August 8 1929 - Notable Passengers
The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on August 8th, 1929.
The ship carried approximately 125 First Class, 125 Second Class, 50 Third Class and about 275 Steerage passengers.
Included were 60 missionaries returning to China and Japan after summer holidays in the Canada and the United States.
Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on August 8th, 1929 at Vancouver and Victoria.
Jose Topacio |
Director of the Bureau of Posts for the Philippines. |
Captain A. W. Davidson |
Marine Superintendent for the CPR in Hong Kong. |
Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Turner |
En route to Shanghai. |
S. C. Ruck |
Of Victoria, en route to Yokohama. |
E. H. Benson |
Tokyo representative of the Pickford-Fairbanks Film Company |
S. F. Gaches |
Prominent Manila merchant. |
Henry B. Hitchcock |
United States Government official at Nagasaki. |
A. Humbert |
Of Yokohama, businessman. |
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Maegley |
On a tour of the Orient. |
Mr. and Mrs. G. Martin Payne |
Of Kansas City on a tour to Japan and China. |
G. M. Payne |
Of Kansas City on a tour to Japan and China. |
J. D. Ross |
Of Kansas City on a tour to Japan and China. |
Sir Percival Phillips |
Correspondent of The London Daily Mail en route to the Orient. |
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