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1933.
+'SOUDAN
**MIRZAPORE
RANCHI CARTHAGE **BURDWAN
NALDERA
-RAJPUTANA +SOMALI
CORFU
COMORIN
BANGALORE
RANPURA
CHITRAL
RANCHI
CARTHAGE
NALDERA
KAISAR-I-HIND
6,800 7th Jun.
6,700 11th Jan.
Noon 17,000 14th Jan. 14,000 28th Jan. 4,100th Feb.
Destination.
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, H'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Hull Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
Bombay, Marecilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London H'burg, R'dom, A'werp, & Hull. 16,000 11th Feb, Bombay, Marseiller & London. 27,000 25th Feb., Bombay. Marulles & London
6,800 4th Mar. Marseilles, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Barseilles & London.
London.
15,000 25th Mer. 1st Apr. 0,100
恳
London, Hamburg,
15,000 11th Mar Margo Bare
Madam, Antwerp & Hull,
17,000 8th Apr. 15,000 22nd Apr.
17,000
Oth May
14,000 20th May 10,000
& London. Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Moresfiles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
3rd June
12,000 17th June
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Cargo only. † Calle Casablanca. Calla Karachi.
Frequent connection from Port Bald for Pasisngère and Cargo to Con- stantinople. Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Porta by steamers of the Khediviai Mall Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
Sequel To Shipping Slump.
Auckland. Owing to the shipping slump, British certifled officers unable to find bridge jobs have been obliged to`sign on no crow.
The Commonwealth and Domin ion Line steamer, Port Gisborne, arrived hore recently from London with a deck crow of 18 young officers. Sixteen of them came |from good English familles and the
other two were New Zealandors,
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Pres. McKinley
TO SEATTLE
and VICTORIA.
Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays. Fortnightly sailinge on Saturdays .Jan. 18 Pres. Madison...Jan. 7, 5 a.. Feb. 1 Pres. Cleveland ....................Jan. 21 .Feb. 15 Pres Taft
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Pres. Wilson
Letters.
A. O.
P.C.
Pro Hoover
Pres. Jackson
Special 40th
Per 1⁄2 oz.
11⁄2 oz.
Each
0.20
0.35
0.12
0.12
0.25
0.50
0,25
0.25
0.40
0.70
0.25
0.25
) 0.80
0.95
0.30
0.30
0.65
0.75
1.05
0.85 0.85
0.85
1.20
0.40 0.40
1.40
0.45
0.45
Europe other countrics
1.00
1.60
0.56
0.55
'(Marsailles for onward mission by rail)
One of the Englishmen had been Acting Sub-Lieutenant on H. M. S. Slam (Bangkok) Renown and another had been a Burma (Rangoon) midshipman on H. M. S. Rodney, India (Calcutta). Rodney, while the others had re- Persia (Djask) ceived their training on the Wor-Persia (Bushire)
Iraq (Bagdad)
cester.
Captain Higgs of the Port Gis-Palestine (Beyrouth) borne said that he could not have Greece (Athens) wished for a better crow. There Italy (Naples)
was not a single hitch on the voy- France (Marseilles) age. It is a great shomo, he sald, Great Britain (London) too many promising young of
ficers unable from circumstances beyond their control to turn their education and training to proper
The air mall for each country will be landed at the place nam uap. The boys are to be admired ed in brackets. for accepting the company's offer.
The Air Mail Service from Salgon to Europe la weekly. The Hong The captain related an incident Kong-Salgon connection will be maintained by the regular fortnightly during the voyage which might have sailing of the French mail steamers and on alterante weeks by any turned out unfortunately. When available steamers that can make the connection at Salgon, the vessel was in mid-Pacific an of-¦ 1. Letters exceeding 4 oz. will be marked "Salgon-Marseilles Air ficer Seaman Quartermaster Ni-Mail Service" and handed in at the G.P.O. or Kowloon Post Office. chol-accidentally fell overboard. Boats were lowered and he was res- eued from the shark-infested wateri none the worse,
About £240,000 has been spont on the battleship Royal Sovereign, which was last month recommia- sioned at Plymouth for further ser- vice with the First Battle Squadron | in the Mediterranean.
THE LADY, OR THE TIGER.
(Continued from Page 10.)
Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come `out of that
door,' ог did the The more we refect! upon this question the harder. it is!
Indy7
to answer. It involves a study of
the human heart which leads us
INWARD MAILS.
FRIDAY, JANUARY G.
Japan and Shanghat Autsralia and Manila
Japan.
Shanghai and Amoy
Manila
Japan and Shanghai
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San
Francisco, Dec. 9) ...
SATURDAY,
Kashima Maru
Taiping
.Penang Maru
Anhui
Pres. Madison Sondan
Pres, Van Buren
7.
JANUARY Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
hai (Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 17) ... Empress of Canada: Europe via Negapatam (Letters and Paper)
Suwa Maru London, Dec. 8, 1982) London (parcels only, London, December 1) Antenor,
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8.
Talma
Amoy
OUTWARD MAILS
FRIDAY,
through devious mazca of passion, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow out of which it is difficult to find Manila, Australia and New Zealand four way. Think of it, fair reader,!
not 88 If the decision
vin Brisbane
of
the question depended
upon
1983.
10,000 11th Jan. 8,000 22nd Jan. 7,000 4th Feb.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
yourself, but upon that bot
JANUARY 6.
Enyang
p.z.
Brisbane Maru
(Due Brisbane, Jan. 20.). Parcels
Jan. 6. 2 p.m. Registration
2.45 p.m. Lettera
.8.80 p.m.
Fortnightly via Suez to Europe & America
Fortnightly sailings on Saturdaye la Manila, Stráita, Colombo, Bombay, Suet Capal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston,
8 a.m.
8.2.2.
Pres. Van Buren Pres. Garfield
Jan. 7 Pres. Polk
Jan. 21 Pres. Adams
Feb. Feb 18
TO MANILA
Next Sailing, Pres. Van Buren, Jan. 7,8 a.m.
Pres. Wilson
Pres. Cleveland Pres. Gardeld Pres. Hoover Pres, Taft
Jan 15 Pres. Folk dan. 14 Pres. Jackson
Jan. 23 Pres, Fellergon Jan. 24 Pres. Adɛnis ....... Jan. 28 Prep. McKinley
.Feb. 4 .Feb.
.Feb. 11
.Feb. 18 Feb-21
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Queen's Bulldings.
TALMA SANTHIA TAKADA
blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her
soul at a white heat beneath the Shanghai, Japan, Canada U.S.A, combined fires of despair and Central and South America and jealousy. She had lost him, but; *Europe via Victoris, B.C, and
*Europe via Siberia
B.I. Aptar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for who should have him? 1st and 2nd class passengers.
How often, in her waking hours) and in ber dreams, had she started; in wild horror, and covered her face!
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), with her hands as she thought of
1919.
NELLORE TANDA NANKIN
7,000 7,000 7,000
1st Feb. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney & 3rd Mar.
Melbourne. 1st Apr.
her lover opening the door on the Formosa other side of which waited the cruel Bangkok fangs of the tiger!
Saigon
But how much oftener had she "Shanghai and Japan seen him at the other door! How, Straits, *Ceylon, india, Mauri- in her grievous reverles, had she gnashed her teeth; and torn heri hair, when she saw his start of
Regular monthly-sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan rapturous delight as he opened the
and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-10 days.
Frequent connections from Austrails with the following:--
door of the lady!
How her soul had, burned in agony when she had seen him rush
The Union 8.8. 'Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New to meet that
ferland, Vancouver, San Francisco," etc.
The P. & Ö, Royal Hall Steamers to London end
The P. & O. Branch Service, of steamers to London via Baen.
woman, with her.
President Madison
(Due Victoria B.C., January 24) Parcels
.Jan. 6, 8 p.m. ..4.15 pm:
Registrations
Letters
Tarcoola
Skuld
5 p.m.
..$ p.m. ..3.p.m.
.4.30 p.m.
Helikon Nellore
.6 p.m.
tius, East and South Africa, *Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Soudan
K.P.O.
Parcels
Reg.....
Jan. 6, 4.80 p.m. Jan. 7, 9am-
Letters
10. a.m.
Parcels Rog, Letters
flushing cheek and sparkling eye of Manila triumph; when, she had seen him
(Due Marseilles, February 7). G.P.O.
Jan. 6, 5 p.m.
Jan. 7, 945 a.m. Jan. 7, 10.80, a.m. President Van Buren 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7.
fend her forth, his whole frame Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southamptos and kindled with the joy of recovered London via Panama Canal
WAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
+NELLORE
TAKADA
NALDERA .*SOMALI
RAJPUTANA CORFU
*BANGALORE COMORIN
BHUTAN
CHITRAL
LAGE
NAZREDA
BURDWAN KAISAR-I-HIND
MANTUA RAWALPINDI RANPURA
RAJPUTANA
1933.
6.1.
7,000 7th Jan. S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Oak
Osaka & Thame 7,090 18th Jan. Amay, S'hai, MojL Kobe & Osaka, 10,000 18th Jan. Shanghal, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama.
6,800 25th Jat. Shangliai, Kobe & Yokohama, 17,000 87th Jan. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Kobe & Yokohama. Yokołuszaa
15,000 10th Feb.com Yokohama.
4,500 23rd Feb.
15,000 24th Feb, Shanghai, Kobe &
17,000 10th
10th Mar Sha
Shanghai, Kobe & & Yokohama. 000 19th Mr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokoljama. 16,000 23rd Mor. Shanghai, Kebe
Kobe & Yokohama. Kobe Shanghai,
Yokohama.
17,000
ath Apr. 6900 18th Apr Shanghai, be
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
..
East and South Africa, Aden; Egypt and Europe via Marseilles Kashima Maru
K.P.O. Registrations,vžan. 7, 11 am. .Neon
life; when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the happy bells; when she had seen the priest, with his joyous followers, advance to the Letters couple and make them man and wife Hoihow and Pakhol before her very eyes; and when she Haiphong had seen them walk away together Shanghai and Japan upon their path of flowers, followed Amoy by the tremendous shouts of the Manila hilarious multitude, in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned
Would it not be better for him to
dle at once, and go to wait for her
in the blessed regions of sami- barbaric futurity?
And yet, that awful tiger, those
14,000 20th Apr: Shaggatal Kayashrieks, that blood!
16,000
4th May Shangha
18th May 0,300 18th 12,000 18th 51By Shanghal, Moll, 1
Yokohama.
Her decision had been indicated
Kobe & 11,000 lat 17,000 15th Jane Shanghai, Koha & Yokohama. 17,000 29th June: Shanghai, Koba & Yokohama. 17,000 18th -July Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama.
June Shanghai, Moll, Kohe & Yokohama)in an instant, but it had been made
*Cargo only Calls Nagoya and Yokkaichi, d
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notion. All Cabins are fitted with disctric Fans: or Punks Louvre Mystem. Brammans on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Landrie, Parosis measuring not more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Com- yany's Offici up to Noon on the day previous to sailing
*** For furlar information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, ate, apply Bota
*** MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO., P. & O. Bulding. Connanght Rd. C. Hong Kon
Agents, B
after days and nights of anguished
(Due Marseilles, Feb. 5.) G.P.O. Registrations Jan. 7, 11.46 a.m. Letters:
12.80 p.m. Com. Henri Rivere 11.30 a.m. Canton
2 p.m.. 3.60 P ,8,80 p.m.
Sura Maru
Ninghai
Emp. of Canada.
*Superscribed Correspondence only.
"RICKSHAW BRAND
CELEBRATED
deliberation. She had known the CEYLON
would be asked, alle had decided what she would answer, and, with fout the slightest hesitation, she had
moved her hand to the right.
The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you; Which came out of the opened door the ledy, or the tiger
THE END
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Amid impressive surroundings, and in the presence of a distinguished and fg congregation, the Right Rev. Ronald Owen Hall, was enthroned Bishop of Victorla in St. John's Cathedral on December 30, His Lordship later preached an inspiring sermon, which was interpreted In Chinese, and pronounced the Blessing. Seated in the front row of the Cathedral was His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., and Lady Peel, accompanied by Capt. R. F. Walter, A.D.C., and Mr. J. G. Pilcher, Private Secretary,
The enthronement is fully reported in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
After nearly four years of residence at Flagstaff House, in the office of General Omcer Commanding the British Troops in China, Major-General James Walter Sandilands, CB, CMG, D.S.O., a popular officer, left the Colony for Home on board the P. & 0. as. Kaiser-I-Hind on December 31. The official farewell took place at Queen's Statue Pier, where His. Excellency, the G.O.C. met many friends. Cap- tain R. F. Walter, A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor, was present, as was the new G.0.0, Major-General O. G. Borrett.
The departure is reported in the OVERLAND CHINA MAILA
An appeal for the health of the young was made by Sir Shou-son Chow, who presided at the annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children, on Decem- ber 28. Str. Shou-son spoke of the extension of the work of the Society and dealt highly on the Welfare Centre, which was started only seven months ago, adv
On the motion of Sir William Shenton, the office of Direc- tor of the Society was created for Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg.
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