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NONSIGNEES per Co.'s Voase! "CALCHAB"
From UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE
are bereby notified that their Carge
in bo discharged into
Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Rolt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready tur Delivery from Godowa, on and after 2nd January.
Optional Cargo will not be landed here anless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival, but carried on frau port to
port to the final port of call to which the option extends.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934.
C.P.R. MAKE NEW ARRANGEMENT
Cooperative Rail-
..
water Scheme
Rev. V. Crowder, Passenger Grace of the Traffic Manager Line
with headquarters in San visitor to Francisco, a recent Montreal, in Conference with William Baird, Steamship Passen- Fr Traffic... Manager, Canadian ar- Pacific Co., announced, an
the perfected with rangement Canadian Pacific covering an at- tractive Rali-Water Circle-Trip to California and the Pacific North West, whereby the principal scenic wonders of Canada can be visited plus an ocean cruise through the Spanish Americas via the Panama Canal
According to Mr. Crowder's Canadian
announcement the Facic Co. has entered into an arrangement with the Grace Line whereby passengers can purchase Rall-Water Circle-Trip tickets at all their local offices or through any authorized steamship or tourist agent. Stateroom accom- modations and meals are included on the steamer and the trips are sold at astonishingly low fares from Starting Point and return to Starting Point.
The ticket covering rail route across the continent carries with it liberal stopover privileges and
Includes visits to some of the most magnificent mountain resorts to be found in the World, and according to the announcement, a choice of routes can be selected from any part of Canada. Visits can be made to Rocky Mountain Park, Lake Louise. Banff as well Canadian Northwest.
all principal points in the All im- portant cities can be reached under the same arrangement de- pending upon route selected' to make the trans-continental trip.
2.5
Railroad tickets are issued to
the
port selected for departure namely, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or Victoria,,. B.C. Following the steamer trip. the rail return. is made from op-
DROUGHT IN BRITAIN
Rural Areas Suffer Water Shortage
London, January 2. The deficiency in the rainfall over a large part of Great Britain, prolonged over nine
consecutive
BERLIN STOCK MARKET
New Year Opens Brightly
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press (Copyright.)
Berlin, January 2
months, has led to the drying-up of springs and a fall of water
The first share market in 1934 level which, in many parts of the i began bright and buoyant record- country, are causing lence and even anxiety.
inconven-
The great cities are not at pre- sent seriously affected by the drought, but in some of the small towns it has become necessary to curtail slightly the supply of wa- ter, while in many rural areas, particularly in high-lying villages, a difficult situation has arisen
A curious feature of the drought is that it has affected areas where in normal years the rainfall 16 greatly in excess of the average of the whole country; such BS small places in the lake district and rural areas in Wales.
The drought has brought the river Axe, which flows through Wookey Hole cave, 500 feet below the Mendip Hills, to a low level never before known, and excava. tors and archaeologists are.hoping to explore caverns which have never been" entered by civilized
man.
This cave about 3,000 years ago was the home of a tribe whose pottery and home implements, unearthed by archaeologists, Have helped to reconstruct the mode of lying in the distant past-British Wireless Service.
FOUR HOME BY
ELECTIONS
Caused by Deaths and Appointments
ing appreciable advances in most sections. The announcement of a six months notice for the calling of the 6 per cent Herding Relchsloan of 1929 has been gen- erally, interpreted as a first step towards an organic reduction of interest rates by conversion. The created favourable impression caused an influx of buying orders. for fixed interest securities which resulted in a strong bullish move- ment upon the bond market. The firm tendency of New York, ef
orts to bring about a new Belgo- German coal agreement as well as statistical returns revealing the decrease in the number of bank- ruptcies also tended to stimulate business which however did not exceed normal proportions, Call money was at 4 to 51. Young Loan again improved at 9287, Reichsbank soared 4,75 to 164,75; German Dyetrust 14 up to 125,00; Salzdetfurth Potash t' better at 151,75; German Steel Trust rose 7 to 37,00; German Mineral 01 1 better at 105,00; Siemens Halske 1 higher at 143,00-Transocean Kuo Min.
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Wears "Blue Shirt" on Leaving Court
Dublin, January 3. After a retirement lasting only 20 minutes, the President of the Irish Free State Military Tribunal
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FROM SUNDAY KING'S
CONSIGNEE NOTICES,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.
"AT" THE
Lionel BARRYMORE "ONE MAN'S JOURNEY”
E Motor Ship THE "SAALE" having arrived from BREMEN, HAM. BURG and Porte, Consignees of Cargo: are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at their risk into the Godowas of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wearf and Godown Co, Ltd., Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained.
Consignees are further notified that the Motor Ship” “SA A LE " has taken at HAMBURG and BREMEN Through Cargo for HONG KONG BI B. JOLANTHA" and "PASAJE8" from COPENHAGEN and SETUBAL.
All Goods remaining undelivered after the 6th of January, 1934, will be
subject to Rent,
No Fire Insurance will be effected by ns in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Con, signeer and the Company's Surreyor- Messrs. Anderson & Ashe, at 10a.m. on the 5th of Jan., 1984.
Consignees must
when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the. Company's surveyors.
With MAY ROBSON DOROTHY JORDAN JOEL M¢ CREA FRANCES DEE RKO-RADIO PICTURE
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OONSIGNEE NOTQIES,
"NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL. STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER BEUTAN."
AZRITED HONG KONG ON 8TH DECEMBER, 1933. FLOKANTWERP,LONDON, GIBKAL TAH, MARSEILLES, MALTAJE "PORTSAID, "'ADEN, COLOMBO. AND STRAFTS.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named Vessel afs hereby in
formed that their Goods are being landed and placed at TRBIL BISK in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Gode was at Kowloon where
each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery voan be obtained as.
Goods are
Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of
the Steamer."
they will be examined on ony Tuesdaya | talp a veritable trip abroad is Ludlow since 1932, as Metropolitan / Ged that the Construction confer. Officer in at Dave & Revenus cluding date of arrival will be subject to
ad Fridays between the hoars of 10.45 M. and Noos within the Free Storage period.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goode have left the Steamer's Godzva. and all Goods remaining undelivers after the 8th January, will be subject
to Bent.
All Claims against the Steamer mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 2nd Jah, or they will dot be recognised
No Pirs Lasurance will be offseted.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents
2nd January, 1934.
Bong Kong Weekly Press
Mr. Hu Han Min
Special to
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Prees..
Presentation to. Mr. A. Cameron.
Naval Parade at Happy Valley:
C.-in C. taken Salute.
All the pictures in the "Daily Press' duced in an Art Paper Supplement.
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red on the tribunal absolute juris- diction to try General O'Duffy on all the charges,
In order to avoid a clash with tribunal the High Court, the agreed to accede to the Attorney General's request for adjournment
"London, January 2. His Majesty the King has ap- proved the appointment of Sir posite coast to the starting point. Gervais Rentoul, M.P., and Mr. On the steamer portion of the Geoffrey Keith Rose, Recorder of
made, with stops at six Spanish Police Magistrates to fill the the American Countries. These include vacancies caused by the death of Havana, Colombis, the Panama Canal, San Salvador, Guatemala
Mr. J.A.R. Cairns, and the retire ment of Mr. Frederick Mead.・・ “. and Mexico. At each port the
The appointment of Sir Gervais traveller is allowed ample time Rentoul necessitates a by-election ashore to see the attractions of the in the Lowestoft division of Suf- native villages and cities and in sume cases take short inland trips. Conservative member since
folk which he has represented. as scenic wonder and historical vember, 1922.
of the particular country, By-elections are also pending The time consumed between New at Cambridge and North Ports- York and California in either mouth owing to the elevation to
He afterwards announced direction is 17 to 20 days, depend-Peerages in the New Year Hon-
he was continuing his ́ political ing upon the type of steamer
qurs, of Bir Douglas Newton and
campaign and was speaking to selected.
Sir Bertram Palle, both of whom public gatherings at Wexford on are Conservatives. Another by Saturday and at Athlone on Sun- election is "caused by the death of
day. Mr. D. M. Cowan,, Liberal MP. for the Scottish Universities-mi British Wireless Service.
to
spots
STEEL MOTOR TRAWLER
New Type Of. Vessel
IRRAWADDY BRIDGE.
OPENED
No
of the case until further notice.. General O'Duffy, wearing a blue
shirt under his overcoat,' was ac-
companied by a galaxy of law-
yers...
that
General O'Duffy was first ar- rested at Westport where he was scheduled to deliver a speech to the "Blue Bhirts.". He was charg ed with wearing the uniform of the organisation which has been declared legal by President Eamon De Valers. The detention Was later "quashed by the High Court at Dublin, and General O'Duży was released, only to be summon-
No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all Claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised. their Bills of Lading to the Undersigned Consignoes are requested to surrender for Countersignature.
MELOHERS & 00., Agenta: NORDDEUTSCHEN LOTD BRIXIE. Hong Kong, 30th Deo., 1983. .[212
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
QUNSIGNEE NOTICE
38. "CHENONOEAUX,”
ARRIVED HONG KONG UN SUNDAY, TH 31st DECEMBER, 1933.
From MARSEILLES, Aq”.
NONSIGNEES of, Cargo by the Usboye-named Steamer are hereby.
Goods not cleared within 8 days in-
Kent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by na in any case whatever,
Damaged Packages must be left it the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Donors, at 10 am, on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Fres Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for à Revenue Officer to be present at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.
All Claims against the Steamar must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 18th January, 1834. or they will not be recognized.
No Claims will be admitted after, the Goods have left the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.
Aganta. Hong Kong, 80th Dec, 1933. [9122
PRINCE LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
Frox NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES
THE
sed later on a charge of "inciting informed. that their Goods, with the Motor Vessel.
to murder Mr. De Valera." Reu-xception of Opium, Treasure and Vain ables, are being landed and placed at their risk in the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Kowkan, wheros Delivery can be
WOMEN SAILORS ON
RUSSIAN SHIPS.
Obtained as the Goods are landed,
"JAVANESE PRINCE": having arrived from the abova Port on 28th December, Consigness of Czego nce, hereby informed that their Good"" being landed at their rink into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloos
Limited Wharf and Godown Company, Kowloon, and stored at Consignees' Fink
Goods not cleared within 7 days, in- cluding date of arrival, will be subject to and spense.
Beat.
The trial trip of a new type of British steel motor-trawler, Ala, took place off Lowestoft recently. She is the first of a fleet of 12, and. the others are to be constructed, as
London, January 2. was the Ala, at the shipbuilding
The first bridge over the Ira yard of Richarda Ironworks, Limit-waddy River in Burma was open- ed. The machinery equipment coned yesterday by the Governor, Bir sists of a fire-cylinder Ruston Li-Hagh Stephenson, in the presence ter. ter Diesel engine, developing 150 of a large crowd horse-power at 235 revolutions per The new bridge, which cost over minute. There is auxiliary plant £1,000,000, is 4,000 feet long and also. with a specially insulated fish was built by a British engineer- hold which will enable fish to being arm-British Wireless Service, landed in perfect conditioil. The
All broken, chafed, and damaged Gooda Ala, which has been built to the
A number of women, all of whom · AB Ülaims manat be sent to the Under-are to be left in the Godowna, where order of East Anglian Ice and Cold
Berlin, January 2 are unmarried form part of the signed before Wednesday, 10th January, they will be examined on Wednesday, Storage, Limited, Lowestoft, was Compliments of the season were crew of the Russian ship Krestyanin 1984, or they will not be recognized. 3rd January, 1984, at 10 am, y given a thorough test in &atif exchanged on the occasion of which is unloading pit props at Damaged packages must be left in. All Claims must be presented within breeze on a lively sea. On a straight New Years Day between the Hull. One is the third officer. the Godowns for examination by the 15 Days of the Vossel's arrival here, run the engines developed a speed Reichs President Paul von Hinden "The women members of the crew | Consignees and the Company's Sur- after which date they cannot be of nine miles an hour, and the test burg and numerous foreign So- are fairly satisfactory, the first veyors, Mess. Goddard & Danglas, at sognized.. was considered eminently satis-vereigns and heads of Govern-officed me, but of course, they 10am, on Friday, the 6th Jan,
1984. "
No Claims will be fitted after the factory by the experts who were on ments including HM the Kings of are not expected to do so much as Offices in attendance when damaged Goods remaining undelivered after the Consignes must have a Revenue Goods have left the Andewas, and Al- board. The Ala started trawling Great Britain, Bulgaria, Denmark, the men. in the North Bea forth-with, and Norway, Sweden, the Pope, the "The third officer, after a period datiable goods are examined by the 4th January, 1934, will be subject to Reut ber operations will be watched with President of Austria and the Re- ata as an ordinary seaman, at Wompany's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance has been' storted. considerable interest. It is under-gent of Hungary. The Reichs tended a nautical school, yad even-Goods have left the Godowns.
No Claima will be admitted after the Bills, of stood that five of the vessels com- President moreover was recipient busily passed the examination foro Fire Insurance will be effected by FURNESS prising the order placed with Ruston of countless congratulatory mes-third mate
un in any case whatever, Lister Marine Company, Limited, sazes from Germans, and German [Note-Yomen in RussİS, BTC are to be completed by September, organizations abroad. Transocean allowed to go in for any work that 1804, and six by September, 18350 - Kuo · Min.
men undertake.]
Hong Kong, 31st Dec., 1928
of Lading pay (
will be onundersigned
(TAR`RAMT), LED.. 4th Floor, King's Building,
Connaught Roadma
Dial 28166. (3197 Hong Kong, 19th Dec., 1993, ' ' - (2114