1937-06-22 — Page 16

PRESIDENT LINERS

are

LUXURY LINERS

Famed for a Splendid Cuisine

TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK,

AND BOSTON

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Honolulu

Pres. Hoover ...Noon June 26 Pres. Cleveland ..Midnight July 13. Pres. Coolidge ..Noon

July 24 Pres. Taft .Midnight Aug 10 Pres. Hoover. .Noon Aug. 21 Pres. Lincoln .Midnight Sept. 7

EUROPE, NEW YORK AND BOSTON Via Manila, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles

Pres. Monroe ..8.00 a.m. July 4 Pres. Adams...8.00 a.m. July 18 Pres. Harrison .8.00 a.m. Aug. 1 Pres. Polk....8.00 a.m. Aug. 15 Pres. Pierce .8.00 a.m. Aug. 29 Pres. Van Buren 8.00 a.m. Sept. 12

TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA "THE EXPRESS ROUTE”

Via Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama

Pres. McKinley ..Midnight July 2 Pres. Grant ....Midnight July 16 Pres. Jackson..Midnight July 30 Pres. Jefferson. Midnight Aug. 13 Pres. McKinley .Midnight Aug. 27 Pres. Grant ....Midnight Sept. 10

то MANILA THE MOST. FREQUENT SERVICE

NEXT SAILINGS

Pres. McKinley ..6.00 p.m. June 26 Pres. Monroe .8.00 a.m. July 4 Pres. Cleveland Midnight July 6 Pres. Grant .6.00 p.m. July 10 Pres. Coolidge ..9.00 p.m. July 16 Pres. Adams ...8.00 a.m. July 28

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Aug. 17 Aug. 19 Aug. 21 Aug. 23 Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 7 Canada Sept... 3 Sept. 5

Sept. 8 Sept. 10. Sept. 17 Sept. 22

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF CANADA, JULY 2nd

́information from Passenger & Freight Offices

Union Building, Hong Kong

Telephones: Passenger 20752–Freight 20042.

Canton 'Agents, Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd.

Canadian Pacific

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 22, 1937.

NAVY'S SYSTEM

OF SERVICE

LONG PERIOD ABROAD

A rating in the Navy spends near- ly half his Service time abroad.

* LOCAL DOLLAR

London Silver Prices

The demand rate of the Hong Kong dollar this morning was 1/23⁄44.

"

"Spot" silver was quoted at 19- 13/16 and "forward", at 19-7%.

This was stated in a detailed ex-

The London on New York cross- planation of the procedure followed rate was quoted at £ US$4.9420 in allocating men for home and for- and the New York on London cross-

'gn duty, published in Fleet Or- rate at £-U.S.$494-2.

"Their lordships have been im-Singapore Raw Rubber

ders.

pressed with the large amount of

Messrs. H. B. Joseph & Co. have misunderstanding which appears to

received the following quotations exist in the Fleet to-day on the sub-from Singapore in Straits Currency ject of the drafting of personnel," it was stated.

"The ships of the Fleet are dis- tributed over the world in accor- dance with the strategic require- ments of the Empire. The personnel required to man the ships and estab- lishments overseas is at the pre- sent time approximately 45 per cent. of the total, thus, on the average, a rating must spend nearly half his time away from the United King- dom.

""The other half of his time divided between Home sea

for Raw Rubber:-

Spot. Jan./March

July/Sept.

Oct./Dec.

Market: Quiet.

Buyers:

32-1⁄4 down 3⁄4

82-4 down 34

32-% down 3

32-34 down 34

Lord Clarendon's Amusing Slip

The Earl of Clarendon, former Governor-General of South Africa,

is who was the guest of the South service African Club at the Savoy Hotel, and Home (shore) service. The re- London, recently, told a story sult of this is that for every one against himself. commission or equivalent period He said that he was speaking in spent in Home sea service, two must be spent abroad."

The average sequence of service works out approximately as follows:

Home sea service; Home (shore) service: Foreign;

Home (shore) service;

Foreign;

Home (shore) service.

Afrikaans at Paarl, near Cape Town, and tried to warn his 20- dience of the danger of putting all their eggs in one basket.

"Actually, I told them not to put all their black women in one bas- ket," he said.

Speaking of South Africa's prob- lems, he said, "I am one of those who believe that wisdom and states- Two foreign commissions with a the long run, the Union will rise manship will prevail and that in comparatively short spell of Home triumphantly over all problems." shore service in between are inevit-

able at some time in a man's ser-not be drafted to a distant station, vice, it is stated.

and some other rating further down must be selected.

Stream of Reliefs

Duties are planned according to roster, and reasons are given for a ships being

It is pointed out that not only are man not at the top of the rostersioned

continually commis- and reco.nmissioned, occasionally being drafted abraad there is a constant stream of casual but

or to some other service. When a reliefs going to all ships of man is on Home shore service

the he Fleet. may be taking some instructional Thus a man at the top of the course which prolongs his spell of roster who is passed over obtains service. "Such prolongation, which very little advantage from this may seem unfair," it is said "is in-cause alone, and it will only be à evitable."

very short time before a billet for

A man at the top of his roster, but which he is suitable requires to be who is near his pension date, may filled.

Lloyd

Priestina

NEXT SAILINGS

To Shanghai "Conte Rosso" 19th June

To Italy "Conte Rosso”

27th June

Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing 24 months stay in Europe. Special concessions to 1st and 2nd class travellers to London.

Fares to Venice, Trieste, Genoa and Return. 8182, £88, £56.

Special Two Months', Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates

To BOMBAY

COLOMBO

....

SINGAPORE

SHANGHAI

£44 $25

£21

£41

£22 £19

£18

£13 £11

£12 £.9 £6

ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in con- nection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Conference Lines.

“ITALIA” Line Agents for the sale of through and independent ticketa to North, Central and South American ports via Italy.

THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON - 28 days Special facilities for despatch by train of heavy baggage with liberal free allowance.

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lines on very favourable conditions.

LLOYD TRIESTINO

P.O. Bór 148 Tel. Addr. “Lloydiano” Telephones Nos. 32982/3.

Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD., Shameen.