FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929.
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS,
TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAFIS, 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.)
3. 5.
From Tons Hong Kong
About
"LAHORE
DELTA
*JEYPORE
RAJUTANA
*PERIM
KASHGAR
•MIRZAPORE
5,252 1st June
4 p.nl. 8,027 8th June 5,218 15th June
16,565 22nd June 7,648 29th June
9,095 6th July
Destination
Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotter
dam & Hamburg. Marseilles, London & Hall.
Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Retter
dam and Hamburg. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Marseilles, 'don, Antwerp & R'dam
& Hamburg.
Marseilles, London & Hull.
6,715 9th July Straits, Columbo & Bombay,
• Cargo only. Frequent cantation from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantisople, Firemus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Sternschip Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
TALMA SANTHIA TILAWA TALAMBA
TAKADA
TAKLIWA
10,000
12th June 7,754 4th July 10,000 13th July 3,018 20th July 6,949 27th July 7,700 8th Aug.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Aprar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgèon,
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
1 TANDA
0,958 31st May
4 p.m.
ST. ALBANS
4.500
5th July
ARAFURA
6.000
2nd Aug.
TANDA
6,850
30th Aug.
ST. ALBANS
4,500 4th Oct.
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne.
† Calls Iloilo & carries Orchestra.
&
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong
to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao. Timor, Darwin, or other ports en rante as in- ducement offers,
THE CHINA MAIL,
VOLUNTEER CORPS
ORDERS FOR COMING WEEK
KING'S BIRTHDAY
The following orders for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps are issued by Lieut.-Col. L. G. Bird, D.S.O., O.B.E., Com- mandant.
King's Birthday Parade
Monday, June 3, 1929.
The Corps will parade as strong as possible at Corps Headquar- ters at 9.55 am. to take part in the ceremonial parade in con- nection with the celebration of His Majesty's Birthday..
Dress: Review order, i.e., hel- met, khaki jacket, shorts, black boots, putties and hosetops. Belt, rifle, bayonet. Medals. Scottish Company will conform dressed in
the kilt.
No. 1 Company under Capt. A. M. Thornhill. The Battery, Engineer Company, Signals and Reserve Company (leas Scottish Section).
No. 2 Company under Capt.
INDO-CHINA
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SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination
·
T'tan via Stow & Shal WAISHING Ttan via S'tow & Shat .. CHAKSANG Tino via Stow & Shai.. KWONGSANG Tau via Stow & Shai .. FOOSHING Osaka rin. Amoy, Moji &
Kohe
Osaka via Amay, Moji &
Kobe
Osaka via Amoy, Moji &
Kobe
Strails & Calcutis
Straits & Calcutta Sandakan
Sandakon Canton
Steamer
Salling
KUMSANG...
HOSANG
KUTSANG SUISANG NAMSANG
HINSANG
MAUSANG
Suf., 2nd June at 10 a.m. ...Wed, 8th June at 10 am.
Sun, 9th June at 10a.m. Wed., 12th June at 10 a..
Tues., 18th June at 9 am,
Sat., 29th June at 7 a.m.
Wed., 10th July at 7 am. Mon.,
3rd June at 3 p.m. Sat,
8th June at 3 p.m. .Tues., 4th June at 3 p.m. .San,, 16th June at 10 am. .Mon., 3rd June, at 5p.m.
KWONGSANG
For Freight and Passage apply to:~~
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Telephone Central 215.
PORTUGUESE COMPANY
Church Parade
E. J. R. Mitchell, Mounted Infan- The Company will fall in outside try Company, Armoured Car the Kowloon Railway Station at Company (less Motor Cycle Sec-9.45 m. on Sunday. tion) and Machine Gun Company.
Dress: Helmet, tunic, shorts, No. 3 Company under Capt. hosetops, puttees, black boots, Alistair Mackenzie. Scottish Medals. Belt and sidearms. Company and Scottish Reserve i King's Birthday Parade Section.
Attention, is called to para, 1 of
General Managers.
CONSIGNEES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
From MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES.
No. 4 Company under Capt. these orders in conjunction with The Steamship, R. R. Davies, Portuguese Com-this parade on Monday, pany.
Reserve Company
"BENRINNES"
Consignees of Cargo are hereby In- Officers for Colours: Lieut. H- Parade at Volunteer Headquar- formed that all Goods are being jand- Owen Hughes and 2/Lieut. J. F.ters at 9.55 a.m. on Monday..
ed at their risk into the hazardous Wright.
His Excellency the G.O.C. har ex-and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Corps Sergeant-Major will pressed his special wish for a full The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf detail the escort.
turn out of the Reserve Company from the wharves delivery may be ob and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or
Lained.
The Motor Cycle Section will bn this date.
Posting
| parade as escort to H.E. the
Governor under special instruc-2/Lieut. D. M. Richards is posted tions.
to Machine Gun Company, as from May 15.
The Band will parade for play. ing with the Massed Bands under special instructions.
Officers not detailed for parade and attending with their families 13 spectators will dress in drill order, breeches. and patties, medal ribbons, sword, etc.
2/Lieut. J. F. Wright is posted to Machine Gun Company, as from May 18.
Transfers
Lieut. J. Norrie Owen is trans- ferred from Machine Gun Company to Portuguese Company, as from
The Commandant looks to all May 13. ranks to ensure that H.E. the
No. 1472 Pte. D. Black is trans-
G.O.C. is not disappointed in his ferred from Mounted Infantry Com special appeal for as strong as pany to the Battery, as from. May possible a parade on the above oc- 18.
casion.
Arms
All rifles will be returned to Corps Headquarters immediately after King's Birthday Parade for annual inspection.
Kirkpatrick Cup The conditions ander which this Cup is to be competed for this year throughout the Garrison has been received at these Headquar- ters, a draft copy has been issued to all Os.C. Companies.
A conference will be held at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, at which the Com-1 mandant will explain the con- ditions of the inter-unit competi- tion for the Corps Cup.
Corps Band
-Leave
No. 162 C.S.M. D. J. Furves,
Scottish Company, leave to be ex- tended till March 81, 1980.
Engineer Company, from June 1 to
No. 728 Corp. A. W. W. Salter,
December 31.
No. 1842 L.-Corp. C. E. Back house, M.I. Company, sick leave, from May 27 to July 8.
Struck Off the Strength May 27, 1929: No. 1320 Corp. G. Having left the Colony, as from
H. Razavet, No. 2 Platoon.
R. A. WOLLFE MURRAY, MAJOR,
Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C. Hong Kong, May 31, 1929.
NOTICE
The shoot between teams from The Band will parade in mufti at H.M.S. Cornwall and the Scottish Corps Headquarters to-day at 5.80 Company, H.K.V.D.C., which was The Union S.S. Company's steaners to the United Kingdom via Newp.m. for final practice for King's held at Stonecutters on Sunday, Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
Birthday Parade.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P. & G. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and at Kowloon Railway Station at London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
ST. ALBANS
KASHGAR SANTHIA *TILSINGTON
COURT *MIRZAPORE
*ALIPORE
KHIVA
TILAWA
TAKADA
KHYBER
*KIDDERPORE
TALAMBA
ARAFURA
MALWA TAKLIWA
TALMA
4,500 1st June
5 p.m. 0,005 7th June 7,754 9th June 10th June
6,715 10th Jane 0,273 19th Jane 9.135
21st
June
10,000 23rd June
6.949
5,384
6th
July
1st 5th July
July July 8,018 6th July 6,000 9th July 10,080 19th July. 7,036 19th July 10,000 30th July
* Cargo only.
Moji. Kobe & Yokohama., Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Ampy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghai, Kobu & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy, Moji, Kobe, Y'hama & Osaka. Shanghai, Maji,
Kobe
Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Maji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy, Moji, Kote & Osaka.
All daten are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expeores at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,
All Cabina are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Loundries. Parcels measuring not more than 2% x 2ft x 1 ft. will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
Agents.
9.45 a... for Church Parade with Portuguese Company. Dress: Hel- mets, tunica, shorts, puttees, black boots, belts and cross belts.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 1st June, 1929, will be subject to rent,
All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned an or before the 15th Jane, 1929, or they will not be recognised. Goods are
All broken, ohafed, and damaged be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 91st inst., at 10 am, by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.
ed.
ed by,
No Fire Insurance has been affect- Bille of Lading will be countersign- GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 24th May, 1929.
HONG KONG TIDE.
lung
The tide table given below has been obtained by aid of the Tide-predicting Machine, which includes 10 compon- ents for the better prediction of tides from the result of the analysis of the tidal observations, taken at the Kaz- tidal observatory under the The times and heights are given for direction of Dr. Doberck during the
1887, 1888 and 1889,
Kaulung; but they may be used for the Victoria Naval Yard and Aberdeen, the differences being very small.
The times of high-and low-water must not be considered to coincide with the times of Black-water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.
May 31 to June 6, 1929, DAT HIGH WATER LOWER WATER.
Standard Mey
Timos
Fri. 31 Noinferior, H.
Standard H+
H:
Times
1 37 85.4 I'm 6
nor Low PF.
10 34
1.8
6 4.87 St 4.2
May 26, resulted in a win for the On Sunday, the Band will parade former.
Scores -
H.M.S. "Cornwell," 523 points.
Scottish Co., H.K.V.D.C.,
520 points.
Sat.
Sun.
2 m 8 34.6
480 Mon. 3 m 6 1 6.1
11 9. 3.8
11 87 | La
0 30 30
8 7 5,2
m 6
On Monday, the Band will parade
at Volunteer Headquarters at 9.15
PACIFIC CONGRESS
a.m. and proceed to Jackson Road THE NEED FOR CO-OPERATLON Tues.
to join massed bands of Regular Units for the King's Birthday Parade. Dress as for Sunday.
The Battery, Engineer Company
and Corps Signals
URGED
Batavia, May 21. The oceanographical section of. the Pacific Congress passed a re- Attention is drawn to para 1, of solution suggesting that .Govern- these orders. It is hoped that the ments bordering the Pacific should parade on June 3 will be better erect a chain of oceanographical attended than the practice parades stations.
Emphasis was laid on have been up to date.
Mounted Infantry Company
the necessity for the establishment of an international bureau for Sunday, June 2. Exercise Ride biological and oceanographical re- Starting from Stables, at 9.30 am. search in the Malay Archipelago.
Monday, June 3. Attention 18 drawn to para. 1 of these orders. Blondel. (Indo-China) urged the In the geological section M. It is hoped that the parade on June desirability of preparing a geologi 3 will be better attended than the cal map of the countries bordering practice parades have been up to the South China Sea, and also the data.
necessity of revising the conclu- sions of the Toronto Congress of at 1913 regarding coal reserves in
countries on the Pacific.
Thursday, June 6. Parade at Riding School, Causeway Bay 5.30 p.m.
ARMOURED CAR COMPANY
is
Car Section 'King's Birthday Parade. June 3. The attention of all ranks directed to Corps Order No. 1.
Motor Cycle Section
NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE.structions for the King's Birthday
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG..
S.S. "NELEUS"
S.S.. "CITY OF MOBILE" 8.S. "MACHAON"
Via Suez Canal
....... via Suez Canal
Via Suez Cansl
6th June. 15th June. ard July.
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option.
Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Cantor: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD, Canton.
A circular containing special in- parade is issued this day to all ranks of the Section.
The seismological section paid a tribute to the memory of the late Col. Lester Jones, whose five papers. are considered a valuable contri- bution.
The Congress appointed a Com- mission to consider the desirability of Infernational co-operation in ports. All the resolutions will be the exchange of seismological re- discussed at the plenary meeting on Saturday.
Machine Gun Company
Flora on Krakatoa' The Company will parade as)
There was an interesting débate strong as possible at 9.55 am at the Pacific Congress as to whe Monday, at Volunteer Headquarters ther flora on Krakatoa aurvived the for King's Birthday Parade. Dress: eruption of 1883. Review order.III NËN
Mr. Goddard, of Queensland, Platoon Commanders are request stated that the features prevailing ed to ensure a full turn out of their on Krakatoa were found on the respective units There will be no newly-formed Barrier Reef islands, parade on Tuesday.
Indicating that the original life on Krakatoa was absolutely extin
SCOTTISH COMPANY
Other scientists, however, con- King's Birthday Parade
tended that the layer of pumice. The attention of all ranks is which covered the Island soon after directed to para. 1 of these orders the eruption alid down at various
It is hoped that everyone will make points, so a revival of plant life
was possible.Aneta,
a special effort to be on parade..
3 15 a 6.5 11 19 1.7
42 8.7 m0 30 20
2.1
64m 1
Sa 1.4)
7 13 a 5.0 1 16 3.2 Wed. 6
7 9 @ IG a 4.9 Thurs 6 m 1:49 7.0
m 1 35 2.4
8 18 a 4.7 2 £0.7
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1.01
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