SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1932.
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. -
CONTROVERSY OVER
устен
OLDEST SHIP.
Ketch Has Served
Since 1811.
steamer
ex
The reference to Casons' 86-year- old paddle-steamer Premier hari again,, raised the question of the oldest registered steamer. Mr. John C. V. Horton, M.I.NA....manag- ing director of Messrs. F. J. Trewant and Proctor," Limited, instances the Russian-built Chinese-owned iron
Hain. Tal,
gross, which is reputed to have been built in 1840. . On referring to an official of Lloyd's Register, we were advised that the authenticity of this vessel's building date was doubtful and inquiry is now being made into the matter, says "The Syren."
Tungus 481-
ton's
Meanwhile they confirm that the Premier is the oldest British steamer in the Register Book
A remarkable case of longevity is provided by the Mercantile Navy List, which contains the name of the auxiliary ketch Ceres, of Pad- which is stow... This little craft, still in coramission, was built at Salcombe in 1811 and was fitted
THE CHINA MAIL
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Mails can now be forwarded to Europe via Siberia.
SAIGON-MARSEILLES AIR MAIL SERVICES.
Letters will be accepted for transmission by the above-mention- ed Air Mail Service to the destinations speelfed. Registered letters may be sent by the service but not insured letters.
The rates charged will be the regular postage rate plus the special air mail" premium as indicated in the following table:-
Burma (Rangoon)
India (Calcutta) Persia (Djask) Persia (Bushire) Iraq (Bagdad)
Charge
LINER
RESIDENT
SAILING
Weekly Sailings Transpacific
Destination
Rata þar 1⁄2 ounce
Salgon/Marseiller Air Mail Service.
Slam (Bangkok)
$0.15 0.28
TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK
TO SEATTLE
via PANAMA.
and VICTORIA.
0.35.
0.75
0,85
Pres. Coolidge
PreK WILSON”.
0.95
Pres. Hoover
1.05
Greece (Athena)
1.20
Italy (Naples).
1.35
France (Marseilles)
1.85.
Great Britain and Trish Free State
(London)
1.85.
Europe, other countries (Marseilles for
onward transmission by rail)
1.85
Palestine (Beyrouth)
The air mail for each country will be landed at the place name ed in brackets.
The Air Mail Service from Saigon to Europe is weekly. The Hong Kong-Saigon connection will be maintained by the regular fortnightly
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY with a motor when over 100 years sailing of the French mail steamers and on alternate weeks by any
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with HM. Government.)
From
8.8.
Tons
Herfo About
TRANCHI
1:MIRZAPORE. CARTHAGE
'SOMALI
NALDERA
RAJPUTANA
*BANGALORE
CORFU »
COMORIN
**BHUTAN
RANPURA
KAISAR-I-HIND
Cargo only.
1
1932.
17,000 24th Sept.
Noon
6,700 5th Oct, 14.000 8th Oct. 6,800 15th Oct
16.000 22nd Oct. 17,000 5th Nov.
19th Nov. 6.500
15,000 19th Nov. 15,000 3rd Dec.
6,000
10th Dec.
17,000 17th Dec. 12,000 31st Dec.
Destination.
Marseilles & London.
It,,
Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Londen, Havre, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Loudon, Havri H'burg, 'terdam, Antwerp & Hul Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, M'seilles, L'don, Havre, B'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Eull Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marsoilles & London.
Calia Casabianca. Calls Karachi & Cutch Mandvie
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passangers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaux, Smyras and oiliar' Levent: Parke by utaamery of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
+SIRDHANA
TILAWA
1982.
8,000 30th Sept.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
10,000 15th Oct. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
*Calls Rangoon. Calls Port Swettenham."
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers,
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South),
old. She is said to have been in the "family" of her present owner, Capt. Alfred Petherick, of Bude, for four generations.
HONG KONG TIDES.
The time used is. Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. Es poh, la midnight, 12hrs. is noon. The heights are referred to the datam of the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given ön the chart unless pre- ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
September 17 fo 23, 1982.
High Water
Low Water Standard. Ft. Standard Ht.
Times. Times,
H. M. FH. M. F. 10 40 0.5 04 12 2.6 23.10 6.2 16 30 2.6 11 16 5.9 04 53' 2,5
18 23 29 6.2 50 2.8
Date
Sept.
Sat. 17
Sun; 18
19
Mon.
Tries 20.
23
Wed. 21..
11 80 5.2 05 36 2.5 44 6.8 17 00.3.0
03 25 2,5 12 26 4.5 17 05 3.3 00 00 6.3 07 26 25 13 05 3.9 17 08 8.3 Thurs. 22 00 25 8.8 08 50 2.8 1415 3.4 18 30 3.8 Fri." 2301 00.8.3 10 14 23
•)
.'.'
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
Consignees of cargo ex 8.8. Ben- vorlich are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which will be subject to rent after September
20.
13
available steamers that can make the, connection at Saigon,
Letters for this route should be marked "Saigon-Marseilles Air Service" and handed in at the G.P.O. or Kowloon Post Office.
ابایده
Letters and postcards for Europe and South America are forward- ed “via Siberla" if so superscribed.
INWARD MAILS.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 17.
Shanghai and Swatow Europe via Negapatam (Papers only, Lon-
don, Aug. 18). US.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San
Francisco, August 10.)
SUNDAY,
Shanghai and Amoy Shanghai and Amoy
.Sunning
Hosang
.Pres Van Buren SEPTEMBER 18.
Tal Yuan .Tjinegara
19.
SEPTEMBER
Pres. Coolidge Shinyo Maru
*20. Helyo Maru Tilawa
SEPTEMBER MONDAY,
Shanghai (San
U.S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and
Francisco, August 26).
TUESDAY,
Manila
Japan and Shanghai
Calcutta and Straits
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
Europe via Suez (Letters and Papers) Lon-
don, August 25, and Parcela, August 18, Nalders
OUTWARD MAILS.
SATURDAY,
Letters for "Saigon Marseilles Air Mail Service"
K.P.O.
Reg., Sept. 17, 1 p.m. Let, Sept. 17, 1 p.m.,
Samshuf and Wuchow Salgon
SEPTEMBER 17.
Halvard
GP.O. Reg., Sept. 17, 1.30 p.m. Let., Sept. 17, 2.00 p.m.
Dorry
Hosang
Tai Ming ....Sept. 17, 4 p.m.
3.80 p.m. Halvard
5.p.m '5 p.m.
.5 p.m.
8.30 a.m. 9 a.m.
9.00 a.m.
3 p.m.
Pres. Van Buren
18/
SEPTEMBER
Yatshing
Hoihow
Amoy
Manila
SUNDAY,
TARZAN
1932.
IS
COMING.
Foochow via Swatow Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Bangkok via Swatow
MONDAY, Swatow
NANKIN
7,000
NELLORE
7,000
1st Oct. 2nd.Nov.
Manila, Rabani, Brisbane, Sydney &
Melbourne.
Hozan Maru Kaigan SEPTEMBER 19.
Hydrangea
*Superscribed Correspondence only.
TANDA
7,000
2nd Dee.
0
Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays. Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays..
Sept: 27 Pres Cleveland.Oct. I
Oc€ 11 Pres, Taft'
Oct. 15 ..Oct. 25. Pres, Jefferson: .... ...Oct. 29
ROUND TRIP FARES TO EUROPE & AMERICA.
Special through rates to Europe via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privi- leges for sight-seeing Full particulars upon, application.
Fortnightly via Suer to Europe & Amerita
· Fortnightly sailings on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandría, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
Pres. Van Buran Pres. Gardeld
Sept, 18 Pres. Polk
Oct. 1o
Oct. . 1 .. Pres, Adamı
Oct.
SEPT. 18, 8 A.M.
TO MANILA
NEXT SAILING, PRES. VAN BUREN
Pres. Coolidge ........Sept. 30 Pres. Van Buren“. Oct. 2 Pres. Cleveland ...Sept. 24. Pres. Wilson
Och..
CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO,
ZAMBOANGA.
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
CANTON BRANCH-No. 4, Shakee Street.
BARBER
LINE
WILHELMSEN
21
EXPRESS SERVICE TO NEW YORK
Vis
SAN FRANCISCO - LOS ANGELES, PANAMA.
NEXT SAILING.
M.V. TORONTO"
on 18th SEPTEMBER.
ALL VESSELS HAVE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION"
FOR 12 PASSENGERS.
Regular monthly saflags from
Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan!
•and· Hong Kọng, to: Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney—19 days. /
Frequent connections from. Australia with the following:--
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom, viê. Hen
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc. “
The P. & 0. Royal Mail Steamer co Lozidon and
The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Sen The New Zealand Shipping Company's- utaamisen. Le Southampton and London via" Panama Canal
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN, Cheap Summer Trips to Japan - June to Sept.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28129.
Talaphones:
**AKOWLOON DOCH 58058,
"MANIFESTO, HONK KONG.”
DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
ELECTRICIANS. FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS.
1932.
NALDERA
TILAWA
NAGOYA *BANGALORE
RAJPUTANA
CORFU *BHUTAN COMORIN RANPURA SOUDAN MALWA
KAISAR-I-HIND BANCHI
BURDWAN CARTHAGE
16,000 22nd Sept: Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. 10,000 22nd, Sept. Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osmica. 6,800 25th Sept Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,
6500 4th Oct. 17,003 7th Oct. 15,000 21st Out. 6,000 80th Oct:
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama..
15,000 4th Nov. Shanghal, Kobs A Yokohama 17,000 18th Navy. Shanghai, Lobe & Yokohama.
25th Nov. Shanghai, 8,800
Moth Kobe Yokohama. 11,000 28th Nov.
Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, 12,000 2nd Dec. Shanghai, Holl, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 18th DeShanghal, Kobs & Yokohama, 8500 29th Dec, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. 14,000 30th Dec. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
On Lloyds
Het of
approved
Cast
Sterl
T.S.S. EMPRESS OF JAPAN
No. 1 Dock Dimensions
Call Flag
Transit.
Hong Kong to San Francisco, Hong Kong to Los Angeles Herig
25 Days
.26
G$200.09 G$220,00
Kong to New York
G$825.00
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER INFORMATION
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DODWELL & CO., LTD.
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KAILAN
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