Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. J. Hailey concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on December 4^th, 1927. Continuous headwinds and heavy seas delayed the arrival at Victoria by 12 hours. Only 36 hours of fair weather were reported for the entire crossing. A passenger list of 285 was reported. There were 57 cabin passengers 20 of whom disembarked at Victoria. Cargo measured 2,000 tons with 234 tons being discharged at Victoria. Cargo included 50,000 bundles of Japanese oranges, 740 tons of raw silk valued at $6,000,000.00, and 20 packages of finished silk. The finished silk was transshipped to New York via the Panama Canal. A special train of 17 cars awaited the arrival of the ship at Vancouver to rush the raw silk to New York. Christmas mail was exceptionally heavy, totaling over 2,000 bags. This included 538 bags of parcel mail for the United States and 63 bags that were discharged at Victoria.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on December 4^th, 1927.

Henry Chrimes	Shanghai journalist.
H. D. Horning	Representative of the Douglas Fir Corporation at Kobe.
H. Vestey	Nephew of Lord Vestey.
Count Ayske Kabayama	Of the Imperial Japanese Foreign Office en route to Washington.
M. Goolden	Of Vancouver.
Sir Frederick Whyte	Prominent Lecturer.
Bishop and Mrs. Ainsworth	Of the Orient Methodist Church.
Colonel H. G. Martelli D.S.O.	Base Commander of North China Command.
F. B. Wright	Chief Insular Auditor for the Philippines.
Major J. Kirkpatrick	Of Kailan Mining administration.
Father Joseph Cassidy
W. Watkinson	Canadian Pacific agent.
G. V. Hayes	Prominent importer.
Caroline Macdonald	Japanese Missions.
G. Robinson	Prominent Kobe merchant.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Cornish
Mr. and Mrs. Post
Mr. and Mrs. Waters	Of the Standard Oil Company, Java.

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