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THORNYCROF

AND CO..

LTD.

SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS

London, Southampton and Basingstoke.

THE - HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8rx, 1922,

PASSENGER AND CARGO VESSELS OF ALL TYPES UP TO 6,000 TONS, OCEAN-GOING TUGS, MOTÖR BOATS (SEA OF RIVER)

UP TO 30 KNOTS;"

TURBINES AND RECIPROCATING MACHINERY AND PROPELIKES. MARINE AND STATIONARY OIL ENGINES 8 TO 90 B.H.P.

MOTOR VEHICLES 2 TO 6 TONS.

WATER-TUBE BOILERS,

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10. KIUKIANG ROAD,

SHANGHAI.

Shoes

SOLE, AGENTS IN HONGKONG FOR “K” SHOES.

MACKINTOSH

& CO.. LTD.

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS,”

Alexandra Building.

FOR XMAS

"A PRACTICAL PRESENT

IS SURE TO PLEASE.

EVERYTHING

FOR MEN !!

Des Vœux Road.

SHIRTS, TIES, SCARVES, ETC. Styles select-Quality superb.

MAKE YOUR SELECTION - EARLY.

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

Have Just Received their Mid Winter Delivery of WOOL WITNEY BLANKETS

AND

DOWN QUILTS.

SINGLE BED BLANKETS

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$15.75 PAIR, 16.50 Pai, 22.75 AND 45.00 PAIR

:

DOUBLE BED SIZE

...

#27.50 PAIK, 29.50. Patk, 35.50 and 69,50 Pair PURE WOOL IMPERIAL COVERLETS

139.60 EACH.

SINGLE BED DOWN QUILTS

$29.50, 39.50 x 4950 FACE.

DOUBLE BED SIZE

$47.50, 67.50, 75.00 AND 95.00 Exor

WOOL TRAVELLING RUGS

$16.75, 18 50, -22.76, 26.50, 85.50, 39.50, 45.00.

52,50, 65.00, 59.50 Bach, Erd, Bro

FIRST FLOOR AT

WHITEAWAY'S.

N.Y.K. " NAGASAKI MARU

..

S.8. "HOISANG” AGROUND. SPRINGS A LEAK AND NOW ON THE SANDHANKS..

The well-known river steamer Hai Sang

“A LUXURIOUS OCEAN-FERRY.

The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's new steamer Nagasuki-maru, built on the HOLDS FULL OF WATER" AND VALU

ADLE CARGO DAMAGED.. Clyde for service as an ocean ferry" botwoon the ports of Nagasaki and Shanghai arrived in Hongkong yesterday morning. Her speed is 18h knots and she encountered heavy weather on Wednes has come out from London in little over day night and sprung a leak. She was

She had uu a month

board,137 ia grave chinger of foundering, so ber skipper, Captain J. A. Wollscott, decided passengers, 137 travelling first-class.

Another ship called the Shanghai-maru | to run the steamer or to the sandbanks in will shortly follow her, and these two the West River, Her passengers were ships will maintain the new service, the transferred to the river stemmers Chung The hokis of the voyage between the two ports occupying and Da Chu", about 2 kours They are ships of 3000 stranded steamer are water-logged and tous and a displacement of 8,130. Each a quantity of valuable cargo is ben ship is oft, in length over all, aft, in damaged. breadth and 39ft in depth. Each ship The 3.5. Hot Sang, which was formerly has accommodation for 187 Grat-class, and on the Hongkong Canton run, came into 900 third class passeugers.

promnenos last July during the distarh Mr. K. H. Kamei, Manager of the Auces in Canton. La Monday, July 10th, Nippon Yusen Kaisha in Hongkong in-she was freil on by the forts in the Wist vited representatives of the local Press River-an incident which caused Home to a luncheon on the Nagasaki-maru, and excitement in longkung. The vessel guests were shown over the vessel, which belongs to the Woo Fat S.S. Company, is a miniature Atlantic liner in all res and recently she was chartered by the Lee Hong Company to run between pecta-speed mechanical equipment, and Hongkong and Wuchow, a journey of luxurious equipment. ;

some four days' duration up the West HER MACHINERY.

River. Sho left Hongkong on her but Those two steamers have been built ward journey at 6 pm. on Tuesday, under Lloyd's special survey and comply carrying some fifty or sixty Chinese with all the latest Board of Trude re passengers and about $30,000 worth of The cargo, principally yare. When off Ling quirements for passenger ships. doors of the watertight compartments are Ting she encountered rough weather and operated from the navigating bridge, so high waves swept her fore and aft. She that the Captzia can have instantaneous is a wooden vesect and, when about threeC control over the entire system. The and a half hours out from Hongkong her seams opened up in an alarming manner vessels are driven by twin screws worked and water, began to pour into the holds. by single, geared reduction turbines of The pumps were set to work and were the Parsan type, which reduce the vibra: kept working for eight hours, but despite tion of the engine to a minimum, and the efforts of the crew the water in the thus ensure the comfort of the passengers holds increased and shortly after 3 mm. There are ten Scotch bailers working at on Wednesday the vessel was practically a pressure of 900 lbs. The steamers are water-logged and in grave danger of fully equipped with modern life-saving foundering. It was impossible to cope appliances. All life boats are worked by with the situation and the only way to mechanical davits and, motor winches. Jsave her was to run her on to the sand- There is a set of emergency electric bank, tamed Lang Tan Mai, in the generators on the Boat Deck in addition neighbourhood of Wang Mun, where sho to three powerful sets for ordinary use, now lies on an even keel with the sea and can be used at any time to supply sweeping her tween deck at high tide. electric current for wireless telegraphy, Distress signals were flown from her lighting, pumping, etc.-a most valuable mast hand, but no vessel hove in sight eset in the event of accident, Precau- until nine hours later, when the Chung tionary arrangements for fire prevention, on her return" journey from Wuchow are perfect. There are a number of fire-to Horgkong was sighted. She was able. proof bulkheads and doors dividing the to get within 100 to 200 yards of the whole living quarters into many analler Hoi Sang. Fortunately the water was sections. Each section is fitted with fire-calm and the rescue of those on board Was not difficult, Two lifeboats were extinguishing apparatus of the latest lowered from the stranded vessel and pattera. In regard to wireless installa these were filed with passengers. tion, sanitary arrangements, and other life-boat was also lowered from the equipment, the chips are in no particular Ching On and within the bour 48 behind any of the newest Atlantic liners.

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passengers, together with their luggage had been transferred to the Chung On.

· PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION." The utmost attention and considera Whilst this work was proceeding the 2.5. tion has been given to the arrangement chow, came in sight and she also dropped On Chai, bound from Hongkong to Wu- construction and furnishing of the public anchor close to the scene. A number of rooms and the staterooms, so as to give the transferred passengers decided to passengers the maximum of comfort and continue their journey to Wuchow by this convenience, the greatest satisfaction, and atenmer, and they were accordingly aven luxury. All parts occupied by transferred back to the Hoi Sang and passengers are specially well ventilated, from there taken by lifeboat with other and lighted. Perfect taste has been dis passengers to the On Chai. Included in played throughout in the matter of styla the passengers were a number of women and decoration. The steamers will carry and they appeared to suffer.considerably only two clames of passengers,first and from the cold wind which was blowing. third. The first-class accommodation is The compradore and the pilot of the Hoi amidships. The public. rooms include a Song were the last to be brought on large dining saloon, a spacious social hall board" the Chung On. Shortly after 3 as well as a comfortable smoking room p.m. this vessel left the scene of the and a bar. The other features are a stranding and continued the journey for verandah cafe, and an inquiry office, Hongkong, which was reached at 6 p.m. and unusually ample space is devoted to Wednesday, the recreation and exercise of passengers,

The stranded Hoi Sang is now in no The dining saloon is situated on the immediate danger of sinking, as hor Awning deck forming the front part of the Captain and crew have remained on the erection and has a large number of steamer, pending investigations as to windows on three sides, admitting salvage. She is a vessel of about 450 tons been well. patronised by Chinese, journey. large well, opening into the social balling backwards and forwards to Canton. above, is surrounded by highly decorative The Hi Sany is insured as is also her. bronze railings. The pancis are painted

P.&O. BANKING CORPORATION, LTD..

1001

(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND, 1920.)

with which is affiliated

THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD

AUTHORISED CAPITAL

SUBSCRIBED AND PAID UP

RESERVE FUND

Board of Directors:

£5,000,000: £2,594,160. £00.000.

The Rt. Hon. Lord INCnearR, G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I; E.C.LEY(Chairman).

Rt. Hon. the Earl of SILBORNE, K.G.,GONG. Sir FREDERICK ELEY, Bart

SET MONTAGU CORNISH TURNIR.

·Sir Dogcan CARMICHAEL.

FRANCIS ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Esq. ALEXANDER KEMP WRIGHT, Esq. WALTER OSBORN, GKAZZBROOK. Enq The Hon. AtLindar Shaw, M.P.

JAMES MAOxunzin, Req. (Managing Director), M. M. S. GURBAT, Esq. C.SI, C.I.E. (General Manager).

HEAD OFFICE -123, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3. West London Branch:-14-16, Cookspar Street, London, S.W.1.

Eastern Branches: Bombay, Caloutta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai

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92, Des Vour Road, Central, Hongkong,

Mary Smith

HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, HAS ARRIVED HONGKONG HOTEL, ROOM 203, with Exclusively Designed

STOTY

Manager.

HATS AND DAY AND EVENING GOWNS

AND A FEW TWEED COSTUMES. Speciality:-LARGE SIZES.

HOURS: 9 AM TO 1 PM AND 2 P.B. TO 4 P..

A Parcel of New Models has just been received from England.

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CHEAP

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We have just received a large salection of

STITCHED

GRASS CLOTH, CROSS

WORK-SUCH AS

TABLE COVERS, DOYLIES & NAPKINS. SWATOW DRAWN THREAD WORK, EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, PEKING LANTERNS, LAMP SHADES. BRASS WARE, Eto. Etc., Eto,

SPECIAL SALE FILET LACE 20% DISCOUNT GREAT REDUCTION FOR ANOTHER 15 DAYS, From 1st to 15th December, 1922,

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plentiful supply of light and air. A grow weight and for many years pas, has SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.

cargo.

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in a soft shade of grey with "mouldings" The Chung On, which brought the picked out fd white, after the manner of story of the stranding into Hongkong be the exquisite Petit Trianon" of Ver- longs to the Sai Hong Company. Her mailies. These, together with the very fine skipper is Capt. J. 8. Lewingdon. and appropriate furniture of the apart ment give the saloon a refined and elegant appearance. The colour scheme of cur tains, etc., adds much to the beauty and attractiveness of the room.

dull-polished bronze handrails are the distinctive features which make the entrance hall extremely pleasing to the

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There are various kinda" of staterooms,

including an ensuite set, single berth, double berth and four berth cabins, eto with diferent passage rates, thus offering. a wide choice of accommodation to

The social hall is excellently planner and elegantly furnished, the colour scheme being similar to that adopted for the dining saloon. There is marble chimneypiece with an electric "magical fire" urmounted by a fine mirror in an ornamental gilt frame, The furniture, which is designed to afford comfort as passengers.. well as aesthetic pleasure, is in the re fined "Period" style, and includes semi-grand piano.

The "rooms en-suite consist of a sitting The Attings and furniture in those roomda room, a bedroom and a dressing room. Generally speaking, both the dining are in the best artistic taste and design All the staterooms are completely equip- saloon and social hall are in the style ped and thoroughly fitted with the sole of the Louis Quarterze period. The object of creating a domantic atmosphere former room has ass character feature and giving home-like comfort to the very quiet and reposeful aspect, despend- ing for this effect upon good proportions

Aramarkable improvement ia intro sad refined detail in decoration, whereas chlood in the third class accommodation" the furnishing and decoration of the latter room are treated on brighter lines, Every attention has been paid to making to sa to produce an air of cheerfulness it spacious and the efficient ventilation and sociability, ZA

And lighting, and complete sanitary arrangements, are notable features of the accommodation Independent, dining,

cerupants.

oking and bar roma of European style are provided in addition to a public room with matted floor, supplied with chory boards and other means of amuse tient a la Japonaise..........

The smoking room on the promenade dock fe panelled in French walnut, gimilar in style to that which prevailed in Eng land during the William and Mary period, having slightly Dutch influence In its detail. The centre of the rooma is high and buy a segmental plaster colling with a large decorative wrought-iron and Mt. Kadir-made an interrating speech gla kylight Sofas, cady chairs, card of the luncheon yesterday in which he tables, all of the good "Period" style, referred to the origin and development and a very handome chimney-piece with of the Nippon Yusen Kaishs, and ita pro- embellished carvings, etc., complete the sent services to all parts of the world, nad furnishing and lend much to the restful pointed with legitimata pride to the effect of the room,

Kagasaki-maru sa illustrating the high standard of service at which the company aimed in catering for the contenience and comfort of the travelling public wra

A verandah cafe, comfortably equipped with wicker chains and sattes adjoins the smoking room,

Phone 2880.

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18, Des Vœux Bd. C.

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THE CHINA SPZCIE BANK, LTD. DAIRY FARM NEWS.

HEAD OFFICR

Br. Gunay's BUILDING, HoxAKS,

Ohairman of Board of Direstora ME WONG-SHIL HAM.

Oklat Manager.

Ank. Manager

Mr. L. 8. HOLE. Mr. K.T. Woxa. Hongking Manager „Mr.L. P. Asia Faelga erobangs and Geawal Banking beaten traannabed,

Current, Savings and Fixed Deporte been

rážes of 2 per sent.

The entrances and staircases are panel. A toast to the continued prosperity of led with dull-bolished, fight-coloured the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the health interests Fronch walnut The Bandhoud, wrought. of Mr. Kamal, proposed on behalf of the 8 per cent, per sgau, fron railings of highly artistic design with ghosts by Mr. B. A. Hale, and supported (Continued of foot of neat colmony by a Chinese groet, was cordially-received.

Hongkous, October Bad, ven

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