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TRAVEL

Across Canada

ON YOUR WAY HOME

VIA

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS

(SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM C.P.R.).

New All Steel Trains-Observation Cars built especially to permit unobstructed View of Fanious Scenery. Trains esquipped witli Radio. Permit us to supply you with Rates and Booklets, Bookings unde on all Lines from Hongkong.

GENERAL TRAFFIC OFFICES:

Asiatic Building. Queen's Rd. C.

Phone C. 2004.

HUGO STINNES LINIEN

OSTASIEN-FAHRT

PASSENGER SERVICE

HONGKONG

TO NAPLES

ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG

VIA

MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID.

SAILINGS FROM

8.S. "ALBERT VOGLER".

8.S.

"EMIL KIRBORE"

3.5.

"CARL LEGIEN"

S.S.

ADOLF VOS PAVER

HONGKONG :

"

un or about the 12th Aug. or about the 2 Sept For abunt the 19th Nov. or about the 25th Dec.

FARES FROM HONGKONG TO NAPLES:

King's Building.

FROM

$11-UPWARDS

Daly Cabin Claus Actumoristien Available.

+4

REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.

AGENTS

Phone Central No, 478.

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN

JCJ

LIJN.

„Tel.Address:.

JAVALYN

Central 1574.

THE

REGULAR FORTNIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA, CHINA AND JAPAN.

STEAMERS

Frox

EXPECTED WILL LEAVE

ON DE

ABOUT

'ON OR ABOU

FOR

MAKASAL & SOEBAKALA JAVAN

SILANGITAL

SHANGHAI JAYA

2nd July

2 dair

2ini

29th

TJISONDARI

TJILIWONG

TJIKEMBANG

TJITAROEM...

"

JAYA JAVA

30th BHANGHAI

JAPAN

23rd 27th

20th

+1

1st Aug

AMOY & SHANGHAI

2nd

¡BATAVIA

8th Aug.

Wireless Telegraphy.

BATAVIA

"The steamers are all niuxl throughout with Electric Light and have accommodation for limited pumber of saloon Passengers. All stemmer carry a duly qualified surgeon. Cargo taken a throngh rate to all ports in Netherlands India and Australia.

For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART

MAATSCHAPPY.

(ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. ON BATAVIA)

THE STEAMSHIP

VAN CLOON"

will be despatched to

SINGAPORE, PENANG and BELAWAN-DELI DIRECT,

31st July, 1924.

1st Class Fare to Singapore-3100,

This vessel offers excellent saloon accommodation

All lower berths.

English cuisine:

Doctor carried.

Wireless telegraph.

In connection with the Royal Packet Nav. Co.'s (K.P.M.) services

to all destinations in the Netherlands East Indies.

For Ereight and Passage, apply to :—

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN-LYN,

Agents

"Telephone Central No. 1874, YORK BUILDING, CHATE ROAD.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 22ND, 1924

"THE NIGHT MAIL" ACROSS AMERICA.

S.S. ** YANG-TSZ.“

SERVICES CONTRACTEELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The inauguration of a Night Mail Ser- vice from San Francisco to New York is a subject that can hardly fall to be "of interest to shippers in this part of the world. The following information on the subset is given in the Laternen Digest in connection of Jane tich:-

What was a visionary iden a few years age will become a reality on July 1st whera daily Air Mail service from New York to San Francisco will be inaugurat ed: A lester mailed in New York in the morning, for instance, will reach San In Francise the following afternoon. less than thirty-five hours instead of nthety.one hours, which the railroads are said to requiry, fetgers and packages will be delivered from one end of the country to the other. In fact, these intrep riders of the clouds will bring! a reply to your letter across the continent in less time than it erquires för a better to travel by train one way,

Inst

This will be welcome new 10. ness ami financial interests." thinks the San Francisco Chronicls. The saving of time will undoubtedly increase the business dealings of the East and West."

There is no doubt that in business! transitions will a thousands of:

the dollars," prints out

Louisville Courier-Juusool, far two days's interest saved on large leals is no small co shleration. interest being the concrete!

NOTICE,

ONSIGNEES of Cargo from ANTWERP,

CONSI

LONDON, MANCHESTER, &c

with

Dory Frastre aml |

་པ་

t

with alore Steamer

Geils hereby informed that their the exeption ni Valuables any bring a stod hang their risk into the downs of the Hangsung and Kowloon Whart and Grown Co, Lt Kowloon, when delivery may in obtained immediately after famling.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by th: Undersigned. Gouda remain came after the 25th instant, at Noux, will be subject to Rent and Lanie ('han

"

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

TSINGTAU via SWATUW

& SHANGRAI

MABONG via ROTHO

SHANGHAI via SWATOW BANGKOK SWATOW TIENTSIN STRAITS & CALCUTTA SANDAKAN MANILA vis AMOY HAIFEONG HOIHOW КОВЕ

YATSHING

YUENSAND**

·MINGSANG"

UNGSHING ANG ING"

CHI

* MAUR

"SUISANG LEESANG KUTSANG

Thursday, Saturday,

24th July, 10am,

25th July,11mm.

Sunday, Sunday, Monday,

W

27th July, 7

97th July, 10am. 8th July, 5 pm

day, 20th July, Noom

Saturday Sunday, Friday.

30th July, 3 pm.

Est Aug, 1p.

2nd Aug,, -3 pm,

3rd Aug. 7a 15th Aug 7,

All Cladas, mash be sent in to me on or before | CALCUTTA LINE-This Line now affords regular sailings to Calcutta, Penang and

nr they will not be the 20th instant, recognizel.

All damagal jacksos will be examined on raby, the ith instant, a 10 am, by Messrs. Gallard & Dongle

No Fine Insurance has been effectial.

R. RODENTUSER,

Acting Agyt.

[1፡34 Hongkong, th July, 1821.

5.S." ANGKOR.“.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS VER

MESSAGERIES MARITIME

NOTICE..

SHANGHAI

bay

Singapore, returning from Calcutta steamers proceed via Straits and Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at Shanghai,

Accommodation, passenger All steamers have excellent Etted with Wireless and carry a fails-qualified Surgeon, LINE—Sailing approximately every three days between Canton and Shanghai, sometimes culling at Swaton Thrush tickets on obtained and through Büts of Lading are issuel to all Northern and

Yangtze Porta via Shanghai. LINEA weekly survica is, maintained with Manila by vols with good passenger accomniblation, mailings from both porta every Saturday, at 11 am. HAIPHONG LINE. Sailing approximately weekly for passengers and cargo, calling at

Hrihow toth waya BORNEO

MANTLA

demonstration of the axiom that time CONSIGNEES of Car from MARSEIL-

LES. We also Cargo ex ss, "CEVHER" TIENTSIN is my In fact, remarks this count

AMAZONE from MARSEILLES, servatte daily, looks if the e, in connection

with

alore Stamer BANGKOK informed that ir Goals State of Liberty and the Golden Gates hereby in poim of bar, are to be next door with the exemption of Opium. Treasure and Valvaldes are being landed and stond at neighbours,"

In planning to start this service, which their risk into the Godewust of the Hongkong.

requires dying by right as well as by

is per

t

to

Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, delivery may be ahtained inngliately

ret

No Fhe grader has been effectel

R. NODEXFUSER,

Acting Agent. Hongkong, th July, 1924.

Th

ON THE "SAARBRUCKEN."

SUICIDE

Cermata

21050

day, the Prat alice Department paring to write a les chapter in the

Bills of ding will be gauntersigned by the history of American"nvincing or Cafersigual. Liepos ennining unclaimed after

Virginian-Pint "Norfolk

which Tanks ch an undertaking with the the 26th instant, at Noon, will be subjet

Rent and Landing Chag Army Air Service's round the world

All Claims must be art in to me on or before the At

Dy flight. Moreover. predicts antic For this ritte is but, the the 2th stant, or they will

recognized. The San

All damaged packages will be cxamined pa pioneer of many to come." Francisco "Bulletin. which admits that Satday, the ich instant at 10 a.m., by it in the Western pinneer in the cause Mesara, Goddard & Douglas. of Air Mail, and the first American daily to advocate a transcontinental service," can see in the near future an

ofi Air Mail that with erss-erase the the United States in every direction."

The decision of Postmaster-General New to extend the seos of the Air Mait! is justified, in the eyes of several editors.

Steamer SunBracken by six years of Kurierssful operation in the daylight coast-to-coast service. The which is undergoing repairs in dock, at appropriation for the next fiscal year, Singapore the scene of a tragedy a week wenge told, will be $2.30, bar, futes ago when Herman Schnaars, the store. the New York Times, "usingsnom keeper committed suicide by hanging him" sit this fast sovie, and in the east, self in the storerdam of the steamer. On the Post Office Begettent dieses ifja lip of paper he had weitted the follow will an end pas bestself bat will showing: Through the fault of others

F G. Bourne, the coroner, viewed i bilater

gle side of the the body and an inquest will be held in Hedger

a few days. Last year, we are reminded by the Euffalo Expressore than où pes ent of the Air Meit's fights were

"The present daylight transcontin finished according to schedule and the Nashville Bonar recalls a freeat fight air mail service advances, from between Omaha, Nebraska, any Cheyenne, one terminal point to another, mail de Wyoming, at an average speel of 150 posited after the slejarture of trains, and miles per hour... This sers pretty rates as an auxiliary to the regular speedy to the Sheramente Hebat it schedules of railway mail routes. This nevertheless believes that in a year dr service will be combined with the night fying, that mail will be carried two there will be daily aerial pussen through to its destination or to it nearest service between the Atlantic, and Pacific transfer point.

eastbound The roasts Postmaster-Genera! Now, how Lever, says "the new Air Mail schedule schedule calls for thirty-two hours five Westbound the time will be ininutes. will not attempt to "set speed records; safety of the pilots, and safety of the thirty-four hours forty-five minutes" mails will be the prime requisites. Of". In the opinion of the Cleveland Piula.

Drater: the plans that have been made, the New York World says:

Thu

SYSTEM OF SHUIT LIGHTS,

the wood zone nid a twenty-four-cent stamp to the third zone,

nrw

The decision of the Postmaster- By experimental fights some time General to extend the scope of the Air ago it was shown that the continent Mail service is insußel by six years of could be spanned in twenty-six hours. successful operation in the daylight In view of the This achievement is the more remarkable coast-to-coast service. for having been reached, with obsolescent backwardness of our Army and Navy air Since programmes, the training of flyers in the planes and the tinost economy. then a complete system of night lights postal servics is particularly significant. and illuminated landing fields has been The mail planes will afford the nation a prepared. With thesaids and improved nucleus of trained fyers, not now, other- machines a twenty-four Hight is in con-wise provided, to which, it may turn in

an emergency." tera plation

The service West to East wiff hethree bottes shorter beenues we wrands a prevalents, but the westbound pilot will be aided by three hours more of H light. flying with the sun.

The Air Mail des over mountain, plain and desert from New York, through Cleveland, Chicago. Omalia, Cheyenne. Salt Lake City and Reno to San Fran- cisco. traversing some of the roughest flying country in the world.

Coast-to-coat mail A day-to-day schedule may prove the stimulus that commercial aviation in the United State has long needed. What it will mean to business to have important papers speeded up three days from const to coast ix self-evident."

The New York-San Francisco trafia- continental" lines 2.650 miles long, we are informed by the Aircraft Yes Book published by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce (New York). The Air Mail, it goes on, is thus the longest regularly operated airway in the world. According to the Washington Po4-

"The mail planes will fly by night over a thousand miles of lighted airway i hetween Chicago and Chegene, the pildiging gauded by automatie acety lene fights placed every three miles. Every twenty-five miles of the night air- line has an emergency landing-field pro vided, with powerful searchlights, and at about every 250 miles there is a regular landing fold with searchlights visible for from 100 to 150 miles when, flashed in the air.

SPECIAL AIR MAIL POSTAGE. Furthermore, Fotes the Baltimore Sun: "Special air mail postage has been arranged for Stamps, in denominations of 8, 10 and. 24 cents, will be on sale. For rate purposes, the route has been divided into three zones, one between New York and Chicagu, another between Chiengo and Cheyennt, and the third be ween Cheyenne and San Francisco. An eight-cent air mail stamp will carry an -ounce letter anywhere within one of these zones; while it will require a sixteen- cent stamp to carry such a letter into (Continaled on next column.}

LINE-Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakna by two 5,000 ton

atcamera, 8.8, HINSANG" and "MAUSANG," both steamers Cargo taken on having excellent passenger accommodation." through Bill of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Lubuan, Tawad and Fabad Data,

LINEA regular service is run froin March to November between Hong

kong

and Tientsin, scensionally calling at Weihaiwei and Cheloo, LINE-A weakly service is provided between Hoogkong and Bangkok ria

Swatow by fire steaters fitted with up-to-date passenger accom modation.

CALCUTTA

45

LINE

B.S. HOSANG” will be despatched on or about Wednesday, 30th July, 3. p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA.

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.

2.

For Freight or Passage apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

TELEPHONA NO CENTRAL 215.

GENERAL MANAGERS,

GLEN AND SHIRE

JÓINT SERVICE OF STEAMERS. /”.

O.K-STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.

OUTWARDS

HOMEWARDS.

Vessal.

Dae Hongkong Vessel.

Leaves E'kong.

... 19th Aug.

"GLENSHIEL"

In Port

Discharges

Haniu.

PEMBROKESHIRE

6th Aug.

GLENIFFER"

20. Aug.

4

GLENBEG London, Rotterdam

Movements are subject to change without notice.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., THE GLENLINE, LTD, AGENTS. Talephonse: Central Ne, 215 sabiex. 33, and Central 3596,

For Freight or further Particulars, pleasa spply to

The HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co., Ltd.

TELEGRAPHIC ́ADDRESS: “MANIFESTO," HONGKONG,

CODES USED A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition; Engineering: First and Becond Edition

Wertera Union. and Watkins.

Dock Owners, Ship Builders, Marine and Land Engineers, Boiler Makerz

Iron and Brass Founders, Forge Masters. Electricians.

Steel Twin-Screw Ocean-going Tug and Salvage Steamer

Henry Keswick'

Built, engined and equipped complete by The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., Hongkong for their own service, 1921. Length 165 B.P. Breadth 84 (m) Depth 17 (m) LELP. 2000. Fitted with electrically dritef submersible and centrifugal pumps, air compressor, wireless, son 1bligat and all modern appliances for Balvage Worka

Fleaseaddress enquiries to the Chief Manager

B. 'M. DYEB, B.80, M.LNIA KW

DOCE. HENGKONG,