To-day, and to-morrow will be fairly heavy days as regards departures of China coast steamers, At 7 o'clock this morning, the I-C. s. Siangwo will sail from the Peking Road Jetty for Tungchow. At 930 am, the C.N. s, Soochow, bound for Swatow, Hongkong and Canton, will leave the French Bund, while at noon the I-C. s. Taksang will be sailing from the Roosevelt Terminal for Tsingtao, Chefoo and Tientsin, Five sailings are at present listed for to-morrow. At 7 am. the C.N. s, Taiyuan will be leaving the French Bund for Amoy, Hongkong and Canton, to be followed an hour later by ihe same company's s. Wuhu, bound for Tungchow. Two Indo-China steamers will be sailing from port at noon, the s. Chaksang from Hunt's Wharf, for Swatow, Hongkong end Canton, and the s. Leesang, from Swa-ihe Roosevelt Terminal, for Wenchow, Hongkong and Canton. A tender will leave the Peking Road jetty at noon for the Chaksang. Finally, at 1 p.m. the C.N. s. Chekiang will be sailing from the French Bund for Weihaiwei, Chefoo and Tientsin.
The inv. Tjinei ra is due to arrive n Shanghai from Java via Hongkong and Amoy to-morrow afternoon. She will sail from Holt's Wharf on Thursday, January 20, at 11 am. The passenger tender leaves the Customs Jetty at 9.30 a.m. The loading of cargo will take place next Wednesday only
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