RAILWAY COMPANIES
Manchuria
South It
Bailway
37
SHORTEST, QUICKEST and cheapeST ROUTE BETWEEN
quickest route
THE FAR EAST AND EUROPE.
Shanghai to London, via Dairen, in thirteen and a quarter days.
Tokyoto London, via Fusan and Mukden, in thirteen and a half days.
Tokyo to Peking, via Fusan and Mukden, in three and a half days.
TE RICE-WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAINS Composed of excellently equipped SLEEPING, DINING, and FIRST-CLASS CARS, are operated between DAIREN and CHANGCHUN and between CHANGCHUN and FUSAN (KOREA), in con- nection with the TRANS-SIBERIAN, CHOSEN (KOREAN), and NORTH CHINA RAILWAYS and the Company's own DAIREN-SHANGHAI DIRECT MAIL STEAMERS. The service given by these Express Trains is equal to any in Europe and superior to most. DAIREN-SHANGHAI STEAMER SERVICE.-Dairen-Shanghai direct Steamer Service is maintained Twice-Weekly with the fast passenger and mail boats "Kobe Maru" and "Saikio Maru" (2,877 tous each). Both steamers are thoroughly equipped with the latest facilities for the comfort and safety of passengers, includ- ing wireless telegraphy. A highly qualified surgeon is carried on each steamer. The passage occupies about 43 hours.
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SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY HOTELS.-YAMATO HOTELS at Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Changchun, and Hoshigaura; all on European lines and under the Company's own management. Comfortable accommodation, excellent, cuisine, moderate terms. Thos. Cook & Son's Hotel Coupons accepted. Hotel carriages and porters in uniform meet all Steamers and Trains. Rooms may be reserved by letter or wire. Telegraphic Address: "Yamato.' HOSHIGAURA (Star Beach), 5 miles from Dairen and connected by Electric Tramway, is noted as the finest Seaside Resort in North China. In addition to the Yamato Hotel, many Bungalows an Villas have been erected in charming Cliff Gardens, and are let by the week or month on moderate terms. A splendid opportunity for European Officers and Families on furlough.
Fresh stocks always Tientsin Depots, and Head Office: Mining
PORT ARTHUR, with it unsurpassed climate and comfortable and commodious
Yamato Hotel, has the finest facilities in North China as a health resort. FUSHUN COAL.-The Best Steaming Coal in the Far East.
on hand at Dairen, Port Arthur, Newchwang (Yingkou), and also at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, ad Penang. Department, South Manchuria Railway Co., DAIKEN. GUIDE BOOKS.-Dainty illustrated Guide Books, Pocket-Folder Time-Tables, the Company's Railway and Steamer Tickets, and all information are obtainable at any of Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son's Offices; all the Agencies of the International Sleep- ing Car and Express Trains Co.: the Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amerika Linie; the Nordisk Resebureau: the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Shanghai; or direct from the SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY Co., DAIREN. Telegraphic Address: "MANTETSU." Codes: A.B.C 5th Ed.,'AI. and Lieber s.