1934-01-18 — Page 11

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HONGKONG CRAFT

WRECKED

VOYAGE TO- FIJI MEETS DISASTER

Pounded into a total wreek on the

Quoted breakwater at Zamboanga, Philip-

EMPRESS OF BRITAIN

THE WORLD'S WONDER SHIP Size Speed Space

Itinerary from Hong Kong--March 21st for Shanghai, Chinwangtae (Felping), Kobe, from Yokohama, April 11th visiting Honolulu. Hiio, San Francisco April 20, Los Angeles (San Pedro), Balboa, Cristobal, Havana, New York May 14, thence to Cherbourg arriving Southampton May 21st

NOV

Diekmeze

OR

TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS

Kobe Yokohama !Jonolulu LeBro Lekve

Leave

Feb. 6. Feb a

VanDOUCET

THURSDAY

JANUARY 18, 1934.

BANKS.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF BANKING CORPORATION, INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

*

****$$0.806,900

...26.240.000 ....10,000,000

pine Islands, during a fierce typhoon, Authorised Capital ...... was the fate of the sturdy 40-font used and Pully Paid-up ...................... to.064.460 Hongkong-built craft Tiene China, according to word just received here. The craft wa

Sterling Silves

was on an adventurous 7,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietora. 639,000,000 mile voyage to. Fiji when the wreck occurred. The master, Captain L. Kingdom, and members of the crew word rescued.

BEAD-OFFICE)-DONGKONG

DOARD OF DIRECTORS. T. E. Pearos, Esq. Chairman.

T. . . Shaw, Esq..

· Deputy : Chairman."

The Tlene Chinn was a 'small Euro- pean-type craft, Chinese rigged. She was built in the Celon by the Kwong Fat Shipbuilding Company for Cap. I. Dell, Esq. tain L. Kingdom, well-known merca A. 1. Compton, Esq. tile marine officer on the China Coast, B. 11. Dodwell. Eat. who proposed to make the 7.000-mile ton, Mr. C. 6. 8, voyago to Tonga, Fiji Islands. Tho crew for the Voyage were two Samona wamen, one of them being accom

| panlod by her son.

Leaving Hongkong towards the end

Mackie.

0. Makin, Ex.

Hon. Mr. J. J.

Paterson.

J. A. Plummer,

V. M. GRAYBURN, E. CHIEF MANAGER

of November, the Tiene China sot a course for the Philippines with the AMOY intention of proceeding through the BANGKOK

BATAVIA Mindoro Strait to the Sulu Sea; then the Philippines by way of the Basilian CALCUTTA calling at Zamboanga, and leaving BOMBAY

Strait Her nronaned course

after CANTON leaving the Philippines was through CUEFOO the East Indies. nerows the northern COLOMBO Kean of Alands.

and so on to the DAINEN

TOOCHOW

South Sea

to

Daring her voyage from Hongkong HAIPHONG the northern part of the Philippines HAMBURG the Tiene China met stormy weather, HANKOW.

delayed her samo Ume. but HARDIN

Victoria Whle

Arrive

Feb. 17 clock the Philippines the weather HONOKEW

Dong Rong Shanghai Nagaraki'

Arrive Empr. of Russia ...Jan. 31 · Feb. 2 Feb. 4

and she made good passage | ILOILO Empr. of Japan ...Fob. 13 Feb. 15

Feb. 18 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Mar, 3 However, after entering the Mindoro roz Empr. of Asia ...Feb 22 Feb. 24 Feb. 26 Feb. 23 Mar. 3

Mar. 11 Strait, and when about 30 miles from sonONE Emur of Canada.......Mfør. V° Mar. 11

Mar.14-Mar. 16 Mar. 23 Mar. 28 Zamboanga, she was becalmed and it Kope Empr. of Rumio ... Mar. 23 · Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 29 Mar. 31

Apr. 9 took her over six days to make the jROWLOON Empr. of Japan. „Apt. 6 Apr. 0

Apr. 11 Apr. 13 Apr. 19 Apt. 24 anchorage at the port. TO MANILA

The Typhoon.

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

Jan. 19.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

Telophonca: Passonger 20752,

Freight 20042.

Canton Agents: JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.

ENY.K

San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

Taiyo Maru

Chichibu Maru

Tatauta Maru

Seattle & Vancouver.

Tues., 23rd Jan, at midnight ..Wed., 7th Feb, at 10 a.mi. Wed., 21st Feb. at 10 a.m.

*

Holan Maru (Starts from Kobe). Fri., 22nd Jan. Hikawa Maru (starts from Koba) Sat., 3rd Feb. London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam via

Singapore, Penang. Colombo & Suez.

Hakusan Maru

..Sat., 20th Jan.

Sat., 3rd Feb. ..Sat, 17th Feb.

Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.

Haruna Maru

Katori Maru

Kama Mara

Kitano Maru

Sat., 27th Jan, ..Sat., 24th Feb.

Bombay via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

*Mayobashi Maru

Hakodate Maru

Mon., 29th Jan. Tues., 6th Feb. South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

~Los Angeles; Mexico & Panama.

.Mon,, 26th Feb.

Fri., 23rd Feb.

Bokuyo Maru

New York via Panama.

*Asuka -Maru

Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus,

Genoa & Valencia.

*Delagon Maru.

· Thurs., 15th Feb.

...Mon., 29th Jan.

Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

"Penang Maru

*Muroran Maru

Shanghai, Kabe & Yokohams,

Kashima Maru ··

"Genda Maru (Mojí direct)

Yasukuni Maru

*Cargo only.

Thurs., 8th Feb.

Sat., 20th Jan.

Sat., 20th Jan. ..Wed., 31st Jan.

For further Information apply to:-

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FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, £76 RETURN

STEAMER CHANGTE

,, LONDON (via Australia) from £128,15.0 (Australian Newspapers on Ale).

Due H'Heng Leaves H'Kong Leaves Manits Duo Sydney

9 Feb.

14 Feb.

17 Feb.

5 Mar.

TAIPING

6 Mar.

18 Mar.

16. Mar.

1 Apr.

CHANGTE TAIPING

9 Apr. 8 May

17 Apr.

20 Apr.

G May

15 May

18 May

3 June

AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED.

Butterfield & Swire, Agents.Hong Kong-Shanghai.

BRANCHED:

LONDON LYONS MALACCA MANILA

HUAR (Zobore) MUKDEN

NEW YORK PEIPINO

PENANG BANGOON

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

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BOURABAYA

BUNGEI PATANI

TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

УОКОВАМА

Incorporated by Royal Charter: 1858;

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Paid-up Capital

Raserve Fund severa

23.000.000 2,000,000

| Reserve Liability of Proprietors ... 8,000,000

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES == ALOR STAR ILOILO .. BAIGON

DATU

1

AMRITSAR

BANGKOK.

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DATAVIA

KLANO

KODE

DOMBAY

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CANTON

LUMPUR

P&O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.

(COMPANIES Incorporated In ENGLAND) Taking Cargo on through; Bills of Lading for Straits, Java and Burma, Ceylon, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Australasia, Including, New Zealand & Queensland Ports Red Sea, Egypt, Constantinople, Greece, Levantine Ports, Europe Etc." PENINSULAR - & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY

- DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT.)

6,800 3rd Tob.

17,000 10th Fab. 0,000 17th Feb.

8. 8.

Tong

From Hong.

kong about)

SEMARANG

BEREMBAN SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SITIAWAN BOURABAYA TAIPINO

TIENTSIN

COAFU **BROTAN

RANTURA 1*BROAB

RAWALPINDI 1*BOUDAN

17,000 24th Feb: 6,800 Brd Mar,

Сомовк

(Peking) ZAMBOANGA PENANG

CHITRAL

ZaqCAWNPORE RUCHING

MADRAS

COLOKUO MANILA - ТОМОКАД

KEDAN

*(Bhuket) NEW YORK TEINOTAO

YOKOTAKA PEIPINO

DELHI

ILASPHONG

HAMBURG

HANKOW

HARDIN

HONGKONG RANGOON

Foreign Exchange and General and Bank» Ing business transseted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposlis received for one year or shorter parlode at rates which will be quoted on *pplication.

A. DRBARLET,

Mezzager. Hooghong, 17th November, 1963,

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

ESTADLISHED 1912.

DESTINATION

15,000 27th Jan, Bombay, M'lon & L'don

M'los, Havre, L'don, H'burg, R'dam, A'worp & Hull." Bombay, M'lon & L'bon M'les, Havre, L'don, H'burg, I'dum, A'werp & Hull Bombay. Mice & Lidon M'ics, Havre, L'don, H'burg, R'dom, Awerp & Bull .. 16,000 10th Mar. Marseilles, & London |15,000|24th Mar. | Marsailles &"London

Calla Casa Blanca. "Cargo only.

Frequent connections from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo

to Constantinoplo, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Lavant Ports by Steamers of the Khadivial Mall 8.5. Co.

**SANTHIA

TAKADA

・SIRALA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

8,000 10 Jan. 2.80 p.m.

7,000 8,000

*Calls Port Swottenham.

3rd Feb. 18th Fob.

Calls Rangoon,

S'pore, Penang & Calcutta

S'pore, Penang & Calcutta

S'poro, Penang & Calcutta

B. L. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat and 2nd class passengers.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).

$11,000.000NELLÓNE- 8,655.000 TANDA, 1.180.000 NANICIN Canton, Bhanghai, Hankow, Swatow, Dangkok, New York and Ban Francisco, LONDON BRANCHES

| KUALA LUMPUN

Authorised Capital Carrent-Accounts opened in Local Currency | Puld-up Captial When passing through the Sulu Sea and Fixed Deposita received for com year Reserve Pund sha was nighted and spoken to by the or abortar periods in Local Currency and Hoi Hong. The Hol Hong hove-to Berting on terms which will be quoted on and signalled an inquiry as to whether application. any assistance was required, and Hongkong, 10th October, 1938. Captain Kingdom replied that every- thing was all right and that no nid | HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK was needed.

obtained on application.

However, no sooner had the Tiene The Bustnem of the above Flank is con- China enst anchor off the breakwaterpeted by the HONGKONG AND BHANG | at Zamboanga than a typhoon warn-HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may ing was recolved. Captain Kingdom, anxious for the safety of his craft, made for shelter, cost out both an chors, battened everything down and waited.

afterwards. the Shortly

seas

FOR THE HDMIKONG AND SHANGHAI DANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN, EM- Chlef ManENT. Hongkong, 26th April, 1953.

STILL LEADING

typhoon, accompanied by mountainous

hit Zamboanga. The Tiene China outrode the

ome time, but her an tempest, for chors began to drag, and finally the anchor chains parted. The craft was swept along in the heavy seas and crashed into the breakwater, whore SHIP BUILDING IN BRITAIN the sturdy little vessel was pounded into a total wreck.

GAINS

London, Jan. 17. The crew managed to swing to the breakwater and clamber onto it, until The gradual improvement in rescued party sent from the British shipbuilding conditions. Is

hy a shore. The lost practically all their shown by the quarterly return of gear

in the disaster.

the Lloyds Register.. At the end of On the following day, when typhoon had abated, Captain Kingdom the year there were under con- paid a vialt to the wreek and managed struction in Gre Britain and to salvage some of the vessels' gear. Ireland 90 merchant vessela of he sold the wreck to Chiness 331,541 tons gross. This was ar Later, buyers on the Island for 100 pesos. increase of 27,779 tons on the low The crew of the craft, the two figures for the previous quarter Samoan women and the boy, wero and of 100,044 tons on the amount taken care of by the officers' wives at being built at the close of 1932. the local United States Army post,

There had been a steady in- and it is understood that they were: able to find employment there. Cap-crease in shipping under construc-

be Lloyd's Bank, Limited, Carrospondents in all the principal oltim of the world."

Forlan Exchange and Banking business of every description transacted,

Bafe Deposit Boxes (variona slam) at a srly rental from $8 to $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Mansan.

3rd Feb, f Manila, Rabaul,

7,000 7,000

3rd Maz.

-

7,000

10th Mar..

Brisbane, Sydney

and Melbourne

Regular Monthly Sailings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

Hong-Kong to Sydney-19 days, Frequent connections from Austrails with the following:- The Union 8.9, Co.'s Steamors to the United Kingdom via Now Zealand, Vancouver, Ban Francisco, etc.,

The P. &

Royal Mail Steamers to London and

ま

The P. & O. Branch Service of Steamers to London via Sues.

The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

*SOUDAN

J

Y 121,950.00

RAWALPINDI SIRDHANA TANDA COMOXIN TALNA TILAWA

Capital (fully paid up) Y100,000.000 Nerva Fund

BEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA. Branches and Agencies at

*BURDWAN CHITRAL

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Alexandris

Ianotuta

Hangoos

Batavia

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Koba

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Calcutta

London

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Canton

Le Angels

Semarang

Changeban

Manita

Dairen Dalny) Mail

Feastien

Nagasaki

Fviney Kourabaya Shanghai

CARTHAGE

(Mukden)

Hamburg

Nagy New York

Jankow Harbin

Denka

Sinkapore Tokyo Flentals

*Carga only.

Parke

Hongkong

Yelping

Trinsta Yingkow

Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposita received for fixed perioda at enter to be obtained on application.

EL. MORI.

Manager.

Hongkong, 1 January, 1984.

tain Kingdom, proceeded to Manila, tiun during the year, although IN LONDON

where he caught a vessel for Aus-gures are small compared with tralia.

those of the pro-depression-period. Merchant shipping under construc- on December 31 was the lowest recorded since June, 1009. It was less by about 27,000 tons than that in hand at the end of September last.

ELECTRICAL POWER. lon

HUGE LONDON PLANT IN OPERATION

་

and

The five leading countries after London, Jan. 17. The first part of the great Great Britain are Japan with under construction, at Bat- 106,760 tons electrical power station tersen, London, is now completed. France, 90,656 tons, Sweden 64,640 It is in commercial operation, and tons, Holland 40,640 tons, at present produces an output, as Spain 36,724 tons. Total tonnage required, up to 100,000 kilowatts. being built in the world at the end of the year was 767,277 tons, of The next stage will be the con- which 43.8% was being built in struction of a third turbo alterna Great Britain and Ireland and tor. with 105.000 kilowatt capacity.16.2 per cent in all other countries. This will be the largest unit in British proportion is the highest Europe, the capacity of the station | achieved for some years. At the eventually being 240,000 kilowatts. end of 1929 it amounted -British Wireless,

per cent.-British Wireless,

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MECHANICAL AND

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aro

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SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

0,800|24th Jon. | S'bai, Kobo & Yoko 17,000) 28th Jan. 8'hai, Kobe & Yoko

9,000 28th Jan. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osukn 7,500 4th Feb. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoko 18,000 9th Feb. S'hai, Kobe & Yoko 10,000 9th Feb. | B'bai, Moji, Kobo & Ornká 10,000 22ml Fob, | S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Ösakn

6,500 22nd Feb. S'hai, Kebo & Yoko 16,000|28rd Feb. S'hai, Koba & Yoko

4th Mar. S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko 0th Mar. S'hai, Kobe & Yoko S'hai, Kobe & Yoko

7,000

17,000

15,000128rd Mar.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. Parcels Measuring not more than 5.c.ft, will bo received at the Co.'s Office up to noon on the day previous to sailing For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freight, etc., apply to

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Agents.

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GO. LT

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£48

255

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Length 787 Feet.

Length on Blocks 750 Feet.

Depth on Centre of SM(H.W.0.S.T.) 34 ft. 6 ins.

THREE SLIPWAYS--- Capable of Handling Ships up to

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