A Cuisine You'd Choose
Were It Available Ashore Those 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.
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The magnificent President Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally steady,' All are oil burners, swift express liners.
The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and taviding,
All staterooms are outside, splendidly furnished and equipped with beds-anc bahs. Each room has hot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos bottles and reading lamps. Private bath and showers in connection with many toons perfect the travel comfort of these giant passenger liners.
The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adds zese co, your dining.
The decks are spacious. The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck sports, open air swimming pool, movies, evening dances,everything has been done to make your trip a happy one. Unexcelled anywhere-is the courteous and efficient service accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Lincs.
The great frequency of sailings and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dollar Steamship and American Mail Lines have made these giant passenger liners.quet, standingly popular among travelėts.
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The Sunshine felt via Honolulu Fortnightly sailings an Tuesdays
Prcs. Pieres
Pres. Taft...
Pres. Jefferson
Pres. Grant
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Tues., Oct. 11th Tues., Oct. 25th Tues., Nov. 8th Tues., Nov. 22nd
TO SEATTLE and VICTORIA
The Share, Straight Route to America
Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays” Pres. Madison Wed., Oct., 6, 1 o.m. Pres. Jackso Wed., Oct., ELL Pres. McKinley Wed.. Nov. 2nd Pres. Lincoln Wed., Nav. 16th
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 liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
To EUROPE and NEW YORK
ROUND THE WORLD
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Pres. Fierce ...
Pres. Wilson...
Pres. Jackson
Pres. Folk... Tues., Nov. 22, 8'a.m Prea. Adams Tuen., Dec. 6, 8 am. Pres. Garfield Tues., Dec. 20, 5 a.m.
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TO MANILA
... Det. 3rd. bpm. ...Oct. 11th, & à, m
... Oct. 11th, 6p.
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Pres. Taft Oct. 17th, 6 p.m. Pres, van Buren Oct. 25th, 8 a.m. Pres. McKinley Oct. 25th, 6p.m.
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information Apply to Hong Kong and Shanghai Bonk Building, Ground Floor
Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795 Cable Address "Dallar""
Dollar Steamship Line
and
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SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION. Destination.
Kwongsang Tucs. 4th Oct at 9 a.m.
TSINGTAU Swatow & S'hai Kwaisang Wed. 5th Oct at 7 a.m.
CANTON
Steamer.
Sailings.
YEAR'S GOOD WORK.
A REVIEW OF M.C.L. ACTIVITIES.
MONDAY, OCTOBER. 3, 1927.
LABOUR'S FRONT.
OUTLAWS APPEAL FOR REUNIFICATION..
CONSIGNEE. NOTICE
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. LINE. From EUROPE and STRAITS.
The Steamship,
"SUWA MARU,”
The report for the year 1926 of
London, Oct. 1. the Hongkong Women's Guild and Nineteen Trades Councils and Ministering Children's Longue, Just Labour Parties disafliated and to hand states:
disassociated from the National La- having arrived from the above ports, The President and the Execu-hour Party, because they declined Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- tive Committee (which includes to expel Communists, have asked formed that their Goods are being the Branch Secretaries) wish to the Executive of the National Lalanded and placed at their risk in the express their grateful thanks to all bour party for a truce in order to Godown Company's, Godowns at Kow- Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and those whose generous support has present a united Labour front at loon, whence delivery may be obtain- made this year a remarkably antis-the next election. They propose that [ed. factory cne financially, considor-the application of the anti-Com- Goods not cleared by the 9th Oct. ing the adverse conditions prevail-munist decision be suspended
ing in the Colony,
It was decided for various rea- year, but to have Children's Fete sons not to hold a Bazaar this on November 20th. "This was held
until a referendum is taken.
It is noteworthy in this connex- Communist Party in Great Britain or that the annual report of the shows a membership. of 7,377 com-
pared with 10,800 last year. Router.
In Government House Grounds kindly lont by H. E. the Governor.
The special feature of the Fete was the Pastoral Play produced by Mrs. Chater. The Committee's League rose to the height of their warmest thanks are due to her and attainments; this was mainly due also to Misa V. Capell who arrang- to her whole-hearted offorts and ed all the Dances for the Play. to the immerse amount, of time During the year each Branch and energy which she placed at held Sales, organized Bridge the disposal of the Guild and Drives and Entertainments and in League. other ways collected money for the general funds,
"
Lady Sovern, former president of the Hongkong Women's Guild. and Ministering Children's League, was present at the annual meeting.
1927, will be subject to rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the
at 2.30 p.m. within the free storage Consignee's and the Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays, Period.
All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowas.
No fire insurance has been effected.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, Hongkong, October 2, 1927.
COAL DISPUTE.
WORK.
Chicago, Oct. 2.1
Special thanks are due to Mr A. Dyer Ball for having run the Accounts Office at the Children's in 1926 of the Ministering Chii- ILLINOIS MINERS TO RESUME Fete and for having audited the dren's League Headquarters, Lon- Accounts for 1926, -
donr she gave some very interest- The net proceeds of the Chiling details of the Hongkong dren's Fete and of Entertainments Branch which were much appre- held during the year amount to ciated by the London Executive
The six months suspension of $13,346.02,
Committee.
coal mining in Illinois, whereby The Gen. Hon. Secretary had the 70,000 men have been unemploy pleasure of meeting one of the ed, has been settled. Both sides members of the Home Executive have accepted a propesal of a Committee of the M. G. L., Miss joint committee and work will be £200 Hobinson, when she passed resumed forthwith.. Wages on a Trafsigar Homes for Orphans, through Hongkong in October on scale the mineowners previously 100 a tour round the world. Miss Ro- declared in be impossible will be binson informed the Hon. Secre-paid until the matter has been 100 tary that although Hongkong is adjusted by a commission of four 199 one of the out-posts of the British to report in October, 1928. It is Empire it has done more for the believed other states in the central 100 Ministering Children's League mining feld will arrange a set-
50 than any other Colony, It was tlement
similar. to Illinois.
As has already been announced in the Local Press the following Charities have received donations:
M.C.L. Hongkong Cots at Home, Ottershaw
Portsmouth.
Royal Soldiers'
Daughters
Home, Hampstead Merchant Service Guild Orphan Homes of Scotland
(Quarriers)..
Officers' Families Fund...... Evelina Hospital for Children Shaftesbury Homes and Are-
thusa Training Ship Waifs and Strays Society: Italian Convent Hospital...$ Nethersole Hospital (M.C.L
Oot).
Ying Wa Girls' School C.M.S. Day Schools
St Joseph's Home for the "
Aged Poor.
60 unfortunate Miss Robinson had so Reuter's American Service.
little time at her disposal and
60 therefore was unable to meet the 50 local M.C.L. Committee or to visit 200 those Schools whose pupils work
so hard for the M. C. L. 1,000
The Branches. 200
The following comprised the 400 Branches of the Guild and League
during 1926:
Or. }
Village School Fund Victoria Home and
phanage Hongkong Benevolent Society Protestant Alms-Houses Fund
Reduced Donations.
400] Naval and Dockyard Branch, 600 Military Branch, Police Branch,
FRENCH NAVY,
NEW ADMIRAL FOR MEDI- TERRANEAN FLEET.
Toulon, Oct. 21 Admiral Docteur assumed yes- Peak Branch, Peak Children's terday the command of the Medi- 1000 Club Branch, Victoria Branch,terranean fleet. In spite of active 500] Quarry Bay Branch, Kowloon and Communist propaganda the cere- 200 Kowloon Dock Branch, Belilios monial took place amid impeccable Girls' School Branch, St. Paul's discipline and an impressive atti- Girls' School Branch, St. Stephen's tude, showing thus that if any sea- College Branch and now men were influenced by the com- Branch-The Prisons."..
munists, particularly those impri- Efforts were made to organize soned because they were punish- a May Road Children's Clubed, nobody among the healthful Branch, and a Victoria Children's and strong crews was thinted, Club Branch, but it was found im- Havas. possible to work either at the present time,
It is very much to be regretted that owing to the reduction in funds this year several donations have had to be reduced and two have had to be cut out altogether, vizi
(a) The London Hospital for Children (it is anderstood that other local efforts are being made to send money to this Hospital). (b) Fairlea School C. M. S. (which is now in a much better financial position than has been the case hitherto).
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A
SOVIET LOAN,
The Peak Children's Club Branch is most satisfactory, small Sale was held by the Chil
ren in Mrs. D. G. M. Bernard's Garden at the end of their season's It is with the deepest regret that work, Mrs. Bernard very kindly the Committee have to record the allows the children to meet week- untimely death of Mrs. A. Dyor].ty in her garden during the sum- Ball, who for several years was mer. Gen. Hon. Secretary of the Hong- During 1926 there were 400 of a State-guaranteed transport kong Women's Guild and Minister-Adults and 975 Children members loan of sixty million roubles for a ing Children's League. During on the books of the Guild and seven years term from September:1, her period of office the Guild and League.
at 9 per cent.-Reuter.
SIXTY MILLION ROUBLES.
Moscow, Oct. 2. The praesidium of the Central Executive has authorised the issus
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Arriva
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£120
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£83
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