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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934.
Shipping
YESTERDAY'S FREIGHT
RETURNS
IMPORTS 5,480 TONS; THROUGH CARGO.
10,340 TONS.
The returns, shown at the Har- bour Office of vessels carrying cargo to the Colony during the 24 hours ended ac B a.m. yesterday
were imm
British,
City of Norwich, Chinwangtao
Kiungchow,
Fooshing.
Hothow
Canton Wing Lee.
Canton
American, President
Italian.
Conte Verde,
Dutch." Anastasia,"
Cargo for. Through H.K. Ports
700
6,300
200
545
130 700-7,175
ایمر
1,868
Wilson,
New York
845
1,868. 945
Singapore 145
1,300 145 1,300
Singapore 3,700
Japanese. Asama Maru.
Nagasaki
∙Chinese. **- Stanley,
Swabue 48
3,700
45
45
Total.
5,483
10.343
ASIATIC DECK PASSENGERS.
News Daily Statement. Clearances.
Line.
ARRIVALS
January 8.
Ships In Harbour,
(2
Lahn. German str. 5,300 tons, Capt. Minssen, from Manila, Kowloon Wharf.-Melchers and Co. City of Norwich, British str. 4.346 tons, Capt. A. 8. Reay, from Dairen, buay No. A3-Bank President Wilson. American" str., 6,735 tons. Capt. W. A. Ross, Kowloon from Shanghal, Wharf.-Dollar S.8. Line.
January 9. Asama Maru, Japanese str., 10,017 tons, Capt., Shinomiya, from Nagasaki, Kowloon Wharf.- N.Y.K. Foo Shing, British str.. 1,423 tons, Capt. R. C. Thompson, from Canton, bucy No. B-Järdine, Matheson and Co. Kiungehow, British str., 1,545 tons, Capt. J. W. Jenkins, from Hol- how, buoy No. B21.-B. and 8. Svale. British str., 1.354 tons, Capt. G. H. Wilkins. from Swatow, Douglas Wharf.-Douglas 8.8. Co. Empress of Russia, British str.. 8,789 tons, Capt. &. J. Hoskins, from Manila. Kowloon Wharf. ~C.P.R.
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CLEARANCES
January 9.
Tilnegara, for Manila. Hunan, for Swatow, Lahn, for Shanghai. Tal Yuan, for Canton. Helikon for Saigon... Halyang, for Swatow. President Wilson, for Manila. Michael Jebsen, for Bangkok, Solviken, for Saigon
PASSENGER LIST
The following Passengers arrived in Hong Kong by the Empress of Russia yesterday.
The following vessels brought to the Asiatic deck passengers Colony during the 24 hours ended
Mr. R. A. Cohendet, Mr. & Mrs. at 9 a.m. yesterday:- Kiungchow (British), Holhow. 144 S. M. Carlisle, Mrs, M. Hammon- 108 tree. Mr. & Mrs. R. H. King, Miss Wing Lee (British), Canton Conte Verde, (Italian), SingaMC. King, Master H. King, Mr, 164 J. G.. H. Lander, Mr. M. Macaulay, pore Stanley (Chinese), Swabue. 107. Mr. & Mrs. A: Juiroga, Mr. M. W, Stranack, Mr. C. B. Willey, Capt 523 & Mrs. D. P. Waite, Mr. T. A,
Bandell.
Total
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
The arrivals, and departures
Mr. & Mrs. T. Arden, Mr. R. Hyndman, Mr. H. Nerling. Mr. Sin Wing.
elt.
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
Dollar Line News
Word hus beer received from Captain W. O. Kohlmeister." com- mander of the Dollar round-the- World Ener President Johnson, that his vessel had broken three records when it passed through the locks Into Bombay's Inner harbour. It was the largest line: fol ever to negotiate this difficult
were passage. The records length, draft and tonnage.
#15 The President Johnson", is feet 4 inches long, with gross ton- nage of 15,548 and draws 35 feet, 6 inches There was only a hair- breath leeway between the ship and the sides of the famous lock.
*
15
P.&O., British India Apcarb and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES INCORPO RATED IN ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GU.... WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND & QUEENS LAND PORTS, RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE FORTS, EUROPE, ETC. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT.)
From Hongkong "Ibout)
Steamship
"NALDERA"
+BHUTAN "CORFU "
Tons.
13th Jan.
13,000 *,000
27th Jan,
3rd Feb.
17,000 10th Feb.
17th Feb-1 8,000
24th Feb.
3rd Mar:
+BEHAR "HAWALPINDI" 17,000 8,800 +BOUDAN “
15,000 10th Mar, COMORIN " "CHITRAL"
*RANCHIA "CARTHAGE" **** è OMALI "
"NALDERA "CORFU
It is only a question of time--"BANPURA and a short time at that until. you will see thirty hour tratta running between Chicago and Sun Francisco," stated James Keeley, the Pullman vice-president of Sleeping Car Company, who was a passenger on the Dollar round-1" BURDWAN”. the-world liner President Polk from New York to San Francisco: The present railroad time between Chicago and the coast via the Overland Southern Pacific's
dis- Limited is 61 hours, over a tance of 2200 odd mile.
"The new rail equipment which will make up these fast flyers will be constructed of aluminum alloy on light steel, modelled And stream lines. Coaches will be air- conditioned to eliminate dust and noise, and maintain even tempera- and ex- tures. The heavy, Blow pensive-to-operate trains of to- day soon will take a place in a
place in a museum."
#
*
menace
to
1* BANGALORE "MANTUA”
RAWALPINDI + BHUTAN
• (Jargo only.
1
15,000 24th Mark
6000 31st Mar.
&
· 17,000
15,000 500
སྙ
7th April 81st April 28th April
16,000 5th May 15,000 19 May 6,000 26th May
11,000 2nd June 17,000 18th Jane 6,000 23rd Juge
+ Calls Cablanca.
Destination
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
do.
Mars, Havre, L'dos.,
A'werp. & Hall Bomber, London. Mare., Havre, I'don,
H.bg., R'dm. & A'werp.- Bombay, Marseilles & Loades Mare, Harre, L'don., H'bg.
Edm., Awerp. & Hoi) Marseilles and Londen
do 1
Mar., Havre, L'don.
Atg.. B'da Awery, & Hull Marseilles and London.
do.
Bombay, Mars, Havre, L'dan,
B'by B'da., A'warp, & Hull. Bombay, Marseilles and London do.
B'bay., Mars, Haver, London,
Ebg., R'dam, A'werp, & Hell. Boxabay, Marsailles & London
Bombay, Mar., Havre, Lido
H'bg, B'qm., A'warp. & Hall,
Frequent connections from. Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna, and other Levant Porta by steamers of the Khedivial Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA...APCAR SAILINGS
"SANTHIA" Captain Fred E. Anderson; mas-
"TAKADA" ter of the Dollar Uner President
vacation, is in SIROHANA”
where be
TALMA Hoover, now on Bouthern California.
the "SANTHIA" TAKADA" threatens to take up golf in or-TILAWA" der to prove a marine golfer championship as- pirations of Captain George W. Yardley of the President Lincoln. Captain Anderson will be back on the bridge of the President Hoor- er when she sails from here Jan- uary 28.
*
Chand, cat, pet and mascol
during the period under review BURMA'S FUTURE of the bridge force on the Presid
were:-
Arr. Dep.
British
4
4
*** American
1
0
Italian
Dutch
German
Norwegian
Portuguese
Japanese
Chinese
Total
-SHIPS IN HARBOUR.
The following merchant ships were in harbour yesterday:--
Wharves.
Kowloon:-Aşama Maru, Presi- dent Wilson, Empress of Russia. China Merchants:-Bistum. Douglas Lapralk:-Hal Yang and
Svale.
Quarry Bay:-Thikembang.
Docks.
Kowloon:-Chak Sang. Tin Ting, Hin Sang. Venezia,
of Taikob:-Empress Kwei Yang, Sinklang. SMS. Proteus.
Buoys.
Cant da, Glaucus,
No. AZ-Tinegara.
A3-City of Norwick. A6. Tai Ping. B2. Fooshing. B4.--Solviken." B5.-Hellkon. B9-Michael Jebsen. B10.-Hellas.
"
Bil-Clara Jebsen. B15.-Kiangsu..
B21-Klungchow.
B23,-Yolande. B27-Barge.
WARSHIPS IN PORT.
The following warships were in port yesterday-
Basin-Tamar, ·
East Wall-Herald and Orpheus. North Wall,Falmouth. North Arm-Medway. West Wall-Cumberland. Talkoo Dock-Proteus Cosmopolitan Dock-Pandorg No. 7 Buoy.--Witch. No. 10 Buoy.-Rainbow. No. 12 Buoy, Waitshed. Foreign.-U.8.8. Fulton.
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
The RMB. Empress of Canada will leave for Victoria and Van- couver, BC, via Shanghai, Kobe, Kokohama and Honolulu at 4 p.in. on Tuesday, the 18th inst
STATUS
Sir Samuel Hoare - Clears The Air
London, Dec. 20.
ent Polk of the Dollar Line is now on his sixth trip around the world and waxing fat. "Ghardt" is a mottled grey tom cat; which climbed aboard the President Polk than more In Bombay harbour two years ago. It was half-stary- ed and darely able to crawl. Cap- tain Cadogan ordered it fed and And bedded down in his cabin thereafter it never left the bridge.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for India, did much to re- move misunderstandings regard- of the vessel ing the White Paper proposals for
"Ghandi," say the ship's off-
the separation of Burma from In-cers, is a model feline." He does dia when he addressed the Joint no "Tom catting around" at the Committee on Indian Constitu- various ports of call." but tional Reform. The proceedings of the Committee were published yesterday.
"I wish to make it quite clear," he said, "that the Government has no ulterior motive in its mind. whatever. If it comes to a ded. sion for or against Separation we have no possible axe to grind in the matter. Our only desire is to attempt to do the best for Burma itself.
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"Let, therefore, every member a. the Committee and every delegate from Burma dismiss from his mind any idea that there is some hidden hand behind the expressions, of opinion that we may have used in favour of separation.”
The Government had been im- pressed by the historical differen- ces between India and Burma, the difficulties arising out of their geographical situations, and the big social, religious, economic and financial differences between the two countries.
Ly
8,000 19th Jan." 7,000 3rd Feb. 8,000 18th Feb. 4th Mar. 16,000
Singapore, Penang & Calousta
do.
do.
do.
d.
do.
10,000 18th Mar.
2,000
1st April
7,000 18th April
Calls Port Swettenham & Kangoon.
*---åpear une siedmers nave excellent accommodation for 1st and 2ne
class passengePS.
EASTERN" AND AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (SOUTH)
NELLORE" TANDA MANKIN'
-7,000 7,000
3rd Feb.
3rd. Mar.
7,000
30th Mar,
žanila, - Baban),
Sydney and Mo begins.
Brisbane
Regular Monthly Bailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and
Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney--10 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S.. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver. San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & O. Branch Barvice of Steamers to London via Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and
London, Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN
stands
*BEHAR" the bridge. Evidently "TAKADA" guard on "Ghand!" fied from an unhappy "BANPURA" "SOUDAN." past and knows a good thing when
"BIRDHANA" he meets it.
"BAWALPINDI “TANDA
TALMA"
After more than thirteen years Prohibition passed away in the COMORIN" United States without any hilar-BURDWAN" ious celebrations. It ended om- "TAWA”. cially December 6th when the "CHITRAL" thirty sixth state of the Unioara-"NANKIN "A "SANTHIA" tine the repeal amendment. A few of the hotels in this city ce- RANCHI iebrated the demise of Prohibition with dinner dances, the liquor stores opened, quietly and unad- trustively and the day went as usual in the city's life.
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19th Jan, 10s.m. 14th Jan.
3,000
10th Jan,
7,0 17,000
19th Jan
6,800
8,000 26th Ján,
17,000 26th Jan.
7,000
4th Feb
10,000 16.000
6,500
9th Feb.
9th Feb. 22nd Feb.
10,000 23rd Feb, 18,000 23rd Feb. $7,000
8,000
17,000
4th Mar.. 9th Mar.
9th Mar,
6,800 21st Mar.
80MAET *CARTHAGETM 15,000 and Mar. 6th Apri 18,000 "NALDERA"
15,000 119th Apr CORFU
3rd May 11,000 "MANTUA" "RAWALPINDI 17,000 17th May "RASAR-I-HI 19,000 31st May
17,000 14th June What a crossing of the Pacific | RAJPUTANA" Ocean was like, gastronomically speaking, sixty-Ave years ago, is pretty
*
accurately visualized through an ancient " of fare
the old Pacific issued on board Mail Steamship Company's "g.s. Japan" on the sixth day of April. 1888.
Objections and Replies Sir Samuel gave the following reples to specine objections that had been raised to separation: past of Pacific shipping is the
1. The result of separation would
be Crown Colony Government, There is no connection in the world between the White Paper proposals and anything in the nature of: Crown Co- "lony Government.
2. Beparation.. would
6'hai., Moji, Kabe & Y'bara. Amos, 8'hai., Moji Kobe& Osaka Bhanghai, Kobe & Y'hama
Jo.
Amoy, 6bai, Mojí, Kolo á Osaka- S'ha, Kobe & Yokohama. S'hai, Miji, Kobe & Tokihama. Amoy,
Bhai, Moji, Kobe Omka. Bhanghai, Kole & Yokohama
Amoy, Shai, Heji, Kobe & Osaka. S'hat, Kobe & Tokohama. B'hsi, Moj, Kobe Y'hama Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobed Osaka. Bhai, Kobe & Yokohama
do. do.
B'hai., Moji, Kobe & Yokohama... Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama
do.
S'hai, Moi, Kobe & Yokohama 8'hai, Kobe & Tokohama:
* Cargo only. All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. "All Cabing are fitted with Electric Fans or Punks Louvre Ventilaties Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundries Parcelsmesaaring not more than Bc. It will be received at the Com
Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
pany's
This interesting page from the For Further Information, Passage Faro, Freights, Handbooks, eto,
applyi property of J. Harold Dollar, vice
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. president of the ramified Dolla P. & O. Building, Connaught Road Central, HONG KONG, Agents organization' which claims Pacific Mall as one of its early ancestors.
the
seriously Conflicting statements on compromise Burma's trade-question of separation or federa- The Committee, would investi-ton were put before the Commit- gate very sympathetically the tee by members of the delegation -possibility of a trade agree-of twelve from Burma. The points"
ment between Burma and I made included:
Burma was out for Dominion dia; it would be possible to
diference between safeguard Burma's economic status. The
the separations and the anti- interests. 3. Burma would be able to ob- separationists was one of method tain better constitutionálike the defference between Mr. terms in the future if she con- Cosgrave and Mr. De Valera, tinued, for the present, her political association with In- dia. This presupposed the right of Burma' to secede from the Indian Federation) and to obtain preferential treatment compared with the Provinces: of British India Both these conditions: struck at the root of permanent Federation and the Government could never accept them. A
The electorate bad decided by a large majority that they preferred to federate according to the terms given by the Prime Minister:
Burma was unanimous in favour of separation.
MKB. Harper, on behalf of the European community in Bur- me, said that they favoured se paration provided that the people desired it and existing trade rela tions with India were preserved.
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vis MANILA AND STRAITË SETTLEMENTS,
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Salling about
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3rd March
Bailing boat
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19th Febr
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