With passengers and cargo from Liverpool and way ports the Blue Funnel s. Agapenor makes port tomorrow at about 11 a.m. berthing at Holt's Wharf. Her passengers should reach the Customs Jetty by 12.30 p.m.
She leaves on or about June @ for Japan ports.
According to latest information received from the N.Y.K. their s At the middle height of the rows of safe deposit lockers are a number of pull-out steel shelves, again a new Fa feature in local safe deposit equipment, They form very convenient tables for the use of renters and are also effective decorative features in the strong room, At one end of the room are seven private strong rooms, with steel partitions and doors. Each of these rooms is fitted with a dual-control lock, in the case of the lockers; a steel shelf; a'desk; and a chair, Each room, in fact, is a private strong room within the main strong room, the first time hi in Shanghai such an idea has been applied, Ventilatior is provided by special conduits bult around the maim and private strong rooms and operated by a powerful blower fan, The room itself is fitted with specially-constructed chromium steel consulting desks with glass partitions and de-curative mirrors, A- portable steel ladder enables renters to reach the top row of lockers, The ceiling is of polished steel finish eand the flooring of Moultile, while the Yoom itself is illuminated by a very attractive form of beam lighting, The entire equipment is considered a very fine example of the latest engineering work of its kind and a valuable asset to the bank, The contractor responsible for the strong room are Gin Woo Shing Iron & Steel Work ce-operative manufacturers for Cha wood Safe Ca, Lid, Shrewsbury, England; Shanghai Waterworks Fittings Ca, Ltd. General Electric Ca. (of China), Ltd.; Getz Bros,; Malcolm Ca,; and Koo Tse Kee, The general lay-out, design and supervision of the work was in the hands of-the bank's own staff.
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