1930-08-06 — Page 7

"ASSET OF THE BRITISH

EMPIRE.”

GOVERNOR'S TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN

PACIFIC.

DISTINGUISHED GATHERING ON R.M.S. EMPRESS

OF JAPAN.

A large and very representative gathering of Hong Kong ro sidents was entertained last night on board the magnificent new Canadian Pacific Euer Empress of Japan..

From 7.30 p.m. a steady stream of guests found their way on board the liner which was moored alongside the Kowloon Godowns. They were met at the hand of the gangway by Mr. Allan Cameron, the general manager for the Company in the Far East.

His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel, K. B.E C.M.G., was one of the earliest arrivals, as were also H.E. Major: General J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and Rear- Admiral R. A. S. Hill.

His Excellency in proposing the toast of the Empress of Japan and the ship's company, paid a glowing tribute to the C.P.R. in a very happy speech, and said the Canadian Pacific was a com pany we all recognise as a very big asset of the British Em- pire.'

FIFTY-EIGHT DAYS ROUND THE

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WORLD.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1930.

TO PEIPING.

CENTRAL.

The Empress of Japan, the first MUKDEN DELEGATE TRAFFIC TIME" AT of the three original steamships built by the company, was broken pa few years ago after having given good service to the company and the public for 30 years; may ber mantle of services and efficiqney fall upon this the auccessor to her name. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. Cameron here stated, that Capt. A. J. Holland, Staff Captain, and Dr. Donaldson, made a trip

MANCHURIAN WARLORD STILL ON THE FENCE.

NORTHERN LEADERS IN CONFERENCE,

It is claimed at Peiping that

A CROP OF SUMMONSES.

"Quite a number of cases came up for hearing before Mr. R. E. Lindsell traffic time" gester- day.

Mr. C. Michel, of the Peninsula

round the world in: 58 days 13 hours Wang Ching Wei and Yen Hai Shan Hotel, was summoned by Mrs. W. and 7 minutes on the ships and rails have reached an understanding

of the Company.

His Excellency's Happy Speach. H.E. the Governor said:-I rise

to propose the toast of the Empress of Japan and the ship's company I have had a hint that I must be brief and I accept, that, suggestion with readiness and assure you that I will faithfully abide by it. I con- gratulate the Canadian Pacific on having such a magnificent ship and on sending her out to these waters. She is entirely in accord with the tradition of that great com "pany, a company which we all re cognise as one of the big assets of the British Empire. (Hear, hear and applause.) It is a company which operates a transport service with communications, over, I under-

stand, two-thirds of the circumfer-

ence of the earth.

with Chang Hauch Liang, the over lord of Manchuria,

R. Scott for sounding his motor- crele horn unnecessarily in Caine Road at 3.15 p.m..on July 25.

Defendant pleaded guilty but said According to Chinese telegrams, from Peiping, Chang Hsueh Eang that he was cycling with a friend who was in front of him. When has dispatched a delegate in the person of Tang Er Huo, the former passing the police married quarters, Minister of Finance, to Peiping, he had occasion to stop, and to Tang arrived at Peiping on Monday draw his pal's attention he had to when he called upon the anti-Nasound his born." king leaders and explained the reas son why Chang Haech Liang refused to receive the delegates sent by Wang Ching Wei, Yen Hai Shan and Feng Yu Hsiang, adding that Chung will receive them as

soon as

he

returns to Mukden from Huintao Island, where he is staying at pre

sent;

He was discharged with a cay- tion.

Mr. G. H. Fowler pleaded guilty to the charges of driving long Broadwood Road without a special permit, and was fined $5.

A Chinese driver of a public-car was ined for driving in a manner dangerous to the public in Murray - Tang continued that Chang Hsueh Road He denied the charge, stat- Liang has allowed Manchurian poli-ing that he was only doing 20 m.p.h. ticians to participate freely in the He was fined $25. new government of Peiping. Chang, however, considers, it inopportune as yet to join the new government. San Chuan, Fang will remain at Peiping permanently to represent the Mukden Government.

Kipling has said that a finer is a lady by the paint upon her face." The Canadian Pacife have raised their lines to the status of Em- presses and I am sure you will al agree that they are entirely justified as their liners are truly regal.

I suppose as a landsman I have suffered my full share of a long sea voyage. In addition to cross-

It is reported that Chang Hsuch ing the Atlantic, and going to Aus tralia in my early days. I have travelled from Malaya to England Liang has dispatched a number of Afteen times and I felt that each his subordinates including Lo Wen oyage was more dreary than the Kan, Dr. Wellington Koo, and Tang last one. Even EA a youth I

Er Huo to represent Manchuria in never attained that proverbial board-ship flirtation and in my the proposed Northern Govern- later years I merely ate and drankment. and read and slept. I have come to the conclusion. tant, one of the brighter sides of retirement of a public servant was that I should not

His Excellency the Governor saty The first steamers they built viz, at the official table, others on that the Empress of Japan, Empress of table being. Captain 8. Robinson, India and Empress of China had OB.E., RD. R.N.R., Major-Gena gross registered tonnage of 6,000 eral J. W. Sandilands, CMM.G., tons. Their next new addition to C.B., D.5.0., Rear-Admiral R. A. the fleet, the Empress of Russia S. Hill. Sir, Shou-son Chow, Sir and Empress of Asia were 16,000 Joseph Kemp, K.C., C.B.E., Hon. tons. The latest addition to the Mr. E. R. Hallifax and Mr. Allan fleet, the Empress of Japan was Cameron,

26,000 tons gross register. The Others present included:-Sir steps were thus taken at the rate Robert Ho Tung, Hon. Mr. E. D. of 10,000 tons increase' per step. e. Welfe, C.M.G., Hon. Mr. C. Referring to his own associations Mel, Messer, Hon. Mr. A. E. Wood, with the Canadian Pacific, Mr. Hong Mr. J. Owen Hughes, Hen. Cameron said that he joined the Mr. J. P. Braga, Hon. Dr. R. H. Canadian Pacific in the early sum Kotewall, C.M.G., Hon. Dr. S.. W. mer of 1583. It was during that summer that the railway was be Teo, Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, ing constructed westward on the Hon. Commander Hale, Mr. Justice prairies, at the average rate of Wood, Mr. F. C. Jenkins, Mr. H.9 miles per day record in rail-go for any more long sta voyages. road construction that. And not I feel however, that I must re-con- G. Sheldon, Mr. G. G. N. Tinson, since been equalled. The prairies struct my idea as I l that o Mr. D. J. Lewis, Mr. E. Davidson, were then unsettled and all materi passenger can find a voyage on a Mr. Geo. E. Hall Brutton, Mr. M.! had to be transported many ship like this" in any way dreary.

miles. -

J. Breen, Mr. V. M. Grayburn, Mr. It was conceived as a political G. S. Archbütt, Mr. A. H. Fergurend and brought British Columbia son, Mr. F. MeD. Courtney, Mr. into confederation, and had grown W. W. Hornell, Mr. F. J. de Rome, M. T. E. Pearce Mr. R. M. Dyer and many others.

The representatives of the various consular bodies and the Press were also on board."

After refreshments. had been served in the lounge, the company sat down to a sumptuous dinner, during the course of which appro priate music was rendered by the ship's band.

!

Growth of O.P.R.

When the Canadian Pacific con-, struction commenced there were not more than ten small hamlets be- tween the Ottawa Vall in the East

Company's Fine Record. After the toast of "The King

and the Pacific Tidewaters in the Mr. Cameron, in welcoming the West, a distance of nearly 3,000 guests, said that it was with much miles. It was a dull outlook for pleasure that be welcomed on be- traffic for struggling railway half of the Canadian Pacific. those company to face. By reason of it present on board the Empress of being a pioneer railway in a new Japan, the latest addition to their country, it therefore necessarily flect and the largest and fastest ship emparted in subsiduary enterprises plying regularly on the Pacific to encourage traffic and settlement. Ocena.

Their first great effort was the set thing of the Government free land on the prairies and the their own lands adjacent to the railway. The result was that it became a great colonization, land townsite "com- pany

He viewed their presence that evening as an indication of appre vistion of the Company's efforts to serve in the carrying of passengers and cargo, and he was, therefore, grateful to them for assisting in the inauguration of that good ship in the trans-Pacific Service,

When the dinner was conceived,

It was found that the seating accom- modation was not sufficient to enable them to have the ladies present, and it was with regret that they were not there. As it was," the seat- ing accommodation had compelled them to restrict the invitations to

Chang Proposed As New Leader,

Some politicians at Peiping even proposed to appoint Chang-Hsuch Linng us the chairmen of the new Government so as to secure his co-

operation, but the majority of the anti-Nanking leaders do not approve of this suggestion,

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It has been definitely decided to hold the enlarged plenary session of the Kuomintang Central Executive Council on the 7th inst. Wang Ching Wei is expected to be back at Peiping before that date.

Wang Ching Wei is now conferring with Yen Hsi Shan at Shihchia

Five On a Cycle!

A Chinese youth named Li Chung Fo was summoned for not having full control of his motor-cycle com bination whilst driving along Morri son Gap Road on July 23. It was stated that the machine was a light one and there were five persons on it

Defendant pleaded guilty and waY ordered to pay a fine of $10

Pleading guilty to the summons

of not carrying a spare wheel, the driver of a garage car was fined $5: The man told the Court that he.

had a spare wheel but one of the other, tyres had a puncture so be had to use the spare wheel. In any case, he was going to the car stand and was 1 cot going to ply for hire until his spare wheel came back from the repair shop.

Red or Green?

Mr. H. E. Strange was the wit- ness in a case in which an Indian constable summoned a lorry driver for disobeying a signal at the junc- tion of Arsenal Street and Queen's Road East.

was

The constable's statement that he had given the red light. against defendant to give the right of way to Mr. Strange's moter. cycle, which was proceeding east- ward along Queen's Road. Iu spite of this, the defendant came on and entered Queen's Road before. he pulled up sharply on secing Mr." Strange,

. Defendant said that at first he saw the green light. "Then it was suddenly changed to red, and he immediately stopped. He admitted that then he had already got out

Further evidence was taken dur

"Cathedral and Dirt Track."?

Its table be you bave seen to- night is excellent, its accommoda- to be one of the largest privata tion magnificent, its furnishing owned companies. That success

feaves nothing to be desired and was due to the courage, ability and it offers every form of exercises that integrity of its executive. These you can imagine; in fact it provides men had recognised not only their for every luxury that is necessary duty

to their shareholders and,

for the comfort of its passengers. their employees, but also to Canada A week or two ago, I happened to and the Empire (Applause).

see a picture in Punch of two sailors discussing-a-modern. licer One of the sailors was saying that chwang for which place Feng Yu in a year or two no person will

.Aɛ Boon as he travel on board a liner unless they Hsiang has left. had a cathedral and a dirt-track arrives a conference will be held on on board. (Laughter.)

the formation of the new govern My own experience of the Cana- dian Pacife is restricted to a voyment, the inauguration of which age on their rail at Montreal some should take place soon.. twenty years ago and I look for

In an interview with Press repre- ward on my leave to increasing my acquaintance with the Company by sentatives, The Chib, the leader of travelling on one of its ships, and the Saishan or Western Hill clique, I hope it will fall to my lot to said that the Kuomintang plenary atrike the Empress of Japan.

On behalf of the guests, I thank acasion will establish as soon as the Captain and his fellow officers possible an office to make arrange for their hospitality and I ask you ments for the convention of the to drink to their health and sur People's Conference, Questioned cess. (Applause.)

as to whether the situation would Captain's Reminiscences.

be settled by other measures than of Arsenal Street. Captain S. Robinson, C.B.E., They built one of the largest R.D.,

military force, Tse said that unicas R.N.R., addressing the irrigation projects on the Ameri- can continent, the object of which gathering, said: It is very difficult Chiang Kai Shck retires, only mili-ing the course of which the defend-

for me in an assembly like this to tary force would be of any use.

ant got hopelessly muddled as re- was to enable settlers to make farms know what to say. I joined the

gards his estimation of the distance on from 40 to 80 acres of land, old "Empress of Japan in 1894 and Welcome to Wang Ching Wel

from the junction when he first under intensive farming system and I see scattered around the various

Tae added that it was originally closer settlement conditions. Other tables to-night numerous faces of

saw the red light. He tried again wise the land would have been or friends that I have mown since decided to hold a mass meeting to and said that be first saw the light cupied under dry farm conditions, that time. My main object in ad-welcome Wang Ching Wei but when he was 30 yards away, and namely, a settler to every one or dressing you of course is to say hitherto this has not been put into then 30 miles away! two square miles. To convey some how pleased. I am to see you all In the first place, the illustrated idea of the size of that project, be here and particularly to thank your effect on account of

of the opposition

Mr. Lindsell: What nonsenso are supplements that appeared in need only remark that they had to Excellency for your kind interest by certain parties.

you talking about You saw that several of our newspapers last week dig nearly 8,000 miles of ditches. in coming here to this inaugural The Kuominchua and Shaasi light 30 miles away i robbed him of practically all of his

Another subsiduary company was dinner. hunder, and he therefore left all the Hotel company. There being I thought, as I was coming out generals have issued a declaration The Magistrate then imposed a figures regarding tonnage, engine no capital available in the grow what the various ships that we to the Nanking soldiers advising fine of $10 and told the defendant | power, dimensions, etc., with the ing towns in the West for the cons passed thought of us. Two days supplements and other publications, truction of a suitable botel, the after we left Southampton we were them to turn against Chiang Kai he was lucky to get away so lightly. but would say that they had in company entered that field, first at Gibraltar. Two days more and Shek, or, on the other hand, that that ship, the last word in furnish in Vancouver, then, in the moun- we were at Malta and another two fighting should rease temporarily ing and appliances for safety and tains, and from that it had grown days saw us at Port Said. We comfort. The portion of the ship to be the largest hotel company in

were one day coming through the in order that the Nanking troops that the passengers did not see the world. Their president. Mr. Gañál and two and half days may suppress the Communists. ruch, if any, of, was the engine Beatty, announced recently that after that we were at Bombay and Should they turn back for this pur- room, the most important part of the company would build a hotel seven days later we reached Singa the ship, there also the latest bad in London, the site and the char-

pore. We arrived here from Singapose, the Shansi-Kuominchan forces been installed, and the speed all acter of which had not yet been pore in three days.

would not assume the offensive. It EIGHT CHINESE SENTENCED. that was to be desired, namely, 23

I hope to have the pleasure of stated:

seeing you all on board this shipill have any effect,.

is improbable that this declaration

Eight Chinese appeared before on some other occasion as passen- The subsidiary enterprise, how gers.

Reports from the front indicate Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at the Kow. Tour of the Ship. In building a ship, of that class, ever, in which your immediate | ::

that a decisive battle is expected oon Magistracy yesterday on a the Company had indicated their interest lies, is the Canadian Pacific. confidence in the trans-Pacific Steamships, Ltd.

After dinner the guests were to be fought along the Tientsin-charge of stowing away, three on That also was shown round the ship, Much, has trade. He did not need to labour entered into to feed the railway been written during the last week Bukow Railway, where the main board the Tjiliwong from Sandakan on the need to labour on the de- company. It started with sailing in the local Prese in regard to the foress of both sides are engaged and the rest from Singapore by the pressed trade conditions both for ships and chartered vessels, and luxurious simplicity of the Empress The conclusivi of the nipping companies Tag for therice to the prese the business men, that exist. out and from that has grown to betha pau, and it is therefore only this sector will mean the end of the "All the here to-day. They viewed that as largest Canadian Steamabir Com- amply justifies everything that has war.

they had no money and no work and being only temporary, or a "grow-pany, with services on the Atlantic' been said about her. The public

The Nanking troops on this front were anxious to get back to the ing pain in the general develop and Pacific, coastal services on both rooms, smoke room, children's are said to be in a very favourable country meat, which they hoped would not Pacific and Atlantic coasts and lake room, state rooms and swimming last long.

and river steamers in their in- bath are the last word in comfort position and are expected to cap- His Worship, however, convicted ture Taiwenkow at an early date.the defendants and contenced each Chiang Kai-Shek is personally to one month's hard labour or a

fine of 850. directing the troops at Yenchow.

the limit.

knots.

Growing Paina,"

keep stop with the conditions and

"White Empresses,""

necessary to state. bere that she

The company had endeavoured to terior waterways. Within the last and luxury. Altogether the Em

few roars the Company had spent press of Japan is as HE the nearly 20 million pounds in ateam Governor said last night, “truly ship construction. (Applause.)

regal"

the requirements of the trans-Paci fic ever since their first steamers.

fighting on

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