May 2 1938 - Notable Passengers
The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on May 2nd, 1938. On the voyage the ship experienced good weather.
The cargo from this voyage is described as a fair cargo of general merchandise including more than 1.000 bags of mail.
The 434 passengers carried included 83
in First Class, 105 in Tourist Cabin and 246 in Third Class.
More than half the passengers were destined to Europe.
Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on May 2nd, 1938.
Dr. H. F. Bain |
Eminent American geologist. |
R. C. Brown |
Manager of the Du Pont de
Nemours Company, Hankow |
W. R. Bull |
Manger of the Sun Life Insurance
Company in Japan. |
H. Carson |
Pacific Commercial Company,
Manila. |
F. L. Conklin |
Vice-President of the Provident
Life Insurance Company. |
Col. W. T. O. Crewdson |
British Army Headquarters Staff,
Hong Kong. |
G. B. Dunnett |
Manager of the Hong Kong &
Shanghai Banking Corporation, Tokyo. |
W. R. Davidson |
Chinese Maritime Customs,
Shanghai. |
A. R. Edwards |
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company,
Shanghai. |
J. H. Drummond |
Chinese Maritime Customs,
Shanghai. |
D. Forbes |
Bank Line, Hong Kong. |
D. O. Foster |
Chinese Maritime Customs,
Shanghai. |
G. B. Gill |
General Electric Company, Hankow. |
R. L. Graham |
Director of Messrs. E. M.
Graham, London. |
J. B. Green |
Chinese Maritime Customs,
Shanghai. |
Rev. Father G. Hammacher |
Faculty member of Sophia
University, Tokyo. |
L. C. Irvine |
American Foreign Insurance
Association, New York. |
J. Ishizeki |
Kyokuyo (Arctic) Whaling
Company. |
Captain F. H. Jeune |
Shanghai pilot and member of the
Whangpoo Conservation Board. |
W. MacEwen |
Hong Kong |
R. B. M. Muirhead |
Shanghai Pilots’ Association. |
A. F. Neilsen |
Shanghai. |
E. C. Norris |
Representative of the General
Electric Company, Hong Kong. |
R. T. Oates |
Technical Manager of Patons
& Baldwins, Shanghai. |
W. Paterson |
A. S. Watson & Company, Hong
Kong. |
D. H. M. Pyle |
New York law firm. |
H. N. S. Wilkinson |
Shanghai Municipal Police Force. |
A. Wilson |
Rising Sun Petroleum Company,
Yokohama. |
P. A. Wright |
Official of Patons &
Baldwins, Shanghai. |
E. Weekes |
Chinese Maritime Customs,
Shanghai. |
A. W. Sawyer |
Asiatic Petroleum Company. |
H. Carson |
Travelling from Saigon. |
Mrs. E. H. Gibbon |
Wife of American aviator E. H.
Gibbon. |
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