The Archive · 1934

Crowded with Ships

After being held up by the two days fog, shipping trate began 10 move normally on Monday (May 7) night and Tuesday morning, and eight large mail and passenger vessels were among. the steamers lining the wharves along the waterfront. Tuesday's tonnage figures were nearly the highest on record, the gross tonnage Of larger vessels in port exceeding 480,000" tons.

Most of the larger vessels wer berthed or moored below the Customs House, the exception being the Dollar round-the-world President Adams, 10516 tons gross, which was fied Up alongside the Robert Dollar Whart, Pootung.

In addition to a large number of smaller coastal and river vessels, 5 well as freighters from various parts the world, the ships in the Whang-oe were—

The Dollar liner President Coolid 21,930 tons moored at Buoys 11 and 12! "She was one of the many ships temporarily held up by the fog, and sailed for Hongkong and Manila at 4 O'clock yesterday afternoon under the command of Captain K, Ablin, The Lloyd Triestino express s, Conte Verde, which arrived in port on Monday, and tied "up at Jardine's Pootung West Wharf. This 18,768 tons luxury chip was to sail on her return voyage to Venice and Trieste on Friday morning.

Next on the list was the Canadian "ile imer Empress of Russia, 16,810 tons gross, which sailed at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning for Victoria and Vancouver.

The 10,000-ton Class Vessels in, the 10,000 tons class were the P. & O: liner Mantua, 1046 may be recalled that a friendly! treaty between the two countries! was signed in May, 1920, in Rome, but this did not result change of representatives, the past years, Persia has been un-course of a brilliant career in the ser= vice of his church. He was ordained priest in 1913 and soon. became a leader of the Catholic Action move: ment and of the Clergy's Missionary Union, "Although very young, he was soon chosen to be vice-Rector of the Catholic Seminary at Feltre, in Northern Italy.

He was called to Rome in 1926 to become attached to the press service of the Propagation of the Faith, where his genius as an organizer was clearly manifested. In 1990 he was made secretary-general of the Foundation of Indigenous Clergy. Under his leadership this organization entered era of rapid progress in the missionary field Linguist and Schol A person of wide accomplishments, Bishop Zanin speaks several languages fluently and is a student of International affairs and of the arts. He is tall and spare and his features fre somewhat reminiscent of those of the late Pope Leo XII. An aquiline nose and dark penetrating eyes of remarkable limpidity add to his commanding personality.

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