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MAIL LIN

AR STEAMSHIP

The Lure of the Sea

There is a real thrill to sailing on a President Liner! These giant ships possess a personality that is pleasing and inviting. You become conscious of feeling right at home. Your voyage is sure to be a pleasant one.

The magnificent Provident Liners are broad of beam and exceptionally steady, Are oil burners, swift, express liners.

The public rooms are luxuriously appointed and inviting.

All staterooms are queride, splendidly furnished, and equipped with beds-noe, berths. Each room has bot and cold running water, also fans, wardrobe, thermos borrla and reading lamps. Private bath and showers in connection with many rooms perfect the travel comfort of these giant passenger liners.

The Cuisine is world famous. The deliciously prepared menus will delight you. And how the orchestra adds next to your ilining.

The decks are spacious. The Glass-enclosed Promenade always popular. Deck sports, open air swimming pool, movies, evening dances, everything has been done to make your trip a happy one. Unexcelled anywhere is the courteous and efficient service accorded you by the trained personnel aboard the President Liper.

The great frequency of willings and the liberal stopover privileges of the Dollar Steamship and American Mail Lines have made the giant passenger liners OUE- standingly popular among travelers.

WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

TO HAN FRANCISCO and

LOS ANGELES

The Sunshine Balt sie Bonolulu Fortnightly selling in Tucadays

Pren, Farrée um, Feb. 14th, 3.30 am.

...Tue., Feb. 29th

•·Prea, Tafe Pres. Jefferson......Tucs., Mar. 18th Prea Lazoln Tue, Mar 27th

TO BEATTLE and VICTORIA' The Short, Straight Route to skemerica

·Fortnightly sellings on Wednesdays

Pres. Jackson... Wed., Feb. 22nd Pres, McKinley...Wed., Mar. 7th Pres. Grant...Wed., Mar. Sist- Pres. Cleveland... Wed., Apr. 4th

Special Through Rates to Europe, via United States, £120, £112. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of railway lincs across United States and Canada, with liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

To EUROPE and NEW YORK BOUND THE WORLD

Fortnightly wailing on Tuesdays via-Marie, Suralis, Colombo, Suet Coal Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Maraclites, ewton and New York

Pres. Van Buren...Jun., Feb, 12th Pres. HATOS...San, Feb. 26th Pres. Polk

Sun, Mar. 11th TO

Prós. Van Baras... Feb. 12th, 6 pm. Pres. Jackson......Feb. 16th 6 Pres, Taft

...Fob 20th, 6 pm.

Pros. Adama Ron., Mar. 25th. Pros. Garfield.........Saz., Apr. 8th Free. Harrisoni ..Sen. Apr. 22nd

MANILA

Pro HATER

Feb, 26th 6 p.m. Pr. Mokinley. Feb. 28th. 6 p.m. Pred Jafferson.Mar. 8th, pim. Por Bookings, Pauenger and Fesignt Information Apply te

Bookings, Passenger Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Floor Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795 Cable Address "Dollar"

Dollar Steamship Line

and

American Mail Line

M.M

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

MAIL AND CARGO STEAMERS TO AND FROM

MARSEILLES, DUNKIRK, U.K., HAMBURG & ROTTERDAM,

From Marseilles

SPHINX.

PORTHOS

PAUL LECAT

PAUL LECAT ANDRE LEBON

15th Feb. 29th Fab. 14th Mar 28th Mar.

For Shanghai and Japan

15th Fab

FPHINX

29th Feb.

PORTHOS

14th Mar.

ANDRE LEBON

28th Max.

London

For Marseilles D'ARTAGNAN.

G. METZINGER SPHINX-

PORTHOS PAUL LECAT

14th Feb. 28th Feb, 18th Mar, 27th Mar.

10th Apr.

From Dunkirk, Antwerp,

25th Feb. YALOU, (Üargo)........ D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mari

For Shanghal, Japan and

North China

VALOU (Cargo)... 28th Feb. D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar

For Rotterdam, Hamburg,

Dunkirk

YANG TSE (Cargo)...let week Mur.

For full Particulars, apply to

Cle des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, Telephones: D. £61 and 740. HONG KONG TIDE TABLE. From February 9th to 15th, 1928 ÉIGH WATER

Height

LOW WATER.

Hong

Kong Standard Tinh

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1928.

S, QUEEN'S BUILDING,

HONG KONG METEOROLOGIJAT

BEGISTER. Hong Kong Observatory, February 8th,

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THE "EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA."

THE SHIP AND HER PASSENGERS.

DUE HERE ON FRIDAY.

With 325 passengers, the Empress of Australia, is due to arrive at Hong Kong on Friday morning, or the fifth annual Canadian Pacific Round-the-World Cruise.

ACROSS ATLANTIC IN FOUR DAYS.

SIX VESSELS OF 35,000 TONS..

A SPEED OF 35. KNOTS.

If the Government will advance £18,000,000, the TransOceance Cor poration, a company composed en tirely of Americans with American capital, will build six vessels cap- able of making a sustained speed of 35 knots, and crussing the At- lantic from New York to British and Channel ports in four days

This is the statement made by afr. Lawrence Wilder, president of the company, now in Washington. who will shortly go before the Shipping Board and present his plans. These new vessels would be of 35,000 tona cost £1,200,000 each, so that the Government would ad vance three-quarter of their cost.

The six vessels proposed would give a sailing every other day from New York and British ports, to be increased to a daily servien later, if justified by the traffic.

Sailing eastward from New York on December 2nd, ber passenger personnel, comprising members of the British, French, Italian and Swedish nobility and many eminent men of the United States, Canada and the British Isles, spent Christ- mas in the Holy Land, New Year's Ese in Cairo and report perfect wenther and ideal cruising een- ditions along the entire route.

Madeira. They have visited Gibraltar. Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Jerusalem, Cairo, Bombay, Colom-

Mr. Wilder says his company ho, Padang, Batavia, Singapore will not ask for a subsidy, but will And Manila. Following stopovers endeavour to have the ocean mail in China and Japan, the Empress contract law modified to give ver of Australia will cross the Pacific sels under the American Bag a pre- Mr. to Hawaii and California, retura-

ference in mad contracts. ing to New York, by way of the Wilder says his company is not Panama Canal, on April 12th particularly interested in buying Thence, she will proceed to South-he Leviathan and other Govern ampton with the English passen ment-owned ships if the Govern= gera, who comprise approximately ment will advance the necessary a fourth of the aggregate.

Among those aboard are the Earl capota for the construction of the and Countess of Pembroke and projected four-day ships." Montgomery, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lady Williams Taylor of Montreal, Sr Elly Kadoorie of Shanghai, Prince Rodolle del Drago and Prince Jerome Rospigliosi of Italy, Baron and Baroness d'Foucaucpuri of Paris and Count Carl, Stromfelt of Sweden.

Though this is her first world arise, the Empress of Australia weh known on the Pacific, having plied the réguar Canadian Pacifie trade rum between Vancouver and Hong Kong until 1926. Stein in 1913 as the Tirpitz, the

Built at

That, of course, cannot be done by the Shipping Board, but wall require the consent of Congress and the passage of the necessary Act, which will lead to prolonged discassion. It is quite true that strong sentiment in there is a favour of the Government getting out of the shipping business, but whether it is advisable for the Government to get out by doing in As a parter in a private shipping concern seems doubtful to many members of Congress, who fear the Government will have to grant

Cuticura Talcum The Family Comfort

For The Nursery, Toilet

And After Bath

The purity of Cuticura Tuleum, with Its delicate medication and sa- tiseptic properties, make it the idea) tollet powder for the entire house- hold. It prevents chafing and irri- tation, and soothes and comforta baby's tender skin

Sonn. Ointment, Talam peld throughout Lid, 25, Hassar 26, hatan, lat

"Try the Cutimira Shering Stick.

S.S. "PONG TONG.'

SAILING

ON SUNDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY,

SINGAPORE, PENANG AND BANGOON.

CARGO AND PASSENGERS (lar, 2 ANE SAD Chase). KOON TAI & CO., Agenta NOTICE TO. CONSIGNEES.

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PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER KIDDERPORE." ARTED HONG KONG ON 5TH FEBRUARY, 1928. Fox BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

by the

Above-named Vessel are hereby in- CONSIGNEES of Cargo formed that their Goods are being landed Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown and placed ar texts zisk in the Bong

ex-Kaiser planned to rule the heavy subsidies if the four-days' Consigament will be sorted out Mark

world from her decks. But she was not completed until after the war, when Great Britain acquired her from Germany and sold her to the Canadian Pacific. The Empress of Australia is well known for her sumptuous furnishings and the apaciousncaS of her staterooma. She is 615 feet long.: 75 Ieet wide" and has a gross tonnage of 91,863 tons. Passenger accommodation is distributed over seven decks, but owing to the limited, exclusive membership, only six are being used for the oruise.

ships are kept in operation- Financial Seice

JUNK. LOST IN A GALE NEAR MACAO.

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TWO OF THE CREW

DROWNED...

According to a report made to the police by Chan Chiu master of cargo boat No. 823 of 300 picul Commanding her is Captain R. capacity, and having on board G. Latta, who also brought the three men, one woman and two Empress of Scotland to this port children, the boat capaired in last year and the year before. Ingale and was lost. his crew are '48 inen, including '50

officers.

Wm. McInnes, veteran of three world cruises, is director-in-chief

of the cruise.

As the Empress of Australia Open Forum; cruise members free ly review and discuss the divers ports of call. Dr. George W. Cole man, president of the Babeen Institute, Wellesley Hills, Mass., is the chairman. He is known through the United States as the father of the Open Forum Move ment, being president of the Open Forum National Council and director of the Ford Hal Forum, Bestan, which he founded in 1908. Before the Cruize is over the Open Forum will select its "most beauti-

The junk was on a voyage from Colowan, near Macao, to Hong Kong with a cargo of lime last Saturday when the mishap occur afloat by clinging to pieces of wood d. The inmates managed to keep from the overturned junk for about half an hour when they were rescued by the crew of trading jusk No.. I. 6007H and brought to Hong Kong. It was discovered at the time of the rescue that two members of the crew were missing.

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NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

"y's Godown at Kowloos, where by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed,

This Vessel brings on Carge from Persian Gulf ex B.IS.N. and B & P.S.N. Ca's

Optional Goods will be landed hers. unless instructions have been given to the contrary is hears before arrival of the teamer,

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

NEW YORK BERTH.

FOR NEW YORK & BOSTON #2 SUEZ. "BOWES CASTLE"

Sails bencs enfor boat 15th Feb

LLOYD TRIESTINO.

REGULAR MONTHLY PÅSSENGÉE AND FREIGHT SERVICE for BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE (FIUME). TAKING CARGO ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO GENDA, ALL ITALIAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANT, BLACH SEA AND DANUBE PORTS.

REDUCED PASSAGE RATES. BRINDISÍ. VENICE & TRIESTE LONDON

NEXT

SAILINGS.

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£72.10.0. Eso. o.b."

OUTWARDS FOR SHANGHAI YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND MOJI.

M.V. *ROMOLO" 8.8. VENEZIA " M.V.REMO"

From Hong Kong.

Bails hence on/of about 1st Mar.. Sails hanes on/or about 29th Mari Sails hemen on/or about ' 28th Apr.

HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE,

M.V. "VIMINALE ”

M.V. ESQUILINO"

M.V. "BOMOLO"

From Hong Kong-

Sails, hence on/or about 10th Fab. Sail, hence enjor about 6th Mar. Sails bence on/or sbaut 3rd Apr.

NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS

FROM CALCUTTÀ & COLOMBO TO

SOUTH AFRICAN POETS

6.3. UMSINGA" S.S. "UMONA"

Sails from Calcutta 1st Mar. Sails from Calgatta 1 April

Regular Panger and Cargo Servics to Bouth" African Pors Through Bills of Lading issued from Hong Kong. For Freight, or Paimage on any of the above lines,' apply"do":

DODWELL &· CO., LIMITED

Telephone: Central 1030.

Agents,

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

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Goods not cleared within 8 days in. luding date of arrival will be subject to Baist

No Fire Insuranda will be wrected by Ko bath

us in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the airness, and the Company's surveyors Consigned Mesars, GODDARD & Douglas at 10 m. within the Thursdays, on Mondays, and Free Storage period.

All Orims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on GT before 25th February, 1928, or they will

Goods have left the Godown, not be recognized

Ne Claims will be admitted after the OUTWARD, rods have left the GodWNZIE & Co.

Agarta

Hong Kong, dis Feb., 1925. 15951 CONSIGNEES' NOTICE, THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED. FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON & STRAITS.

The Steamship "BEN

BENALDER.“

2

HUGO STINNES LINIEN

COMBINED FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE CABIN, CLÀSS ACCOMMODATION FOR 30 PASSENGERS.

FARE FROM HONG KÒNG TO GENOA-£78, 0, 0,

Sailings from Europe for Shanghai and Northern Ports:--

TS. "BAARLAND" M.B.RAVELLAND 9.B. EMIL KIRDORF" 8B RAVENSTEIN" 8B SCHEER"

S.S. CARL LEGIEN." HOMEWARD.

dne here on or about the 9th Feb, dus here on or about the 25th Feb. due here on or about the 28th Feb. due here on oralint the 7th Mar. due here on or about the 19th Max. due here on or about the 23rd Vi

Sailings for Europe via Manila, Singapore Colombo & Port Said:

sailing from here on or about the 14th Feb. ↑ F.S. "OLDENBURG" IT "SAARLAND" .. ... rating from here on or about the 13th Mar.

M.8. HAVELLAND (Omiting Manila)

...shing from bersen or about the 20th Mar, .... sing from here on or about the 29th Mai, *8.8. EMIL KIRDONT" be obtained.

after the S.B. "CARL LEGIEN"...sailing from here on or about the 24th Apr.

No Ulaime will be one, and ali

that all Goods are being It is announced that Lieutenant-CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby ful sights, just as the Travel Commmander C. R. Brent, from landed at their risk into the hazardous Club an the Empress of Scotland the surveying ship Beauty, has and/or extra bazardous Godowns of the did last year when they chose as teen appointed to the Admiralty Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and follows: most beautiful" city, ax Naval Assistant to the Hydro- Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or fram

may Honolulu country, Japan: drive,grapher of the Navy. He served the harros, Delivery: Amalfi, near Naples: edifice, Taj afloat all through the war, and in

left the Mahal: hotel, Royal Hawain. Honolulu tenant of

the

surveying ship Goods

13th instant, will be subject to Rant island, Ceylon: ladies. Japanese: Troquais on the China Station.

All Claim against the Steamer most mountain,

stream, Fujiyama."

The promotion in the New Year Nike:- street Promenade des List of Lieut.-Commander G. E. be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 27th instant, or they will not Anglais, Nice: temple, Ibyasu, Boulbee to Commander caused a Nikke view, Nuuanu Pali, near vacancy in the command of the beeren, chafed and damaged Goods gunboat Scarab on the Yangtze,

he examined on the 11th instant, at which will be filled by Lieut. are to be left in the Godowns, where they Commander Cedric Nayior. D.S.O.: 10am.. by Mess Goddard & Douglas,

No Fire Insurance has been affected. D.S.C., from the battleship Em peror of India. Lieut. Commander Bill of Lading will be countersigned by Naylor was transferred, from the

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO. LTD. R.N.R. during the war for dis-

Agents.

[6859 tinguished service in the "Q"

Hong Kong, 6th Feb., 1928. boats.

*GLEN" LINE, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA PORTE.

harbour, Hong Kong: November, 1929, became first lien. Goods wing undelivered after the Calling at Genes, Botterdam and Hamburg.

Honolulu.

To pass the Empres of Australia through the Suez Canal tolls aggregating G.819.808.18 were paád, average of. G.81.63 for each of ker 12,177 net tona.

GERMAN NAVAL RAID FRUSTRATED.

HOW CALCUTTA ESCAPED .: "ATTACK DURING WAR.

CALCUTTA, January 20th, A special article published in The Englishman discloses bow a German Gaval raid on Calcutta was frustrated during the War.

According to information stated! to have been given by a high officer, the Germans planned in 1015 to des patch a munition ship to Sabang. in Sumatra, where it would arm the crews of 10 German warships intern- ed there, release all the prisoners erted of war, and then make a attack on Calcutta or Rangoon.

When information wax received in Calcutta regarding the depar ture of the munition ship from a west coast port of the United States the Sunderbunds and the 1894 Rabi

Bay of Bengal were rigidly patrol- 112&ighest open-air Temperature, th; uz led and every precaution was taken

Bong Sbodiced

Kong

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Barometer... Temperatur 5P

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SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG KONG.

FOR FEBRUARY, 1928. STANDARD TIME OF THE 120th MERIDIAN, EAST OF GREENWICH,

Date. Sunrise, Funiet, February Oth....8.59 a.m. 6.16 p.m

10th....8.59

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13th....8.57

14th....8.57

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16th:6.56

6.20

15th...6.5626,20

17th....6.55 16.21

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20th: 6.53

6.22

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All

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VERBE! ""GLENAPP" having arrived from the above ports, Consignes of Cargo by her are hereby

Calling at Gence, Marseilles, Batterdam and Hamburg.

"For Freight; Passage and tartbèr Particular plomes apply to

3

JEBSEN & CO.

12, Fedder Etreet. 81]

VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDS-

CHE SCHEEPVAART- MAATSCHAPPIJ.

AND

Tel. 0. 2923. Tel 0. 4754.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

DOKAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM- "NAVIGATION CO, LTD. FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE.

CONSIGNEES per Oc.'s Steamer

"PHILOUTETER

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and to Terms and Conditions of subject

(UMISED NETHERLANDS NAVIGATION Co.) HOLLAND-OOST AZIE LIJN

(HOLLAND-EAST Asta Lum)."- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM AMSTERDAM, BOTTERDAM, HAMBURO, BREMEN & GENOA

HE Steamship 5. their risk into the hazardons and/or having arrived from the above Porte, be ready for extra harden Godowns of

The Consignees of Cargo by her are notified", and after 6th Febr Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, that all Goods are being landed at their Godown Company, Limited, hence, risk into the hazardous and/or extra-unless Forice has been given prior to and/or froka Bodor free the harves, Dallery zasy bazardous Godowns of the China Pro Steamer's arrival, but carried on front of call to rident Loan & Mart

the wharves, De which the option extendi, livery may

Wild All broken, chafed and damaged Goods the Godowns, where there very at cleared by the 12th February, are 10 on any usedays and 1998, will be subject to

informed that all Goods are being landed EDERKERK 18" Storage at Bolt's Whard. The Cargo willi

"from" Godown oDA,

Goods not cleaved by the 14th February, whente and/orage Co, Ltd., port to port to the final Poleg pa

obtained.

Best.

will

at Nom

Nom, will be subject to Rent. All broken, shafed and damaged

Godown Packages are to be left in

in the

Al broken, chafed and damaged Pack Friday be the hours of 10.35 7 where they will be dramined in

ages are to be left in the Godowns, where and Now in the Free Storage period. presence of Consignoce by Mosers.

Nó Ulákna will be admitted after the Boddard & Douglas, on 13th Februage they will be examined on the 11th

Goods Bra loft the Steamer's Godown, 1928,

m. Hears. 1928, at 10

the February, A. Ulaims against the

and Douglas, Hong Kong, and all Goods remaining undelivered

will esmer including those for Cargo short

be subject the Steamer must be after the 18th February delivered must be presented on the Special

riting libin Ten days to Rent against the Himmer just t

6.23For provided; and manut also be Olain

6.23

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23rd......6.50

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Thunder.

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The munition ship was watched by -Cindri D-British agents in the Pacific, but it 9.46 $5

···B-Blue - sky; CCloudy; Im 8:29,183

11:34 3.1 Drizzle F-Fog; L-Lightning; disappeared, for a reason which has 19 7 36M-Mist; 04Overoast; P-Pring never been fathomed, and the attack 14,570 cm

showers; Q-Squalla; É-Hain; did not eventuate.

24th....6.40

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25th.6.40

6.24*

20th...8.48 27th.15.47. 29th....8:47 20th...646

0.28

11

8.20

20" 17

8.27

Arrival, submitted within 30 otherwise they will not he

cognised No Fire Insurance will be effected by

w where in any ouse whatever. Bill of Lading will be counterngned by JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Tan

Astente.

Hong Kong, 7th Feb., 1928. [5885.

they

I

All Claims

of Steamer, otherwise. after arrival

recognized. will not be

No Fire Insurance will be effected by be presented to the Undered the Undersigned in any case whatever.

Bill of Lading will be counterugned by JAVA-CHINA JAPAN LIJN,

General Agents. Hong Kong: 6th Feb., 1928. [5968

before the 27th February, or they will not be recognised

No Visa Insurance will be

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

FOR Agasta!!

6th February,

1928.

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