The first of the Canadian Pacific liners to come into port since the opening of the hostilities, the Empress of Asia came up-river to the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Pootung East Wharf yesterday evening, and passengers are expected to arrive at the Customs Jetty by tender at about 8.30 o'clock this morning. The Asia will be sailing south at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, bound for Hongkong, and passengers will leave the Customs Jetty by tender at 1230 p.m.
Another large liner to come into port yesterday was the Messageries Maritimes liner Felix Roussel, which tied up at the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Hongkew Wharf from "Europe. After her usual round trip to Japan, the Felix Roussel will be coming into port again towards the latter part of next week, sailing on February 5 for Marseilles by way of Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Colom-be, Djibouti, Suez and Port Said.
The third passenger liner tó come into pari was the Nippon Yusen Kaisha inv. Hakone Maru, which tied up at the company's Wayside Wharf on her way through to European ports. She is to sail to-day for Hongkong, the Straits, Colombo, Aden, Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam.
The P. & O. cargo vessel Burdwan is due to sail from buoys 32 and 33 to-day, with cargo and some mails for Marseilles, Casablanca, Havre, London, Hull,' Hamburg, Rotterdam *and Antwerp. En route, she will call at Hongkong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez and Port Said.
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