THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, 1927.
Courtesy is in Your Ticket The Thinking Traveler always uses President Liners, because he knows that he will constantly receive that genial, courteous, personal service and attention that ensures him of pleasant, Carefree and enjoyable voyages.
The magnificent President Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally stady,! Alue of burners, swift express liners,
The publle rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting.
All staterooms 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 parsinger liners.
The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will deligbe you. And how the orchestra addi next to your dining.
The decks are spacious, The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck sports, open ale swiming pool, movies, evening dances,everything has been done to make your trip a happy one. Doexcelled anywhere is the courteous and efficient service acconded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Liners
Dollar The great frequency of sailings and the liberal stopover privileges of the "Steamship and Arberican Mail Lines have made these giant passenger liners our-
standingly popular among travelers.
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WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE
TO SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
The Sunshine Beit via Honokaka Fortnightly wallings as Tuesdays
Pres. McKinley ....Tues., Jan. Srd "Pres. Grant .........Tom., Jan. 17th Fros. Cleveland "...Tues., Jan. 31st Pres. Pierce ......Tucs, Feb. 14th
Ta SEATTLE and VICTORIA
· The Short, Straight Route to America
Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays
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Pren. Taft..... Wod., Dec. 28th Pres, Jefferson Wed, Jan. ith Pres. Lincoln...Wed., Jan. 25th Pres. Madison ...Wed. Feb. 8th
Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £170, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privilegen for sight-seeing.
TO EUROPE and NEW YORK "ROUND THE WORLDS S
Fortnightly allies on Tuesdays via Manila, Straits, Coloenbo, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Cence, Marseilles, Bosson and New York.
Pres. Harrison...Sun., Jan. 1st, dam. Pros. Monroe...Sun., Jan. 18th, 8 m Pres. Wilson ...Sun., Jan, 29th, 6 mm,
Pres. Van Buren ...Sun., Feb. 19th Pres. Hayes.........Sun., Feb. 28th Pra, Polk ...........Sun., Mar. 11th To MANILATOVA
Pren, Mekininy ...Dec. 26th, 6 p.m...| Pres. Grant'an 9th, 4 pm. Pres. Harrison ...Jan. 1st, 6 pm. Prez, Monroe... 15th, 6 pm, Fres, Jefferson Jan. Srd, 6 pm. | Pres. Lincoln ......Jan. 17th, 6 pm."
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 (Cargo BeatE), Monthly Sailings direct to HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, DUNKIRK
* & *MIN",
*
lat Week, January, 1923.
"YANG TSE" due to arrive from DUNKIRK,
LONDON, HAVBE about the 23rd January, 1928,
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS (Min SERTION)
Steamers.
ANDRE LEBON
OHENONCEAUX
ANGEES
++
SPHINX
DARTANAN. ...A
G. METZINGER
Balings from Marseilles.
Arr. at Hong
Bailings from Kong & Sailing Hong Kong for
For Shanghai
Marseilles. and Japan.
4th Jan.
2nd Dec. 16th Dec..
...A
30th Dec. 13th Jan.
18th Jan. 1st Feb. 15th Fabi
ard Jan, 1928. 17th Jan., Sist Jan 14th Feb, 28th Feb, 13th Mar,
RATES OF PASSAGE MONEY TO MARSEILLES
(including Table Wiza),
& Ozasslet Class,..£ 99, od od,
B Ozan flat Class. 85. O. Od 2 70 Dd. Od. STRAMMES and
£ 61. Go, Od
Through Tickets to London and Leading Towns of Europe Accommodations reserved in the Trains at Marseilles, (Sailings subject to alteration without notice). Cie, des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
3. Quikura BoitoING,
For full Particulacs, apply to:➡
Telephone Central 740
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CONBIGNATION-TRANSIT-REPRESENTATION. *
ON SALE
DOUND VOLUMES of the HONG XONG WEEKLY PEESS, July to December, 192€.
WITH INDEX, PRICE $2.50,
On Sale at the Bond Koro DAILY.
Pris Offer
DVLA HALFTA/CENTULVİREMULADON H
PİLLE. FOR - THE
OR LECLERC'S LIVER & KIDNEYS
LETAALANGA KY DRAINʻzt - Iburu Zuurortaire" OMANI, CHAVES, BARAOKE, DNI, KemanRI. Pass: 34, Lending Czars, 39 200 2706, 196, ANNOUNG 1620, Co., Kinematol 24. X. W,
YER_APERENT.
OLE CLERG'S LLS
ENGLAND'S RECUPERATIVE POWER.
OUTLOOK BRIGHTER THAN ALMOST AT ANY TIME
SINCE CONCLUSION OF THE WARS
[BY HARTLEY WITHERS.]}?.
CHINA UNDERWRITERS.
| MEMORANDUM: OF ASSOCIA:
TION ALTERED.
At the Supreme Court yesterday, afternoon, before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gollan) Mr. H. G: Sheldon, and Mr. Leo d'Almada e
THE “S.4 DISASTER.
LINE TORN AWAY BY GALES.
́[DEUTER`S AMERICAN SERVICE}
AND
I
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OORAN STEAMSHIP CO, LTD.
JHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVT GATION CO., LTD.
From NEW YORK VIÀ MANILA.” CONSIGNER per Os Steamer ars hereby notified that the Cargo PRINCE TOWN, Dec. 21st
will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, The submariae S. de lost. A Kowloon, where it will lie at Con- away by the fierce gales, and the The Cargo, will be ready for Delivery from Conditions of Storage at Bolts Wharf, two dipers who were lowered to-day gedown on and after 21st December. failed to find the yeeael.
be!
GELEN USTM
exhibition of the unreasoning ob every grade of English society | Castro, junior, appeared in respect fine attached to the ship was torn igno" risk and unlject to Terme and
Once more we are witnessing antitude" is reasserting itself in that there is a possibility of a new Renaissance in England, and that the stimulus to self-realization, the productive tendency of the playi
attitude" is undoubtedly gen
stinacy of the corpse of British trade. It is always being wept over and having funeral sermons preached about it, and then justing when all the préparations for the solemn interment are complete, itine, spontaneous and strong. insists on sitting up and taking a little nourishment and otherwise
behaving in a manner that is quite
unsuited to the occasion.
of an application on behalf of the China Underwriters, Ltd
Mr. Sheldon made an application to conform with the alteration to the Company's objects, which it is, proposed should be effected by a special resolution, or such order as the Court might think just.
What The Future Offers. This interesting but rather fanci ful suggestion in supported by the more experienced evidence of M2. Some of us, like myself, are pid Sidney Webb, who told the House enough to remember, the depression of Commons at the cad of last This special resolution was duly of the eighties of last century, session that what amounts to passed and confirmed at an extra- when we were solemnly nured second industrial revolution is go that we should live to see grassing an in England through the ordinary general meeting of the growing in the streets of Manches movement of her industries from Company held on November 21st ter and to have beard Mr. Joseph the North to the Midlands and
randam of Association with respect to its object be altered so as to read as shown in. the print and signed for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of the meeting.
Chamberlain announcing the early South. But the outstanding fat and December 9th, this year, res- demise of our dying industries in in the industrial position of Eng-pectively. the years after the South African land is the change of sentiment The resolution was that the pro- war, and all the intermediate among the leaders of organized vision of the Company's Memo undertons of Jeremiad in which Labour, exemplified de a recent Britain's home and foreign critics statement by Mr. Robert Williams, have proclaimed, in spite of who was once regarded as a fire periodical recoveries which seemed brand, that the era of effective to show surprising elasticity on the strikes has passed.". If this 3- part of the patient, the decadence vitation to start a new era in of the British character and the British industry is accepted by the early_collapse of prosperity employers and if they are ready
The Company's office is at St which, in so far as it was not fict to carry out the work of George's Building. It was incor tious, was largely the gift of good organization that is needed to lock. Such old atagers have had make the new spirit effective the porated in 1924. The capital of the plenty of ground for the belief opportunity for revival that all is not yet over with Eng achievement that will beat all re-into 300,000 shares of 810 each of and Company is 85,000,000, dividend land and that she would once more cords of British prosperity in cer- disappoint her critics. After all,tainly in sight. for a dying country she did do something during the war, when she was called on not only to finance herself and her Allies and keep the seas open to traffic, but also to create, train and equip an army on a Continental scale, which had not been dreamt" of in the criginal programie.
After War Problems. ・・
Some even of which 258,000 shares have been issued and paid up to the extent of
those who have been most critical on British monetary policy in the last few years admit. now that the alleged effects of the return to be gold standard have finished their work and need no longer be feat ed. With Continental currencies stabilized and industrial peace at home another day is ready to dawn for England's, industry". i£ its organizers will' open the cu tains and let in the sunshine.
·
landed here,
Optional Cargo will not LATER The wreck of the submaring Sales Notior, has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on from bas been found. An attempt is to port to pert to the foal port of call to be made to drill a hole in the hull which the option extends through which an air line can be inserted.
WHAT U.S. MARITIME EXCHANGE ALLEGES.
SHIPPING ALLEGATION.
REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] ́
NEW YORK, Dec. Slat. The Maritime Exchange has re- cently memorialised President Coolidge, alleging that Britain, Canada and Australia are dis criminating against American ship- ping, and urging American retalia- tion.-
An instance is quoted in which Canada, must be forwarded vid Canada required that cargoes to
preferential durtica, and the mem Canadian ports in order to obtain
orioliste have also referred to an from the United States via Canada arrangement whereby cattle shipped might remain in England for fat- The proposed alterations are retening before slaughter whereas quired in order to enable it to direct had to be slaughtered im
eattle sent from the United States carry on its business more economediately they arrived. mically and more efficiently.
The application was granted.
83 per share..
SHANGHAT'S WOMAN
BANDIT.
A. Chinese woman, of remarkable daring ferocity, and so tough that she sleeps with an automatic pistol under her pillow, has sprung into the limelight of the criminal world in Shanghai.
After that, the after-war difficul ties, gigantic as they were to 4 Will they do it! They have been country that is so dependent" or
so much abused and criticized late- external trade, and terribly
ly that' an American visitor, hin- they have been increased by in self an industrialist, who studied ternal industrial strife, did not their psychology described them as PISTOL UNDER HER PILLOW. seem to be altogether insurmount suffering from "inferiority able. Because, just as we did our complex." One of the latest pic- war job in spite of incredible tures is drawn by Mr. Seymour waste of money and effort, by Leslie in a clever novel called " the means of a certain commonsense: Silent Queen." In this book the adaptability that has never failed typical American employers us yet, so it was evident that for drawn quiet, alert, impenetrable the purposes of peace there were subject to outbursts of visionary so many things that obviously idealiem at times when somebody wanted doing, that the country is trying to pump him about ques- had a big margin pull at, when- tions of business; while the Eng
The Municipal Police have been ever it was compelled by sheer lish industrialist, characteristica looking for her for some time on economic force to cut away deadly called Root, as shooting suspicion of being involved in armed wood and reorganize for the great about with after wa game of international trade.
And now, the symptoms of re- covery are beginning to multiply. On the last day of Octoler the Times contained not only a state ment from the quarterly trade forecast of the Federation of
buying unprofitable plant from throbberies. They traced her to a American, bluffed all round the house in the French Concession market by Continental colleagues and weltering in a sea of trouble when, on their request, she was that his own incapacity has invit arrested by the French Folies. ed to submerge him.
A squad of police in charge of Detective Sergeant Croes, of the French Police, visited her home at 10.30 p.m., and they took her by surprise, arresting her without any trouble,
Well, these artista in words
British Industries to the effect that sometimes get effects of light and the outlook for British trade for shade at the expense of accuracy next year is brighter than it has of detail and if the romancers of been at almost any time since the other lands are to be believed, the conclurion of the war, but also a Poots qualities are by no means sammary of an article by the Loan British monopoly; and the don correspondent of the Frank American visitor who found the furter Zeitung, indicating that inferiority complex among British England is going to
be saved organizers concluded, not that is again, this time by the grace of was going to depress and numb the sporting instinct. Her Kir-them, but that it would spur them cher believes the playing at to active and successful effort.
SHIPPING NOTES.
Booty amounting to 30,000 was taken by twenty pirates who beard- ed the s.. How Lee Inst 'week in the Canton river. After ransacking the Mou Ler, the pirates made good their escape.
“Empress of Australia" Oz February 10th.
10-MILES LONG ICEBERG.
AND SOME 1,000T HIGH.
VALPARAISO.
A spectacular sight is afforded
▪!
The woman was sleeping soundly when the police entered the room, and when a search was made "ond of the latest models of outomatic pistols loaded with 9 rounds of am- munition was found under her pillow. She has been handed over to the Municipal Police-Shanghai Times,"
MOTOR LINERS FOR EASTERN SERVICE.
There appears to be no doubt re- just now to navigators through the garding the advantages to be gain. Straits of Magellan owing to the
ed by the employment of interaal-
It is also alleged that there are Australian preferences given to merchandise from the Pacific ports of Canada over the goods imported from American Pacific porta.
| TROOPS" " CHRISTMAS.
Y.M.C.A. APPEALL
[THROUGH ZEUTERʼB AQENCY.].
LONDON, Dec. Zist." The Y.M.C.A. is appeating for funds for special Christmas festivities for British troope abroad, including those at Shang- bai, Hong Kong and Weihaiwed.
A sum of £100 has so far besa contributed but much more is re- quired.
All broken, chafed and damaged Groda are to be left in the Gods wris, where they
will be examined on any Tuesdays and
Fridays, between the hours of 10,45 AM. and Now, within the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the. Steamer's Godows. and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 30th December, ill be subject to Rent.
All Claims against the Steamer manek be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 18th January, 1953, or they will not be recognised st
*No Fire Insuranos will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD BWIRE,
Agasta
[5681
21st December, 1997.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,' BREMEN.
TEE
*DERFFLINGER
HE Stramer baring arrived from BREMEN, HAM- BURG and Forts, Consignees of Okspo are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at their risk into the Go-
where Delivery can be obtained. downs of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon,
All Goods remaining undelivered after
the 26th of December, 1997, will be subject to Rent
No Fire Insurance will be effected by miany case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Con- signers and the Company's SarreJOIE, Years Anderson & Ashe at 10 s.m, On the 22nd at December, 1927,
No Claim will be admitted after the Grods have left the Godown and all' Clima must be presented within Two Werks of the Ship's arrival kers, after which date they will not be recognised.
Consignees are requested to surrender their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for countersignatura.
MELCHERS & CO.
Agents, ・ ・ Norvorumsonen Llore, BramBN) Hong Kong, 18th Dec., 1927. [5674.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES
·· MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
CONSIGNEE NOTICE.
∙SS. "CRENONCEAUX.”
REEDING CARGO Fiok MARSEILLES, &c.
CONSIGNEES are barsky informed
that their Goods with the exception
of Opium, Treasure and Vainabler are
SAIGON TO PARIS.
FLIGHT CONCLUDED.
(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENOT.]--
| being landed and stored into the Godowna * PARIS, Dec. 21st
of the Boug Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowe i o., Ltd. Kowloon, whence The airmen Challs and Rapia Delivery may be obtained immediately have completed their return fighter landing. from Saigon.
PERUVIAN LOAN.
QUICKLY SUBSCRIBED.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
NEW YORK, Dec. 21st. The Peruvian loan was quickly taken up. Only $10,000 (1) was allotted to Europe, principally to London.
HONG KONG METEOROLOG10AL
REGISTER.
Previons On DateĴOn Date
Day st
#t
at 2 p.m. 6 am. I pin.
terdam Lloyd built a motor liner, the Indra poera, for their Dutch Buat Indies service, and followed it by ordering a second larger and Tempersture higher-powered ship which will be Humidity... 72 commissioned in December.
The Wind Netherland Steamship Co. placed.
big ou-engined liner on the me Forca
Barometer...
30.02 80,01 09.23
6
66
74
91
69
E
Calm
SW
身
0
0
E
0.00 0.00 0.01..
Direction
All Claims must be sent in to me' on or before. Friday, the 30th December, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged Package will be examined by the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Connguées. at 10 am, Tuesday, the 27th December, 1997,
No Tire Insurayon will be effected by us in any case whatever.
“JA LIMAGE. A gan".
· Hong Kong, Slat Den, 1927. (5683.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSA- GERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE · NOTICE. Z.
On
8.5, “LIEUT, ST. LOUBERT DIR”
Bainoine CARGO FROM DUNKIRK,
ANTWERP, LONDON, &c., A130 CARGO FROM MORONDATA,
Ex 88. MARECHAL GALLINIE.”,
ONSIGNEES
are hereby informed. that their Goods with the exception of Opium, Tressure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Go- downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence Delivery may be obtained `im- mediately after landing.
Tiro 8.8. Haldia was taken in unusually large number of iceberg. combustion machinery in Liners Hong Kong Observatory, December 22nd, hand for overhaul at the Taikon They are in such numbers as to en-trading to the Far East. The ot Dock on Wednesday morning.
danger navigation.
On arrival at Sandy Point the captain of the Pacific Steam Navi The Canadian Pacific Ocean linergation Company's steamer Orita Express if Sustralia is due to informed the port authorities that arrive at Hong Kong on her round- during the passage of the straits the world cruise on February 10th, (300 miles) he encountered 30 ice- and after three days' sightseeing, berga, one of which was 10 miles will leave for Shanghai on Febru- long.
route last year, and this will be Weather ..... 0 ary 13th, and from there will go to Never before have, to many and followed by a larger ship before Rain Chinwangtao, where her passengers, so large icebergs been seen in the the beginning of 1928, whilet an Hignem open-air Temperature, Elet: 68 will disembark and board a special straits. Their existence in attri-order is about to be placed for an Lowest open-air Temperature, 22nd: 65 train which will take them to bated to the recant severe storms other and even bigger motor ship. Peking, where they will stay for at Cope Horn Some of the bergs The Bibby Line built two 10,000 four and a half days sightseeing.
B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy; D- loom up 1,000 feet above the sea. tom liners for Indian service, and Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning
The Straits of Magellan, which have now, ordered a third. None M-Mist; O-Overcast; F-Passing take their pams from the Fortuot there owners have constructed showers; Q-Equalis; R-Rain; the 26th December, 1927, gucse navigator Magalhaes, who any stear-driven liners for the Thunder. discovered them in 1820, divide the Eastern run since placing their South American, contineat from first motor ship in service. the islands of Tierra del Fuego. The straits are 2,500 miles from the South Polei
The party will visit Japan, Honolulu, San Francisco, Bachoa, Ancon, Panama City, Old Panama, New York, and then Cherbourg the voyage being terminated at South
amptos.
The Emprese of Australia, which is well known to many travellers to and from the Orient, has been re- engined and refitted on the Clyde. She sailed from New York on December 2nd.
It will be interesting to observe for how long the P. and O. Line will refuse to take advantage of the undoubted economy of the cal engine for their ships trading to India, Fuel and Diesel oil cost SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN practically the same on the Eastern
HONG KONG.
FOR DECEMBER, 1027. STANDARD TIME OF THE 120th MERIDIAN EAST OF GREENWICH
▪
Date
CHRISTMAS EXCURSION.
During the Christmas holiday, excursions will be runts Macao by the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, by the **s. Sui An and Sui Tai.. Bailings.
will be from Hong Kong at a am. December on Sunday and at 9 a.m. and 2 p... on Monday and Tuesday. Return sailings from Macao will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. Special
OLLECLERG'S MA 014 breakfasts, tiffin's and dinners will
OR. LE CLERGI SOAP, 15 or ® 2525st á,
be served on board at moderate prices.
Ssingite.
Sumact 23rd 8.50a.m. 6.44 p.m. 24th.7.00 25th...7,00 20th:7:00
27th..7.01. 29th...7.01., 29th...7.02
·5.46%
5.40
5.47 BAT .5.49
30th...7.02/0.48 31st...7.03.
HONG KONG STIDE TARTAR.
From-December 23rd to 29th, 1927.
HIGH WATERE,
Sat.
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time,
Height,
LOW WATEL, ....
Height
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time.
b, min
23 m 9 27|4 4{m 3,23°
8 177 6 2 24m10 264-3m 3
run, and, of course, all the new liners are fitted for oil fring. The result is that every new steam driven liner placed in service is consuming between 60 and 100 per
Fri. cent, more funt than would be RECOSSATY were oil. engines used instead of steam plant. When it is realized that this goes on day Bun. 95 after day for at least 20 years and that it represents anything between Mom 26 40 tons, and 80 tons of cl at 53 per ton every 24 hours, it will bo Taos 27 understood that there are still ope portunities for the further cdnser vation of our fuel resources and for, the more economical and effi Thay cient operation of some of oRÉ shipping fleets-The Motor Ships,
11 1443
8 497.9:
92581
.0
Wed. 28
10:46 8 0
11 8476'
All Claims must be sent in to me on ur before Wednesday, the 28th Decem Iber 1927, or they will not be recognized. Damaged Packages will be examined Goddard & Douglas in the presence of by the Company's Hurveyors: Mesura the Consignees at 10 .. on Monday,
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever,
7. LIMAGE,
Agent. Hong Kong, 19th Dec, 1997. [6678",
Don't worry,
there!
household.
A Welcome Visitor
at any time in every
Every
Bag, Flea, Beetle, Moth, Fly, etc., diss
once it has come into
proper contact with
KEATING'S