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President Liner

SAILINGS

Weekly Trans-Pacific Service

To San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Pres. Lincoln

The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays.

Pres. Madison, Pres. Jackson

Pres. McKinley

Tuesday, July 31st, 8 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 14th Tuesday, Aug. 28th. Tuesday, Sept. 11th

To Seattle and Victoria The Short, Straight Routs to America j

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays,

Pres. Cleveland

Pres. Pierce

Pres. Taft

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Tuesday, Aug. 7th Tuesday, Aug. 21st Tuesday, Sept. 4th Tuesday, Sept. 18th

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Europe and New York Direct

ROUND THE WORLD

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'Fortnightly sailings on Sunday vis Manila. Straits, Colombo, Juez Canal. Alexandria. Naples, Genos, Marseilles, New York and Boston.

Pres. Van Buren. San., Sept. 23,8 Près. Hayes......Sun, Oct. 7,8 a.m

From Garfield Sun, July 29, 2a. Pres. Harrison Sun., Aug. 12, 8 am. Pres. Monroe San, Aug. 2618 am. Pres. Folk...Sam., Oct. 21,8a.m. Fres. Wilson 8an, Sept. 9, 9 am... Pros, Adamas.....Sun., Nor: 4.8.1.

To Manila

Pres. Cleveland July 31st, 6p.m. Pres. Madison...Ang. 4th, 6 p.m. Pres. Pierou.....Aug. 14th, 6p.m. Prem. Jackson Aug. 18th, 6 p.m.

Pros. Taft...Aug. 29th, 6p.m. Pres. McKinley Sept. 1st, 6p.m. Pras. Jefferson Sept. 11th, 8 p.m. Pres. Grant ...Sept. 15th, 6p.

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and

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For

PORT SAID, ANTWERP, HARVE, ROTTERDAM,

AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN AND OTHER SCANDINAVIAN & BALTIC PORTS.

OTHER SAILINGS:--

M.S. "Java

MS." Chile"

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Shanghai, etc -80th July

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6th Sept.

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4th Sept.

21st Sept.

7 Continent, 18th Oct

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 27th, 1928.

GERMANY'S LEAD IN LONDON SOCIETY DIVORCE THE KINGDOM OF YOUTH.

vis MANILA, ILOILO, KOLAṀHUGAN, TARAKAN, SANDAKAN. HALIKPAPAN, RABAUL and FORT MORESBY.

For Freight and Passages, Apply to :

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

Queen's Building.

AGENTL

· Tel No. Centrál 1030

THE AIR.

BRITAIN'S NEGLECT OF

CIVIL FLYING.

FUTURE OF THE CLUBS.

[BY SIDNEY TAYLOR:}

CASE.

PREMIER'S FORMER SECRE TARY CITED

including

(Continued from Pagė 10.)

Food Facts.

After washing, baby's toilet is not complete without powder-a de- licate all-over dusting with special- ly medicated powder, that is, which is delightful to use and equally pleasant when it has been employ ea. For baby is the dearest little mite in all the world, a daintily perfumed morsel of humanity, as as a daisy." Sir

LORD PENTLAND AN ENGINEER.

IN THE MAURETANTA.'

Lord Pentland, the 21-years-old grandson of the Earl of Aberdeen, is a temporary member of the crew of the Mauretania,

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CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

AND

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OGKAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

OHINA MOTUAL. STEAM,:

NAVIGATION UU., LTD. FROM UNITED KINGDOM

VIA SINGAPORE.

He signed on as an extra en- gineer "under an arrangement be tween the Cunard Company anți the Cambridge University nathori CONSIGNERS per Can Vessel Germany, leads the world in civil divorce, of grounds of adultery, clean as a hew pin and as fresh ties. sad is now gaining practical hereby notified that the Cargo will be

aviation, with her neatest rivals, France and Italy, very far behind. Britain, to the perplexity of all other nations, occupies about tenth place. It may be even worse than that; I am not very interested in decimals.

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This makes depressing reading for the average Englishman, who imagines, until told differently, preferably with sledge hammer blows, that he leads the world in fying as in many other things. To the German it has always seemed strange that the breed which has produced Sir Alan Cobham, Bert Hinkler, and Lieutenant Kinkead should be in the background of commercial flying.

Fourteen barristers, six King's Counsel, are engaged in the secret hearing of a case which is expected to last three weeks, in which Lady Bona is seeking to her husband, Sir Max Bonn, Max denies the charge and makes countercharges against his wife in-food "cranks" troducing the names of Colonel Sir Ronald, Waterhouse and Mr. Ar thur Marcus Hanbury.

Nothing can be published, under the recent statute, until evidence is given of the petitioner's charges when a short summary may be issued Details can only be dis- closed when the Judge sums up.

So many mothers have pet. theories as regards foods. They are

where their infant. is concerned, and they are always scarching for new products, and taking endless advice.

As a matter of fact, a stated staple diet is best. World-famous brands of baby food have given good results for generations and what can be better than the best f

has

be

The

The maited milk which proved sustaining and nutritious for babies without number is one of the most sensible pivota on which to build a baby's strength; Thom- Sir Max Bonn, K.B.E., is s

son's double malted сад thoroughly recommended. partner of Bonn and Co., the famous bankers, and director of the worth of its muscle-building quali Bank of London and South ties has been proved to all the world of wise mothers again, and America Ltd. He is a member of again-even as women in all ranks the House Committee of the Lon-of life fly to the bottle of gripe

water which stands in the nursery don Hospital.

medicine cupboard if the little one appears to be siling.

Lady Bonn is a daughter of the Inte Mr. James Watkins. She was married in 1820

to

Sir Ronald Waterhouse has been Principal Private Secretary four successive Premiers since 1900 Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Ramsay HacDonald and Mr. Bald- win again! He resigned this post recently. He was Private Secre tary and Equerry to the Duke of York in 1991.

108.

This cupboard; too, in the pur- cry which is well ordered, contains a rich fig syrup, which helps the small person to regain his health equilibrium after any bouts of in- fantile indisposition.

Other Adjuncts To Health, The value of milk chocolate on account of its nutritious qualities for the nursery folk can scarcely be over-estimated

experience at sea.

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discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, marine engineer he said: Giving his impression of the life where it will lie at Consignees risk and subject to Term and Conditions of Eight hours a day in the en-Storage at Holl's Wharf, The Cargo will gine-room of the Jauretania is a be ready for Delivery from Godown on bot job. I have taken two

and

I after 25th July,”

I not be landed hard, watches from 8 to 12 o'clock.each Uptional Cargo day, and the only day I did not alas Notice has been given prior to Venueľ's arrival, but carried on from quite stick it

waa Sunday, the second day out, when the port to port to the final port of call to

which the weather was about the worst sum.

extends. option mer weather in the experience

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods,

be of the officers. I stuck it six will be emamined on any

left in the Godowns, where they Tuesdays and bours that day,

Fridays between the hours of 10,45 and Noor within the Fred Storage period,

I had no definite job to do, as I have no sperinl "experience in this line, and therefore the ship could not give me a position of responsibility. I wore engineers overalls all the time. Most of my time was spent walking round the place and talking to all the different engineer officers.

A Lot Of Questions.

I suppose they thought I asked a lot of questions, but that was. "what I was there for. One thing struck me, and that is that al- "most nl the work among the en- Save giues seems to be manual. for the job of going round taking temperatures in various parts of the place, I did not find a great deal of work that was not work with the hands.

I messed with the engineers and had a great time with them. In the afternoons I came up and joined in the social life of the ship.

I go right back in the Mauretania.

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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have loft the Vessel's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 1st August, wid be subject to Rent.

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All Claims against the Vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or |before the 15th August, or they will not

be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agenta. 26th July, 1998,

(6548

BRITISH INDIA S.S. CO., LTD.

THE

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FROM CALCUTTA, BANGOON, FENANG AND SINGAPORE.

HE Steamahip

"TAKLIWA" having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong And Kowloon Wharf and Godown

As an adunct to the lightest of HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL Company's Godowns st Kowloon, where

It is a national duty-which baby will himself repay later on, when be reaches man's estate and when nursery days are far behind.

STRAITS VITAL STÄTIS- TICS.

HIGHEST DEATH RATE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, July 28th.

Provmus|On Eat On Date

Day

Barometer..

#%

at 2 p. 6 a.m. p.

EN 13

09.82 94.63

+19.38

20

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Direction Force

W Calm

W

2

Weather ...

B

Bain

0.00

1,00

R 0.00

Higher open-air Temperature, 25th: 90 Lovest open-air Temperature, 26th 182

Delivery may be obtained as soon as Goods are landed.

Goods not cleared by, 28th July, 1923, will be subject to Bent

No Fire Insurance will be sifested by us in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for aramination by the Consignees and the Company's surveyor Messrs. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 A.M., Mondays and Taursdays.

All Claims must be presented within Ten days of the Steamer's arrival here after which date" they cannot recognised.

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Në Ulaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns,

A Protest has been noted by the Master.

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B-Blue sky; C-Oloudy: DMACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

Hong Kong, 31st July, 1929. [6530 Drissie: F-Fog: L-Lightning: M-Mist; O Overcast; P-Passing abowers; QSqualls; R-Rain; Ta Theuler.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.

Passing through. Germany, traveller has his eyes opened. The famous Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin, is more like Euston or the Gare doe Nord than an aerodrome. He can fly from here to London, Paris, Brussels, Prague, Rome, Vienna, Belgrade. Warsaw, Moscow, and Oslo. His wonderment increases as be discovers that small towns, the names of which he had scarcely heard before, are linked up with a regular service of machines

numerous

If the BS SOLITOWS. traveller is a business man in rather a large way, with hours meaning pounds to him, it is soon apparent that the aeroplane is his best means of transport.. Even the two or three hours in the air are

He can work indus. Lot wasted. triously with his papers, prepare a speech for a board meeting, or-

It is just aweet enough to please what I personally have never found reporting on the possibilities of re- the small people, and it is as easily gular air routes. An air base has portable as it is palatable in possible in a traia-write letters.

new Frys Cartets. More. The traveller reaches France. By been formed at Singapore. Air the this time he is fond of flying. But Marshal Sir John Salmond, Comover, it is obtainable in such com he finds an air service devoted to mander-in-Chief of Britain's air pact form that it is never difficult to include it in Baby's belongings taking pleasure-seekers to the defence, is to go to Australia to Riviera. The big industrial centres plan the aerial defence of that with which he is more concerned country. The air lines now working fare for children of tender years are connected only by long and in British possessions are almost it is to be recommended, since it too numerous to mention, but at is compounded of pure and whole- tedious railway journeys.

Bir some ingredients, which are muscle- Eventually he crosses the Chan-home there is nothingness. ael to Croydon. If he is a for- Selton Brancker, the Director of making and health-giving.

Ailments and mishaps will occur eigner he may imagine the joys of Civil Aviation, knows what flying Aying to Manebester, Birmingham, is like in Germany, but, like Sir in the best-regulated of babies

Murt can

be done, or Glasgow lie before him. If he Samuel Hoare, the Secretary of kingdoms

Το χειροποίητ in an Englishman he will know that State for Air, he seems to dream though, to promote a healthy, such rash desires involve hiring a of getting to Australia in 180 happy childhood if the foundations Bumidity....

Wind- in are laid with care, and the way hours and to Cape Town, special aeroplane or buying one

very They are

laudable prepared in all wisdom and know- outright. If he is not stupid-- which is inconsistent with his being dreams, but the Liverpool, Yawcas ledge. a big business man-it will not take tle, and Edinburgh business man him long to sum up commercial does not always want to fly. to aviation in England There isn't Australia.

Neglected Aerodromas.. any. The only flying in England takes you out of the country. The aerodromes in the provinces are 1 Потака, a dead sea, of apathy and neglect: The nearest landing places to Liverpool, Man- chester, and Birmingham are so far out of the cities that by the time the motor-car part of the journey has been completed, whatever time has been saved by the aeroplanes has been dissipated by the rides through country lanes. One would The number of births registered think that the lesson of this would in the Straits Settlements during be that all new town-planning the year was 37,233 and the num We Have Man And Machines. schemes must include an aerodrome ber of death 35,501, records the 1827 We have the men and we have in the heart of the city but no, official report on the Colony. The Two Englishmen model boroughs are being laid driest months during 1927 were were the first to cross the Atlantic-out without any provision for the from June to September when the as long ago as 1993. Our losses early needs of aviation, and what drought was responsible for a large number of deaths from malaria, this perilous flying last year would only cost thousands

Fri, 27 m 5 83 4.5 were greater than anybody else's, pounds to-day will cost the coun- pneumonia and among infanta

The percentage of males born was yet undaunted by the pathetic his try millions to-morrow.

Then the Imperial Airways is not 51.33. The highest birth-rate by Sat. 28 tory made by Captain Hinchliffe

the nationalities was 58.23 per thou- and others, Captain F. T. Court in the happy position of

Sun. 29 m ney hopes to set of in a few days, Deutsche Luft Hansa, which had sand amongst Chinese.

The infantile mortality (deaths and Captain R. H. Macintosh is also the co-operation of every large

Mon. 30 m to make a start later in the sum town in the making of local aero of children under one year) was thousand births Aa mer. Whether they succeed or not, dromes. The Imperial Airways re- 21414 per there are many more who will folceives frm the Government a sub- against 203.47 in 1928 and 184.62 in Tues. 31 a low them,

sidy of only £1,000,000 spread over

The crude death-rate, 33.55 per Wed. The Schneider Cup victory was a ten years. It about acts up to this triumph of British-made machin-subsidy and no more. Anyhow, it thousand as against 31.81, was the ery. The "Silver Wing" Argosy is not surprising that in 2 years for the last ten years is 3261. The

highest since 1918. The average Thur. planes which are down between it only carries as many passengers death-rate for 1925, 57.25 per thou London and Paris are a poem, in (44,000) as the German company and, was the lowest on record. grace and outline, sad in the mili- carries regularly in three months

Malaria. WAS responsible for tary sphere I was recently, astonish-

6,200 deaths as against 6,452 in ed to see in Southampton Water,

There are some bright spots, how 1926, while fever unclassified ac from the sunlit sports deck of the

ever, on England's dying horizon, counted for 1983 deaths as against Cunarder Aquitania, a dozca or so

The the previous year. beautiful Air Force.

due to young men without money 2,862 in machines alighting on and taking off from rather than to old men with it. I prevalence of malaria was due to refer to the dozen or so subsidised deficient rainfall, which left many the form-flecked waves as nimbly dying clubs, splendid examples of anopheline breeding grounds un aving arrived. Consignees of Cargo are As to world records, whatever which are the Cinque Ports Flying fushed, enabling the larvae to come hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk their value may be, we have Club, the Hampshire Acroplane to maturity.

in the Hong Kong sad Kowloon Wharf

PRINCE LINE, machines now under construction Club, and the Lancashire Acro The highest death-rate in any which make the hopes of other Club One cannot exactly say the month was 28.67 in July. With the and Godown Company's Godowns at

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. nations indeed precarious. One is Government is generous to them or advent of the rains in September Kowloon, where Delivery designed to travel 5,000 miles with squanders great amount of the death-rate dropped to 39.32 and obtained as the Goods are landed. “

Optional Cargo will be landed, unless

FROM NEW YORK. out a stop; another to elimb to money, at any rate in this direc then to 30.04 in the last two months Notice has been given prior to Steamer' nearly eight miles above the earth; tion, but there is a subsidy accord- of the year.

Two thousand nine hundred and TITAL a third to reach a flying speed of ing to results. This means that for 260 miles an hour.

every pilot trained the club receives fifty-two deaths were due to tuber-Ne Claims will be admitted after the SHE Motor Vesel

Goods have left the Godawas, and alf In view of this mam of fact about £50, with an additional 30s. for culosis as against 2,800 in the pre- Goods remaining undelivered after the having arrived from the above Port men and machines, which one could every hour town.

Pneumonia caused 2nd August, 1928, will be subject to on 23rd instant, Consignees of Carga are hereby informed that their Goods Beat. go on quoting indefinitely, how can In offering to teach all comers to 2,600 deaths as against 2,668 in we explain the paradox of no comfy--the complete tuition coste alto 1928. Only 10 deaths were record- All broken, chafed and damaged are being landed at their risk into the mercial aviation in England? Is gether. £16-such clubs as the Cin-ed as due to influenza. Beri hevi Goods are to be left in the Godewa, Godowes of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, where they will be examined on 1st it lethargy 1 Is it apathy Or que Ports have made a discovery accounted for 1,531 deaths'

Kowloon, and stored does it mean that we have greater that the Air Ministry has never against 1,008, 957 and 904 in the August, 1928, at 10 am by our farsightedness than is suspected 1" been able to make namely, that the years 1926, 1925 and 1924. Dysen Surveyors, Messin. Goddard and Douglas,

All broken, chafed ae damaged Reasons For Backwardness. public is tremendously interested tery caused 1,111 deaths.

in flying1 At a recent air day at There were 28 deaths from small- 16th August, 1983, or they will not be Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be, examined on The truth is that "there are

28th instant, at Saturday, 2

10.m No Fire Insurance will be effected. several reasons, very tangible and ympae 675 people were given pox, 14 deaths from cholera, 31 recognised.

All Claims must be presented within very curious. Most important is lights at be, a time, and 1,500 had deaths from plague and 14 desths,

from cerebrospinal fever, exclud Bils of Lading will be countersigned Fifteen days of the Vessel's arrival the preference of the Air Ministry to be refused. And there were 1,200

here, after which data they cannos. Empire chain" of air motor-care and motor-cycles on the ing deaths in maritime quarantine by the Undersigned. for an

stations.

recognized. ways The next is the doubt whe ground!

"of | 8228,000.14 was spent ther much time "could be saved

Anti-mosquito and. anti- malarial measures in a general re auction of all harmful mosquitoes. Many areas formerly malarious are becoming free from this disease, The chief item of expenditure has been drainage.

the machines.

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DF seagulls.

1.

"Bright Spots Of the Future,

2.

of

Among those who are clamouring (and moner made) by flying in to learn to fly are many young England. Then come the lack of women, some of them defying their serodromes conveniently near big father, who believe neroplanes to cities, and the smallness of the Gov-be dangerous.

This brings me to my final point ernment. subsidy to the Imperial

Perhaps commercial aviation in Airways:

Sir Alan Cobham, our best air- England will be saved, after all, man, has been employed by the by the five million young people who Government flying round Africa benefit under some recent notorious

(Continued on next Column).legislation.-Straits Times,

1925

vious year.

On

The sum

In Singapore & travelling motor dispensary Harted work in May and treated 15,659 cusen (Continuca al foot of next colume

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Days of

From July 27th to August 2nd, 1923. THE Steam

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LUDWIGSHAFEN" having arrived from BREMEN, HAM. BURU and Ports, Consigners of Cargo

are hereby notified that their Cargo being landed at their risk into the Go downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained.

All Goods r the Sist of July,

to

undelivered after will be subject

No Fire Insurance will be effected by

in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for ozamization by the Oan.

2 59 1100 and the Company's Surveyors,

Meara, Anderson & Aake, at 10 am on the 30th of July, 1928,

43 7 2 1 25 (34 10 15 40 3 82 20 7 18 21 75m2 383 10 441 4 3105 29 1 78m2 40 32 11 10 4 2 4 890 3

HAMBURG-AMERIKA. LINIE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE Steamship

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All Claims must reach - pis before the

JEBBEN & 00., Agente. Hong Kong, 28th July, 1928. [6347

The total number of lepera, trest- ed in the Leper Asylum was 1,112 and the total deals 143, us against 1st treated and 131 deaths in 1926. With the continuance, of modern treatment, the death-rate has been halved since 1920.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and all Claims must be presented within Two Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised.

Consignees are requeried to surrender their bills of Lading to the Undersigned for Countersignature.

MELCHERS & CO..

Agenta NORDDAUTSCHER LLoyd, Braxke. Hong Kong, 24th July, 1928, (6541

"MALAYAN PRINCE"

Come risk and

210 Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and All Goods remaining undelivered after the 30th instant, will be subject to Bent.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be

be countersigned by d

FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD., 2nd Floor, King's Building, Connaught Road, Hong Kong.

Telephone No. 8165,-

Hong Kong, 23rd July, 1998. (8585