Stated that this reduction of fares for a short period of the year had been contemplated for scme time past. Itaimed at popularizing travel to the Far East amongst school teachers and students, and encouraging passenger traffic during months in which the ships normally carry very few passengers.
Tt is to be emphasized, however, that the reduced rate tickets are only available for sailings from the Pacific const of America, and not from the Far East, The return part of the ticket, it is also pointed out, is valid for 100 days from the date leaving the American, const port: that is to say, a passenger leaving Seattle, Vancouver or other ports fon June 1 must have started the return journey by September 8. Passengers may purchase reduced rate tickets for trips starting during the four-month period March 1 to July 1.
The reduction in the rate amounts to roughly one-quarter of one fare in one direction. That is, the figure is arrived at by taking one full fare for the outward trip and three-quarters-of the normal fare for the return trip. The normal fare from San Francisco to Yokohama and return-is Gold $600, and the reduced rate is $525. Normal return fares to other-paris are as follow: Kobe, announcement of the "appointments ig expected "to be made"shortly—Kuo Min.
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