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THE

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COMPANY.

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CHINESE WEDDING.

PRETTY CEREMONY AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL

Two highly-respected Chinseo families were united yesterday afternoon whon Miss Tang Kwan- yuk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tang Kwal-pok, of Hongkong, became the bride of Mr. Soo Chong-heo, the brother of Mr. Soe Choong-yow, of Kampar, F.M.S.

The pretty wedding ceremony took place at the Peninsula Hotel, and was attended by a large circle of relatives and frionde. The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, word a dress of white georgette, and was attended by Miss Yung Suk-ching bridesmaid, who was dressed in pink georgette, The brido's mother wore Chinese ceremonial dresa.

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Mr. Lam Swee-chum discharged the duties of best-man. Mr. Lau Man-hin played appropriate music during the ceremony.

A reception was held at the

Hotal after the wedding, when the health and happiness of the newly married pair was duly toasted.

The happy couple will spend their honeymoon at Singapore.

:

THE DIME-A-DANCE GIRL

Continued from Page 3)

And then, "Oh my darling!" Ellen's tears were spent. She sat up.

"I can't go on with this. I can't be married," she said in a trem- bling voice.

THE HONGKONG

CAPT. DOLLAR LEAD

"GRAND OLD MAN OF SHIPPING"

AMAZING CAREER

Death has ended the lung, active and amazing career of Captain Robert Dollar, President of the world over. A message received Dollar Steamship Lines known the from Reutor's American Service Inst night, reports his death at San Rafael, Califorin, at the age of 88 years.

Falkirk, Scotland, in 1844. After Captain Dollar туде born in

finishing his school days at the age of eleven years he went to Canada and began his active career at 18 years of age in a lumber camp. In 1856 he went to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1888, settling in San Francisco. his attention for the first and in Business in a small way claimed 1893 he had saved enough to catab- Wish sawmill. His first shipping venture was in 1901 when he par-

chased the Newsboy for the trans- part of his lumber.

Begun in Small Way.

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1932.

CAPTURED BY REDS CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

FLOOD RELIEF DISTRIBUTOR

HELD IN CAPTIVITY

Shanghai, May 10,

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON

And STRAITS, Į

risk into the

hazardous

It is reported from the China Inland Mission that Mr. Honry The Steamship,. Forguson, mission worker and

"BENREOCII” - distributor of relief for the Na- tional Flood Relief Commission, informed that all Goods are being Consignees of Cargo aro horoby was captured this morning by landed Communists

At their at Chengyangkwan, hazardous and/or extra who pillaged the mienion there and Godowns of The Hongkong and Kow. Relief Commission. took the property of the Flood loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., [whence and/or from the wharves de- Caanda to China in 1895 for mis.

Mr. Ferguson, who came from livery may be obtained. alon work, la now being held in captivity on a small sailing bout Mr. W. W. Moore who was with in the river. A fellow worker, him at the time

of his capture managed to escape.-Reuter.

Planes to be Used,

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 23rd May, will be subject to rent.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersiga- ed on or before the 6th June or they will not be recoginzed.

Nanking, May 16.

All broken, chafed, and damaged commissioned the Sixth Squadron 21st May at 10 a.m., by Messrs. God- The Nanking Government has Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the of acroplanes to be sent to Non-dard and Douglas. king organisation of an expedition chang in connexion with the Non- to Klangal against the Communist bandita.-Renska.

place

in

EXPRESS

PAURA

LIE

SEPACE

BARBER WILHELMSEN

LINE.

THE PREMIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.

All Vessel call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.

Passengers desiring to travel, by this interesting route will find the accommo- dation provided well up consignees

to their expections, and at a cost most reason- able.

warehouse

To comply with the General Bonded

Regulations must have

Revenue Omcar in atten- dance when damaged dutiable goods | Jare examined.

ed.

No Fire Insurance. has been offect-

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,

Agents. Hongkong, 16th May, 1932.

n

Harald Dollar. R. Stanley Dollar, the Pacific at the undeveloped mar-high

From California be gazed across | the elder of the two has risen to a Bills of Lading will be counter.

the shipping signed by, kels of the Orient and decided that | fraternity of the world. there was a trade field that should But Capt. Dollar never relinquíah- be claimed by American enterprise. | ed his active interests on his under- In 1901 the steamer Arab cleared takings and his frequent round-the- from San Francisco, and Dollar's world tours were not holiday trips, venture in Chinese trade began in but kept him always. OC-

From this year on he was cupied in attending to the busi-sisted lavishly toward the building

of the Y.M.C.A. for years, he an earnest. a frequent visitor to the Orient, ness at the many agencies and fund of the Chinese Y.M.C.A. building up trade for the Dollar in- branches in the world ports. When

Although all Oriental cities terests.

back at San Francisco he was knew of Robert Dollar, at least always at his desk punctually.

since the war, his activities in Church Worker.

recent years made a deeper Im- The venerable shipowner took a pression than ever. In his pur deep interest in church work and chase of the U.S.S.B. Vessels, park benutification, being Park operated during the past few years commissioner at Sausolito near by the Admiral Line and the San Francisco.

Pacific Mall Companies, the "The early training I received veteran ship-owner overcame in Scotland," he wrote in his obstacles, which would have memoirs, "has stuck to me all my "floored" any one with less cour- Hfe, and when living in the lumber age and grit. To acquire the Pro- camps, among the roughest of the aident ships, which salled from rough, having no opportunity 10 San Francisco, he had to overcome read the Bible in quietness, Ihalf the Chamber of Commerce of always made it a practice on Sun-that city, as well as Eastern ship- day to take my Bible out to a quiet ping interests. Not only did he place and read it, even in the succeed in this, but he also won a coldest weather. Ever since I had fight through Congress to the halls had the opportunity of being alone of the White House. in a room, I have always read a

Sweet Romance. passage out of it every morning.

On Sundays and holidays the sons and amongst other things, attri-and their families used to gather

the bute much of my success

at the beautiful home of Captain

reading." the United States, and then sold

Rafael where the "Grand Old Man Ellen did her beet to repair the them at a profit after paying him in educational matters, and run of the Pacific" and his bride of 60.

self for hauling his own freight, ravages of her grlof and terror When the first Dollar-liner reached still quite young and his fortune ears lived since their migration to

-far from made, he atrained a

the Pacific Coast. The story of Egypt, there vas vacant

The eighty-year-old captain Falkirk the books, for

carepoint and gave his native city of their life romance was a beautiful Apace.

much one.

Robert Dollar was a young man

Jiumber camp in the

From 1901 until 1923. Robert Dollar engaged in the shipping business UTI મા small In 1923, at

seale, the

age of 80, he purchased a fleet of "President" Myra felt that she must be wise liners from the United States Ship. for both of them. "Are you ping Board, and shortly after MITSUI frightened, too?" she asked. I'm established the now-famous Dollar BUSSAN

shaking all over. i was so terri-Line, and was one of the pioneers hed last night I couldn't sleep. If the Round-the-World service. KAISHA didn't want to be married. I al- Captain Dollar took the first trip

most jumped out the window," LTO.

around the world that was made by "Myra! Did you? 1 thought" the company, and called

on 400 HONGKONG "All brides feel this way, foul-shippers and prospective customers

ish. Nervous and upset and drumming up business in all parts frightened. You do like Steven, of the globe. The next year he don't you? Like him a lot?" went again and made four hundred BWhy-yes,"

Ellen

Answered and eighty personal calls. Mrs. slowly, beginning to feel the vice Dollar accompanied him on these

tripe.

When there was no freight to carry back, he bought eggs in China

ZOKYO, JAPAN

MRS. MOTONO Massage.

Hand and Electric 31B, Wyndham Street.

Ethat held her heart loosen eer

so slightly.

S

eyes. They look terrible! walt for you."

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CHITRAL *KIDDERPORE RANCHI

#1 BANGALORE

NALDERA

Tone

From Hong- kong (about).

Destination

| 15,000 | 21 May, noon, Bombay, M'les & L'don 5,300 31st May, Straits, Colombo, & B'bay ¡ 17,000 4th June..) Bombay, M'los & Lidor

| 6,500 | 11th Juno, B'bay, M'les, L'don, Havre, H'our. Rotterdam, Antwerp & Bul 16,000 18th June. Bombay, M'los & L'don

"Then do something to your and silks in Japan, hauled them to teachings received from this daliyand Mrs. Robert Dollar, in San KAIBAR-I-FIND | 12,000 | 2nd July. Bombay, M❜les & L'don

7'1

while her-sister watched.

They were in the living roun

Capt. Dollar very generous

the stairs. They stepped out into found 400 tons of onions, filled the furnished the building,

then hustled around needed library Carnegic working from dawnadian woods,

Generous Giver.

after

the glorious day. The limousine swept them out of the shabby ahip and sold them on his return neighbourhood, out of New York to the United States.

Is activities were philan-when he met Miss Margaret Prowd and on to the smooth rond that

Extensive Interests. led to Haley, Connecticut. They ile was engaged on an extensive and the Y.M.C.A., both American his future wife. Shortly

thropic, as well as commercial, foot, the girl who was to become had chosen this small town in the scale in foreign trade and lumber and international, counted him na they met he entered into business hills because Steven. knew a clerk business and it

was well known oue of their staunchest supporters, for himself and failed, going who would withhold reporting the that he was one of the largest and ranked him with such men as heavily into debt. In was in 1878, ceremony until ho and his bride operators of ocean yeasels in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He con- while still deeply in debt, thint I

were far away on the ocean. world. He was chairman of the tributed lavishly to the Foreign Robert Dollar took her for his bride,

No one spoke of Ellen's_long Dollar Steamship Co., the Robert Y.M.C.A. at Shanghai, to the Wu-Although filled with many hardships. Tabsence in the bedroom. There Dollar Co., the Admiral Oriental chang building, to the American their life has been one continual had been no time. But as they Co., the Dollar Portland Lumber School in Shanghai, to the Com-honeymoon and whenever tho He established a "Grand Old Couple" started on an- Ystreets of the ben munte Cheye

streets of the little village Ellen Co., and the director of the Ameri- number of 10-year scholarships for other of his periodical inspection sensed that Steven meant to mem-can International Corporation, the Chinese in the Shanghai institution tours of the Orient, the San Fron- tion it. When they alighted from Anglo-London and Paris Bank, and and built a school in Postung for cisco papers said that Captain and the car he drew her away from the San Francisco Savings Bank,

use by his employees' children. Mrs. Robert Dollar were starting the others.

In his work to create an everlast- In addition Captain Dollar assist-on "another honeymoon." To his "I believe you were crying being trade between the United States ed the Y.M.C.A. Training. School, countless friends the world-over he fore we started." he said gently, and the Orient, Captain Robert the Chi Sue School and the Hang was Captain Dollar, but to Mrs. "If you want to stop right here Dollar was ably assisted by his chow Christian College. In San Dollar he was "Father, and to him there's no reason for going on. sons, Messrs. R. Stanley and J. Francisco, where he was president she was Mother." Perhaps you would rather hava more time to decide. Shall we wait until I return from Europe?”

(To be Continued.)

MM

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Sailings from

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and Kobe.

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Athos 11

23rd May..

7th June. 21st June. 5th July. 19th July.

Hongkong.

TO MARSEILLES via Saigon,

Singapore, Penang Colembe, Dijbouel, (Adon)" Suex, Port-Sald.

Chenonceaux.. 24th May, Athos ... 7th June: D'Artagnan

F. Roussel.... 19th July.

Andre Lebon

2nd Aug.

G. Metzinger

G. Philippar

30th Aug. Porthos

16th Aug

21st June.

5th July.

2nd Aug,

16th Aug.

30th Aug.

We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrlan ports, East Africa, Madagescar by transhipment on our mail steamers

at Port-Sald or Djibouti.

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For DUNKIRK via Haiphong Oran Le Havre; s/s

on or about

For full Particulars, apply to:-

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Telephones: 26651.

י.

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MANIFEITONG KOWLOON, HONGKONG. HONG KONG

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Cont

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In No. 1 Dock. Ship Dimensions:-666′0′′ O. A. X 88′6′′ × 48′6′′ Mid.

28,000 tons Gross.

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maker www.

showright

"L".

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Cargo only, 10alla Casa Blanca. 10sils Djibouti,

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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

8,000 17 May. 3 p.m. | B'pore, Penang & Calcutta

28th May.

| 10,000 | 10,000

13th June.

S'pore, Penang & Calcutta B'poro, Penang & Caloutta

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17,000 1

3rd June

1 7,000

2nd July,

| 7,000

30th Jujy.

Manila, Rabaul,

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Regular Monthly Sallings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

Hong-Kong to Sydney-19 days, Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.8. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via No. Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.,

The P. & O. Royal Mall Steamers to London and

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.. : 10,000 | 20th May. | Amoy, S'hal, Mojl, Koba

& Osaka 16,000 | 19th May. Į S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Yoko

6,700 28th May. | 8'hai, Moji & Kobe 6,000 29th May. | 8'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoko 8,000 2nd June. Amoy, S'hai, Moji,, Kobe

& Osaks

12,000 | 2nd June, | 8'hai, Moji,"Kobe & Yoko 7,000 6th June. S'hai, Moji, Kobr, Osaka

& Yoko

17,000 | 16th June. | Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yoko i 17,000 16th June. S'hal, Kobo & Yoko 6,800 | 28th Juno, J'S'hal, Kobo & Yoko

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