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P. & O. British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, 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.)

8.8.

Toni

FYOM Boar Koer About

*MIRZAPORE

5,700

1932. 6th Jan.

KARMALA CHITRAL +KASHMIR NALDERA **SOUDAN

9,000

15,000

CARTHAGE

RAJPUTANA

1 BURDWAN

CORFU

RANPURA

10 a.m. 16th Jan.

30th Jaa. 9,000 13th Feb. 16,000 27th Fab. 6,800 5th Mar.

Destination

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

M'agilles, L'don, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. M'neilles, L'don, R'dam & A'werp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London, Havra, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Anwerp & Hull. 16,000 12th Маг. Marseilles

& London. 17,000 20th Mar. Marnefiles London.

0,500 2nd Apr. Bombay. Marseilles, London, Havre,

& London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay. Marselles & London. May Bombay. Marsailles & London. Marseilles & London. London.

THE

SECRET INFORMATIO

The Destroyers Leave the Forth.

CHINA

MAIL.

Bur

"There y'are! What did I tall] There is a loud, knock at her you?" asks Able-Seaman Bramble door. The house has been as black smoke begins to creep rounded in answer to a telephone slowly from the cold funnels of the call from Edinburgh. The "old first group of detroyers which Cap-lady's" Edinburgh friend was ar tain "D" visited. "What d'you rested an hour before, and visits make o' that, cookay?”

are now being paid to the various It is war! Long, grey, ghost-like meditatively, leaning out of

"Only smoko, replies the cook people who rang her up when the shapes lie out in the stream. They galley.

fleet was sailing. are the battle cruisers and their makes smoke meself." lights are haloed in the mist. No

"Often makes smoke.

his

I

and bacon we 'ad for supper last

night."

A boatswain's pipe shrills and everyone listens.

bawis a voice.

"Canteen Liberty-men fall fa---["

"Smoke right ahead!" shouts

Able Seaman Bramble who is the

It is a German destroyer flotilla. Singals fash, the alarm is given and the waiting gun crews come russing up.

movement in the air ruffles the you didn't half smoke them egza lowing morning.

"You does!" agrees Bramble. lookout at eight o'clock on the fol- swirling waters of the Forth as they ebb into the still North Sea.

"Just the weather for the 'Una!" declares Able-Seaman Bramble. "You mark my words. We'll 'ave a go at 'em yet." To give point to his assertion he spits into the har- bour, a privilege only to be enjoy ed from the "outside boat" of each group of destroyers lying at the jettles..

Near the galley stands the cook. He too has heard, and is looking "There" triumphs the cook. "If up we was goin' out there wouldn't be makes an offensive gesture at him. at Bramble who grins and

no canteen leaf."

-Nigel Lee in The Navy.

Groups of men assemble on the Someone starts a gramophone a They propose visiting the canteen

quarter-decka of the destroyers. STEAMERS MOVEMENTS. present from an old lady in the to enjoy what entertainment the of a destroyer at the opposite jetty. from monotony and they will re- January 4 (Mon.) at 9.80 a.m., left neighbourhood—on the mess deck place affords a temporary escape Asia arrived at Yokohama on The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of The "tinny" notes from its well-turn as usual before six-thirty. worn record The Bing Boys are

Yokohama on January 4 (Mon.) at "What time's slack water, Mate?" 4 p.m., and is due at Hong Kong mellowed as they travel across the Bramble aska another man as they on January 11 (Mon.), at 7 a.m. water through the cold air of the walk along the jetty together. winter's afternoon? The sound of

She leaves Hong Kong for Manila a distant train is heard, and its the speaker is an authority upon

"About seven-thirty, I reckon," on January 11 (Mon.) at 6 p.m. lights twinkle past the massive such matters because he is the Japan arrived at Shanghai on The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of girders of the Forth Bridge which navigating officer's chief quarter- January 4 (Mon.) at 9 a.m., left rear themselves high above the harbour. The engine is surmount-

Shanghai on January 5 (Tues.) at Bramble looks down at his des- 5.30 a.m., and is due at Kobe on ed by a golden plume where the troyer and sees a "steaming watch" January 7 (Thurs.) at 5 am. She glare from its furnace strikes the of stokers going down the smoke. It is a pretty sight up in held hatchways.

stoke-leaves Kobe on January 7 (Thurs.) He also notices at 3 p.m., and Yokohama for Van- the sky, and always entertains the that smoke has begun to issue from couver crews of the destroyers, who are the centre funnel.

on January 9 (Sat.) at 3 The cook is p.m. wearied by the monotony of war. leaning on the galley door and

Who is in the motor-boat which Bramble hails 'him:

The P.&O. 8.a. Mirzapore left Shanghai for this port on January enters Port Edgar so fast?

"Ere, Cookey, raise steam for 1 at 8 a.m., and is dus here on "Captain D isn't it?" asks

two 'add boiled eggs by a'past January 5 at about 8 2.10. seaman, becoming alert. "What's seven. Don't smoke 'em or the

'e up to?"

master.

Germans 'I smell it," he adds, HONG KONG TIDES. As the boat reaches the gangway grinning at the smoke-enshrouded: swain ringa thrice-the signal to of the nearest, destroyer, the cox-Botilla.

The time used le Standard, or mean An intensely respectable old lady time of the meridian of 120 deg. E.;. "go astern." White foam is churn-also sees the smoke and Is not de-puh. midnight, 12hrs.

in noon. The ed noisily by the propeller. stern-sheetman throws out his boat comin ashore to the canteen. She the place and should be added to the The ceived by the fact that men heights are referred to the datum of are the largest scale Admiralty chart of

to. Rotterdam

& Antwerp.hook, hooks the destroyer's rail rings up an equally respectable depths given on the chart andera per {

RAWALPINDI

CHITRAL

15,000 9th 17,000 23rd Apr. 17,000. 7th 15.000 21st

Apr.

May

RANCHI

17,000 4th

NALDERA

Jule

June

Bombay, Marles &

16,000 18th

June

Bemba

Bombay, Marseillos

RAJPUTANA

MANTUA

2nd 10th

July 30th

17,000

London. 11,000

London. Marseilles & London. RAWALPINDI 17,000 18th

Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & Londen. RANPURA

17,000 27th

Aug. Bombay, Marseilles & London. MALWA

11,000 10th Sept Bombay, Marseilles & London.

July

July

Bombay, Marseilles

Bombay, Marseilles

Bombay,

KAISAR-I-HINDI 12.000

boat

January 6 to 11, 1982.

Date

High Water Low Water Standard Ht. Standard Ht.

Times.

Times. Jan. H. M. F. H. M. F.

5. 08

01 42 1.7 19 4.3 13 05 7.2 12 18 8.. 09 45 4.4 02 40

7. 10 3D

with a click, and holds the motor-friend in Edinburgh, with whom ceded by an asterisk (*), when they alongside. Captain "D" she holds a statistical conversation should be subtracted from the depths., quickly climbs the destroyer's hang upon various innocent topics. ing ladder. His news is secret. When the destroyers put to sen Enemy spies are not lacking a seven-thirty that evening, they round fleet bases, and each time are followed in turn by the cruisers the ships go out strange telegrams and battle-cruisers. The ships are couched in terms of commerce go counted carefully by the old lady to some neutral country for trans-who acrutinises them through an Tues

• Cargo only. Calla Casablanca. Calls Djibouti.

mission to Germany. It is impor-efficient pair of marine

night Wed. taat, therefore, that no one shall glasses. Then, she picks up a tele Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Cot-know the hour at which the fleet phone receiver and again asks for Thurs. stan.nople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the

will sail, or what will be their ob- the Bhedival Mail Steamship Co.

number of her Edinburgh jcctive. All sorts of precautions friend. The exchange has some

Fri. are taken to preserve secrecy, ships; difficulty in making the connection. Sat. even make smoke at arranged times and asks for certain details about to simulate the appearance of rais-the speaker. At first the old lady Sun. ing steam, thereby given false is annoyed by the delay; then she alaruma.

becomes alarmed.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1932.

SANTHIA TALMA

8,000 8th Jan. 10,000

22nd Jan. 8,000 th Feb.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

TALAMBA

As Captain "D" visits each group of destroyers, their commanding officers meet him. To avoid signal- ling such accret' matters he has

B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat come personally to tell them the and 2nd class passengers.

hour of sailing. He gives them times, speeda, bearings, distances, crulaing diagrams, and the expect

the German light forces at 8-0 a.m. on the following morning.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). cd position of

NELLORE TANDA NANKIN

We too have our aples, but if the Manila,

Rabeul. Brisbane, Sydney Information they sent from Ger- 4 Melbourne.

many should become public, they would soon be rounded up.

1932 7,000 30th Jan. 7.000

4th Mar. 7,000 2nd Apr.

Regular monthly anilings from

Hong Kong to Shanghal and Japan

and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney-10 days.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union 8.8. Company's steam or to the United Kingdom vis New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, te

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London viz Susz. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Cana L

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,

*KALYAN

"ALIPORE

TALAMBA

KASHMIR BOUDAN

NALDERA TANDA CARTHAGE BURDWAN

RAWALPINDI $80MALI RANPURA

1932. 9,000 í 10th Jan Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 5,800 18th Jan. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe. 8,000 15th Jan. Amoy, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Y'hama. 2,000

16th Jan. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama. 6,800 26th Jan. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, 18,000 29th

Robe & Yokohama. Sara Moji, Kobe Yokohama. Fob. Shan, Kobe 4 Yokohama

Shang Kobe &

7,000 -18.000

8,500

Jan. ShangZA{"

Feb.

Feb.

12th Hist 12.000 28th

& Yokohama. 18,000 11th Mar.

Kobe & Yokohama. 17.000 24th Mar

Mar. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 8,800 5th Apr. Shangkal, Kobe & 17.000

Apr. 16,000 21st Apr,

8.800 28th 17,000 16,000 19th

Sharp Kobs & Yokoham

&

Kobe & Yokohama.

Lush Robe

May ghal, Kobe & Yokoham

Mon.

19 60 7.7 18 01

20 84 8.1 8. 11 10 4.6

21 15 8.4 9. 11 47 4.7 21 58 8.4 10. 12 24 4.8 22 86 8.3 11 18 00 4.8 28 14 7.8

04 45 15 08 3.8 05 25 0.8

15 49 8.9

06 01 1.0 18 30 4.0

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slip- ways and can accommodate any eräft of 200 feet long. Town Offer: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong- Tel 20489. Shipyard: Sham-shui-po, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Kowloon Tel 37009. Estimates furnished on application

Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,

HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS:

Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 29028,

"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."

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Os Lloyda

list of

approved

Cust

Steal

Manufac

PANCHT

NALDERA

Kobe

Yokohama.

tur arm.

RAJPUTANA

BOUDAN

17,000 16th 6,800- 28th

KAIBAR-I-HIND 12,000 2nd June Shanghai, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama & Yokohama. June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Cargo only.

5th

P

May Shanghai, Moll, Kobe

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. All Cabins are Atted with Electric Fans or Punks Louvre System. Sta on London, and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. not mors than 5 ew. I will ps. received at the Com- Noon on the day previous to calling.

poks, etc., apply talen

& CO.,

T.S.S."EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”

1 Dock. Dimensions:-866′0′′; 0.A. 188P' T45′6′′ Mid. 26,000 tons Grees. The Company possesses She Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932.

SPECIAL ROUND

TRIP FARES TO

EUROPE.

WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

To San Francisco, Los Angeles

& New York vis Panama. The Sunshine Bell via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays

Pres. Hoover

Pres. Jackson Pres. McKinley

To Seattle & Victoria.

Ta Short, Straight Boute to America

Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays

*****

期

Jan. 5

Près. Taft Jan. 10, 8 .Jan. 19

Pres. Jefferson Sat., Jan. 28 ...Feb. 1 Pres. Madison

Feb. 6

£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe vis

United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic Hex. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples

**

Marseilles London

Full particulars upon application, EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD.

£152, 5.0d. £181. 0.00. $169.15.04.

Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.

Pros. Pierce /.. Pres. Monroe

#..

Jan. 10, 8 Pres. Yan Barin..Feb. 7, 8 Jan. 24. 8 Pres. Garfield ... Feb. 21, 8

TO MANILA Pres. Pierce ....Jan 10, 8 a.m.Pres. Monroe Jan. 24, 8 a.m. Pres. Jackson Jan. 12, 6 p.m. Pres. McKinley Jan 26, 6 p.m. Pres. Jefferson Jan. 16, 6 p.m. Pres. Madison.Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

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42 Days To New York,

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:-----

DO uiding & CO., LTD.

Queen's

Harbour

Call Plaga

Engines

Bellat

uker

Skipwright

> Steamer."

The dimensions of No. 1 Dock ars 700′0′′ x 88'0” x 30′6′′ over will, H. W OST Balvage Tug "Houry Enswick. 2,000 LBP Wirelem Call Signal V.P.B.T. and Fiag Call Signal T.R.QB. Shearlegs capable of lifting: 50 tons.

Codes Uned: A ABC Fifth Edition: Engineering, First and Secwed Editia stern Union. itley, and Watkins, d

Kindly.

to the Chist Manager,

R. M. DYZRBS, MINAS wies Docks,

Telephone 28021.

Agents.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR JAN, 1932 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 p.m., Wachow 3 pa

Leaves

Hong Kon

TAIMING TUES. TAI HING THURS. TAI MING MON," TAI HING WED

Arrives Wackow

| 5th{THURS. - 7th | FRL. 7th SAT... #th{SUN 11th WED.... 18th (THURS, 13th FRI,

Arriven

Wachow

TAIMING SAT

TAI HING TUES.

8th SAT. 10th/MON. Fath FEL 15th SAT. ......18th [8UN. 18th MON. 18th TUES, 19th WED. 18th THURS. ZIS FEL --22ød | SAT.

11th ∙15th:

17th

ZOLA.

Zard

25th

TAI HING MON.

29Lk

TAI MING THURS. 21st SAT. 23rd SUN. 24th MON

251 WED. 27 THURS. 281 PRI

29 SAT: 30th SUN:

TAI MING WED.

TAI HING BAT

27th FRI.

30th MON, 1 TUES. 2nd WKD. of Call Samahal, Shothing, Takhing & Doshing Vares Return: (not including / meals): $20,000 MOUT *Meals and Wiosenna: toy be obtained, on-board.

Hong Kong Artifall Ipar from Tal Hog Wharf,

For inforpan Sont pply SANG

29, Connaught

WO

17's

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