WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932.
YK.LIN
N.
REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £79 TO 120 ON SALE
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai tāpan Ports & Honolulu.
Wednesday, Wednesday,
SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghaf & Japan Ports,
Tuesday, Tuesday,
23rd March, 6th April.
29th March.
26th April.
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
CHICHIBU MARU
TATSUTA MARU
HIYE MARU
HEIAN MARU
Singapore. Penang, Colombo & Suez,
KATORI MARU
Saturday,
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday,
ATSUTA MARU
KAMO MARU
MANILA.
TATSUTA MARU
TANGO MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via lunin & Ports.
19th March.
2nd April.
Saturday,
26th March.
Saturday,
23rd April,
Thursday,
31st March.
27th March.
Sunday,
Thursday,
HOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. RAKUYO MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Paramu.
Monday, LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul,
Marseilles & Valencia,
+ LYONS MARU (calls Saigon) .... Tuesday,
CALCL:TWA via Singapore. Perone & Rangoon.
+ TOBA MARU
BENGAL MARU
+ PENANG MARU
KAMO MARU (calis Nagasaki)
HAKONE MARU
KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
Tuesday.
Tuesday,
Friday, Friday,
↑ YAMAGATA MARU (calls Nagasak!) Thursday,
+ Cargo only.
17th March.
11th April. Peraeus, Genoa,
15th March.
15th March. 29th March.
18th March. 18th March.
24th March.
For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Telephone, 30291. (Private exchange to all departments.)
O. S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
RIO DE JANEIRO. SANTOS Santos Maru
Thurs., 24th Mar,
&
BUENOS VIR19 vla
Saigon, Singapore, Colom
bo. Durhan & Capetown
ZANZIBAR, Arabia Maru
Tues.,
TOURENCO
NAM BEIRA, |
MARQUES,
DURBAN, PORT ELIZA
BETH
CAPETOWN
6th Apr.
The
THE
CHINA MAIL.
Shipping
Intelligence.
►ADEN KAN RISK.
'FLU EPIDEMIC IN A TROOPSHIP
DECK TURNED INTO" ISOLATION WARD."
Stormy Voyage.
transport Somersetshire,, worked wonders with the health and which reached Southampton on spirits of the afflicted passengers.
| January 15, from India, experienced
a very 'unlucky voyage.
Death of QMS.
HONG KONG TIDES.
The time used is Standard, of mean tima of the meridian of 180 deg. E; 00h. is midnight, '12hrs.' in too. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless pre- ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depth.
March 9 to 15, 1932.
Date
Mar.
Wed,
10
The Somersetshire made two en- She left Bombay on Christmas forced calls at ports on the voyage ¦ Eve, a day behind schedule owing to home, the first at Ismailia to land
delay on the outward voyage by bad a'soldier who was seriously ill, and Thurs. weather. A roughish soa was on the second at Gibralter' to... puti countered in the Indian Ocean, and ashore two soldiers' who required Fri. before the troops and the familles hospital treatment. Shortly before
Sat. on board could find their sea legs an❘ the vessel reached Southampton a outbreak of influenza occurred. It wireless message was received from gun, swept through the ship, claiming | Gibraltar stating that Quarter- over 300 victims.
master Sergeant W. Elkins, one of Mon. Fortunately, the influenza was of the men landed at Gibraltar, had a mild form and compelled its vic-died from double pneumonia, Much tims to remain in bed only about sympathy was felt with his wife a couple of days. While the out-and five young children, who travel- hreak lasted, however, the ship's led in the ship and landed at South- surgeon and the army medical staffumpton.
were exceptionally busy, and the After leaving Gibraltar the ship's hospital was not nearly big Somersetshire again ran into very enough to accommodate all the bad weather, and had a serious
Tues.
12
High Water Low Water Standard Ht. Standard Ht.
Times.
Timp. H. M. F. H. M. F. 11 15 5.3 04 35 1.5
22 49 8.2 16 25 2.4 11 87 5.4 04 56 1.7 23 20 5.8 17 04 2.3
28 2.3
11 .. 11 4 4 06 22 2.3 5.4 15 2.0 23 50
12 10
18 34 2.3 18.00
4.4 05 85 12 26. 5.6 19 35 2.8 60 52 3.7 05 35 2.6. 12 60 5.7 20 50 2.2 15, 01 40 3.1 05 20 2.7 13 28 5.8 22 83 2.0
14
STEAMERS MOVEMENTS.
The F. & O. 8.3. Carthage left Shanghai for this port on March
8
at 4.30 p.m., and is due here on
March 11 at about 6 am.
patients. At one time there were buffeting in the Bay of Biscay. probably 200 people laid low. Mat- There were nearly 1,500 troops on The m.v. Cingalese Prince from tresses were placed on the decks and board and 70 families. Colonel E. F. New York sailed from Shangha! on scores of 'fu victims were isolated Norton was in command of the March 8 evening, and is expected| in that way. An improvement in troops, who included details from here on March 11 at daylight. the weather and Bea conditions a large number of units.
SEEING BRITAIN BY LINER.
Summer Cruises Round The Seaside Resorts.
Coastal tours in Atlantic liners, with stops at various British sea- side resorts, are being planned as part of the "See Britain" holiday season in the coming Summer.
This latest development is the outcome of an arrangement made by the Cunard Company for two | 14,000-ton liners-Antonia and Ausonia-to make tourist excur 5th Apr. 8ions round the coast during July
and August.
THENCE TO RIO DE
JANEIRO, SANTOS &
BUENOS AIRES vla Singa-
pore & Colombo
MELBOURNE vin Brisbane Brisbane Maru
Tues.,
& Sydney.......
JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Havana Maru
Services),
Himalaya Maru
Wed., Thurs..
Sun.,
9th Mar. 24th Mar.
18th Mar,
LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- Amazon Maru
TERDAM
NEW YORK via Janan porta, Kwanto Maru (from
There will be four excursiona at,│· from one guinea a day.
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS
Monday, March 7. Soochow, British str., 1,694 tons,
President Coolidge, American str.,,
་
33,000 tons, Capt: K. A. Ahlin, |
Capt. H. Gifford, from Swatow, buoy No. B20-B. & S.
from San Francisco, Kowloon Taiping, British str., 2,582 tons, Wharf-Dollar S.3. Lines. Ryusei Maru, Japanese str., 1,509
tons. Captain Tanaka,
Capt. A. M. France, from Manila, Holt's Wharf.—B, & 5. from Tjipanas, Dutch str., 2,775
Hongay, Kowloon Bay.-D.KK. Tai Yuan, British str., 2,100 tons,
Capt. W. T. Hodge, from Amoy, buoy No. B15.-D. & S. Tchekam, Chinese, str., 806, tops, Capt. Lai Yee, from Holhow, buoy No. B19.--Woo On & Co.,
Tuesday, March &
tona,
Capt. L. F. J. Van Luyken, from Miike, buoy No. 49.- J.C.J.L.
Yat Shing, British str., 1,424 tona, Capt. J. Moodie, from Wel-hai- wel, buoy No. B1.-J.M. & Co.
CLEARANCES.
Tuesday, March 8 Capt. S. Kato, from Canton, Foo Lee, for Tientsin. buoy No. B18.-Yee Tal Hong. Elax, for Tarakan..
An Lee, Chinese sir., 992 tons,
The first excursion will be made Clara Jebsen, Danish str., 1,145 Hai Yang, for Swatow.
by the Antonia, which will leave: Liverpool on July 1. Holiday- makers who make this trip will 24th Mar. visit Belfast, Dublin, Bantry Bay for Killarney, Torquay and Jersey, returning to Liverpool on July 8.
On July 9 the Antonia will leave Liverpool for a 10-day excursion, and will visit Jersey, Boulogne, Leith (for Edinburgh), Berwick,
19th Mar.
ANTWERP
Singapore, Colombo,
Suez Port Suid.
Los Angeles & Panama.
Kabe)
Thurs.,
Call Direct At Boston.
Philadelphia & Baltimore.
Singapore Penang
BOMBAY & KARACHI via
Hague Maru
SAL.,
&
Sat.,
10th Mar.
HẢI PHÒNG và Holbow
Penang & Rangoon.
Manado Maru
KEELUNG vin Swatow &
Hozan Maru
Sat., Sun.,
19th Mar.
20th Mar.
JAPAN PORTS via Takso &
Canada Maru
Panama Maru
Thurs Fri., Thurs.,
10th Mar.
Colombo
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Hamburg Maru
Amoy (3 p.m. every Sun-
day).
Koeung
TAKAO vin Swalow & Amoy Deli Maru
(Fortnightlys.
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISTŁA.
For further particulars please opply
to:-
Telephone 28061.
24th Mar.
tons, Capt. K. Dahl, trom Sai- Haldis, for Saigon. gon, buoy No. B13.-Yuen On Hermod, for Bangkok. & Co.
Kaituna, for Port Courbet, Golden River, American str., 8,817 Kwai Sang, for Swatow,
tons, Capt. J. W. Giffin, from Nagato Maru, for Singapore. Masbate, P.I., buoy No.- A8-Nankin, for Moji. States S.S. Co.
Nanning, for Chefoo.
Hin Sang, British str., 1,885, tons, New Mathilde, for Haiphong.
Capt. L. Hutchings, from San- President Coolidge, for Manila, dakan, Stonecuttera' Anchor-Sandviken, for Canton, aga.-J.M. & Co.
Shinyo Maru, for Kobe.
and Obaa, returning to Liverpool Kaga Maru, Japanese atr., 8,615 Tjileboet, for Muntok. on July 19.
tons, Capt. N. Komiyama, from Yuan On, for Samarinda.
Al-Yusang, for Sandakan.
London has been chosen as the
8th Apr. starting-point for two excursions to be made by the Ausonia. She will embark passengers at Tilbury on July 29 for a 7-day trip to Brest, Torquay, Jersey, and Boulogne, re- turning to London on August 5.
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR MARCH., 1982 (Subject to Change), DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wochow 8 p.6.
TAI HING
TAI MING TAI HING
TAI MING
Arrives
Wachow
Leaves
Arriven Wachow Hoa Ron
9th FRL 14, BÁT. 12tb BUN. 13th Itь SUN. -13th MON. 14th TUES. 15th
And in less than 12 hours she |will leave Tilbury again for a 12- day excursion to the Norwegian | Fjords, calling at Newcastle on her
way,
SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIREKS, BOILER MAKERS,
Steamer.
Leaves Bong Kong
WED. FRI.
MON.
WKD.
TAI HING SAT.
TAI MING MON.
TAI HING THURS. 24th SAT.
14th WED. 16th THURS. 17th FRL 18th 16th FRI 18th SAT. 19th BUN. 19th MON. 21st TUES. 22nd WED. 21st WED. 23rd THUR8, 24th FRI
28th SUN. 27th MON.
20th
Zard
2516 200
FORGE MASTERS,
30th
TAI HING
TAI MING THURS. 31st BAT
2nd
4th
Karatsu, buoy.......... No. N.Y.K.
Kasama, British str., 2,945 tons)
Capt. H. Rawaliffe, from Bal- `gon, buoy Nɔ, B12,—Bank Line,
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
Consignees of cargo ex 8.5. Ben- Liberator, American str., 5,760 tons, doran are reminded to take de- Capt. Lawrence, from Shang-livery of their goods which will hal, Taun Wan Anchorage.-L. be subject to rent after March 10. Everett Inc.
Consignees of cargo Nanning, British str., 1,486 tona, Conte Rosso are reminded to take Capt. J. Grossett, from Can-delivery of their goods which will ton, buoy No. B21.—B. & S. be subject to rent after. March 10.
ΤΑΙ ΜΙΝΟ SAT. 26th MON. 28th TUES. 29th WED.
TUES. 29th THURS. 31st FRL Ist! BAT.
2nd SUN. 3rd MON,
Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers having good.
Accommodation for First Class Passangers. Electric Light and Fans in State-rooms and Saloon. The .. "Tai Hing" is At- ted with Wireless.
Ports of Call-Asmahul, Shaihing, Takhing & Doshing,
Fares Retorn (not including meals) $20.00,
Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board.
Hong Kong Arrivals & Departures from Tai Hing Wharf
For information` apply to
28, Connaught Road, West.
Phone 20828
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