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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1932.

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. -

CONTROVERSY OVER

устен

OLDEST SHIP.

Ketch Has Served

Since 1811.

steamer

ex

The reference to Casons' 86-year- old paddle-steamer Premier hari again,, raised the question of the oldest registered steamer. Mr. John C. V. Horton, M.I.NA....manag- ing director of Messrs. F. J. Trewant and Proctor," Limited, instances the Russian-built Chinese-owned iron

Hain. Tal,

gross, which is reputed to have been built in 1840. . On referring to an official of Lloyd's Register, we were advised that the authenticity of this vessel's building date was doubtful and inquiry is now being made into the matter, says "The Syren."

Tungus 481-

ton's

Meanwhile they confirm that the Premier is the oldest British steamer in the Register Book

A remarkable case of longevity is provided by the Mercantile Navy List, which contains the name of the auxiliary ketch Ceres, of Pad- which is stow... This little craft, still in coramission, was built at Salcombe in 1811 and was fitted

THE CHINA MAIL

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Mails can now be forwarded to Europe via Siberia.

SAIGON-MARSEILLES AIR MAIL SERVICES.

Letters will be accepted for transmission by the above-mention- ed Air Mail Service to the destinations speelfed. Registered letters may be sent by the service but not insured letters.

The rates charged will be the regular postage rate plus the special air mail" premium as indicated in the following table:-

Burma (Rangoon)

India (Calcutta) Persia (Djask) Persia (Bushire) Iraq (Bagdad)

Charge

LINER

RESIDENT

SAILING

Weekly Sailings Transpacific

Destination

Rata þar 1⁄2 ounce

Salgon/Marseiller Air Mail Service.

Slam (Bangkok)

$0.15 0.28

TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK

TO SEATTLE

via PANAMA.

and VICTORIA.

0.35.

0.75

0,85

Pres. Coolidge

PreK WILSON”.

0.95

Pres. Hoover

1.05

Greece (Athena)

1.20

Italy (Naples).

1.35

France (Marseilles)

1.85.

Great Britain and Trish Free State

(London)

1.85.

Europe, other countries (Marseilles for

onward transmission by rail)

1.85

Palestine (Beyrouth)

The air mail for each country will be landed at the place name ed in brackets.

The Air Mail Service from Saigon to Europe is weekly. The Hong Kong-Saigon connection will be maintained by the regular fortnightly

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY with a motor when over 100 years sailing of the French mail steamers and on alternate weeks by any

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with HM. Government.)

From

8.8.

Tons

Herfo About

TRANCHI

1:MIRZAPORE. CARTHAGE

'SOMALI

NALDERA

RAJPUTANA

*BANGALORE

CORFU »

COMORIN

**BHUTAN

RANPURA

KAISAR-I-HIND

Cargo only.

1

1932.

17,000 24th Sept.

Noon

6,700 5th Oct, 14.000 8th Oct. 6,800 15th Oct

16.000 22nd Oct. 17,000 5th Nov.

19th Nov. 6.500

15,000 19th Nov. 15,000 3rd Dec.

6,000

10th Dec.

17,000 17th Dec. 12,000 31st Dec.

Destination.

Marseilles & London.

It,,

Straits, Colombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Londen, Havre, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Loudon, Havri H'burg, 'terdam, Antwerp & Hul Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, M'seilles, L'don, Havre, B'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Eull Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marsoilles & London.

Calia Casabianca. Calls Karachi & Cutch Mandvie

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passangers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaux, Smyras and oiliar' Levent: Parke by utaamery of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

+SIRDHANA

TILAWA

1982.

8,000 30th Sept.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

10,000 15th Oct. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

*Calls Rangoon. Calls Port Swettenham."

B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers,

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South),

old. She is said to have been in the "family" of her present owner, Capt. Alfred Petherick, of Bude, for four generations.

HONG KONG TIDES.

The time used is. Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. Es poh, la midnight, 12hrs. is noon. The heights are referred to the datam of the largest scale Admiralty chart of the place and should be added to the depths given ön the chart unless pre- ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.

September 17 fo 23, 1982.

High Water

Low Water Standard. Ft. Standard Ht.

Times. Times,

H. M. FH. M. F. 10 40 0.5 04 12 2.6 23.10 6.2 16 30 2.6 11 16 5.9 04 53' 2,5

18 23 29 6.2 50 2.8

Date

Sept.

Sat. 17

Sun; 18

19

Mon.

Tries 20.

23

Wed. 21..

11 80 5.2 05 36 2.5 44 6.8 17 00.3.0

03 25 2,5 12 26 4.5 17 05 3.3 00 00 6.3 07 26 25 13 05 3.9 17 08 8.3 Thurs. 22 00 25 8.8 08 50 2.8 1415 3.4 18 30 3.8 Fri." 2301 00.8.3 10 14 23

•)

.'.'

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

Consignees of cargo ex 8.8. Ben- vorlich are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which will be subject to rent after September

20.

13

available steamers that can make the, connection at Saigon,

Letters for this route should be marked "Saigon-Marseilles Air Service" and handed in at the G.P.O. or Kowloon Post Office.

ابایده

Letters and postcards for Europe and South America are forward- ed “via Siberla" if so superscribed.

INWARD MAILS.

SATURDAY,

SEPTEMBER 17.

Shanghai and Swatow Europe via Negapatam (Papers only, Lon-

don, Aug. 18). US.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San

Francisco, August 10.)

SUNDAY,

Shanghai and Amoy Shanghai and Amoy

.Sunning

Hosang

.Pres Van Buren SEPTEMBER 18.

Tal Yuan .Tjinegara

19.

SEPTEMBER

Pres. Coolidge Shinyo Maru

*20. Helyo Maru Tilawa

SEPTEMBER MONDAY,

Shanghai (San

U.S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and

Francisco, August 26).

TUESDAY,

Manila

Japan and Shanghai

Calcutta and Straits

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.

Europe via Suez (Letters and Papers) Lon-

don, August 25, and Parcela, August 18, Nalders

OUTWARD MAILS.

SATURDAY,

Letters for "Saigon Marseilles Air Mail Service"

K.P.O.

Reg., Sept. 17, 1 p.m. Let, Sept. 17, 1 p.m.,

Samshuf and Wuchow Salgon

SEPTEMBER 17.

Halvard

GP.O. Reg., Sept. 17, 1.30 p.m. Let., Sept. 17, 2.00 p.m.

Dorry

Hosang

Tai Ming ....Sept. 17, 4 p.m.

3.80 p.m. Halvard

5.p.m '5 p.m.

.5 p.m.

8.30 a.m. 9 a.m.

9.00 a.m.

3 p.m.

Pres. Van Buren

18/

SEPTEMBER

Yatshing

Hoihow

Amoy

Manila

SUNDAY,

TARZAN

1932.

IS

COMING.

Foochow via Swatow Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Bangkok via Swatow

MONDAY, Swatow

NANKIN

7,000

NELLORE

7,000

1st Oct. 2nd.Nov.

Manila, Rabani, Brisbane, Sydney &

Melbourne.

Hozan Maru Kaigan SEPTEMBER 19.

Hydrangea

*Superscribed Correspondence only.

TANDA

7,000

2nd Dee.

0

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays. Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays..

Sept: 27 Pres Cleveland.Oct. I

Oc€ 11 Pres, Taft'

Oct. 15 ..Oct. 25. Pres, Jefferson: .... ...Oct. 29

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 stop-over privi- leges for sight-seeing Full particulars upon, application.

Fortnightly via Suer to Europe & Amerita

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

Pres. Van Buran Pres. Gardeld

Sept, 18 Pres. Polk

Oct. 1o

Oct. . 1 .. Pres, Adamı

Oct.

SEPT. 18, 8 A.M.

TO MANILA

NEXT SAILING, PRES. VAN BUREN

Pres. Coolidge ........Sept. 30 Pres. Van Buren“. Oct. 2 Pres. Cleveland ...Sept. 24. Pres. Wilson

Och..

CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO,

ZAMBOANGA.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

CANTON BRANCH-No. 4, Shakee Street.

BARBER

LINE

WILHELMSEN

21

EXPRESS SERVICE TO NEW YORK

Vis

SAN FRANCISCO - LOS ANGELES, PANAMA.

NEXT SAILING.

M.V. TORONTO"

on 18th SEPTEMBER.

ALL VESSELS HAVE EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION"

FOR 12 PASSENGERS.

Regular monthly saflags from

Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan!

•and· Hong Kọng, to: Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney—19 days. /

Frequent connections from. Australia with the following:--

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom, viê. Hen

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc. “

The P. & 0. Royal Mail Steamer co Lozidon and

The P.&O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Sen The New Zealand Shipping Company's- utaamisen. Le Southampton and London via" Panama Canal

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN, Cheap Summer Trips to Japan - June to Sept.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS: Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 28129.

Talaphones:

**AKOWLOON DOCH 58058,

"MANIFESTO, HONK KONG.”

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

ELECTRICIANS. FORGE MASTERS, WELDERS.

1932.

NALDERA

TILAWA

NAGOYA *BANGALORE

RAJPUTANA

CORFU *BHUTAN COMORIN RANPURA SOUDAN MALWA

KAISAR-I-HIND BANCHI

BURDWAN CARTHAGE

16,000 22nd Sept: Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. 10,000 22nd, Sept. Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osmica. 6,800 25th Sept Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.

Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,

6500 4th Oct. 17,003 7th Oct. 15,000 21st Out. 6,000 80th Oct:

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama..

15,000 4th Nov. Shanghal, Kobs A Yokohama 17,000 18th Navy. Shanghai, Lobe & Yokohama.

25th Nov. Shanghai, 8,800

Moth Kobe Yokohama. 11,000 28th Nov.

Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, 12,000 2nd Dec. Shanghai, Holl, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 18th DeShanghal, Kobs & Yokohama, 8500 29th Dec, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohams. 14,000 30th Dec. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

On Lloyds

Het of

approved

Cast

Sterl

T.S.S. EMPRESS OF JAPAN

No. 1 Dock Dimensions

Call Flag

Transit.

Hong Kong to San Francisco, Hong Kong to Los Angeles Herig

25 Days

.26

G$200.09 G$220,00

Kong to New York

G$825.00

FREIGHT AND PASSENGER INFORMATION

MWAPPLY TO

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's B

KAILING HOUSEHOLD COAL

KAILAN

BERATION.