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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1932

YKLIN

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REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA USA. VARYING

FROM £79 TO £120 ON SALE

BAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolula,

TAIYO MARU

ASAMA MARU ...---

HEIAN MARU

HIKAWA MARU

Tuesday, Wodnesday,

9th February, 24th February. -

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Tuesday, Tuesday,

16th February.

1st March. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

TERUKUNI MARU

Saturday,

6th February.

HAKUSAN MARU

Saturday,

20th February,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

27th February. 28th March.

MANILA.

ASAMA MARU

Thursday,

18th February.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Pehang, & Colombo,

IYO MARU

Thursday,

TOTTORI MARU

Monday,

11th February. 20th February.

SOUTH

AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU

Sunday,

14th February.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa

& Marseilles..

↑ DELAGOA MARU

Wednesday,

17th February.

CALCUTTA via Singapore. Penang & Rangoon.

† MALACCA MARU

Monday,

+AKITA MARU

Monday,

8th February, 16th February,

KATORI MARU ...

Saturday,

6th February. 7th February.

19th February.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

+ CALCUTTA MARU (Kobe direct). .... Sunday, ATSUTA MARU (Nagasaki direct). Friday,

+ Cargo only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 30291.

0.

(Private exchange to all departments.)

S. K

BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Buenos Aires Maru.

Thurs.,

11th Feb.

A BUENOS AIRES

Via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom-

be, Durban & Capetown.

MOMBASA ZANZIBAR, Hawaii Maru

Mon.,

1st Feb.

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,

LOURENCO MARQUES

A SANTOR

DE

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA BETH

82 CAPETOWN

THENCE TO RIO

AIRES via Sings-

pore & Colomba

BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL- Melbourne Maru ....

AUCKLAND &

BON via Manila.

JAPAN PORTS (Frequent Burma Maru

Bervices).

LONDON, HAMBURG, ROT- Atlas Maru

TERDAM & ANTWERP

via Singapore

Suez & Port Said.

NEW YORK via Japan ports,

Los Angeles & Pansion.

Colombo,

Thurs

4th Feb.

Mon,

Wed.,

8th Feb.

10th Feb.

Call Direct

at Boston,

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

BOMBAY & KARACHI via Celebes Maru

Wed.,

3rd Feb,

Singapore & Colombo ....

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Himalaya Maru

Moa.,

1st Feb.

Belawan Deli & Rangeon.

HAIPHONG vỉa Hofbow .

SEELUNG vla Swatow &

Amy (8 p.m. every Buo

day)

Keelang

(Fortnightly).

Thurs.,

6th Feb.

11th Feb.

JAPAN PORTS via Takao & Panama Maru ......Sat.,

TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy Deli Maru

For further particulars please apply to:---

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 28061..

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

· SAILING DATES FOR FEB., 1982 (Subject to Change).

DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5.30 pm, Wackow 1 pan

Arrives Wnchow

Arrives 15

Ley Wachow Herfor

Leaves Steamer.

Hour Bour

TAI MING TUES. 2nd THUR. TAI HING THUR.

4th FRI 4th SAT, 6th TUER TAI MING TUES 9th THUR. 11th FRL TAI HING THUR 11th SAT. 13th BUN. 14th TUES. 16th WED. 16th THUR. 18th FRI 19th BUN.:

MON. 22nd WED 24th THUE 24th FRL - 29th | SAT.

TAIMING SUN.

TAI HING

TAY MING TAI HING

TUBB. FRL

MON

TAI MING WED

5th SAT

9th WED.

12th- SAT.

14 MON.

17th THUR. 19th SAT

and TUES. 25th FBL

26th

SUN, 28th

3rd

Ports of CallSamshui, Sandhing, Takhing & Doshing.

Farse Return (not including media) $20.00

Meals and Winse are to be obtained on board.

Hong Kong Arrivals & Departure from Tai Hing Wharf.

Ter information spply to...

29, Commangkt' Bosd, West,

Phone, 30891A

PASSENGER LIST.

SANG WO

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Kom Shipping

Intelligence.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS

SLOW PROGRESS NOW THE RULE.

The approach of the New Year the promotion of "Mates" to Com- is a time of the utmost anxiety to manders' rank has averaged lesa Naval officers, especially in these than one in each list since 1926, days of economie stress, for in the the year in which the first became struggle for promotiori few are eligible for promotion. taken and many are left.

Promotion in the Engineering

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following British warships were in harbour to-day:- Berwick-North arm. Bruce-South wall. Cornflower-No. 7 buoy, Cumberland-West wall. Herald-East wall, Hermes-No. 1 buoy. Koppel-West wall. Marazion-East wall.

Medway and Suba-No. 2 buoy.. Pandora-In dock. Proteus-In dock. Tamar Basin. Whitehall-East wall. Verity-No. 12 buoy. Wild Swan-No. 12 buoy, Wishart No. 13 buoy.

Foreign Man-of-War. Gold Star, American Transport. Stewart; American destroyer.

INDIAN SEAMAN'S TRIAL.

Night Swim In Mid-Ocean.

The "zone" for promotion from Branch has been much higher, no, Commander to Captain is now four less than 28 officers, ex-mate, hav^ to eight years, and in this zone ing reached the rank of Engineer there are 169 Commanders. But as Commander in the past years. it is rare to-day for officers to ob-, At the present moment eleven out tain promotion under six years' of the 47 officers in question are seniority, the number who will serving in-seagoing appointments, eagerly and anxiously await the and. It is note-worthy that these List is approximately 77. An only officers promoted from the lower ten promotions are made, it will be deck have served at sea with great seen that to only one out of every regularity, ten con New Year's Eve be a day It is, of course, the age problem of great rejoicing.

which has militated against a large With regard to Lieutenant-Com-proportion of this group of officers, manders, the zone is two and a half and it was this age disability of the to six and a half years, and the num late Mate scheme which, more than ber of officers in this zone is no anything, led the Admiralty to in- fewer than 513. Of this 513 only troduce the new scheme of promo 224 can be said to have a chance of tion from the lower deck in the black night in mid-ocean and for To fall from a steamer on a pitch obtaining their "brass hat," and Summer of this year. Under this 40 minutes swim about in water in- this chance is not unduly bright new scheme, it will be remembered, when only 25, or one in ten, can be promising young seamen can obtain feated with sharks before being selected.

promotion to the rank of Sub-Lient picked up was the unusual experi- Lower deck ratinga promoted to enant at an age which compares member of the crew of the Surat.

ence which befel Hasan Ali, a commissioned rank before the equitably with that of Sub-Lieuten- Armistice, under the now "extinct ants entered through' Dartmouth. mate scheme, numbered 360, of Under this new scheme the frat whom 47 remain on the Active batch of promotions was announceded from his bunk by blast from the Of these 47 seven are Com-recently, when twelve AB.s were ship's siren and detailed off for the manders and 40 are Lieut.-Com- promoted to Sub-Lieutenants and search. The ship was swung about manders of from two and a half appointed for qualifying courass for four miles a boat was lowered.

on her course and after steaming to seven years' seniority. Thus for the rank of Lieutenants.

Armed with only an electric Trave, German str., 4,890 tons, torch, the second officer endeavour

Capt. Emiltom Dieck, from Sin-ed to locate a dark man in the darkc gapore, buoy No. A16--Mel water on a very dark night. chers & Co.

List.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.

Saturday, January 30. Chung Hwah, Chinese str., 8,871

tons, Capt. Nakano, from Che-Triumph, American str., 4,825 tons, foo, buoy No. A5.-Shun Tai Capt. H. Milds, from Manils, Hong.

buoy No. A9.-States & Co. G.G. Maurice Long II., French str., Tainan, British str., 2,100 tons, Capt. W. Shaw, from Amoy, buoy No. B21.-B. & S. Yingehow, British str., 1,216 tona,

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572 tons, Capt. H. Courgucure, from Pakhol, buoy No. C6.-M. M. & Co. Helnan Maru, Japanese str., 2,719 Capt. F. A. Lovegrove, from tons, Capt. Maeda, from Sakito, Swatow, buoy No. BS.-B. & S. buoy No. A14.—Y.KK. Hydrangea, British str., 561 tons,

CLEARANCES. Captain P. W. Grierson, from Swatow, Chiu On Wharf-

Saturday, January 30, Chíu On & Co

An Lee, for Tientsin. Kronviken, Norwegian str., 1,519 Asama Maru, for Takao.

tons, Capt. T. Kvamme, from Canton, for Halphong. Canton, buoy No. B11.-Yong City of Canton, for Shanghai. Hong Loong.

Chitral, for Singapore. Menado Maru, Japanese atr., 1,285 Kronviken, for Bangkok.

tons, Capt. K. Masuda, from Nagato Maru, for Shanghai, Hofhow, buoy No. B8.-O.S.K. Nellore, for Manila. Nagato Maru, Japanese str., 4,825 President Madison, for Manila.

tons, Capt. Tanaka, from Sin- Pronto, for Saigon. gapore, buoy No. B12.-N.Y.K. Sirdhana, for Amoy.-. President Madison, American str., Wing Wo, for K. C. Wan. 8,841 tons, Capt. R. J. Healy, Yamagata, for Singapore. from Shanghai,

Kowloon Yingchow, for Canton.

Yuan Shun for Canton.

Wharf.-A.M.L.

Lushan Maru, Japanese str., 1,507 tons, Capt. R. Nagayama, from Cantor, Yaumat! Anchorage N.Y.K.

CONSIGNEES NOTICES,

....

When 63 miles south of Ocean Island the second officer was rous-

The task appeared hopeless, and the boat was on the verge of going back to the ship when the moon re- vealed a man swimming feebly.

Hauled aboard in an exhausted condition, he is now none the worse for his experience.

STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The B.L. 8.8. Takada left Singa- pore for this port on January 28, p.m., and is due: here on Febru Bry 3, a.m.

HONG KONG. TIDES.

The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. E.; 00h. is midnight, 12hrs is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless pre- eaded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.

February 1 to 8, 1982.

Date

Feb.

High Water Low Water Standard Ht. Standard Ht.

Times

Times.

H. M. F. B. M. P.

Mon.

05 50 8.5 09 35 3.8 10 25 8.0

2.

Seattle, American atr., 5,451 tons, Consignees of cargo

Capt, H. Klein, from Shanghai, Gange are reminded to take de

ex. 5.8. Tues. buoy No. 18.Dollar Line. livery of their goods which will Wed. Sinklang, British str., 1,616 tons, be subject to rent after February Thurs.

Capt. Anderson, from Canton,, 6. buoy No. B15.-B. & S. Consignees of cargo ex 8.8. FTL Tonkin, French str., 906 tons, Capt. Benalder are reminded to take de-

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Bayard, buoy No. B18-M.M be subject to rent after February & Co.

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