August 12 1935 - Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. V. R. Lovegrove, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on August 12^th, 1935. On the voyage the ship enjoyed fine summer weather.

The ship carried a large cargo including 3,500 bales of silk valued at $2,000,000. The silk filled 13 rail cars on a train that left shortly after the vessel’s arrival, bound for cloth importers on the east coast of Canada and the United States. Another carload of silk had been earlier landed at Victoria, destined for New York by way of Panama.

In addition 40 carloads of lily bulbs, destined for Europe, were loaded upon a train bound for the East Coast.

The ship’s general cargo holds were filled with ordinary cargo and her strongroom brought a shipment of gold and silver currency for New York and San Francisco.

J. P. Marquand	U. S. author (disembarked at Victoria).
G. S. McFadden, K.C.	Montreal barrister.
C. Waseige	French aeronautical engineer returning to France after a business visit to Japan.
Miss A. C. Stewart and party	Orient tour party organizer.
Mrs. W. K. Du Pont	Philadelphia member of the Garden Club Tour.
Mrs. H. M. Hoopes	Philadelphia member of the Garden Club Tour.
Mrs. A. Hoyt Scott	Philadelphia member of the Garden Club Tour.
Mrs. H. G. Dover and son	Ford Motor Company at Colombo enroute to Calgary.
A. E. Collins	Navy yard at Hong Kong proceeding to Portsmouth.
Monsieur B. F. Meyer	Maryknoll Mission.
Rev. L. F. Jones	Maryknoll Mission.
J. T. Read	Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shanghai.
J. C. Pain	Asiatic Petroleum Company, Shanghai.
Liang Shao-wen	Former consul in Palembang, enroute to Seattle to take over the position of Chinese consul
D. M. Gibbens	Lyons Tea Company
M. McCance	Lendrum Company of Japan
G. S. Sale	Sale & Company, importers, returning to London after a business trip to the Orient.
Mrs. W. Seabury	Prominent socially in New York.
Mrs. E. Lewis	English Electric Company of Tokyo
H. Jackson	An extensive traveler from Gloucester
J. Robertshaw	J. P. Coates & Company.
E. Rhodes	J. P. Coates & Company.
H. Whitwam	J. P. Coates & Company.

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