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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, LÈVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

*KIDDERPORE IRANPURA

**BURDWAN

KALWA RANCHI CARTHAGE +*SOMALI

NALDERA RAJPUTANA

+BANGALORE

CORFU

COMORIN

+*BHUTAN

*RANFURA

Tons

From HoarYoni About

1932.

Destination.

5.300 24th Aug. Straits, Colombo & Bombay. "17,000 27th Aug. Marseilles & London."

Noon...

.1"

6,590 3rd Sept | 11,000 10th Sept. 17.000 24th Sept. 14,000

8th Oct. 8,800 15th Oct.

16,000 22nd Oct

17,000 5th Nov.

Bombay, Marseilles, London, Have & Hull. Hamburg, R'dam, Antwerp Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marsellies & London.

London, Havre, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp

& Hall. Marselles & London.

Marseilles,

Bombay Marseilles & London

THE

CHINA MAIL.

MAKING FRIENDS ON gers. Time after time, after half U.S. INVESTIGATES

BOARD SHIP.

Mystery of Characters

Which Change,

WANTED A GUIDEBOOK.

SHIP RATES.

a dozen interruptions of this sort, I have had sadly to leave the airy lounge, where it was so pleasant to sit and work, and retire to my stuffy cabin before it was possible to get anything, done. "Even that is not always safe. The cheerful woman next door" will probably

The US. Shipping Board has come and rout you out unless you directed its bureau of regulation to

From Philippines To 'America.

V

lle on your bank and give a really commence an investigation of

good Imitation of feeling seasick.

of

There are guide books to almost

She means so well, and so obvious-tariffs, rates and conditions em- every conceivable subject underly was "afraid you might be feel-loved by about 30 companies com called Associat. I Steamship Lines the sun. No one has so far, Iing lonely all alone down here," Prising the membership of the so- of Manila, Philippine Islands, belleve, produced one much-needed that you really cannot hurt ber

feelings.

covering transportation of cargol work of this sort. It is a book of

A special chapter in the guide from the Philippines to the ports instruction on making friends with book would have to be devoted to

of the United States. of the

Each of the member lines will people" on "board ship, writes Sybil the avoidance of one Vincent in a London

paper. greatest snares-an invitation to

complete information showing Naturally, the author would need sit at the purser's table on certain be required to submit full and foreign lines. Combined with this to be almost the modern equivalent section would be a few remarks on agreements, contracts with ship

to the of the Flying Dutchman for his how to circumvent the efforts of pers and all traffic arrangements

but misguided affecting cargo destined

United States, as well as the work to be of much real use. With-well-meaning

therein by the out his immense experience I doubt friends who, through some per-

This Isthmian, Steamship Co. If anyone could produce a set of sonal Influence recommend you to participation

will be required to rules that would be completely the special mercy of such lines.

furnish similar information with reliable on the extremely difficult It would take a great brain, how company art of how to enter into pleasant ever, to have found a method

recent predica-regard to its participation is casual acquaintanceship with eer escaping from a

States in association with mem tain of

your fellow-passengers ment of my own, which must hap-Philippines träffe to the United without having to spend all your pen to many other travellers.

By great misfortune a friend of bers of associated steamship lines. mine happened to know one of the The companies will be required to time with them.

Pleasure. .cruises may heads of that particular foreign file the information within four different. I have never been on

The companies comprising the one. Anyhow, if for your own line. He wired his friend, asking, amusement you deliberately shut that I should be specially well yourself up in close contact with looked after. The result was that associated steamship lines are a crowd of complete strangers. you was asked to sit at the purser's American Gulf Orient, American Ploneer, Australian I had American must be prepared to welcome them table. Lightheartedly I accepted Mail, American and Manchurian,

the invitation. .' Even

Australian Oriental, refusal Pioneer, to your heart, or possess suficient known what it meant, oyster-like qualities to keep your- would have been extremely diff Bank, Barber. Wilhelmsen. Ben, self entirely to yourself. talking of ordinary liners on which cult. By the end of the first day, Blue Funnel, Canadian Pacific. Hamburg- everyone is travelling because he when I had begun to realise what Dodwell Castie, Dollar, Easter

it meant, escape was entirely im- and Australian, Fern,

Amerika, Holland East Asia,: wants to get somewhere. What is

possible. the secret of the nice, casual ship

Half an hour before each meal Java-China Japan, Kellogg, Kerr. board acquaintances people talk

the half-dozen men and women Klaveness. Kokusai Kisen Kaisha, vaguely about? Four times in the who sat at the purser's table were Maersk, Mitsu: Bussan Kaisha, Nankanmura, Gumi, Nippon Yusen last six months, and on a number all summoned to the purser's of occasions in the past, I have

and Australia stepped aboard an Atlantic liner cabin. Here one of the most un- Kaisha, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Nor- After Oceanic and Oriental, Osaka Sho- Richmers. determined to achieve the art. pleasant varieties of foreign cock-wegian Africa on the tails was provided for us.

an sen Kaisha, Prince, three-quarters of an hour to

Bombay Marseille, London, Havre Each time I have landed

1 am

months.

8,500 12th Nov. Bombay rdam, Antwerp & Halother side knowing it was beyond hour's pleasant conversation, most-Silver, Java Pacific, States, Swe.

15,000 19th Nov.

15,000 3rd Dec.

6,000 10th Dec. 17,000 17th Dec. KAISAR-I-HIND | 12,000 81st Dec.

Cargo only. † Callı "Casablanca.

E'burg,

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Bombay, M'selles, L'don, Havre,

H'burg, R'dam, A'werp

* Hull Bombay, Marseilles & London." London. Bombay, Marseilles

rules.

me. However many times I crossly conducted in a foreign language dish East Asiatic, Tocoma Oriental I know that I shall never be able which I cannot understand when and Tatsuma Kisen Kaisha... to keep the happy middle course spoken extremely quickly, we went The Board's "resolution calls for on shipments transported without a set of the most precise into the dining-room. Apparently data

it was below the dignity of the from the Philippines to United Why people's characters change purser's party to start their meal States ports from and including Frequent contection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Conso completely on board ship re- until the rest of the passengers had December 9, 1930, to date. It also

mains a mystery.

a seeks information on participation The quietest almost finished. There was stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of thị Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

and most retiring sort on dry land much further pleasant conversa in rate tarifa from July 1, 1930, suddenly imagines that he or she tion, also in a foreign language, to the pres t time. has the right to absorb the entire that each meal lasted quite an time of anyone with whom he has hour. Afterwards at least another they liked me. The purser and his exchanged as much as a "good half-hour was occupied taking morning."

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1932.

SANTHIA TAKADA SIRDHANA

8,000 31st Aug. 7,000 17th Sept. 8,000 3rd Oct.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

Interruptions.

With

No Escape.

coffee with the puraer's party in assistant undoubtedly thought me a dull and irritating young woman. the lounge, to say nothing of games

The company, however having re- It is not that your fellow-

afterwards.

commended me to their special at- passengers find your company an

Atention, they were determined that overwhelmingly pleasant. nothing to do themselves, however, Any thought of escape was hope the rule that no one must ever be the sight of someone with a note less. If you failed to appear with left alone for a moment on board book trying to write a report or in a few minutes of the appointed ship was faithfully carried out. B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for work out figures is an irresistible time at the purser's cabin half the How to escape without being

Int and 2nd class passengers.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). bound to sit down beside you re-way from the dining-room to the meaning but excessively boring

TANDA

NANKIN

NELLORE

7,000 7,000 7,000

1932. 2nd Sept. 1st Oct. 2nd Nov.

Eegular monthly inflings from

and Hong Kong to Austraila.

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

temptation. Just as you have got ship's company were sent to look rude certainly requires plenty of to the critical point where any in- for you. The same thing happen-instruction. Avoiding playing terruption is fatal someone is ed if you tried to escape on the rummy each evening with a well- marking pleasantly, "Do tell me lounge after the meal was over. old woman is another art in which what you are working so hard at," At the end of several days I took after the experience of another or, "Hard at work again, 1 see," or to having my meals in my cabin. voyage I long to be instructed. so many little Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney" & some other little pleasantry of this Even the stewardess was frequent- Really there are

sort followed by a few words only required to report as to when points on which notes are needed the weather, other similar voy-I should be well enough to join that it would need to be quite a ages, or the habits of other passen- the party again. It was not that bulky volume.

Melbourne.

Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:---

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom 'ria Now"

Eaaland, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

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

The P. & O Branch Service of steamers to London via Bues. The New Zealand Shipping Company's, steamers for Southampton London via Panama Canal

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

June to Sept. Cheap Summer Trips to Japan

THE HONGKONG

WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Telegrama; KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28020

DEL Telephones:

KOWLOON DOCK 58053, "MANIFESTO, HONE KONG."

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS AND ELECTRICIANS.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1932.

PRESIDENT LINERS-

NEXT SAILINGS

Weekly Sailings Transpacific

TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK vin PANAMA.

TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA. Fortnightly saillbgs on Tuesdays. Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays.

Pres. Grant Pres. Lincoln Pres. Coolidge

Aug. 30 Pres. Jefferson

Sept. 3-

Sept. 17: .Oct. 1

Sept. 13 Pres. Madison Sept. 27 Pres. Cleveland ROUND TRIP FARES TO EUROPE & AMERICA. Special through rates to Europe via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across. United States and Canada. liberal atop-over privi leges for sight-seeing. Full particulars upon application.

| Fortnightly via Suez to Europe & America

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

·Pres. Plerce Pres. Monroe

13

Aug. 21 Pres. Van Buren Sept. 4 Pres. Garfield

9 a.m. Sept. 18 .Oct.

TO MANILA.

Next Sailing, Pres. Pierce

Prea. Grant Pres. Jefferson

Aug. 21, 8 a.m.

Bept. .Sept.

..Aug. 23 Pres. Monroe .Aug. 27 Pres. Lincoln CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO."

ZAMBOANGA.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

CANTON BRANCH-No. 4, Shakee Street.

BARBER

EXPRESS

LIE

WILHELMSEN

SERVICE

LINE

EXPRESS SERVICE TO NEW YORK

Via

SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES, PANAMA.

NEXT SAILING.

M.V. "TORONTO"

on 18th SEPTEMBER.

ALL VESSELS HAVE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION:

FOR 12 PASSENGERS.

Time in

Transit.

Fares

Hong Kong to San Francisco..

25 Days

G$200.00

Hong Kong to Los Angeles

26.0

G$220.00

Hong Kong to New York

42»

G$$25,00

FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER INFORMATION

APPLY TO

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Buildings. Telephone 28021"

Agents.

TAKADA RANOHI

*NOVARA *SOMALI: SIRDHANA

CARTHAGE NAGOVA

NALDERA

*BANGALORE

RAJPUTANA CORFU

BHUTAN COMORIN

RANPURA MALWA

KAISAR-I-HIND

RANCHIY

CARTHAGE

8,000

14,000

1932. 7,000 25th Aug. 11.000 28th Aug. .7,000.

2nd Sept. 4,800 8th Sept.

8th Sept. 21st Sept. 10,000 22nd Sept.

8,500 4th Oct.

Amoy, S'hai, Moj!, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

On Lloyds

Moji, Kobe, & Yokohama. Kobe & Tokohama.

list of

approved

Holl, Kabe & Yokohama. Hall, Robe

Cast

Yokohama

Steel

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Roba de Yokohama. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Koff, Kobs & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Manufac

turers.

Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama

17.000 7th Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

16,000 21st Oct 30th Oct. 8,000 15,000 4th Nov. 17,000 18th Nov. 11,000 28th New 12,000

2nd Dec. 17,000 18th Dec. 14,000 30th Dec.

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

› Carro

T.S.S. "EMPRESS OF JAPAN"

In No.

Dimensions :

666'0" 0.A. 88!

00% toks

Granite Docks!

lipway

Wireles

ble of lifting 80

Harbour

· Call Flags:z

Engineer

Boller.

maker

Shipwright

MBIL HA WAO.S.T. Signal V.PET. and Flag

Engineering First and Second Edit

LINERS MAY CROSS HONG KONG TIDES.

FRANCE. £150,000 Canal Plan Launched.

Paris, August 1. A £150,000,000 company to build ship-canal across France by which great liners may pass from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean through the heart of the country, has been launched at Tealouse.

The chairman of the meeting, which took the decision, and which from was composed of dele all the chief industries in France was M. Doums

The time need is Standard, de tusen Hime of the meridian of 120 dogs E.; 00h. in midnight, ishra la 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 ceded by an asterisk (*)3) should be subtracted from the-

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