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CHICAGO MILWAUKEE

ST. PAUL

PACIFIC

THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LTD.

LAND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

por Co's Voasel

CONSIGN STENTOR"

FROM NEW YORK VIA. MANILA aro bereby notified that their Cargo wil be discharged into Holt'r Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consigness' risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt', Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for

Delivery from Gedowix on and after

15th March.

Optional Cargo will not be landed here unless Notice kan been given Porto Steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends."

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowne, where

ll be examined

on any Tuesday Fridays between the hours of 10,46 1.K. And Noox within the Free Storage period.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godowo,

CONSIGNEE NOTICES.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

BURNS PHILP ́LINE, "

F MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, SALAMAUA, RABACL, SAND. AKAN AND MANILA.

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HE M.V.

"NEPTUNA" ONSIGNEES of Cargo, are hereby

C Normed that all Goods are being

landed at their risk into the hazardous

and/or extra hazardons Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whance' and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 23rd Mar, 1937, will be subject to Rent All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 6th April, 1887, or they will not be recognised.

To

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937.

National Danger In

All-Oil-Fuel Shipping

MOVE TO INCREASE COAL

BUNKERING

A determined effort is belag | coal in bunkers for foreign trade, made to secure, in the national in- and 1,900,000 tons for constal trade, terest, the use of greater quantities In 1935 only 12,533,000 tons were of coal for bunkering purposes in bunkered for foreign trade, and British merchant shipping of per- 1,250,000 for coastal. tain types, writes a Home Naval correspondent.

For certain types of ships, it is claimed, coal-firing can be operat-

A committee, representative ofed more economically than even shipping, marine engineering and Diesel engines. ccal interests. is to be formed to examine the question. The decision to act up the committee was takeri recently at a conference at which Captain H. F. C. Crookshank. M.P., the Secretary for Mines, pre- sided. Representatives "of a large number of interested, organisations also attended.

O fuel was Arst adopted be- cause of its higher calorific valuė and because it required fewer men to operate it. The development of machinery and bollers has so far advanced that, in certain cases. coal is the fuel most economical in men required and in efficiency.

With "the co-operation of far- The conference was due partly sighted shipowners, a number of io a memorandum to the Secretary merchant ships have been operat for Mines by the Combustion Ap-ing with coal-fired boilers and plance Makers' Association (solid mechanical stokers in the past few fuel in September, 1936, and part-year so that their performance ly from the pressure brought to could be studied under sea-going beat on the Government to adopt conditions. Similar experiments energetic measures for the resusci have been carried

out with new tation of the coal industry.

types of machinery. At present 83 merchant vessels are at sea with mechanical stokers of various types...

"A memorandum Issued by the Combustion Appliance Makers' As- sociation (solld' fuel), stated that a situation of gravity was likely to develop in a time of national emer- gency If the present trend towards oil-firing in all types of ships were allowed to proceed unchecked.

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THE ARMY

Better Quarters. And More Pay

www.

The full programme of barrack construction is expected to pro- vide work for thousands of men over a period of years, during which the anual expenditure_for. пет buildings. reconstruction, adaption, road making, and other works may amount to £3.500.000. states the "Times"

The future standard plan for barracks involves the adoption of the flata system applied to small groups of men. The buildings will be kept low and will be spread out In open formation, with space all round. The places to have new or improved barracks or other buildings at once are as follows:--

Aldershot and Salisbury Plain.- New quarters and churches. Lan- don-Married quarters.

Shorn-

cliffe. New church, Gosport, - Quarters. Jersey and Sutton Oak.

Additional accommodation. War-

ley and. Lichfield.—Quarters. Wool- wich Quarters. Science College extension, and offices. York, ---- Married quarters. Edinburgh, New-

castle. and Brighton-Artillery

quarter and new church. Ply- WHERE COAL IS BEST

mouth.Infantry quarters. Salls- "As a result of these experiments, bury and Chester-New Command eertain conclusions have been H. Q. Cardiff-Improvements at formed by the Combustion Ap- Maindy, Pembroke Dock, Im- pliance Makers' Association. They provements at Llanion. Traws-

are that while" coal in very small fynydd and Redesdale.-Camp al. ships other than fishing vessels terations. Pirbright-Replacement cannot be regarded as competitive of huts Colchester. R.A.S.C with oil, for a large number of ser- quarters, Chatham.---R.E. qua7- į vices employing' ships betweenters. Lulworth, and Bovington.→ 1.500, and 8,000 shaft horse-power, Improvements. Catterick.Re- coal-firing has, clear economic ad- construction. China and Cyprus.-- vantages over motor ships.

Infantry quarters. Malayu. -—- In- creased accommodation. Palestine.

Married quarters, Various sta tions-Dining rooms, garages, and replacement of huts.

COAL-FIRED TONNAGE LOSS. This trend is shown. It is point- ed out, by the fact that the world's tonnage of coal-fired ships on Lloyd's Register has declined from 45,338,327 tons in 1922 to 31,947,- 610 tons in 1936, while, the pro- portion of coal-fired shipping to oll-fired shipping under construc- It is thought probable that a tion is 80.1 to 19.9 per cent. If this system of dual firing-that is, with tendency should continue not more coal or off alternatively-would be than 10 per cent. of the world's of great economic advantage in merchant marine will be coal certain classes of merchant ves- burning in 10 or 15 years' time. sels. It would enable them to bun- The memorandum also pointed ❘ker with whichever fuel was the out that these changes have had a cheaper at the port of bunkering profound effect upon the market and would provide them with a for bunker coal. In 1913 Great powerful bargaining weapon when Britain shipped 21,030,000 tons of I negotiating for bunkers.

WHERE RICH IDLED 3000 YEARS AGO

Sir Flinders Petrie's Discovery

Traces of what must have been a "Riviera" for the idle rich of the Eastern Mediterranean 3000 years 330 have been discovered by Sir Fiinders Petrie, the eminent archeologist

It is the Anthedon, meaning "Flower

summer resort'

of

of

MAN'S CURSE ON GIRL

I hope you will always have this on your mind for breaking up my and Jim's friendship. 1 curse you until your dying day." This passage from a letter writ- ten by Albert George Orimes, one of two men found dead in a room

Alled with gas, apparently refer

ring to a girl, was read at a Friern

and all Goods remaining undelivered Warehouse with the General Bonded Delight," dating from 1200 · B.G... Barnet inquest on Grimes, aged 26,

after the 22nd March, will be abject

to Rent

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to "the "Undersigned on or before the 6th April, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be affected

BUTTERFIELD & WIRE

Agants.

16th March, 1937.

and situated on the curving sea- between Gaza and Port

have a

Regulations, consignees must Bavente Officer in attendance shore examined when damaged dutiable goods are

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where will be examined on the 22nd they Mar., 1937, at 10 AM by Mars. Goddard and Douglas.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

No Fire Insurance has been offerted. Bill of Lading will be countersigued

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD.

Agente.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. | Hong Kong, 18th Mur., 1937

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD,

TONSIGNEES per Co.'s Yease! "MEMNON"

FROM UNITED KINGDOM

VIA SINGAPORE

י

Said,

Anthedon was built primarily, as a frontier fortress by the Pharach Shishak, a contemporary of King Solomon.:

of

whose parents live at Mays-lane, Barnet, and James Thomas Rich, aged 21, of Aveton-road, East Fini- chley,

that-her

Grimes mother said son had been staying at the house in Station-road, Church End, Fin-

chley, where he was found dead because he was unemployed.

.. Among the discoveries made by Sir Flinders Petrie are the remains of a shrine built by King Nebu- chadnezzar, the restorer

The Coroner (Dr. George Cohen) Babylon. The huge mound has To deceive the authorities? It 15128 been found to consist of 12 layers,

that it? He got a little more dole each differently constructed, and money by being away from home? each yielding finds of pottery, | --Yes- tools, weapons, and brickwork

Charlton Draw At Highbury

Charlton Athletic and Arsenal, and Arsenal's chief hope seemed are heroby notified that their Cargo who stand first and second in the to lle in one of those sudden will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie Championship, met at Highbury breaksaway of theirs which turns at Consignees risk and subjgot to vnd each side scored once. It was, defence into attack with all the Terms and Conditions of Storage at considering the importance of the slickness of a professional confur- Holt's Whort. The Cargo will be occasion, 2 good game. Both ing trick. However, halftime came ready for Delivery from Godown on teams showed traces of nerves and with no score, although Bastin. and after 15th Mur.

miss-kicks were conspicuous rather who did not quite play as Bastin

their by

presence than "their can, got in one wonderful shot absence; but there were long which hit the post. periods when extremely good foot- ball was played

Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice 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 extenda.

The first minutes of the second half saw Charlton force three cor- ners and there was a snap and a certainty about their play which promised

a reward. Actually, however, it was Arsenal who earn- ed It. After 10 minutes or so

When the Coroner asked, "You realise that is a dishonourable thing to do?" "a woman at the back of the court cried "No!"

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Mrs. Grimes-He thought he was sponging on us and so that is what he did.

She said that, ner Bon bad known Mas Bonner since he was a schoolboy. Rich and her son were devoted friends.

GIRL'S EVIDENCE.

Miss Bonner said, that she was a daily maid living in Mays-lane. She had known Grimes for some. years but had seen him only very little lately. She was also friendly with Rich, who had asked her to go out with him. She promised to do so on the following Sunday. Grimes knew that Rich wanted to meet her, but she did not know

how he knew, Later she met Grimes, and he seemed very upset. He begged her not to take his friend away.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods

Taking the game as a whole are to be left in the Clodowns, where they Chariton had the better of it, and will be examined on any Tacedays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM. praise of their work inevitably and Noor within the Free Storage period, means, since they did not score

No Claims will be admitted after the until two minutes from the end. Arsenal staged one of their typical Goods have left the Vessel's Godown' praise for the Arsenal defence. and all Goods remaining undelivered Male, a player who has always breakaaway after the ball had after the 2nd Mar,, will be subject to Rant.

Deen underrated, and Hapgood been bobbing about in their own All Claims against the Vessel must were at the top of their form, and goal-mouth. A long cross-pass by Bastin led to three Arsenal för- be presented to the Dudersigned un or Roberts, after a rather uncertain before the 6th April or they will not beginning, improved steadily na

wards streaking for the Charlton be recognised.

the match went on. The Charl- goal, and, Kirchen was left with No Fire Insurance will be affected.

`BUTTERFIELD &BWIRE,

ton defence made it clear why the

a clear run-in, Bartram, very pro-

Akonta,

goals against" in their column is perly, came out to narrow the [813 so flattering to them, and Boulter, angle, but Kirchen shot hard and

We have no evidence that Rich their inside-left, worked the ball high, and although Bartram got not only skilfully but intelligently. his hands to the ball he could not contemplated suicide," he said. “I prevent it from spinning into the think you can be certain that 'A SATURDAY, CROWD

net. Arsenal for a long time were Grimey took his own life. It is Although it was a midweek, on the defensive, but the detence. possible that the escape of gas match the crowd was worthy of seemed capable of winning the might have poisoned Rich, who Saturday, and Charlton, setting off ['match. It was not, however, and Was a very sound sleeper." with a rush. forced a corner in two minutes from the end Charl

38th March, 1937.

ANTADS

SAVE YOU

The Coroner, summing up, sald that Grimes had written, "We both think we are better off out of the way."

The jury returned a verdict that

in the first minute. Charlton for ton equalized. The ball came over Grimes committed suicide while or

a time looked altogether the more from the left and Robinson met it. confident side. They were find- with his head and steered it past ing their men with their passes Boulton.

imsound mind. They found there

was not sufficient evidence to show bow Rich died.

In addition, to better barracks the soldier will have more leave when. duty is done, fewer restric- tions and fatigues, more pay, bet- ter indoor entertainment, and, pro- bably less foreign service and more time to qualify for civil em- ployment.

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