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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933.

P. & 0.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian. Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND).

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITE, 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. Government.)

LB

CARTHAGE

**SOUDAN

NALDERA "KIDDERPORE

KAISAR-I-HIND **BURDWAN

Tone

From Horror About

1933.

14,000 20th May

Destination.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

RECORD EARNINGS FOR K.C.R.

Big Economy Cuts Made In 1932.

NEED FOR DOUBLE TRACK.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BANKRUPTCY FIGURES FOR 1932.

$991,000 Liabilities

During Year.

SHALL OXFORD

RULE INDIA?

-(Continued from Page 8.)

"The Round Table." Into this re-

The Report of the Official Receptacle they poured a stream of belver for the year 1982, shows that crude revolutionary ideas about In these days of world-wide 42 petitions were presented during India, which they managed to instil depression when most railways are the year, 15 by creditors, and 27 by into the excitable mind of that rank suffering from reduced earnings and debtors. The assets collected sentimentalist, Mr. Edwin Montagu, in many cases heavy losses, it is amounted to over $397,000,00. The gratifying to be able to report that liabilities, as estimated by the whom Asquith had appointed Secre the year 1932 proved a most auc-debtors, exceeded $991,000.00. tary of State for India, and who had cessful one for the Kowloon-Cantonį A feature of the year under re-no difficulty in passing them on to Railway.

view has been the more frequent Lord Chelmsford, the Liberal peer The net operating revenue- of resort to bankruptcy of clerks, and $333,412.15, which is irrespective of other small salaried employees hope- then the Viceroy and until two days loan interest and sinking fund lessly involved with money lenders, fago the Warden of All Souls. Lord charges, represents B return of for relief. Provided that such Chelmsford's tragically sudden 1.5/8 per cent. on the total capital debtors retained their employment,

death may ahfeld him from Bọth gross and net receipts were by and agreed to make a reasonable far the highest in the history of the contribution from their salaries for criticism, but cannot alter the facts Rallway.

the benefit of their creditors, it has of 1919, which were the origin of Conditions in South China were been the practice not to oppose a dyarchy, that spread like a prafrie such that no untoward events affect-receiving order on the ground ofį,

ed through traffic between Kong absence of the necessary assets, for fire amongst the Indian Intelligent- Kong and Canton, and with the ex-division among unsecured creditors, sla, about 2 per cent, of the popu-

8 (1) of ception of two occasions on which under section

the lation, and has been blazing for

through running was suspended for Bankruptcy Ordinance. a few days, on account of small The fees received for Official the last ten years. washouts on the Chinese Section, Receiver's commission, and posses--. "New India" Fantasy. the train service was maintained sion fees, amounted to $14,021.17. satisfactorily throughout the year. Possession fees were, for the first Baldwin, in his

time, paid direct by this office to

There were no typhoons,

11

REDUCED

FA

ROUND TRIP FARES

ON SALE FROM JUNE 1st.

TO JULY 31st.

WITH RETURN LIMIT TO SEPTEMBER 30th.

First Special Class Class

Hong Kong to

Honolulu and Return

G$360 G$196

This is the New India that Mr. cagerness to dis-

Victoria and Return

Vancouver and Return

Seattle and Return

G$432 ·G$240

G$432

G$240

G$432

G$240

G$240

The reconditioning of the track revenue, instead of through the prove Lord. Wolmer's charge of on the Chinese Section was so far Registrar, Supreme Court, and are sentimentalism and to show that he advanced by October that it was therefore included.

is quite at the head of Modernism. possible to increase speeds and re- Four discharges were granted declares to be the country we have duce the through journey to 3 hours during the year, all subject to

6,800 27th May Bombay, M'lles, Havre, L'don, H'burg and 8 minutes as from the 1st of suspension, one for two years, one to deal with, and to humour which]

10,000 3rd June 5,300 B June 12,000 17th June 6,500 24th June

17,000 15th July

R'dam, Antwerp & Hull Bombay, Marseilles & London.

*

6,800 22nd Julyarellies & London.

refused.

November, which notwithstanding for one year, one for six months, he is ready even to give up his Straits, Colombo & & Bombay.

the raising of certain of the through and one for three months. No ap-friend Lord. Irwin. It is fantasti-| Bombay, Marcelites

London.

for discharge · were

cally untrue to say that a New India Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London fares resulted in a noticeable. in-plications

Antwerp

crease in through traffic. * Hull

has come into being in the last ten let July burk,

"Marseilles & London.

jyears, except in so far as we have Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg & Rotterdam. 17.000 28th July Bo

London. 17,000 12th Aug.

& London. 6,000 19th Aug. Bambay, Marseilles, Havre, London,

'burg, 'dam, Antwerp & Hull. 17,000 28th Aug. Marseilles & London.

0th Sept. 14,000

MANTUA

11,000

RAWALPINDI

**SOMALI

RANPURA

RAJPUTANA

BANGALORE

RANCHI CARTHAGE **BHUTAN

NALDERA CORFU +"SOUDAN

MANTUA

6,000 16th Sept.bay, Marseilles & London.

Marseilles, Havre, London, B'dam, Antwerp & Hull.

16,000 23rd Sept. 2 Durg London.

Traffic Earnings. The year under review constitut- ed a new record for the line in traffic earnings. The Increased re-

Was

Additional revenue was obtained under many heads and considerable gavings effected in coal and other tions at uneven distances in the encouraged lawlessness and dis itema, against which however total distance of 224 miles, and a loyalty to an unprecedented extent. operating expenses had to bear the small breakdown is sufficient to Lord Irwin's single ides was to cost of protecting certain railway cause serious congestion and delay. "create a favourable atmosphere" embankments against the scour of Every effort was made in the for Gandhi and Co., and. so obsess- rivers.

direction of economy as indicated by ed was he with this idea that he al- the following figures:-

lowed the Simon Commission to Percentage of Traffic wander, practically unguarded, in and Running Expenses some of the most. important cen- 14,000 7th Oct. Bombay, Marscilles & London.

to total Revenue. tres, where they were booed by the 6,800 14th Oct. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,

Venue 'burg. R'dam, Antwerp & Hull.

the attributable to

1931 1932 mob. 11,000 21 Oct. Bombay, Marseiller & London, accelerated service of express trains Traffic Expenses 9.86% 8.38% I submit that India is too big a between Kowloon and Canton so far Running Expenses. 27.90% 24.89% place to be governed by the reckless as the Foreign trallic was concern whilst the percentage of total and presumptuous schemes of, two ed, and to the growth of the border operating expenditure to Revenue Oxford undergraduates.

However, the whole question town of Shum Chun as affecting was 74.27 per cent. as compared

with 86.30 per cent. In 1931.'". seems likely now to be ruled out of the Local receipts.

The total number of ordinary fare

Goods Traffic,

practical politica by the fact that paying passengers, irrespective of The receipts from goods- traffic the White Paper haa been season and pass holders, carried were again regrettably small, the rejected by the Legislative during 1932 was 2,182,634 of which] Down traffic (Le. originating from Assembly at Delhi, because it does 1,123,576 · or 511⁄2 per cent. were Canton and Chinese Section: sta-]not give enough power and indepen- |Foreign, and 1,059,056 or 48% portions) being far less than that dence to the Indian people. Quíte cent. Local, with a normal time originating from the British Secso; that seems to be a complete table of 24 trains" dally and two tion. Out of $79,980-20 receipts on justification of Mr. Churchili's op- extres on Sundays. The local cutward goods (of which $70,618.00 position. You will never satisfy figures, since this Railway only was prepaid), the British Section's Indian, any more than Irish, agita-| Jaerves an agricultural rural district, share was $28,400.07 against tion.

*Cargo only. ↑ Calla Casablanca. Calla Karachi. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Carge to Con- stantinople, Pireana, Amyran and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khodivial Mati Stazmship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SINDHANA..

TALMA

TILAWA

SANTHIA

TAKADA

SIRDHANA

1933.

7,000 17th May 10,000 24th May 10,000 10th June 8,000 24th Jane 8th July 8,000 7,000 22nd July

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

B.1. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for that the Railway does not fulfil a amounted to only $16,234.81, the dead proposal.. It will not be a

ist and 2nd class passengers.

are of interest, and disprove the $45,580.19 for the Chinese Section, A Select Committee of both contention held in some quarters whilst the total inward goods Houses will now meet to discuss a

[local need, and when it was opened, British Section's share being packed Committee, for Mr. Baldwin that its sphere of usefulness was $4.982.02 and Chinese Section's has spoken fairly and handsomely thought to be confined to its pos- $11,252.79. The situation continues of the Conservative opposition to

as apart from the discrepancy In I do not pretend to understand

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), sible connection with the Canton- to be unbalanced and unsatisfactory, the Government proposal.

NELLORE

7,800

1928, 2nd June

TANDA

NANKING

7,000 7,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 30th Sept.

TANDA

NANKIN

Melbourne,

Hankow line.

The train capacity of this single directional flow, British Section the precise significance of a resolu- line is fast reaching its limit and wagons are nearly always returnedition by the Legislative Assembly at 7,000 30th Juns Manila. Rabaul. Brisbane, Sydney & the time has come when serious at- empty in order to allow of the Delhi. If it means that dyarchy

2nd Aug.

tention must be given towards pro- Chinese Section, 4 to 1 stock quota is dead or only dying, then Mr. viding additional passing places. being maintained by the use of Churchill's is the hand that dealt the There are only four crossing ata-their own wagons,

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan

and Hong Kong to Australia.

Kong Kong to Bydney-10 days.

Frequent consitions from Auriralia with the following:---

The Union BB. Company's glaamers to the United Kingdote vis. Naw

Realand, Vancouver, San Franciano, wie.

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

The P.&O. Branch Bervice of steamers to London via Eman.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Bouthampton así London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

*KIDDERPORE "BURDWAN

TILAWA

KAIBAR-I-HIND

MANTUA

SANTHIA

NANKIN

CROMALI

SIRDHANA KANPURA *BANGALORE RAJPUTANA

NALDERA BOUDAN CORFU MANTUA "BURDWAN

RAWALPINDI

1980.

5,300 10th May Shai, Moji, Kobo, Osaka & Nagoya. 6,100 12th May Shanghel, Moji, Kabe & Yokohama. 10,000 18th May Amay, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 12,000 18th May Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama 21,000 1st June Shanghai, Mejl, Kobe & Yokokama. 8,000 1st June Amoy, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 7,000 4th June S'hai, Mofi, Kobo, Osaka & Yokohama. 6,800 18th June Shanghai, Moli, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 15th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokokama.

8,000 15th Juns Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Koba & Osaka. 7,000 29th June Amoy, S'hal, Majl Kobe & Osaka. 17,000 20th June Shanghai, Robe a Yokohama.

000 12th

Jaly Shanghai 17,000, 18th July 17,000 27th July

6,000

0,000 14,000

10th Ang 16,000 24th Aug. 6,800 8th Sept ว *14,000,

Bapt

Cargo only

Kobe

Kobe

& Yokohama. :)! obe & Yokoaama. 4-Yokohama. Kobe &

Kobe Moji, Kobe #Yokohama

Kobe & Yokohama.

Love 4 Yokohama,

11,000 21st Bapt. Shanghal, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama.

6,100 4th Oct. Bhanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 5th Oct. Shanghai, Kabs & Yokohama,”-

All daten:pra app! All- Gabins are flite

rimate and subject to alteration witäané notios. with Electric Fani or Punks Louvre. Bratum.

previous to

|mortal blow.

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