.
A Cuisine You'd Choose
Were It Available Ashore Those crisp salads, delicious vegetables and fresh fruits that you like so well! Every meal aboard the President Liners is a delight. The cuisine has won for these giant ships a world- wide reputation for excellence,···
The magnificent President Linees are broad of beam and exceptionally steady, All are all burners, swift express liners.
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting,
All accrooms are outside, splendidly furnished, and equipped with body-not. berths. Each toont has hoe and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos bottles and reading lamps. Frivate bath and showers in connection with many rooms perfect the travel comfort of these giant passenger liners.
The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adds a c your dining.
The decks are spacious, The Glass-chclosed Promenade always popular. Dock sports, open air swimming pool, movies, evening dances-everything has been dont to make your trip a happy co. Unexcelled anywhere is the courteous and efficient servien accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Lipers
The great frequency of sailings and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dollar Steamship and American Mail Lines have made these giant passenger liners oszt«, scandingly popular among travelers,
it
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
TO SAN FRANCISCO and
LOS ANGELES
The Junshine Balt via. Honolulu Fortnightly sellinga anı Tutadaya
res, Oloveland ...Then, Supt. 27th Pres. Piarco... Teas, Oct.
1ich
Fres. Tait...Tues., Oct. 25th Pres. Jafferson.. ..Tas, Nov. 8th
TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA
The Short, Straight Rouse to America
Fortnightly sailings on Wodnesdays
{་
Pres. Lincoln Wed., Sept. Flat, 1a.m. ́ Pres. Madison ... Wed, Oct. 3th Pres. Jackson...Wed., Oct. 19th Prex. McKinley...Wed, Nov: 2nd
Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £120, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges för sight-seeing.
To EUROPE and NEW YORK
.ROUND THE WORLD
Fortnightly silinga on Tuesdaya via Maslia, Straita, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Boston and New York
.
Pras. Mource....Tues., Sept. 27th,5 a.m. | Prez. Hayes... Tues., Nov. 8th, 6a.m. Fren. Wilson....Tue., Oct. Lith, 6am. Pras. Polk.....Tues., Nov.22nd 88.11. Prer, Van Buren Thes., Oct. 25th, 88.nu. Pres. Adamos ...Tues., Dec! &tà,8am. To MANILA Pres, Cleveland .. Sept. 19th, 6 p.u. Pres. Monroe ...Sept. 27th, 8 .. Prer. Madron.dept 27th, P.
Prot. Pierce......Oct. 3rd, 6 p.m. Pres. Wilson......Oct. 11th, e am Pres. Jackson....Oct. 11th, 6 p
For Bookings. Pasomizer and Freight Information Apply to Hong Kong and Shanghal Bank Building, Ground Floor
Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795
Cable Address “Dollar”·
Dollar Steamship Line
and
American Mail Line
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
INCLEMENS
HUGO STINNES LINIEN
COMBINED FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. CABIN CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR 30 PASSENGERS. FÅRE FROM HONG KONG TO GENOA¬£73. 0». 04.
OUTWARD.
Sailings from Europe for Shanghai and Northern Ports :---
S.B. "HESSEN" S.S.BACHSEN" 8.8. PREUSSEN"
M.8. RAMSES" M.S.ERYLAND"
HOMEWARD.
***
VIT
... dae here on or about the 27th Sept.
... dus here on or about the 17th Oct. ... due here on or about the 25th Oct. duo here on or about the 7th Nov, due here on or about the 23rd Nov.
Sailings for Europe via Manila, Singapore,
Colombo & Port Said:-
18.8. "ADOLF VON BAEYER" sailing from here on or about the 19th Sept.
8.8. "SAARLAND"
* 8.8. "EVIL KIHDORF
18.8. "HESSEN ";
+8.8. "SCHEER"
18.8. "BACHSEN' 18.8. "FBIUSSEN”.
MS." BAMSES"
sailing from here on or about the 28th Sept. ... sailing from here on or about the 23rd Oct. ...sailing from here on or about the 1st Nor, ... sailing from here on or about the 10th Nov, sailing from here on or about the 15th Nov. ... sailing from here on or about the 29th Nov, ....sailing from here on or about the 20th Dec.
Calling at Genos, Rotterdam and Hamburg, †Calling at Rotterdam and Hamburg,
For Freight, Passage and further Particulars please apply to
JEBSEN & CO.
12. Pedder Street..
ON SALE.
· Tel.: 0.52225)
Tel 0, 4754.
*ECERERE KORUNA ANN XES
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 1927.
PRECIOUS, BLOOD CONVENT
ANNUAL BAZAAR TO BE HELD SHORTLY.
HELPING A GOOD CAUSE.
Situated at Shaukiwan, the Pre-F elous Blood Convent, is an institu- tion which has been founded for a
BELGENLAND'S" CAPTAIN CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
RETIRES.
ADVENTURIOUS SEA »
CAREER.
MASTER FOR 28 YEARS WITH. OUT MISHAP.
"GLEN." LINE, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM UNITED KINGDOM V PORTS.
THE Steamship ParMOUTH, August 17th.
**CARMARTHENSHIRE“
few score of years by a noble band Line, was at Plymouth last Tues. Consignees of Cargo by her aro bereby' The Belgealand, of the Red Star baring arrived from the shore Ports
attention for the pairse-worthy work dny, with Captain Themas Howell i landed at their risk into the hazardous informed that all Goods are being
of Chinese Sisters, deserves public
it has been doing for a great num- ber of poor and needy Chinese women and children of the Colony All these unfortunate people look upon the institution as their home. Therein, they are provided with a fair means of living besides being taught to understand the gospel.
Branch convents and schools found. ed in Kowloon and other parts of the Province show the extension of the activities of the institution. The Sisters are to be complement. ed, they devote their lives to the administering, educating and shel tering of these people.
As the cost of living is increas ing the Sisters are, therefore obliged to hold a bazaar annually in order to be able to carry on their work.
The Bazaar will take place on October 8th and 9th, at the Catholic Young Men's Society, 16, Caine Read, under the presidency of the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotswall, C.M.G. Tickets at 1 and 2 are issued in exchange for souvenirs. It is to be hoped that it will receive a cratify. ing response from the public in disposing of the tickets so as to make the bazaar a success.
ITINERANT' MOVIE.
B.A.T. ENTERPRISES.
A NOVEL WAY OF
MAN WAS.
ADVERTISING.
ca her bridge for the last time.
If he needed any reminder yes terdag it was at hand in the person of Captain W. A. Morehouse, who has been selected to take command of the beautiful vestel. Captain Morchque was making a trip to Antwerp as a passenger in the liner of which he is so shortly to take charge.
To give up the sea after 46 years is, naturally, a wrench, but Capt. Howell has chosen to retire a couple of months before he reached the age limit of 60. Still, he was hot at the end of the bridge yesterday when the tender cast off for the counded the parting salute on the thore, but with his own hand he Belgenland's "whistle,
Howell spent eleven years in sailing In his long career afloat Captain vessels and has been in command of steamships for 5 years without a single accident.
Successful Manoeuvre. · Howwas once chipwrecked in a 750-ton bark called the Stankope on Roderiques Island in the Indian Ocena, where the natives, who look- ed extremely fierce, were very kind.
le imdined there a month until a vessel came and took him to Mauritius.
A more thrilling, adventure oc- curred when Captain Howell was mate of a clipper ship that was driven to the south of Cape Horn and sailed into a horseshoe of lecbergs in a fog. He was en deck when the fog lifted, and, going up the main rigging, he saw that the ship was in the midst of immense bergs for a distance of 20 miles One giant iceberg was close to the, port how and towered above the foremasthead.
Jonate,
and/or extra bazardous Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company, Limited, whence. and/or from the wharves, Delivery
be obtained. September, 1927, at Noon, will
Goods not cleared by the 23rd subject to Rent.
be
broken, chafed and damaged Packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined in the presence of Consignees by Makars. Goddard and Douglas, on 3d Septem ber, 1997,
7, at 10 am. Claims against the Steamer including there for Cargo short delivered must be presented on the Special Form provided, and must also otherwise they will not be recognised. be submitted within 90 days of prtiral
No Fire Insurance will be effected by na in any case whatever.
Bille
of Lading will be countersigned ARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
Agents,
Bong Kong, 16th Sept., 1997. [5329
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS,
LIMITED.
Fox LEITH, MIDDLESBRO',
ANTWERP. LONDON
STRAITS,
AND
The Steamship "BENAVON."
ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hose Kore D KOWLOON WHARY AND CORN COMPANY, LTD, whence, and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.
21st s
AN
No Claims will be admitted after they Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the
be presented to the Undersigned on or
will be abject to Hext.
against the Steamer must before the 5th October, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be aramined on
the 21st instant, at 10
On the Praya East reclamation an open air mevie show took place last night. Thousands of
Realizing, that the iceberg was. Chinese crowded around to sec Max he retarded to the poop and advis likely to fall and crush the ship, Linder in the "Main Girl.ded the captain to tack. She can topical budget of the recent not do it," said the older man. penings in China.
No admission She must," responded the was charged, which made one wou der who the philanthropic show-
"or we'll all go to Davy,
The maneuve was safely carried out, and as the clipper studded towards the open seas the tall berg toppled with a tremendous crash The hundreds of toas into the sea. of ice would have crushed the sail-
vessel like an egg. is first command
WAS the Ottoman, of Dominion Line, is 1890. Four years later the com- pany was absorbed by the Inter- national Mercantile Marine Cam- pany, in which he has been master of 92 steamships, ending with the Belgenland, which he commanded T
From enquiries made, our repre Bensation was informed by Mr. A. G. Sulind,, of the British American Tobacco Co., that the show was another of the B.A.T. enterprises. The object was to ad- vertise the Premier" cigarettos,
It was indeed a neval and skilful method for after each film screen-
ed, the picture of a packet of this brand of smoke so popular among the Chinese, was thrown on
the silver-screen.
This itinerant "movie" Was com- pactly placed on a motor-lorry with | world. a generator to supply its own elec. tricity.
Last night was the first appear. ance of this run-about picture palace." and the places this show will visit in the course of these frw days will be Yaumati, Pokfulam, Shaukiwan and other convenient entres on the mainland.
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.
The health bulletin of Eastern Ports for the week ending Septem- ber 10th states :--
Plague.
cages n Bassein, 1 care at Bombay. 2 cases at Rangoon,
Cholera.
13 cases at Basrah.
1 se at Bombay.
13 cases at Calcutta
11 cases ut Madras.
1 case at Bangkok.
1J
10 cases at Tourane.
1 case at Macao.
20 cases at Shanghai.
8 cases at Amoy.
Small-fox.
3 cases at Baarah'
1 case at Bombay 3 cates at Sourabaia.
FUN O' THE FAIR.
"ON WITH THE DANCE":
Bertic: Hallo, Gertie! Gertie: Hallo, Bertie!
Bertie: What are you doin'
October 1st.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.. LTD..
Agents. Hong Kong, 15th Sept., 1927. [5323
HAMBURG-AMERIKA DINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Steamship
KIRDORF
on her last cruise around the having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are Anxious War Periods.
being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godowns at Kowloon. where Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed..
During the war Captain Howell was done all over the Seven Seas by tite Admiralty CN slow-moving transports carrying troops to France, Gallipoli and East AfricaNotice has been given prior to Steamer's Optional Cargo will be landed, unless He spent many anxious bours the
arrival. badge dodging enemy submarines. No Claims will be admitted after the The command of the Belgenland Goods have left the Godowns, and all is to devolve on Capt. W. A. More Goods remaining undelivered after the house, who started going to sea nt3nd September, 1927, will be subject to 15 That was 40 years ago. The Rent.
от
JAVA THE WONDERLAND
SPEND YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS
IN JAVA.
BEAUTIFUL HILL RESORTS GLORIOUS SCENERY.
Next Sailings from Hong Kong:
S.S.TJIKARANG"
S.S. TJITAROER”.
S.S. "TJIBODAS"
22nd Sept, to BATAVIA direct.
28th Sept. to BATAVIA direct ...... 13th Oct. to BATAVIA direct.
Special Return Tickets Issued.
For full particulars regarding fares, hotels, motor trips, etc. Apply to-
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
YORK BUILDINE.
Telephone C. 1674.
WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE.“
BLOOD
VETARZO MEDICINE
a
Never before was there anything like it, nor are its marvellous properties tikaly ever to be equalled in diseases arising from impare our shes gut and aspels from the vital surrant every Infiting times of poison.
or Derbyshire Neck, etc. It improves the general health and quickly matter, curing blood and skin diseases, sofalous and glandular swellings, bad laga, abatescu, ulcera, eczema, gout, rheumatism, goitr- removes long-standing bronchitis, asthma and hacking," staining, spasmodic cough, too often the presurade of consumption. LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH US LIVING DEATH-
BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. For Nervous Breakdown and
hronia Weakness..
fst eight years were spent in sail All broken, chafest and damaged Goods VETARZO'
ing ships, and ther he joined the lied Star Line, his fret steamer being the old City of Berlin.
Then he migrated to the White Star Line, and has since command- ed the Delphic, the Jegantic, the Regina, the Pittsburg (now Penn land), the Zerland, and the Lap-
laud.
Capt. Howell will spend his re- tirement at his home in Dines Cross, South Wales.
A TIDAL WAVE IN JAVA, |
SEA ROSE". IN ALARMING
MANNER.
VETARZO" REGULATORS. Safe sed Reliable. English Price 3a. (either remedy). The VETARZO REMEDIES Co, apel Oak, NW, London, Eng. Unprinsipled Dealers may try to I vou something else for extrs profit do not accept it. Insist on bearing YETARIO. The gaznize has words "VETARZO BEMEDIES“
& Government Etamp Bold by LeanNG ĈA HČERMISTI
are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 31st September, 1927. at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas,
All Claims must reach us before the at October, 1927, or they will not recognized
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will countersigned by the Undersigned)
JEBSEN & CO.,
Agents. Hong Kong, 13th Sept., 1927. [3328
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MÁRITIMES.
· CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
BS. "ANGERS."
BRINGING CARGO FROM MARSEILLES, &c.,
Also QANGO Frox BORDEAUX, LA PALLICE.
Ex 2.8. "VENUS" AND CARGO FROM COGNAC, EI BS. PELEO."
.
[121
PODOS
TANDER A MARYBLLOON
OR DIRECT, OH. BELCKX, 18, QUAL YAN DIOX, AKIWERK TROUBLE. ENGLISH RICA 3/-. ALL PEARMACIES PERSPIRATION, BAD ODQUES, AND
FOR BALW
SOME FINI
ALL FOOT
CONSIGNEE NOTICES. | THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER MALWA."
7.
ALLTID HONG KONG of 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1927.
STEAM NAVIGATION Co.
*
BIZAMA FOR STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITER RANEAN PORTS & LONDON.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING Isub Fox BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF. CONTINENTAL AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN · PORTJ.
FROM ANTWERP LONDON GIBRAL THE Sicamstup
TAR. MARSEILLES. MALTA,
·PORTBALD, ADEN, COLOMBO
& STRAITS.
"KIDDERPORE"
Carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this Port on or shop TUESDAY, the TE BEPTEMBER.. 1927 at Noox, taking Cargo for the aboves Ports,
Taluables and Tea" for Italy France and London (under arrangements. of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and B, Godowns st Kowloon, where will be transhipped at Bombay into thei
JONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above
named Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and Wharf and Godown
BATAVIA, Aug 30th. On Tuesday evening the 23rd inst. at about 9 o'clock a remark- able phenomenon was observed on the North coast of West Java, The tea suddenly rose in an alarming manner and reached the steps of the Yacht Club, whilst the bathing place Zandvoort "was complete ly under water. The sea rose 95 c. (37 inches) above the Highest JONSIGNEES are hereby informed water mark registered so far. After of Opium, Treasure and Vainables are that their Goods with the exception ten minutes it fell about 20 c, and finally returned to the normal being landed and stored into the Godawas placed AT TERI RISE in the Hong Kong on level. The tidal wave was accom and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence Company'
panied by a heavy wind and rain Delivery may be obtained immediately each Consignment will be sorted out squalls. As soon as the sex reached after landing its highest level the canals carrying
Mark by Mark and Delivery can be must be sent in to me on or obtained as the Goods are landed. the sewage alan became fonded with refere Therewall set be recorders Gertic: What for?
the result that, various kampongs 1927, or
Options Goods will be landed here be recognized... Bertie: To dance for the M.C.L.became inundated Needless to say
onless Instructions have been given to Damaged Fackages will be examined by the contrary Sir hours before arrival of Gertie: What d' you mean t the inhabitants were greatly alarm the Company's Surveyor, Blesers. the Starmer.
that ed and they congregated in groups Goddard & Douglas in the presence outside their houtes with arms of the Consignees at 10 am on raised to the skies praying for the Monday, the 13th September, 1927. fall of the water. In the harboure
No Fire Insurance will be effected by the water nearly reached the edge in any case whatever. of-the-quny whilst-the-read-to-the
LIHAGE General Motors plant was partial
Agent. ly submerged.
Hong Kong. 13th Sept., 1927. [3319 On the coast of Bantam, in the district of
Tangerang, the
Gertio: Oh. I don't know. Bertie 1 do. I'm going to Fun :O The Fair.!' =
the
Who's the M.C.). Is the red-haired girl you seemed to get off with last night!
ing?
All
Goods not cleared within 8 days, iz- dading date of arrival, will be subject to
Bent
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
Damagod Packages must be left in the Godowns for exammation by the Con- signees, and the Company's SurveyOTE, Messrs. GODDARD &
GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10 AM. Mondays
and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period
Mail Steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London.
Parcels will be received at this Office until & z.x. the Day before Bailing. The contents and value of all packages must be
declared. For further Particulars, Apply to- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agente. Hong Kong, 14th Sept., 1997. [3321
ON SALE.
ITONG KONG HANSARD REA
Bertie Silly Idiot. I said dance jor, not with. The M.C.L's a Hood-cause-Ministering Children's League-collects no end of dollars for all kinds of charities. Will you come 1
Gertie: And dance? Who's play THERAPION NO. 1
Smith phenomenon was also observed and 24th inst. stated that an earthquake All Claims against the Steamer martPORTS of the MEETING Bertie : Whitey S
panic broke out amongst the in had been registered there at a die be presented to the Undersigned on or OUND VOLUMES of the FONG THERAPION NO. 2 third time of asking, will you come habitants some of whom remember-tance of 9,500 km, probably in before 5th October, 1927, or they will try the BLA
of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Gertie Will I come 7 Ra-ther, tidal wave flooded the coast possible that this was the cause of Why on earth didn't you say so The cause of the tidal wave seems the phenomenon although it is Goods have left the Godowns. before. Whitey Emith Land of to be rather a mystery but a cable peculiar that the earthquake was MAUKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co., Liberty Whitey Smith, I'll dance received from Leningrad dated the not registered at the Observatory for the C till af blue (Continued at foot of next column,)" : "bere—Singapore Free Pres.
Hong Kong, 15th Sept, 1927, 327:
the
1
B KONG WEEKLY PRESS, THERAPION NO. Else it's the red-haired girl ed the Krakatau disaster when a the Indian Ocean. It is therefore not be recognize be admitted after the
July to December, 1926.
WITH INDEX, PRicz-$7,50,
On Sale at the Horo Kexa DAILY
-Pzzes Office:"
No 2 kr Misdage Camere 3 for Hood & Dansen No. 3 for Chemale Wankanoom, ROGA 27 LLARES GETRETA PERE DE REGATA, BA zs,Lacaso Ma Co., Haverok Bd. 2.Wa, London <? MAIL, FROM 97. ERREKAN 21., Šve_Tom_„C.xx.$P_ WELT BERGI, RAY YEAR CHOR,
No Claims w}}
Revised by Hambers
PRICE
Fong Kong, Daily Pres OrFICE: