May 17 1937 - Notable Passengers
The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by George Goold, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on May 17th, 1937 and berthing at Pier B. On the voyage the ship experienced fair weather and carried 404 passengers, 3500 tons of general cargo and a large shipment of mail. Approximately 100 of the passengers disembarked at Victoria.
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on May 17th, 1937.
John W. Eddy |
A partner in Skinner & Eddy
of Seattle and met at Victoria by the steam yacht AQUILO. |
Dr. Murray Bartlett |
Founder of the University of the
Philippines at Manila in 1910 and President until 1915 returning after a
four month visit to the Islands. Dr.
Bartlett had recently retired from the Presidency of Hobart College at
Geneva New York. |
M. M. Young |
A Missionary, age 81, who has
been in Japan since 1895 and know travelling to Toronto. |
J. Bentley |
Of Union Insurance Society of
Canton at Hong Kong. |
Capt. W. J. R. Cragg |
Aide-de-camp to his Excellency
the Governor of Hong Kong. |
Major H. A. Davies |
Attached to Royal Welsh
Fusiliers at Hong Kong. |
Lieut.-Commander W. A. Elliot |
Of the Shanghai Petroleum
Company, Shanghai. |
H. Hylton |
Engineering Department of the
Chinese Maritime Customs, Shanghai. |
A. F. Handcock |
Sub-Manager of the Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation of Kobe, Japan. |
G. Adams |
Of The Minneapolis Journal. |
P. White |
Daughter of the British Consul
General at Osaka. |
G. Burton |
Of Gates Mills, Ohio. |
Rev. A. Bibaud |
Provincial Superior of the
Dominican Fathers in Canada, Montreal. |
E. R. Gerdine |
Keijo, Chosen. |
M. Hallberg |
Swedish Consul, Hankow. |
Lieut.-Commander E. G. G.
Hunt |
Royal Navy, Karachi. |
W. J. McLaughlin |
H.B.M. Consul at Yunnanfu. |
C. H. Mellor |
Of Shanghai. |
A. McKellar |
Of Hong Kong. |
W. J. C. Monk |
Imperial Chemicals Industries,
Hong Kong. |
N. Piercy |
Of Shanghai. |
R. H. Roberg |
Foreign Sales manager of the
Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Company. |
W. Simpson |
Shanghai Dockyards. |
L. S. B. Simeon |
Senior Civil Engineer of the
Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Yokohama. |
A. Harman |
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of
the Shanghai Power Company |
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