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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. Goverment.)

From

-6.8.

Tont

Hong Kong About

1932.

Noon

RAWALPINDI 17,000

*ALIPORE

RANPURA

It'SOMALI

CHITRAL RANCHI

Destination.

Bombay. Marseilles & London.

23rd Apr.

i 5,300 lat

May

Straits, Colombo & Bombay. ! 17,000

7th

May Bombay, Marseilles & London. 6,800 14th May Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre H'burg, R'terdam, Antwerp & Hull. 15,000 21st May Bombay, Marseilles &. London. 17,000 4th

Jane Bombay, Marseilles & London. BANGALORE 6,500 11th Jane Bombay,

Anowdon, VT 'burg,

& Hull NALDERA

16,000 18th June | Bombay

Marseilles & London. KAISAR-I-HIND: 12,000 2nd July Bombay,

London. Marseilles &

London, Havre. 'burg

Awerp & Hall. July Hombay,

& London. July Bombay, Marseilles & London. Aug.

Bombay, Marseiller, London, Havre H'burg, R'terdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay. Marcelles & London. Marseilles & London, Bombay, Marseilles & London.

tt*BHUTAN 16,000 9th July Bombay,

RAJPUTANA 17,000 10th

MANTUA It'SOUDAN

RAWALPINDI RANPURA MALWA

11.000 30th

0,800 6th

17,000 13th Aug. 17,000 27th Aug. 11,000 10th Sept.

* Cargo only. † Calls Casablanca. † Call: Djibouti.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Porta by steamers of the Khedival Mali Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1932.

TARÁDA SIRDHANA TILAWA

7,000 30th Apr. 8,000 17th May 10,000 28th May

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

THE CHINA MAIL.

F

ZOO AT LARGE

ON LINER

MISCHIEVOUS BEARS.

Chasing Monkeys Up And Down Rigging.

An amazing story of a menagerie, "It took quite a lot of coaxing top amok on the high seas has reached get the cook back into his galley: London. It happened on the liner after it. He suffered for months Fordsdale, south of the Equator on after from hallucinations about a trip from London to Australia, monkeys running amok on the high and was told by Engineer R. Dewar, seas. who returned to England on the liner Esperance Bay.

bite.

CONSIGNEES

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

The Steamship

“BENLAWERS ”

Consignees of cargo are hereby in- formed that all goods are being land- -fed at their risk into the hazardous

and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godowa the wharvas delivery may be obtained. Ltd. whence and/or from Co.,

Wild-Eyed Panthers. "The panthers, meanwhile, were One of his frat pre-occupations proving just as difficult to capture. of landing at Southampton was to "They edged into corners, showed obtain expert treatment for monkey wild eyes, and spat at me and

No claims will be admitted after the others who attempted to entrap Goods have left the Godowns, and alt The

Goods remaining undeliver i after the animals included some them.

22nd April, will be subject to rent. bears, several panthers, a dozen

made ย special monkeys, a python, a hyena and with a net on it to several other beasts and reptiles. them out. The Árst one

"My first intimation that any moved flew on to the bosun's thing was wrong," Mr. Dewar told shoulder. He flew round the deck

pole

prod

a "Star" representative, “was when with the panther sticking fast to I was changing watches in the him. Indian Ocean.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or I before the 6th May, or they will not

be recognized.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to

are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 21st April, at 10 a.m., by Messrs. Gud- dard & Douglas.

dutiable

To comply with the General Bond- ed Warehouse Regulations consignees must have a Revenue Officer in at- tendance

when damaged not goods are examined.

No Fire Insurance has been effect-

Bills of Lading will be cmentorsign

"When he got tired out and stop- "Suddenly I saw a sailor rush ped from sheer fatigue and terror past me with a look of concentrat the panther hopped quietly off his ed terror on his fare. In his wake back and edged back behind the were a couple of bears, ambling case again. The bosun did along, and, as no one was used to figure in the next search party bears, the decks cleared with amaz-it. ing rapidity.

"Seeing it was likely to leap and Like Whipsnade.

|that it could do so in only the one "What had happened was that direction I got one of the mates the two bears had broken out of to assist me. their cages, and, finding no one to

Animated Sack,

for

ed.

ed by,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents,

stop them, enjoyed themselves open- "He stood by with a big sack,

Hong Kong, 15th April, 1932.

ing the cages of all the other mouth open towards it. And when HONG KONG TIDES. animals, which were being convey-1 prodded the next time there was ed to various zoos in the Common-ja squeal from the, animal and the

The time used is Standard, or mean wealth.

mate was clinging firmly to an ex-time of the meridian of 120 deg. E.; "At daylight the next day the tremely animated sack he would 00h, is midnight, 12hrs, is noon. The heights are referred to the datum of after-deck looked more like Whip-dearly have loved to drop. snade than Whipanade itself!

"He stuck to his guns, however, the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the "Animals of all sorts were gam-despite the wild and vicious strug-depths given on the chart unless pre- Iceded by an asterisk (*), when they bolling about thoroughly enjoying gles of the panther.

"Now we had only to collect the should be subtracted from the depths. themselves, with everyone on board scared stiff and at a loss to cope one recalcitrant monkey.

It was then case of needs must as the

April 18 to 24, 1982. with the situation.

Date

April 18

"All the animals were valuable, vessel was due at Fremantle on the and the skipper was particularly following day, and it was both in- anxious that they should not be advisable and dangerous to go into destroyed. Therefore the problem port with a wild monkey at large.

"So I spent every available hour Mon. was to catch them and put them

of my watches below trying to back into renovated cages.

bring it to heel.

High Water Low Water Standard Ht Standard Ht.

Times. Times.

H. M. F. H. M. F. 08 16 4.0 01 25 1,0 19 36 6.1

13 11 2.7

1.2

1405 1.9

1.4

Tues. 19.08 29 5.4 02 00

20 36 6.1 14 Wed. 20.08 50 4.0 02 35

21 30 6.0 14 51 1.2 Thurs. 21. 09 20 6.5 03 09 1.7 22 25 6.6 15 40 0.7 22.. 09 54 6.9 03 40 2.1 23 20 5.1 16 30 6.5 28.. 10 26 7.1 04 09 2.6 17 25 0.4 24.. 00 20 4.6 04 35 3.0

05 7.3 18 25 0.51

Fri.

"We coaxed the big bears in with a juicy morsel of fine beef, and Fight in The Rigging. soon barred them up to the com- "At one stage he mounted right plete satisfaction of all aboard. to the tip of the foremost truck.

"Fortunately for us the python "I was not following him to the slithered into his repaired abode masthead—perhaps to have my eyes without any trouble, too.

scratched out when I got near it-Sat. "The hyena was a nasty customer, but I ascended the rigging far

Sun. but after numerous attempts with enough to be able to hit him with a lasso and sundry hurried exits a small block of wood to make him out of its path up into the rigging, move.

NEW FRENCH DESTROYER. managed to get the halter on to "I did hit him, and he disappear- It, and thus lead it into its right-led, but only into the rigging in

Paris, March 17. ful place again,

jorder to attack me. There is noth-i À new French destroyer, the Cook's Hallucinations. ing ao vindictive as ад insulted Chevalier Paul, is to be launched "The panthers, and one particu- monkey.

at La Seyne. Its length Is 4231t.,) larly savage monkey proved our "For ter minutes he enfiladed its beam 87ft. and displacement most formidable obstacles.

me with blocks of wood, all of 2634 tons. The estimated speed is "The monkey ran all over the which I managed to dodge. Then 30 knots. ship and tried to bite anyone with he threw himself at me, and, lung- The Chevalier. Paul, after whom whom it came in contact. One ofling out with my left, I floored and the new destroyer is named, was a Knight of St. John, to whom

ing

B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st the officers 1 found one day stand-stunned him, and 2nd class passengers.

on the chartroom table "Seeing that he had not recover-Cardinal Richelieu gave # com- threatening it with his sextant., ed immediately from the blow mand. He carried out great feats

"Another day it hopped up on threw myself on him and rushed to on the Barbary coast.-Reuter. #ASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). the galley table, grabbed the cook's his cage, where he wt impriso

chopper and had a glorious day out once again.

of my wrist and palm. with our dinner, and all it could "I was just giving vent to a sigh "It was bad luck that he got me find to chop in that region before of relief when, like a flush of light-like that, but, after all, we had re- 7,000 3rd June Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney it got tired and threw the chopper ring, the monkey was at the bare caged a whole zoo with only one

of his cage, and had a vice-like grip slight casualty.

NELLORE TANUA NANKIN

1982

7,000 30th Apr.

7,000 2nd July 4 Melbourne.

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Austraila.

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

Frequeat connections from Australls with the following:-

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New

Pealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & 0. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & 0, Branch Service of steamers to London via 8ues. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and Lotion via Panama Canal

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

CRITRAL

18,000 SIRDHANA

8,000 *KIDDERPORE 5,300

1982.

216t

Apr. | Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 22nd Apr.

Amoy, Moji, Koba & Yokohama. 25th Apr. Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.

*BANGALORE 0,500 80th Apr. Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama.

5th May Shanghat, Kobe & Yokohama. 5th May Amay, S'hai, Moff, Kobe & Osaka. 7,000 8th Kay S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Thams.

19th

Yokohama. Koji, Kobe 19th May

1st June Shanghai, Kobe & Tokohama. 2nd June Amoy, Shai, Moli, Kobo & Osaka. RAISAR-I-HIND 12,000 2nd Jime Shanghai, Moli, Kobe & Yokohama.

RANCHI

17,000

TILAWA

10,000

TANDA

TALMA

10,000

NALDERA

16,000

*BHUTAN

SANTHIA

6,000 8,000

NANKIN

RAJPUTANA *BOUDAN

**Amay Mojl, Kobe Yokohama.

7,000 6th June S'had, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Y'hama. 17,000 18th Jane Shanghai, Robe & Yokohamą. 6,800 28th Jane Shanghai, Zobe & Yokohama.

overboard.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.,

HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS :

KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28029.

Telephones:

KOWLOON DOCK 58853.

Telegram: "MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IBON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS,

FORGE· MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

On Lisys

approved

Cast

Steel

Manufac

Harbour

Call Flags

Enginee

"H."

Boller.

maker

Bhipwright

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1932.

SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARES

TO

EUROPE.

WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE

To San Francisco, Los Angeles

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

Pres. Jackson Pres. McKinley Pres. Grant

£79 £112

.Apr. 26

May 10

To Seattle & Victoria.

The Short, Straight Route to America

Fortnightly sailinga on Saturdays

Pren. Taft...

Prea. Jefferson

May 24 Pres. Madison

Apr. 30

May 14

May 28

£120 Special through rates to Europe vis

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

ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPK. From Hong Kong to Naples

*

.. Marselile

2

London

Fall particulars upon application.

EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD.

£152. 5.0d..

2161. 0.08. £169.15.04

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

a.m. |

2.1.

Pres. Pierce May 1,8 Pres. Van Buren May 29, 8 Pres. Monroe... May 15, 8 ¦ Pres. Garfield .June 12, 8 TO MANILA

Fres, Jackson Apr. 19, 6 p.m. Pres. McKinley May 3, 6 p.m. Fres. Taft .....Apr. 23, G þ.m.[Prés. Jefferson May 7, 6 p.m. Pres. Pierce...May 3, 8 a.m.Pres. Monroe May 15, 8 a.m.

CANTON BRANCH:-4, SHA KEE STREET,

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN-MAIL LINE

BARNEN

MEFRACTE

LIME

PASUKA

EXPRESS

SERVICE

BARBER WILHELMSEN

LINE

THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports vin Panama,

All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.

:

Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:-

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings.

Telephone 28021.

Agents.

Leav

Wuchow. Hong Konte

2213 "BAŤ. 274 BUN.

!

• Cargo only.

All dates are approefmate and abject to allération without notios, "All Cabins are Stted with Electale Fana or Punka Louvre BysgeDL.

Stammars on Londour and Australian Linas sire fitted with Laundries Parcsis measuring not more than 5 en. ft. will be received at the Come pany *" Ožice up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further information, Passage, Fonight, Handbooks etc., apply tosi

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

&0.

Iding, Connaught Rd C. Hong Kong. Agenta:

TS.S." EMPRESS OF JAPAN.”

In No. 1 Dock, Dimensionn:-666′0′′ 0.A. x87′8′′*x 48′6′′ Mld. 26,000 tona Grown.

The Company possesses Six-Granite Decks and Two Patent Blipways. The dimecradona of No. 1 Dock are:700′0° ± 88′0; x 305 – over sill. ELW-0.8 T. Salvage Tug “Houry Koswick.” 2,000 LHP Wirsielo Calf Signal V.P.BT, and Flag Call Signal T.HQ.B Sheerfėgo habla of Hiting “86, fora,

des:Used: #AI,: Western Union. Bentley

Edition: Engineering, First and and Edition.

Chief Manager,

M. DYER, B.Sc., MIN. Kawiosn Decks. Hanzkang.

BRITISH WUCHOW LINE

SAILING DATES FOR APRIL, 1932 (Subject to Change). DEPARTURE HOURS: Hong Kong 5,30 p.m. Wuchow 3 pm.

Leaves

Arrives

ARTİYON Steamer

Нопу Колк. Wuchow. TAIMING WED, 2016 FRI.

Zud

4th

TAI HING SAT. 23rd MON. 2516 TUES. 26th WED. 27th TAI MING MON.

25th WED. 27th THURS. 28th FRI,

20th

| TAI HING THURS. 2814 BAT. 30th SUN, 1st MON.

TAI MING | SAT. 39th MON,. 2nd TUES. £rd: WED,

Regular Service of Fast, High Class River Steamers, having –

Accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State-rooms and Saloon., The 12. "Tal Hing” 1-1- ted with Wirelaanva

Porta of Call-Gambat. Boothing, Tekhing & Doshing. Tares. Return (not including meala). 380,60, (and Meals and Wines Are, 20 be, bbisined, on board. Rong Toan, binh no and from ca hai thán

For information apply tow

29, Connaught Road, West,

SANG WO

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