The Sphinx, Vol. 14, No. 212

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THE SPHINX.
February 23, 1907.
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS.
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Trains and Trains
CAIRO—ALEXANDRIA Leave Cairo
7.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. *12 noon. 4 p.m. 4.50 p.m. 6.35 p.m. Arrive Alexandria
II a.m. 12.55 p.m. 3.5 p.m. 7.35 p.m. 7.50 p.m. 10.5 p.m. Leave Alexandria
7 a.m. 9 a.m. *12 noon. 3.40 p.m. 4.25 p.m. *6 p.m. Arrive Cairo
10.25a.m. I2.20p.m. 3.5p.m. 7.10p.m. 7.25p.m. 9.20 p.m. CAIRO—PORT SAID
Leave Cairo	7 a.m.
Arrive Port Said 12.15 p.m. Leave Port Said 8.10 p.m. Arrive Cairo	1.25	p.m.
*11 a.m. *6.15 p.m.
3.30 p.m. II p.m. *12.30 p.m. *6.45 p.m. 5 p.m. 11.25 p.m.
CAIRO—LUXOR—ASSOUAN
Leave Cairo ** 8 p.m. [ Leave Assouan 10.15 a.m. Arrive Luxor 10 a.m. j Leave Luxor ***5.30 p.m. Arrive Assouan 5.6 p.m. | Arriv. Cairo 7.35 a.m.
* Restaurant Car attached.
** Restaurant and Sleeping Cars attached as far as Luxor on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
*** Restaurant and Sleeping Cars attached on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
CAIRO—ZEITOUN—MATARIEH—MARG Trains run in either direction every half hour. At Cairo the trains start from Pont Limoun Station.
CAIRO—HELOUAN
Trains run in either direction about every hour. The Cairo Station for Helouan is in the Bab-el-Louk district.
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Cairo Cab Fares.
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By distance.
If hired and discharged within City Circle, i. e. 4 kilometres (about 21/2 miles) radius from Opera Square.
For one kilometre or part..........P.T. 3
For each extra kilometre, or part....... 2
If hired within and discharged without, an additional 2 piastres will be paid for every kilometre or part of kilometre outside the circle.
For each wait of 15 minutes......... „	2
TRAMS TO THE PYRAMIDS Leave Kasr en Nil every hour (at the hour) in the morning and every half hour in the afternoon, and leave the Pyramids at ten minutes to the hour and twenty minutes past.
BY TIME.
(If hired by time, driver to be notified beforehand.)
For one hour or less, by day or night. . P.T. 8 Above one hour: For every 15 minutes or less „	2
For 12 hours, by day or night.................,60
Telegraph Rates.
(Head Telegraph Office in Cairo: Sharia Boulac.) Egypt: 5 milliemes for every two words or fraction thereof with a minimum charge per message of P.T. 2. Telegrams are sent “ urgent ” on payment of three times the amount for “ ordinary ”
Sudan: Urgent. P.T. 4 for every two words or fraction thereof, with a minimum charge per message of P.T. 16. Ordinary. P.T. 1 y2 for each two words or fraction thereof, with a minimum charge per message of P.T. 6.
Zoological Gardens, Ghizeh.
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Open Daily.
Extra payments.
Whether hired by distance or time:
For each package carried outside...........P.T. 1
If more than 3 persons'carried, each extra person. „	2
Special Fares.	Single. Waiting		Return.
	P.T.	Hours	P.T.
Polo ground. .......	5	I	•IS
Ghezireh Hotel		5	I	15
Grand Stand (Race days). .	10	3	30
Ghizeh Zoological Gardens. .	10	2	20
Pyramids. . 			40	3	60
Foum-El-Khalig		8	I	15
Old Cairo		10	I	18
Abbassia Barracks . . . ,.	8	I	15
Koubbeh-les-Bains . . . .	12	I	20
Heliopolis and Virgin’s tree.	25	2	40
Citadel		8	I	15
Tombs of Khalifs		10	3	30
Rod-el-Farag		8	2	20
Shoubra Palace		10	K	15
CHURCHES
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND All Saints’, Boulac Street.
Rev. J. Thompson Burns M. A. Assistant Chaplain.
Sunday—Holy Communion ............ 8.30 a.m.
Morning Service with Sermon... 10.30	„
Evening Service and Sermon... 6.00 p.m.
Celebration of Holy Communion every Sunday and Friday and on all Saints’ Day at 8.30 a.m. and on 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month after Morning Service.
St. Mary’s. Sharia Kasr-ed-Doubara. Rev. N. Odeh (Chaplain to Bishop Blyth and Priest in Charge).
Sundays—Holy Communion ......... 8.00 a.m.
Matins and Sermon....... 10.30 „
Evensong and Sermon.....	6.00 p.m.
Week Days—Holy Communion on Thursday
and all Holy Days...... 7.00 „
Evensong (daily)........6.00 „
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
St. Andrews Church. Beside the British Army Head Quarters. Sharia Kasr-en-Nil.
Rev. J. A. McClymont, D.D., Hotel d’Angleterre. Service on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
MENA HOUSE CHAPEL
Sundays Holy Communion		8.15	a.m.
Matins and Sermon		11.00	»>
Evensong		6.00	}>
Holy Communion on the 1st Sun-		
day in the month at 8.15 and at	n.45	tf
Week Days—Morning prayer		10.00	ft
Litany on Wednesdays and		
Fridays		10.15	tt
Saints Days Holy Communion at	8.30	ft
Choir Practice—Fridays		6.00	p.m.
N.B.—There is no Stipend attached to this Chaplaincy. The Collections unless otherwise specified, are devoted to the Chaplain’s travelling expense.
AMERICAN
American Presbyterian Mission Church. Sharia el-Miliguy (close to Shepheard’s).
English service on Sunday at 6 p.m.
Christian Endeavour at 4.45 p.m.
ROMAN CATHOLIC St. Joseph’s Church. Ismailieh quarter.
Sundays—Mass, at 7-8-9-10 a.m. Benediction at 5 p.m.
These Gardens are over 52 acres in extent, and contain one of the finest collections of living animals (about 1,000 specimens) and plants in the world.
Band performances, Fridays and Sundays (during the season).
Prices of Admission:
Week Days. . . P.T. l/2 (five mills.) each person.
Sundays.... P.T. 5 (fifty mills.) „	„
Except that on Sundays soldiers in uniform, and children under twelve years of age, are admitted for P.T. I (ten mills.) each.
Visitors are not allowed to bring dogs, food, or liquor into the Gardens. The Gardens are closed at sunset.
Ghizeh Aquarium
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Open Daily
The Aquarium consists of 24 large tanks containing a unique collection of Nile fish, and is situated in a beautiful garden about 7 acres in extent.
Price Admission :
Week Days. . . P.T. y2 (five mills), each person. Sundays .... P.T. I (ten mills.) „	„
CLUBS
Club Khedivial — 22 Sharia el Manakh.
Turf Club — Sharia el Maghraby Khedivial Sporting Club, Ghezireh,
Patron ;
His Highness the Khedive Hon. Secretary & Treasurer. H. Aspinall Esq.
The Khedivial Sporting Club Grounds for Polo, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Golf, Race Meetings, and other Sports, at Ghezireh are for the exclusive use of the Members, but Visitors to Cairo are invited to join, either for the whole or a portion of the Winter Season, on introduction by a Resident Member. The subscriptions for Visiting Playing Members are as follows: For the Winter Season from Nov. to April P.T. 300 (about £ 3)
From Jan. to April, P.T. 200 (about £ 2).
For one month or less P.T. 100 (about £ 1)
For non-Playing Members who merely wish to drive or walk in the grounds and look on, the Subscription is P.T. 100 for the Winter Season, or P.T. 50 a month.
Helouan Sporting Club — Helouan Hon. Sec. Mr. A. J. Michaelides.
British Recreation Club, Sharia Et-Terah-el-Ismailieh
OAIRO POST OFFIOE
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Behind Khedivial Opera House
MAILS LEAVING for Europe (except Turkey, Greece and Russia) and America:—
SUNDAY. — via Port Said and Brindisi 5-45 p.m. WEDNESDAY. — via Alexandria andjBrindisi or Naples 9 a.m.
THURSDAY. — via Alexandria and Messina 9 a.m. Friday. — via Alexandria and Marseilles 9 a.m. Saturday. — via Alexandria and Brindisi 9 a.m. MAILS ARRIVING from Europe and America:— SUNDAY. — via Brindisi and Alexandria (Italian). MONDAY. — via Brindisi or Naples and Alexandria. (Austrian).
Tuesday. — via Marseilles and Alexandria. (French). Wednesday. — via Brindisi and Port Said. (English).
The hours of departure of the Mails are subject to alteration, notice of which will be found in the hotels and at the Post Office.
Registered letters, money orders, insured articles, and parcels should be handed in at the Post Office by 6 p.m. on the day previous to the departure of the mail, except on Sundays when registered letters will be accepted up to 4.30 p.m.
The mail for India closes every Tuesday at 5.45 p.m. for ordinary correspondence and 4.30 p.m. for registered letters. The mail from India arrives every Monday via Port Said.