SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1929.
P. & 0.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, 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.)
8. 5.
Tons
From Hong Kong About
*KHYBER
*KIDDERPORE
MALWA
KASHMIR
MOREA
MANTUA
3rd | 9.114
Aug. 5,204 15th Aug. 10,980 17th Ang. 8,985 ፮}st Aug. 19,958 14th Sept. 10,946
Destination
M'scilles, Casablanca, Ldon & Hull Straita, Colombo & Bombay. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, London & Hull. -
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
25th Sept. | Bombay, Marseilles & London.
*Cargo only. Callr Casa Blanca.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Fassengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levans Ports by steamess of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
SIRDHANA
! 7,745 20th July
3.30. p.m.
Singapore, Penang. & Calcutta.
TALAMBA
3,013 3rd Aug.
TAKLIWA
7,090
TALMA
10,000
DALGOMA
5,969
TAKADA
6,949 *Calls Rangoon,
12th Aug. 27th Aug. 1st Sept 6th Sept.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Perlang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
B.I. Apear Line stearers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers. All steamers are fitted with wireless and carry a qualified surgeon.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
"ARAFURA
TANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAPURA. TANDA
6,000 3nd Aug.
p.m.
| 6,956 | 30th Aug.
4,500 1 4th Oct.
6,000
Ist Nov. Nov.
6,056 29th
*Calls Port Holland.
Manila, Sandakan, Thursday Island,
Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney &
Melbourne.
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.
The E. & A. $.S. Co., Ltd., steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloile, Cebu, Kolambugan, Taweo, Timor, Darwin, or other ports en route as in- ducement offers,
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:--
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal.
The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and Londen via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,
KASHMIR
TALMA
SHEAFMOUNT
TANDA
DALGOMA
MOREA
TAKADA KARMALA
"NAGPORE
*MIRZAPORE
ST. ALBANS
ALIPORE
MANTUA
8,985 2nd Aug.
Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.
10,000 2nd Aug. Amoy, Moji, Köbe, Y'hama & Osaka.
4th Aug. Shanghai, Mali, Kobe & Yokohama. 8,956 6th Aug. Mojl, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. 5,953 9th Aug. Meji, Kobe & Osaka. 10,353 10th Aug. 16th Ang. 9,128 30th Aug 5283
6,949
5,283 1st Sept 6,715 2nd Sept. 4,500 10th Sept. 6,278 11th Sept,
| 10,946 13th Sept.
"KIDDERPORE 5,334 25th Sept.
* Cargo only.
Shanghai, Moji. Kobe & Yokohama. Moji, Kobe & Osake Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama Shanghai, Moji Kabe.
Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama. Shanghai, Moji- & Kobs. Shanghai,
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. Passengers for Rangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at Singapore while awaiting the on-carrying steamer.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are fitted with Laundriesi
NEW SUBMARINE
THE CHINA MAIL,
ÅDML. HAGGARD ON ARMAMENT REDUCTION
Mrs. Haggard, wife of Vice-Ad- mira V. H. S. Haggard, launched HL.M. submarine "Poseidon" at the Naval Construction Works of Messrs.
Furness on June 21.
Comdr. C. W. Craven, managing director of the Barrow works, ad- dressing those present after the ceremony, said they had just sezn the launch of the 154th submarine. built in those works. It was a very great pleasure to him to welcome Admiral and Mrs. Haggard, and he thanked Mrs. Haggard most sincere ly for the graceful and efficient way in which she had carried out her duties, Admiral Haggard occupied one of the greatest positions in the service, and those who served in su marines
were proud to think that part of his very distinguished career was spent in what they considered one of the most efficient branches of the service.
Navy of such a splendid, weapon of) of ships, of the same 'class, and to war would always be to her a very leave it to the statesmen to provide proud memory. As for himself, as their yard-stick, which, he thought, Comdr. Craven had acid, he had the would be a far more difficult thing hoziour, to be associated with the for the relative needs of each nation. submarine service before the war, He (Admiral Haggard) thought they when he wAS captain in charge of would have a far more difficult taski one of the flotillas, and more recent-Howover, everything polated to a res ly when he had charge of the sub-daction of armaments, and he thought marine service as rear-admiral, so they would have to face it. Vickers Armstrongs at Barrow-In-naturally an occasion like that was
would like to congratulate of very great interest to him. Messrs. Vickers-Armstrong, Comdr He thought the ship was very apt- Craven, and all those who had put ly named, and that Comdr. Craven
their brains, work, sinew, and ex had searched out his facts vory care-perience into the production of that fully. The "Poseidon" did, he ander- splendid ship, and to thank them for stood, correspond to the Roman Nep- the very cordial welcome they had tune. He knew the Admiralty some-given to his wife and himself that times had considerable difficulty in day. "Good luck to Vickers," he con. giving names to ships. They were cluded.
and they Comdr. Craven said he was very given, say, the letter P were told to find out some good ship's grateful to Admiral Haggard for all
were suitable for sub- he had said, and he names that
listened with marines. Ho believed
other movies great interest to the doom he had sometimes went in for pretty ladica passed on his company. They there Navy called one of their ships, the staff and their work people, and he names, and he thought the Danish had certainly been lacky, both his "Daisy." The "Poseidon," however, knew that many of them will be seemed particularly apt, as it is the pleased to hear that they had top- name of
Br underwater God.
ped their high-water mark in em Possibly both they in the Navy ployment since the post-war
boom. and armament firms might be in for a They had at present 13,394 employees, rather hard time in the future. Or but, unfortunately, they had course, one could only four one's large ships and four submarines leav own conclusions. From 21 purely ing before Christmas, and unless they selfish and submarine point of view, very fortunate indeed, they looking at it as he did, there was were heading for 2 rather serious no doubt that one felt it would be a winter. good thing that these submarine He was sure it was no good his orders should be confined to ona firm. talking in front of the Fourth Bea of course,
there are
differences of Lord about the service, that Vickers opinion as to who that firm should and Armstrongs have rendered to the be, and possibly some of them there country in time of stress, but he was might have very decided views on the sure that the Sea Lords realised. mattor, and they felt, he was sure, that when they were in for hard that their opinion was antitled to times they deserved
that sympathy respect for their claim to be that which he was confident they would firm. As a matter of policy, one
receive from the Admiralty. knew these orders had to be scatter- ed.
That submarine was the first vea- se in the British Navy to bear the name of "Poseidon." Many of them knew that Neptune was the Roman God of the Sea, but until he looked it up. in the book the previous
revious day hu did not realise that "Poseidon" occupied the same position in Greek legend. Quite apart from his mari- time duties he was reputed to be the original inventor
repute to he quake and nise of the first horse, both things that, în his (Comdr. Craven's) opinion caused intense dis- comfort.
He then asked Mrs. Haggard to accept, with the best wishes of the chairman and his colleagues, a small souvenir of the launch.
General Dawes and Naval Officers Naval Nomenclature
General Dawes the other day had Admiral Haggard, replying, said some hard things to say about naval his wife asked him on her behalf to
officers, and how he would not leave say how very deeply she had appre-them to cut down armaments, *Pos cinted the invitation to launch the sibly, he was quite wise. He (Gen "Poseidon." She felt that to be as-
eral Dawes) said their business was sociated, even in the very slightest to produce a, yard-stick by which they degree, with
the were to measure the relative values the addition to
ELOPING TO GRETNA GREEN
1929
1850
Left, above, Mrs. Haster Mappin, formerly Olive Ridadel, youthful British harees, who ran away to Grotna Greon with her fiance, hoping to be gumued so in the good old days Below..right, young Hector Nappin. British collegian, who proposed the Gretna Green elopement to his swast heart for "the biggest thrin of our lives." Right, above, a pair of 1850 lovers in the favorite vehicio of that day, fleeing to. Gretna Grean, which has provided a haven for impetuous lovers for generations Left, below, a 1929 couple in the popular conveyance of today, still traveling the same roade
ANNOYED AT NOT BEING
PURSUED
M
England's most astonishing baby bride, Olive Eldadell, 19 years, com
were admired and applauded. Everything pointed to a happy union, but all in due time, as every- one thought:
Hoctor and Olive had different ideas on the subject. One day came pressed into seventeen words the the dawn of a great idea. They. story of her elopement and marwould put one over on everybody riage which portended distressing elope. And to none other than resulta, finally dissipated in a
Gretna Green, most famous of Eng freshet of laughter.
lish quick-wedding villages. Thither they sped in Olive's power- ful roadster, and there the mar riage was solemulzed if you can It was all a question of craving use such a pompous word for the romance, of two glamour-hungry simple ceremony performed by the youngsters who were disappointed village blacksmith, horny-handed when they found that fate juat old Richard Rennison, wouldn't throw obstacles in their
"If ours wasn't a real honeymoon it was certainly the best imitation of one that ever happened."
Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will be received path: What's a romance, they ask
at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day previous to sailing.
For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to:
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd. C., Hong Kong.
Agents.
ed, without hurdles to leap? Ta
"Let's elope to Gretna Green like the lovers of old and be pursued, was the upshot of a hurried cop ference
They'll chase us in motors, just as in Queen Anne's time they used to chase elopers in chaises INOMH
*** Ignorant of Restriction They then considered themselves man and wife, ignorant of the re- striction that the pair applying for a licence must have resided in the community for twenty-one days. Also each party must have attained the age of twenty-one, whereas the combined ages of these two would have amounted to just thirty-eight.
NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE. But there was a surprise finish each being nineteen.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
“BLUE FUNNEL LINE.
(OCEAN S.B. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.S. CO., LTD.)
AND
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL SS CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.
5.5. ADRASTUS: www. Via Suez Canal W
5th August
18th Angust.
Secretly annoyed at not being pursued on their errand of love, the
which neither had foreseen. No body pursued them, thus robbing them of their pre-arranged thrill.happy páir was happiest when in- But another thrill was unexpected formed that their marriage was not
valid,
ly lurking around the corner.
The Groome
But this is too wonderful," ex A word about the groom!It claimed the romantic Olive, thzow- seems there was a youngster by the ing herself into Hector's arms and name of Hector Mappin, a wealthy sighing contentedly,We have had college youth and son of the dis- a more marvellous romance, dar- tinguished Major Mappin It seems ling, than any we ever dreamed of also that Hector's fraternity Of course, Olive and Hector are brother, Bramwell Ridsdell, had a now honest-to-goodness married heiress to the Ridsdell fortune with benefit of clergy. But ther They clicked
will always treasure the For five months the two were in the time when naughty Gretua RUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hong Kong separable. Dining, dancing, riding Green gave them the thrill of the Hontz Kong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.LTD, Canton,everywhere the handsome couple lamb-like lives.
SE "CITY OF BEDFORD". -- Vie Suez Canal
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Canal at Owners Ontion sister, the petite and piquant Olive, and are just an adoring couple
Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to;
were
three
LLOYD'S CHAIRMAN
of
70-
SIR S.. G. HIGGINS RE-ELECTED
At the special meeting the general committee Register
of Lloyd's of Shipping heid cently, Sir $. George C.B.E, was re-elected chairman for Higgins, the ensuing year.
Mr. Arthur L. Sturge, deputy-chairman and trea- surer, and Mr. J. Howard Glover, chairman of the sub-committees of classification.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
Consignees of cargo ex .B, 5, "Bervenue" are reminded to take delivery of their goods which will be subject to rent after July 29.
CONSIGNEES.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.
From MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND PHILIPPINES.
The Steamship,
"BENVENUE " CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in- formed that all Goode are being land- ed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be ob tained.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 29th inst. will be subject to rent..
be
All claims against the steamer must presented to the Undersigned on or before the 10th August, 1929, or they will not be recognised.
and damaged
All broken, chafed, Goods are to be laft in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 27th inst. at 10 am. by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.
ed.
No Fire Insurance has been effect-' Bills of Lading will be countersign. ed by,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD. Agents. Hong Kong, 22nd July, 1929.
OLD TAYLOR
AGED BY TIME
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
WEEKLY TRANS - PACIFIC SERVICE
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
The Sunshine Belt via
Humelala
To Seattle and Victoria
SLADI.
The Short, Straight Route
to America Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays
a.m.) Pres. Jefferson Tues., July 30, 3 Pres. Grant ... Tues., Aug. 6. Pres Lincoln Tues., Aug. 18 Pres. Cleveland Toas, Aug. 20 Pres. Madison..Tues., Aug. 27 Pres: Pierce...Tues., Sept. 3 Pros. Jackson..Tues., Sept. 10 Fres Taft ......Tues. Sept. 17 to Europe via United States, Direst connections with ali Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.
£120, £112 Special through rates
EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT
ROUND THE WORLD. Fortnightly miling on Sunday via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alexandra, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, New York and Boston.
8.m.
Pres. Monroe ..Sun. July 28, 8 Pres. Garfield San, Sept. 8, 8 Pres. Wilson...Sun. Aug. 11. 8 Pres. Polk ....Sun Sept. 22. 8 Pres. V. Buren Sun. Aug. 25, 8 Pres. Adams....Oct. 6 6 p.
TO MANILA
Pres. Grant ....July 30 6 p.m.Pres. Madison Ang: 17 6 p.m. Pres. Lincoln Aug. 3.6 p.m. Pres. Pierce...Aug. 27 6 p.m. Pros. Cleveland Aug. 13 8 p.m. Pres. Jackson ..Aug. 31-6 p.m. For Bookings, Passenger and Freight Information apply to Telephone Central. 2477, 2478 and 795.
Cable Address "Dollar."
CANTON BRANCH:-1, SHA KEE STREET.`
American Mail Line
and
Dollar Steamship Line
SPEEDGOOD SERVICE COMFORT
S.S. CHUEN CHOW
Sailing from Hong Kong at 2.30 p.m.
Arriving. Macao at 6.00 pm.
Sailing from Macao al 7.50 2.m. Arriving Hong Kong at 11.20 ̈ ̄`n.m.
EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
DAILY Freight and Passage apply :-
CHUEN ON STEAM BOAT CO., LTD. 4, Connaught Road W..
Tel C. 6061
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet lang,
Town Office: 64, Cornaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel Contrał No. 450. Shipyard: Sham-Sui-Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Tal. Kewloon No. 0. Estimates furnished on appleation.
Hong Kong, April 1, 1924.
U.S. STATE SHIPS.
BID OF £300,000 FOR 18. LINERS
-$4,000,000 (£300,000) for 18 of the 23 ships of the American Diamond Lines, and the American Franco Line. The bid is on the basis of $25.39 per ton, and is far in excess of any other bid..
The prospective sale of the ves- Washington--The United States sels continues the policy of the Ship- Lines, the recent purchasers of the ping Board of disposing of its ships, “Leviathan," have offered the United | which have been run at a loss to States Shipping Board approximately private enterprise,
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANIFESTO" HONGKONG.
DOCK OWNERS. SHIP BUILDERS, MARINE AND LAND ENGINEERS, BOILER
MAKERS, IRON, STEEL, AND BRASS FOUNDERS, FORGE MASTERS,
ELECTRICIANS.
The Com- pany
pos sesses Six
Granite Docks and Two Pat- ent
Blip- WAYS TH
The dimensions of No. 1 Dock are ILI 86:30;
$700
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Coden Crodz
AL “ABC,
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gineering:
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Wat-
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Single screw-steel passenger and cargo motor ship. Dimensions: 154 0 BP. 3288 Mld. x 11' 6" Mid., 'DW. 470 tons, B.H.P. 360, Speed 10% knots. Built and machinery installed by The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co, Ltd, in the order of La Naviera Filipina Ine, Cebu for Philippine coasting service,
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager:
R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong
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