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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 300, 28 December 1897, Page 1

Skipping. p-ir-> T° ENGLAND IN THIRTY-ONE Lrhc; JL DAYS. 1 Hs|^i ROYAL MAIL EXPRESS SERVICE Bk»-«-4 THE PASSENGER ROUTE TO I '.:% ENGLAND. g$ Is undoubtedly tho A. AND A. ROUTE. : . Avoiding alike the heat of the Red Sea | and the cold of Cape Horn, and giving | cessengera the opportunity of travelling in luxury and comfort through the most interesting country in the world. The steamers of this Line, under contract with the Governments of New ZeaJand,. New South Wales, and the United j States, are appointed to leave Sydney and i Auckland for Samoa. Honolulu, and San I Francisco every four weeks, as under:— .j,. Com- Leave ■ Leave Arrive -.bteamer. man d e r. Sydney. Auckl'd 'Frisco. "1I I i " ALAMEDA Oteren-Dec. 20Dec. 25 Jan. 13 I dorp ! MaRJPOSA iHayward Jan. 17 Jan.. 22 Feb. 10 Moana Carey Feb. 14 Feb. 19 Mar. 10 Tickets are available for 12 months, arid Saloon Passengers can break their jouri»ey at Auckland, Samoa, Honolulu, San (Francisco, and any place «of call en Troute to New York, and have also the privilege of travelling across either Canada •or the United States. SPECIALLY REDUCED RATES. THROUGH FARES. Sydney or Auckland, to England:-Saloon: £66 to £71. Steerage: £32 7/11. Combination Tickets: £59 10/10 and £55 13/9. Round the World Tickets (Saloon): £130. Return Tickets, via San Francisco and New York-£U3. For all information apply at any of tho offices of • - UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF ft. NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). !" ir- , TTTNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY graraJ U OF NEW ZEALAND (LTD). . JUrJ TIME TABLE. Weather and other circumstances ■ permitting. • Steamer. j Date of Sailing, j FOETNEW PLYMOUTH, WELLINGTON AND NELSON. Mahinapua I On arrival 'Frisco mail Cargo at Railway till 9.45 a.m. Wed., Dec. 29 FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER, WELLINGTON. LYTTELTON AND DUNEDIN. From Auckland TeAnau I Saturday, Ist Jan., 10 a.m. ■ . ■ ■ . SLabaroa I Tuesday, 4th Jan., 2 p.m^ _^ "FOR HOB ART AND MELBOURNE, VIA BLUFF. Te Anau I Saturday, Ist Jan., 10 a.m. Transhipping at Dunedin. " FOR SYDNEY. - Mariposa I About Wednesday, 29th Dec. Waihora ' Monday, 3rd Jan., 5 p.m.' "~ FOR EAST COAST PORTS, GTSBORNE. NAPIER & WELLINGTON. OMAPERE I Monday, 3rd'Jan.,.s.p.m. FOR SAMOA. HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO. MABIFOSA I Saturday, 22nd Jan., 2 p.m. Cargo till 10 a.m. ' FOR SUVA AND LEVUKA. Hauroto I Wednesday, 29th D*c, 5 p.m. • ■ Cargo till noon. -::j -. ■ - " . : FOR RARATONGA AND TAHITI. -: Upolu I Tuesday, 18th Jan., sp.ja. Cargo till noon. " FOR TONGA, SAMOA, FIJI AND~ SYDNEY. :-..-■' "•■'. . : " ■ (NUKUALOFA, HAABAI, VAVAU, APIA, SUVA) ■» Ovalau ! Wednesday, Jan. 12th, sp.ni. r Cargc till noon. No cargo for F.iji. Cargo must be booked ;and alongside not less than two hours before the advertised time of departure. ,■ , WEST COAST SOUNDS;—Excursions ■will be made from Dunedin, by Waikare, on 20th and 29th January, 189 S. . - Passage Tickets must be taken at the Company^ Ofnce. . ■ . •• ■ ■ ' Tickets, available by Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co.'s. steamers Westralia and Anglian. ~ • ■: ~ "■■ ■ ■ :ATJOKLAI«Tr» BRANCH. — Falmerston ■••■ ■■■■■ -■.-. -'"■■■-,,; .■ ;. ■, igmti£&L.y3 STEAM TO LONDON. ' The following Royal Mail SteamEhips belonging to the ORIENT and PACIFIC COMPANIES, will leave SYDNEY and MELBOURNE as under for LONDON (Tilbury) via ADELAIDE, ALBANY, COLOMBO, (transhipping, for air Indian Ports), SUEZ CANAL,: NAPLES, MARSEILLES and GIBRALTAR: <at-«,^^ Tons From From I From ' Steamer. P c ,,, ; SydneyJilelbournei Adelaide. "Orotava 5857 IDec. 371 Jan. 1" " Jan. 5 Orzaba ' 6397 Jan. J6j Jan. 15- .Jan. 19. ♦Oroya 6897 Feb. & Feb.. 8 Feb. 10 *Cuzco 3898 Feb. 1S( _Feb. 22 Feb.: v2l at Marseilles. - And Fortnightly tlmreafter. -- .. . FARES-NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON:— SALOON Single: £39 to £7310s Return: £70 to £110 : THIRD CLASS..£I6I6s, £1818s, and £20 First and Second Class Passengers -secure special advantages by booking through from JiQvr Zealand, being provided with Saloon Passages to Australia, which are included in the above fares. " ' ' -• ;-' Passages can be booked.to or prepaid from imy of the above ports. - ■ Forfurther particulars, apply to,UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). • . • Agents in New Zealand. ■ S JisJUf- HRHE P. & 6.5. N. COMPANY J- under contract with the SSywiSsi)*' Imperial, New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian Governments, will despatch the following steamers . for LONDON, calling at ALBANY, COLOMBO. ADEN, BRINDISI, MALTA. GIBRALTAR and PLYMOUTH. • ■ ■ I I Leave Leave' Steamer. Tons. Sydney Melbourne. .1 ... I Ip.m. Ip.m. Arcadia 6603 Dealt) DealS Rome 55-15 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Himalaya 6898 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Britannia 6525 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Oceana 6603 Feb. 12 Feb. 15 ■"China 80.00 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 'Victoria 6527 ! Mar. 9 Mar. 15 Txdia 8000 i Mar. 23 Mar. 29 'Australia 6901 lApl. 6 Apl. 12 \*ViaHobart. ' All steamers on and after October 16th will call at Marseilles. ' :"*> Rates of Passage Monet. ■ To London in First Saloon £65 and upwards Jo Italian Ports in Firsj Saloon. £60 and up wards To London in Second Saloon^ -~ .£39 and £42 To Italian Ports in Second Saloon. ...£36 and £39 Bcturn Tickets:.:.... '..;..: £70 to £110 jEasiagc Money can be paid here for passage? from KfjKlap^. Liberal aqneeesions m^g tq families during the slack passenger season; For freight or passag&'applyt©-•'..*""' : ■■ RUSSELL & SOMERS. For passage only apply to THOS. COOK & SONS. £(&£ T) AND O. S.N. CO.-NOTICE. eßg&Bmg>-*- • In order to avoid inconvenience to Australian Passengers by possible quarantine at Continental Sorts, from Indian passengers embarking at Aden, it is hereby notified that commencing with the Br-tannia (leaving ■Mejbourne on Ist February) IndianPassengers will not embark at Aden in the Australian steamers. RUSSELL and SOMERS, Agents, 50 Queen-street. iL^Ur "ft/CESSAGERIES MARITIMES jQtJsslL-IVX -SYDNEY TO LONDON, via COLOMBO and PARISiSteamers of 6,500 tons; under postal contract with the French Government, calling at Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany, Colombo, Suez and Port Said, will be despatched monthly as follows:— rWmer. [commander 'Sydney. [^TTS" _ I 11p.m. Ip.m. I noon Poltnesien ChevaUer Dec. 29 Jan. 1 Ijan.. 3 Armand Behic Poydenot Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Apstr'lien Verroa Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 V. de LA _.. GiqTAT]Fiaschi_ Mar. 23 Mar. 261 Mar. 28 booked to B"OMBAY7"INDIA^ CHINA, BATAVIA and JAPAN. • PASSAGE MONEY.—£2S to £70, including table. RETURN TICKETS, available for 9 or 32 months," at REDUCED RATES — English spoken on board. Passage Money can be paid here for Passages from Europe. Liberal concessions to families. upon arrival at Marseilles English interpreters meet the passengers for London, ana give them every assistance in landing ana passing their luggage, etc., through jne Customs, and also accompany them t0 Paris and Calais. N.B.—Passengers' luggage conveyed free °i cost from Marseilles to London by steamer. *"or further particulars apply to ~ HENDERSON & MACFARLANE. Auckland.