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NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
For Shanghai
For Blagepore
& Japan
& Europe
Feb. 4 Feb. 22
Feb.
4
Mar. 4
Feb. 16
Mar. 26
M.V. "REMO"
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M.V. "ESQUILINO”
*M.V. "COL DI LANA”
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THE CHINA MAIL.
WORLD CRUISE
Belgenland's Sixth Tour of the Globe
VISIT TO HONG KONG
Tourists to Make Excursions in the Island
COSMOPOLITAN SHIP
During 13 days in February, beginning with the 8th and ending on the 20th, various cities in China will be visited by a large group of American tourists now steaming hither on the Red Star liner Belgenland, on her sixth consecutive annual tour around the world, from New York and California ports,
The Belgenland is due at Chinwangtao on February 8 at day- light. Here her entire company of 402 passengers will disembark, and take special trains for Peking, where they are due to arrive in the afternoon.
Motor trips, shopping and social activities will occupy a majority of the passengers for. the time that they are in Peking Others will make a special trip to the Great Wall.
DATE OF ARRIVAL HERE
All will depart by special train for Chinwangtao on the morning of February 12, and the ship will re- aume her voyage at 10 that evening. Shanghai will be the second city In China to be seen by the world tourists on the Belganland.
Woosung The ship is due off
and in last year's cruise there were but two days out of 134 on which the sun was not seen.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING shortly after noon on Februray 14, American shipping concern the
FROM £83 TO 1120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO vin Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
on
and a tender will take the passengers who wish to go up to Shanghai for the evening.
The next morning two tenders will embark all the ship's passengers an all-day visit to the city.
KOREA MARU
SHINYO MARU
SIBERIA MARU
SHIDZUOKA MARU
Thursday, 6th February. Wednesday, 19th February. SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Wednesday, 12th February. 28th February. Friday,
for
HAKUSAN MARU
Saturday, 8th February.
Saturday, 22nd February.
Wednesday, 10th February.
Wednesday, 26th March.
Cosmopolitan Ship An interesting feature of the her Westward cruiser is great |cosmopolitan character. Although owned and operated by a large
International
Marine Mercantile Company, with headquarters at New York-the ship sails under the Bri tish flag, while her home port la Antwerp, in Belgium, the European headquarters of the Red Star Line
Flat work is ironed on machines, but there are 13 expert hand froners on the staff, who have been trained in French laundry methods to do the finest work on women's garments and also on men's dress linen.
The laundry occupies apace for- merly used on trans-Atlantic voyages for third class passengers. It la on the main deck, forward. Electric machinery of the latest type is employed, including most of the labour saving devices seen in a well equipped laundry ashore,
HAICHING PIRACY
Evidence by Naval Officers
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED
Naval evidence was taken by Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday: afternoon at the resumed hearing of the case in which three Hoklos are charged In connection with the piracy on board the Douglas a.s. Halching at 1 a.m., on Decem- ber 8; and with the murder of Mr. F. K. Woodward, third officer, and Indian Guard Khial Singh.
Lieut. Commander E. W. B. Sim, RN, commanding officer of H.M.S. Sterling, deposed that on the night of December 7, his ship was anchored in Tai Sami ereek, he, received n and at 4.45 a.m. wireless message from Hong Kong stating that the Halching had been pirated. He proceeded to the spot and located the Halching with his searchlight and then ap proached her.
The Haiching was on fire and he assisted in getting the flames under control. Then he took on board the Starling a number of
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1930.
FAST LUXURIOUS
SERVICE
-to America
and Europe
TRAVELLERS bound for America or Europe avail themselves of speedy and com- fortable service when they go Canadian Pacific.
The White Empresses are the largest, newest and fastest liners on the Pacifio. They cross from Yokohama to Vancouver in 9 days; from Shanghai to Van. couver in 14.
These ships connect with the summer trains, "Trans-Canada Lisited ** and **Mountaineer," at Vancou' er, enabling passengers to make the earliest sailing of a Canadian Pacifc Atlantic liner.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
NEXT SAILINGS
TO MANILA
E/CANADA 5 pm. Mar. 9th
WORLD'S
GREATEST
TO THE PACIFIC COAST E/RUSSIA..NOON, Feb. 12th .Mar. 5th
E/Asia
TRAVEL
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez
KITANO MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vla Manila & Ports.
KAGA MARU
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombe.
TANGO MARU
TAMBA MARÚ
TOKUSHIMA MARU
Mexico & Panama.
... Tuesday,
Friday,
11th February.
28th February.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,
RAKUYO MARU
Sunday,
2nd March.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports,
BINGO MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.
+ KUMA MARU
† KAKO MARU
Wednesday, 5th February.
Thursday,
13th February. Tuesday, 18th February.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.
† DELAGOA MARU
Monday, 17th February.
CALCUTTA vin Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
↑ CALCUTTA MARU
† MALACCA MARU !,
Saturday, 9th February. Saturday,
SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
15th February.
9th February. Monday, 10th February.
· † MURORAN MARU (Chemulpo direct) Sunday,
† TSUSHIMA MARU
+ Cargo only.
Roduced 1st Clans Excuralin Fates avoted between Manila and Australia,
For further inforination apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 202. 3897 and 8821.
0.
(Private exchange to all departments.)
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
i
LONDON. HAMBURG, HOTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore
Colombo, Sues and Port Said.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Vis Saigon, Singapore,
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.
HAWAII MARU
BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo,
HONOLULU MARU
(Proceeds to Karachi.)
MARU
SHINNOH MA
GANGES MARU
(Calls at Karachi.)
Tuesday, 26th February.
Tuesday, 4th February.
Wednesday, 19th February. Thursday, 6th March.
DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZ1.
BAR & MOMBASA--Via Singapore & Colombo.
CHICAGO MARU
PANAMA MARU
Friday, 7th February. Saturday, 1st March.
CALCUTTA-Vis Singapore, Penang & Rangeon.
KASADO MARU
CELEBES MARU
Tuesday, 18th February. Tuesday, 4th March.
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER-Via Japan Ports from
Bhanghai.
AFRICA MARU (from Shanghai)
... Friday, 7th February.
MELBOURNE-Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney,
HIMALAYA MARU
SYDNEY MARU
HAIPHONG-Vin Hoihow & Pakhol.
Friday, 7th February. Thursday, 6th March.
Thursday, 6th Feb., 10 8.12),
NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama.
MENADO MARU
JAPAN PORTS.
ALASKA.. MARU
TACOMA MARU
KEELUNG-Via Swatow & Amoy,
HOZAN MARU CANTON MARU TAKAO-VIȧ SWATOW & AMOT.
DELI HARU.....
TAKAO & KEELUNG.
BATAVIA MARU
For further pariculars please apply to
Tel Central No. 4088, 4089, 4099.
Monday, 17th February. Friday, 21st February.
Sunday, 9th February, 2005. Sunday, 18th February, noon.
She was
Dace the pride of the Furness Bermuda pleasure argosy, the s.s. Fort Victoria lies at the bottom of the Atlantic quarter of a mile off the sen-buoy just cut side of Sandy Hook. sucked down when the Clyde ner Algonquin, rising menacingly out of the murk, crunched through her port side, amidships, sending Her reeling through the foggy harbour. The entire list of passen- gers and crew was saved.
Motor trips, luncheon at a local hotel and shopping will fill the day.
fleet. In Summer she is engaged in transporting American tourists to and from Europe, on the New York- Plymouth-Cherbourg-Antwerp route.
Ship's Personnel
The Belgenland's Personnel also is cosmopolitan. Her commander, Captain William A. Morehouse, was born in Nova Scotia, and for years
commanded American sailing ships in the China trade.
Excursions at Hong Kong The Belgenland will sail from Woosung roads at 9 p.m. February 10 for Hong Kong, where she is due at 6 a.m., February 18. Here the ship will remain until 3 p.m. on the 20th, affording her passengers time for local excursions by motor, and also for a rall trip to Canton.
From Hong Kong the Belgenland will sail for Manila, following a route that will take her from that port to Bangkok, Batavia, Singapurser, John Lock, is English. Her pore, Calcutta, Colombo and Bombay chef, Paul Germain, if French.
Alexandria, and in turn, Mediterranean ports, Gibraltar and New York, where the cruise will end on May 1.
on to
It is estimated itat the Belgen- land party will spend about $75,000 gold on travel expenses and pur- chases while in China.
The Westward Roule The Belgonland's cruise began at New York on December 20 last. As the follows the westward route around the world, she visited
California
and Havana,
ports Hawail before crossing the Pacifle to Japan and proceeding on her way through Eastern seas.
She is the only world, cruiser to circumnavigate the globe in the westerly direction. In praise of the westward route around the world, the managers of the cruise affirm that it brings the ship to each coun try visited at a destrable season for tourist travel. They point out that
Her chief engineer, J. Russell Mackay, is Scotch. Her surgeon, Fernand Baseca, is Flemish. Her
The crew of 620 are about evenly divided between British subjects and natives of Continental coun- tries.
The cruise staff of travel experts American citizens, on board are though cosmopolites in travel ex- perience and former residence In other countries.
Large Laundry Aboard Four hundred American tourists travelling around the world on the Red Star liner Belgenland, require 30 many changes of fresh linen that a fully equipped laundry large enough to serve a town of several thousand inhabitants is maintained on board for their convenience.
This laundry not only Handles order from passengers, but also for
la crew
persons from the Hatching as well as some 30 men from a junk. He could not Identify any of the persons..
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
FEBRUARY SAILINGS
DEPARTURE HOURS:
Hong Kong 5.30 p.m. Wuchow 1.30 p.m.
3.8. "TAI HING”
[1,008 tons-Capt. Trott.1
WED.
FEBRUARY
21st
6th FRI.
WED. 26th
MON. 10th
SUN. 16th
S.8. "TAI MING" [640 tona-Capt. G. J. Spink.]
You haven't been up the West River? Then let up tell you that you have in store one of the most inter- possibly take. eating trips you can The .. "Tai Ming" and "Tai Hing,” nftar leaving Hong Kong, call 'at Samshui, Shíuhing, Takhing, Dealing For information apply to
and stop at Wuchow. These steamers are admirably suited to this service and you will enjoy the Ave-days' round trip immensely.
BAT.
FEBRUARY
8th TUES. 18th THURS. 13th MON. 24th
KWONG WING C
87, Connaught Road West, Phone: Central 893.
Then
cabin with Liout Lewis. they thought the man was "dead.
by
About 2 o'clock witness was told that a man had been found under a life-belt locker. He went up to the boat deck, accompanied one of the armed guards. Witness ordered the man to coma out, but found that he could not do 30, 60 witness sent for two more men, who came and caught
Handcuffed and Bound
Leading Seaman F. J. Halsey, Sub-Lleut. H. G. A. Lewis, of of H.M.S. Sterling, said at 6.30 H.M.S. Sterling, said that at 6.10am on December 8, he went on a.m. on December 8, he was put board the Halching with the arm- in charge of an armed guarded guard, and, there posted sen- from the Sterling and boarded the tries. He placed one outside the Haiching. Ho inspected the ship Indian guarde' cabin, and later, Indian guards' at about 11 s.m., as he was go- and went to the cabin, where he saw lying on the Ing round to inspect the sentries, floor, an Indian guard and a Chin- he saw a Chinese stagger out of hold of the man's arms, and pull- ese. Both appeared to be dead. the Indian guards' cabin. He re- Subsequently witness Baw a cognised the man as the third ac-
who was cused. Chinere in the saloon, wounded, whom he now Identified. Witness arrested him and took as the third accused. When they him up to the saloon, where he got to Hong Kong he saw this turned him over to the Sick Berth man, together with the first ac- Attendant. He also placed him cused, who was found under a under an armed guard. He was Hife-bolt locker, handed over to the same man as the one witneES saw when he first went to the the Police.
BANK LINE
AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL of 620, who wear white
clothing during the greater part of the cruise, and mus, always pass Inspection of the master
cleanliness.
as to
Thursday, 18th February, 10 am. Japan and China are visited In the
The laundry also turns out a Saturday, 8th February,
crisp and healthful weather of mid- winter; Manila, Bangkok, and Java daily supply of freshly done table OSAKA 8HOSEN KAISHA.
M. TAKEUCHI Manager. in the coolest part of the year, and and bed linen, towels and other India and Egypt before the beated "flat work" required in the main tenance of service in dining saloons term begina..
and staterooms.
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The Spring Favotired
Its capacity for fat work is 5,000
It has been found also that arrival pieces a day, or 670,000 places for
in Spring at Mediterranean porte the 134 days the ship is on the
has pronounced advantages, as a cruise. majority of the passengers desire to disembark there for a tour of Europe at the opening of the Con- tinental season before returning home by the North Atlantic route, The westward routs is also clalin ed to be the better from the stand- point of navigation, by reason of following, winds and sea and absence of storms at the time, the various seas are traversed.
It is pointed out that in her five previous cruises, all by the westward route, the Belgenland steamed more than 150,000 miles without deviation from ber prearranged schedules, by
verse weather con
$70 days spent on navigations, less
Home Staff of 45
To turn out this work, a total laundry staff of 46 people is carried, under the direction of a veteran superintendent. The entire staff is English, having been taken or as a unit at Southampton, which is the largest ships laundry town in the world, owing to the requirements of the great trans-Atlantic express. Iners which make it their home port, and which do not have laun- dries on board.
Of the Belgenland's Jaundry staff, 88 are women. They sort and mark
bit the articles handled; sew on tans, da, mending. And darn socks: receive the clothes from the washin
fines, and do all the froninge
ed him out. Witness now Iden- tifled the man as the first accus- 'ed.
Witness then handcuffed him, but seeing that they might slip over his hands, he tied his arms together, and fixed the end of the rope to the handcuffs.
The case will be resumed to- morrow afternoon.
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.14th February,
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