The following ruling was issued by the Messageries Maritimes London office early last month:—
Regarding the non-acceptance of bookings of Japanese and Chinese people for Shanghai, it is stated that this ruling is no longer in force and accordingly bookings of all nationalities may be accepted for Shanghai, subject Of course to any restriction that may be imposed subsequently on the free movement of the steamers owing to prevailing circumstances.
The London office of this compan: incidentally, has also issued particulars of what are called "Hundred-day tickets" which briefly enable passengers to travel by one of their Ships to Colombo, Pondicherri, Madras, Singapore, Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai or Kobe and return by a vessel of the company so as to arrive back in Marseilles within one hundred days of their departure. on which homeward journey a reduction of 40 per cent. is allowed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.