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THE

FUNNEL

BLUE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE

ATAX

HECTOR

25th May For Marsoflies, Londan, Hotterdam

& Hamburg Uth June For Marseilios, London, Rotterda

& Olangow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

ATREUS

NELEUS

3rd Jana For Liverpool & flavre 20th Juris For Gonna,

avro & Liverpool

NEW YORK SERVICE BHEXENOR 11th Jun For Boston, New York & Baltimore vin Philipptuos, Fort Swettenham

& Singapore

PACIFIC SERVICE (vin Kobo & Yokohama),

4th June Par Victoria, Van'ror & Henttio 24th Jun For Victoria, Von'vor & Brattle

IXION TANTALUS

INWARD SERVICE AENEAS Duo MIL-Mny

Due 5th Ju

For Shanghai, Thingtus, Taka & Dairen ADAPENOR

For Shanghai & Haokow Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with

timited pawonger accommodation.

For freight, pungă rates and infortaation apply to the nuder-

mentioned.

All bublings are wibjost to the provisines of the Company's

Bill of Inclicor.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Agenta

Reduced Through Tickets to Europe via U.S.A. Varying from £79 to £120-on Sale.

San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

Chichibu Maru

Tatsuta Maru

Hiye Maru

Helan Maru

Wednesday, 1st June. Wednesday, 15th June,

Seattle, Vancouver via Shanghai & Japan Ports.

Tuesday, 7th June. Sunday, 3rd July.

London, Marsoilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam via

Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

Fushimi Maru

Hakozaki Maru

.Saturday, 28th May, .Saturday 11th June.

Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.

Kitano Maru

Atauta Maru

.Friday, 27th May.

Saturday, 25th June.

Bombay via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.

"Tottori Maru

Kaga Mara

Sunday, 29th May. Saturday, 11th June.

South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama.

Bokuyo Maru ....

New York, Boston via Parama.

Thuraday, 7th July,

Liverpool via Saigon, Port Said, Beyrough, Istanbul,

Piraeus, Genva, Marseilles & Valencia.

*Dakar Maru..

Wednesday, 15th June.

Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

"Tokushima Maru

*Nagato Maru

Kobo & Yokohama.

Sunday, 20th May. Wednesday, 8th June.

Hakugan Maru (Calls Shanghai) Thurs., 26th May, *Hakodate Maru (Calls Keelung) Sunday, 29th May. Haruna Maru (Calls Shangħini) Friday, 10th June. "Cargo only..

For further information apply to:-

Tol. 30291.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (private exchanges to all Depts.

INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Destination.

Steamers.

To Tsingtau vla Swatow Fooshing

& Shanghai

Sailings.

Sun., 29th May at 10 a.m. Wed., 1st June at 10 a.m. Sun.,

5th June at 10 a.m. Wod.. 8th June at 10 a.m. Sun.. uth June at

3 p.in. Sat., 18th June at

3 p.m.

Hangsang Yatshing Norvikon

To Singapore, Penang & Kumsang

Calcutts

Suloadg

To Kabe via Amoy,

Hosang

Sun., 5th June at

7 a.m.

Yükohama & Qjaka

To Osaka via Amoy

Kutaang

Fri., 17th June at

& Kobo

Te Sandakan

Mausang Hinsong

THE

HONGKONG

COLONY'S GREAT PROGRESS

(Continued from Paje 2.)

TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1932.

moans, is howevor humble a do- gros, of advancing the progresa and prosperity of the neighbour- ing Republic of China,

These vastly improved manns of communication, which have re- volutionised to a great extent fo in the Colony, may be considered under the following heads:

(1). The Peak Tramway, opened on the 1st May 1888, on which date at the Peak con- the buildings sisted of about two dozen houses, some of them merely, wooden bun- galows, whilst the then Peak Hotel contained only seven bedrooms,

or course it has been much aided by the Kowloon Extension Agreement of 1898 made between China and Great Britain in pur- Buance of which the Hongkong Government, In April 1899, took over for a term of 90 years from the 24th June, 1808 (inter alia) the Kowloon hinterland from the

At that time there were at the old boundary, which ran

Penk no lorraces, no barracks, no where near the present line of

flata and no hospitals, and it took Prince Edward Road, northwards to the Shan Chun River, and west-Peak Road in a four-coolie chair about 40 minutes to mount up the ward to the west point of Lantao Island and eastward to and in- cluding Mira Bay.

Bome-

Prior to the making of that Agreement, the hills behind Kow- loon, which dominate the harbour, and half the waters of the Lyce mun inss, were under Chinese jurisdiction.

from the old Hongkong Club, altunto where the King's Theatre now is, to the Victoria Gap (now Penk the upper terminus of the Tramway).

(II) The Hongkong Tramways, built in 1902 and the following years, which, in the pre-motor

In 1888, the only important dis-period, were the quickest method of transit from Shaukiwon in the trict in British Kowloon, as It was

east to Kennedy Town in the West. then called to distinguish it from Chinese Kowloon, was Yaumati, and the census of 1891 shows that the population of British Kowloon was then just under 20,000 per-

sons.

Growth Of Population.

•

(i) The Kowloon-Canton Rail- why which was opened in the autumn of 1910 thus providing this Colony with rapid and com- munication with Canton, and in- cidentally paving the way for im portant residential, aporting and Of late, and especially during agricultural developments in those the past 10 years, the increase of parts of the New Territories which Thin were adjacent to the line. buildings and popalation on the Kowloon Peninsula right up to railway was also fed by a branch the foothills has been astonishing. line (now replaced by a motor- with the result that the popula-road) to Sha Tno Kok In the north- tion of the whole of the Kowloon west corner of Mire Bay and by a Peninsula doubled between the steamlaunch service between Sha years 1921 and 1931, in which Cheung in the middle of the inter year the figures of popula-North shore of Mira Bay to Taipo. tion for the Peninsula were rough- 1 265,000, whilst the cures for Hongkong Island were 410.000.

As a statistical side-note. I nmy mention that in 1888, the revenue of the Calony was only one and a half million dollars, whereas in 1931 it was 31,million dollars.

Kowloon can now boast of the finest hotel in the Colony, and of the terminal station of the Kow. loon Canton-Railway, which en- thusiasts believe will one day have through earringes to Cainis. Also, most of the finest ocean liners now land their passengers at Kowloon,

The Malarial Mosquito.

I need not enlarge upon the im- portance of the discovery of the malarial mosquito, the credit for which must be shared between Sir Ronald Ross and the late Sir Patrick Manson, who for many years practised in this Colony in partnership with the late Sir James Cantle and Dr. Hartigan, and, on his retirement. beenme Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office.

It seems pathetic now to re- member that when, in 1889; bad malaria broke out in consequence of building operations at Rich- mond Terrace, West Point, the outbreak was attributed to the re- lease of poisonous gases by the upturning of the soil,

Canilie was the founder of the Tropicul Hongkong School of Medicine, in which the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen graduates and which in due course became, the nucleus of the Medical Faculty at the Uni- versity of Hongkong..

In the nineties of the last cen-

tury Cantlie was the means of saving the life of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, by appealing to the British Foreign Office in London, when the latter was in danger of being kidnapped and taken to China for the purpose of being beheaded.

The University.

Motor Roads,

(iv) Since 1912 the following Important motor-roads have been made during the governorship of the late Sir Henry May and his Sir Edward Stubbs, successor, namely, the circular motor road from Kowloon vin Castle Peak to Fayling, returning by way of Tai- po to Kowloon, the motor road round the Island with its branch to Shek 0, and the Stubbs Road to the Peak with its branch to Re- pulse Bay. Also, a motor-road up to the mid-levels has been built.

These roads have enabled resi dences to be built in outlying parts of the Colony, which were previous- ly inaccessible, including the Re- pulse Bay Hotel (built in what was formerly a very lonely bay). Motor ronds have also been the means of granting facilities for bathing from the land both on Hongkong Island and the mainland. whereas previously bathing had taken place almost exclusively from steam-launches. And very pleasant some of those moonlight plenics

were.

Motor ronds have also been the occasion of the starting of numer- qus well-run motor-bus enterprises oh both sides of the harbour, and incidentally of helping to develop the prosperity of outlying villages on the mainland,

Another means of communication which has very much improved both in the quality and speed of the launches and in the regularity of running are the various ferry ser- vices which ply in the waters of the Colony,

Use of Wireless.

About forty years ago the first wireless message was finshed across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Cornwall.

Twenty years ago or thereabouts the big wireless Naval Station on Stonecutters Island was erected, and since then a wireless station for receiving messages from ships bus been erected at Cupe D'Aguilar, and both transmitting and receiv ing instruments have been installed at the Observatory at Kowloon.

About 10 years ago the Chinesa Government erected a wireless sta- tion on the Pratos shoal, 180 miles to the South-East of Hongkong, which has been most useful in transmitting to our observatory and to other land stations round the China Bens warning of the pre-

The University of Hongkong. which was built with moneys given by the late Sir Hormusjee Mody. was opened in 1912 by Sir Fre- derick (now Lord) Lugard. De- grees in Engineering and Medicine, and at a later date in Arts, have been conferred upon Chinese com- ing from many Provinces of China and from many other parts of Asia. The importance of the University has been recognized by liberal donations from the Hongsence of typhoons in the South

Mesars. kong Government, from Butterfield & Swire, from the Inte Sir Paul Chater, and from many generous Chinese donors resident In this Colony, whose names are recorded in the printed Calendar of the University.

Dr. Lim Koon Beng, when re- ceiving his Honorary Degree of LL.D., referred to the University as a light-house for China, and Its Staff and supporters would in- deed be proud if it should be the

China Sea.

For many years paat Naval and merchant ships of many nationa have had wireless fitted to them, which has enabled them

to rush quickly to the assistance of any yeusel sending out signals of dis- treas.

The latest and very striking in- stance of the utility of ships' wire- lens as a means of saving life is exemplified by the prompt na- (Continued on page 11h

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CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The Steamably,

"D'ARTAGNAN”

Arrived Hongkong on Monday, the 28rd May, 1982.

From MARSEILLES &c. Consignees of Cargo by the above named steamer nro hereby informed that their goods with the exception of Oplum, Treasuro · and Valunules are being landed and placed at their riek in the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd, whence delivery can be obtained as the goods are landed

Goods not cleared within 7 days including date of arrival, will be nubject to rent.

All claims must be sent to the undersigned before the Wednesday, the 1st June, 1032, or they will not bo recognized.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by tho consignees, and the Company's Surveyor Monsra:-Goddard .and Douglas at 10.00 a.m. on Saturday, the 28th May, 1932. Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendanco when damaged dutiable goods_nte examined by the Company's Sur. veyors.

No claima will be admitted after the goods inve left the Godowns.

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

R. ONL

A gent. Hongkong, 23rd May, 1932.

WILI. WILHELMSEN. The NORWEGIAN, AFRICA und AUSTRALIA LINE.

The Motorship,

"TENERIFFA" having arrived from Norway vin ports on the 10th May, 1932, con- signers of cargo are hereby notitled that all goods are being landed at their risk into the non-kazardous, hazardous and/or extra hazardous

CANADIAN PACIFIC

EMPRESS OF CANADA

SISTER SHIP IN

SIZE-SPEED AND LUXURY TO THE EMPRESS OF JAPAN THE QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC

SAILS

6 P.M. FRIDAY

MAY 27

for

MANILA

Telephones Passenger 20752 Froight 20142

godowns of the Hongkong and Row WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL

luon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whener delivery may be obtained. Goods not cleared by the 26th May, 1982, will be subject to rent.

All broken, ehnted and damaged jmckages are to be left in the godown where they will be examined on the 25th May. 1932, at 10 n.m. by our Surveyors, Messrs. Anderson & Ashe,

case

No claims will be admitted unleas notified and/or application for survey days made in writing with seven after lawling of the goods or in any

before the

Laken goods are delivery of.

Claims will not be recoverable unless complete accounts are sent in within fourteen days of final dis- charge of vessel.,

No Pire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be countersign- ed by

DAI NIPPON

THORESEN & CO., LTD.

PISENER BEER

GRAND |

ASAHI

Agents.

ASAHI BEER

SYSTEM

PRESIDENT LINER

AND FARE

SAILINGS SCHEDULE

Weekly Sailings Transpacific

To San Francisco, Los Angeles & New York

via Panama

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays.

To Seattle and Victoria

Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays.

June 7

Pres. Madison

June 21.

Pres. Cleveland

July 5,

Pres, Taft

May 28, 3 a.m.

.. June 1T

ROUND TRIP FARES TO EUROPE & AMERICA.

Sule Agent

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LTD. HONGKONG

Pres. Lincoli.

Pres. Coolidge

Pres. Wilson

B

BEER

SZOKYO, JAPANE

LAGER BEER

SREDMILLY BRIEWED

OMPANY

EST

L

June 25

Special through rates to Europe via United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic lines. Choice of rail lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing. Full particulars upon application.

Fortnightly via Suez to Europe & America

Fortnightly sailings on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandrin, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Now York and Boston. Pres. V. Buren.. Sun, May 20

Pres. Garfield .... Sun., June 12

Pres. Polk Prew Adam

TO MANILA

Next Sailing

Pres.. Lincoln

Pres. Cleveland

Sun,, June 20 July 10

Pres. Van Buren May 29.

May 81

June 4'

Pres. Garfield ....F Juno 12 Pres. Coolidgo ..... Juno 14

.. CONNECTING WITH S.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO,

ZAMBOANGA.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES

AND AMERICAN

MAIL LINE

CANTON BRANCH-No. 4 Shakee Street.

Y SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELS

(with Limited, but exceptionally good, passenger accommodation), Homewards to:

Port Said, Genoa, Algiers, Oran, Rotterdam (Amsterdam), Hamburg, Oslo, Gothenburg and other Scandinavian Ports,

Manila and Straits Settlements.

M.V. "NANKING"

• M.V. "TAMARA"

M.V. "PEIPING"

Outwards to:

Salling about

1st Juno. 27th Jupe.

CARR'S Club Cheese

BISCUITS

The cheese is in the discuit. 180 to the pound Made only by CARR & CO LTD. CARLISLE.

CANTON AGENTS

for

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

THE SHAMEEN PRINTING PRESS, LTD.

·83, B.C. Shamsen. (Nr. British Bridge). Tel. 12037,

27th July.

SHANGHAI, & JAPAN PORTS.

Bailing about

M.V. TAMARA”

28th May. 21st July. 27th July,

M.V. "FORMOSA"

M.V. "PEIPING"

Passenger Raton:

"A" Class

£57

"B" Class

£52

Hongkong to 1st North

Continental Port

$32

- EST

Hongkong to Genos

THE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD

Agentar

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

·G. E. HUYGEN,

Canton

Jo Tientsin via Swatow, Hopsang

Foochow & Chefoo

Chipahing

7 1.1.

Wed., 20th. May at 3 p.m. Tues., 7th Juno at noon. Tues., 7th June at 10 a.m. Wed., 16th June at

7 a.m.

For freight or passago apply to:-

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

Telephone 30311.

Goneral Managers. SUMMER TRIPS TO JAPAN.-Excellent first class accommodation

is provided for Bound Trips to Japan, on Company's Calcutta Line Steamers, at the specially reduced fare of $250.. Theep return tickets aw available for three months."

Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & CO.

Hongkong.

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