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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1932.

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REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA ́USA, VARYING FROM $79 TO £120 ON SALE.

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

Wednesday, 24th February. Tuesday, .8th March.

ASAMA MARU

SHINYO MARU

HIKAWA MARU

HIYE MARU

SEATTLE, VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan Ports,

Tuesday, Tuesday,

1st March. 29th March. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

Saturday,

Saturday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

HAKUSAN MARU

HARUNA MARU

20th February.

6th March,

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

27th February. 28th March.

MANILA.

ASAMA MARU

Thursday,

18th February.

DOMBAY vía Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

TOTTORI MARU

Monday,

KAGA MARU

Friday,

29th February. 11th March.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Thursday, 17th March.

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama, RAKUYO MARU NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Stamboul (Constantinople), Genoa

& Marseilles.

29th February.

8th March.

+ LYONS MARU

Monday,

14th March.

CALCUTTA via Singapore. Perang & Rangvon.

+ RANGOON MARU

Monday,

† NAGATO MARU

Tuesday,

Saturday,

Monday,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA

KASHIMA MARU

TANGO MARU (Kobe direct)

+ HARODATE MARU (Moji direct) Tuesday,

+ Cargo only.

20th February. 29th February.

1st March.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Telephone 30291.

(Private exchange to all departments.)

0.

S. K.

THE CHINA

MAIL.

Shipping

Intelligence.

A TALE OF A SHIP

ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD HOWLER.

Cremer,

Dutch

str., 2,784 tons, Capt. Weppelink, from Singa-} pore, buoy No. AB~J.C.J.L. Kwangtung, British str., 1,572 tons, Capt. J. H. Hodgkiss, from Swatow, buoy No. B12.-B. & S.} Phasianella, British str. 393 tons,

Capt. R. D. Binks, from Tam- sui, Tai Kok Tsui,—A.P.C. Rowena, Norwegian str., 2,847 tons,| Capt. F. B. Hansen, from Chin-| wangtao, Lai Chi Kok-Dol- lar & Co.

It would be interesting to know fortunate accident; presumably at with how much intelligence Ameri-Hollywood a funnel here or there is too trival to deserve mention, but can film producers credit British it is a matter which should cause. audiences where films of the seasome consternation in marine in- and ships, are concerned, writes surunce circles all the same. Then Spunyarn in the Nautical Magazine, we are shown, at rather a late hour Judging by their latest joke entitled some might consider, Sunny's Shoka Maru, Japanese str., 1,822 | "Sunny," now showing in this coun- discovery, and her hauling out!

it must try,

be terribly little into the D deck passage. In this Sunny, a very charming young passage, where a good deal of the person, by the way, is a bareback rest of the film takes place, the rider in a cirrus. Here, it should scenic artist has let his imagination

CLEARANCES. be explained, that the horse would run wild, as it is a cross between a be barebacked but for Sunny, and Hindoo palace and a fretcarver's

Tuesday, February 16. Sunny would be the same but for a nightmare. There is the usual Aeneas, for Singapore. piece of ribbon-but that is by "whip round," and considering the Akita Maru, for Singapore. the way.

tone, Captain N. Sguchi, from

B29, Port-Redon, buoy No. D.K.K.

The circus is encamped creations Sunny is rigged in for Albert Sarraut, for Haiphong. on Southampton Common, a place the rest of the trip it is a generous, Athos II, for Saigon.. of doubtful. repute always shunned if not actually a lavish, ono. Ap-Chenan, for Swatow. by junior officers of mail ships. tproaching the Statue of Liberty Dalia, for Whampoa.

here that Sunny is discovered by someone very kindly remembers Delagos Maru, for Saigon. some American youths who had that Sunny omitted to bring her Greystoke Castle, for Manila. been her patients "over there," and¡ passport, and, on the understanding Hai Yang, for Swatow, who are about to embark for home, that it is to be a marriage in name Hosei Maru, for Celebes Posso.

Her clothes having been stowed only, she consents to wed her late Mogami Maru, for Keelung. laway by 3 cautious father, Sunny cabin-mate in order to pass the Newchwang, for Shanghai.

puts on the first things that come indulgent officials at Ellis Island. President Grant, for Shanghai.

WARSHIPS IN PORT.

The following British warships were lo harbour to-day:---

Bridgewater-North wall. Bruce-In dock.

to hand—a shirt, and` a pair of With a 20-yard train and a studio] Shantung, for Taingtao. trousers belonging to one of the smile Sunny and her half tipsy Soochow, for Amoy. hands-and proceeds to the docks to bridegroom fali in before an un- Tjinegara, for Manila. see her boy frienda off. Simply comfortable looking captain in blae Tonkin, for Haiphong. by taking hold of the handles of a goggles-the only member of the Wing Wo, for K. C. Wan. truck of stores, she gets aboard, cast who appears to feel ashamed of Yat Shing, for Shanghai, and, there being nobody to stop her, his part in this preposterous 'affair finds her way to an upper deck two-and the slippery bitch is tied to wrth stateroom and hides under the' the satisfaction of all hands. lower berth. The cabin, unknown While all this has been going on, of course to Sunny, has been re- Sunny's father-who also got left served by one of the American ex-aboard in his attempts to see a lady. soldiers, and Sunny is soon seen about a dog-is put to work by an warbling at the open window, as official wearing a chief officer's unl- *towaways always do! Without, form, which same officer sits on a actually choking, one is just uble to bollard to watch him do it, as chief swallow the rubbish so far. By officers do, especially in mailships) 24th Mar. the uniforms and general de- with a habit of shedding their meanour it is obviously an Ameri- funnels. From the first shot among ran ship. Then we are shown the the swingboats on Southampton vessel pulling out from the quay, an Common to the "rade out" when imposing looking three-funnel craft, Sunny leaps from a car into the real| without, however, the markings" of young man's arms, there is hardly a the Leviathan, and the seafaring|natural word or a probable situation members of the audience in this latest of Hollywood's' 50+: begin to wonder if the U.S. Lines called nautical pictures. have put a new steamer On the route unknown to them.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

RIO DE JANEIRO. SANTOS Santos Maru

BETA

CAPETOWN

Thurs.,

7th Mar.

Cornflower-No. 8 buoy. Cumberland-No. 8 busy. Herald-East wall. Hermes No. 1 bucy. Marazion-North wall.

Medway & aubs-No. 2 buoy. Pandora-In dock. Proteus-In dock. Tamar-Basin. Tarantula-South .wall. Whitehall-West wall.

Foreign Men-of-War. Inconstant-French minesweeper. Mindanao-American river gun-

boat.

HONG KONG TIDES.

If it is meant to be a farce, why not say so and have done with it, A veil is drawn over the

hap but the actors and actresses are all penings of the night, but we assume pathetically serious or ponderously 21st Feb. that somewhere down channel the funny In their attempts to put over

the mysterious mailship "catches a silly and meaningless film.

The time used a Standard, or moan Wo are We have one small consolation time of the meridian of 120 dog. E.; 11th Mar. it in the nock," because

shown a picture of her somewhere though; it was au American ship, 00h. la midnight, 12hrs is moon, round Lizard with only two funnels. however many funnels she eventual-heights are referred to the datum of 10th Mar. No comment is made on this un-lly arrived with!

& BUENOS

AIRES via

Saigon, Singapore, Colom

bo, Durban & Capetown,

MOMBASA. ZANZIBAR | Arizona Maru ......

Mon.,

DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA

LOURENCO MARQUES.

THENCE TO

RIO DE

JANEIRO, SANTOS &

BUENOS AIRES via Singu-

& Colombo

BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MEL- Sydney Mara .......

Sat.

5th Mar.

BOURNE, AUCKLAND &

NGTON via Manila.

PORTS (Frequent Hamburg Maru

Sun.,

Services).

LONDON, HAMburg, rot-

TERDAM & ANTWERP Amazon Maru

Fri.,

;

મન

Suez & Port Said.

via Singapore, Colombo,

NEW YORK via Japan porta, Kwanto Maru

Thurs.,

Los Angeles & Рапата.

Call Direct at Boston,

Philadelphia & Baltimore.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Shunko Maru

Fri.,

19th Feb.

Belawan Deli & Colombo. Sydney Maru

Tues..

·

23rd Feb.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Honolulu Maru .....

Fri.,

19th Feb.

Penang & Rangoon,

Dolius,

HAIPHONG vừa Hohen

Menado Maru

Sat..

KEELING via Swatom

Canton Maru

Sun.,

20th Feb.

28th Feb.

Amoy (3 p-m. every Sun- day).

Thurs.,

Keelung

(Fortnightly.

JAPAN PORTS via Takao & Canada Maru

TAKAO via Swatow & Amoy Deli Maru ..........Thurs.,

For further particniars please apply to:-

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Telephone 28061.

10th Mar.

25th Feb.

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Fares Return (pot Including maala) $20.00.

Meals and Wines are to be obtained on board.

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ONE WAY OF PAYING.

Sir Norman Angell suggests We Build U.S. Warships.

SANG WO

Lady

States Navy with the money, she owes in war debts was made by Bir Norman Angell, the former Labour H.P. for North Bradford, In an address to the Council on Foreign Relations at Chicago recently,

He explained that Britain might The suggesiton that Great Britain in this way be able to clear, up; the should build ships for the United - debt in the benefit of all concarpe

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS,

Monday, February 15.

British str., 3,645 tons, Captain James Nelson, from Shanghai, buoy No. All.-B. & S. Harunasan Maru, Japanese str.,

1,867 tons, Captain Horigome, from Miike, Yaumati Anchor- age.-M.B.K.

Helikon, British str., 1,220 tons,

Capt. W. Anderson, from Sai- gon, buoy No. B16.Wo Fat 3ing.

Stuart Doller, American str., 5,060

tons, Capt. C. A. Wilson, from!

SHIPBUILDERS,

Tho

the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given on the chart unless pre- reded by an asterisk (*), when they

Shanghai, buoy No. A18.-Dol-[should be subtracted from the depths. lar S.S. Line.

Aeneas,

Tuesday, February 16. British str., 6,256 tons, Captain W. K. "Wallace, from Shanghai, buoy No. B2-B. &

February 17 to 22, 1932.

Date

5.

Akita Maru, Japanese str., 2,815 Wed.

tons. Captain M. Satoh, from Thurs. 18 Sakito, buoy No. AB.-N.Y.K. Athos II, French str., 8,947 tons, Fri., Capt. Le Flahọc, from Shang-

Sat. hai, Kowloon Wharf.-M. M. & Co.

Sun.

Feb.

17.

"High Water Low Water Standard Ht. Standard Ht.

Times.

Times H. M. F. H. M. F. 00 30 21 16

01 24 1.4

18 19 19 .. 09 50 3.8

19 19 2009 55 · 4.1

20 10 7.5

Chung Kong, Chinese str., 447 tons,

Capt. Kwok Shan, from Ton- Mon. rane, buoy No. B18-Yau Lee Tues. & Co.

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