Constructed on @ design by the late Colonel T. E. Lawrence, of Arabian fame, is this queer-shaped speed boat, Empire Day, undergoing trials on Lake Windermere. A speed of 85 miles an hour is anticipated for the craft which, in this picture, is being piloted by Mr. Edward Spurt. and Java. Her outgoing passengers are to be conveyed by tender from the Customs Jetty at 9.30 a.m.
Leaving the company's wharf today at 9 am, the N.Y.K. s. Nagasaki Maru sails for Nagasaki direct: while ihe D.K.K. s. Dairen Maru leaves today at 11 a.m. from the company's Wayside Wharf for Tsingtao and Dairen.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.