HONG KONG CENTENARY NUMBER
CHINA MAIL, PAGE 35
TRADITION IN FINE SHIPS....
1824
Ir
T was just at this psychological_moment that
Jardine, Matheson & Co. became possessed of
the famous FALCON, lately the flagship of the She was launched on Tues-
Royal Yacht Squadron.
day June 10th, 1824.
being a typical coaster
The FALCON was far from
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new ports and open up trade.
her job was to discover
The Opium Clippers Basil Lubbock.
A CENTURY OF SERVICE..........
1941
In
the same
spirit of
commercial enter-
prise Jardine, Matheson
& Co., Ltd., General Managers of the Indo-China S. N. Co., Ltd. have for well over a hundred years maintained services between Calcutta and Canton, and later to the Straits Settlements, India, Borneo, Japan and French Indo-China ports. In 1872 the Indo-China was born and included in the Company's Fleet to-day are new fast steamers very well equipped for the carriage of "A" and "B" class Passengers. They are special- ly designed for FAST Passenger and Freight Traffic, particularly on the China Coast, and among the many innovations in the steamers recently built are SILENT ELECTRIC WINCHES and the PUNKAH LOUVRE system of FORCED VENTILATION through- out the Passenger Accommodation thus main- taining the distinguished reputation of their famous predecessor of 1824 in being "FAR FROM TYPICAL COASTERS.“
TRAVEL JARDINES"
General Managers.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
14-18, PEDDER STREET, HONG KONG.
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