A Hike, Then a Swim To add to the pleasure and enjoyment of your voyage, that's why all President Liners have swimming pools, They are always available and are immensely popular.
The magnificent President Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally steady. 'Alue oil burners, swift express liners.
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and invicing.
All stateroors are outside, splendidly furnished and equipped with beds--not berths. Each room has hot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos bottles and reading lamps, Private bath and showers in connection with many rooms perfect the Travel comfort of these giant passenger liners.
The
4.
Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adils, zest to your dining.
The decks are spacious. The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck sports, open alt swinuming pool, movies, evening dances,-everything has been done to make your nip a happy one. Unexcelled anywhere--is the courteous and efficient service accorded you by the crained personnel aboard the President Liners
The great frequency of sailings and the liberal mopover privileges of the Dollat, Steamship and American Mail Lines bave made the glant passenger liners out- standingly popular among travelers.
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
TO BAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
The Sunshine Belt via Honokini Fortishly wilings ai Tuesdays
Pros Pierce........ Toes., Oct. 17th Pres. Taft Tuer, Oct. 25th Pres. Jefferson... Tue, Nov. 8th Prea. Grant... Tues, Nov. 22uri
* To SEATTLE and VICTORIA
The Short, Straight Route to Americ
Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdayı
*
Pres. Madison... Wed.; Oct 5th, I am Pren, Jackson ...Wed, Oct. 19th Pres. McKinley...Wed, Nov. ad Pres. Lincoln...Wed. Nor.. 16th
Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £120, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines.. Choice of railway Hnes across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
TO EUROPE and NEW YORK-
BOUND THE WORLD
Formightly sailings on Tuesdays via Manila, Straŭta, Colombo, Sues Canal, Alexandria,“
"Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Boston and New York,
Fres, Wilson......Toer. Oct. 11th, Sam Pres. Polk...Tues..Nov.22nd,6a... Pros. Van Baru Tuen,, Oct. 25th, 8am Pres. Adama ...Tara, Deo. 6th,8am. Pres. Enye Tues., Nov. 8th, 6 am | Pres. Garfeld... Tues., Dec. 20th, Sa.m. TO MANILA
Pres. Pierce Pres. Wilson Pres. Jackson
Oct. 3rd, 6 pm. | Prev. Taft...Ost 17th, 6 pm. ......Oct. 11th, 6 am, Pren. Var Daren...Oct. 25th, 8 am Oct. 11th. 6 p.m. Pres. McKinley...Oct. 25th, 5 pm. For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information Apply to Hong Kong and Shanghal Bank Building, Ground Floor Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 735 Cable Address "Dollar"
Dollar Steamship Line
and
American Mail Line
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1927.
GHOST RIVERS OF
LONDON.
STREAMS THAT FLOW.. UNDER STREETS. · THE WALBROOK, TYBURN AND FLEET.
Most Londoners, reading of the Cornhill subsidence, have been eur- prised to know that the ancient and historic river, the Walbrook, on whose banks the Romans built their villages, still finds its way to the Thames twenty feet below modern London.
It is not by any means the only ghost-river possessed by London.
Eighteen centuries ago a travel-' ler approaching London from the west would have been obliged to ford four important rivers before he found himself in the little red- roofed Roman town near the pre- sent Bank of England. The rat was the Westbourne, the second the Tyburn, the third the Fleet, and the fourth the Walbrook, on whose banks stoed Roman London.
*;
All four now fie many feet below the present level of London. They are built over confined in culverts, or incorporated, most unromanti cally, in the "main drainage sys- tem; but at least three of them are atill alive and trickling!
The Westbourne rises in the Hampstead and Highgate hills, 2 Hows south to Knightsbridge, which owes its name to a bridge that spanned the Westbourne there. Two knights are said to have had a fierce battle on this bridge.
The old stream"is now carried by the Ranelagh sewer, the pipes of which follow, approximately, the ancient course of the Westbourne. No doubt many Londoners have noticed a bugo culvert running fifteen feet above the platform. Sloane square Underground
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Station. That culvert contains all
M.M.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
MM
LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Cargo Bour), A Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK
S. DR. P. BENOIT
about 10th October.
11. "BỊ KIANG" due to arrive from DUNKIRE, LONDON, HAVRE about the 21st October,
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (MA SERTION)
Steamers
ANGERS
D'ARTAGNAN
GAL METZINGEE...A SPHINX PORTHOS 444
P. LECAT or
Hong Kong for Sailings from
Marseilles.
11
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
NEW YORK BERTH.
FOR NEW YORK & BOSTON via SUEZ, 3.9.BOLTON CASTLE"
Sails on or about 15th Det.
LLOYD TRIESTINO.
REGULAR MONTHLY
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE for BRINDISI, VENICE. AND TRIESTE (FIUME), TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIO, LEVANT, BLACK SEA AND DANUBE POETS.
Sallings from Marseillas.
Art. Hong Kong & Sailing for Shanghai and Japan.
9th Sept 23rd Sept.
11th Out.
25th Oct
-11th Oct. 25th Oct 8th Nov. 2nd Nov,"
7th Oct.
9th Nov,
6th Dec.
Sist Oct.
gård Nov,
20th Dec.
REDUCED PASSAGE RATES. BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE LONDON
£72.10.0. £80. 0.0
Od.
A. LEBON RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES (including Table Wine and Free Docter's Attendance).
Through
A Cs1st Class...£99, 0d. Od. BULLSK (1st Class. 88. 06, od ST2nd
70 och Od STEAMERS 2nd Teksts to London And Loading Towns of Europe.
...£ 81.. 06. Accommodations reserved in the Trains at Marseilles. (Sailings subject to alteration without notice), For full Particulars, apply to
Cie. des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, Telephone # Central 240
3. Qo' BUILDING
CONSIGNATION-TRANSIT-REPRESENTATION.
NEXT SAILINGS."
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA,
KOBE AND MOJI,
M.V. "EOMOLO S.S. VENEZIA " 1.Y. "BEKOTM
193
+49
"
From Heng Kong. Sails on or about 15th Oct. Sails on or about 10th Nov. Sails on or about 8th Dec.
17
CONSIGNEE NOTICES. CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE Chamship
HESSEN"
that is left of the Westbourne! having arrived. Consigneer of Cargo are The water is discharged in the hereby notified that their Goods are Thames about 200 yards above! Chelsea Bridge.
The Tyburn,
The Tyburn rose at Shepherd's Well, at the top of Fitzjohn's- avenue, and was reinforced from
the site at Belsize Manor House
being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf at Godown Company's gedowns at Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.
Optional Carge will be landed, unless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's
It raa dhe south across Regent's No Claims will be admitted after the Park, acrosS Oxford-street near Goods have left the Gedowns, and all Gees-court. Stratford-place, then, Goods remaining undelivered after the flowing, behind Bond-street, it fol4th October, 1937, will be subject to lowed the line of South Molton Bent lane, Avery-row, Little Brutos- street, South Brutom Mews, and arroes the bottom of Berkeley
square.
It then ran through the narrow passage which used to mark off the gardens of Devonshire and Lans- downe Houses, flowed across Pic cadilly, across the Green Park, under the site of Buckingham" Palace, where it divided into three atreams. The frat ran to the Thames, via Vauxhall Bridge-road, the second into St. James' Park, the third" through the ". Abbey grounds of Westminster, where the monks of that day made it turn a millwheel named the Abbots' Mill. (The name survives in Millbank.)
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods as to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on 3rd October, 1927, * 10 s.m. by our Barveyors, Menara Goddard and Douglas.
18th October, 1927, or they will not be All Claims must reach us before the
recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be affected. Bill of Lading all countersigned by the Undersigned.
JEBSEN & CO..
Agenta Hong Kong, 27th Sept, 1927. [5864
GLEN" LINE, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Fox UNITED KINGDOM VIA"
PORTS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNÈES. PENINSULAR AND OBIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER "KASHMIR
ARRIVED HONG KONG ON 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1937,
Fox ANTWERP,LONDON,GIBRAL- TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA. PORTSAID ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- pa med Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed iT THEIR SK in the Hong Kong. and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com Godown at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be by Mark and Delivery can be obtained sk
e Goods are landed. Optional Goods will he landed here contrary. 6 hours before arrival of the unless (nstructions have been given to the
Steamer,
as
Goods nat cleared within 8 days," incinding date of arrival will be subject to Bent
W
No
Fire Insurance will be effected by any case whatever. Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Con- signees, and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD & Dorota at 10 am. on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Btorage period.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 19th October, 1927, or they will not be recognized.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods here left the Godowa
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.,
Agenti Hong Kong, 29th Sept, 1927. [5376
What has happened to the Ty burn in 1913 it was confined with. in a dark sewer which poured its waters into the Thames 300 yards above Vauxhall Bridge. In 1985, when the Metropolitan St. John's THE Motor Vessel Wood Railway was constructed,
"GLENBEG" this sewer was cut, and was ap. having arrived from the above port parently never joined again. Mr. Lasigures of Cargo by her are hereby J. George Head, the surveyer, and informed that all Goods are being landed
expert on London's buried at their risk into the hazardous and/or Fox LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', AN-
ni the years ago that if the Tyburn still Bag Kong and Kowloom Wharf and Hows it is probably making its way and or from the harves; Delivery may Godown Company, Limiter, whence, along its old channel.
be obtained.
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HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, London's buried the time Catena
INCLUMPED
#
HUGO STINNES LINIEN
COMBINED PREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE CABIN CLAS8 ACCOMMODATION FOR 50-PASSENGERS. FARE FROM HONG KONG TO GENOA-£73, 0, 0, OUTWARD.
Bailings from Europe for Shanghai and Northern Ports:
5.B. SACHSEN “ 68. PREUSSEN" MA," RAMBER”
M.S.* ERYLAND"
3.8. "VOGTLAND"
HOMEWARD.
due bere on or about the 12th Oct. due here on or about the 25th Oct. éne here on or about the 7th Nov. due bere on or about the 23rd Nov, due here on or about the 20th Dec
Sailings for Europe via Manila, Singapore.
Colombo & Port Said:--
28.8. "EMIL KIRDORF"
18B: "HEFJEN
"SCHEER"
18.8. "8ACHSEN".
$8.8. "PREUSSEN”
M.B." BAMSES"
sailing from here on or about the 23rd Oct. sailing from bere on or about the 1st Nov >ailing from here on or about the 10th Nov. sailing from here on or about the 15th Nov. sailing from barn on or about the 29th Nov, sailing from here on or about the 20th Dec.
* Calling at Gence, Botterdamn and Hamburg.
Calling at Rotterdam and Hambarg.
For Freight, Passage and Further Farticulars plessa apply to
JEBSEN & CO.
13. Pedder Street
ON SALE.
He said also that if the curiously winding streets of Mayfair pret Noon, will be subject to Bent
Goods not cleared by the 6th October, examined they suggest that they were formed in the first place by the course of the stream.
The Fleet; The Fleet, or Holebourne (hence Holborn) is undoubtedly the most lively of all the buried rivers of London.
One branch of it rose near the Vale of Health, Well-walk, Hamp stead. In the old days it flowed south, gaining, tributaries, towards King's Cross
Some idea of the Fleet's size in reinote times can be gained by the fact that the deep valley between Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill was cut by its torrents.
In medieval days chips used to sail up and anchor at Holborn Bridge... In Georgian days the Fleet Ditch became a synonym for dead cats, so the river, was arched over. In 1853 it was made part of the metropolitan sewers, where it till flows quite vigorously, empty. ing itself into the Thames at Black Iriars. At low tide a cloud of ses gulls mark the outlet...
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
TWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES
The Steamship "BENVENUE." YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being
Co
hazards Godowns of the
All broken, chad' and damaged Packages are to be left in the Godowas,anded at their risk into the hazardous where they will be examined in the and/or presence of Consignees by Mears.
Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf, and boddard & Dongles on
Godown October
Ltd, whence and/or frum st 10 A.Y.
Claims against the the wharves, Delivery may be obtained, Tessel including those for Cargo short
No Claims will be admitted after the delivered delivered must be presented in the Special Goods are left. De
sare left the Godowns, and all For provided, and must also be submitted within 30 days of rival,
the otherwise they will not he recognised. us in say case whatever
No Fire Insurance will be adested by
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LT«,
·Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
Agroth, p
Hong Kong, 8th Ee, 1827. [6375
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN,
Steamer
COBLENZ
having arrival from BREMEN, HAM. BURG and Porta, Consignees of Cazzo are hereby notified that their Cargo, in A Mighty River.
being landed at their risk into the Go. The Walbrook, which Howa north downs of the Hong Kong & Kowloon across the Bank of England, and where Delivery can be obtained.
Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, formerly emptied itself into the All Goods remaining undelivered after
Thames at Dorgate, was a mighty
Gooda
undelivered after 3rd October, 1927, will be subject to Bent All Claims against the Steamer must presented to the Undersigned on or before the 17th October, 1927, or they will ot be recogni chafed and damaged Goods
brokan, ww to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 3rd October, 1927, at 10am
not
No Fire Insurance has been effected Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD.
Agents. Hong Kong, 26th Sept., 1927. [260
river in Roman times Its mouth 200 3rd of October, 1927, will Le that their Goode with the exception
was 300ft. broad. On its banka
subject to Rent
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
88. "D'ARTAGNAN."
BRINGING: CARGO FROM MARSEILLES, &c. NONSIGNEES are hereby informed, No Fire Insurance will be effected by of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are stood fair villas. Galley sailed Damaged Packages must be left in the of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart
case whatever,
being landed and stored into the Godowes up as far as Buckletsbury,
Mr. Head has described the hid Godown for examination by the Con- and Godows Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where den rivers of London as follows:- Anderson & Aahe at 10 am on after landing, most be sent in in me te w
and the Company's Barrerors, There are trickling rivulets of Messrs. And
be altered immediately. pure water buried deep under our No Claim will be admitted after the before Friday, the 7th October, 1927, feet, creeping along the old chan nels with quiet persistence. They Goods have left the Godown and all are the ghosts of the rivers that Weeks of the Ship's arrival hems, after THERAPIÓN No. 1 once beautified London Town, and which will
Claims must be presented within Two THERAPION NO. 8 clear waters flowed rippling over for countersignature. ZONG THERAPION NO. 2m the words of the old historian, biondigtsthenes be roguised
Whose sweet, wholesome, and their Bill of Lading to the Undersigned the bright stones."
MELCHERS & CO.. „Agenta, ulanga NORDOCHE LLOTD, BREMEN, Hong Kong, 16th Bept, 1927. [6361
BONG WEEKLY PRESS,
ROUND VOLUMES of
July to December, 1926,
WITH IDE, PRICE$150,
On Sale at the Hore Kona DAZZI
Press Offos,
Tel. 0. 2225
·Tel 0. 4754
TEX HIV PREKUR ERKENDT.
We 2 for Madder Charris No. 3 for Blood & Sets - Diorama. Ma. 3 for Cheonde Wakanatta,_ BO
WEST BULARY, HAN FRANCISCEL·
The ghosts," as the water be Tow Cornhill proves, can haunt and startle London
the 29th of September, 1622/5 -
Delivery
t may be
AL QURÍTEN SUN
or will not be recognized, the Company's Burveyors, Mis they aged Package will be examined by Goddard & Douglas in the presence Tuesday, the th October, 1927.
at 10e No Fire Insurance will be effectel
any case whatever
705 LIMAGE.
Agent Hong Kong, 28th Fert 1927.
on
HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
From Hong Kong.
M.V. "ESQUILINO"
M.V. "ROMOLO”.
S.S. VENEZIA”
T
Sails on or about 18th Oct. Sails on or about 25th Nov. i Saila on or about 13th De
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.
--
Sail from Calcutta Sails from Calcutta
2nd Oct 2nd Nov,
BS. "UMTOLOSI”.......... 8.8. "UMZUKBI***
Regular Fager and Cargo Service to South African Ports, Through Bill of Lading baued from Hong Kong.
For Freight or Passage on any of the above lines, apply to:-
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
Telephone: Central 1000,
Agunta
JAVA THE WONDERLAND
SPEND YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS
IN JAVA.
BEAUTIFUL HILL RESORTS GLORIOUS SCENERY.
Next Sailings from Hong Kong
8.8. "TIBODAS "¿
SS. "TJISONDARI
13th Oct to BATAVIA direct.
20th Oct. to BATAVIA direçt,
Special Return Tickets Issued.
For full particulars regarding fares, hotels, motor trips, etc. Apply to
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
Telephone C. 157
YORK BUILDING.