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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1927.

P. & 0.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND).

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS,

TAKING CARGO FOR

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STRÄITS, JAVA.. BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA," PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA,

AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE

PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

5. S.

Tunk

From Hongkung About

31th April

27th April

KHYBER

DEVANHA

BUNG

8,156

1 pan. 18th April Noon.

ALIPORE

4,273

-April

DELTA

8.007

MALWA

10,941

30th April

LAHORE

5252

20th May

NELLORE

6,853

11th May

KIIVA

0186.

14th May

JEYPORE

20th May

NYANZA

MOREA

KASHMIR

MANTUA

KALYAN

MACEDONIA

7,023 26th May

10:018

28th May

1: 0.005

1th June

10902 19144 #1320-

25th June

9th July

23rd July

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Destination

Marseilles, London Dunkirk, Antwerp,

Rotterdam & Halk Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hull Singapore, Penang, Colombe & B'bay

Singapore, Penang Colombo, & B'buy Marsedles and London

Marseilles, London & Antwerp

Maravilles, Handon & Antwerp Marseilles Tendon & Antwerp: Sapore, Penang, Colombo & Bombay Marseilles London.

LUCKY 13.

THE KIND AND "ONE OF MY BOYS"

STEEL HOUSE VISIT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

"Mummie, the King and Queen are outside. They are knocking at Four front door!"

FACTORY INCIDENT. A CALCUTTA SWEEP WINNER.

THE QUEEN AND A LITTLE BOX.

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"A VERY NICE BOW,"

A man who paid ten rupees for a ticket in the Calcutta Sweep and won $15,800 appeared for his bankruptcy examination at Can- terbury. He was Emil Russ, fately residing at Herne Bay. It Nine hundred gifts, all in was stated that he won the money coloured overalia, lined the road-eight years ago, and that he sold way and cheered the Queen when quarter of his interest in the When Miss Ruby Flant rushed he visited Eastman's Dyeing and ticket. he drew for 2800. His on Saturday across Bromley Hill, on Cleaning Factory at Acton Vala, horse ran second. He estimated the London County Council's Down- ham estate at Bromley, Kent, to

a surplus of assets over Babilities, With a courtly bow. John, the the back garden of her home, No. little son of Mr. Ralph Eastman, which amount to $2,746,

Russ, who lived for many years 13, her father, who was gardening, presented a bouquet to the Queen, greeted her message with the laugh who patting him on his curly head in India, told the Court that at Hag reply, "If you pull my leg I will said, "Thank you very much. That the end of 1919 he returned to throw something at you. Her was a very nice how." With the England, and resided at various mother, who was planting blueboy were Mr. Cyril Engiman's twin addresses in London. He agreed that he had since lived at the rate of nearly £2,000'a year

The examination was closed,

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bolls, warned her not to try brons.

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tricks. So the King and Queen The firm has had entrusted to it knocked again. The rat-tat was so for storage and treatment a number Arm and the dog so starled that Mr. of tapestries and carpets from Marl- Plant, who has served 21 years in borough House during its prepam HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS. the R.N.R. went to peep through tion as the residence of the Prince the front window to. see what the of Wales. The Queen wanted to Joke was about. In his own words: see the carpets to note the effect of

There were the King and the various kinds of ruga. Queen looking up at our unlucky number 18. I nearly turned a somersault. I was too afraid to touch the door, so. I rushed into the garden and told my wife.

She nearly fainted. You see, we had just come back from a Httle shopping, on my return from night work as it operator on the She LCC Greenwich subway. bucked up courage and opened the door, and when we saw the King and Queen smile we could not be nervous any more.

The King talked to me, and the Queen joined my wife a tour of the house.

How the King and Queen spent 20 minutes in this steel house was, then described by both Mr. and Mrs. Plant.

"One of My Boys"

The King at once saw a photo- graph of Mr. Plant In, sailor'a uni- form on the wall. "Ah, one of my boys," he said, and began to ques hion him about his career. Mr.

Plant told him that during the war F.M.S. "Macedonia,"

in the was

Spore, Pung. Colombo, B'bay & Kehl Sghting as gunner in the Falklandi battle, served at Zeebrugge in HMS. "Hindustan". ind was one- of the five R.N.R. men who escorted the body of the Unknown Warrior from Victoria to Westminster Abbey:

Múzseilles and Loaden.

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Marseilles, London & Antwerp,

Marseilles, London & Antwerp Marseilles and London.

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Comtantinople, Pirusus, Smyrna, and other Lavant. Forts by stonmurs of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

JANUS TALMA TILAWA

10,000. 10,000

4,824 17th April 24th April 20th April

Singapore, Fonung & Calcutta Singapore; Penang & Calcutta -.. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta

"How do you like a steel bouse?" asked the King, laughing heartily as Mr. Plant replied, "As a sailor have lived in them all my life." The King tried the handle-bars of Mr. Plant's motor-cycle and pressed his hand on the saddle. **** hope you escape accidents," he said.

am afraid the road have many dangers in, these, daya. Caution: pays."

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While the Queen toured the house with Mre. Plant she pointed out that she was looking for good heat-

cularly labour-saving devices, and she thought the LC.C. were striving admirably to this end.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)ing and other conveniences. parti-

ARAFURA

*0,000

29th April

TANDA

4,956

3rd June

ST. ALBANS

4,500

1st July

ARAFURA

6,000

29th July

Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island,

Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne,

Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong »to Australia.

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The E. & A. S.9. Co., Ltd, teamers will also call at Shanghai, Tioilo, Cebu, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other parts en route as inducement

offera.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

Faith in No. 13.

"Well," said Mr. Plant, when His royal guests had gone, " now abso- lutely refuse to believe that No. 13

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April 7, 1927.

Mesers. T. Adair, G. Adair, Mr. The Queen made a tour of many

Fand Mrs. A. € Aubrey. of the departments and watched the

Messrs. A. Bunch, P. H. F girls at work. She saw straw huba

Becker: being plainted and blocked, gloves,

4. Cohen, E. J. cleaned and finished, and in the late Carmichael, Y. Chen, Chu Chan room she watched the girls with Lum, Mid-Y. Cope. quickly moving fingera prick out the attern on face which was stretched across a large frame..

When the Queen had completed her tour the girls rushed out to the roadway and gave the departing royal visitor a rousing cheer.

Dr. Heinrich Kcahler, the new Finance Minister of Germany, who in prešanting his budget to the Relehstag, expressed: grave doubis us to the abthty of Germany to

payment of repar tions us set up under the Dawes plan Strengthening of Gormany industry le a prerequisite to execie tion of the Dawes, pian, he declared, and the Industries of his country are now exceedingly work.

Messrs. M.

Mr. W. A. Dowley.

Mr. T. J. Evans.

Gispert, T. C. Le Gorrie, Mr. and Messrs. G. Guillaume, F: A. Mr. J. F. Gale, Mr. P. C. Gunning- ham.

"Messrs. A. F. Henry, A. G. M. Hofman, W. O. Hastie, Capt. T. P.) Hall Mr. and Mrs. Reb. Horne,] Mr and Mrs. P. S. Heya,

Messrs., J. E. Joseph, G. G. John- Exton..

Messrs. H. D. Law. W. Lyona, Mise H. Lillie.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE

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AMERICAN MAIL LINE

(Admiral Oriental Line)

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JOINT TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

A Regular Weekly Sailing TO SAN FRANCISCO OR "SEATTLE.

THE

PRESIDENT LINERS"

TO SAN FRANCISCO VIA HONOLULU,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

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"THE SUNSHINE BELT"

PRESIDENT JACKSON: Tuesday, April 12th 5 a,m PRESIDENT MCKINLEY .".

PRESIDENT' LINCOLN PRESIDENT CLEVELAND PRESIDENT PIERCE

Tuesday, Apr. 28th .Tuesday,

May 10th

.Tureday,

May 24th

.Tuesday, June 7th:

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays. HONG KONG TO EUROPE

SPECIAL LOW RATES.

Via San Francisco or Seattle.

£112

£120

DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH ALL ATLANTIC LINES:

Choice of raway lines across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for Sightseeing. Ask for information. Following are suggested Itiner- aries:-

Aquirinta

Arriving Ki

From Messrs. H. A. Keller, Fritz Eongkong Koenig.

Va

|· Coanecting, with.. Steamship

From N. York

Apt.

Messrs. Carl Muller, J. C. Mei ·A]P- Mr. Andrew J. Okla, Mr, and Apr. Mrs. J. B. O'Brien.

201

14:Sao Francisco

SonLLIO 26 San Frangı 00:

Gos. Wabington May 18

Ro, bllo

May

Kenttio

Aquitania

My 81

Messrs. C. H. Pratt. Geo.

Pollard. Mr. and Mrs. Grant May

J

MET May

10-Ban Francisco

18

24 San Fransico-

Homerio Mauretania" Materia

Matte B

June 10

June 25

"June

Borongaria

June 20

7 Ban Francisco

Uty sujala

July D

15

Arattle-

Aquitania

July 15

GBg-8 hapta July 19

Bin Frahaluso

Homeria

Jely 28.

Sonitin

Mauratani

July 27

Pelton.

Miss G. Ross, Mrs. J. W. Reld. June Messrs. C. S. Speyer, K. Sorensen. Jung Miss M. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Juue [C. M. Tallock, Mr. G. L. Tumany.

Mrs. S. Y. Tong.

Mr. H. Volker:

Mesars. D A. Walker, Wyler

CONSIGNEES.

Paul

THE BEN-LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From MIDDLESBRO ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.

THE Steamship

THE "BENREOCH"

are

CONSIGNEES of Cargo hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kow- loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns,

is unlucky. I get appointed to No. MUDDLED CHARITY. and all goods remaining undeliver.

13 ship, a captured German whaler, and leave Capetown in it on Decem- ber 13, sit 13 at table in a mess of

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis New Sierra Leone on the 13th after a Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

Tho P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal..

The P. & C. Branch Service of steamers, to London via the ́ Cape,

London via Panama Canal

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LADY RAVENSDALE'S PLEA FOR HOSPITAL..

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ed after the 9th inst, will be sub- ject to rent..

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under-

13, with the figure 13 over my head. become No. 13 of the ship reach "I think often we have a very signed on or before the 23rd inst.

muddled idea of charity... When or they will not be recognized. safe journey, get home on the 13th, asked for help, a woman ex- All broken," chafed and damaged safe and sound, got, a home number claus, Oh, I cannot afford more Goods are to be left in the Godowns, ed 18, and find myself the host of than 22, and rushes off in a car where they will be examined on the the King and Queen."

The visit of the King and Queen or taxi to buy an expensive dress 9th inst., at 10 a.m. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and was in connection with the opening or listen-in set, though I never No Fire Insurance has been

to hear anything but sected." of the 17.000th house built by the 800m L.C.C, which the Queen opened with speeches on agriculture and vita- Bulls of Lading will be counter- a special key.

mins on that amazing invention," signed by Later the King and Queen drove In these words Lady Ravensdale, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. through the Bellingham Estate, addressed the members of King's

Agents. examining the outside appearance College Hospital Ladies' Associa

Hong Kong, 2nd April, 1927. of houses there and also went roundtion at the association's annual the East Hill Estate at Wandsworth. Here the Queen visited the "bome of Police-constable Hopper.

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SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

JEYPORE NELLORE KHIVA

7,848 15th April 0.853 9,135

15th April

18th April'

NYANZA

1.023

29th April

10,953

29th April

4,958

8th May

MOREA TANDA

Shanghai, Moji and Kobe Shanghai,, bloji and Kobo Shanghai. Moji and Kobo Shanghal, Moji & Kobe Shanghai Moji & Kobe

Moji, Kǝbo,, Osaka and Yokohama

All dates are approximate and subject to alteratios without notice. WIRELESS TELÈGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying otsamer.

All Cabins

ard fitted with Electric Fana free of charge.

Steamers on London and Australian "Lines are Atted with Laundries,

meeting.

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It was seventeen years ago, she continued, that the foundation- stone of King's College Hospital was laid at Denmark-hill. Since then, year by year, the boroughs of Cumberwell and Lambeth hadi been growing. Over 200,000 people per annum. knocked at the door of the hospital,' which was Prague, March 6.

for ever open to them. The General Gajda, who was de-hospital was planned so that the graded and deprived of military children's out-patients' depart-}| rank, following a charge of spy-ments should be six times as large

MILITARY SENSATION.

Parcels measuring not mors than 24 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received ing for the Soviet, has won a libel as in the old hospital. In spite

at the Company's Dfies up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.

For further Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., HONGKONG. Agents

action against Colonel Kratochvil. of there being two children's General Gajda contended that if hospitals in the neighbourhood. incriminating documents were in beds for babies and children were existence they were forgeries and still fatally short. At present took action against Colonel there was at the hospital only. Kratochvil, as, instigator of a one ward for these little patients, campaign against him. The Court to which had recently been added vindicated General Gajda and a sunlight outfit,

་་་ sentenced Colonel Kratochvil to six weeks' imprisonment with a fine of 6,000 crowns. A crowd of

.

The good in man is hardly ever Foxlay

BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE Fascists cheered General Gajda mentioned. Dr. W.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE

"BLUE FUNNEL" LINE..

--(OCÉAN S.S. CO. LTD, & CHINA MUTUAL SN. CO., LTIA,

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AND

AMERICAN & MANCHURIẢN LINE

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.S. CO., LTD.)

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG,

8.8. "CITY OF DUNKIRK" VI Suez Canal 8.8. "TUMABUS"

Via Star Canal

20th April. '6th May. Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners' Out

Bubject to change without notice.

For Freight, and particulars apply to:

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE ∞ THE BANK LINE, 115, Hong Kong. Hong Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON A CO, LTD. Canton

as he left the Court..

Norris:

AUSTRAL-CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

S.S. CALULU

salling on or about the 20th April

For SYENEY, MELBOURNE ADELAIDE

vin Sandakan, Sebbatik, Balikwapani, Nauru & Rabaul,

ht & Parti

Senicio

Sextile

May 11

Chrg-tmpt

May 17

brg-bmp n May Juna

Path-brg. day 28

Cbg-shapen Junai

brg hapon June Push-Org Jun 21 Chrg-8'hajtn July Chrg-hept July Obry-Shmen Jul 18

Obrg-8'hmptn July 20 Path-brg Aug

TO SEATTLE AND VICTORIA VIA

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. "THE FAST SHORT ROUTE"

PRESIDENT TAFT Wednesday, April 20th 2. a m.

June

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON. '.

PRESIDENT GRANT

PRESIDENT MADISON

PRESIDENT JACKSON.

.....Wednesday,

Wednesday, .Wednesday,

May 4th.

May 18th.

June 1st.

Wednesday, June 15th.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Wednesdays.

TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK.

VIA MANILA, STRAITS, COLOMBO, SUEZ- PORT SAID-ALEXANDRIA-NAPLES

-GENOA-MARSEILLES,

Thence to BOSTON and NEW YORK.

PRESIDENT POLK

·PRESIDENT ADAMS PRESIDENT GARFIELD PRESIDENT HARRISON PRESIDENT 'MONROE

.Tuesday,

Apr. 12th 8.00 am.

Tuesday,

Apr. 26th 800 a.m.

Tuesday,

Tuesday,

.Tuesday,

May 10th 8,00 am: May 24th 600 a.m. June 7th 8.00 a.m.

Thereafter Fortnightly Sailings on Tuesdays.

TO MANILA.

April 12th

8.00 a.m.

.April 12th April 18th-

6.40 p.m.

6.00 p...

.April 26th ..April 26th

8.00 a.m.

6.00 p.m.

PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT ADAMS PRESIDENT JEFFERSON

For Passenger and Freight Rates apply to

ROBERT DOLLAR CO.

GENERAL AGENTS.

Hong Kong and Shanghat Bank Building Ground Floor

Telephones Central 2477, 2478 & 795.

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO" ·HONGKONG, ":

Codes Used: A1. A.B.C. Fifth Edition: Engineering: First and Second Edition;

Western Union and Watkins.

DOCK OWNERS, SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,

ELECTRICIANS.

SS.

TAIPING."

Speed 14.77 LH.P. 4090 D.W. 4215 tons.

Built and engined by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd..

„M. DYEK, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Dock, Hangkmig

Please address enquiries to the Chief

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