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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 1927.
"EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND." 'SUNNING" SAILS TO-DAY.
SOME OF THE TOURISTS ON ONCE MORE IN COMMISSION.
BOARD.
FURTHER DETAILS.
The Empress of Scotland, which as mentioned yesterday, has arrived once again in Hong Kong in the course of a World cruise, left dock yesterday morning and berthed at the Kowloon, wharver,
Among the 412 tourists on board the magnificiant liner are many well-known Britishers, including the following, who have not been previously mentioned:-
Mr. P. Shaw-Jeffrey. M.A., Ox- ford University lecturer and In- spector of Schools to H.M. Board
of Education.
Mr. G. Shrubsall, managing director of an insurance company Croydun.
AFTER BEING THREE MONTHS
LAID UP...
The 18. Sunning, belonging to the China Navigation Co., which was pirated on November 15th, while on the way from Amoy to Hong Kong, is once more in com-
mission. She has been laid up for nearly three months, following the piracy, and undergoing, extensive repairs pecessary on account of the damage caused by fire. She sails at 6 am. to-day for Shanghai,
PORTER AS-HEIR TO THRONE
REMARKABLE IMPOSTURE IN GERMAN TOWNS.
as
GULLIBLE PEERS AND PEASANTS.
&
Harry Domala, who was arrested by the police at Cologne as he was on, the point of leaving for Metz recruit for the Foreign Legion, had a meteoric career of imposture which was certainly brit liant if it was but comparatively brief.”
HOUSEMAID MARRIES
MILLIONAIRE.
AGED MAN RINGS FOR HER
AND PROPOSES.
BRIDE SAYS "IT SEEMS LIKE A DREAM.”
New York, January 9th. A comely housemaid, Anna Mary Shiels after dusting the Furniture for 14 years in the palatial country home of Mr. Frank W. Savin, an aged millionaire, yesterday doffed her uniform, donned her wedding
gown master.
and was married to her
Mr. Sayin is T8 and is the second oldest member of the New York Ex- change
The story told by his 10-year-old bride is that he rang for her three days ago, and, when she appeared in his study, he suddenly said: "I a old and need companionship. Will you marry me! You will then have only me to look after instead of dusting."
Breathless Answer.
CHURCH NOTICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
... HONG KONG FEBRUARY 137, 1997, Septuagesims
Sunday Holy Communion at 8 ami-Choral. Halina at 11am.m
Proscher-Rev. B. Cannell.
Erensong at 8 pm,
Proscher Bar. F. Yates, ö.r.
WEDNESDAY, February 15th
Dedication of Be Constructed Organ ak
5.43 p.. FRIDAY, 18th at 5 45 p.za." :-
Organ leci al
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UNION CHURCH. (KENNEDY HOLD).
Bunday School at 9.45am. BUZDAY SERVICES, February 13th- Morning Service at 10.30 am. P.B.A.
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Hymns: 42, 747, 336, 188 and 553,
in Lecture Hall at 4 p.m. - Address by Mr. Ingram of th
YMCA
Evening Service at 6p.ží, kv
Hymns: 315, 294, 734 and 679, Communion at 7.-Open to
'Christinna.
Preacher both Morning and Evening
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ROAD TRAM STATION........
Rev. J. Kirk Maconachio.
By a very sudden transition be Captain James Pringle, who was passed from the humble occupation in command of the vessel at the of a coal porter to the personation time of the piracy, will again mail of the eldest son of the ex-Crown as master. There has been one or Prince. In the latter capacity he two changes in the personnel of the appeared in an Erfurt hotel, the other officers of the steamer. Both proprietor of which had amassed the Chief and 2nd Officers have to a fortune during the war by cater- Mr. William Sydney Smith, men ber of Lloyda, London.
remain in Hong Konk for the pre-ing for one of the biggest prisoners' J.P., Brown, blencher, dyer and faisher, Glast to give evidence in the case of camps.
At first Domela put up at this gow. Member of the Glasgow the two remaining suspects now be Licensing Appeal Court and of the ing heard at the Central Magis eriäblishment merely
tracy, and have also to attend 'be Korff, and it has not yet been made Council of Renfrewshire.
La-Col. H. F. Burton, retired Indian Army officer, Kew Gardens fore the Commission of Inquiry, quite clear whether the ascent in Mrs. Colin H. Campbell, Win- The Chief Engineer, Mr. Johratatus originated with himself or nipeg, widow of the late Hon. Colin Cormack, has been transferred to in the obsequious speculations off its broad acres, and its seven motor Monday and Friday, 10 am, to 19ND;
another ship, and is at present in his hout. When, however, Shanghai.
Mr. Robert S.
H. Campbell, K.C., attorney gen eral of Manitoba. Provincial Pre- sident of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire.
Mrs. Winnifred E. Murray, widow of the late Dr. Montague Murray, F.M.C.P., of London.
Archdeacon and Mrs. Paterson- Smyth, of Montreal.
Mrs. Annie S. Barroll, Bourno- mouth, widow of the late Dr. Bar- roll, R.A.M.C.
Mr. Frederick Batchelor, former president of the Royal Institute of Irish Architects, F.R.I.B.A., F.H.A. Dr. A. E. Hart, surgeon, of Hull. Mr. W. E. Hickman, paper stock and woollen rag merchant, of Leeds.
Mr. R. Lawrence-Heenan, en gineer, of London.
AUGUSTUS LAUNCHED.
астен
She answered somewhat breath- Barony that she would be very glad to do so, and yesterday she moved out of the ærvants' quarters and booms mistress of Winchester Hall, with its many servants, its art treasures,
до
that
cars.
The knot was tied by the Rev. Stanley Belbourne in the presence of all the servants, to whom Mrs. Savin afterwards announced that she would never treat them other than as equals
Earlier in his life Mr. Savin achieved much notoriety because, matrimonially, he suffered a double shipwreck. The newspapers describe him as preferring blondes
SUNDAY SXVina, February 13th, at 11.15 Subject-"SocL"
Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.30
Reading Room at above sådress, open Tassday and Thursday, 8 to 7 p.m.
The Fublic in cordially invited to attend the services and visit the Reading Room.
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SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN
HONG KONG
FOR FEBRUARY, 1997. :
STANDARD TIME OF THE 120th MERIDIAN, EAST OF GREENWICH.
He has adopted two-children," one of whom, Mr. Charles Edy Menroe, 50 years old and white haired, gave the reporters an amua”. ing account of the wedding of "my February 12th...8.58 a.m. new mother."
Mrs. Savin's comment on her pro
It seems like a dream." motion is
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16th...8.55
CONSIGNEE NOTORS.
GLEN LINE LIMITED." NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM UNITED KINGDOM VA PORTS.
*HE Motor Vesao!
"GLENAMOY having arrived from of Cargo
Consignees
the abovs Ports. by her are hereby
informed that Goods aro
bring
landed at their risk into the hazardous
PRINCE, LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
From NEW YORK,
HE Motor Vessel
ม
CHINESE PRINCE*
having arrived from the above Port
and/or extra badaniour Godewar of the ca 5th instant, Consigaces of Cargo Kong and Kowloon Wharf and are hereby informed that their Goods and/or from the wharves, Delivery Godowns of the Hong kong and Kowkben
Wha
arf and Godown Company, Limited, may be obtained.
Goods not cleared by the 18th Febru- Kowloon, and stored as Consigaves ary, 1997, st Noon, will be abject risk and expense. to Fent.
All broken, shafed and damaged Packages are to be left in the Godowne where they will be examined in the presence at Consignees by Goddard and Douglas on 17th February, 1927. At 10
Claims against the Steamer including those for Cargo
be presented on Special Form provided, and must sie be submitted within 30 days of arrival otherwise they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever.
bort
delivered
must
Bill of Lading will be counterigned by JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
Agrats. Hong Kong, 11th February, 1927.
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SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS,
-OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.
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19th...6.33,
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noised about is numerous Tour ingian towns that the heir to the German Imperial Throne was living LARGEST MOTOR SHIP IN in their midst, Domela was
beset by people yearning to be WORLD.
gulled that he would, perhaps, have been more than human if he had failed to avail himself of their of folly.
Courts ** The rival GENEOA, December 14th. Weimar and Gotha ravived their The largest motor ship in the dormant emulations is doing him The managers of, what world, Augustus, built for the honour. Navigazione Generale Italiana, were once the Grand Ducal theatres which was successfully launched arranged "gala" performances for from the Ansaido Shipbuilding his edification. Counts sad bareng Yard at Sestri Ponente recently, who once warmed themselves in the was named by Signorina Edda close rays of princely satellites of Mussolini, daughter of the Primo "the German Emperor invited him The vessel bas & dis to shoot on their estates and enter. Minister. placement of 32,000 tona, is 218.75 tained him with regal fare.
Socialists On His Tracks. metres long, and 25.50 metres wide. The height of the bridge is 29.86
Unfortunately for him, it was The
four vessel bas
'impossible to prevent his escapade Dr. J. E. Hetherington, physician, pietres.
M.A.N. Savoia Diesel engines, from assuming political colour. Cody, N.B., Canada. Ex-speaker
41,000 .h.p. The Socialists discovered House of Assembly, Ex-Provincial which give a power
the Prince was associating in Secretary-Treasurer, ex-acting Min- The engines work four
weighing six tons each. The con- ister of Lands and Mines.
tract speed will reach about 21 auspicious intimacy with prominent Mr. William H. Payne, incor-knots. The vessel will be fitted with Reichswehr officers, and the For- porated accountant, of London.
two funnels, 44 metres in height, waris sounded an alarm That wea
probably
the fatal blow to Domela's] Mr. F. X. Flaunt, lumber mer with two masts measuring 68 metres role as the future Raiser" in the
The hull is built of steel and divid- casat, of Ottawa
ed into fourteen water-tight com. Thuringian capitals He vanished partments by 12 strong steel bulk as suddenly a he had appeared, part there is a double bottom deeply lamented by a crowd of de- running, uninterruptedly from stem luded creditors, most of whom, to poop. The exact weight of the doubtless, richly deserved to suffer Dr. George Luck Galpia, doctor hall when launched reached 12,000 for their credulity.
Domala, however, had got too se ordeal. about tons The vessel will carry
The story of their grim adventare The Steamship “BENALDER.”- of medicine, of Cape Town.
NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby Edmund Gardner, J.P., hard-2,800 passengers, and 500 persona of customed to the ways of "high so- wood merchant, of Liverpool.
Informed that all Goods are being the crew. Passenger accommodatiety to surrender them without was told by four of the men at classe de luxe" à struggle. He transferred the scene Aberdeen, where they arrived in a Mr. Harry Southcott, manufaction will include
first, second and third classes, with of his operations to the Rhineland, trawler en route for Germany. The
and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the turer, of St. Catherins, Ontario. luxurious publie rooms. The third where, in Cologus and other towns, and other members of the crew had landed at their risk into the hazardous The Germans ship, the Island Hong Kong and Kewloon Wharf and Ald R. Spark, J.F., Stockton-on-class has the same accommodation de managed to live in comfort for gone home. by other vessala. Tees, Ex-Mayor of Borough and as the second class, and practically some weeks by passing himself off
Prince Lioren, from the was returning to Gestemunde, her Godown Co., Ltd, whance and/or from
the harres, Delivery may be obtained.
No Olsame will be admitted after the proprietor R. Spark and Son, Ltd., all steerage is eliminated. The caterers and confectionera,
builders of the vessel have taken Russian Baltic Provinces, who, registered port, with a large catch,
Gooda ramaining and
andelivered after the Mr. William B. Holt, managing the greatest care in providing largs though impoverished by the revolu- when she went on a reef on the even-Good are left the Godorus, al
hugs hole in ber bull, and as 14th instant, will be subject to Bent director of Blackpool Entertain- promenade spaces. There are several tion, would soon come into his owning of the 13th inst. The rock tore
water poured into the engine-room All Claims
ims against the Shoafer mart menta, Ltd., Blackpool.
holds, which will carry about 2,200 again, and richly reward those who cubic metres of goods, and each held had befriended him with credit.
Mr. E. Blakesley Layman, direc tor of a public company, of Bickley. Mr. William A. Lewis, cigar merchant, of Cardif.
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Wrecked on the eastern coast" of the White Bea, the crew of a Ger- man trawler struggled for hours through the intense cold and Arctic At times neck inmow, their feet gloom before they won to safety bruised by boulders, they stumbled on in their search for assistance,
AND STRAITS. brought them through and it was sheer desperation which FLOW LEFTH, ANTWERP, LONDON
a
terrible
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS. LIMITED.
Mr. E. C. Cattanach, King's will be served by large batches. Unluckily for hins, the fame of his and cabins the vessel listed, and be presented to the Undersigned on or Mr. N. A. Cooper, building con. Refrigerated spaces both for meats carlier and more illustrious exploit within a few minutes began to sink before the 28th instant, or they will not
Counsel, of Toronto.
tractor, of Barnes
of
Mr. J. M. Doughty, metal works, furnishing and decorations, London.
Mr. David Greenwood, merchant, of Cardif.
Mr. Edward B. Wardle, chief engineer Laurentide Co., Ltd. (paper) and of Laurentide Power Co., Ltd., Grand Mere, Quebee,
Canada.
Cap T H. Worsnop, J.P., F.R.G.6, Kamloops, B.C.. CLOS dian delegate to the 14th Inter national Congress of Navigation, Cairo, Egypt, 1928
Suez Canal Toll.
and fruits will also be provided.
As the vessel left the ways and glided into the water tremendous cheers were raised by the crowd of
others
present.
workmen and Biguer Ciano, Minister of Commu bications, made a speech in which he congratulated the staff of the Ansaldo yard on their grand work, and Signorina Mussolini was pre- sented with a beautiful necklace of
aquamarines and pearls.
LONDON'S MOTOR COACH STATION.
LIKE AN OLD-WORLD INN.
To pass the Empress of Scotland through the Suez Canal, tells aggre- Plans have been completed for gating 25,242.64 were disbursed, building London's first motor coach an average of 81.33 for each of her station, to be opened early in June 18,202 net toas. A net ton is a at Brixton, with facilities for em- hundred cubic feet of carrying barking about 1,000 people simul-
taneously.”
врасе.
Soaked To The Skin.
proved an insuperable embarrass by the stern. ment in his less ambitious persona- tion, and he was driven to asek sanctuary from the consequences of hir impostures in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion.
When arrested Domela proved to be in anything but a penitent mood. Far from denying the truth of the charges made against him, he was much more inclined to boast of his exploits and the success with which he had induced former Court func- tionarica to believe him to be a Prince of the Imperial blood.
FRANCE SENDS IN A BILL
DATED 1803. PRISONERS' DEBTS TO OFFSET
WAR LOAN.
Bills runs up by British prisoners in France 100 years ago are being put forward as & reason why France Great Britain: should not pay her war debt to Seven hundred British subjects
Scrambling down the sloping deck the crew launched the small boat. They reckoned the approximate direction of the coast, and the wea ther being good, despite a alight haze, they reached land an hour Later, several of them soaked to the skin, others with only a few clothes hurriedly put on, and the captain without boots
Feeling in varying degrees the in- tense cold, they set out to walk inland. Sharp stones on the shore bruised their feet, and further on large boulders slowed their progress until they were nearly numbed.
Then a cliff, its crevices whiten- ed with snow, loomed above them. How they climbed this obstacle none ordeal was accomplished by, sheer of them could tell, except that the desperation. This success, however, infused hope, and the Pontinued. by the footsore captain,
Jed
There was no track or sign of human habitation, nothing but a white expanse extending into the
darkness. The men stumbled for- ward, sometimes neck-deep in anow, and their clothes were almost stiff
Of the 400 passengers, 61 per cent. The station, which is, being built and Boyle belong to the fair sex. Their by Messrs. Keith average age is 49.88 years, the (London), Limited, in to have a youngest being and the eldest 77.90lt. frontage oit Efra Road, op- Though 68 per cent. of the per- posite Lambeth Town Hall, and is were interned in Verdun in 1803, sonnel are Americans and & bulk of the remainder British subients to resemble an old-time coaching and during the following eleven with frost. there are niso citizens of Mexico, an adapted to modern conditions. There wil be an open space of Denmark, Switzerland,
Sweden, 50ft. between the road and the front Holland and Chile aboard. There of the building, which will be on the
years they shot, hunted, raced gave amateur theatricals, and lived on the, fat of the land, paying for thair indulgencies with money lent.
Hope At Last.
are sixteen less than 20 years of Age and 32 in their twenties," while model of a 15th-century timbered to them by local banks, shopkeepers, found. It was deserted, but inside there are 112 in their fifties and structure. Entrance to the station and private individuals.
will be through an old-fashioned 104 in their sixties.
Golf archway, and the coaching at
Then, after three hours, as one or two were on the point of collapse, a fisherman's wooden hut was the men kindled a fire from loose It was calculated that in 1814, planking. The heat revived them, when they were released, the British though no food could be found in the place. Soon they resumed their Club on board are 37 players who phere of days gone by will be fur bad run up a bill for £160,000. In! are playing on the various golf, ther fostered by a number of mock 1888 a French priace calculated that search for assistance through the
In the Round-the-World
call.
"atables.
Balcony And Al.
courses in the porta of To date they have played at Nice
The interior of the station is to on the French Riviera, Naples, Cairo, Bombay, Colombo, Batavia, he lighted on the roof-lantern prin ciple, and round it will run a 12ft. Java and
Staff Singapore
N. Stuart of wide balcony from which people will the Empres
Scotland won his be able to watch the arrival and de. of Victoria Cross and his D.3.0, in parture of travellers. Below will the Great War. He commanded the be cloakrooms waiting rooms, book, mystery ship, Pargust, that sank a tobacco, and fruit shops, all on the submarine after his decoy ship had old-time plan. been torpedoed and he later saved U.8. destroyer after she had been torpedoed, for which he was given the U.S. Navy Cross
The Empren of Scotland sails for Shanghai to-morrow night at ton o'clock, s
Motor-coacher will line up accord ing to their destinations facing the ten exits, all of which will be low archways leading into a side street, and provide sufficient accommoda tion for between 30 and 40 to be loaded at price.
..
be
recognized.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godown where they will lo examined on Fri- day, 11th instant, at 10 am.
All Claims must be presented within Fifteen days of the Tessel's arriva here. hers, after which data they cannot be recognized.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Gooda remsicing undelivered after the 12th instant, will be subject to Bent. No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned
by
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD., : 2nd Floor, King's Building.--
Connaught Road, Telephone No. $165.
King Kong, 5th February, 1997. [4520
-DRY DOCKS,
THE TAIKOO
DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.
Length 787-Feet.
Length on Blocks 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of SI (K.W.0.S.T.) 34 ft. 6 ima -THREF· SLIPWAYS.-.
Capable of Handling Ships. Up to
8,000 Tons Displacement ·
Electric Crane at Ses Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Rading
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,
HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN,"
TEL. ADDRESS: "Tarxoddoux, HONGKONG." TELEPHONE NO. 212.
CALL FLAG: "0” OTER "ANS. PENNANT."
TO XXV RSNUK KEMIDT.
are to be left in the Godowns, where theyTHERAPION NO. wil mined on the 14th instant THERAPION NO. 2 THERAPION No. 3
at 10 m.in.
No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GLEE, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
4.genta Hong Kong, 17th February, 1927.,
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#1 for Bladder Catarrho. Il Bood & Dia 2o. for Chronie West, BOLE IT SARĄ VERMOËTARINS, PERON ZY BOULANS, 26. D2, 11 CZSA Ms Co, Havnsbook Rd K,Wal, London, EN MAIL FROM 30, BECKY W., KES YOur Cary cz 4, WEST REKA, Six Premisen
ON SALE.
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●OUND VOLUMES of the HONG
BONGO LUME OF DRESS January to June, 1958.
WITH INDEX, Price-$7.50,
On sale at the HONG KONG DAILY
PRESS Office.
The HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK
COMPANY,
LIMITED.
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Western Union and Watkins.
Dock Owners, Bhip Builders, Marine and Land Engineers. Boiler Makers;
Iron and Brass Founders; Forge Masters, Electricians.
Steel Twin-Screw Ocean-going Tug and Salvage Steamer
the amount owing, reckoned as com long, cold drawn that preceded the pound interest, would represent a brief daylight, but not a single capital sum of £120,000 for each in- living thing was met.
The snow clogged their steps, but habitant of Verdun.
This sensational discovery is they held on, and hours passed un- the Franco-English til the twilight had advanced, credited to writer, M. Stephane Lauzhane. M. though dimly, and then they strug- Foincaré has been advised in his gled to the top of a steep hill in legal capacity to accept the brief the snow covered plain. Below a in the case, but he is hardly likely few buildings were huddled to-
gether, and a man came to agree to the fantastic proposal.
skiing In the report to the Senate of the across the slope to the weary fisher Built, engined and equipped complete by The Hongkong & Whampos Dock Co., Ltd, Borgkong, for their own Budget estimates M. Lonis Dansect men, whom he led with friendly service, 1921. Length 165 B.P., Breadth 84' (m), Depth 17 (m), 1.E.F. 2,000. Fitted with circtrically driver estimates the total French national gestures to the village. When they rubmersible and centrifugal pumpe, air compressor, wireless, searchlight and all modern appliances for Salvaga W.zko. debt as approximately 470,248,000,000 recovered, a week later, the Ger,
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager, equivalent to mane were taken to a seaport, paper francs 11782,000,000, about a quarter of whence compatriot trawlers fook Great Britain's national debt. them home.
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Henry Keswick
~R. M. DYER,' B.Be, M.I.N.A., KOWLOON DOCK, Huse & 113,
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