1937-01-20 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG

Railway

Fire

Refugees, many of them severely burnt, awaiting the relief train.

That

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987.

Claimed Eighty Lives

Chinese military authorities maintained order as the refugees awaited the rellef train.

CHIEF CAPILANO

FINE DOLLAR FREIGHTER

SOLD TO MANILA

The alcamer Chic! Capland. formerly the Robert Dollar und be- fore that the Kurland, has been sold by the Dollar Line to the Madrigal Steamship Company of Manila for use in thele overseas services. She

In future,

work with the

will,

Sageland and the Susana

The Chief Capilano

Her

at present! in drydock at Kowloon, having been previously at Taikoo Dock where a small amount of

of work was done on her.

present general overhaul will occupy at least two weeks, after which she will sail for Manila with a crew which is already in Hong- kong. Her master will be Captain Cesareo Arana and her Chief | Eu-| gineer will be Mr. Pedro de Leon. The ship has already been registered under the Philippines

fing.

A familiar sight to those who visit Kowloon Bay, the Chief Capilano is a large ship which has been moored In the Bay for some years awaiting buyer. Several attractive offers have been

the Italians desiring the ghused,

plon

trouble,

during the Ethlo and several other

companies offering prices which did not, however

come up to the Dollar Lino's requirements. Though the ale was effected in San Francisco and the sale price is not known here, it is believed that it was good one, probably in the region of

U.S.$500 Comparatively

Now The ship is a comparatively new one having been built in 1920 by the yard of J. C. Tecklenborg A. G. Wessermundo,

and

· s

Germany She id

elassified 100 Al by

of 10,893 tons gross and 0,781 tons net Her

Her carrying capacity is par- ticularly large and therein lies her chief value. She has a length of 523.5 feet, a beam of 65,7 feet and depth of 37.5 feet; with two steel decks and an awning deck, also of steel, besides a third deck in num- ber ber one hold,

The ship was last in the news

when last year she broke away from

her moorings

Canadian Pacific

Trans-Pacific

En.press of Japan Empress of Canada Empress of Russia Empress of Asia Trans-Canada.

The Dominion Soo-Dominion Train 2

Trans-Atlantic

Empress of Britain Empress of Australia Duchess of Atholl Duchess of Bedford Duchess of Richmond Duchess of York Montcalm

Montrose

- Montclare

EMPRESS OF CANADA

~ sails-for-VANCOUVER

via SHANGHAI, JAPAN & HONOLULU

at NOON

Information from Telephone 20752:

TUESDAY

JANUARY 26th

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

sails for MANILA -FRIDAY, JANUARY 29th

TRAVEL "EMPRESS" SIZE SPEED

SERVICE

Canadian Pacific

UNION BUILDING.

Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd.

S.S. "HAITAN"

HONGKONG, MANILA, HONGKONG

during the typhoon Leaving Hongkong Saturdays January 23 and 30.

which swept the Colony. Luckily) she was not damaged to any great extent, and repairs were immediate- ly effected, after which she weni

back to her previous mooring to await the time when she would bel sold or put again into service,

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS- DONATIONS TO THE KING'S MEMORIAL FUND

The following further donations to the King George V Memorial Fund have been received by the Hongkong and Shay al Banking Corporation:

Previously acknowledged $113,540.67

Tung Ping Wa

A dramatic photograph, of the fire at its height. Fifty hodies were recovered from two carriages shown above.

THE

FUNNEL

BLUE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES

LONDON SERVICE

MENESTHEUS salls 27 Jan. for Marseilles, Casablanca, L'don, Rotterdam, Ilamburg-&-Glasgow AENEAS Balls 0 Feb. for Mar'les London, Rotterdam & Glasgow

LIVERPOOL

EUMAEUS

SERVICE

sails 30 Jan. for Havre, Liverpool, Bromborough and Glasgow

NEW YORK SERVICE

GLAUCUS

sails 23 Jan. for Boston, N.Y., Philadelphia' & Baltimore via Menila, Batavia, Straits & Cape of Good Hope.

(via Kobe, Nagoya and PACIFIC SERVICE

Yokohama) TÝNDAREUS sails 0th Feb. for Victoria, Vancouver & Scattle INWARD SERVICE

PYRRHUS TEUCER

THESEUS

Duc 25 Jan. From U. K. via Straits Due 29 Jan. From Europe via Straits Due 4 Feb. From U. K. via Straits Special reduced fares are quoted for cargo sieamers with limited passenger accommodation.

For freight, passage rates and information apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

.Tel. 30333.

Agents.

Triesting

Lloyd

February 6, at 4

p.m..

from The Douglas Wharf Leaving Manila Tuesdays January 26. `February 2 and 9 at 3 p.m.

:

For Freight and Passage

Apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.

10.00

Yik On Bank

20,00

Guild of Fresh

100,00

P. & O. Building.

$113,670,67

Merchants

Telephone No. 28037

1, Connaught Road, C.

NEXT SAILINGS

To Shanghai. "Victoria" Jan. 23.

To Italy

1.

"Victoria" Feb,

SPECIAL RETURN TICKETS

Validity 100 days at greatly reduced cost allowing 2 months stay in Europe. Special concessions to lat und 2nd class travellers to London.

Fares to Venice, Trieste, Genoa and Return. 2132, £80, £50. Special Two Months Round Trip Tickets At Reduced Rates

£44 £25 To BOMBAY

COLOMBO

+

SINGAPORE

SHANGHAI

E21

£41. £22

£19

218

£13

£11

£12

£9

£ 6

ROUND THE WORLD tickets issued at Special Reduced Rates in connection with all the Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Conference Lirics. ITALIA & CONSULICH LINES Agents for the sale of through and Independent lekela to North, Central and South American ports via Italy. THROUGH TICKETS TO LONDON-23 daya-Special facilities for despatch by train of heavy, baggage with liberal free allowance.

INTERCHANGEABLE RETURN TICKETS with the Dollar Lincs on very favourable conditions.

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LLOYD TRIESTINO .

P.O. Box 118, Tel Addr. "Lloydiano" — Telephones Nos. 32982/3. Canton Agents:-DODWELL & CO., LTD., Shameen.

BARBER-WILHELMSEN

LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE

To

NEW YORK

Via SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES

& PANAMA CANAL PORTS. ·

NEXT SAILING

M.S. "TAI YANG"

on

16th FEBRUARY

EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR 12 PASSENGERS.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents.

Hongkong-Bank-Bldg.--

THE

Telephone-28021.

SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC

TRAVEL BY THE

SWEDISH MOTORSHIPS !

TO

ANTWERP

FOR

£54

M.V. "NANKING" sailing M.V. "SHANTUNG" sailing M.V. "CANTON sailing

GILIAN & CO, LTD.

Ilongkong."

6th April, 6th May 6th juno.

Agents:

G. E. BUYGEN,

Canton.

GOING HOME SOON?

THEN TRAVEL BY

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES AT NEW REDUCED RATES

Sailings from Hongkong.

To SHANGHAI-KOBE

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2nd Apr. 1937 Pres. Dounter 23rd Mar,, 1037.

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