not been accretive about ly I hailed a postman: advancing, the Kent Boundary. Whenever I towards us on a bicycle Very have time I continue the quest. courteously he stopped,, and I ex- plained our desire to track the Kent One of iny many maps indicates, boundary over the marshes to the

"CAPTAINE FAURE.” Consignees of Carre from Durkirk, Antwerp, Middlesborough, London &

In connection with above Steamor are hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Tren- sure and Valuabies are being landed by a thick red line, the boundary Thames. He informed us that it. and stored at their risk into the between London, Kent and Essex. Wharf and Godown Co Ltd. Kowloon the setting sun; the red line pro-Woolwich Arsenal-admittance for Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon It is as plain as a canal, rosy inns impossible; that the line runa through the vast enclosure of whence delivery may be obtained ceeds to Barking Reach, finding the immediately after landing.

biddon. "But," he added, "if you

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on middle of the river, then suddenly want to reach the Thames you can uniors intimation

is received from the strikes south across Flunetead and climb to the right over the Sower Consignees before 6.00 am. Today Erith Marshes, to Abbey Wood Dyke: it's a fine walk." requesting it to be landed here.

This is the

and Bestall Heath.

orthern Kent Boundary..

Bill of Lading will be countersign- od, Goods remaining unclaimed after Friday the 6th August, 1920, at Noon will be subject to rent and lading charges,

All claims must be sent in to ma on or before the Monday the 9th August, or they will not be recfgnized All damaged packages will be ex- amined on Friday the 9th August,Bridge. The distance, I was in- He just gussed it--a wonderful 1920 at 10.00 am, by Messrs Goddard formed, is, about ten miles, the postmanl A Douglas.

fare twopence.

The high Dyke Sewer is covered No Fire Insuranca has been efected

with grasses and wild flowers. A My companion was a child, aged lark was singing as we walked to- J. LIMAGE, half-past seven, who dances with Cx-wards the Pumping Station-pic Agents citement when he is invited to turesque against a stormy sky. We share in an adventure. Ho look pushed through the fall grasses that ed very small in his black mackin-hide the great brick tunnel. Leave tosh and sou'wester. It began to Nature alone and she will ornament rain as we ascended No. 153.

He stared at us while ho was speaking. Then he said, "Excuse Last week I made the delightful discovery that No. 163 Motor Bus, but are you Mr. Lewis Hind, runs from Swiss Cottage to Abbey and is that Julius Caesar?" Wood, and that I could pick up No. You might have knocked me down 153 at the corner of Westminster with a feather.

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Hongkong July 31, 1928,

LLOYD TRIESTINO NAVIGATION CO.

FROM TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, PORT SAID, MASSAU, ADEN, KARACHI, COLOMBO, PENANG and SINGAPORE.

"ROSANDRA,"

Consignees of Cargo are heroby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kow- Ioon, whenes and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional

Carge will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 4th Augast.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 10th inst. will be subject to rent

All claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 20th inst. or they will not be recognized.

all man's devices."

"Fares, please," said the conduc- To our left ships with red sails tör, interrupting my enjoyment, of were creeping along the curving delight when one is a passenger and den in the wooded hill, were the the silence of the Thames. Oh, the Thames to Erith: to our right, hid-

able to look widely, around. "Fares, ruins of Legenoss Abbey: west- please," repeated the conductor. 1ward, through the enclosure of gathered my wits and sak. "I sup pose this little boy is half-price."

"The fare to Abbey Wood is tup- ponce," remarked the conductor.

"What?" I cried, "ten miles for twopencel You amaze me!"

We had some conversation on the

Woolwich Arsenal, ran the straight London-Kent Boundary Line.

Our mission was accomplished. Proudly we turned back. The rain, lashed, our faces.

We rode inside No. 158-fare tenpence.

Seeking for something to reati, or

subject in which passengers parti-re-read, I took from my pocket a cipated. It seems that the buses and trams to Abbey Wood charge page of "Pusch" for June 2nd, which contains a clever poém-ter hours, that is between ten and four.

fare of twopence within shopping |ribly clever-called "The Wonder

The journey, although proclaim of Wednesday," with references in ing the might of London: is not Mr. Iwistofer. Here is the first it to Julius Caesar, Belinda and

Restheleally exciting, except the view of Greenwich Hospital.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the When we had passed Plumstead 10th inst. at 10 a.m. by our surveyors High-street our spirits rose higher, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been affected Bills of Lading will be signed by,

counter-

DODWELL & CO. LTD, Agents. Hongkong, August 4, 1926,

SWATOW MAILS.

straight, steep hill crowned by very for ahead of a was lovely

green trees-Bostall Wood. The sun burst out, and my companion shout- ed, "The beginning of the .ountry, Mr. Kwistofer," and he ran up and down the bus top until he was captured by a soldier, who tickled him.

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No. 153 was ruthless. It ignor ed Bostall Hill, turned to the left, and soon we reached Abbey Wood

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"Every Wednesday some obscure

compulsion

Urges me my soul-thirst' to

"assunge

With the bland, beneficent emul-

Bion

Furnished on "The Chronicle'a'

best page:

And, the sacred sheet before me.

spreading,

All my concentration I apply To the article that bears the

heading,

Grandly comprehensive, 'Life

And

NAVAL AID FOR FOREIGNERS: forlorn little street ending In In the last stanza the "Punch” · a level crossing. Beyond the rail-post wonders what will happen to Peking, August 5.

way a straight road runs Thames.Julius Caesar "If, and when, he News from Swatow is to the the marshes.

ward. We set our faces toward ever goes to school." effect that the Canton postal strike has spread to Swatow, but naval over his back passed us.

A man with his tool-bag elung ja about to be moved into a higher co-operation between the foreign dressed him. Yes, we were in the that there is nothing of the pet I ad- class, and his school reports show naval commanders there is ensur-, London-Kent boundary road. He lamb in him.

"

Well, he is at school, and ha

ing that foreigners get their letters added, "A little farther on is a And he is beginning to direct his without Interruption.

board in a ditch with some writ-life. Mails are being brought to ing about the boundary on it." When we returned from the Swatow by gunboats and landed:

It is a dirty, battere board, and Abbey Wood expedition" he said to by marines.

the lettering is almost obliterated, me, fr. Kwistofer, may I take off On the other hand, the Chinese but I managed to decipher this-my shoes, and lie on your bed, residents are entirely cut off from "Woolwich Borough Council. The enuse I want to tell myself a story outside by post-Router.

Council Claims The Centre Of This about our mazing 'ventures?"

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "MANIFESTO," HONGKONG

Codes Used Al, A.B.C. Fifth Edition, Engineering. First and Second Edition, Western Union and Watkins.

Dock Owners, Ship Builders, Marine and Land Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Iron

Brass Founders. Force Muster, Electricians,

T. S. S. "SIANG WO Passenger & Carga River Steamer, built and engined at

ab Kowloon Dook, by the Hongkong and Whampon Dook Co., Ltd., to the order of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for service on the Middle Yangtze, Hankow-Ichang.

Please address onquiries to the Chief Manager

B. M. DYER, B. Se, M.IN.A., Kowloon Dook, Hongkong.

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