Over 300 Globe Trotters Landed to View the Wonders of Shanghai's Devizens The Ro M.S, Empress of] Canada, which sailed from Van.
on January 4 and New York on January '20 on & world survived in Shanghai on after having visited 15 countries and traversed more than 20,000 miles, Captain Sanmuel Robinson, rix... me. who com manded the R. Mf, 8. Empress of Australia while the latter. vessel was at Yokohama last September when the earthquake occurred, land who, for his" heroism awarded the ¢.8.x. and the silver medal of the Order of St, John of Jerusalem (the second time only thnt the Intter medal had. been ing at the hel upon a Canadian), be-'Phe huge liner is a regular floating pal nice: she is 21,800 tons (ross) and 28,050 (displacement), the largest vessel that has! yet civeumnavigated the globe. She has an average speed of 10.5 fan hour mile. Apart from carrying all the necessities for the " "globe trotter"" (the 200 large airy staterooms, two beautiful swimming pools and a gymnasium, moving picture apparatus, laundry, bar what not) the steamer car ries a crew of 78 Europeans, 401 Chinese and a dozen Filipinos.
Amongst the 645 passengers whom the steamer brought to Shanghai were Sir Augustus Nanton (a director of the Ganadian Pacific Railway), Lady Nan-ton, and their daughters, Constance and Marguerite, Ge H. ©. Nanton, ct, C2, Ro, (his brother, who for 34" years was stationed in India), Mr. Chartes Murphy (general manager fof the western division of the C.P.R.), Mrs. and Miss Murphy, Mr. "Mark Workman—(former president of the Dominion Steal Ca.), Mr. E. Alex. H. Blair (son of Sir Robert Blair, Secretary of the London County' Council), the Hon, Nathaniel Curry (a lof the Canadian Senate). Me. 'Holdsworth (Mayor of Wakefield), Mr. W. Kitchen (a prominent retired Lumber-man and railway contractor), Miss Dorothy HI. O'Rvan (daughter of Maj—Gen. John F. O'Ryan, the American Chateau Thierry' hero), "Mr. J. Bernard Avegno, (representative sot the American Guaranty Ca.), Mr. Adolph I. Bernheimer (considered to be one of the wealthiest men in America), Mr. Horace M. Carter (a well-known underwear manufacturer), Col. George Denis, former' Assistant Attorney. General of the United States and Judge Advocate of the American Overses Forces during the War). and Mr. W. D. Hoxie (president of Messrs. Bubeock-Wilcox & Ca.).
Mr. Perey Sutherland, general agent of the Canadian Paeife Steamships at, Hongkong.
ite. CE Denia the direction of the visit to China.
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