Delayed by the dense: tog that enveloped the Yangtze Della on Friday morning, the s, Empress of Britain, the flagship of the Canadian Pactfic fleet and the largest Wher to call at Shanghai, was six hours late on Friday in arriving. off Woosung. from Hongkong. Shopkeepers who had been anticipating the arrival. of the 400 tourists walled all day for the arrival of the two tenders at. the Customs jetty and the subsequent sales, A parking space for more than 440 motor cars was kept reserved Crroughout the day so that when the tourists finally did strive, they could get into the cars to be whisked off fon a sightseeing trip of the Native City, the French Concession, and Chapel without delay.
'After the Empress got out' of the fog a beautiful day welcomed the passengers to Shanghai. For most of their trip they have been in weather that was either too hot or to cold. But during their four days' slay Hongkong and during their stay here they experienced only' the best weather.
'A Traffle Problem A major trafic problem was ex: perienced that day when the two tenders, the Scot and the Alexandra, arrived at the Customs, jetty, With 140 waiting motor cars waiting on the Bund, hugo crowds walling to meet felends of just standing there out of curiosity, and the 400. disembarking passengers made handling dificult, But police under Sub.-Insp. B. J. Lees, sept crowds back and cars moving sand the passengers managed to reach their cars without any Jostling.
This 4s the Afth trip of the 42,500 ton liner around the world, and the fourth time in the Empress for Mr. 1 Davis, of London, who is a pioneer of the cinema industry and. the builder of the first cinema house in the world, He believes that with the advent of talking pictures the industry Is grad-vally moving from America to Eng: land, This was due he said to the, fact that people cannot understand the American way of talking, whereas they. can understand the English speech.
He. cites as an example that in England audiences are cut fifty per cent, whenever an American picture fg being shown. Other countries in Europe, he continued, show the same aversion to American films,
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