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VERVICE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY," AUGUST 23,

MAERSK LINE WEATHER CLEAR

Fast regular FREIGHT and · PASSENGER SERVICE

via

Shanghal, Japan, LOS ANGELES

and PANAMA to

NEW YORK,

But Air Liner Crashes

(Special Air Mail, Service)

LONDON EXCHANGE RATES

BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE. since to-day near Tutthagen, in Copenhagen

If sufficient inducement offers also other ports of call.

- Arrivals from USA.

M.V. "NIEL MAERSK".

29th Aug.

... M.V. "ANNA MAERSK"

Sailings to V.B.A.

25th AE. 2181 Sept..

(All dates are subject to alteration without notice.) EXCELLENT AUCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS

AT MODERATE RATES.

For Freight and Passage plesso apply:-

JEBSEN & CO.

Canton, Shamcen, B.C. Aganta.

Hong Kong, Pedder Building.

Tel 10916.

Tel. 28363.

NORD LLOYD

CRIMEN

HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE * NORDDEUTSCHER (LOVÐ

FarEastern Mail Passenger and Freight Service

Through hookings to America via Europe and Europe via America. Bookings around the world. Through bookings to London..

OUTWARD SAILINGS

(NDL) .A. FOLDA

for Shai, Tuku Bar, Dairs, Tsingtan, T'hama., Nagoya, Koba...........

†(HAL) 0.7. “BURGENLAND" :

(NDL) 4. "ISAR"

(NDL) COBLENZ".

for Shanghai, Taku. Dairen, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, Nsgoys

**

23rd Aug.

30th Aug. for S'hai, Taku Bar, Dairen,

Taingtan, Yokohama, Kobe... 6th Sept. for 'hai., Taku Bar, Dairen, Tsingtau, Y'hama, Na oya, Kobe...

HOMEWARD SAILINGS

31st Dept.

for Genoa, Marseilles, Oran,

K'dam., Hamburg, Bremen...28th Aug..

* (NDL) 8.8"* ALSTER"

†(HAL) m.v. "LEVERKUSEN"

ין

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for Geaca, Barcelona,” R'dam.,

Hamburg...

... 5th Sept. (NDL) 8.5. DONAU"...... for Marseilles, Oran, Rotterdam,

Bambarg, Bremen

........ 9th Sept. +(NDL) m.s. "FULDA ... for Genoa, Barcelona, Lisbon, Dover, A'dam, R'dam., Hamburg, Brames............... 23rd Sept.

19

+ Passenger Vessel. Limited Passenger Accommodation.

N.D.L. HONGKONG/SOUTH BEA ISLAND SERVICE. .:"BREMERHAVEN" 29th August, to RÁBAUL,

TULAGI And ports.

For further particulars and passage fares, etc, apply to:-'

HAMBURG AMERIKA LINTE|NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

JEBSEN & CO., AGENTS,

12, Pedder Street, Tel. 9363.

CANTON CARLOWITZ & CO, Shakee Road.

MELCHERS & CO., AĢENTE, Queen's Building,, Tel. 26378. AGENTS :

JEBSEN & CO Shamaeen 0.B.

JCJL

Wurttemberg, not far from Lake Geneva Constance.

Helsingfors All the occupants-eight passen- Hongkong gers and three crew-lost their Lisbon lives, says a Reuter telegram from Madrid Berlin.

Milac .........

Sterling Parity Aug

90.43 Harka 13.72

21.42

...................................... 110 Escudos

361 S.Q.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICH I

Amsterdam ...... Athens Belgrade

....... 1910 Florine-

7.424

Aug. 21. 7.42#

375 Drachma

525-5.

978,814 Dinaru

231

Berlin

12.69

Bombay

14 d. per Rupee

London Aug. 9. Eleven people were burned to death in the crash of a Swiss air

Brumets

Bucharest Buenos Aires

35 Belgaa 813,068 Lei 47.50d. per Pesa 18.169 Kroner

1/6 1/16 21.401

504

361 $0.

22.394

22.39)

25.22 France

15.414

193.23 Mark

2261

421-4-1

1/81

1/61

110"

25.99 Pesatad ........... 99.44 Line

36 13/16

58 21/32

581

5483d per Pesa

381 8.0.

4.967 Dollars

4.601

4.96

4.967 Dollar

5.091

5.082

18.159 Kroner

19.90

19.001

1.91 France

76 11/32

76 7/32

Rio de Janeiro

164.25 Kroner 26.83d per Gold Milreis

1211

121

41 8.0.

18.150 Kronor 34.56) Schillings 24.58d. per Yea

19.39

27

21%

The machine, which belonged to Montevidea the Swiss Condor Company crash- Montreal ed and burst

New York into flames in a forest.

ONIO

The police at Tuttlingen state. Paris that there were no English passen- Pragna" gers.

Four bodies have so far been re- covered as well as the log of the plot:

Engine a Mile Away The last entry in this reads: "Zurich. 9.25, height 1,500 metres. Weather clear, cloudless."

Eye-witnesses state that the ma- chine was flying at a height of 3,000 feet amid clouds just before the accident. The engine

way

found almost a mile away from the rest of the wreckage, while parts

Shanghai

Stockholm Vienna... Yokohams

Silver (spot).·****** Silver (forward)ş............. ......... War Loan

of the wings and metal parts were | UK LONDON - strewn over a wide area,

Wings Fall of

An Exchange telegram states that among the victims were a wo- man ond a child,

Although the cause of the ac- cident is at present a mystery, 16

is known that the wings dropped of in mid-air.

The machine was flying between Zurich and Stuttgart.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MEETING

Agenda For To-day,

The agenda for to-day's meeting of the Legislative Council is as follows:-

The Attorney General to move the First reading of

"A Bill to amend the Printers and Publishers. Ordinance, 1927." The Attorney General to move the Second reading of

"A Bill to amend the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888."

"A Bill to amend the Jury Or dinance, 1887."

"A Bill to amend the Official Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888." "A Bill to amend the law re- lating to Merchant Shipping.”

"A Bill to amend the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931."

"A Bill to amend further the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873."

OVERCROWDED BOOK. LANDS

The decision of the Brooklands Committee to eliminate "slow" cars from their meetings is an attempt.

to 'solve a very dimcult problem. There are so many enteles nowa. days that in one race there may be three or four cars capable of from 125-140 m.p.h.. several of the Midget and Magnette class capanie of a top speed or about 120 and Foulte a number of cars which are not able to reach more than 90 m.p.h..

Many of the moderately paced cars lap high up the banking. thus obstructing the fastest cars whose speed makes it essential for them to travel at the top of the banking.

It looks as if more and more

BALI & JAVA sub-division of classes would be

On Home leave why not việt BALI & JAVA-the

Isles of Bomsace and Beauty.

Through fares to Europe by steamer all the way or by

steamer and Aeroplane combined.

Special reduced round trip fares. Through fares to

Australia and South Africa

TO BATAVIA DIRECT

28th Aug., 11 am,

8.8. “ TJISQEDARI”

TO MANILA. MAKASSAR, BALI & BOEBABAIA

*M.8. **TJISADANS”

4th Sept. 11am5. »

Augusti Special Reduced Summer Round ¡Trip, Fare

come necessary. Thus for the August meeting there are more than 150 entries, and twelve in- stead of the "usual ning

or ten races will be run.

Scratch races are rare at Brock' Janda, where handicapping is the general rule. I do not anticipate that the Brooklands Champion. ship, in which Mr. John Cobb's 460 h.p. Napler-Railton is compet ing against Mr. Dudley Troy's 4,200 c.c.. Bugatid and Mr. Oliver Bar- tram's 12-cylinder Delage, will provide a close race at any rate for nrst place.

HONG KONG / BATAVIA / HONG KONs le

H8450.00.

·Bar furiker information apply:

American Express Co., Las,

Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd. Holland-Chisa Trading Co., Canton JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJE K.V.

York Building

Tel. 28015,

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE

Bearing

A busy city man, while week- ending with friends, had to pack hurriedly and go, leaving behind him his dress trousers.

On his arrival in London he wired his host:

"Did I kaza trousers behind And his host wired back:' "You had a pair on when you -left_bere,”

Closing Quotations

August 22, 1931

Telegraphic Transfer... Bank Billa, on demand Bank Bills, 4 "month"

sight

18)

Credits, four months!

sight

+7

ON SHANGHAI ;——

On Demand

102)

ON SINGAPORE: --

On demand

ON JAPAN:-

Os demand

128

OR INDIA:-

Telegraphic Transfer...

01

Bank, on demand

CANTON SILK

MARKET

The Kwangtung Raw Silk Tea- ing Bureau, Department of Recon- struction, Canton. China.

Canton Quotations

31

.

August 20... Extra O.S. 13/15 H.K. $440N. Small Extra O.5. 13/15 k

$345N, Crack NS. 14/16 H.K. $2857. Extra Extra 20/22 HK. 4300N, Waste N.S. Open H.K $54N,

Spot

Yokohama Quotations.

August 21.

September

Opening

Yen' 455 Yen 464

Bourse six months...

New York Quotations

August 20.

Bid Ask 1.081 1.80 1.12 1.121 February once agre 1.12 1.13 New York Quotations are obtain- ed through Courtesy of American Oriental Finance Corportion.

December

"DISPOSITION OF CHINA

FLEET

Kent-Wethalwef. Suffolk.-Welhaiwel.

Cumberland.Weihaiwel.

Cornwall. Welhalwel.

Adventure.---Welbatwel

Eagle. Welhalwel..

:

ON NEW YORK:-

382 8.0.

41 8.0.

1/41 $19.391

27

1/21

21

21 9/18 1042

1934.

Bank Bills, on demand 382 Credits, 60 days' sight.. 40 ON BATAVIA-

On demand

ON PARIS-

Bank Bills, on demand 530

Credits, 4 months' sight 0124

ON SA100g:

On demand............... 58

ON MANILA:-

On demand

ON BANGKOK :-

On demand

SOVEREIGNS Bank Buying

Nate

1/81

BAR SILVER, per ol, «... 21

DONATIONS

"Robert Morrison” Centenary

The Finance Committee acknow ledge with thanks the following subscriptions to the Alice Memorial and Nethersale Hospital Building Fund.

וי

List No, 3 Previously acknowledged H.$3,668.65 Mr. and Mrs. A. Stevenson 20.00 Mr. J. Barrow

5.00

FL. $3,893.65

Further subscriptions will be gratefully received by Mr. J. B. Ross, c/o The Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., Hong Kong.

́SCOTS BOWLER

Death In South Africa

PRESIDENT LINERS TOURIST CLASS

Large Staterooms, Every Comfort,

New Low Cost! *

The popularity of President Liners' Tourist Class is ecuily updemtood when you realize, that the very low fares are unaccompanied by reductions in President Liners' famed comfort and service. You travel speedily on large, smooth- riding shipa, in an airy, ausside stateroom. And you enjoy the finest food obtainable... At farms so low they will conare youl

To SAN FRANCISCO 18 Days To VICTORIA BRATTLE 17 Day

via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu

Fortnightly sailings Pres, Taft, Aug. 29, 6 a.m. Fres. Coolidge Sept. 8, Noon Pres. Pierce.Sept. 3, Midnight Free. Boover. Oct. 6, Near Pres. Wilson..Oct. 28, Midnight

EUROPE, NEW YORK

Inquire far round-trip faketa to Buropa in contortion with Lloyd Tresting... Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Enes Cazal Alexandria,

Gezon Marseillon

Pres. Adams.....Sept. 1, 8.m. Pres. Harrison... Sept. 1, Ba Pres. Hayes.....Sept. 19, 8 m). Pres. Johnsox... Qet. 13, 8 am, Pres. Monroe... Oct. 37, S56.

via Shanghai. Kobe, Yokohama

Fortnightly sailinga Pres. Jefferson...Sept. 1,8 am. Pres. Jackson... Sept. 13. @am. Pres. McKinley Sept. 38, M'night Pres. Graat... Oct. 18, Midnight Pres Jefferson Oct 26, M'aight

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE ...

Next Sailings Pres. Jefferson Aug. 26, 6 pm.... Pres. Coolidgang. 30, 9p. Pres. Adams... Sept. 1,8 m. Pas Jackson Sept. 8,6 p.m. Prek Harrison...Sept. 15, 8 a.m.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

FEDDER BUILDING— HONG KONG.

CANTON BRANCH :—4, SHAKER ROAD,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES

NOTICE TO CONSIONEĖS.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Coa STEAMER " HANTUA”

ARRIVED HONG KONG ON 24*> 4UGUBT, 1934.

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRAL

TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, FORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP 00. LTD. « OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

CONSIGNERS of Cage by the and Lumber Shipments as soon as the

ONSIGNEES per Co's Vessel

“TALTE: BIUS” - Fox SEATTLE, VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA via JAPAN are requested to take Delivery of Flor above-named Vessel are hereby in Vessel is ready to discharge and are formed that their Goods are being landed hereby notified that if their Lighters are Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown, required, their Shipments will be die- and placed AT THEIR BA in the Hong not placed alongside the Vossel a Company's Godowns at Kowloon where charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, at each Consigament will be sorted out Mark their expense, where the Cargo will by Mark and Delivery can be obtained slie also at their risk and expense and the Goods are landod.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the Steamer.

Goods not cleared within 8 days in cluding date of arrival will be subject to Rent,

No Fire Lamrance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Mr. Gopparn & DOUGLA, at 10 am. on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.

(Special Air-Mail Service) '

London, Aug. 9. Mr. John Watson whose death is announced from Durban, South Africa. was a popular Agure in bowling circles in the Natal sea- Consignees are specially notified that port, A native of Blantyre. heit is necessary for a Revenue Officer to emigrated to South Africa 25 years

be prosent at the examination of damaged dufiable cargo. ago and was employed for many years on the Witwatersrand gold Gelds. He retired eight years ago and settled in Durban. He was a keen bowler and an ex-holder of

Berwick passage UK arrives the singles championship of the Plymouth 24/8.

arrives Hong September 23. Capetown passage Hong

Sandwich Wathalwel.

Kong

L

Bridgewater-Hankow sall 3/8 arrives Shanghai '7/9.

Folkestone.--Shanghai galls 8/9 arrives Hankow 13/9.

Falmouth-Weihaiwel.

Singapore 23/10.

Grimsby passage China arrive

Teppel-Welbstwel Whitehall-Welhalw Wishart Wethalwef. Verity. Welhalwel. Wild Swan-Peltalho... Witch-Hong Kong. Whitshed-Hong Kong. Wren-Hong Kong. Veteran/mKopE TONE, Medway-Welhalwel Rainbow-Weinslyel. Phoenix Welhalwel. Otgs. Welhalwel Olympus. Welhalwei Odin-Welhalwel. Perseus.—Welhalwel. Orpheus-Weibalwel. Oswald Hong Kong. Ostris Hong Kong Pandora-Hong Kong salis 3 for Weihaiwel.

Proteus-Hong Kong sails Aug. 23 for Weihaiwef

Parthian Hong Hong sails Aug.

for Welhafwel -Bruen-Weihaiwei.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 11th Sept., 1834, or they will not be recognised.

*

No Claima will be admitted after the

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subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. Steamer will commence Discharge on the 20th Aug.

General Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and subject to the Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from the Godown on and after 20th Aug.

All broken, dhafed, and damaged Goode are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.15, AM, and Noow within the Pre Storage period. Na Claims will be admitted after Aho foods have left the Vessel's Godown, and all General Cargo remaining undelivered after 27th Aug will be subject to Rent

All Claims against the Vessel must be presented to. Mis Undersigned on or before the 10th Sept., 1934, or they will not be recognized.

No Fire Ineraces will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Goods have left the Godown well-known Brakpan Club In the MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co. 20th Aug, 1974. Transvaal

Agents, He was also an ex- Hong Kong, Find Ång., 1934. champion of his former club in Scotland. Mr. Watson was 67 years of age and unmarried

CONSIDERATE TERRORISTS

SILVER LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

FRON

· HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES...»

8.8, ..

THE

BOCHUM

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES Visitors to Salzburg have seen very little of the disturbances in SILVERWALNUT"

HE Moter Vessel Austria, the Festival city having having arrived from the above Port on been one of the quietest in the 21st Aug.. Consigness of Cargo ars country.

hereby formed that their Goods and Even when terrorists bombed a being landed at their rit into the house next door to the Hotel Godown of Hong Kong and Fowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Familed Bristol on Monday, they chose #Kowloon, sad stored at Consignees raron from port to port to the mal pors of time when all the visitors were in and expense, ke the Festival Theatre on the other side of the river,

The only intimation the visitors had of anything untoward having occurred was from the smashed windows of neighbouring houses, and from the fact that their room had been changed to the front of the hotel.

All broken, cha fed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where the 4, 10 am 25th August, 1934, at 10 am

All Claims must be presented within 15 Days of the vast beim Ba after which date they cannot be re cognized.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and kil Good remaining undelivered aftan Ele Agust, 1914, will be enbject, to

Bent

The bomb exploded in the cellar of the house and wrecked the frat Augeon It thought to have bee

intended for the Indging or an officer named Roseners, who was by In charge of the suppression of the Nazi rising at Lamprechtshau sem, the only disturbance in the Salsburg district

No Fire Insuranse has been alertos.. Bill of Lading will be apuntersignati

FURNESS (FAR EAST) LTD. 4th Floor, King's Building, Connaught Beads

Dál 331662 Hong Kong, Slit Ang, 1984,

having arrived from. Hamburg and Parts of call, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Good are being landed and placed at their risk into the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's godownstai Kowloos where delivery may obtained as soon as the floods are ended. Optional: Cargo will: *ps in Madod hero, uzlons Notice has been given 48 hours prior to vemmel's arrival, hai c call to which the option extende. A

No Clima will be admitted after the Goods are left the Godowns, and all Goods gamining undelivered after Friday, the 4th Augs will be subject

and damaged Me Grod

(Hong Kong, 18th Aug, 1984

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