June 1 1936 - Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. V. R. Lovegrove concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on November 16^th, 1936. On the voyage from Japan the ship experienced a beam wind shortly after leaving Yokohama that endured until two days before reaching the British Columbia coast where fog was encountered. On this voyage the ship carried the first consignment of Japanese oranges to reach Canada for the fall trade. A small consignment of gold for United States’ banks and 9 carloads of silk were also carried. The passenger list was light with some 200 passengers on board.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Vancouver on November 16^th, 1936.

Commander R. M. Hunt	Superintendent of Police of Canton, proceeding to England.
Perry Burgess	Head of the Leonard Wood Memorial Foundation of New York, travelling to New York. Burgess is a prominent crusader against leprosy.
R. C. Allen	Royal Navy officer returning home after serving on ships in Far Eastern waters.
C. A. Carline	Royal Navy officer returning home after serving on ships in Far Eastern waters.
Rt. Hon. Viscount Kelburn	Royal Navy officer returning home after serving on ships in Far Eastern waters.
F. F. Andrews	With Butterfield and Swire, Shanghai, bound for England.
M. Blake	Returning Akron from Yokohama.
A. Birnbaum	Buyer for Cassidy’s Limited, wholesales china merchants, Montreal.
R. Boyd	Proceeding to Akron from Yokohama.
S. E. Dithmer	Production Manager of General Motors, Japan, proceeding to New York.
A. Hoyer	Vice-President of the Manila Gas Corporation proceeding to New York.
A. E. Jones	Manager at Shanghai for the Asiatic Petroleum Company.
W. L. Ogden	Kolonials Petroleum Company, Batavia proceeding to the United States.
E. R. Sandstrom	National Bank of New York in Bombay.
R. N. Ogden	Kolonials Petroleum Company, Batavia proceeding to the United States.
E. Torrance	Returning to New York after an extensive tour of the Orient.
Tsun Shih Chih	Official of the Chinese Government railways, Nanking.

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