Following the example set by the C.N. s, Wuhu a day or two ago, when she set a record for the number of passengers to be taken up to Tungchow since the Kiangyin boom made traffic up the Yangtze an impossibili the I.-C. s. Pingwo on Saturday an the C.N. s. Wusueh yesterday carried capacity bookings of passengers to the only up-river port still open for traffic, With regard to future movements of C.N. Ca. ships, Messrs, Butterfield Swire advise that the s. Kingyuen leaves Hongkong on Wednesday for Amoy and Shanghai; the Soochow leaves Hongkong on Friday (a Customs holiday) for Swatow and Shanghai; the Shuntien left Tongku on Saturday for Shanghai via ports; and the Wuhu leaves Tungchow to-exe morrow for this port.
With regard te the Indo-China Ea Ships, the s. Taksang'is due to tie up at the Peking Road jetty from Hongkong and Swatow this morning; to-morrow will be quiet, with the Chaksang berthing on "Wednesday om Tientsin Chefoo and Tsingtao; Ten Thursday, the Fausang is due from ongkong arid Swatow and the Hangsang from tientsin, Chefoo and Tsingtao.
According to the latest information, the Geo. L. Shaw steamer Shinfu, which arrived in port yesterday from Tsingtao with coal and a general cargo, will be sailing from the Kin-lee yuen Wharf shortly after 11.30 am. to-morrow, bound for Tinghai and Haimen with general cargo and passengers, Ocean Shipping In view of the altered state of affairs in Pootung, shipping companies are expected to change their Schedules shortly with regard to calls at Shanghai by their vessels. At the moment, however, nothing further can be said about this. The Norddeutscher Lloyd s. Havel is expected to anchor at the A.P.C. Kwang Hwa installation wharf, Gough Island, towards the middle' of the week, preparatory to sailing on Saturday for Marseilles, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremen.
Another P. & O. cargo steamer is due here within the week, the 6,100- tons Behar, which will be loading at Gough Island, and is to sail on or about Monday next (November 15) for Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp via Japan Hongkong and the usual ports. The day before, the Lloyd Triestino s. Conte Biancamano, arriving on Saturday, is to sail for Genoa, by way of Hongkong, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Massowah, Port Said and Naples, with cargo, passengers and the mails.
The end of this week will be, in fact, quite a heavy day as regards movements of deep-sea shipping, for another large liner is due then, the Messageries Maritimes s, Aramis, although at the moment she is only to anchor off Woosung. The Aramis will remain at Woosung overnight, sailing the next day for Kobe. And on Friday, November 12, the same company's s. President Doumer, which leaves Kobe on Wednesday, is due to anchor at Woosung, to sail for Marseilles on Saturday; her ports of call include Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti and Port Sa Passenger Lists The EN. s. Shengking sailed to: northern coastal ports yesterday and her passengers included:
For Tsingtao—Mr. and Mrs. Hsieh, Mr. Bolan, Mr. F, E, Allen, Mr. P. A.
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