A Cuisine You'd Choose
Were It Available Ashore These 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 Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally steady. Are all burners, swift express liners,
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting.
All materooms are sucede, splendidly furnished and equipped with bedshot 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 the giant passenger liners.
The Cuisine is world famous. The diciously prepared menus will delight you, And how the archexra adds zem to your dining.
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The decks are spacious. The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck "sports, open air swimming pool, movies, evening dances, everything has bern done to make your trip a happy one, Unexcelled anywhere is the courtrous and efficient vice accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President: Lineri.
The great frequency of saflings and the liberal szopover privileges of the Dollar Seramship and American Mall Lines have made these giant passenger liners out- standingly popular among traveltza,
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TO SAN FRANCISCO and
LOS ANGEĀNS
The Suruhina Bais via Honolulu Fortnightly wailings an Yurdays
Pree. Taft...T., Feb. 28th, Noos Pree, Jefferson......Tues., Mar. 13th Pres. Lincoln Tues, Mar. 27th Pres, Madison ...Tues., Apr. 10th
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TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA The Short, Straight Route to America Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdayi
Free, Jackson Wad., Feb. 22nd, 8.m Pros. McKinley...Wed., Mat. 7th Free. Grant Wed. Mar. 21st Pres. Cleveland...Wed., Apr. 4th
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 überal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
To EUROPE and NEW YORK
ROUND THE WORLD'*****
Fortnightly selling on Tuesdays via Manila, Straits, Colombe. Suez Canal, Alexandria,
---Narben, Garis arcilas Bouton and New York
Pres. Haver...Sun., Feb, 26th
Prox. Polk .... Pres. Adams
Pros: HAYO
Son, Mar, 11th Sun., Mar. 25th
Prée. Garfeld.........Sun., Apr. 8th Pres. Harrison .. Sun, Apr. 22nd PYEL. Monroe --Ban, May 6th To’MANILA
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.....Mar. 11th. 6 pm. Pro, Grant .....Mar. 19th, & jum Pres. Lincoln .....M r. 19th, 6 p.m
Pres. Polli ...Feb. 26th, 6 pm. Pres. McKinley... Feb. 28th, 8 pm. Pros. Jefferson...Mar. 3th, p.
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Dollar Steamship Line
and
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MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
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MAIL AND CARGO STEAMERS TO AND FROM
MARSEILLES, DUNKIRK, U.K., HAMBURG & ROTTERDAM
From Marseilles
PORTEOS
PAUL LEGAT
28th Feb. 13th Mar
ANDRE LEBON ... 27th Mar CHENONOBAUX ...
10th Apr..
From Dunkirk, Antwerp,
London
YALOU (Cargo)... 28th Feb. D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar
For Shanghai, Japan and
North China
TALOU (Carge)... 28th Feb. D. P. BENOIT (Cargo), 24th Mar.
For full Particulars, apply to ---
Telephones: 0-681-and 740
For Shanghai and Japan
PORTHOS PAUL LEOAT ANDRE LEBON CHENONCEAUX
For Marseilles
G. KETZINGER SPHINX
⚫ar
-PORTBOS-
PAUL LECAT ANDRE LEBON ...
28th Feb.
18th Mar. 27th Mar. 10th Apr.
28th Feb. 18th Mar, -27th Mar
10th Apr, 24th Apr.
For Rotterdam, Hamburg,
Dunkirk
YANG TSE (Cargo) 1st week Mar
Cie. des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
3, QUEZA's Bur
OR SALE.
TES KAY' FRINGE KENEDY,
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 1928.
£4,000,000 HARBOUR FOR DUTCH STEAMER CAPSIZES. ·S.S." PRESIDENT TAFT."
GOLD COAST.
FRIMITIVE METHO
SUPERSEDED.
BOLD PROJECT.
STOKERS WASHED FROM BOLLERS.
ENGINEER TRAPPED IN CABIN,
-BATAVIA, Feb. 10th. The Straits Times give some dramatic particulars of the disaster to the Zeemeente.
Mr. J. H. Thomax M.P., Chel Sir Gordon Guggisberg, Inte Clovernor of the Gold Coast, are leaving England for the Gold In an interview the chief officer, Coast towards the end of March Mr. van der Bargh, said he got to, open the heir harbour
at out of his barth five minutes before Takoradi, which will cost approxi-the disaster because he felt peculiar mately £4,000,000.
movements of the ship.
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The .s. President Taft arriv.d On Sunday from Seattle, with 51 steerage cablu passengers, 101 passengers, 3,700-tons-of-varyo-Entre} 2,600 of mail. Of this, 38 cabia présengers and 95 steerage
· WËTO for Hong Kong as well a 3,600 tons of cargo and 200 bags of mail.
Amongst the passengers aboard wers:-Mr. C. M. Roberts of the'l International Banking Corporation: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jensen and
Co. of Chicago: Mr. T. A de daughter, representative of Eli
SNA a representative of the Portugueso Government, with his wife and 208; Mr. C. AL Gee, re presentative of the National Aniling Chemical Co. of Shanghai: Mr. and Mrs. Ha? Roach_en_route"around the world. Mr. Roach is a moving picture producer and originator of The famous Our Gang' comedies; Mr. and Mrs W. Schmidt, a pr cap.minent merchant of New York and
Manila, en route to Manila; Mr. F. R. Maass is Manager and Direc tor of the China Electric Import- ing Co. of Shanghai'; Lieut. E. E He was washed away, but found Stevens, with his wife and daugher, a log of wood and with others floatis en route to U.S. Naval Station ed in a long row on heavy seas
at Cavite: Mrs. W. B.. Shumaker. until after an hour he was saved by wife of Lieut. Skumaker, is en the steamer Menten. -
route to join her husbnail at the U.S. Naval Station Cavite.
Passengers for Gold Coast ports He found everything normal but have at present to make an uncon- the weather was stormy. Sudden fortable and occasionally perilously, however, he felt a jerk and a journey from the ships to land by strong gust of wind... surf boats, manned by krooboys, The steamer simultaneously members of a tribe amazingly pro-sized and he found himself sitting ficient in the management of their the upturned side of the ship. canoes in rough ̈seas.
Floating On Log.
A "mammy" boat, which is simply a wicker basket with grals. ix alung over the ship's side by erane, and the unfortunate passen- gers are dumped with a thud, into, the surf boat as it bobs "beneath them in the sea.
The water where the disaster-oc- curred is not deep, but sometimes there is a heavy ground well.
The catastrophe happened in less
than a minute.
There is always a surl, more aften than not extremely heavy, on the West Coast of Africa, and
Another officer, named Cornelisse, though the sea may appear quite enlm from the ship's decks, great stated that the Zeemeeur suddenly breakers can be seen roaring oned to the helm as the helmsman was swerved. He and the captain rush- the distant shore.
Cargo is taken ashore in the same way, and it is difficult to believe that the krooboys are entirely responsible for the whole of the vast trade of the Gold Coast ports.
£4,500,000 Exports.
The surf boats containing passen gers do not bench, and the visitors come ashore on the broad backs of the Krooboys. And yet in spite of this apparent confusion, during Je, the last year for which com- plete figures are available, more than £4,000,000 worth of importa and 24,500,000 worth of exports passed through Accra..
Conditions at Sekondi, the most important export harbour, are a little better, for here lighters and a large motor-launch can be used, but only wish difficulty.
It was obvious to Sir Gordon Guggisberg that the vast increase in the trade of the Gold Coast which followed the war could no longer depend for its handling on such primitive methods, and it was due to his foresight, and the enter- prise of Mr. J. H. Thomas, who was Colonial Secretary at the time, in not hampering a project that savoured perhaps of Imperialism, that the plans of Takoradi were passed.
There was at first a wave of op- position on the coast itself, for the opening of Takoradi will entail the closing, or at any rate the de- eline, of many hitherto prosperous norts. The most important of these, with the exception of Sekondi, is Cape Coast.
Unnecessary Ports.
Powerless.
The ship then capsized and the
He was
captain, who was unable to hold the helm, went down. thrown back by the water and was rescued.
The
"HERMES LEAVES FOR
CHINA.
Hopwood, C.B.E., the aircraft
·H.M.S. Hermet, Capt. Geoffrey
carrier attached to the China
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
NEW YORK BERTH.
FOR NEW YORK & BOSTON via SUEZ.
M.V. "BABY CASTLE*
Bails on or about 15th March
LLOYD TRIESTINO.
REGULAR
MONTHLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE for BRINDISI, VENICE AND TEFESTE (PIUME). TAKING CARGO ON THEQUGH, BILLS OF LADING TO GENOA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, BLACK BEA AND DANUBE PORTS.
REDUCED PASSAGE RATES. BRINDISI. VENICE & TRIESTE LONDON
£72:10.0. £80. 0.0.
NEXT SAÌLINGS,
OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND MOJI,
From Hong Kong. Baila on/or about 1st Mar," Sails on/or about 29th Mar. Sails onfer about 28th Apr.-
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M.V. "ROMOLO" 8.8. VENEZIA " M.V.REMO"
HOMEW ADS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.
M.V. ESQUILINO " M.V.ROMOLO”· 8.S. NENEZIA".
From Hong Kong. Sails en/or about 6th Mari Sails on for about 3rd Apr.. ...Saila enfor about ·lat May:
Station, left Portsmouth on Jann- NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
ary 21st for the Far East. The Härmre returned to England on October 28 and has been refitted. and recommissioned at Chatham. helmsmanelimbed "P Wing Commander H. J. F. Hum- through a broken glass window, ter, M.C., from the R.A.F. Train- The officer on duty managed to ing Base, Leuchars, has succeeded throw off his heavy coat and sea-Wing Commander B. L. Huskisson, boots while under water and came D.S.C., as Senior Air Force Officer up in the vicinity of the Captain in the Hermes, helping him to bored by the Menten.
Dash From Engine Room,
REGISTER.
The Chief Engineer of the HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL Krour, who was on duty in the engine room, suddenly heard a movement in the coat bunkers and Hong Kong Observatory, February 20th. ibreriaui On Dash On Date noise of falling objects on the deck. He ran up from the engine
kt Day
at vjat 2 pm). 6. ami) X fim room and as be gat on to the deck the ship capsized.
He held on to the ship's keek, hut | Barometer... was thrown off and was in danger Temperature] of drowning. Be ouanaged, how. Humdity.... ever, to keep afloat for an hour until the crew of the Menten threw him a rope and he was pulled on board.
The crew was composed mainly of. Timorese, who a good swimmers. "A few stakers were literally washed away from the boilers which proved to be the means of their escape,
The scoond engineer, Ridder, had a wonderful escape. He was lying awake in his berth, from which ba was thrown to a standing position on the cabin wali: He kicked in the door and the water rushed in throwing him towards the Chief Engineer's cabin. The water soon reached his lips but he managed to open a port bole and say the en- ten leaving the scene. Luckily the vessel returned again and saved him after he had been in the water for about three hours.
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
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Direction Furce
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... Eight open-air Temperature, 19th: 59 Lowest open-air Temperature, 26th: 37
A-Blue sky; CO-Cloudy; D= Drizzle: F-Fog; L-Lightning; M-Mist; O-Overoast; P-Passing showers; Q-Squall; R-Rain; T- Thunder.
HONG KONG TIDÉ ŤABLE.
From February 1st to 27th, 1929
High Warts,
Date th
Hong
Kong
Standard
Time.
Low WarrU..
Hoog
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Standard Time.
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Cape Coast will disappear as a port, for the extension of the Sekondi railway to Takoradi will make the small intermediate ports unnecessary. Takoradi, before it is finished, will, as already stated, cost something like £4,000,000, but with the ever-increasing cocoa and
The 21m10 70 manganese exports this expendi̟- ture will soon justify itself. It is not generally known that the Gold
The B.I. 8. Talma will leave for Wed 22m0 38 47 9 36 37 3 Coast produces over half the Amay, Moji, Kobe, Yokohama and Thur 28 11 8 world's demand for cocos, repre- Osaka st 6 a.m. to-morrow (Wed- senting in 1926 230,840 tons. Near-nesday). ly 350,000 tons of manganese were produced during the same year.
Practically the whole of these ex- parts will in future pass through Takoradi, instead of being divided among hall a dozen or moze smaller porta Transport costs will be re- duced, and what is even more im- portant, loss by immersion and damage will become negligible.
TWO NEW SHIPS.
ADDITIONS TO THE S.S. CO.'B FLEET.
10.48
Unad.
h. m. gr. la.
3 56
41 28
4 29 04
382 5 07
?A2 2
Fri. 24 all $8.5
11 338.9 25 0 35 5.
523
162 8
The P."& O. sa. Kalyan, left Singapore for Hong Kong on the Bat 18th inat, at 2.30 p.m., with the out- ward English mails, and is due here Om. 2699 on Thursday, the 23r inst., at about 6 am.
The 1.& Talambu (B.I. and Apear Line), left Moji for Hong Kong on the 19th inst., and is due bere on Thursday morning.
The RM.S. Empres of Russia arrived at Nagasaki on Sunday, left the following day, and is due at Shanghai to-day (Tuesday) at 11
a.m.
"The sa Tugela (Dodwell & Co.), diled from New York on January 18th, and is due here on March 9th. The Ks. Bolton Castle (Dodwell & Co.), sailed from New York on February 4th, and is due here on March 25th
:
Two new vessels, one of which has just been completed and the other which will bo delivered about the middle of the year, are to be
The m.v. Romolo (Dodwell & Co.), added to the Straits Steamship sailed from Penang yesterday, and Company's fleet. Both have been is due here on March lat. built by the Taikoo Dock Company
The a. Vestezia (Dodwell & Co.), at Hong Kong to the British Corsailed from Port Said yesterday, poration specifications.
The Arst to arrive at Singapore and is due here on March 28th.
The mv. Toledo (Dodwell & Co.); will be the Tunsong which wasailed from New York on February launched on January 6th. She is 13th, and is due here on April 19th. expected in Singapore about Feb.
20th. The vessel hng twin screws,
is 181 feet long, and hea a moulded
breadth of 29 feet. She has two driven by two sets of triple expan- hatches and carries a crane aft and sion engines: Three hatches have.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL
STEAM NAVIGATION Co STEAM KASHMIR.
ARTED HONG KONG OF 17TH FEBRUARY, 1929.
FROM ANTWEEF.LONDON.GIBRAL» TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO
AND STRAITS.
Fire
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO
SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS ·
8.8. "UMSINGA" 8.8. “UMONA"
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Regular Panger and Cargo Service to Gruth"African Porta,"
Through Bills of Lading lasuoi trom Bong-Kong,
For Freight or Franage on any of the above Lines, apply to :--
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Telephone: Central 1030.
Agents.
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COMBINED FREIGHT AND · PASSENGER " SERVICE. CABIN CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR 50 PASSENGERS. FARE FROM HONG KONG TO ĐENDA--473, Dr. Da
OUTWARD.
Sailings from Európe for Shanghai and Northern Ports-
8.9. EMIL KIRDORF* M.B. HAVELI AND 88.HAVENSTEIN** 8.S."SCHEER"
8.8. "CARL LEGIEN " B.8. ADOLF VON BAEYER' HOMEWARD.
une here on or about the 28th Feb. dua bere on or about the 29th Feb. due here on orabout the. 7th Mar. dne here on or about the 19th Mar, dus here on or about the 30th Mar, dog høre en or about the 3rd Apr.
Bailinga for Europe via Manila, Singapore
Colombo & Port Said:-
...ailing from here on of about the 13th lar. sailing from here on or about the 29th Mar,
ITS. "SAARLAND" 18.8. EMIL KIBDORF* IM.B.HAVELLAND " (Omitting Manila)
*B.8, "CARL LEGIEN"
#aling from here on or about the 5th Apr. sailing from here on or about the 24th Apr. 6.S. "ADOLF VON BAEYEE" sailing from here on or about the 2nd May *SS “PREUSSEN "
sailing from here on or about the 16th May:
Calling at Gence, Marseilles, Rotterdata and Hamburg, Calling at Ganon, Botterdam and Hamburg.
For Freight, Passage and fartier Farticular please apply to
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CHINA. MUTUAL, STEAM "NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
From NEW YORK VIA BINGAPORE.
CONSIGNEES pof Ca, i Bteamer
"ATREUS
Tse
Tel + 4754 Tel.
C. 2005,
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
KORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
BREMEN,
OBLPEZ" Holt's baving arrived from BREMEN, RAM-
Co
"NONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above- namel Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and are hereby notified that the Carge haring THE Ste placed AT THE IE in the Hong Kong arrived per 8.8. AENEAS" from and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com Singapore will be discharged into Heat SUBG and Forts, Consignees of Cargo pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Whart, Kowloon, where it Consignment will be sorted out Mark Consignoes' risk and rabject to Terms and are hereby notified that their Cargo i by Mark and Delivery can be obtained ne
of Storage at Holt's Wharf being landed at their risk into the Go the Goode are landed,
Optional Goods will be landed here") are will be mady for Delivery from ; downs of the Hong Kong & Kowloon
Wharf and Godown on and after 16th February
Ltd., Kowloon, be Instructions
where Delivery can Lave been given to the Optional Cargo will not be landed here,
obtained. Contrary 6
ary 6 hours before arrival of tires Notice has begin om the 23rd of February, 1928, will be
prior to
All Goods remaining undelivered after. Steamer, ! ;
Stemmer's arrival, but carried Goods not cleared within 8 days port to
port
of call to subject to Rent,
No Fire Tsurance will be effected by two steam winches forward. A been provided. One derrick has including date of arrival will be rabject to which the option extende
All broken, thafed ind damaged Goods sile commodation has been provided for been fitted capable of lifting, 13 Fert. No for tons and there are so '16 cranes
Damaged eight first-class passengere
Insurance will be effected by
by art to 1
to la left in the Godown, where they la cais whatever. in any case whatever.
will be examined on any Tuesdays and Godomato Packages must be left in the whom a lounge has been provided capable of lifting two tous each us is
Damaged Fackages must be left in the Fridays between the hours of 10.45, x, for xamination by the Con- Company's Barregor, aft of the shade deck. The veese? There is accommodation for 24 is an oil burner and will have a first-class passengers in donble Godown for examination by the Con- and Noow is the Free Storage period Mrs. Anderson & Aabe at 10
No Claims will be simitted after the the 21st of February, 1928 speed of about nine knots.
berth cabins, and 16 second-class signee, and the Company's Surreyor,
Messrs. Goddard & Douglas at 10 am. Goods have left the Steamer's Godown,
ill be admitted Olaims It is intended that the vessel passengers. shall trade between Pulo Lang- The setsel has a speed of about Mondays and Thursdays, within the and all Goods remaining undelivered foods have left the Book after the after the 22nd February, be subject Claims must be presented within Two kawi, Kantung, Tongkoh and pro- 103 knots and will be placed upon Free Storage period..
All Claim against the Steamer must to Hent,
Werkt of the Ship's arrival hero, after All Claims against the Stater must 3 which date they will not be recognised.
Consignees are requested to surrender before March, 1998, or they will be printed to the Undersigned on er
before: the 7th March, or they will not their Bills of Lading to Lae not be recognized.
Undersigned be recognised.
for countenigestores a No Win Induranes will be affected, in
METCHERS & 100% "BUTTERFIELD "&" SWIRE,
Age Agente.
NOLDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BENIN, [6207 10th February, 1928.
Hong Kong, 16th Feb, 1929. (5894
TONG KONG, HANSARD RE-THERAPION NO. 1bably some of the smaller. Siamese the run from Penang to ports on be to the Undersigned on or
PORTS of the MEETING THERAPION No. 2 ports
the LEGISLATIVE COUNOLL THEBAPION No. 8
-or- täs Session. 1927. mj
Revised by Members. PRICE Rövikonser 84. HONG KONG DAILY PRESS Orric
la 1 ide machter Caerche, 16. 1 bir fons de la MANO A CEMAN, ZARA mi madres, 1. De I To way Dogs Entrena ka, Kristrada 9
- Diseases.... His. §. Jer Chrende WerknemGU SELA 23
MAIL VACH 90, Ryuuwan By Kou. Tergo ve DV 6.
The Mantang is a larger ship and has dength of 250 feet and moulded breadth of 42 feet 6 inches This vessel is also am-oil-burner and is propelled by twin screws (Continued on next Column,)
the West coast of Sisam.);
Two small vömels are in the
course of construction at Penang, and these four when completed will bring the total number of vessels owned by the company up to 55. ➡Straits Timei..
Ne Olsims will be admiffed after the Goods have left the Gódownload MACKINNON, MACKENZIE É CO
Agenta.
Hong Kong, 17th Feb., 1929. [5891