·WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1931.
N
YKLIN
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING FROM £79 TO £120 ÖN BALE.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai. Japan Ports & Honolulu,
ASAMA MARU
SHINYO MARU
Wednesday, 30th September- Tucadoy, 19th October.
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports,
HIKAWA MARU
HIYE MARU
Tuesday, Tuesday,
6th October.
3rd November.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & ́Suez,
HAKUSAN MARU
Saturday,
3rd October,
HARUNA MARU
Sularday,
17th October.
SYDNEY & "MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
ATSUTA MARU
Saturday,
28th September.
KAMO MARU
Saturday,
24th October.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
... Sunday,
27th September.
TANGO MARU
1th October.
SOUTH
+ TOKIWA MARU
TuesdayTM
AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico and PanamÍ, RAKUYO MARU.
NEW YORK, BOSTUN via Panama.
Thursday,
15th October.
1:
Tuesday,
29th September.
Sunday {
11th October.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa
TOBA MARU
& Marseilles.
+ LIMA MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
+PENANG MARU
+ HAKODATE MARU
IYO MARU
+ MITO MARU
SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
KASHIMA MARU
↑ Cargo only.
29th September,
SLH October.
Tuesday,
Thursday,
Tuesday, Tuesday, Saturday,
20th September. 29th September.
3rd October.
For further Information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
Telephone 30291.
0.
(Private exchange to all departments.)
K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
Fri.,
2nd Oct.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Santos Maru
&
BUENOS AIRES via
Salgon, Singapore, Colom
MOMBABA, ZANZIBAR,' Arizona Maru
A BEIRA
¡Wed,
7th Oct.
bo. Durban & Capetown.
DAR-ES-SALAAM,
LOURENCO MARQUES
DURBAN, PORT ELIZA.
BETH
&
CAPETOWN
THENCE TO RIO
DE
JANEIRO, SANTOS &
BUENOS AIRES vin Singa-
BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL- Risbane Maru .... Tucs..
BOURNE AUCKLAND &
6th Oct.
pore & Colombo
WELLINGTON via Manila.
JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Himalaya Maru .....
Thurs...
Services),
24th Sept.
!
LONDON, HAMburg. rot-
TERDAM
& ANTWERP Alaska Maru
Sun.,
11th Oct.
via Singapore Colombo,
Suez & Port Said.
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Hokuriku Maru .....
Tues
ath Oct
LDA
Angeles & Panama.
Call Direct Ri
Boston.
Belawan
Philadelphia &Baltimore.
BOMBAY in Singapore, Hague Maru
Dell & Colombo.
CALCUTTA via Singapore,Hamburg Mare
G vin Hathow & Menads Maru
Pakhoi (Fortnightly).
KEELUNG via Swatow & Canton Maru
& Rangoon.
Amoy (3 p.m. every Sun-
day),
JAPAN PORTS via Keelung
THE
CHINA
MAIL.
PRESIDENT HOOVER'S APPETITE.
a navy.
8,000 lb. of Butter.
Napoleon is given credit for the remark that "An army tra- vels on it stomach." But then Bonaparte didn't have much of If he had he might the same have included It in category. Because a ship at sea is forced to carry its food with it. George M. Gordon, chief steward of the Dollar Line's new 8.8. President Hoover, will vouch for this fact
Shipping
Intelligence.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Monday, September 21. Clara Jebsen, Danish str., 1,146 tons, Capt. K. Dahl, from Sai- gon, buoy No. B12-Chang Tong Ha. Kiungchow, British str., 1.545 tons,
Capt. W.J. Lartor from Hai phong. ghd K. C. Wan, buoy No. A1.-B. & S. Melville Dollar, American str., 4,319
tons, Capt. H. B. Clark, from Shanghai, buoy No. A11- A.ML Cracovia, Italian str., 4,566 tons,
Capt. G. Camelli, from Singa- pore, Kowloon Wharf-Dod- Avell & Co.
Tuesday, September 22
The new $8,000,000 flagship of | Dorry, Chinese str., 1,083 tons,
the Dollar lite is a floating city
with a population of 1350, at the
Capt. J. Bruhn, from Holhow, buey No. C4-Chau Yue Teng. str., 1,217 tons,
last census, when it docked here, Halvard, British
on Monday. 11:
Fresh fruit meats and stores
Capt. A. Hall,. from Whampon, buoy No. B17.-Wo Fat Sing.
Capt. J. Moodie, from Swatow, West Point Wharf.-J. M. &
Co.
Helikon, British str., 1,220 tons,
Capt. W. Anderson, from Sni-. gon, buoy No. B11-Wo Fat Sing.
to feed this group must be car-Hangsang, British str., 1,356 tons, ried along at all times. A list of the amounts taken aboard at San Francisco reveal startling. totals of various commodities stored in refrigerators and below. docks warehouses; Fresh butter is an important item. The Pre- sident Hoover londs 8,000 pounds for the oriental un to Manila and return. Some of the other. items include 200 cases of eggs, 20,000 pounds of flour; 1% tons of coffee and a ton of sugar.
Mont is kept frozen to maintain its freshness. Chickens alone are carried in a 22,000 pound quantity. The ship uses 45,000 pounds of beef, 10,000 pounds of lamb and 18,000 tons of fish.
Doing the shopping for a family like that requires thought. Forgetting a mere matter of T tons of onions or 75 crates of lemons might spoil the entire trip.
At sea the chief steward can't telephone the corber store and order those things he's forgotten --he has to buy everything at
опсе.
HONG KONG TIDES.
The time used le Standard; or mean time of the meridian of 120 || deg..E.; 00h. is midnight, 12hrs. is | noon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Ad- miralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless preceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths. i
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PASSENGER LIST.
ARRIVALS.
Per s.s. Empress of Asia, from Manila, September 23:
Mr. and Mrs. Meacock, Major S. W. Addison, Miss M. J. Adonis, Mr. A. Laporal, Mr. P. Feliciano
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following. British warships wore in harbour to-day:-
Cornflower--West wall (dock). Magnolia-North wall. Medway and Subs.—No. 2 buoy, Moth-In dock. Phoenix-Enst wall, Seamew-East wall.
Sepoy-North arm. Seraph-North wall. Serapis No. 13 buoy. Sterling-North. arm. Tamar-Basin. -
Foreign Men-of-War. Algol-French gunboat. Pigeon and Subs. S-87, 8-41-- American gunboats.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
Consignees of cargo ex a.s. Mon- calieri are reminded to take do-
5.5.
Kingyuan, British str., 1,546 tons, livery of their goods which will Capt. J. Taylor, from Swatow, be subject to rent after September buoy No. B14.-B. & S.
27... Kwangtung, British str., 1,572 tons,
Consignees of cargo ex Capt. J. H. Hodjkiss, from Cracovia are reminded to take de- Canton, Stonbeutters Anchor-livery of their goods, which will age.-B. & S
be subject to rent after September Luchow, British str., 1,221 tona, 28.
Canton, Capt. Grossett, from
buoy No. B8.-B. & S. *." Lushan Maru, Japanese str., 1,507
tons, Capt. R. Nagayama, from.: Canton, buoy No. B18.-N.Y.K. str., 1,444 Suzanne, Norweign
tons, Capt. J. Meyer, from Canton, buoy No. B25-Dod-i well & Co.
Letters
Tokushima Maru, Japanese str.,
3,702 tons, Capt. T. Taniguchi, from Singapore, buoy No. A3.
N.Y.K. Toyooka Maru, Japanese" str., 14,888 tons, Capt. I. Tominaga, from Singapore, Kowloon Wharf.- N.Y.K.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Local-3 ets. per .oz.
POSTAL RATES.
China and Macao-4 cts. per oz.
British Empire (except via Siberli)-12 cts, per oz.
Foreign Countries and British Empire via Siberia-20 cta, first
oz, and 20 cts, each succeeding oz.
Postcards:-
Leal, China and Macao 2 gach.
All other places-8 cts. each.
The Registration fee is in each case 20 cents.
Times of closing Shanghai-Manchouli Air Mail are advertised on
the Outward Mail list below:
INWARD MAILS.
Shanghai and Amoy Calcutta and Straits
THURSDAY, -SEPTEMBER. 24.
........Nanchang ....Ho Sang Europe via-Suez (Letters and Papera) Lon-
don, "August 27 and Parcles, August 20. Kashmir
Sat.,
Fri.,
....Thura.,
Sun.,
3rd Oct.
2nd. Oct.
1st Oct.
27th Sept.
H
Thurs.
24th Sept
September 23 to 29, 1981.
.DATA ON WATER, LOW WATER.
tindari Standard Sept.
Times Timos
31 F. FI. 1. Wod. 23 6 30 6'7 # 53
02 Thorn 2
07 36 64 01 46 31 18 Fri. 28 78 on
At
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14 30
7
WEDNESDAY,
ย
Bat. -25
8 be
17 170
1.7
Samshui and Wuchow
Straits and Calcutta
160 15 44
"
Sun,
0 81 89
30
; it
10 บ
15 41
05 44 1.6
14 JU
& Shanghai........................................
TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy ¡Deli Maru ...........................
(Fortnightly).
For further partículars plosao apply to:-
OSAKA SHOSEN KÄISHA.
Telephone 28081
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR SEPT., 1931 (Subject to Change), DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 3 p.m.
Mon. 1
Tuca 24
22 40 101
| 16
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS,
+.
Steamer.
Leares Hour Hong
Arrives Wuchow
Leaves Wachow
Arrives Hoar Funr
25th) BAT 29LL WED. 1st FRI.
26th BUN 30th THURS.
2nd SAT.
27th
Ist
3rd
TAI MING WED. 23rd FRI. TAI HING SUN. 27th TUES. TAI MING TUES. 29th THURS.
1
Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers having good Accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State-rooms and, Saloon. The 5.8. "Tal Hing" is t ted with Wireless,
Ports of Cali Samshul, Shuihing, Takhing & Doshing.
Fares Return (not including meals) $20.00.
Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board.
Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tal Hing Wharf.
For information apply to-
29, Connaught Road, West, Phone: 20893.
WATER LEVELS,
Details for West, North and East Rivers.
The following table, issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows. In feet the water levele on the West River, North Elver and East River on the dates named:
Com
SANG WO Ltd.
Bopt. Sept 20 21
West River at Shiuhing 16.0 11.1 North River at Samahul. 7,8 7.5 North River at Taingyuen 9885 East River at Shekjang 8,7
The highest favela recorded are:-Shlohing, 41 feet; Taing- yuan, 29.2 feat; Samahal 27.8 feet; Shellung, 11.5 feat.
The lowest levels on record! are minus 5 feet at Bamahui and minus 2.7 foot at Sheklung, beh
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Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocks 750 Feet. Depth on Centre of
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Tel. Address: TAIKOODOCK," HONG KONG. Telephone No. 30211.. Call Fing:
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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS RET HONG KONG CHINA & JAPAN.
EMPRESS OF ASIA
Sails
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
for
Victoria & Vancouver
vla
Shanghai-Nagasaki - Kobe
and Yokohama.
The Giant White Empresses are the fastest
liners on the Pacific.
12 DAYS FROM CHINA AND 8 DAYS FROM JAPAN TO CANADA AND U.S.A.
Khengtai
Kobe
Yokohama
Vancouver
Line
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Arriva
Empress of Asla
Sept. 23 Sept. 25
Oct.
1
Oct.
Empress of Canada
Empress of Russia
12 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 25 Nov. 9
Empress of Japan
Empress of Asia
Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. Oct. 23 Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Oct. 31
Nov. 7 Nov. 10 Nor. 12 Nov. 14 Nor. 23
Nov. 20 Nov. 23 Nov. 28 Nov. 28 Dec. 7 Empress of Canada Dec. 5 Dec. 8 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Dec. 20 Empress of Russia Dec. 18, Dec. 21 Dec. 24 Dec. 20. Jan. "Empress of Russia" and "Empress of Asia" call at Nagasaki.
Special Through Fares To Europe
£120-$112-238-679
HONG KONG MANILA.
EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
Ask
about the New Empress tourist Cabin Fores
Leave Hong Kong Oct. 2 Oct. 15
CANADIAN PACIFIC
Arrive Manlle
Oct. 4 Oct. 17
Telephones: Passenger 20752. Freight 20042.
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