Consignees are hereby notified that owing to the present hostilities it is impossible to discharge this vessel Shanghai. The S. "CITY OF EVANSVILLE" will therefore discharge at Hongkong (subject to safe return to that port) at consignees sole risk and expense, whereby all the obligations of the vessel, her Owners, Master, and Agents, will be fulfilled in accordance with the terms of the Company's Bill of Lading.
Consignees should' therefore apply for delivery of their cargo to the Company's Agents at—Hongkong, Messrs, The Bank Line (China) Ltd.
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