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SAILINGS

Weekly Trans-Pacific Service

To San Francisco and Los Angeles

The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu

Fortnightly, wilingi on Tuesdays.

Pres. McKinley

Pres. Grant

Pres. Cleveland

Pres. Pierce

Tuesday, Sept. 11th Tuesday, Sept. 25th Tuesday, Oct. 9th Tuesday, Oct. 23rd

To Seattle and Victoria

The Short, Straight Rate to America

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays.

Pres. Jefferson

Pres. Lincoln

Pres. Madison

Pres. Jackson"

Tuesday, Sept 18th Tuesday, Oct. 2nd Tuesday, Oct. 16th Tuesday, Oct. 30th.

£120, 112 Special through rates to Furope via United States, Direct

connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal scop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

Europe and New York Direct

ROUND THE WORLD

Formighty sailings on Sunday via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Suez Canal, Alesandria Naples, Genoa, Marsuäles, New York and Baston,

Pros, Wilson, Sept. 9,9 m Pres, Adam...Sun. Nov, 48 min Pres. Van Buren Jan.,Sept. 23,8 m. Pros, Garfald...Jaa, Nor, 18,9 1, a. Proa. Hayes.....Sun, Oct. 7,8 am, Fros. Harrison Sun, Dec. 2,8 m Pres. Polk......8an, Oct. 21, 8 sim. Pres. Moaroe Ban, Dec. 16,83.

To Manila

Pros, Jefferson Sept. 11th. p.m. Pras. Madison...Oct.

Pres. Grant... Sept. 15th, 6p.m

Pros. Pierce

Pres Lincoln Sept. 25th, 6pm Pros. Clotoland „Supt. 39th, 6 p.z.

Oct.

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9th, p.m. „Oct. 13th, 8 p.m. 7 Pres. Jackson....Oct. 23rd, 8p.m. Pros, Taft

27.6 p.m.

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SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP SUMMER FARES

From Hong Koko to SHANGHAI and Return ...ELK. $120.00 ........H.K, $210,00 ...EL.E. $.35.00

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KOBE YOKOHAMA

Bound Trip Tickets at the abare Rates will be Sold until SEPTEMBER, 21st, and will be valid for Return Passage up to Taree Months from Date of Issue.

For Booklogs, Passenger and Freight Information apply to PEDDER BUILDING, Ground Floor.

Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 793 Cable Address "Dollar"

CANTON BRANCH-504 Ka Naam Toog Building.

American Mail Line

and

Dollar Steamship Line

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

COPENHAGEN.

The M.S. "JAVA loading on or about

17th September

For

PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, AMSTERDAM.” ROTTERDAM, BREMEN, HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN AND OTHER SCANDINAVIAN & BALTIC PORTS.

OTHER SAILINGS:-

M.S." Chile"

MLS. * Asia'

SAILING LIST. Shanghai, etc.

19th Sept.

Continent 30th Sept.

Continent.

29th Oct.

Optional Bills of Lading issued to United Kingdom Ports

For further particulars, please apply to:-~-

JOHN “MANNERS & CO., LTD.

Telephone 0. 4073,

HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL

Agenti

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 1928.

THE WAY OF THE

MOTORIST.

88 POSSIBLE OFFENCES.

WARNING FOR MINOR BREACHES.

A WELCOME CONCESSION.

Automobile Association has com

or motorcyclist to commit, and a list of these is given below.

COWES PANORAMA.

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THE STATE AIRSHIP. DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S CONSIGNEE NOTICES, GIFTS FOR FLATS,

SEA CURTSEY TO

THE KING.

DR101 HALF :FINISHED.

FLAPPING SAILS AND SILENT ENGINES.

NEW EXPERIMENTS IN DESIGN.

A MILLION POUND SOHEME.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION, COT ... STRAXIR “NAGPORE.”

ARKIVED HONG KONG ON 9ND SEPTEMBER 1023 FoxANTWERP LONDON GIBRAL TAR MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo by formed that their Goods are being landed Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godow

Vessel are hereby in-

A scheme for the building of 73 fats and 19 shops, near Vincent Street. Westminster, has been sp- Cows, August 5th..

The main framework of R101, the proved by the Westminster City White sails, blue sky, and sea;

new State airship of 5,000,000 cubic Council, The Duke of Westminster white flannels, cap covers, and feet capacity under construction at has agreed to contribute - £113,650 blue-sarge coats this is the colour- the Royal Airship Works, Carding and four acres of land and lease The legal department of the scheme, at Cowes Here and there ton, is now half erected, says it to the Council for 999 years at one or two blazers worn by women, copy to hand of the Times, and the a shilling a year. ground rent. Filet a list of eighty-eight offences cherry-coloured or lincoln-green ship should be ready for flying Owing to the controlled rents there which it is possible for a motorist surmounted by à rakish yuchting trials before the end of the year. would be a defciency of £9,040- a) and placed atT TEMIR RISK in the Hong cap, catch the eye to make a pleas. It may appear that Rut is behind year, and the Duke will give £1,000 ing contract.

H100, the airship in the passenger year, for ten years. The racing yachts, for the most quarters of which a party of mem- It does not follow, however, that part, lie at anchor, their crews en-bers of Parliament recently had tea

Alderman E. Horne, as an old joying a well-earned rest, while in a prosecution will follow if any one the back-ground the gleaming sails at the Howden sheds of the Airship

surveyor, estimated the work of the scheme cruisers" glide past grace Gaaraateo Company, but actually, offence in this list is committed; of the

£1,000,000 much depends upon the gravity of brez auing over to a freshening owing to differences in methods of 1,200,000, and of this the Dyke

breeze. the case, and if it happens to be lodging in and out among the construction and installation of

minor breach of the Motorcar every sort dinghies with bright will be little difference between the hoped the example of the Duke of

larger boats are small craft of tanks and operational gear, there

Acts and at the same time a first | acizlet.

gutters saila, sombre bus with sails of russet- dates when the ships are ready to Westminster would be followed by brown, varnished motor-boats from fy.

other great landlords to the bene. the yachts, gurgling their way Policy in regard to the State it not only of London, but to the the sunshine.

offence he will, under the provisions of a recent police order, be warm,

...of.

more

at

was giving from £500,000 £600,000.

l'ompany's Godowne at Kowloon, wher's tach Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained at the Goods | KTO

landed.

Optional Goods will be landed here to instructions bare been gives to the contrary Six hours before arrival of Goods not cleared within 8 days In-

to

Steamer.. **!

Alderman Lord Jessel said.ading date of arrival will be subject to

No Fire Insurance will be affected by

in any cas whatever. Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the less, GODDARD & DOUgras at 10a.m. Consignees, and the Company's surveyors

Free Storage period.

ed only, which is a welcome còn. ashore in soft contentment with ship has tended to conceal rather landlords themselves in the long on Monday and Thursdays, within the

cession. The full list is divided by the police into three categories. Thirty-five offences rank as so seri- ous that there will be no warning before prosecution. In thirty-six, of the minor type, a first offender will be warned and not prosecuted; in the remaining seventeen the police will exercise their discretion,

The list is as follows:-

Accident,

Failing to stop after accident. Refusing to give name and ad- dress after accident.

dress of owner and registration

number of car after accidént,

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Outboard motor-boats, crackling like Maxim guns, dart past at 30 knots, skipping from crest to creat of the wavelets. Shore.boats, idly sculled by ancient watermen, take trippers round the royal yacht.

Dignity About

Through the crowd of pleasure boats, with the dignity of a police man in London trafic, steam the grey picket boats of the battle cruiser Rodney, and the small black steam boats of the royal yacht.

of

SHRUNKEN DANUBE.

BAD FOR STEAMERS BUT SMALL BOYS LIKE IT,

| VIENNA, Aug. 6th. Although it is strictly forbilden to bathe from the banks of the gulated enclosures, because the Danube, except from properly re- stream is dangerous owing to the swiftness of its

current and... its.

be Before

All Claims against the Steamer must presented to the Undersigned on or or they September, 1998, will not be recognised.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Cou

Agents. Hong Kong, 2nd Sept., 1998. [6673

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP.CO., LTD.

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD

AND

than reveal the progress made, but it is now possible to indicate how rapidly work is being carried on in the big shed at Cardingten. Here the main rings of the ship are in position and jointed up so. that the whole of the passenger accommodation can be installed, and whereas in the case of the Howden vessel the whole framework from nose to stern has been erected This afternoon offers striking first, a different constructional prin- contrast to yesterday. Grey sky and silvery sea were then in symciple has beed adopted at Carding Refusing to give name and adpathy with the town, which mourn- ton. This enables each main ring aandbanks, which become quick. ed for Mr. Andrew Thomson, the of the abip to be completed on the swimmers, the recent drought has

sands and drag down even expert FROM UNITED KINGDOM

VIA SINGAPORE. veteraanicured on a floor, even to the fixing of petrol made police contral, almost impos But to-day, in the presence of this and ballast tanks, Crouchman's eible.

ONSIGNEES per Co.'s Vessel. gay assembly beat on the joy of ladders, gas-bag nets, and other

There is accommodation in en

*OBESTES yachting, the weather brightened.

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be closed baths of various grades discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowicon Along the front, motor cars were

necessary equipment before the ring Vienna and suburbs for more than where it will lie at Consignees" risk and Giving false name and address scen. this morning

collecting is. hoisted from two points, while a million persons, but several baths abject to Terms and Conditions of when accused of dangerous driving parties from the hotels and clubs in a horizontal position, and then have had to be

Owner refusing to give necessary Some were equipped with luncheon

closed to new Storage at Hoit's Wharf. The Cargo will from Godown on information for identification of baskets obviously bound for a bath swung upright to take ite place comers at times for, an hour or be ready for driver accused of dangerous driving.ing, picnic in some distant bay, in the framework of the ship. In ed, and with a temperature of over

more because they were overcrowd- and after 4th Septemler, others had golf clubs and tennis this way a large amount of the 90 in the shade it is hopeless to racquets.

This afternoon, with a miniature fitting work which would otherwise attempt to keep youthe and small Standard in the bows, the royal have to be done above the ground its banks.

boys from the open river all along barge steamed past heading for is avoided. The nose and tail por The sailing boats, tions are being erceted separately, with the picturesque curtsy of the and will be joined on to the ship Not carrying hern or other suit- sea, let By their sheets," and as complete units later. able instrument of warang.

their glistening saila fapped mer- rily in the breeze until the King and Queen had passed..

Address,

Refusing to give name and ad dress when accused of dangerous driving.

Brakes.

Failing to have two independent brakes in good order.

Construction

Car exceeding maximum width of East Cowes 7ft. Sin

Driving.

At a speed dangerous.

In a manner dangerous.

Recklessly...

Negligently.

Drunk in charge.

Failing to obey signals of police officer.

The motor-boats have no such pretty manners to affect, but in respect they stopped awhile, and pulling boats saluted by resting on

their oars.

Arc

The Danube at Vienna is now sit. below its normal average level in July, and exposed sandbanks are being used as bathing beaches by the "wild" awimmers. can only pass along a narrow chan- nel near the right bank.

Steamers

CONS

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notion has been given prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends.

Al

broken, chafed and damaged Gooss beatamined on any are to

to be left i in the Godowns, where they Turkdays and Fridays between the hears of 10,13 a... and Nous within the Free Storage period.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vessel's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 10th September, will be subject to Rent

Passenger Quarters. Probably most general interest will attach to the passenger quar- ters, which are carried on duralu- min girders and provide a lounge 33ft. by 6aft, accommodation for low the average. Even the numbe presented to the Undersigned in or

Yet the number of deaths from drowning in the Danube during the

last three hot weeks has been be

All Claims against the Vessel met

before the 24th September, or they will not be recognised..

No Fire Insurance will be effected..

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents.

[€676

Jrd Supt., 1923.

GAMBADA"

50 people to dine at once, with a An Air Of Peace.

service from electric kitchens, two ber of attempts at euicide by this Obstruction of the highway. Beyond the Squadron" to the berth cabins, and promenade decks means has fallen off. Failing to keep to nearside on east there is a shingle beach, where along the side of the ship enabling meeting traffic.

people go to bathe, and when they views of the world outside to be

Hollow steel airscrews will be Failing

take precautions have had enough of water bathing gained through the transparent to against vehicles being started. in they lie basking in the sun, admir-sides of the ship at this point used, and reverse mechanism is driver's absence.

ing the beautiful cruising yachts Forced ventilation is provided and being incorporated for manœuvring

the passenger.quarters can be heat purposes. Small auxiliary' engines BRITISH INDIA S... CO., LTD. Falling to give audible warning before them. of approach

Everywhere is a peaceful Enged if necessary, while there is a must also be installed for various

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG Failing to stop at request of lish Sunday afternoon, whether proper smoking room-a luxury purposes, just as auxiliary power police officer.

within the crowded precincts of the hitherto impossible in airships. units are required in a ship, and

AND SINGAPORE. Failing to stop at request of Royal Yacht Squadron, where Access to the middle section is ob these must be run with petrol, but

privileged guests persons in charge of horse.

admittedtained by a long gangway entered special precautions have been taken Failing to take steps when through the jealously guarded by a door in the nose of the ship, to isolate the more volatile het THE Steamship. stationary, except in traffic, for the portals to take ten with some blue and the while the ship is incomplete from the ship proper. These units having arrived from the above Purts, prevention of Doise.

blooded member, or on the Parade, both the gangway and the frame will generate the electric power for Consignees of Cargo are herely in- formed that their Goods are being Failing to comply with one-way where the town saunters in plea work may appear rather flimsy to ship work, and" will drive compres Haded and placed at their risk in the sant contemplation of the scene.. inexpert eyes, but when it is totally sore for blowing fuel from tank

To-morrow (Monday) will be enclosed the air traveller will walk to tank, either for trimming pur- Godown Company's Godowna at Kow- Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and very different. "The Royal London along a corridor as firm and sub-poses or for feeding the engines, Yacht Club has its regatta. There stantial to all appearance as that Each engine car is a separate unit, loon, where Delivery may be obtained

sa soon as the Goods are landed, and can be detached from the main will be sine races, beginning within a passenger train.

Goods not cleared by 3rd September, the large yachts of the Britannia. A number of ingenious ideas are structure, so that when replacements | 1928, will be

to Rent class, and ending with the 14ft incorporated in E100. Probably the are required the whole unit will

No Hire Insurance will be effected by dinghies-Commander Daniel, R.N. greatest advance, other than that be changed, a much simpler opera us in any case whatever. in the Daily Mail.

of constructional methods, is in tion than taking out an individual Damaged Packages must be left in ensuring strength under the worst engine..

the Godowns for examination by the Con- operating conditions. The greatest The full size of the ship will not ignees and the Company's Surveyors, danger lies in vertical currents. be realized until she is complete, Meners. Goddard & Dougins at 10 m, which are met in the neighbourhood but a useful comparison can be on Mondays and Thursdays.

All Claims must be of thunderstorms, for any alteration made with a modern battleship.

street orders,

Exceeding twenty mile speed limit.

Exceeding special speed limits. Allowing the exhaust gases to escape without first passing through an efficient silencer or other suit able contrivance for the prevention

of noise."

Fittings.

Car or fittings being in a condi- tion dangerous to persons in the car or on the highway.

Identification Plates,

Failing to display.

Failing to illuminate.

Letters or figures not regulation

size..

Licence (Driving).

Not possessing licence.

Failing to produce, licence on demand of constable.

Failing to produce licence for endorsement:

Driving after suspension licence.

of

Applying for licence during

| period of suspension.

To hold two licences.

Making false declaration to ob

tain licence.

Employment of unlicensed driver.

Licence (Excise).

Parking.

Exceeding prescribed time.

Failing to leave vehicle in cordiin altitude of an airship results in R101 will be practically as long, and Ten days of the Stesented within

rea-

arrival here, i

be

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowas.. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Hong Kong, 27th Aug., 1928. [6656

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

tion permitting of it being moved alterations of the gas pressures in- if she were placed in Trafalgar after which date they cannot Numbere obscured or not easily by manual power. distinguishable.

Using parking place (Metropoli-side the ship, which may not adjust square the top of the ship would recognized.

themselves to external pressures be level with Lord Nelson on his tan area) within one hour of quit quickly enough if there are rapid column. Actually she is 724ft. long ting it.

rises and descents. Accordingly and 131ft. in diameter at the point Unnecessary sounding of horn in 101 has been designed to withstand of biggest girth and, with the con parking place.

the most rapid vertical current troi car, in 140ft. high. The control Failing to

stop engine when.nown, and this is estimated to car projects underneath the ship vehicle parked. "

amount to an upward gust at the by the passenger quarters, and con- Registration Book. rate of 4,000ft. a minute, or more sists of a lower and upper deck, the

· THE BEN_LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED. Failing to produce to police or than double that which caused the former in the case of an airship wreck of the Shenandoah. Special being the bridge, as the main view registration authority within

automatic pressure valves are incor- required is downward.. Bonable time.

FROM MIDDLESBRO, LONDON, The Eastern Route. Failing to notify registration porated, capable of releasing gas

· STRAITS & PHILIPPINES. authorits of change of address. from the bags at a rate correspond.

The first flights of R101, after her Failing to notify registration, ing to that abnormal vertical move home trials are complete, will be The Steamship "BENGĻOE." authority of change of ownership. ment, and an ingenious adaptation

Failing to notify registration of the principle of a fish's gills to the East, and the ship, in fact,

Catered that all Goods are being JONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby authority when vehicle destroyed will permit the hull envelope to has been designed to fly without a or sent permanently out of the breathe" while provision is also ato un miles to has at Egypt landed at their risk into the tang made for maintaining the shape of and Karachi. Commander Burney, Failure to possess and display Failing to notify registration the outer cover at the point of on the other hand, wishes to develop and/or extra hasardous Godowns of the licence

in proper position

on authority of alteration in character maximum efficiency if the fabric! the Atlantic route, as offering the Gopowa Ocstrani; Lero., whence, and/or

best possible.prospect of a commer vehicle.

of vehicle-e.g., change of colour, tends to become slack.

cial return, and, as this involves the whares Delivery may be

abstained. Failure to keep weatherproof, different type of body, etc.

flying a long distance without stop-No Claims will be admitted after the Alteration or.. defacement of Failing to return original regis- The very considerable advance ping, he is already planning for Goods have left the Godowne, and all licence,

G.

tration book, it found, where made in the method of transferring ships of 7,500,000 to 9,000,000 cubic Goods maaining undelivered after the Wed. 5 m 0 17 6 1m 6 43 23

*Lights.

duplicate has been issued."

the lift of the gas bags to the feet capacity, so that the journey 10th instant will be subject to Bout. 1 18.5 77 0.3 a

Failing to display two front lights

Reversing

hull can now be seen at Cardington, can be made with an adequate re All Claims against the Steamer meat. Thur. 614 638 2 14

be

to the presented Lacapability of reversing (motor and a system, which may be liken- serve of fuel, and yet at the same

Undersigned

they 245497 318 8 indicating the width of the vehicle.

Failing to display red light at cars exceeding Tcwt.);< 7 m 2 2 66m 9 42 24

ed to two parachutes placed in a time permit a commercial load to before the 24th instant, or

be recognised. joFri.

458 45 7

rest.. 572

Reversing for unnecessary dis vertical plane back to back, has be carried. Thus, there are really

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods Highest open-air Temperature, Brd: 87 st.

8m 3

6.7 3 9

Showing red light to front, mll 25

been devised, which entirely elimin two schemes of commercial develop Lowest open-air Temperature, 4th: 78

No infor. high nor low wat Showing light other than red to Obstruction by reversing (certain ates the dangerous stresses likely ment in hand, and the divergences to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 8th Bao,

to be set up under the old system in design of the two ships may very instant, at 10 4x, by Mears Goddard 9m

0441.7 rear, except for internal lighting, atreets in Metropolitan area). 42368 H-Boo_aky; 0-Cloudy; D-

10 4646 illumination of number plate, or Note,-In addition to the fore if one bag became deflated. Au-well prove such that neither type and Douglas gal Drizzle ;* F-Fog ; L-Lightning: Mon, 10 m & 16

48461 34414 signalling device.

going, in many cases of driving other feature making for increased will really be in competition with No Fire Insurance has been effected. M-Mist; O-Oversat P-Panning

Using swivelling lamp. (other than offences, the owner, although not safety is the use of the Beardmore the other, but that each will aid Bills of Lading will be countersigned by showers; Q- Bqualls ; É-Rain;. TTM | Tues, 11 m 7 1 7 8m 0 444 dipping or moving with steering), actually the driver at the time, can solid fuel injection engines, which materially the arrival of long- "GIEB, LIVINGSTON & C

#81d5=0]=9=133 whist÷vehiste-is-in-motion,

be charged with aiding-and-abet run on crude oil-instatu Bf petrot distance airship router in both tetue ""(Continued"on" next Colpina),, |ting.

"(Continued "on" next Column), perate and tropical climates-Hedg Kong, Sri Bept, 1928.–16675

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, Sept 4th

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DAT

at 2 p.m. "&am

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1 p.m

Barometer... 29.67 29.67 99,61

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Temperatur B7

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89

Humidity.

65

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Wind

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Calm 0

B 0.00

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Direction Force Wouther

Bain...

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE,

From September 5th to 11th, 1928.

HIGH WATKE

Low Warr

Bong

Hong

Kong

Kong

Standard

Standard

Tima.

Time.

E. mil" h. m.

Height

સફ 57.48

Height

country.

tance:

Bafety Devices,

Hero Koso AND KOWLOON WHARF AND

will not