1936-07-20 — Page 11

4.

R

PŁO-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS

TAKING CARGO FOR

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia, Red Sea, Egypt, Istanbut, Greece, Levantine Ports,

Europe.

PENINSULA & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

UNDER CONTRACT WITH HM GOVERNMENT -

* All vessels may call at any parts on or off the route-and the route and all sailings are subject to change, or deviation, with of without notice.

& ORIENTAL SAILINGS

PENINSULAR

8.X

$RANCHI

•MIRZAPORE

SNÅLDERA

CHITRAL

BANPURA

+*BHUTAN

From

Tona Hong Kong

About

Destination.

"THE "CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1936.

AVIATION DRAMA OF MAN'S BREACH OF

THE PACIFIC

CORAL ISLANDS FOR

"CLIPPERS"

PROMISE

$300 Damages. For A Woman

BROKEN ENGAGEMENT

Miss Annie Aaronson, of Yal-

EVERYTHING BEING MADE READY ford-street, Commercial-road, E

islands.

Y

Honolulu.

.

was awarded £800 damages against Mr. Harris Bylasky, a caterer, of Commercial-road, While the China and Philippine Clippers continue routine, Richard-street, humdrum hops from Alameda to Manila via Honolulu, Midway, in the King's Bench Division last of promise of Wake and Guam, the Pan American Airways ground crews are month for breach completing transformation of the mid-Pacific coral island bases marriage.

Mr. David Weitzman, for Miss into future tourist havens.

Prefabricated hotels are nearing completion at Midway and Aaronson, said Mr. Bylasky was a Wake, and will soon be ready for guests, if and when the P.A.A partner in a firm of exterers for trans-Pacific passenger service is inaugurated. Work has been weddings and other functions. She slowed materially by lack of harbour facilities at both of these was introduced to him by her sid ter in 1984, and they met again Unloading building materials Their most promising future about April, 1985. They became from the P. A. A. supply ship, lies in the possibility that they attached to one another.

There was a public announce" North Haven, is a difficult and may be used as radio-beacon sta- dangerous task. Coral reef bar-tion bases, if and when the route ment of their engagement at a party held at Miss Aaronson's Meanwhile Great Britain is re-home.

Later. of ported to have disclaimed any in- Įmaterials must be done by use offterest in the islands, at the same Aaronson worked as manageress scows, frequently rocked violently time pointing out the rather ab-for a firm of bakers and confec by choppy seas. Shallow draft)rupt and undiplomatic manner in tioners, and contributed to the launches are used to tow the which the United States chose to support of her father, with whom jassert her sovereignty over them she lived. There was discussion asi to whether Mr. Bylasky would have to contribute to the support|

riers prevent the ship from ap-is established. proaching closer than one-half

mile from shore.

SCOWL

Transfer

These operations have served to prove further the need for har-

Other Possibilities

Trouble

arose

Miss

bour facilities at Midway and By no means, however, have the of her father after the marriage. Wake, and consequently army en-equatorial island studies been un-This he refused to do, and an gineers have surveyed passibili-productive of significant results. estrangement resulted.

Mr. Weitzman added that Mr. ties of blasting channels through Successive expeditions which have

17,000 25th July Bombay, Marseilles & London.

7,000 3rd Aug. Straits, Bombay, Karachi. 26,000 8th Aug. Bombay, Marsellies & London. **SOMALI

6,000 15th Aug. Marseilles, Havra, London Ham the coral reefs. Whether this taken food, replacement person-(Bylasky was in a good position,

borg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull,

project will be undertaken andel and supplies from Honolulu earning about £20 a week. SKAISAR-I-HIND 11,000 22nd Aug. Bombay Marseilles & Lozdon,

completed by the army engineers to the Islands have opportunity to

£50 Engagement Ring §RAJPUTANA 17,000 5th Sept. Bambay, Marseilles & London. +*BANGALORE

Miss Aaronson gave evidence. 6,000 12th Sept. Marseilles, Havre, London, Haz- has not been definitely amounced. look over other possibilities

burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hall Improvement Considered

route-

Cross-examined by Mr. Harold 15,000 19th Sept. Marseilles &

London

But when Brig. Gen. Thumas H. The survey has shown not only Simmons, for Mr. Bylasky, she) 17,000 ard Oct. Marseilles & London.

Jackson. South Pacific division that flying weather between Ha-denied that the matter of marri- 6,000 10th Get. Marseilles, Havre, London, Ham

burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Han engineer, United States Army, ar-waii and the Antipodes is favour-age was broached by her asking certain Mr. Bylasky what his intentions 17,000 17th Oct. Marseilles & London

rived in Honolulu recently for able but that there are 6,000 24th Oct. Marseilles, Havre,

almost were. She agreed that Mr. Bylasky London, Ham-routine inspection of army engine island en route forming burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hulleering projects in Hawaii he said ideal landing bases for seaplanes paid £50 for the engagement ring. 14500 31th Oct. Bombay, Marseilles & London. the army contemplated improve- Authority for this statement is) You have not gune through the

7th Nov. Marseilles, Havre, London, 7,000

burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.ment of harbour facilities at Mid-William T. Miller, chief of air formality of offering to return it? 17,000 14th Nov, Marseilles & London.

way and Wake.

navigation, Bureau of Air Com--No. He said he did not want it. 14,500 28th Nov. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

For the first time since How-merce, and general supervisor of He made me a present of the ring. land, Jarvis and Baker Islands the equatorial island studies. The dispute between you was were suddenly hauled from He said the logical air route that you thought he ought to help tirement back into the drama of from Hawaii to New Zealand pro-keep your father, and he did not? Pacific air commerce a year ago,bably would include four succes--Yes.

RAWALPINDI *BEHAR

CORFU

*SOUDAN

RANCHI CARTHAGE NALDERA COMORIN RAJPUTANA RANPURA RAWALPINDI

• Cargo only.

16,000 12th Dec. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 15,000 25th Dec. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 12,000 9th Jan. Bombay Marseilles & London. 17,000 23rd Jan. Bombay, Marseilles & London 17,000 6th Feb. Marseilles & London.

↑ Calls Casablanca. § Calls Tangier sil vessels may call at Malta,

Ham-

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Istanbul, Piraeus, Symins and otherLevant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA

SANTHIA

* TALMA

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

—

APCAR

8,000 1st Aug

10,000 15th Aug. Singapore,

8,000 29th Ame

8,000 12th Sept.

10,000 26th Sept.

Port Swettenham, Penang, Kangoon & Calentta.

rem

those fiat, desolate equatorial out-sive hops: From Honolulu to If his salary was, in fact, only croppings of coral and guano are Palmyra or Kingman reef; to £5 to $7 per week—and mot again without human inhabitants Pago Pago, American Samoa; to 20 as you suggest-it would be

Home and Jaboratory for asSuva; Fiji Islands:

to Auckland, rather hard to have to support

your father? Yes. group of Hawaiian youths for the New Zealand:

You know he has his own mother: past year, the islands Iserted when the Bureau of Air

to support? Yes Commerce rounded out a year's

were de-

Sites Described The total distance is about

Giving evidence, Mr. Bylasky said he earned an average of £5, a

|week and did not tell Miss Aaron-

son he earned 420 a week. At 2: miles south of Honolulu.

family meeting Miss Aaronson's coral atolls of horse-shoe sister-in-law told him that he

es-fare

Both

SAILINGS meteorological and oceanographic 3,900 miles. Palmyra and Kirs

study of them in connection with man reef, within a dozen miles of a proposed air route to Australia each other, lie approximately 900 land New Zealand from Hawaii Accompanying successful

of Pan American formation protecting placid la- would not have to contribute to Itablishment

Airways route to the Philippines goons which would require but the support of the father. After blasting and preliminary he left the house Miss Aaronson from California via Kawali, at-little tention naturally turned to

the groundwork to put them in readi said to him: "It is I who possibility of a similar route

to ness to accommodate seaplanes. (marrying you, and I say that you Pago Pago, 1,300 miles south of will have to keep my father." the Antipodes.

Palmyra, has an expansive har-

Now is the time to visit, Australia & New Zealand

Lands of Sunshine and Romance.

*Down Under" you will feel a new being and even if you are not inclined towards Suring, Fishing, Shooting or Mountaineering you will find that the Antipodes have plenty to offer you including 25/- for your pound.

On the way down your life aboard will be as you wish, quiet or bectic for the E. & A. will humour your every whim.

And by the way, there is no additional charge for Deck Cabins and -- there is of course a Sun Deck Swimming pool, an Orchestra and a fine Laundry

A Surgeon and Stewardess are at your disposal and last but not. least we had almost forgotten-the cuisine will set you listening eagerly for the gong!

Regular Monthly Salings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia. -

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Unioz S.S. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom vis lesland, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & O, Branch Service of Steamers to London via. Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Co's Steamers Sor

Landing Bases

Howland, Jarvis and Baker, all bour in

which seaplanes could

of which had been exploited and land to-day without difficulty. Su abandoned in the Pacific guazoa, 640 miles to the south-west of

trade a half century ago, were re Samoa, has similar harbour facili- NEW OIL FROM

garded as having possibilities as landing bases for planes.

Jarvis lies 1,300 miles due

ties. Auckland, 1,140 miles from Suva, would be the end of the line Mr. Miller estimated that a test

COAL PLANT

south of Honolulu, almost on the plane, flying over this route, could £80,000 Works Opened equator Eowland and Baker, penetrate deep into the South Seas approximately 40 miles apart, also to-day without such preliminary (trail blazing as was necessary for

lie

In Kent

on the equator about 1000 the test flights of the Pan Ameri- FOUR OTHERS TO BE ERECTED miles west of Jarvis, Highest point on any of the three is about can Clippers en route to Midway, Wake and Guam from Honolulu.

20 feet above sea level. New

Southampton and

Because Great Britain's claim to the islands seemed as valid'as

Erith (Kent)-A new

$3000

But Jarvis, Howland and Baker coal distillation plant, which the islands neemed destined for very National Coke and Of Co. has the United States, their reclama-minor roles as the next few years erected here was opened by Sir tion by the latter country in witness the development of the Robert Horne last month. April, 1935, was shrouded in such Antipodes air route, which seems [EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS secrecy it was not until June 1935, to be the next act in the aviation

London vis Panama Canal

NELLORE

TANDA

NANKIN

7,000 7,000 7,000

ist Ang.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, 4th Sept. 2nd Oct. Melbourne & Fobert-

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

KAISAR-I-HIND

TALMA

TANDA *BANGALORE

SIRDHANA RAJPUTANA SHIRALA

CENTRAL

*BHUTAN

11,000 23rd July "Shanghai & Japan. 10,000 23rd July Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

7,000 - 5th Ang, Shanghai & Japan.

6,000

fith Ang. Shanghai & Japan.

8,000 6th Aug. Amoy, Shanghai & Japan. 17,000 6th Aug. Shanghai & Japan..

8,000 20th Ang. Amoy, Shanghai. & Japan. 15,000* 20th. Ang Shanghai & Japan: 8,000 2nd Sept. Shanghai & Japan.

ALL DATES are approximate All Cabin "All's well

Ject to alteration without notice. All

are fitted with Electric Fars or Punkca LouvDƏ

Steamers on London

and

"ystem tralian Lines are fitted with Laundries. PER cels measuring not more than 5 ́en, fi, will be received at the Company's Office up to Noon. on the day previous to waiting.

on the

PEO

Sydney

"

For further infrmation, Pastage, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to Thar Agents

MACKINNON MACKENZIE:CO

IP & O BUILDING. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. HONGKONG|

27721

¡drama of the Pacific.

THEFTS FROM ALLOTMENTS

"This enterprise is going to bring employment to a large num {ber of people in the coalfields," the declared Sir Robert. Coal is only indigenous asset Great Britain has. Without it the country would be utterly bankrupt, for everything] is dependent on our coal trade.”

In the past he continued, coal

that it became known unofficially that Hawaiian youths from the Kamehameha schools, Honolulu, }were colonizing the islands ́under the direction of the Bureau · of Air Commerce; at the same time" conducting research to determine how important the islands really quantities of rhabarb have been had been used most wastefully. stolen from allotments at Claypits. Many of its by-products had gone near Chenies, Bucks.

(Continued at foot of Next Col).

were.

No Facilities Last month the United States Coast Guard cutter Itasca return- jed to Honolulu laden with fruits of that research which,WEEZ boiled down, seemed to indicate that Jarvis, Howland and Baker Islands will figure but slightly in

to Australia or New Zealand,

Only in the event that trans-

Hundreds of cabbages and large,

£100,000 Lost In

Fourteen Years

PRESIDENT LINERS

are

LUXURY

LINERS

Fast and Smooth Riding

TO SAN FRANCISCO

LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA Via Shanghai, Kabe, Yokohama | Vix. Shanghai, Kuba and Yokohama

and Bumbuka

Pres. Lincoln 6 am, July 29 Pres. Hoover 6 am. Aug. 18 Pres. Cleveland Midnight Aug. 25 Pres. Coolidge Noon Sept. 5 Pres. Taft Midnight Sept. 22

EUROPE, NEW ·YORK Via Mandia. Singapore,・・ Colombo, Bombay, Bae, Port Bald, Napion,

Genou end Marselles

Pres. Eayes Pres. Wilson Pres: Monroe Pres. Van Buren

8 am, Aug. `1 Ang: 15

Pres. HcKinley Midnight July 31

Pres. Grant C

Pres. Jefferson Prem Jackson Pres. McKinley,

Aug. 14

Sept. 11 Sept. 25

TO MANILA THE MOST FREQUENT SEEVICE

NKIT SAILING

6.00 p.m., July 21

Pres. Lincoln

Pres. McKinley 6.00 pm. July 25

Aug. 29

Pres. Hoover

Sept. 12

Pres. Hayes

Pres. Grant

K

9.00 px., July "30

8.00 a.m., Aug. 1

5.00 p.m., Ang.

BOLLAR STEANSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY

SAN FRANCISCO

LOS ANGELES

SERVICE

A TO.....

Para Panang: FALBOA (Panama)

CRISTORAL (Calon) NEXT SAILING

Atlantic NEW YORK

BOSTON

M.V. "TAI YIN"

ON

18th AUGUST

EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR 12. PASSENGERS:

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

AGENTS

Hong Kong Bank Buliding,

Telephone 23021

CHANNEL BUOYS

THAT would modern naviga-

WHAT

tion do without the channel buoys:-- these floating markers that keep ships off the shoals? In à very real sense, the advertise- ments in this paper are channel buoys, placed for your protection --for the safeguarding of the family expenditures.

These advertisements are the signed statements of reputable firms who seek your patronage on the single basis of giving value for every dollar spent. They are honest statements, the only kind an advertiser can use and remata an advertiser

People who get the most for their dollar in the market-places are those who keep an eye on channel buoys. Day by day, they follow the advertisements to leam what and where to buy to the best advantage. Make this habit. the

Study, the advert

rest of shrewder-

The adrecisers in this paper have charted the channels of bay. ing for you. Keep to the com

to help the de- the development of an air route Subject to a suspension of 18 in prices of metals in 1922 in out of the chimneys in smoke more likely way

Such schemes as this were doing pressed areas and especially the months, an order of diserta

was volved him in heavy losses. He at much to prevent the wast

miners than by the development of tributed his failure to unsuccess-

Defending Coelfields Not only watherpr

and setzet from

director of the said that it was proposed - similar plants at Edin Manchester, Glasgow and

Pacific seaplanes are replaced by granted last month in the London ful lawsuits, lack of capital, in- Land-planes will these islands be Bankruptcy Court to Samuel Abel ability to cope with the increased used for bases. They have no bullion dealer and refiner, trading turnover caused by the gold rush the national defence, but harbour facilities capable of acat Charterhouse Buildings, Gos, of 1932 and bad debts.

provide a defence of commodating clipper ships of the well-road E-C., as S. S. Abelson & Mr. Registrar Fean said, there and help to preserve the type now in use by Pan American Company.

was no suggestion of any dis of the collier

From every ten of coal used The debtor failed in May with hem sty against the debtor's trad

Mr. Arnold Rowntree, a direc- they obtained from 12 to 15 gal- Bach, of the islands, however, debts 28,457 and assets expecte ing career. He was 12f intor, sald the company had a similar tons of petrol, 20 gallons of diesel

land-to-realine 2437. ufficient to pES

Only Alis

bald be required

barren art they,

Jonly very small, if any idend.

He timated that in 1920 he

rable optimism, in most works at Tipton. The two plants oll and 15ewts of smokeless fel rcumstances was entirely un-together would use 300 tons of Alrendy 17 petrol stations In the canted, and that really seemed coal a day and put into employ London area were supplying their was worth £100,000, but the fall to be the cams of his downfalls Jment 200. miners. He saw no petrol