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RAILWAYS

Chinese Government Railways: Peking-Mukden Line

Through Service between Peking and Mukden, connecting with the South Manchuria Express and Trans-Siberian Route: at Peking connection Is made with the Peklng-Hankow Rallway for Hankow and Yangtsze Ports, and Intermediate Points reached by the Chen-Tal Line to Talyuanfu, the Tao- Ching Line, and the Pienlo Railway to Kaifengfu and Honaufa. Connection is also made at Peking with the plcturesque Kalgan Line, “The Road to the Great Wall." At Tientsin (Ceutral) connection is made with the Tientsin-Pukow Line for Tsinanfu and Shanghal.

The Railways of North China Pass Through the Most Interesting Part of China.

Peking: the Capital, with its Walls, Palaces, Temples and Tombs. Tientsin; the Great Trade Centre of North China. Tongshan: the Largest Mining and Industrial Town in the Country. Shanhaikuan: where the Great Wall ends at the Sea. Newchwang: the Busy Commercial Port of Manchuria. Mukden: the Ancestral Home the Manchu Dynasty. A Miniature Peking, with its Walls, Imperial Palaces, Temples and Tombs.

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The Through Trains are equipped with Buffet and Dining Car Service, and a Comfortable, Modern Train de Luxe of Compartment Sleeping Cars is operated

in connection with the through Service of the Trans-Siberian and South Manchuria Railways.

Through Tickets to Lon- don and other places in Europe can be obtained at Peking and Tientsin from which Stations Pas- sengers' Luggage can be registered through to De- stination.

Through Tickets are issued and Passengers' Baggage registered through between the Important Stations on the Peking- Mukden Railway and the South Manchuria Railway, Chosen (Korean) Railway and Imperial Government Railways of Japan.

For Information regarding the many places of interest in China, Tourists will find "The Travellers' Handbook for China" with Maps most useful. It is obtainable at any of the Offices of Thos. Cook & Son. The Chinese Government Railways Time Table Book with Railway Map can be had at any of the Offices of Thos. Cook & Son, and The International Sleeping Car Co., Hotels, Clubs and at all important Stations. Full particulars on application to any of the Stations or to the Traffic Manager of any of the Railways mentioned, and on application to any office in America, Europe or the Far East of The Cie. International des Wagons- Lits; Thos. Cook & Son; or Traffic Manager, Chinese Government Railways (Peking-Mukden Line), Tientsin, North China.