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P.&O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
TOTE
From Hont or About
Destination.
1932. "MIRZAPORE 0,700 Ist Apr. Straits, Colombo & Borabay.
Da.m. ++*BURDWAN 6,500 2nd Apr.
Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Bull. CORFU
15,000 Bth Apr. Marsellies & London. RAWALPINDI 17,000 23rd Apr. Bombay, Marseilles & London. RANPURA
17,000 7th May Bombay, Marseilles
6,800 14th
Antwerp & Hall, 21st May Bombay, Marseilles & London.
June 4th
Bombay, Marseilles &
**SOMALI
CHITRAL
RANCHI
15,000 17.000
May
London,
BRIDGE
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932,
THE
CHINA ·MAIL.
TREASURE IN OLD WRECKS
SHIP HITS
IN. SYDNEY.
TABLE BAY TO BE SEARCHED.
Ivory, Plate, and Jewels.
Mast Snaps Off, Like Match Stick.
When the Pyrmont Bridge closed
Johannesburg, February 8. During that time there was no pro- Within the next few weeks Table tection from the weather, the whole Bay is to be explored for sunken area of the bay being exposed to on the coastal steamer Tyalgum late treasure, of which there is believed the full force of the Winter gales. on the night of February 4, says the to be a varied collection lying How many of these ancient ships Sydney Morning Herald, the funnel, have ac-were driven ashore or foundered at and after mast were snapped off, and among the wrecks that cumulated there during the past their anchors will never be known, three centuries. A Cape Town but the archives tell of dozens that two large ventilators were seriously syndicate has recently been formed went down with all their cargoes. damaged.
Tweed River Heada, laden with
no fewer The Tyalgum was returning from for the purpose, and a lighter has 'In the 1865 gale alone been fitted out with the necessary than 18 ships were lost.
Stately East Indinmen and gear.
.on the Among the apparatus are two vessels from China and Japan were dairy produce. She was water telescopes, consisting of long among the many victims during the point of passing under the bridge tubes of light iron, fitted with centuries, and most of them carried when the middle structure, which lenses through which the salvors ivory, porcelain, rare woods, and
had been opened, began to close. examine the sea floor. In depths silver, while in their strong rooms up to 10 or 12 fathoms objects on must have been much plate coin, After sounding his siren, the master the bottom are plainly seen. and jewels that cannot have de- (Captain John Magee) ordered full
The barge is slowly towed over teriorated much by their long sub-
speed astern, but the steamer had the most likely places in the day mersion. It is known that in the where wrecks may be found. The Haarlem and Middleburg, two too much beadway, and was unable a stop. All efforts to syndicate has already located no Dutch East Indiamen that perished, to come to
of there was much Chinese porcelain check the progress of the closing fewer than which should contain valuable that must be worth a fabulous sum |
bridge span falled.
Captain Magee swung his ship At Mercy Of Gales.
In the bay itself and just around For upwards of 200 years all the coastline there are altogether hard to starboard, but the bows vessels. sailing from the Orient to hundreds of wrecks, well worth in-came into violent collision with the Europe rounded the Cape, and vestigating. A rough estimate of most of them called in at Capo the value still in them is put at stonework of the bridge. The force of the blow carried the Tyalgum Town for provisions and water. round about £5,000,000.
broadside on, and the closing bridge! caught the tall funnel, two adjacent)
cargoes.
16 wrecks, many
SEAMEN DROWNED.
Lifeboat Captain's
Inquest Story.
A sad story of the wreck of the
to-day.
HONG KONG TIDES. ventilators, and the after mast, snapping the funnel and the mast The time used in Standard, or mean off at deck level, and bending the time of the meridian of 120 deg. E 00h. is midnight, 12hrs, is noon. The ventilators over to an angle of more heights are referred to the datum of than 45 degrees. the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
Bombay.ondon, Havre Belgian trawler Jeanne was told at depths given ou the chart unless pre- and
B'burg
1+ BANGALORE} 6,500 11th Jane Bombay,
NALDERA
18,000 18th
KAISAH-I-HIND) 12,000
2nd
8,000 9th
Marcellies. Lond
Juneburg, R'terdam, Antude
the inquest recently at Whitby on who crew three members of the Havre lost their lives when she struck the
Hull.
four (rocks at Kettleness Point,
miles north of Whitby.
Marsellies & London. July Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre,
Marseilles
London. July Bombay,
en & Hull H'burg. R'dam, A'werp July Bombay, & London. July Bombay,
& London. Bombay, Marseilles, Londen, Havre & Hull H'burg, Rterdam, Antwerp 17,000 18th Aug. Bombay, Marsellos & London. 17,000 37th Aug. | Marseilles & London.
#+*BHUTAN
RAJPUTANA
MANTUA ***SOUDAN
RAWALPINDI RANPURA
17,000 16th 11,000 80th 6,800 8th
MALWA
Aug.
11,000 10th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
* Carro only, Calls Gasablanca. † Calls Djibouti.
Frequent connection from Port 8 aid for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pirsans, Smyrna and other Levant Porta by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TALMA TALAMBA TAKADA
1932. 10,000 3rd Apr. 8,000 15th Apr. 7,000 1st May
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apear Lins steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
NANKIN
NELLORE TANDA
1932 7,000 2nd Apr.
11 a.m. 7,000 80th Apr. 7,000 ard June
Regular monthly saillugs from and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney—19 days.
Kanila, Rabani, Brisbane, Sydney
* Melbourne.
Hong Kong to Shanghal and Japan
Frequent connections from Austraffa with the following:—
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London vis Buss. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
NELLORE PROMALI RANPURA TAKADA CHITRAL SIRDHANA
*BANGALORE RANCHI
TILAWA
STANDA
NALDERA
BHUTAN
I
7,000
1012.
4th Apr. S'hal, Mail, Kobe, Osaka & Thama. 8.800 5th Apr Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
·17,000 7th Apr., Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
7,000 8th Apr. Amoy, Shai, Moll, Kobe &
& Osaka. 15,000
21st Agr. Shanghai, Kobe & Tokohama. 8,000 22nd Apr. Amey, Holl, Koba Yokohama.
anth
4500
17,000
10,000
7,000
16,000 (10th
ZIBARI-HIND 12,000 NANKIN
May
The steamer gave a sharp lurch,
clouds of steam and smoke emerged from the gaping hole where the funnel had been snapped off. The crew,
several of whom had narrowly escaped injury, imme diately took up their stations and stood by awaiting orders; while Captain Magee made a hurried ex- H. M. Famination, and found that the vessel
High Water Low W: ter Standard Ht. Standard Ht.
Times. Times.
March 29 to April 4, 1982.
Captain M. Louie Dedrie said; when he found the vessel fast on the rocks he sent up six rockets, and when the vessel began to roll badly ordered the lifeboat out.
Date
Kar.
H. M. F.
The lifeboat capsized, and when he Tucs counted the crew two were missing. Wed. The fabin boy complained that he
20 -
13
6.4
22
30 ..
14 50
24
16 28 6.0
08 40 1.5
00 58 11 40
1,1 4.0
was furt, and died later. The two Thurs. 31 09 missing members of the crew were
dead afterwards found
April ол the
beach.
PIE 2529788
1.3 was undamaged below the water-
1.1
line. His chief fear was that the
09 58 4.2 severe impact with the stone pler
Fri. 1
18 03 6.0 The coroner returned a verdict Sat. 2.. 08 52 4.7 that Charles Verburgh, chief en-
19 10 8.2 3..
5.0 02 14 1.8 gineer, and Maurice Vandervaller Sun. were drowned, and that John Deret- ter, cabin boy, died from exposure.
Mon.
09
had holed the vessel. This did not¦ appear to have happened.
When the bridge was again open- 01 40 1.2 ed, the Tyalgum passed through 12 45 3.6 under her own steam, and, after tying up at the railway wharf, on 20 09 6.2 13 38 3.1 the right hand side of the bay, for 4.. 09 25 5.3 02 39 1.5
20 50 0,2 14 20 27 a further examination, proceeded to
her own berth on the other side.
Numbers of people were on the bridge when the mishap occurred. As the opening span began to close, they perceived the steamer's peril and shouted warnings. Captain Magee, however, had already taken steps to avert the disaster.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and JRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment i guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Bup ways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long. Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel 10459. Shipyard: Sham-ahul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Kowloon Tel. 57069. Estimates furnished on application.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
The Tyalgum is a steel vessel of 544 tons gross, and was built at Glasgow in 1925 for the North Const S.N. Company, Ltd. On November 20 last she went aground. on the Tweed River bar, and was refloated two days later without suffering any serious damage.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., –
HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28624.
"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG.”
- TaleghanEN:
KOWLOON DOCK 58033, DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.
On Lloyds
lic of
approved
Cant
Kobe & Yokohama
Kobe 4 Tokohama.
Blool
Moll, Kobe & Oaks,
Kobe, Osaka Thams. Manfro-
Kobe Yokohama
terers.
Kobe & Yokohama.
2nd June Shaghal, be, Oasks & Yhama. ,000 6th June 8hal, Moji, RAJPUTANA 17,000 18th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama
SOUDAN
6,800 28th
·June Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.
Cargo only.
All dates are sporonimats and webjerë të alteration without noti All-Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans or Funka Louris Byu
Steamers en Landin' and Austen, lan Elton are Attad with Parezia maantring dot more than 8 et 15, wil de rassivad at £58 nya Once up to Noon on the day arerions to saliing,
CKINNON, MACKI
T.S.S. “EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”
Harbour
Call Flaga
Engines:
SPECIAL ROUND
TRIP FARES
TO EUROPE.
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
To San Francisco, Los Angeles ! To Seattle & Victoria.
New York vía Panama.
The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays
Pres. Wilson .Mar. 29, 4 Pres. Hoover ...Apr. 12 Pres. Jackson
...Apr. 28
p.m.
The Short, Straight Routa to America Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays
Pres. Madison .....Apr. 2, 3 Pres. Cleveland .............Apr. 16 Prez. Taft
...Apr. 30
£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe vis
United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines acrona United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
ROUND TRIP. FARE TO KUROPE, From Hong Kong to Naples
*
H
Marseilles London
Full particulars upon application.
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD.
$152. 5.06.
$161. a. d. #189.15.04
Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genos, Marseilles, Now York and Boston.
1.30.
Pres. Harrison ...Apr. 3, 5 Pres. Pierce......May 1, 8- Pres. Hayes......Apr. 17, 8 Pres. Monroe ..... May 15, 8 TO MANILA
Pres. Harrison „Apr. 3, 8 a.m. Prea. Hayes ...Apr. 17, 8 a.m. Pred. Hoover ..Apr. 6, 6 p.m. Pren. Jackson ..Apr. 19, 6 pan. Pres. Cleveland Apr. 9, 8 p.m. Pres. Taft .....Apr. 23, 6 p.m.
CANTON BRANCH:-1, SHA KEB STREST.
DOLLAR
STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
BWEX
MILIKLISER
LIVE
PAZUJU
EXPRESS
SFRACE
BARBER WILHELMSEN
LINE
THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.
All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.
Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.
42 Days To New York.
For Passenger and Freight Information please apply:-
DODWELL & CO., LTD:
Queen's Buildings. Telephone 23021.
Agunta:
BRITISH WUCHOW LINE
SAILING DATES FOR MARCH, 1982 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong: 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 8 p.m.
Boller.
maker
Shipwright
Steamer,
Leates
Hong Kong
Arrives
Wuchow
LASTE
Wackow
Artiyer
Bong Kong
in No. 1 Dock Dimensions: 6860 0.4 x 85 x 188" MIL 25,000 tons Gross.
The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Twe Patent Blipways. The dimensions of No. 1 Dock and 700′0' x 88′0′′ x 30′8′′; over sill, H.W 0.8. T- Balvage Tug “Henry Keswick,” 1,000 LHP. Wiralans Call Signal V.P.RT. and Flag Call Signal T.HQ.B. Shverleg capable of lifting 80 taon.
Cadas. Used: Al, A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering. Flist and Becund Editiom. Western Union Bentley and Watkina US
Chief Mana
TAI MING THURS. 31st WED. 30th 'BUN.
Trd MON.
4th
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 .. "Tai Hing" at ted with Wireless.
Ports of CallBamahui, Shulking, Takhing & Doshing Fares Retura (not including monte), "$20.00% 0 Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board ha Hong Kong Arrivals & Diskuterer
For information wollte
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