The N.D.L. s. Scharnhorst, according to information received from the local agents yesterday, is expected to arrive from Europe and intermediate ports at about 10 am. on Sunday, March 13 (or, a week from next Sunday). Passengers are expected to arrive at the Customs Jeity at about noon that day.
The Scharnhorst will sail for Yokohama and Kobe on Monday, March 14, at 6 a.m. Passengers, however, will go on-board the previous évening at 6 o'clock by tender from the Customs Jetty. It should be noted that this schedule is only provisiona and is subject to alteration. Wh vill not be altered is the notice Visitors Allowed."
According to information appearing in the Japanese press morning, the Nippon Yuse! has decided to add the s.
Heiyo Maru to those ships now plying tween Shanghai and Kobe, so heavy has the traffic on this route now become.
At present, this service is being maintained by the s, Shanghai Maru and the s, Nagasaki Maru. Carrying between 600 and 700 passengers, the Hieyo Maru will arrive here next monday from Nagasaki. In addition, lo s. Chikugo Maru and the No. 18 Mikage Maru will sail between Shanghai and Osaka, via Kobe, twice a month; the s. Akita Maru li! play between Yokohama and Shanghai every fortnight; and the s. Yamagata Maru once a month.
The N.Y.K. steamers on the Shang—Nagasaki route, according to Domei, carried 4,567 people, including 706 cabinet and 3.821 steerage passengers, to Shanghai during the past month and 4,584 tons of cargo. Including those who arrived in nine other ships plying between Japan and Shanghai, a total of 5,046 pas sengers came here during February, while cargo carried is reported to have totalled 30484 tons.
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