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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 1935

P2O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

TAKING CARGO FOR

Straits Java Burma. Ceylon. "India. Persian Gulf. West Indies.

Mauritius, East and South

Africa, Queemland Ports, and Red Sea. Egypt, Constantinople." - Grecce, Levantiné Ports, Europe,

· PENINSULA & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY

DIRECT ROYAL

MAIL STEAMERS]

-

UNDER CONTRACT WITH HM, GOVERNMENT

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS|

S.S.

From

About

Tons Hong Kong.

Destination.

Ham-

7,000 14th Sept Marseilles. Havre, London,

burg, Antwerp, Rotterdam,

"SOUDAN

*ALIPORE

-5,000 20th Sept

RANPURA RAJPUTANA BURDWAN

CHITRAL CATHAY **SOMALI

17,000 21st Sept., 12,000 5th Oct. 6,000 12th Oct.

15,000 19th Oct 15,000 2nd Nov. 7,000 9th Nov.

Foll

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

Marselles & London.

As the world of stamp collectors knows President Roosevelt is one of the most enthusiastic philatelists and part of his coll etion is now on view at the National Museum in Washingtom for the Golden Jubilee Exhibition of the American Philatelic Society, „Mina Sara Jean Grant views the exhibit

for STAMP

ECOLLECTORS.

Philatelists As Linguists

BYA EL

*All varieties and errors of the 1930 Bolivian Provisionals (5.G.) 224-7) are of dubious status as they appear to have been "made to order."

The 1931 triangular 50 e. Anni- [versary of" Bevolution "stamp (S.G. 264) is still on sale, at though stocks are. jexhausted.

поч

"almost

- The 5 c and 10 e triangular For instance, the haltpenny Pastage Dues are obsolete and TOW much of foreign langu-carries an excellent reproduction there are only small quantities

Haves as your stand-collect of the friendly little pied fantail, lets of the four remaining values

..

& ing taught you? Nearly every with its twelve tail feathers foreign stamp has at least one spreading as it alights, on the

There is the possibility that the Įword of an alien language upon forest creeper, the clematis.latest Tripoli Fair issue will be Bombay, Marseilles & London..

1. It may be only the name of New Zealand's wingless bird, the the last of these annual (setz.| Ebay, Mars, Havre, Lidon.. H'bg, the country in its national formulikiwi. is the subject of the design An Italian correspondeat thinks

E'da, Aʼwerp & Bull-

or the equivalent of "post" or for the Id. denomination, and the that it only appeared because it Bombay, Marseilles & London..

"posts," but many stamps have country's finest songster, the tail was already printed before the Bombay, Marseilles” & London: * Mersciles, Havre, London. Ham-much more elaborate inscriptions is shown on the 18. stamp in a Government adopted Its new &than this. You could make quite suitable setting of tree ferus-policy regarding, commemorative

a long list of verbal inscriptions The tuatara lizard, sole living re-series. relating to numbers, in various presentative of some of the oldest

Rotterdam, Antwerp

burk

RAWALPINDI CORFU

17,000 16th Now. 14,000 30th Nov.

Full Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

17,000 14th Dec.

16,000 28th Dec.

RANCHI

NALDERA

CARTHAGE

Bombay, Marseilles & London Bombay, Marseilles & London. 14,500 11th Jan. Bombay, Marseilles & London,

* Carro only.

† Calls Casablanca.

Calls Port Sudan

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo te Constantinople, Piraeus. Symrns and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co. BRITISH INDIA

SIRDHANA

TAKADA

- TILAWA

SANTELA TALMA

8,000 15th Rent...

8.30 2.1 7,000 27th Sept. 10,000 11th. Oct. 8,000 25th Oct 10,000 8th Nov.

APCAR

*

*

| languages, and as some stamps creatures which Never "inhabited. The attractive new Belgian have no numerals to represent the earth, is presented on the 1s. 6 fr. + 5 fr. stamp with the por- the value, an understanding of denomination, bat drawn so bold-trait of the enormously fat Mer- the words is almost essential. ly that it does not faithfully sug-|sire Francis of Taxis, founder of Here is an interesting exercise. gest the reality, a harmless little the famous European postal sys- Taking your catalogue and creature about 12 inches long.Item of the Counts of Thurn and stamps only, see how many dif-very slow in movement. ferent foreign numerical equíva-

lents you can identify. Some- times the numbers on the stampa.

SAILINGS will give you a clue to the mean-

ing of the words, while in other cases. where there are Do numerals, you will have to iden-

Singapore, Penang. Rangoon and tify your stamp by the catalo- NEW ZEALAN

Calcutta.

* Calls Port Swettesham,

Now is the time to

Clustralia & New Zent equivalents for the words "post" Mount

·lands of Sunshine and Romanie. -Down Under" you will feel a new being and even if you are not inclined towards Surfing, Fishing. Shooting or Mountaineering you will find that the. Antipodes have plenty to offer you.—including 25/- for your pound.

On the way down your life aboard · will be as you wish, quiet OF nestic for the E & A will bumour your ofery whim.

And by the way, there is no additional charge for Deck Cabins and there is of course a Sun Deck Swimming pool, az Orchestra and a fine Laundry.

A Surgeon and Stewardess are at your disposal and last but not leart-we had almost forgotten-the cuisine will set you listening eagerly for the gong

Regular Monthly Sailmgs from Hong Kong to Strnghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia..

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:

The Union SS. Co.'s

Steamers the United Kingdom via New

Zealand. Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and The P. & 0. Branch Service of Stcamere to London via Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Col's. Steamers for Southampton and

London via Panama Canal."

Taxis This item has been specially issued for the recent Brussels Philatelic Exhibition (Siteb) and is printed in minia- ture sheets of one stamp. Only 35,000 copies were prepared and the issue was sold-out; imme- diately."

HK. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

(Continued from Page 10.).

Thursday-19.9.35-for

Drill

Arins

LINERS

are

PRESIDENT L LUXURY LINERS

with All the Comforts of a Fine Hotel

kilka chy, commodious rooms, with deep-springed beds. (every other modem hotel comfort, you cue bound to His marveling on President Liners. For to these, and to a fomedi chisize, these lines add humulous lounges and smoking mams, an outdoor swimming pool, and generous-apao. Dr.

kar sports. Investigate before you plan your next trip.

·SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK ; THE SUNSHINE ROUTE,^. 18° Days To Sa” * Francisco « Viz Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, and

Fortnightly sailings:- Pres. Cleveland: Sept. 25, 6 am. Pres. Coolidge ̈

5,6 2.m Fres. Taft ¡Oct. 23, 6 am Pres. Hoover Nov. 2, Noon -Pres. Pierce ....Nov. 20, 6 am.

EUROPE, NEW YORK. “ Inquire for round-trip tickets to Europe in connection with Lloyd Triestino Via Manila, Singapore Colombo, Bombay, Suer and the

Mediterranean.

Pres. Johnson..Sept. 14, 6 p.m. Pres. Monroe' ..Sept. 28, 8. a.m. Prex. Van Buren Oct. 12, 8 12. Pres. Garfield ...Oct. 25, 8 a.m. Pres. Põik ..... NO. 9,8 m.

C

SEATTLE, VICTORIA THE EXPRESS ROUTE 18 Days

·To Seattle, Via Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama.

Fortnightly sailinga.—

Pres. Grant...Sept. 15, M'night Pres Jefferson Sept. 28, I am. Pres. Jackson..Oct. 71, M'night Pres. McKinley: „Oct. 26, 1 am Preu: Grant Nov. 9, 1-2m.

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE

NEXT SAILING

Pres. Johnsen .....Sept. 14, 6 pm. Pres. Cleveland Sept. 17, 6 Pres. I-ferson Sept. 21, 6 pa Pres. Coolidge ....Sept. 28, 9 pm Pres. MourocSept. 28, 8

BOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE

To

NEW YORK. SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES.

and

PANAMA CANAL. Ports. Next Sailing

M.S. "TAI PING”

on

18th SEPT.

ARRIVAL DATES

San Francisco & Los Angeles Panama Canal

12th & 14th Oct.

Zone

22nd Oct.

DODWELL & CO

Queen's Buildings

New York

29th Oct.

& CO LTD.

gue, after comparing colour and other" details, and then you will On the scenic side, the 21⁄2¢ be able to jot down an addition denomination,” which will be in) to your vocabulary.

wide use for correspondence with When you have dealt with num-countries not included in the

of countries and penny: bers, names

postage arrangement Cook, the Dominion's "postage due.” “air mail;” etc. loftiest snow-clad peak, is: admir.. in the various languages, turn to ably portrayed in a panel sur the

more general inscriptions ended by the lily found in that many of which refer to the occa-Alpine district. This stamp, sion on which the stamp was with its border of vitrix blue and tember, 1935 at Causeway Bay! issued or to the subject of its the scenic panel in beech brown at 5-30 pmAlarm race practice. Company transferred to Rifle Com- design, and try and add to your provides the

effective most vocabulary in this way. Some of colour scheme ↑ of the whole the words you can guess and series.

#

Mount Egmont

this is really-the most interest- ing way; but your conclusions will have to be checked with the TOUNT Egmont, an extinct

Troop

Parade on Tuesday, 17th Sep-

pany,

Agents

Telephone 28021

No. 2253 Gaz. U. Azzollini, 1st. No. 9 Platoon.

Battery, granted leave as from Armoured Car Section

Private M. V. Neves, No. 9 Pla-10.9.35 to 10-10.35 Section will parade at Volunteer} Headquarters on Tuesday, 17th toon, Rife Company, transferred September at 5.30 pm sharp for to AALA Company.

APPENDIX-LESSON Machine Gun Instruction.

"A" Lewis Gun: LA. Stoppages continued. Headquarters.

To fire part I on Kennedy Road!

aid of a dictionary, and this will M volcance, is shown in the Range:

C

No 1391, Sergt. J. M. Xavier. Corps Infantry, No. 9 Platoon granted six months six leave za from 1.9.35, to 28.236.

(Sde) P. S. M. WILKINSON

Captain. Adjutant, HE.V.D. Corps,

NOTICE Soldiers' Club Billiards Tournament

The

No. 1991, L/Cpl. D. A. Cumming

also be required for words youļâs. denomination. with a fore-

L/Corporal Butler, Pte. Sprad-B Lewis Gun: Elementary Troop, granted 12 months leave cannot guess.

If you work in ground of the rich dairying lands berry, Pte. Walkden, Pte. Gaminer, Stripping and Handling SAT.as from 10.9.35 to 10.7.36. this way, you will find that you of Taranaki. ⠀

Pte Strickland, Private Ingram, Vol. II. 1931 page 25-38 Head- are beginning to acquire a work Overseas philatelists will prob-Private McGogan. Private quarters.

"C" Musketry: Firing Instruc- ing knowledge of several lan-ably be puzzled by the design of Scoones, Private Lafford, Ande guages.

the 9d denomination in carmine Remainder of Section to practise tions SAT. Vol L.1931, p. 92–4. Another way in which collec-and black It faithfully repro- at Volunteer Headquarters preLesson I Stages L. II & III Head- tors can acquire a knowledge of Auces in correct colour a popular paratory to firing Part I on Toes-quarters.

final between the Royalt languages is by trying to com- ornamentation used by the Maori day. 24th September 1935.

"D" Musketry: Aiming, Holding pare English and foreign catalofon a sliding panel used as a door Motor Machine Gun Section and Trigger pressing and Fire Engineers and Hong Kong Volm- EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS |

teer Defence Corps will be play- |gues. Most of the colours and his ancient dwellings. This Monday, 16th September, 1935-Empire Ter Miniature Range.

PALA_LIA. Company.

ed at the Soldiers' Club at 5.30 many philatelic terms will be tamp has been produced by All ranks will parade a Volunteer sydney learned in this way, without re-lithography, and the

Class I: S.A. Anti-Aircraft pm on Tuesday, 17th September. remainder Headquarters at 5-15 p.m. for Re- rousse to the dictionary. Some of the series by the intaglio line volver Practice, Part I at Kennedy Training Elementary Handling 1935.

Sergeants Mess of the specialist catalogues pub-engraved process, ema

Road. Mo

and Firing Instruction

ter UL

NANKIN

NELLORE

TANDA

4th Oct. "Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, 7,000 7,000 2nd Nov. Melbourne & Hobart. 7,000 30th Nov.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

CHITRAL TILAWA

*SOMALI CATHAY SANTHIA NELLORE

TALMA RAWALPINDI "BANGALORE,

CORFU

1935

15,000 19th Sept. Shanghai, Kobe, & Yokohama. 10,000 19th Sept. Amoy Shai, Moji Robe & Osaka

7,000 1st Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, 15,000 3rd Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama...

8,000 3rd Oct. Amoy, Shanghai & Japan. 7,000 6th Oct. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka

Yokohama.

Head

An "At Home" will be held in the Mess on Monday, 30th Sep-

lished abroad are bi-lingual, and The first printing was done in DressOveralls, Belt. Holster quarters S.A.T. Vol. IL 1931, Chan 750:

norma.

p-m.

-AFTER ORDERS

1st Battery® There will be no parade on the 19th inst. Next parade will be

if you know one of the langu-England, and it is proposed to and Revolver. ** ages you can soon pick up the produce subsequent supplies in Wednesday, 18th September Class II: Join with Category tember, 1935 from 6 pm to 7 philatelic essentials of the other the Dominion. Thirty-eight mil-1935 Biding Practice Parade at "E"- Using a Czecho-Slovakian or lion stamps were needed for the Volunteer Headquarters at 5.301 RANGE TAKERS Jugo-Slavian catalogue where the first month's distribution, this

The following have qualified in second language is German being in excess of the

No. 1 (MG) Company Pange-Finding:---- affords quite an interesting demand owing to the keen in

Parade on Friday, 2015 Septem-C/Serv (CQMS) Sprague- opportunity of picking-up phila-terest taken in the series by ber, 1935. "Gan-drill. LA. (blind- Motor Machine Gun Section &telic terms in the less familiar philatelists, who are not

folded and in gas-masks). languages. W

tomed to many changes in the

First year, men snd recruits. Dominion's stamp issues.

continne schedule B

Yoo Shanghai & Japan 10,000 172 Oct. 17,000 18th Oct. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

8,000 31st Oct. Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, 14,500 1st Nov. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.

ALL DATES are approximate and sub-

sze fitted with Electric Fane or Punkca Louvre

rster.

Steamers on London,^and * Aus- tralian Lines" are fitted with Laundries. Par- cels measuring not more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon en the day previous to sailing,

on.

Alls well PcO

For further information, - Passage, Freight, Handbook: The Agents:

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

P&O BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. HONGKONG

Maori Art in NZ Design

FTER in interval of more

accus

THE following additional Great

A than 40 years, New Zealand Britain Silver Jubilee Cylin

No 3 (MG) Company/ Parade at Volunteer Headquar

is issuing a complete issue of der numbers have been seen or ters on Monday, 16th September, pictorial postage stamps.

Instruction in the Range Dress:Mufti

There advised yd 55 and 60. 1935 at 530 pm for Musketry are 14 in the series, nd the 14. 22 14d, 1 designs were obtained in com-†- The current Antigua 4d, 2s petition, the wini

38. As and 1 štampe will not ba ception being New Zealanders. re-orilered once-pres

FH. Is not

cornismentation

wery denomi

one

are sold

Corps Enfantry 1. Parade or Tuesday:

tember át:2

Sergeant Flegg-Armoured Car

No. 757

AARMA from leave on

(ALG)

at Belchers on Wednesday 25th Dress: overalls

inst at 6 pm and blue cap.

Battery Dinner will be held at Headquarters on Friday 20th at

p-m

RADIO BEACON SYSTER

Continued from Page 7.).

CuInland Enes

ferenc to be given to men

with a degree in

elec engineering as w

tical experience

laries offered are fro £550, and

for those with ex;

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