YKLINE
N.
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for
Cunard White Star LineTM
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai. Japan Ports and Honolulu.
TATSUTA MARU
ASAMA MARU
TAIYO MARU
SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.
HIYE MARU (Starts from Kode)
Wednesday, 16th Oct.. Wednesday, 30th Oc Wednesday, 13th Nov.
"Saturday",
HEIAN MARU (Starts from Kobe) Monday,
LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM.
SUWA MARU
FUSHIMI MARU
HAKOZAKI MARU
9th Nov. 25th Nov.
Saturday, 26th Oct. Saturday, 9th Nov Saturday, 23rd Nov."
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
KAMO MARU
KITANO MARU
Saturday 26th Oct.. Saturday, 23rd Nov.
BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
+MAVEBASELI MARU
†TOTTORI MARU“
GINYO MARU
Monday, 28th Oct Wednesday, 6th Nov. Tuesday,
12th Nov.
via Japan. Honolulu.
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama.
Saturday,
Tuesday, Monday,
9th Nov.
12th Nov 4th Nov.
LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth. Istanbul, Piraeus,
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast)
BOKUYO MARU
NEW YORK via Panama
#NOTO MARU
†NOJIMA MARU
Genoa and Valencia
†TOKUSHIMA MARU
+TSUSHIMA MARU
Friday,
†PENANG MARU
Friday,
Tuesday, 29th Oct 8th Nov. 15th Nov.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & "YOKOHAMA.
KITANO MARU (N'saki direct)
Friday,
TERUKUNI MARU.
ANTO MARU
Tuesday, Monday,
¿Cargo Only
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
18th Oct had Oct. 28th Oct.
TELEPHONE 30291
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
NEW YORK via Japan, Los Kwanto Maru
RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS Montevideo Maru
ITI..
29th Oct.
THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935
BRITISH PLANES IN
AIR SURVEY
Land Inhabited By Cannibals
DUTCH SEARCH FOR OIL AND MINERALS
"Amsterdam. -
An expedition is to leave Holland next month for an aerial exploration, in British machines, of 2,000 square miles of the westem section of New Guinea. This Dutch possession. ten times the size of Holland is largely unexplored. The grea it is hoped to chart is a third- country..
The expeditions, which will be away 18 months, comsists of . 25 Europeans and as many natives.
It is led by Capt. R. N. de Ruyter van Steveninck. an Army pilot, and is being sent by the Nether- lands New Guinea Petroleum Com-¡ pany, owned by Dutch. British and American interests.
Options Granted
The company has been granted options on land hoped to be oil- bearing.
Geological investigations will follow the aerial survey of low- ing, malarial country inhabited by cannibal Papuans, who, how- ever, are not. expected to cause much trouble. All the members of the expedition will be armed.
Three de Havilland Dragon-6 Rapide machine were selected for the expedition after careful test- ing. They will be flown from England to Java by a Dutch and two English pilots shortly.
AUTOGYRO LANDS ON SHIP'S DECK
Experiments At Spithead
London.
Mohave County courthouse (below), at Kingman, Arizona, will be the scene of the trials of members of the colony of religious po- lygamists discovered in the mountains nearby, by County Prosecu tor E. Elmo Bolling (above), who investigated"plural wives" in families on the relief roils. Mrs. Nancy. Thiele (above), county school superintendent, found children in the community high in in- telligence.
LIVE BAIT
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"The water was pretty low by bigger than plenty I'd seen before, this time, leaving that rank, fishy but they looked monstrous. smell of a beach under ebb tide.! I was noticing the colours of the rock down below my stone when I saw the first eel, a big yellow one about four feet long. He 183 slipping along in the shadow of a rock that had a bunch of purple seaweed banging down off it into the water.
"Now, of course, the thought of The first deck landings by an-jan eel makes chills go up my spine, togyro on a British warship took much less the sight of one. But f Thes: 22nd Octplace recently on HMS. Courage-even before that day on the rock No native Thurs, 21st Nov.
ous, the aircraft carrier, at I'd never liked 'em. Spithead
does. They've always got a hun- Mr. R. A C. Brie, Chief Test gry look They ain't afraid of Pilot to the Cietra Autogiro nothing because they can lick any- Company at Hanworth Airdrome, thing, smaller than they are, and flew an RA.F. gyroplane to the hide under à rock from anything aircraft carrier and stayed in the bigger.
Angeles and Panama
Call}
Direct at Cristobal, Puerto,
Colombia, Boston Philadel
phia and Baltimore
MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS LaPlata Meru
AIRES vir Singapore.
Colombe Durban, and Capel
Town
MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR. į Hawaii Maru
DARES-SALAAH, BEIRA, Arizona Maru
Tues. 5th Nov. Toes. 3rd Dec.
LOURENCO MARQUES.
DURBAN, ALGOA BAY
CAPE TOWN & SOUTH
AMERICAN PORTS via
Singapore & Colombo....
MELBOURNE.
BRISBANE Melbourne Maru SYDNEY: WELLINGTON Sydney Maru & AUCKLAND, direct
BOMBAY & KARACHI via | Mantai Maru
Singapore. Penang and Himalaya. Maru Qelambe
CALCUTTA via Singapore. Havre Maru
Belawan Deli, & Rangoor
JAPAN PORTS
JAPAN via Takas & Keelung
Wed, Fri
6th Nov. 6th Dec,
Scad.
20th Oct Wed 30th Oct.
Stoting
Argun Maru
Fi
20th Oct. 1st Nov.
KEELUNG via Swatow and Canton Maru
AMOY
TAKAO via
AMOY
Swatow and Fakuken Marn
Sut
20th Oct
CONSIGNEES
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS.
LIMITED
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO". ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS
The Steamship.
"BENNEVISTM
Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazard- ons and/or extra hazardous Godowns Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, whence of The Hong Kong and Kowloos
and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
ship a few days, carrying out "And that coat of slime they carry around on 'em will turn off daily exercises.
This Wis the first interest even an iron spear-head as easy shown by the Admiralty in this as a duck's feathers turn.. off
No claims will be admitted after machine.
They're like snakes, only
the Goods have left the Godowns, Snakes i
and all Goods remaining undeliver Eels run away and thened after the 19th October, will be
subject to rent.
Fleet Air Arm.
water
away,
.
"Well, I watched this yellow eel
The deck landings were carried worse. on for several days so that the mostly. experiments could show the Ad-sneak back, miralty how far this type of machine can be used with the slipping along under the rock with his jaws open, ready to bite any thing that looked promising- Then he doubled back and headed for the crack between my rocks where my foot was just touching the water Then I saw a couple more of the slippery devils and knew what had brought 'em They'd smelled my blood.
EARLY FLYING “DOPE”
Alum And Water Solution For Fabric
In the early days of flying, Thurs., 17th Oct. "dope" used to paint the fabric of planes was difficult to obtain, so many ships were heavily coated with glue. When this was nearly dry, an alum and water solution was applied, shrinking the fabric tightly on the ribs.
Shikisan Maru Direct call at Bhavnagar, Beaibunder, & Mandvi For Further Particulars - Please apply to :- OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA,"
Telephone 28061
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.
BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF SEUPS.. BUILDERS OF RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES. BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS. BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY.
Under License From Messrs. Parsons.
BUILDERS OF DIESEL ENGINES
Under Special License From Messrs. Sulzer Bros. Winterthur:
Licensed To
reLanz Perlit Iron, Specially Suitable For Internal Combustion Engine Working Parts
DOCK & SLIPWAYS.
FOR DOCKING VERKTARGE, AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS, ON ANY TIDE.
ALL CLASSES OF SELF ENGINE AND BOILER REPAIRS AND EXTENSIVE
WELDING, BOTH ELECTRICAL AND
OXY-ACETYLENE SKILFULLY AND
OUT.
PROMETEY CARRIED
Hong Kring
BUTTERFIELD & SWIPE
Hong Kong, China &
"Before I thought to draw up my foot as far as it would come I felt something slimy against my ankle. Then 'a jab of pain like a handful of needles shot up my leg. or maybe I ought to say a jawful of needles, 'cause that's what an eel's mouth looks like I looked down between the stones, and saw that yellow eel with his laws stretched wide around my ankle. He didn't know what it was, but as long as it had blood in it he didn't care...
As soon as I shook my foot, though, he was gone. Then I drew it up. 30, only the part pro- tected by my shoe stock out below. But pretty soon I felt him or a other one nosing that leather shoe and I began to look around for help
All clans against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersign- they will not be recognized.
Ted on or before the 2nd-November, or
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Reveme Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined, SIA
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 18th October, at 10 am, by Messrs. Goddard and Donglas
No Fire Insurance has beer effected
Bill of Lading will be counter- signed by,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Hong Kong, 11th October, 1935.
Agents.
CONSIGNEES NOTICE.”
THE BURNS PHILP LINE
From MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, SALAMAUA, RABAUL, SANDAKAN & MANILA.
The m.v..
“NEPTUNA” Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazaZİ- ous and/or extra bazardous Godowns of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart & Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or from the wharves delivery. may be obtamed.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY CRUISE
MANILA
and Return
By The
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
$15 FIRST CLASS £11 TOURIST CLASS FRIDAY, DEC: 20-LEAVE HONG KONG
AT 5.00 PM. SATURDAY, DEC. 21.—EN ROUTE SUNDAY, DEC. 22.—ARRIVE MANILA
MONDAY,
TUESDAY,
IN MORNING
DEC. 23.—IN MANILA `DEC. 24 IN MANILA WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25-LEAVE MANILA
IN AFTERNOON THURSDAY, DEC. 26-EN ROUTE FRIDAY, DEC. 27-ARRIVE HONG KONG ⠀⠀
EARLY MORNING
For Information Apply To Your Own Agent of
CANADIAN PACIFIC
HONG KONG
THE
TEL: 20753
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
LONDON SERVICE
ANTENOR
ACHILLES
Sails 23 Oct. for Marseilles, Casa
blancs, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow.
Sails 4 Nov. for Casablanca, London,
Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hal
“LIVERPOOL SERVICE
Sails 1 Nov. for Havre, Liverpool,
Bromborough and Glasgow,
EUMAEUS
NEW YORK SERVICE
MARON
Sails 7 Dec. for Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore via Manila, Batavia, Straits and Cape of Good Hope.
PACIFIC SERVICE
(via KOBE NAGOYA & YOKOHAMA) TAINTHYBIUS
Sails 24 Oct for Victoria Vancouver
and Seattle
INWARD SERVICE
TALTHYBIUS
PROTESILAUS
MENESTHEUS AGAPENOR
Due 20. Oet, from Pacific via Japan &
• Shanghai..
Due 21 Oct. from U.K. via Straits. Doe. 28 Oct from U.K. via Straits. Due 4 Nov: from UK via Straits. Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with limited passenger accommodation.
For freight, passage rates and information apply to-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Tel. 30333.
1 Connaught Road, C.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
*(P. I.), Thursday la., China p “Barbaney Sydney and
"Up and down the coast as far las. I could see there was nothing
but green palm trees learin', out No claims will be admitted after T. AUSTRALIA. Calling over the hot sand." The sea was the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods, remaining undelivered pretty calm that day, and about after the 12th October, will be subject the only sound was the sucking of to rent,
-
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse, Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable "goods" are examined.
the water as it flowed in around. All claims against the steamer the rocks and then eased out again, must be presented to the Endersign Every now and then one of those ed on or before the 26th October, or
they will not be recognized. toge big waves that rise for no reason right out of a fat sea would come roaring and foaming in towards the shore, but because the tide was still out no more of 'em in far enough to touch the rocks that had me caught.
Well I wasn't exactly
two
All I had to do was wait till the tide came in again, when wave would probably tilt the, like the last one.
But the of those eels kind of un- And the sight of them
nerved me.
BRITISH STEAMERS: CHANGTE-TAIPING
FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS in THE SEXVICE.
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Hong Kong to Sydney — 19 Days. A "FIRST CLASS-FARE TO SYDNEY, £78 RETURN
All broken, chafed, and damaged CHANGTE Goods are to be left in the Godową TAIPINGE where they will be examined on the CHANGLE 11th October, at 10 am, by Messrs. TAIPING Goddard and Douglas.
#NoFire Insurance has been-
Bills of Lading will be com
GIRE VINGSTON & CO. LTD.
Hong Kong, 4th October, 1985,
ALL
For Freight