TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1937.
P. & O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS,
TAKING CARGO FOR
PORTS LAWS.
THE SPIRIT RATHER THAN
THE CHINA MAIL.
Efficiency of administration is dependent on observation of the epirit rather than the letter of the law. atates the supervising inspec tor-general of the US. Steamboat Inspection Service. "If it be neces sary to adopt. new regulations." he said, "let it be done with some de gree of conservatism. A. liberal interpretation of the laws and statutos is necessary in connection with the regulation of shipping Conditions in regard to shipping in the United States differ widely from the conditions prevalling in Great Britain or other nations."
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, stance of what may bp done in the
WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,
|
""DEVIL'S CIRCUS.”
INTERESTING FILM AT!
THE STAR
BEADS & COINS COSTUME.
WORLD THEATRE,
"DULGY" TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.
In "Daley," Constance Talmadge sppókra, as a damsel of startling. Ideas, who always manages to put "The greatness of simplicity is her foot in it.. When she puts her the explanation for the tremen-finger in any pla, she stirs up trou- dous appeal of "The Davil's ble, for in American phraseology Circus," a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer she is a "dumball" picture which opens to-night at Notwithstanding this great draw the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon, and back, she smiles her way out of is the first American production difficulties, leaving a trail of heart
bankruptcy in hor wake, of the Danish director, Benjamin
She messes up her brother'a Christianson.
business, but captures the affectioną. There is no complicated plot of his partner, for whom trouble the central characters are few at once develops. At the critical and readily understood, there is a moment of every deal, she puts her In view of these conditions, he compactness, & well-ordered spoke in "änd jame the whole said. the methode adopted for the regularity to the unfolding of the schame, until at last by a strange regulation of shipping in the States story that is distinctly refresh and curious twist in his affairs, must be altogether different, from
when clouds are thick and heavy, ing. those adopted abroad..
by Charles Emmett Mack. He is Jack Mulhall plays opposito, but As an in Carletop, the crook, is played and the sun shines again....
she accidentally does the right thing direction of improvement of ad ministration of the navigation laws, freed from prison and after a outstanding performances are given the supervising Inspector-general long search for the girl, played by by both. Mins Talmadge and Claude pointed out that twenty years ago Norma Shearer (the star) finds Gillingwater, the latter's share in If a fully-loaded vessel arrived her, only to learn that she has the honours of "The Dust Flower" from an offshore voyage with an been the conquest of another and shoiring last week, will be long re- expired certificate of inspection, the that she is cripple.
membered. Others in the cast, are service would have required that
May Wilson, Johnny Harron, Anne' she be emptied of her cargo and
Circus Beauty Ballet.
Cornwall, Andre de Boranges,, inspected at the first American
Carmel Myres has an unsym-Gilbert Douglas, Frederick. Esmal port of call. Since then, however, pathetic role as Yonna, the villalton and Mills Davenport. the rules have been modified sness of the story, who wreaks her that under similar etrcumstances spite on the heroine.
PASSENGER LIST. ivessel's are cleared almost daily and Some colourful scenes permitted to proceed from port to shown in the representation of First-class passengers sailed for
ARRIVAL. port, and finally to their home ports the European circus which con-Manila from Hong Kong on Feb. 21 for final discharge of cargo and in-tains beauty ballet of scores of by the "President Jefferson" were: spection
That the regulation of shipping coins.
girls in costumes of beads and Mr. and Mrs. G. Abe and family, Has been effective, so far, na safety
Mrs. H. Barr, Rev. P. Delgado, Mr. Claire McDowell, a favourite and Mrs. J. E Edgar, Rev. A. of life is concerned, he said, is, 2nd March S'pore. Ponang, Colombo & Bombay. proved by the records of the inspec among screen mothers, has the Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Happer; Mrs. C Fernandez, Mr. F. Guteirrez-Sanez, tion hervice. These he added, show part of Mrs. Peterson, the
"mother of the circus," and adds Houston, Mrs. A. T. Henckendaff, Herchner, Dr. and Mrs. W. R. that in the average year only one life is lost out of the 5,000,000 to to her laurels.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Halfhill, Mr. 6,000,000 passengers carried.
and Mrs. C. A. Hayward Mr. and Mrs. T., and Mtar. S. Ikeda, Mr. H MacDougall, Mr. E. Madaen, Mr. R. C Morton, Bov, A. Martinez. Mr.
AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT,
CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE
PORTS, EUROPE, &c.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
5. S.
Tona
From Hongkong About
5th March Noon. 9,006 | 121 March. 6,283: 14th March 7,093 16th March 10,604,19th March 11,120
NELLORE MANTUA
KASHGAR
$:352 10,002
NAGPORE NYANZA MONGOLIA
MACEDONIA
KHYBER
DELTA
MALWA
DEVANHA
NELLORE
2nd April
ቲቲ
161
8.007 270
3,155
10,049
13,853
39th Apri 11th
May
KRIVA
9.138
May 74th May
NYANZA
7,023
MOREA
10.918 24th
KASHMIR
MANTUA
KALYAN
Destination
Marseilles & London
Marauillus, London, Antwerp & R'dam S'gon, Mles, Ldon, H'burg & R'dam Spore, Penang, Colombo, & Borabay Maraeilles & London Marseilles Lgadon
K'dum & Hull
• Awerk Antwerp
Panang, Colombo
bay
Marseilles and London Singapore, Penang. Colombo & Bhay Marseilles, London & Antworp
25th May May Max 0.006. 11th Juno Marseilles and London. 10.902 25th June Marcillen, London & Antwerp
9244 0th July Marseilles, London & Antworp
23rd July Marseilles and London
Penang, Calembo & Bombay
MACEDONIA 11,120:
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pirene, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by atenmurs of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co..
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
SHIRALA
CAMBHIRA TAKADA TALAMBA
7,84 3th March 5,25 18th March 8,349- 24th March 8,010, 31st March
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta
| Singapore, Penang & Calcutta:
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)
*TANDA ST. ALBANS.. ARAFURA
TANDA'
ST: ALBANS
ARAFURA
6,966 4th March 4,500 1st April 3,000
29th April 0,068. 3rd Jund 4,500 1st July
8,000 28th July
Calls at Kolambugan
Marila. Sandakan, Iloilo, Thursday Island, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney
& Melbourne
Regular monthly sailings from E ongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
The B. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timer, Darwin, or other porta en route as inducement "offers.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
SHIPPING PROSPECTUS.
THE WHITE STAR LINE ISSUE.
Interest in the issue of 2,500,000
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are
The cast includes Buddy, the trained dog, whose intelligence as seen on the screen never fails to bring gasps of wonderment.
All in all, The Devil's Cired is decidedly worth seeing.
AT THE QUEEN'S.
TO-MORROW,
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J. D. Mencarini, Mr. N. Miles, Rev. L. Ramirez, MTB. L. Riedel, '· Mr.. C. A. Slingerland, Miss T: Sunaga,. Mr. and Mrs. G. Weiderman, Mrs. T: Yanada and family, Mr. K. L. Sharman, Mr. G. E. S. Venner, the 6% per cent. Cumulative Prefer- "THE MYSTIC TO-DAY AND
Misses. E. and H. Rosling, Mr. and fence shares of £1 each of the White']
Mrs. A. Irminger and family, Mr. Star Line runs high. Offered at
Yêu Lin-quan Mr 5. Yuslngco Ma par, the shares are guaranteed as One of the most aensational Mr. and Mrs. G. Aldamiz, Mr. R. JE
P de Urmeneta, Mr. G. M. Eadie, to capital and dividend by the underworld film dramas ever flash-Angus, Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Balls, Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, ed on the screen is "The Mystic" Mrs. W. A. Beasley, Mr. J. E. Ogle, of the authorised capital of adapted from Tod Browning's ex- Mr. Utoomal Naroomal, Mr. Kwan $9,000,000, the Ordinary capital ofposs of crooked mediums and Kit-jeung, Rev. Pierre. Rev. Piedad, £4,000,000 has already, been subdirected by the famous Metro Sister Luitgard, Sister Leopold, Escribed, The company has been Goldwyn-Mayer director.
Sister Lambarle, Mr. A. Button. Mr. formed to acquire from the Inter-) national Mercantile Marine Commany of its most famous crooks pie-T. Nagel, Mr. M. D. Lee, Mr. Woo Browning has given the screen H. P. Crane, Mr. J. W. Maller, Dr.. pany the whole of the share capital tures, but in this one has created Chok-vue, Mr. Chin Sing-klu, Mr., of the Oceanic Steam Navigation a melodrama even surpassing his Mrs. and Miss Hesford, Mr. R. A Company (White Star Line) for "The Unholy Thred" acknowledged Bullock, Mr. B. A. Kuhn, Mr. S. $7,000,000. For the past Ave years by screen critics to be one of the Burgman, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Smith. ended December, 1925, the profits best pictures of the year. of the company, after charging de preciation and Debenture interest and deducting refunds of excess Profits duty, but before charging income tax, have been as follow: 1921, £1,086,814; 1922, £508,574 1929; 2107,133; 1924, 2564,094, and 1925, £851,752; a total of £2,607,867 and an average of £521,578; to which should be added an estimated yearly saving of $200,000, making To pay a per annum £721,573. dividend of 6% per cent. on the ||2,500,000 Preference shares re
HONGKONG, REGISTER.
· Previota. Jūn éste át Oz`date ut
"The Mystic" shows how fake. clairvoyants and fake mediums dupe the publie and gull grief- stricken people. The film in no way reflects. on honest, religious bodies with sincere convictions re- garding spirit communication, but Barometer... 39.38 exposes fakers In league with Temperaruto criminals.
Humidity.... The story opens in Europe, where an American crook meats a gypsy
Direction of
Wind medium, who is also a crook in a petty way. They journey to Force America together, where New York Weather........
The Union 3.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Newquires the yearly sum of £162,500, City offers a rich field for their Rain
Zealand, Vancouver, San Franciaco, etc..
The P. & G. Royal Mall steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P. & O. Branch, Service of steamora, to London via the Cape,
The
surplus assets (without contemplated campaign of extor goodwill) of the Royal Mail Steamtion and larceny. The love interest" Packet Company available for the supplied, by a romance which de guarantee, as at December 81velops between the mystic and the
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE
AMERICAN MAIL LINE
(Admiral Oriental Line)
JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC
SERVICE
A Regular Weekly Sailing: TO SAN FRANCISCO OR SEATTLE. THE PRESIDENT LINERS' TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU,
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
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“THE SUNSHINE BELT""
Tuesday,
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON PRESIDENT GRANT..... PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT JACKSON. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
Mar. 1st 7.00 x.m. Mar. 18th
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
Mar. 29th
Tuesday,
Apr. 12th
Tuesday
Apr. 26th
Thereafter, Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.
HONG KONG TO EUROPE
SPECIAL LOW RATES.
Via San Francisco or Sentile. £120 £112
H
DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL 'ATLANTIC LINES
Choice of railway lines across United States: and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for Sightseeing.. Ask for information. Following are suggested Itiner- Aries:--
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TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA”
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
"THE FAST SHORT ROUTE”
| PRESIDENT LINCOLN
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE PRESIDENT TAFT ..... PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
Thereafter Fortnightly Sail
Wednesday, Mar 9th... Wednesday, Mar. 23rd. Wednesday, Apr. 6th. Wednesday,
Apr. 20th. Wednesday, May on Wednesdays.
TO EUROPE AND NEW YOR
4th
VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ—– PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA NAPLES
—GENOA-MARSEILLES,
Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.
Tuesday, Mar. 1st 6.00 a.m.
Mar. 15th 8.00 am
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
·Mar. 29th
6.00.a.m.
.Tuesday,
Apr. 12th 8,00 am.
Tuesday,
Apr. 26th 8:00a.m.
Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays."
30.1420.19
PRESIDENT WILSON
54
60
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
PRESIDENT HAYES
67:
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.Mar.
Mar. 1st
tet.
6:00 am. 6.00 p.m.
Mar. 7th
8:00 p.m.
Mar. 15th
8.00 a.m.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and 1925, after providing for all liabili American crook. Alleen Pringle is open f Temperature on the st
London via Pañoma Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
Shanghai, Moji and Koba
GAMBHIRA
5,257 28th Feb.
Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
p.nz.
MACEDONIA
11,120
4th March
TAKADA
6,947
6th March
ST. ALBANS
4,500
KHYBER
9,114
TALAMBA
DEVANHA LAFORE
MALWA DELTA ARAFURA
JEYPORE NELLORE KHIVA
NYANZA MOREA TANDA
8.018
8th March
11th March 12th March
8,156 13th
March
15252 27th March/
10,980
8,007 10 April 8,000 6th April 7,048 12th April 0,963
15th April
9,235. 15th April
7,023 29th April
10.063 29th April
Moji, Kobe & Osaka
Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji and Kobe Kobe
Shanghal, Moji and Kobe
Shanghai, Moll & Kobe Shanghai, Moji & Kobs. Shanghai, Moji & Kobo
Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
and "Koba Moj
Boji
and Kobe
Moji and Kobe Shanghai, Moll & Kobe. Shanghai, Moji & Kobo
6,258. 3th May Moji, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama
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Ali, dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
*Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses: ́at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries. Parcela measuring not more thàn 2% ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be, received: at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to selling. **
For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etni, apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agenta.
P. & O. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
“BLUE FUNNEL” - LINE.
* (OCEAN S.S. CO, LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LILA
AMAND
AMERICAN & MANCHUKIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & RUCKNALL BE CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
99. "PELEUSM
Via Sues Canni
8.S. "CITY OF BRISTOL"
8.8. "ATREUST
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6.8. "TEUCER" "
28th February,
5th March..
· 25th March. 8th Avril
at AS
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
ties, amounted to £11,961,499. The and Conway Tearle have the fea- surplus assets (without goodwill)tured roles and are supported by a of the Oceanie Steam. Navigation cast of famous character actors,, Company,
December 31 including. Mitchell Lewis, Gladys 1925, after providing for all liabiliHulette, David Torrence, Robert ties, amounted to £6,689,849. The Ober, Stanton Heck, and De Witt company's Debentures then
out. Jennings, standing included 21,102,200. 41⁄2 per cent. Debentures, repayable at the rate of £125,000 per annum, and 2725,000 41⁄2 per cent, Debentures deposited with bankers to secure Itä- account. The financial results of the company for last year have not yet been ascertained, but naturally, with the incidence of the coal strike, they cannot equal those of the preceding year. The opinion of so eminent an authority as Lord Kylsant (chairman of the White Star and the Royal Mail) that is it fully justifiably to look to more prosperous times for shipping in the near future will make the Issue unusually appealing to investors.
The Balap "Gambhira” left Singapore for this port on Feb. 18, P., and is due here on Feb. 26,
about 7.a.m.
The Ben Ling 8.8. Banavon" from Middlesbro Antwerp, Lon- doo, Straits and Phillpenes, is due to arrive here un March 2
The m.v. Delk?” (Swedish East Asiatic Co., Ltd Jeft Antwerp on Jan. 25, and is que, here on or about March 2.
CHINA BORNEO SHIPPING CO.
HONG KONG BORNEO ROTAL, MAIL SERVICE
To Sandakan, "Tawau, "Semporna, and Lahad Datu,sfhana
Returning via Sandakan, Jambongam and Jesselton
Lavast open alt Tamperature on the # vd-áb
T. F. OLAKTON,
- Director. Kervatory, Feb. 25, 1927"
and for-b-blue y C finder weather, the letters
cloudy: ddrizzle; flögn Pag mist; overcast: Pompassi chowemur q=#equalls; Train: tthunder.
Mar. 15th: 6.00 p.m.
For Passenger and Freight Rates apply t
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GENERAL AGENTS.
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Telephone Central 2477, 2478. & 795.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.
Codes Used: A1, A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering: First and Second Edition;
Western Union and Walking.
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T. S. S. “SIANG WO"
Steamers proceed vis Buez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Option":
Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to:-
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