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LLOYD TRIESTINO

FORTNIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR

BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE

Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Hume, Genos, All Italian Adriatle, Levant, Black Sea and Danaba Ports. Taking Passengers to London Overland via Brindisi, Venice or Triesto NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

M.V. "ESQUILINO"

* M.V. "COL DI LANA"

M.V. "ROMOLO"

* Cargo steamers only.

† Calls at Java Ports.

For Shanghai

& Japan

Mar. 4

For Singapore & Europe Mar. 6 Mar. 20 Apr. 10

All dates are subject to alteration without notice.

For Freight and Passages apply to:-

Queen's Building,

Tel C. 1030.

DODWELL & CO., LTD. Agents.

NY.KLINE

THE CHINA MAIL.

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

Luxury Liner Coming to Hong Kong

26,000 TONS

Largest C.P.R. Boat on Pacific Run

REGULAR SCHEDULE

bedsteaded special staterooms with bath and 28 one-bedstead -and |108 two-bedstead ordinary state- rooms. Inter-communicating tale- phones are installed in the de luxe suites and special staterooms. The special staterooma are decor ated alternatively in walnut with satin wood enrichments, Quebec birch and black bean.

The suites are the last word in luxury appointments. The bed- rooma are panelled in delicate olive wood, the furniture is cover-

Other Features

The C.P.R. 8. Empress of Japan which was launched on ed with creamy purple damask, December 17, 1929, is the largest and fastest steamship engaged in and the twin beds of unusual de

sign are recessed. Decorative regular traffic on the Pacific Ocean-and also one of the most modern landscapes in tones of pearly grey and sumptuous liners in the world. Painted in glistening white, a distinguished the comfortable sit- blue ribbon beading her main deck, she will arouse deep enthusiasm ting-rooma, while the tiled floor, flower boxes, and huge expanse of not only in her owners, but also in the shipping and travelling public. windows give the verandah a dis- She will, before taking up her position on the Pacific, make one tinctly fresh and cool appearance. round trip on the Atlantic leaving Liverpool on June 14 and

Very generous promenade space leaving Quebec for Southampton on June 24. From Southampton has been provided on the Empress she will proceed to Hong Kong on July 12, making her first voyage class passengers will have a pre- of Japan for all classes. First

from Hong Kong on August 7 and from Vancouver on September 4.menade area of 31.000 square feet. Thereafter she will maintain a regular schedule, calling at Honolulu, This includes the long, covered promenade deck, the boat deck, Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Mhnila. On the east-and, on top of the house on the bound service she omits Honolulu and calls at Victoria.

last-named, the large sports or sun deck.

The Empress of Japan is a three-funnelled twin-screw oil burner of 28,000 tons. Her pro- pelling machinery consists of gear ed turbine engines, developing an speed of 21 knots. The principal dimensions are: length (overall) 866 fcef; breadth,

average ОД

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING 87 feet; depth "A" deck, 56 feet,

FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,

TAIYO MARU

TENYO MARU

Sunday,

9th March,

Wednesday, 2nd April. SEATTLE, VICTORIA via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

YOKOHAMA MANU

Tuesday,

11th March, LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. HARUNA MARU

appears

the company's offices, ticket agent and pursers' room, informa-

panelled in the early Georgian

A large up-to-date barber's shop manner, and painted a light coral

and a ladies hairdressing saleon in the card, and cream in the

itted with the latest electric writing room. Soft subdued light- ing reflected from a coved ceiling deck, immediately below the pro-

equipment. are situated

on "A" falls on the elegant mahogany menade dock, On the same deck furniture and the marble chimney-are two manicuring or chiropody plece.

The children's room, likewise aaloons, a photographer's dark room, and the surgery and dis- By comparison, the Empress of on the promenade deck, Canada, at present the largest as a red-tiled cottage standing in Pensary. In the central hall are Canadian Pacific ship on the Paci a painted flower garden. The il- fic run, has a tonnage of 21,517 tons. lusion of a doll's house is com- tion bureau, stenographers room,

There are aix decke, running plete, even to the wonderful toys and a private office. forward and aft and lettered from and the sleeping cota hidden in a

Hoats are ample for the full "A" to "F", The superstructure bower at one end. For the

number of passengers and crew, consists of boat and promenade grown-ups, on the other hand, is and are slung on tweaty sets of decks each over 800 feet in the gymnasium on the boat deck davits. Two motor boats and two length--topped by the navigating-alry, spacious, and fully equip small emergency boats are also in- bridge which, 68. feet above the ped with all manner of modern lond water-iine, ls the most up-to- | appliances." "

All the electric appliances On date and complete of its kind.

The superb green and black The Empress of Japan will have marble swimming bath, five decks board will be as comprehensive a carrying capacity of 400 first, below on "D" deck, can be reach- and perfect as modern science can They include, to 164 second, 100 third class and ed direct by lift from the gym name only a few. wireless tele- Accommodation for first class pas- ous lines with a refreshment 'pavi- sengers is on boat "A" and "B" lion, a spectators balcony, dress-marine signalling apparatus, elac- SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Parts, decks, for second class passengers ing boxes, an electric bath-even tric sounding machines, gyro-com- aft on "B" and "C" decka, and with such. luxuries as under-water pass equipment and clear view orchestra and gramo- for third class passengers aft on lighting effects,"

phone repeater installation, cinema "D" deck. The second class

Catering cabina on "B" deck can on occa-

True to their well-established apparatus, and an extensive tele- Įphone system. The electric light- slon be rapidly converted into reputation as caterers, the Cana-ing, heating, cooking, and power first class staterooms.

dian Pacific have left nothing uninstallations, of latest done to make the kitchen and ser throughout, will be developed to

Saturday,

Saturday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KAMO MARU

TANGO MARU

AKI MARU

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

SADO MARU

Monday,

cluded.

make them.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles. 548 Asiatic steerage passengers, nasium, and is fitted out on genergraphy, direction finding and sub-

Sunday,

8th March. 22nd March.

Wednesday, 26th March, Wednesday, 23rd April

11th March.

Mexico & Panama. RAKUYO MARU

2nd March.

KAWACHI MARU

Saturday,

8th March,

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

+ TOKIWA MARU

Tuesday,

4th March.

+ TAKETOYO MARU

Friday,

14th March.

+ LYONS MARU

Thursday,

20th March.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

↑ MORIOKA MARU

Saturday,

Ist March.

+ HAKODATE MARU

Saturday,

8th March.

+ GENOA MARU

Sunday,

AWA MARU

ATSUTA MARU

Sunday, Tuesday

2nd March. 2nd March. 4th March.

+ Cargo only,

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

Reduced lat Class Excursion Ratos quoted between Manlia and Australia,

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

dercons

type

A Luxury Liner "The ornamental designs and vice arrangements on the Empress a degree hitherto unattained on | costly furnishings of the public of Japan as thoroughly modern any first class liner.

and complete as humanly possible.

Propelling Machinery rooms, the majority of which are

All cooking in the huge, spotless located on the promenade deck,kitchen is done by electricity, and twin screws, each actuated by a This vessel will be propelled by immediately place the Empress of

As far as practicable by mechanis-set of single reduction-geared tur- Japan in the front rank of luxury ed appliances. Improvements in bines. These are of Parsons' lat liners. The decorators, realising the storage and handling of food eat type, consisting of hp. i.p. and that a great number of her days have been introduced to such an L.. units in series, designed to will be spent in warm climates,

Tel. Central No. 292, 3821 and 3897. (Private exchange to all departmenta.) have favoured cool, fresh colours. extent that the beer and mineral employ steam at a working pres-

O. S. K.

BÁILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-Ya Singapore

Colombo, Sues and Fort Said.

AMAZON MARU .............

Tuesday, 18th March.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saigon, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town, LAPLATA MARU

BOMBAY Via Singapore & Colombo,

TASMANIA HARU

CELEDES MARU

MEIGEN MARU

DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES,

Friday, 21st March.

Tuesday, 4th March.

Saturday, 8th March Wednesday, 19th March. BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZI. BAR A MOMBASA-ViSingapore & Colombo, PANAMA MARU CANADA HARU

Saturday, at March. Monday, 81st March.

CALCUTTA Via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

GANGES MARU

SUMATRA MARU TERAPI

Wednesday, 6th March. Tuesday, 18th March.

and avoided the use of too warm furniture coverings.

room and the wine room have

euro of 875 lb. superheated to a been insulated and specially pro-temperature of 700 deg. F. vided with a cool air current to The lofty walls of the public ensure a steady, dry temperature prises aix high pressure water

The boller installation CODI rooms are mostly of untouched or

The dining saloon on "C" dack, tube boilers of the Yarrow type merely waxed wood, which enables

one of the most handsomest rooms and two Scotch boilers. The the natural beauty of the grain afloat, has a seating capacity of water tube boilers are designed

23 & main decorative

274 persons at one sitting, A fine example of this with the two adjoining private operate under forced and induc-!

or for a pressure of 425 lb., and will "nature" treatment, which has dining-rooms, thrown into the ed draught; the Scotch bollers are

main hall, of 294 persons. It is designed for

to act motive.

also been carried out in the de

luxe suites and special stateroom in pale mountain ash and walnut. Characteristic here, as in all the public rooms on the Empress of Japan, is the wealth of light ob- tained by day from large windows and domes, and by night from a maze of electric light effects.

Natural oak enriched with glid ing takes the place of ash in the spacious palm court, or ballroom, at the foremost end of the pro-

is the lofty, glass-domed lounge

VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Porta from mensde deck. It is open on three

Shanghal

ALABAMA MARU (from Shanghat) Sunday, 9th March.

MELBOURNE Vis Manila, Brisbane Bydney.

BYDNEY MARU .................. Thursday, 6th March.

HAIPHONG Yia Hollow & Pathol.

NEW YORK-Via Japan porta, San Francisco & Panamg.

MENADO MARU

HAMBURG MARU

HAMBURG MARU

JAPAN PORTS.

BORNEO MARU

AMUR MARIJ

KEELUNG Via Bwatow & ́Amoy.

CANTON MARU

TAKAOY SWATOW & AMOY.

DELI MARU..!

TARAO & KEELUNG.

SOURABAYA MARU

For further periculars please apply to "Tel Central No. 4483, 4989, 4096.

Thursday, 6th March, 10 am

Sunday, 2nd March.

Sunday, 2nd March. Wednesday, 5th March. Tuesday, 11th March.

Sunday, 2nd March, Noon

Thursday, 6th March, 10 am.

Friday, 14th, March, -

OSAKA SHOBEN KAISHA.

M. TAKEUCHI, Manager.

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approached through the foyer, de- lb., and will work

a pressure of 200

under forced

corated in the Louis XIV, period draught: All boilers are arrang- and supported by marble columns ed to burn oll fuel only. with bronze enrichments.

The

With one or two minor excep- two carved balustrades of the tions, the whole of the auxiliary staircase terminate in the foyer in machinery is electrically driven, power being supplied by four 900 k.w. diesel generators and/or two 600 kw. turbo generators."

Illuminated alabaster ornaments.

Teak framed glass doors lead into the dining saleen, a beauti ful Cipollino marble creation in grey-green-blue relieved with gild- ed bronze mountings. A lofty effect is obtained by means of a large open well, with a running aldea-port, forward and star

gallery to port and starboard. board to wide sea views seen Prominent is the musicians' bal- through broad windows half screened by palms and flowers.cony, in elaborate gilded bronse The electric lighting concealed in facing a large engraved mirror. the richly decorated ceiling is Dark, carved mahogany furniture gives a note of warmth to this capable of instantaneous colour huge room, whose side lights are changes.

A warmer note is struck in the screened by sliding windows and

ters

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1930.

FAST LUXURIOUS SERVICE

-to America

and Europe

TRAVELLERS bound for

America or Europe avail themselves of speedy and com.. fortable service when they go Canadian Pacific.

The White Empresses are the largest, newest and fastest liners on the Pacific. They cross from Yokohama to Vancouver in 9 days; from Shanghai to Van- couver in 14.

These ships connect with the summer trains, "Trans-Canada Limited" and **Mountaincer," at Vancouver, enabling passengers to make the earliest sailing of a Canadian Pacific Atlantic liner.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

NEXT SAILINGS

TO MANILA E/CANADA 5 P.M. Mar. 9th E/RUSSIA & P.M., Mar. 31st

TO THE PACIFIC COAST E/ASIA....NOON, Mar. 5th E/CANADA......Mar. 19th

WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL

SYSTEM

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR MARCH, 1930 (Subject to change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wuchow 1.30 p.m.

SS. "TAI MING”

(649 tons--Capt. G. J. Spink]

8.S. "TAI HING" [1,068 tons-Capt. Trott] MARCH

MARCH

TUES. SUN, FRI.

4th 9th

WED. TUES.

19th

SUN.

2nd MON. 17th

25th

FRI.

7th

SUN.

23rd

14th.

BUN.

3011

WED,

12th

FAI.

28th

Regular Servics of Fast, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ac commodation for First Class Passengers. Elestrle Light and Fans in State- rooms and Saloon. The as. “Tai Hing" is fitted with Wireless.

These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wachow (via Samshul; Shlubing, Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Porta) every five days.

Fares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines ara to be obtained on board.

Hong Kong Arrivals and Departures from Hoi On Wharf.

For informatior apply to--

87, Connaught Road West,

Phone: Central 693.

KWONG WING C

AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.

“CHANGTE” & "TAIPING ”

Lid,

These Now Vessels Maintain a Regular Service from

HONG KONG TO-AUSTRALIAN PORTS via MANILA and THURSDAY ISLAND Through Bill of Lading issued to all Australian, New Zealand and Tasmanian Ports. Excellent and Most Up-to-Date First and Second Class Passenger Accommodation.

Steamers TAIPING

CHANGTE

TAIPING

CHANGTE

HONG KONG TO SYDNEY-19th DAYS.

Due Hong Kong

11th March

11th April

Due to Sal

18th March 18th April

For Freight and Passage apply to -- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Tel. C. 86.

Agents.

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ganlal smoking room, where the provided with carved teak shut- ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO.

Inlaid, teak floor and walnut skirt- ing contrast with specially selected light-grained mahogany, which is studded with bronze nails to obtain a trellis effect An outstanding feature is the monumental chimneypiece of car ed Roman stone, crowned with a cut-glass overmantel.

Staterooms

The first-class staterooma.com the Empress of Japan are design- ed and finished with the same art and luxury as the public rooms. Generally speaking, they are all outside rooms, with ship's side lights, and are provided with bed- steads in lien of berths. Inter communicating doors are fitted between practically all the first class staterooms, thus enabling them to be let in groups of two or more, as required. Electrio lighting is on a lavish scale, and

The Long Gallery:! The long gallery, communicat ing aft with the smoking room and forward with the palm court, on the port side of the promenads deck, is simply executed in ath and walnut. Glass doors lead the usual steam heating amidship into the main entrance hall one of the most important spaces on the Empress of Japan

shop,

ball

ented

Jouvre ventilation of perfected typd are su by electricians and pings for with designed ctric hosting Wardro

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