Short Sea Voyages Guide
A copy'of one of the most useful shipping booklets published has recently been received.. It bears the imprint of the Orient Line and shows in the clearest possible fashion on what dates and by what vessels passengers going on short sea trips to Mediterranean ports by this company's regular service can pick up a connexion for the return journey. The services of the Orient Line and as many as eleven other lines are carefully tabulated, and tickets issued by any of them are interchangeable. To give an instance of the information presented, the booklet reveals that the com- pany's new steamer ' Orion' leaves London on September 28th and arrives at Gibraltar on OctobeOnd, from 'which port a return is possible by a choice of four vessels sailing between, October 5th and 14th. Palma, which is reached on October 3rd, may be left again either on the same day or on October 16th ; Marseilles (October 4th) has seven ships calling on the return voyage between October 4th and 18th; Genoa (October 6th) two Ships enDetober Sth and 14th ; NapIeii-(Ociober Oth) an Orient liner
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Autumn Cruises
on October 16th ; and Port Said (Octo- ber 9th) nine returning vessels between October 9th and 20th. Such particulars are most helpful to sea-goers who prefer tours by mail steamers' to thoSe offered by cruising vessels.
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" Round the World " on President Liners costs as little as £110. Vessels sail not from Britain, but from New York ' • a tour can, nevertheless, be commenced from Marseilles, the port of call nearest to this country. A regular service leaves New York every week and goes to Havana, Panama Canal, Los Angeles and San Fran- cisco. From there its voyage continues to Honolulu, Japan, China and the Philip- pines. On alternate sailing.; the liners extend their course to Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alex- andria, Napied, Genoa, Marseilles and then, to New York and Beaton. Stich Comprises the. World Tour, twenty-two ports M fourteen countries being calledat., Tourist Class fare is from. £110, as .mentioned First Clase is from £170. Minimum time occupied on the tour 'is 1I0 days, but can be limited to 85 days by crossing from New York to San Francisco by train. Facilities are given for staying behind at any of the ports and joining another ship later, without. extra charge. A guide of the' tour may be had from T. L. Duff & Co., 22 Billiter Street,, E.C. 3.
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