Gay Music Always
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY,
For tiffin, tea, dinner and dancing-to make your voy. age even more pleasant than you had hoped, that's why all President Liners of the Dollar Steamship and Amer- ican Mail Lines have such excellent orchestras.
The magnificent President Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally szeady, Are oil burners, swift express liners.
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2. public rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting.
All staterooms are outside, splendidly furnished and equipped with beds--not berths. Eth room has hot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos bortles and reading lamps. Private bath and showers la 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 zesz to your dining.
The decks are spacious, The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck sports, open air swimming pool, movies, evening dances-everything has been done to make your trip a happy pac. Úscxcelled anywhere is the courteous and efficient service accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Liners
The great frequency of sailings and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dollar Steamship and American Mail Lines have made these gläne passenger líneas out- standingly popular among traveien,
WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
TO SAN FRANCISCO and
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LOS ANGELES
The Sunshine Bait via Honoludka
Fortnightly willings as "Tunsinya --
Pres, Jackson ......Tac, Dec. 21st 7am. Pres, MoKinley...Tues., Jan. 3rd Pres, Grant ..........Tusa, Jan. 17th Pres. Cleveland ...Tues., Jan. 31st
TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA The Short, Straight Rouse so America
Fortnightly salings on Wednesdays'
Pros. Taft Wed, Dec. 28th Pres. Jefferson „Wed, Jan. 11th Pres. Lincoln.....Wed, Jan. 25th Pres. Madison ...Wed., Feb. 8th
Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £130, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over: privileges for sight-seeing.
To EUROPE and NEW YORK
ROUND THE WORLD
Fortnightly sellings on Tuesdays vis Manila, Scrafts, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genos, Maneller. Boston and Near York
PI4. Harrison 1:Ann., Jan. 1st, 6am. Pres. Monroe...Enn., Jan. 18th, 8.m Pres. Wilson
Sun. Jan, 20th, 6 mmi
Frea, Taft
Pres. Van Buren ...8uz.. Feb. 19th Proa. Hayes... Feb. 26th Prox, Polk .......Bung Mar, 11th TO MANILA ̧À Dec 20th 6 m "Dec"
p.m. Deo. 26th, 6 pm. Jan. 1st, 16 ́pme
Pies. Mckinley
Pres. Harrison
Free, Jefferson ...Jan. Srd, 6 p.m. Pres. Grant...Jan. 9th, 6 p.m. Pres. Monzce.. ...Jan. 15th, 6 p.m.
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information Apply to: Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor
Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795 Cable Address "Dollar"
Dollar Steamship Line
and:
American Mail Line
M.M.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
MM
LIGNES COMMERCIALES (Caroo BoATE).
Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, BOTTERDAM, DUNKIRK ---
**"MIN"
lat Week, Jangary, 1998.
*a, “LT, ST. LOUBERT-BIE" das to arrive from DUNKIRK,
LONDON. HAVEE about the 17th December.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (Mail SERVICE)
Steamers.
PAUL. LEQAT ANDRE LEBON
OHENONCEAUX
VANGERS
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Salings from
Marseilles.
Arr. Hong Sailings from Kong & Sailings Hong Kong for
for Shanghal
Marseilles. and Japan.
20th Dec. Ard Jan., 1928, 17th Jan
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18th Nov.
21st Dec.
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2nd Dec.
4th Jan, "
31st Jan,
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18th.Jan.
14th Feb.,
IN
30th Dec.
1st Feb.
28th Feb,"
RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES
(including Table Wine).
& Class 1st Class....... 99.
BAI/2de 70 d. od
STEAMERS Ind Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe. Accommodations reserved in the Trains at Marseilles. (Sailings subject to alteration without notice).
B Üpass flet Class.......£ 85; Or. Öd
£ 61. On, Od.
For full Particular, apply tou
Cie, des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, Telephone Centes1, 740 74.
3. Quanda BumDING.
„CONSIGNATICK-TRANSIT-KEIKESENTATION.
AUSTRAL CHINA NAVIGATION CO,
S.S. “CALULU”
Failing on for about
19TH DECEMBER, 1927.
For BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE & ADELAIDE
TIN HAIPHONG, MANILA, KOLAMBUGAN,
A BALIKPAPAN, SAMAHAI, RABAUL and NUMEA.
Steamer offers good Refrigerated Cargo Space.
Fur Freight and Passage Apply to p
DODWELL & CO, LTD.
Queen's Building.
Tel. No. Central 1090,
BRITAIN'S NEW AIRSHIP.
COMFORTS OF A MODERN - LINER.
SOUTHAMPTON TO THE RIVIERA IN THIRTEEN HOURS.
An airship service to the Riviera from Southampton, with all the. comforts of a modern liner, should be in existence" by next summer.
I have just inspected the plans" of the new draff, and they certain- ly appear to be considerably in advance of anything hitherto 45- tempted
No wild claims are inade for the venture; it is designed to provide
link between the liner services and the south of France, cutting out the train journey to London, the Channel crossing, and the long wearisome journey across France. Land Or Water Type. American visitors will thus be able to reach Cannes, for instance, thirteen hours after the liner renubes Southampton,
The airship which has been de signed is what is know as the semi-rigid." It is of amphibina type-able to alight on land or
water.
It can be landed by two or three men. - -It is economical to build and
maistain.
DECEMBER 19th, 1927.
NEW ROTTERDAM-LLOYD MOTOR SHIPS.
FOR EASTERN TRADE.
Although the Rotterdam Lloyd S.S. Co. have in servite some cargo ships designed for a speed of 13) knuts, the Kota Iuten and the Kota Radja, which were completed last mouth, will inaugurate a new. ser- rice and, at the same tirke, a new Details of the craft are as fol- class of vessel for these awners, as they are designed for 14 knots; lows:-
It can be anchored to portable mooring mast
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Capacity, 1,000,000 nubic feet, they will trade between Hamburg, Length, 400 feet.
Horse power, 1,800.
Speed, 50 miles an hour.
Useful lift, 15 toná
Cost, £25,000.
Rotterdam, Batavia and Soera- baya."
The main particulars are follow-Length overall *467
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TJISALAR ... Java, Magasar In pert TWIBODAS N. O. & Axor 19th Dec. 13 TJIMANDEK ... BATAT
2nd ft.TJIKEMBANG 8'at, Khosa. 28th "" The initial cost of inflation will Moulded beam 00 ft. 6 ins. Depth TJYLIWONG JAYA, MACARAN 2nd Jaa. 4th Jan, Axor & RAI
& ANOT by £1,730, and the cost of main-33 ft. 6 ins Deadweight capacity NIKINI tenance is put at £3,000. An in-0,300 tons. Mean draught 20 ft. 6 TI-AROFA... genious "cradio" device will hold ins Loaded speed 14 to 143 knots THIMANOEK STAL, E'Zunb. 8th TÍTAROEM JAVA. MACAMAN: 16th the ship on landing. This will be Deadweight capacity at 201t. 3 ins. TISALAR N. O. & Amor] 16th 19th Oil bunker TJIŠONDARI ... BATAVIA placed parallel to the direction of fraught 9,150 tons.
TISAROEA
S'BAL, K'LUES. 23rd the wind; the airship settles in her capacity 1,600 tons. Engine power
& AMPY eradle, and instead of needing a 5,900 b.hip. Gross register 7,190 horde of men to hold her down, she toas can be housed by two or three.
The Auta Inten has been built A trip to the Riviers can beat the Fifeacord Yard at Rotter- made with a load of seven tons dam, where the sister ship, the fuel will cost about £70, and the Kota Gede, is under construction. expenditure on refiling with gas Two similar vessels, the Fora will be £70.
Rodjo and the Kota Baroe, were laid down at the De Schelde Yard at Flushing. There is no differenceSOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY between the four vessels so far as the Hulls are concerned.
Liner passengers will disembark at Southampton to see the airship For short distances as many as moored near by. An hour later forty passengers can be carried; they will be in their seats in the the Atlantic could be flown in auch saloon, their baggage stowed away a craft, but such is not its purpose. looking down through the win- Atlantic travel is not a comer dows, set at an angle of thirty de-cial proposition, as yet. grees, as Southampton drops away below.
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On' deck are 12 winches, eight of
which are designed to lift five tons Belgrade, Lisbon, Rome, Bo and the remaining four, three tons. deaux, Marseilles, Malta, and Cón-All are electrically operated. The There is none of the noise of an stantinople -are typical plates ship has a normal steamer funnel air liner, that deafening roar which will be brought within touch for the reception of the silencers which ruins the enjoyment of a with England by the British air and the uptake from the boiler which is utilized for heating pur- journey
a heavier-than-air ship service. 10 machine. The ship heads up Chan-
It is claimed that, for the same dition to sccommodation for the poser. On the bridge deck, in ad- nel, the cliffs of England white on cost as a modern, airplane life, chief engineer, four assistants and the left, and Cap Grisaez shows five times the load can be carried two apprentices, the doctor, the ahead, the first point of France.
for the same distance or the same chief steward, and the chief, The coast is-crossed near Bou-lcad for five times the distance.
second, third and fourth officers, logne, the ship slipping silently
are. six two-berth cabins for pre- along at a steady fifty miles an hour.
The portable mooring mast, for sengers; a dining saloon is arrang- use ou land when the wind, is too ed forward; 1,600 pilgrims can be high to permit alighting on. the carried on board when the vessel cradle, is the most interesting is placed in the pilgrim trade. feature, from the engineering
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Engineering Triumph.
Dinner is served, and afterwards there is plenty of room for fifteen couples-the airship carries thirty passengers to dance.
The dance ends as the great air point of view, I have seen for a lighthouse beacon near Paris atabsg time. It works by motor to HONG KONG METEOROLOGIOAI; face the wind, can be carried on a lorry, allows for lateral and per pendicular strains, up to thirty tone with a margin to obviate such dirigible R 33 when she brake away. a disaster as nearly wrecked the from her mooring martes
the darkness ahead.
Passengers sleep as comfortably as in their own beds at home, free from the jar they would experience in a train or the motion in a
Atlantic liner.
If a forced landing ahould occur the envelope can be at once deflat
REGISTER.
Rong Kong Observatory, December 18th. Previous On Date On Data
Day
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Barometer... Tenperature
30.00 30.04 -29.99-
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Direction
East
Wast
Force
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The Mediterranean shows blue in the sunlight ahead as, after break- fast, suit-cases are fastened and the ship sinks down to harbour.ed and the ship saved. Streamline Humidity England to Nice, thirteen hours. design has reduced external reais- By train and boat it would have tance to a minimum, while the con- occupied nearly twenty-four hours.struction of the keel certainly ap-
This is not a picturesque figment Para to give greatly increased Weather:
strength. of the imagination, but a practical
The risk of fire has been greatly proposition.
lessened by the division of the bal- loon into gas-tight compartments and the provision of an asbestos B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy; D balkhead in front of the saloon and cabins....
Difficulties Overcome.
I am no enthusiast" for airships, yet the craft planned by British Airships, Ltd., appears to have overcome the principal difficulties which have hitherto prevented semi-rigid airships becoming a commercial proposition.
The chief advantages of the air ship now planned are
.
A number of famous engineers who have also inspected the plans were favourably impressed by this British attempt to compete with foreigners in an airship service which should be both safe and cats-
It can alight on land or sea.mercially practicable.-Daily Ec It has a great reserve of power, presa.
BRITAIN'S FALLING
BIRTHRATE.
MEDICAL MEN'S REPORT.
BOOKS ON BIRTH CONTROL
CRITICISED.
A provisional report issued by. the medical committee appointed by the National Council of Public Morala deals with the health point of view of birth control-the othi- enl aspect of which was considered by another committee whose report appeared in 1925.
The medical committee was under the chairmanship of Mr. Charles Gibbs, senior surgeon, to the Charing Cross Hospital and the Lock Hospital.
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A National Disaster. There are limits beyond whic
a falling birthrate is a disaster to a country.
Rain
aighest open-air Temperare, 17th: 73 Lowest open-air Temperature, 18th': 63
Drizzle
· Wireless Talegraphy.
The steamers are all Btted throughout with Electric Light and have BDCOMMGÉKTE n: for a limited number of saloon Passengers, "All steamDATE carry a duly qualified stareon. Carro taken at thrëngh rates to all porte in Netherlands India and Anstralia
100
For Particulars of Freight and Passage, apply to the
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.
SUMMER HOLIDAY
REBORTS
IN
SOUTH MANUHURIA
HUSHIGAURA”—-Finest Bendids Bummer Holiday Besort in North China-
Fis a miles from Dairon, bat connected with the city by special motor and car ringe road and electric tramway, Yamato Batel (35 rooms) and 12 furnished bungalows is alarming cliff garden.
place for children. Billards, Orchestra twice a washing Boeting, Flahing. Galt, Teanis OGONDAY.-Most beautiful and select Boarlie Beter, in the Far East. Two mile from Port Arthur. Formerly the Summer Resort of the high Russian oficere and oficials, Yamato Betel und 20 viline and bungalows, mostly with detached servant quarters Excellent Bathing, Wonderful Soanery, Historis Battleñalda, Reinad and Diamantled Foru, Kiles of sharming Walks and Drives. Abendant Pionicing Faclitics. Orchauma wwicns wack.” – Bors place for high-air families.
PORT ARTHUR-Famous for its two memorable ages and ste beautiful landlocked Harbour. Exactly one hour's journey from Dairen by expenon trait Yamato Hotel (16 reamaj. Naficiant plãos of historical, and moenia Interest to fill a month with frost walk or drivs avery day. Most homlthy and salabrious spot in the Far Eart
All under the direct management of the SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO. Dinstrated Bookleta and all Information port free on requeri,
Applications may be sent to the Hotel Managers at the various resorts or to
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HOTELS, Trafile · Departmen Cable Add. 1 MANTRIBU OF SMO 80UTH MANCHURIA BAILWAY, Deiran
Godless A.B.C. 6th & 8th Ed... A1. Lieber's and - Bentley's.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OOBAN STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.
UXINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
F-Fog; L-Lightning: Fox UNITED KINGDOM VIA M-Mist: O-Overcast; P-Passing
SINGAPORE. showers; Q-Squalls; R-Rain; T- Thunder.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE,
From December 19th to 25th, 1927.
EKOR WATER. Low Warre.
Wook.
Month.
Hoog
Kong
Standard
Time.
k
Height.
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time,
Height
m. He kn h. m., . Mon 19. m 684m 088 87
648 6 1 11 56 21
48 91
The crowded life of the city. enormously enhances, the diff Taos 207 447 1 27 39
7 76-5 culty and expense of rearing and educating children; and there is, Wed, 21 m 75646m 2 8 16 furthermore, especially Amony
7.769 1 431 young, married people, the need Thur, 228 47 4 ស. 7 to maintain a position on small
Fri. 28 9.27. or limited meana.
8.17 The committee agree that com Sat 24 10 28 trol is being increasingly prac
A 49 tised, and that the reduction in Ban. 25 ml11 14 the birthrate is partially, and perhaps chiefly, due to this
cause.
9 25
5 %
135 39 4pm 3 231 6 2. 533
¡ONSIGNEES Per · Cola -Steamer
"ANTENOR"
are hereby notified that the Cargo_will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow. loon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Condi- tions of Storage at Holt's Whart. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 15th December.
Optional
Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given prior ta Steamer's arrival, but carried os from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extenda
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where will be emmived on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM.
AM, and Nook within re Free ;
Storage period.
No Claims will be sdmitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and Goods remaining undelivered after 21st December, will be subject to Beat
8 m 3 1912 All Claims against the Steamer zunet be presented to the Undersigned an ar 9 2 3484 43m 4.36. 09 before 4th January, 1928, or they wil not be recognized. 8 223.6
Ho Fire Yaarance will be affected. BUTTERFIELD & SWIER,
Agents, 15th December, 1927. [5655
They admit that evidence CONSIGNEE NOTICES. brought before them suggested
that the freeing of Women from anxiety has brought increased outlook, and greater affection for happiness to the home, a better
the children.
"Dogmatic Assertions.”
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN,
THE Steamer
THE
the
26th
y can:.
be obtained.
THE BEN LINE: STEAMERS,
* LIMITED,
Fox MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP,
LONDON AND STRAITS.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.
THE Motor Ship
KOENIGSBERG" having arrived from BEEMEN, HAM- BURU and Porta, Consignees of Cargo ars hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at their risk into the Go- downs of the Bong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. Kowloon where Delivery can be obtained
All Goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd of December, 1927, will be subject to Rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by ue to any case whatever,
on
At
Damaged Packages must be left in the Gedown for examination by the Con signees and the Company's Barreyon, Memrs. Andersen & Azha, at 10 a.m.,
the L
1927, of December. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all Claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the Ship's arrival bere, after which date they will not be recognised.
Consignees are requested. to surrender their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for Countersignatore.
MELORERS & Co.
Agents": -NORDDZUTSCHER LLOYD, BIENIE, Hong Kong. 15th Dec.1927, [5057
HAMBURG-AMERIKA, LINIE,
NOTICE TO CONBIGKERE
Motor Versel
*VOGTLAND haring wrived. Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods, are being landed and placed at their risk in. the Hong Kong & Kowloon Whari d Godown Company's godowas at Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained as the Goods
are landed.
Optional Cargo will be landed, unless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's
arrival,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods
Tamsining undelivered after 22ndf December, 1927 will be subject to Rent All broken chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 21st December, 1927, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Mesars. Goddard and Douglas,
The Stomahip "BENDORAN.”
informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk futo the hazardous wong and low loon was of the Hong Kowloon Wharf and Godowa. Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharvee, Delivery may be obtained.
No Clime will be admitted after the by the
left the Godown, and wil
DERFFLINGER" Sir Arthur Newsholme and Pro- having arrived from BREMEN, HAM. fessor Hill, in their joint memór- BUBG and Ports, Consignees of Cargo The report, which states that the andum, say that the greater pro- are hereby notified that their Cargo is committee find it difficult to come blem as to the influence of restric. being landed at their risk into the Go to deunite conclusions, especially tion on the health and well-being down of the Hong Kong & Kowloon in view of the lack of scientific of the community was not entered Wharf and Godowa Co., Ltd., Kowloos,ONSIONERS of Cargo are bereby
where Bolivery. data, in a lengthy one. Extracts upon by the committee. They pro from it are:
Lost against the
All Goods remaining nadelivered after unjuktifiably discriminating publicity how that the greater fertility among
We view with anxiety the un- dogmatic assertions often made, mbject to Rear camber 1927, will be No. Fire Insurance will be effected by being given by some persone to the pourer sections of the popylt: sin say cose whatever. the subject of birth control Wetion is producing a stock intrins Darpaged Packages must be left in the should be based on ignorance; qualities, tiganes and the Company's Surveyors, but knowledge should be given Mr. Bond urges that a problem Mesars. Anderson judiciously, and some of the cur- not fally dealt with in the roper the 22nd of December, she at 10 a.za. on rent publications on this subject is whether the limitation of the
be admitted after we regard as: & public bare, family offers any prospect of help Grods have left the Godown and all pay to young, unmarried in improving the quality of the Wars of the Ships arrivalere, after
which date they will not be recognised.. No impediment should be Dr. F. H. A. Marshall, Deaft of Consignees are requested to surrender placed in the way of those mar Christ's College, Cambridge, anys their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned ried couples who desire informae that the dangers from, over for countersignature. tion when this is needed for population, especially among the
&.00 MELCHERS medical reasons, or because of | less desirable elements of society,
Agenta excessive child-bearing
are greater than those from a fall. NOLDDITISCHER LLOTD, Hazazi, poverty.
ing birthrate
Hong Kong, 18th Dec, 1927. [5874
repudiate the idea that innocence sically poorer in its hereditary Godown"for examination by the Cón- Goods her tur undelivered after the
people,*******
human race in the E
No Claim
1927.
Goods remaining
20th instant, will be subject to Rent
theh
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before Bird January, 1928, or they will
he brough, chafed and
~All broken, 1 and damaged Goods
All Claims must reach us before 5th.
recognized.
No. Fire Insuranca will be affected. Bille
of Lading will be countersigned Undersigned
JEBSEN & CO.
Agents
regen 1929, or they will not be
Hong Kong, 15th Dec, 1927, 15665
are to be left in the Godowns, here they THERAPION NO. 1 will be mamined on the 20th instant, THERAPION No. 2 wt 10 mm..
THERAPION No. 3
No Fire Insuraáce has been effected, Hills of Lading will be countersigned 1 GIEB, LIVINGSTON &CO., LTD,{
Agenmanden.
Hong Kong, 13th Dec, 1927,
Wu' 5 Jarf Sobotter Clemmeri, Me.'s for Miend &'this