10
CANADIAN
PACIFIC
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Direct Sailing to Europe via SINGAPORE-COLOMBO-BOMBAY BY THE PALATIAL AND LUXURIOUS STEAMER
"EMPRESS OF CANADA"
„THE BLUE RIBBON SHIP OF THE PACIFIC
This oil burning steamer is the most modera type of fosting hotel, with luxu atously appointed galeons, and extensive promenade decks. The "Empress of Canada" "ban a white siled awimming bath thirty fort long, eighteen feet wide, with a maximum depth of eight fest." With conveniuni drossing rooms and shower baths, and a large gymnasium adjèlaing, thors is found everything one could deales la an up-to-date athletic club.
+f
SCHEDULE Leave Hongkong November 28th
Singapore December 2nd
S
•
Colombo
6th
Bombay
Bombay
Pth
..
Plymouth
Arrive Singapore Desember 2nd"
Colombo
6th 70th 24th
BOOKING NOW OPEN
Crave
HONGKONG-MANILA SERVICE
Arrive
Hongkong Manila
Ost. 80 Nov. 1 EMPRESS OF ́ASIA Nov. 20 Nov, 22 EMPRESS OF CANADA
Arriva
Trave Manila Hongkung Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov 28 Nov. 25
CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS
TRAVELIERS CBAQUES
PAYABLE THE WORLD OVER,
THE SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO CARRY FUNDS,
Passanger Department : Freight and Express:
Tel 0.725.
Gables: "0ACANPAC.“
Tel. 0. 42.
Cables: "NAUTILUS,"
American Express Travelers Cheques
Definition of TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES-
"The system of Travellers Choren was originated in 1901 by the American Express Company with the object of creating a form A travel currency which would give the hoidor the security of a letter of credit and at the same time the convenience of local currency. The Company registered the cheques under the trada namo of AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS' CHEQUES' the world "Travallors' boing spelled with one "L" This advantage of the Cheques was no apparent that other banking institutions adopted the ayatorn."
Quoted from Pitman's Dictionary of Banking by Wm. Thomson. Jasued in G$10, G$20, G$100 and £5 and $10 denomination— bound in a small handy wallet and coat only 3/4 1 per cent. Secure your steamship üeketa, hotel reservation and Itineraries; or plan your cruiss tour through:--
GLŒIUTE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ZORG KOE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1928.
AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
FAMINE RELIEF WORKS.
́RAID ON PIRATE ISLAND.
NOTICE TO ALL CONCERNED.
8.8.
"CHANTE"
COUNCIL APPROVE SUN FO'S AGREEMENT.
Shanghai, Oct. 19.
MEN FLEE ON POLICE APPROACH
A lonely island situated within Bri- The Kuo Min News Agency re-tish waters and believed to have been ports that it is understood that the long a notorious pirate rendezvous State Council has approved the from which a number of daring out Fe in America with the China regs on local fishing vessels w tentative agreement signed by Sun Famine Relief Society for a loan carried out recently, was raided by of G$5,000,000 for the sole purpose a large party of armed police from a of opening a canal from Tulinchon launch in the early hours of yester on the Tsinpu railway, about 20 day morning. The operation occurred miles south of Tientsin to the as a sequel to the two piracies in the coast, terminating at Hatkow. It early part of the wook in which a adds that the construction of the number of the victims were killed in canal will give employment to cold blood. about 150,000 famine refugees from the north.
It goes on to say that the State Council is also understood to have instructed Mr. Frank Lee, the new Chinono Minister to Mexico, to negotiate with the same society for another loan of the same amount for the purpose of river conservancy work and road build ing in the famino-strickon districts of Henan, Shenai and Kansu.
The foregoing lets the cat out of the bag in regard to Sun Fo's statement.-Reuter, y
1.
Matters come to a head on Wodice day when, following the occurrence off Lantau Island of the second piracy, Inspector Lane left here with a party of police for the scene, going by way of Cheungehau. The result of his efforts was a raid carried out on an Island stated to be within an hour's landed from a Water Follen launch and storm from Cheungchau. The party: surrounded a village. Although they were prepared for armed resistance, nothing but silence greated the raiders as they approached the houses. Aft the men-folk had died from the village, leaving only a few old women behind.
A revolver and several rounds of ammunition were taken from one hut, and it appears also that the expedition Was not without tragic result, When the party returned yesterday of an islander who died, in circum afternoon they brought the dead body
Mr. Sun Fo, in an interview, with Reuter on the 0th inst, em- phatically denied reports that the National Government would not welcome foreign capital for the development of Chinese industries and commerce. He declared that crippled by years of internecing stances which are not revealed: The strife China needed capital to build only information obtained in this con- up the State and looked to Euro-xon a far is that the man was not
shot by the police.
pean and American financial în- tereata to assist the gigantic re- construction programme. He said the time was not ripe to reveal the results of his conversations with American financiers.]
い
SHANGHAI STRIKE.
SUSPECTED AGITATORS TO BE TRANSFERRED.
Shanghai, Oct. 19. It is reported that two promin- ent members of the Kuomintang at Shanghai headquarters, who are suspected of having Inatigated the Post Offer strike, will be trans- ferred to Nanking-sccuter.
Peking, Oct. 19. The postal authorities here hope that the Shun Tien Shih Pao case la now settled. After an arrange- ment with the union, which has been rasponsible for the seizing of all the copies of the paper posted, the usual quantity, numbering several thousands, of this morning papera. They were posted and went through without incident.-Reuter.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS Co., Inc. proprietors were asked to post the
4. Des Voeux Road, Central Hongkong.
THE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC
COMPANY, LIMITED. -
SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELS
Loading Direct For
ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG and COPENHAGEN, OSLO, GOTHENBURG.
M.V. "AGRA"
ATE
Londing abant 30th November
SHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS and VLADIVOSTOCK.
M.V "AGRA"
M.V. "DELHI”
For further partipulare apply to tho
GILMAN CO., LTD.
Hongkong.
31st October 11th November
·
Agents. 6. E. HUYGEN.
Canton.
MOM
MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS,
Sailings from Hongkong.
To YOKOHAMA vin Shanghai
8 Kobe.
Yo MARSEILLES via Saigon,
Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti (Aden) Suez, Port-Said.
APHINI................23rd Oct. G. METZINGER... 6th Nov. PAUL LECAT...... 20th Nov. ANDRE LEBON... 4th Dec. CHENONCEAUX... 18th Doc. PORTHOS........... 1st Jan. ATHOS II... 15th Jan B'ARTAGNAN
...29th Jan. SPAINI
.12th Foh..
PAUL LEOAT.... 23rd Oct. ANDRE LEBON... 7th Nov. CHENONCEAUX... 21st Nov. PORTHOS............ 5th Doo. ATHOB II...... 19th Dec. D'ARTAGNAN... 2nd Jan. SPHINX.
.16th Jan. G. METZINGER... 30th Jan. PAUL LEGAT...... 13th Feb. Wo can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrian ports, East Africa, Madagascar by transhipmont on our mail steamers at Port-Said or Djibouti.
COMMERICAL LINE.
T
For DUNKIRK via Port-Sald, Oran, Cassablanca, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, (Antwerp):
8.9.' YANGTSE
BUBONIC PLAGUE,
·SERIOUS OUTBREAK REPORT- ED IN FENCHOW.
Peking, Oct. 13. From missionary sources at Fen- chow and Chinese sources at Tal- yuanfu comes the report of an out- break of bubonic plague at Fen- chow, 75 miles south west of Tal- yuan. Details are lacking but it is believed that the outbreak is norious.
The Taiyuan authorities have sent doctors to cope with the situs- tion.-Reuter.
AERIAL DISASTER.
AMERICAN BANKERS KILLED ON 'SIGHTSEEING TRIP.
At Hongkong 14th/15th October,
1928.
J
broke out in this ship's cargo on In consequetice of a fire which the night of 14th/15th October, 1928, and resultant damage by water to part of the cargo at that: time aboard the vessel, n General Average has been declared, to which all cargo loaded before the outbreak of the fire will contribute. All damaged cargo has been landed at Holt's Wharf under the supervision of Messrs. Goddard & Douglas, acting on, behalf of all concerned, and will be doalt, with according to their recommendations: Such cargo as is to be sold by, public, auction will be advertised elsewhere. BUTTERFIELD & SWINE
1
Agents.
·FIGHT FOR A KOOM,
A COMEDY OF CONGESTION AT MOSCOW.
fete
room:
THE
FUNNEL
BLUE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST】 /PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
LONDON SERVICE
PATROCLUS" "MENELAUB" "ANTENUR"
'low, London, A'dam & Glasgow: !es, London, R'dain & Hamburg 'lea, London, Bʻdinis & Glasgow
Jint Det. 13th Nov, 28th Nov. LIVERPOOL SERVICE
"TITAN" 20th Nor "OLAVOUK" DOH Dec.
PACIFIC SERVICE
Genoa, Havres, Liverpool ("gow Gensa, Havres, Liverpool & gow
xia Koba & Yokohama "TALTHYBIUS" 27th Oct. Viatoria, Vancouver & Biali'é .“IXJON"
'17th Nav. Victoria, Yancouver & Beattle
No. 6, Saltikovsky-street, Moscow, for what is probably the most pre- has seen a prolonged pitched battle cious of earthly possessions in the overcrowded Moscow of to-day-a room, There were two free claimants for the vacant the worker Ponomarev and the factory manager Dryannov. Pono- marev's need was rester, since ho PASSENGER SERVICE he lived in a barracks with his wife and sister and small children; and as soon as the room was vacant, he took possession by moving into) It with his belongings.
NEW YORK SERVICE
PYRRIKUS" $46th Nov. Benton, New York &Baltimore INWARD SERVICE
"DIOMED" Due 24th Oct. For Bhaagani, Moji, Kobe & Yoko. "PERRIIDS" Due 26th Oct. For,Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama
The factory manager, however, Atlantic City, Oct. 19. was by no means disposed to re- A party of bankors attending linquish the room without a strug the convention of the Investmont gle; and, armed with the majesty Bankers' Corporation were taken of his office, he enlisted in his ser on a sightseeing trip over the city vice the commandant of the house, in a Junkers monoplane when the the president of the factory com- machine, suddenly nosedived from mlitee, and three policemen. With a height of 800 feet and two pas- their aid he turned Ponomarev, sengers were fatally, and five with part of his belongings, out of others seriously Injuried. The the room; but the latter, making wives of the former saw the trage use of a convenient chimney, ro- dy, the cause of which is un-
known.
turned and spent the night there. Then he went off to the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection, a bureau of government control, to appeal against the arbitrary action of Dryannov,
The manager believes that a passenger crawled from the cabin into the relief pilot's cockpit and got panicky when the pilot execut ed a wingover and froze on to the The factory manager, on learning controla. The pilot, while boing of Ponomarev's; action, called in taken to hospital kept shouting the fire department, broke down "Getnhell away from those con- the locked door, threw out the re- trols-Reuter's American Service,mainder of Ponomarev's posses.
GIRLS MORE SERIOUS MINDED.
efons, and demolished the chimney. Then he placed a huge lock on the door and retired, feeling that his title had been vindicated.
The inhabitants of the house are waiting eagerly to see whether Ponomarev can undertake'a counter-i
MISS ISHREL MACDONALD ON offensive with the aid of the
THE NEW VOTERS,
Workers' and Peasants' Inspection. In the meantime, as happens all too often when housing space is the Miss Ishbel MacDonald, eldest | gage of battle in Moscow, the room daughter of Mr. Ramsay Mac is locked and barred; and each Donald, speaking at a women's party to the dispute has merely the Labour conference at Northampton, negative antisfaction of keeping hls said that though women were rival out. trembling at their new responsibili ties she felt they would do their work as citizens very well,
They would not be ideal citizens Count the straight away, and some would not vote ni once. Education was need- ed, and she thought that eventually young women would be more en- thusiastic than young men, as they were more serious minded.
TELEGRAPHS!
BANK LINE LTD.
AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT MOTION UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
"CITY OF DELHI”
"CITY OF GLASGOW”' "CITY OF MOBILE"
*CITY OF LAHORE"
* Passenger Breamer.
ELLERMAN LINE Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg & Gʻgow...., 24th Oct. Havre, London, Rotterdam, & Hamburg..., 17th Nov. Lundor, Rotterdap & Hamborg
Alb Dec. London Rotterdam & Hamburg
9th Jan. Fares to London: 1st Class £80; 2nd Class £65,
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
“CITY OF KİNOS”..... "CITY OF PERTI”: "CITY OF CHESTER"
TRY.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE via Suez Canal
25th October,
via Suez Canul
30th November.
vin Buez Canal ...
.CO.
ALSO AGENTS FOR
ANDREW WEIR
BOSTON & NEW YORK
"CEDARBANK"
SERVICES, TO
MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA
"TINHOW"
:
Via Buez Canal .....
14
23rd December.
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINK
25th November ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINH
1st December
***
Loading for Maarition, Reunion, Dalagon Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), Mossel
and Bay Capetown, Through Bills of Lading fated to Beira, Dullimains, Ibo, Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chində, 'Inhambane,
Zanzibar, Mombases, Kilindiai, Port Nolloth, Laderits Bay, Walvis Bay ano Madagascar.
30th Sept,
For freight or passage on any of the above linse apply--
Telephone Central 4701.
THE BANK LINE, Ltd.
8, Queen's Building.
Ciz des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
For full Particulars, apply to:---
Telephones: C. 851 & 740,
**PATROCLDS"- **ANTENOR"
Ilah Oct. 28th.Nort
*Bails at Daylight.
Singapors, Marseilles & Loddon Bingapora, Maresilien & London
Amo cargo rieamers with limited passenger accommodation at specially reduced farms.
For freight, pange rates and is rmation apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agenta
President Liner
SAILINGS
Weekly Trans-Pacific Service
A
To San Francisco and Los Angeles The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON TUESDAYS
President Pierce President Taft President Jefferson President Line In
To Scattle and
Tuonday, Ook 23rd, 6 m. Tuesday, Nov th Tuesday, Nov. 20th Tuesday, Deo. 4th Victória
The Short. Straight Route to America FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON TUESDAYS
President Jackson ---
President McKinley
President Grant
President Cleveland
...
"Tussday," Dot,' 80th
Tuesday, Nov. 181b
Tuesday, Nov. 27th.
Tuesday, Dec. 11th
£120, £112 Scial through rates to Empe vin Dailes
Statan. Direct conassilons with all Atlastle Lises. Choice of eni! Ilaas aarona: Unlind Stoles and Granda, tikarni atop-over privilegas for sight-seeing.
Europe and New York Direct Bound the World
: גן
FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS ON BUNDAYS VIA MANILA STRAITS, COLOMBO, BUEZ CANAL, ALEXANDRIA, NA- PLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES, NEW YORK & NOSTON.
President Polk ̧ ̈ ̈
President Adams
President Garfield
President Harrison
President Polk President Jackson President Taft....
President Adams
Sunday, Oct. 21pt. 8 m Sunday, Nov. dtb, 6, a m. Bunday, Nov, 18th 8 am.
Bunday. Dea. 2nd, am:
To Manila
***
Oct. 21st, 8., Oct. 28rd, 6
...
Oct. 27th, 6 p‚m.. Nov.
4th, 8
Jo
For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information, apply to
12, PEDDER STREET, (opposite BongKong Hotel.). Telephones Central 2477, 2478 & 795
Cable Addrose "Dollar"
CANTON BRANCH-No. 4 Sha Kee Street, American Mail Line
and
Dollar Steamship Line
BANDITS, ATTACKED.
WATER POLICE RESCUE
· KIDNAPPED PERSONS.
JAN
Eake, fifty miles westward of Shanghai, In a recent encounter with the Water Police, lasting three days, several policemen were wounded. Eventually, the outf Shanghai, Oct. 19 || laws decammed, abandoning four There has been a recrudescence kidnapped" persons, while, the of brigandage and kidnapping in police subsequently discovered five the vicinity of Boochow and Taihn kidnapped men and boya -Reuter,
}