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LLOYD TRIESTINO

FLOTTE RIUNITE LLOYD TRIESTINO MARITTIMA ITALIANA-SITHA'R

EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE.

FAR-EAST

INDIA

ITALY

NEXT SAILINGS

For Shanghai.

9/8 "Conte Rosso"

For Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port-Sald, Brindisi, Venlee, (London

by rail) & Trieste.

2nd Sept. S/S "Conte Rosso"

19th Sept.

For Full particulars and reservations of accommodation apply to:—

LLOYD TRIESTINO Queen's Building, Ground Floor,

Tel. Add. "LLOYDIANO," P.O.B. 143, Telephone 28024 —Agents-in-Canton:— Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Shameen

VK.LINE

N.

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

Cunard White Star Line

SAN FRANCISCO vla Shanghai, Japan Ports and Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

.....

CHICHIBU MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

HIKAWA MARU (starts from Koe). Saturday, HIYE MARU (starts from Kobe).... Monday,

[Mining Alver

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934.

Typical silver mine at Butte, Mont.

Samator Elmer Thamss

Plucked out of the limbo of American political battles of the late '90's, silver has again come to the fore as a major topic to recall the abades of William Jennings Bryan and his famed "Crows of Gold" address. A vigorous silver bloc led by Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma; Senator: Key Pittman of Nevada, and Representative Martin Dies of Texas, successfully pushed a sliver purchase bill through Congress which authorised the United States-Government-to-purchase mixed domestic silver until an eventual proportion of the monetary base of the nation becomes one part silver to three of gold,

OBITUARY.

Mrs. Greene Laid To Rest

In Cheung Chau,

ONE OF FIRST SETTLERS

Steamers

"EMPRESS OF CANADA"

VICTORIA

VIA

one of the BIG FOUR

Saits

Friday, Aug. 24th.

for

VANCOUVER

SHANGHAI -JAPAN

HONOLULU

Special C.P.R. Reduced Fares to

Europe and Return also Around the World Summer Excursions to MANILA.

JAPAN-HONOLULU CANADA-U.S.A.

-Van-

Hong Shang Naga Kobe Yako. Honolulu couver Kong

hai saki

kama

Victoria Leave Arrive Leave Leave Leave Leave Arrive Emp. of Canada Aug. 24 Ang. 26 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 12

U.S. ARMED YACHT HE WAS A FRIEND Emp. of a Rept. 1 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept 13 Sept. 16

ARRIVES

Isabel From Swatow.

The U.S.S. armed yacht Isabel The funeral of Mrs. Valeria P. arrived in the Colony this mora- Greene, who passed away at her ing from Swatow.

As she entered the harbour she house on Cheung Chau Island last Monday, following a stroke, took fired a 21 guns salute, to which A Fort Blackhead responded place yesterday at the Cheung Chau

salute of 11 guns was fired in hon- Christian Cemetery.

Mrs. Greene, who was one of the our of the Commodore, the reply

on being fired by H. M. S. Tamar. pioneer missionary builders Cheung Chau, took part in the Con- ference meetings and attended the service on Sunday when the Rev. P. Hinkey preached.

Surviving Mrs. Greene are a Bon and daughter and three grand- children, all of whom are located in South China. Mr. G. W. Greene is manager in Hong Kong of the office of the Asia Lands Company

Ltd...

Kong and Canton, who will mourn

DISPOSITION OF CHINA FLEÈT.

Many Vessels Now At

Wei-hai-wei.

SUBMARINES LEAVE FOR NORTH TO-DAY

J

The following is the official dis- her passing, along with the hun-position of units of the China Fleet dreds of Chinese women and girls as issued by the Naval Authorities whom she had influenced and yesterday: " helped.

Tuesday,

Sunday,

Wednesday,

4th Sept.

16th Sept. 3rd Oct.

1st Sept.

17th Sept.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM-

SUWA MARU

Saturday

1st Sept.

FUSHIMI MARU

Saturday,

15th Sept.

HAKOZAKI MARU

...Saturday

29th Sept.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

25th Aug.

ATSUTA MARU

Saturdayy,

22nd Sept.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.

Mrs. Greene. had a large cir- cle of foreign friends in Hong!

TOKIWA MARU

Tuesday,

28th Aug.

TOYAMA, MARU

Tuesday,

†LISBON MARU

Friday,

11th Sept. 28th Sept

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama. RAKUYO MARU

Saturday,

NEW YORK via Panama.

†NAGARA MARU

+NOTO MARU

...Saturday .Saturday

and Valencia,

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus, Genoa eigneers began to build in 1907.

12th Sept.

8th Sept. 27th Oct.

where for

†LYONS MARU

Saturday,

8th Sept.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

†GENOA MARU

Wednesday,

29th Aug.

+CALCUTTA MARU

Saturday,

8th Sept.

+MALACCA MARU

Saturday

15th Sept.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

TANGO MARU (Kobe direct)

..:Monday

27th Aug.

TERUKUNI MARU

HAKUSAN MARU

Wednesday, ...Friday

29th Aug. 14th Sept.

† Cargo only

Telephone 30291

O. S. K.

BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

NEW YORK vis Japan, Los Hokuroku Maru ..

Angeles and Panama. Call

Direct at Cristobal, Puerto.

Hokkal Maru

Sun., Sun.,

Colombia, Boston Philads!-

phia & Baltimore

BIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, La Plata Maru

vla Singapore,

18th Sept. 28th Oct.

Many Friends Present

of

IN

NEED

(Continued from Page 01. He waited. Very often that was enough and there was no need to say any more.

His victim rose beautiful. "You must let me lead you a trifle," he said.

"No, no!" deprecated Dawson. "Yes, yes!" he insisted.

"But, hang it, it's a bit thick!

I ask you to have dinner with me and then borrow a fiver from you!

"Don't argue, man!" sulled the dupe. "I'll lend you a fiver, and you can pay for the dinner out of that. Will that satisfy you?"**

It undoubtedly did satisfy Daw- son. A good lay, his, but never before had it worked so slickly. He accepted the five pounds with profusions of gratiude, and forced his address upon his guest. It was a good address. It had cost! Dawson four-and-sixpence fifty.

for

Then they parted.... "You'll never guess who I met to-night, dear," said the middle- HMS. Kent, Suffolk, Cumber aged man,

"Who?" asked his wife. Dr. and Mrs. Greene were among land, Cornwall, Eagle, Adventure,

Sandwich, Falmouth, Keppel, White "Jimmy Dawson " the very earliest residents

hall, Wishart, Verity, Medway, "Jimmy Dawson? Jimmy Daw- Cheung Chau Island

Rainbow, Phoenix, Otus, Olympua, son? I don't think I know him, Odin, Perseus, Orpheus and Bruce dear."

"Perhaps he was before your A large number of friends from are at Welhartvel.

H.M.S. Berwick arrives at time," he admitted. "He used to Hong Kong, Canton and all parts Plymouth on August 24 from China; be rather a friend of mine, before of Kwangtung were present at yes-; H.M.S. Capetown arrives at Hong I married you.” terday's funeral.

The oration was Kong on September 22 from Eng- delivered by Dr. J. R. Saunders. land; Dr. Charles A. Hayes also address! H.M.S. Grimsby arrives at Hong

"Pretty seedy, I'm afraid. He ed the gathering, while the Rev. Mr. Kong on October 23 from the United did his best not to show it, but if La Yut-shing, of the Tang Shan Kingdom;

I'm not mistaken he's having Baptist Church, the

H.M.S. Bridgewater sails from rather a bad time." Cheung Wun-yung, Cheung Chau Hankow on September 9 for Shang- "What a shame! Did you have Church, and the Rev. Mr. Edgar hai, arriving there on September 7; a long talk together?" Dewstee, of the Fat Shan Wesleyan H.M.S. Folkestone sails from: "Rather! We had dinner to- Mission, also took part in the cere-Shanghai on September 8 for Han-gether!"

Rev. Mr.

?

"How nice for you!" she smiled. "How was he looking?"

mony. Mr. and Mrs. Roetz, of kow, arriving there on September "I expect he was glad of it," she Canton, sang a duet, and were ac-19;

sald.

companied by Miss Mary Saunders H.M.S. Wild Swan is at present]

and Mrs. French.

at Peltalho;

?

"That's what I though," he nod- ded.

"Did he remember you at once?" "Funnily enough," he said, slow-

ly, "although he swore he did-I'm

cognise me at all."

THE END.

In addition to the summer re-

H.M.S. Witch, Whitshed, Wren, sidents on Cheung Chau Island and Veteran, Oswald and Osiris are at friends from local churches, there present stationed at Hong Kong; were present: Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, H.M.S. Pandora, Proteus and absolutely certain he didn't re- Rev. and Mrs. Burnside, Hong Parthian, at present in Hong Kong, Kong, Dr. John Lake, the Misses leave to-day for Welbalwei. Mary Alexander. Nell Putney, Floy Hawkins and Lydia Greene, Rev. J S. Kunkle, Rev. Lau Yut-shing. Rev. Cheung Lap-tshol and Mr. Lau Kung-tok from Canton. Rev. Chung 23rd Aug. | Man-chung, Pastor of the First 24th Sept. Baptist Chrch in Hong Kong, and

others.

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS AIRES

Thura. Buenos Aires Maru Mon.,

Colombo, Durban, Part

Elizabeth and Cape Town.

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, Arizona Maru

DARES-SALAAH, BEIRA,

Then,

LOURENCO MARQUES, Arabla Maru

Fri.,

4th Sept 5th Oct.

DURBAN, PORT ELIZA

BETH. CAPE TOWN,

▲ SOUTH AMERICAN

PORTS via Bingapou Colombo

JAPAN POSTS

Collecting Air Mail Stamps

*.

(Continued from Page 7)

lections. The Aero Philatelic Club, lof which the late Sir Sefton flights were made between Hendon Brancker was an enthusiastic sup-

A large number of students from and Windsor, 37 mall-bags being porter, fa widening constantly the the school in Canton, of which carried, and some of the pieces car scope of air-post collecting; and Mrs. Greene

were led by Hamel, Greswell, Driver, the hobby is one which is not only was founder,

and other aviators have a value of interesting in Itself, but one which also present.

£25 to-day.

WHEAT CONFERENCE POSTPONED.

·Full Report Expected For To-day.

Trans-Atlantic Mail

emphasises, constantly, the import- ance of the air as our swiftest Everybody will remember the means of transport, more particu- trans-Atlantic flights which follow larly over those great routes which ed the War, and how the late Mr. Connect us with Africa, India, and

the East. Harry Hawker, making a compul- sory desent In-mid-pcean, had to

sbanden his 'plane with the mail. London, To-day. bag it carried. But that bag was Many of the delegates to the salvaged a few days later," and the 3rd Sept. Wheat Advisory Committee which letters contained in it some of has been meeting at the Board of them stained by sea water-are now Trade, were yesterday in commu-worth from £250 to £800 apiece.

Priced At £40

1st Sepnication with their

respective

20th Sept Governments and the meeting was Covers Carled by Alcock and

DR. FRENCH OLIVER TO PREACH.

At Leland Wang's

Chapel To-morrow.

Dr. French E. Oliver, the well-

Emp. of Japan Sept. 21 Sept. 3 Sept. 26. Bept. 28.Oct. Emp. of Al Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct, 18' Emp. of Canada Oct, 19 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 Oct. 28 Nov Emp, of Russia Nor. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 8 Nov. 6 Nov. 10

Sept. 24

4 Oct. 9

2 Nov.

Oct. 11 2 Nov. 19

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Aug. 30

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ed among the delegates.

postponed until: to-daya kah

MELBOURNE,

BRISBANE, Sydney Maru

Wed

SYDNEY WELLINGTON Brisbane Haru

Sat.,

5th Sept. 0th Oct.

& AUCKLAND direct

BOMBAY & KARACHI via †Tempel Maru

Fri:

81st Aug.

Singapore, Penang and Shunko Mara

Mon,

Colombo

CALCUTTA via Bingapore, Sumatra Maru

Belawan Deli, & Bangoon

Hamburg- Maru

Sat Thurs.,

JAPAN via Takas & Keelung KEELUNG via

walow And

Amoy ****

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Tues.,

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Thurs.,

carried by Ross Smith and Keith (near King's College); to-morrow

23rd Aug.

Advisory Committee will then be Engla submitted to the various Govern- Many othe

Australla.

famous

beth Foreign and Chinese

PING

Invited,

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ments, and it is expe

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the Autumn-British

Service.

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Dec.

Dee:

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