THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL.
LLOYD TRIESTINO Shipping ~
FORNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT "PRVICE FOR
BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE
vin Singapore, Colombo, Bam kay, Aden, Suez & Port Bald Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading
to Flume, Genoa, All Italian, Adriatic, Lesant,
Black Sea and Danube Porta
Passengers to LONDON (Overland),
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
For Shanghai
For Singapore
& Japan
Feb. 9
Mar. 4 Alar. 5
& Italy Feb. 17 Mar. 13 Mar. 13 Apr. 2
M.Y. COL DI LANA (cargo boat) S.S. MONCALIERI (cargo boat) *8.8, CONTE ROSSO (passenger boat)
AS. TERGESTA (cargo boat).........
* Passenger Bonta to Shanghai only. Attention is called to the ss. Conte Rosso which will make the voyage Hong Kong Venice in 21 days thus allowing London Passengers to reach destination the day after their disem barkation at Venice.
For Freight and Passages apply to
Queen's Building,
Tel 23021
DOSWELL & CO. LTD.
Agents.
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WARSHIPS
AS LINERS
BIG U.S. SHIPS MAY BE CONVERTED,
Intelligence.
The conversion of the U.S. air-chinery which develops no less than the are thus craft carriers
and 180,000 h.p., aud Lexington Saratoga Into Atlantic passenger highest-powered ships afloat. The designed speed is 884 knots, but linera is a possibility of the near both vessels have touched 34 knots future. It is understood that the in service. recently formed shipping syndicate which took over the United States Lines made a definite bid for their purchase..
There is no doubt of their ability! to maintain a steady speed of 30 knots, and they are, therefore, from two to three knots faster than any Lexington and Saratoga have had ocean liner yet built. It should be a chequered history. Lald down possible for them to make the At- eleven years ago as battle cruisers lantic crossing in but little over of 44,000 tons, their construction four days.
was suspended by the Washington It is pointed out in American Conference. Subsequently they were shipping circles that the conversion completed as aircraft carriers, the of these vessels into liners would displacement being reduced to secure for the United States the 33,000 tons.
blue riband of the ocean at a lower cost and in a shorter time than the ma-building of new ships would involve.
They
180,000 H.P. have turbo-electric
HONG KONG TIDES.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The time used is Standard, or mean The following British warships time of the meridian of 125 deg. Ewere in harbour to-day-
00h. is midnight, 12hrs. is oon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty, chart of
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING the place and should be added to the
FROM £79 TO £120 ON BALE.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolola.
ASAMA MARU
SHINYO MARU
HIKAWA MARU
HIYE MARU
Wednesday, Tuesday,
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.
depths given on the chart unless pre- ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
February 10 to 18, 1932.
06 11 1.6 12 59 5.0
3.1 17 12. 00 00 5.6 00 30 2.0
24th February.
8th March.
Date
1st March.
High Water. Low Water Standard Ht. Standard HL
Times.
29th March.
Wed. 10..
Thurs. 11
Feb. H. M. F. 12 34 5,0 23 31 6.5 172 #1 16
Times.
I. 05
M. F. 49 1.4 12 3.1
HAKUSAN MARU
Saturday,
HARUNA MARU
Saturday,
20th February. 5th March..
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KITANO MARU
Saturday,
27th February,
ATSUTA MARU
Saturday,
26th March.
MANILA.
ASAMA MARU
Thursday,
18th February,
Fri.
SAL.
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
18..
00 20 4.9
08 40 2.3
06 40 2.3
19 55 8.0
19 55 2.0
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
†TOTTORI MARU
Monday,
28th February.
KAGA MARU
Friday,
11th March.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang Rangoon.
13 20 5.0 18 48 8.1
13 39 5.1
14.. 00 60 4.2 06 45 24
00 5.2 21 30 14 00 5.2 21 2.0 15.. 01 25 3.6 06 87 2.6 14 84 5.4 28 00 2.6 16.02 22 3.0 06 60 2.7
15 30 5.7
Tamar-Basin.
Cornflower-Basin. Marazion-North wall. Cicala-South wall. Herald-East wall.
Whitehall-East wall.
Keppel-North arm.
Wild Swan-North arm. Verity-North arm. Cumberland-West wall, Bruce-In dock. Pandora--In dock. Proteus-in dock.
Hermes No. 1 busy.
Medway & suba.-No. 2 buoy.
Foreign Man-of-War.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Tuesday, February 9.
Albert Sarraut, French str., 1,158: tons, Capt. A. Herbert, from Saigon, buoy No. C4.-M.M. & Co.
Changte, British str., 2,579 tone, Capt. F. C. Grambrill, from Manila. Holt's Wharf.-B. & S. Moncalieri, Italian str., 3,240 tons,
Capt. 3. Kenzani, from Singa- pore, buoy No. A6.-Dodwell & Co.
Prominent, Norwegian str., 1,877
toos, Capt. H. Jensen, from Saigon, buoy No. C2.Nam Tail 8.8. Co.
Wednesday, February 10. Buenos Aires Maru, Japanese str.,
5,848 tons, Capt. T. Kamíashi, from Kobe, buoy No. Al.-- O.S.K.
Canton Maru, Japanese str., 1,647
tons, Capt. Y. Iwasaki, from Swatow, 0.3.K. Wharf.-0.S.K. Carthage, British str., 7,810 tona,
Capt. St. M. Jack, from Singa- pore, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M. & Co.
Deli Maru, Japanese str., 1,293 tons, Capt. E. Sanada, from Canton, O.S.K. Wharf.0.5.K.
Gange, Italian str., 6,751 tona, Capt. Niccolini, from Shanghai, Kow- ion Wharf. Dodwell & Co. Haining, British str., 882 tons, Capt. E. Walker, from Swatow, Douglas Wharf.-Douglas & Co.
Halldor, Norwegian str., 840 tons, Capt. W. Hannevig, from Bang- kok, Stonecutters Anchorage.— Thoresen & Co.
Kaying, British str., 1,572 tons,
Capt. Fraser, from Swatow, buoy No. A9-B. & S. Pronto, Norwegian str., 1,283 tons,
Capt. BJ. Moller, from Saigon, buoy No. A8-Lee Hong Heng.. Shengking, British str., 1,491 tons.
Capt. J. D. Whyte, from Sings- pore, buoy No. B20.-B. & S. Tamble Mead, British str., 2,620) tons, Capt. Wyatt, from Calcut- tu, buoy No. 26.-Wallem & Co.
Mindanao--America river gun- Tilaws, British str., 6,155 tons,
boat.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetia spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
Sunday,
14th February.
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa
& Marseilles.
↑ DELAGOA MARU
Monday,
15th February.
+ AKITA MARU
Monday,
15th February.
+ RANGOON MARU
Monday,
29th February.
SHANGHAL. KOBE & YOKOHAMA
+ LIMA MARU
Wednesday,
17th February.
20
Saturday,
19th February. 20th February.
24
[25
16
33
+ Cargo only.
ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct). Friday, KASHIMA MARU
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone 30291.
(Private exchange to all departments.)
S 3. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Buenos Aires Maru.
& BUENOS AIRES via Santos Maru
Salzon, Singapore, Colom
MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Arizona Maru ...... Mon,
DAR-ESAM, BEIRA,
DURBAN
MARQUES,
BURBAN, PORT ELIZA
BETH & CAPETOWN
bo, Durban & Capetown.
Sues & Port Said.
36
#1
ечь
51
54 155 56
Thurs.. 11th Feb. Thurs., 24th Mar,
59
7th Mar.
HORIZONTAL 1-Chum (slang) · 8-Stairs
10-Boy's nickname 14-Eboracum (abbr),
16-Wandered from the
right
17-Announcing
66
HORIZONTAL (Cont.). 67-Robber (Book) 69-Body of church
singers 60-Condemnation to
perdition 62-Ausletant |53-Frogs (Latin)
64-Suffix from the
Greek for blood
20-Reduces to a lower 65-Throw ".
swimmer
22-Horizontal part of
Foundation" {pl};
E
10
16
12
64
158
VERTICAL (Cont.) 19-Entrance to a mine
(p%)
21 Greek letter (23-Fragment
24-A ball |25-Anplant· Greek |
thestor 27-Manded *--
-Conduct a periodical, $29-More-chro
20-Gibe 65-Town connectad
with witch of Bible|32-8tupefy: 20(1 Sam. xivili:7) 34-Challenges 67-Trust
37-Apparatus for
showing relative, | plastion of solar ~, bodles' (p)) 262) VERTICALI 39-Device to check.
142-t.esaan gradually 1-Pratix. By means of 44-Roman emperor 2-in body wh!{47÷Volume (abbr)
·8-Thick cordagenzinas 49-One who dieta.
· 4-Brothers In Gt The |52–16land fŋ'Malay By Comedy of Errors Archipelago
6-Coloplata
Son cald to |6-Attám 43-Type of fortification 7-Eagles
24-Perform
26-Suffix forming.
THENCE TO RIO DE
JANEIRO, SANTOS &
BUENOS AIRES via Singa
pore & Colombo **********
BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL-| Sydney Maru
Sat,
5th Mar.
BOURNE, AUCKLAND &
WELLINGTON via Manlia.
-16-Mental picture
JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Hamburg Mara****
Sun...
21st Feb.
.19-Profit
Services).
LONDON HAMBURG.
ROT-
grade
TERDAM & ANTWERP Amazon Mara
Fri,
11th Mar.
21-Farnous woman....
vis Singapore, Colombo,
NEW YORK via Japan porta,
Kwanto Maru
Thurs
10th Mar.
Los Angeles & Panama
28-Mix
Call Direct at Boston,
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
Belawan Dell & Colombo.
calling Karachi}
Thora,
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Honolulu Mars
Penang
& Rangoon,
Fri
Manado Maru:
Thurs.
18th Feb.
19th Feb
14th Feb. 18th Feb.
31+inoroase -
KERLING VÀ Stor
Amoy (8) pan, every Ban-
Kelung
(Fortnightly).
For further
OSAKA
JAPAN, PORTS via Takso à Canada. Maru
TAKAO TE Swatow & Amoy': 'Dell'; Maru
10th Mar
Thurs,
48-M
(abbr)
: 50-Ballroad (abbr)
KAISHA
BOMBAY vis Eingapore, Shunko Maru (not
HAIPHONG Tiz Hoihow. Canton Mara....
diminutivos
27-3mcakes:
33-Comipand
35-Type of automobils 36-Roman emperor (
38–86vared 2
45–Dreadful |
[41=Woo/BS
Capt. E. Coleborn, from Singa-| pore, Kowloon Wharf.-M.M. & Co.
Tinegara, Dutch str., 5,789 tona, Capt. Welde, from Amoy, buoy No. A2.-J.CJ.L.
Unita, Norwegian str., 2,345 tona, Capt. T. Messel, from Chin- wangtao, buoy No. B26.--Dod- well & Co.
Unkal Maru No. 3, Japanese str.,.
1,856 tons, Capt. J. Tasaka, from Keelung, buoy No. 14-J.; Sato & Co.
Yatshing, British str., 1,424 tons, Capt. J. Moodie, from Swatow, West Point Wharf.-J. M. & Co. Yubang, British str., 1,122 tons, Capt. R. C. Thompson, from Sandakan, Kowloon Wharf.-J.; M. & Co.
CLEARANCES.
Wednesday, February 10,
Gange, for Singapore.
Hiram, for Bangkok. Kalgan, for Bangkok. Kaying, for Canton. Kwaisang, for Tsingtao. Meneathaus, for Shanghai. Shun Chih, for Safgön. Talambs, for Singapore. Tilleboet, for Amoy. Yatshing, for Canton.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The Empress, of Canada will leave here for Victoria and Van- couver, B.C., via Shanghai, Kobe, and Yokohama at noon on Satur day, February 20. After her 'an- nual overhaul, the vessel will borth at Kowloon Wharf on Wed- nesday, February 17.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
ESTE ANOD RONNARD_MI
UTAR CATE
Offer
A new travel
BARGAIN
HONGKONG
to Pacific Coast
via Honoluia
Direct Express
and RETURN
GOOD FOR ONE YEAR.
1st CLASS from G$630
ON SALE JUNE 1st TO AUG. 31st
Alo SUMMER EXCURSIONS RETURN LIMIT 31st DEC.
1st CLASS From G$540
TOURIST CABIN GS300
Hong Kong Shanghai Nagualt Кеба Yokotams Honolulu Vooper
Lonta Lesta
Last
Lesta
Emp, of Canada Emp. of Ruskis
Feb. 20 Feb. 23
Mar. 4 Mar. 7 Mar,
· Emp, of Japan Mar. 15 Mar, 18 Emp. of Asia Mar. 25 Mar. 28 Mar. Emp, of Caunde Apr. 8 Apr. 11
Arrive Mar. Mar.21 Mar. 20 Mar. 22 Mar. 28 Apr. 1 Apr. 11
Feb. 25 Feb. 27-
8 Mar, 10 Mar, 12
29 Mar. 31 Anf, 2
Apr. 18 Apr. 15 Apr. 21 Apr. 26
Empress of Japan
Sails
TO MANILA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19.
CANADIAN 'AUSTRALASIAN, LINE
between
VANCOUVER, VICTORIA
and
HONOLULU, SUVA, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA The White Empresses conect at Honolulu with
C.A. Line Ships Aorangi and Niagara.
For further information please apply to: Canadian Pacific
THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM.
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LONDON SERVICE.
***AENEAS** 16th Feb. For M'bes, L'ion, R'dam and Glagow "MENELAUS" lat. Mr. For Marveller (sablanes, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
"DOLIUB **
20th Feb. For Port Sald, Havre, L'pool & Gʻgow - AGAMEMNON” Bih Mar. For Pars daid, Liverpool, Hayret
and (lagow
NEW YORK SERVICE, *MENESTHEUS" 11th Var, For Baton, New York, and Baltimore via Philippines, Port Brettenham and singapore
PACIFIC SERVICE.
(via KOBE & YOKOHAMA.) "PROTESILAUS" 131h Feb. For Victoria; Vanszower and Sentila 10th Mar. Por Viotoda, Vaneouver and Sonsslə
Η ΣΠΟΥ
INWARD SERVICE.
"EDRYLOCHD: " Dos 11th Feb. For hangbai, Kobe & Y'Asma " TEIRENIAS”. Due tuth Fab. For shanghai, Kobe & Y'hams
Also cargo steamers with limited passenger accommoda tion at specially. reduced farem, podela pod.
For freight, pasange rates and Information apply to the undermentioned.
All bookings are subject to the provisions of the Com pany's Bill of Lading.
Butterfield & Swire,
Agente.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA. Colling at Manila (P. Is.), Thaneday Is Cairea Town
*Brisbane Bydney and Melbour
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