NEW LINER.
“RANPURA” ARRIVES
IN PORT.
LATEST P. AND O. BOAT.
The inagnificient now liner of the P. and O. Company, the a.. Ran- pura, arrived in port carly, this morning from the South, this being her maiden voyage to the East. She is commanded by Capt. A. M. King, D. S. C., and she brought here a large number of passengers from Home and intermediate ports. Built by Messrs. Hawthorn, Les- lic and Co. of Newenatie, she is 648 feet long, and, unlike most P. and O. liners, she has a cruiser stern. She attracted much atten- tion to-day alongside the Kowloon wharves...
The Ranpura and her sister ships, the Rawalpindi, the Ranchi and the Rajputana, mark on ad- vance in, several notable respecta in the construction of high-class pas- Benker vessels for the Eastern trade. The cabins are airy and spacious, and show in the details of their furniture and fittings a solicitude for individual comfort
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which passengers will be quick lo renturk. Each cabin is fitted with mechanical ventilation and an elec- tric radiator, both of which under the occupant's control. There are numerous bathrooms, placed mid-way in the. ship's length, And the provision of tiled "lava- toriums with porcelain and silvered fittings, is on a generous seale. In addition to cabines-de-luse with bathroom en suite, there are serice. of single and double-berth bedromm cubina, also with private bathroom?
VENTILATION SYSTEMI
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A special word many he silded as to the system of ventilation. continuous and all-pervading trunk.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
HONOURED BY THE KING.
المال ما
The Rev. H. R Wells, of the London Mission, Hongkong, who figured in the King's Birthday Honours List as an Officer
of the Order of the British Empire.
NEW YORK STRIKE.
A MOST ORDERLY AFFAIR.
ALLEGED THREATS.
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
New York, July 7. A fireman, a postman, and a Crowded trams, buses, taxicabs messefizer edolle attached to the and improvised motor wina nad Five Station, were defendants in Harse drawn trucks, are evidence a chae of demanding money by of the continuation of the subway menaces in which two five-dollar strike. So far there have been no banknotes, which had been disorders, alert policemen at previously marked by the police,
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way, wandering through the shipery aubway station and other were produced as evidence against with many junctions, directs and points carrying riot sticks and the first defendant.. ́admits the cabins, public roonis.
engine and boiler rooms; fresh air, travelling in the first car of every There was some difficulty in dis-
train. There have been induced and sent forward, by a
fewer covering the prigin of the demand series of small motors on the boat than half a dozen arrests made which the three men were alleged deck, whose initial pressure can be The number of strikers is a small to have made on the manager of graduated or extinguished at will Primentage of the total transit a photo-studio in Wellington at any of the five hundred ducts employees of New York.-Reuter. Street. The latter, seemingly. with which the ventilating trunk-
was unable to give a reason, be- ways are punctuated. These duets occupies the centre of the ceiling, he was influenced by a threat of yond making the statement that consist of a movable sphere work finished in ivory colour. The bodily harm.. ing almost universally inside ceiling is finished a cream colour. irenian was questioned, he said fixed one; each having a circular At the forward end of the lounge that he had in mind measures for orifice. With these orifices in marble fireplace with electric the protection of a sister to whom exact opposition the stream of air stove is fitted, completed with the photo studio man had been paying attentions. He would not
at will.
a mirror above.
with gilt enrichments.
Then, when the
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926.
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.
(Extract from Leading Article in 8.0.M. Post.)
"Occupants of the higher Buildings have much reason for complaint of their neighbours. A pall of smoke can be seen lying over Hongkong, pre- vented by the Peak from dispersing. Public buildings are dirty. The Harbour is polluted. Offices and dwellings have a fine, smoky deposit. One finds evidenco of smoke and soot on all hands."!'
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TAKING SILK HOME. "TURANDOT" INCIDENT.
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been issued by the Board of Trade, The following memorandum has London, in regard to the entry of articles brought into the United Kingdom by passergers:→→
REFUSAL TO CONDUCT
MUSIC.
stories of why Puccini's posthum
London, May 25.-The inside
ous opera, "Turandot," was per- formed incompletely at its pre- is full, eclipse of varying degrees diminishes its force, totul eclipse
miere in La Scala, in Milan and shuts it off, and morover by an indecorated in the style of the Louis objected to by the girl.
The first saloon musle room is any whether these attentions, were Customs duty will not be charg- why Artura Toscanini, the famous genious contrivance the direction XVI period and the panelling is
ed in the United Kingdom on silk conductor, has disappeared from of the incoming air can be adjusted finished cream colour, with an interest in the private nifairs of by passengers, not resident in the
Invited to explain further hisor artificial silk articles brought La Scala, have leaked out here.. Originally it had been arrange tique il enrichments. The Ranpura's four, passenger dome light overhead is also finish- said that she was his sister in this with their effects, through the which France Alfrano, an Itallin The the young woman, the defendant United Kingdom, who are passing, that the finale of "Turandot," decks are connected by an electriced in cream colour, and relieved way that she was the daughter United Kingdom en route for a composer, added to the opera by lift. Seven spacious, and luxuri- ously furnished publie rooms are fireplace with electric stove and
A marble of his god-parents.
destination abroad; or on such arrangement with Puccini's heirs, features of the arrangements for with mirror over is fitted at the the case was a man who claimed to who are resident abroad but are ing which Tosennini was, to an- One of the witnesses called in articles brought by passengers should be sung after a pause, dur- the entertainment of her pasten-forward end. gers, and include a lounge, smok with wood parquetry so that the mitted to the Bench that he made United Kingdom.
The floor is laid be a friend of the fireman. He ad-making a temporary stay in the nounce that "here death stopped room can be made available for a bolt for safety at the approach be charged on any such articles prise of all the international But duty will the master's hand." To the sur-
dancing.
The style of the first saloon party were surprised by the police, brought for persons in the United critics and the publie assembled,
Kingdom.
this finale was omitted without an smokeroom is of the early 18th and the Magistrate (Mr. R. E. opens aft on to a sheltered, open-Century carried out in cedar wood, Lindsell) had this comment to silk and artificial silk articles. It now transpires that after the
It is a strict condition that all explanation.
In her interior decoration, as in floor is laid with rubber, tiling, aren't you?
with walnut furniture and the make:-You are a fine friend, whether new or worn, must be de- dress rehearsal Toscanini turped Seeing your friend inclared to the Customs Officers, and to Alfane nad/bluntly announced her furniture, the Ranpura's pub- This room also has a large orna-trouble, you bolted at once? You passengers are not excused from he would not conduct his music. lic rooms express an enlightenes'mental dome light overhead, and would run away from an old conception of the modern stand-
a marble electric fireplace at the woman." ards of comfort at sea. "
The entrances to the first saloon after end.
ing and music rooms and large, airy, well-lighted dining saloons.
A pleasant feature of the first saloon, smoking room is that it
air verandah erfe,
of trouble at a tea-house where the
for a conviction.
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declaring articles on the ground that they believe them to be entitl- The postman and the messengered to pass without payment of The second-class accommoda-coolie were discharged, as there was are panelled in a simple manner tion is designed on lines of the not sufficient evidence against them
duty. reminiscent of the work of Inigo first class; the dining room,
Failure to declare máy expose Jones and finished in two shades lounge and smoking rooms being
a passenger to a fine and to con The fireman was remanded until fiscation of the articles, on the of grey, being relieved with light of artistic design, well lighted and to-morrow to, enable the police to ground of attempted smuggling; cream mouldings, and the wrought of ample proportions, with furni-locate the woman in the case. iron elevator casing which runs
but no question of fine or confie- from promendade deck to the din-
cation can arise if the articles are ing saloon, is finished blue with
properly declared to the Customs enrichments of old gold. The
ture, carpets and fittings of pleas- ing character:
When asked why, he said.
"You didn't take off, your hat to me in Venice last September," "both musicians having met there. on the occasion of the Internation-- al Music Festival.
sue Toscanini, the Ricordi publish- Alfrano promptly threatened to
ing house and La Scala's manage- ment. However, a compromise. was finally arranged by which the complete opera could be sung on The Customs Officers will, as a the second night, which was done. Soon after that incident, Tos- so that fall facts by questioning passengers, canini conducted a performance of
The second dining saloon has anding apparatus.
installation of wireless direction- seating accommodation for 268
The vessel has seven "cargo
Officers.
balustrading is of wrought iron of passengers, and is decorated in watches which are worked by 14 rule, satisfy themselves as to the
of the
The entrances.
doors
are in wainscot oak, A wrought
iron and ground glass dome gives effective lighting to the staircase. The flooring is of ruboleum" files.
ARTISTIC SCHEMES.
broken white.
Toscanini did
simple guilloche design, harmo; Adhins style, the panelling being hydraulle cranes, nising with the general treatment finished in a grey-blue shade with provision is made for the rapid but absolute discretion is resoryed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" in arches handrails, and staircase er mouldings, pilasters and and efficient handling of freight. for them to require passengers to which a substitute took the regu-
frieze, relieved with ornaments, in A special derrick is provided at (substantiate their statements by a lar tenor's place. white. The ceiling is finished in No. hatch for dealing with formal declaration in writing or not like his performance and after-
The furniture is loads up to 30 tons in weight. other evidence.
ward called him "Cane, di porch" of mahogany and the flooring of There is also extensive provisionsider it necessary, require passen again while that tenor was there. The Officers may, if they con- and said he would never conduct parquetry ruboleum tiles.
of insulated chambers and dry
Toscanini walked out of the The first lining saloon has seat-
store rooms for the special gers to deposit the appropriate ing accommodation for 312 passen.ships have each a gross measure-
The Ranpura and her sister carriage of fruit, vegetables, etc.
amount of duty as security that opera house and has not been seen the articles will be duly taken out there since. gers, is panelled in a simple early ment of 16,000 tons. Propulsion Chairman; has chiefly determined deposit will be repayable on the nouneed that he had had a nervous Lord Inchcape, the Company's of the United Kingdom; but the The management afterward an- Georgian fashion and finished in is by two sets of balanced recip- the interior plan and the ample articles being produced to a Cus- breakdown and his place was an olive green shade with antique rocating gilt enrichment, a noto of richness 15,000 horsepower, steam being Ranpura and her sister ships. departure from the United King-
engines, developing dimensions of the cabins in the toms Officer on the passenger's taken by Ettore Panizza. in the central position being given provided by six double-ended The styles which distinguish the
SPEED OF 17 KNOTS.
dom.
The story was known to musi- cal reviewers in Milan, but they did not publish it because of Tos- canini's influence.
The health return for yesterday
by the shell and acanthus leaf boilers, burning oll fuel under publie rooms reflect the taste of motif suggested by the work at forced draught. Gilling Castle. The colonnades'
Viscountess Inchecape, two, us in The vessel can maintain a sea those of the "Cathay" class, hag' carrying the girders are executed speed of 17 knots. She is supplied taken keen interest in the varied found on a Chinese who was ar- Threo allegedly false notes were in scagliolos marble, and have a with the latest types of boats and schemes of decoration, and in the rested in a timber yard at Water- vory handsome effect. ture is of English walnut and the ing a powerful motor launch fitted and furniture. In this she has cuce of forgery was given by Mr. The furni boat-lowering appliances, includ-practical details of cabin fittings loo Itoad yesterday. Formal evid floor is covered with a parquet de-for wireless telegraphy. A com-been aided by her daughter, the R. Moodie, from the Hongkong and sign of ruboleum tiling.
plete installation of loudspeaking Hon Elsie Mackay, whose selcc- Shanghai Bank, before Major C. The lounge is decorated in telephones connects all depart-tive faculty in the decoration of Willson this morning, after which Adams style, the panelling being ments with the bridge and with the saloons, and in the choice of the case was remanded on the ap finished bipe, relieved with ivory each other. The controls in the furniture, carpets, upholstery and plication of Mr. d'Almada coloured mouldings and wedgwood chart room are an opitome of the fittings has been exercised with Remedios, who is appearing for the to-morrow is: South-aast winds, plaques. A handsome dome light latest navigational and ship the happiest results. working devices, and include an
defence.
shows one Indian case of typhold.
According to the old calendar to-day is the festival of Sight Heat. (Hsiao-shu).
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