1930 Sailings and Notables – Empress of Asia

Arrival: January 4th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. J. Hailey, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on January 4^th, 1930. The ship experienced storm conditions since leaving Yokohama and arrival at Victoria was subsequently delayed.

At Victoria a 100 tons of cargo was discharged.

At Vancouver 280 tons of raw silk was discharged that required a special train of 8 cars to transport to the East Coast.

A considerable amount of cargo was discharged for the intercoastal trade to be transshipped to New York, Boston and Eastern Canada.

The ship reported 30 First Class, 34 Second Class, 30 Third Class and 147 Steerage passengers.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on January 4^th, 1930.

Professor G. M. Wrong	Of Toronto University returning from the Institute of Pacific Relations conference at Kyoto.
G. P. Paton	British Consul at Formosa.
C. A. Davies	Of the Japan Advertiser, en route to New York.
S. Ishii	Of Shidzuoka, a tea merchant.
D. J. MacKenzie	Of Shidzuoka.
G. Martin	Of Toronto, lawyer.
H. F. N. Lay	Chinese Representative of the League of nations at Geneva.
D. W. F. Paul	Rising Sun Petroleum Company, Yokohama.
W. L. Gerrard	Shanghai merchant.

Departure: January 11th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. J. Hailey, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on January 11^th, 1930.

When arriving at Victoria, the EMPRESS OF ASIA was forced to use the pier at Ogden Point docks because the PRESIDENT GRANT and the SHIDZUOKA MARU occupied the regular berth at Rithet Piers.

On this voyage the ship made a scheduled stop at Honolulu.

The ship carried 151 First Class, 30 Second Class, 20 Third Class and 250 Steerage passengers. At Honolulu 90 passengers would leave the ship.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on January 11^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Dr. Peckrans	Of Geneva, a Swiss industrialist.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. B. Ker	Of Victoria
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Childs	Of New York, former being the President of Childs Manufacturing.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Ranous	Former being the General Superintendent of transportation of the Sault Railway.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake Wilson	Former being a Director of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Mullins	Former being a senior member of the Chartered bank of India.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brewster	Former being a member of the Banff Transport Company.
H. B. Uteley	Vice-president of the International Harvester Company.
J. L. Barrett	Of New York.
Mrs, Swan Kerman	Of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. George Trorey	Former being a manager of Birks, on a world tour.
C. W. Kirk	Of the Kirk Coal Company of Vancouver.

Arrival: March 23rd 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. J. Hailey, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on March 23^rd, 1930. A severe storm was encountered shortly after departing Yokohama. On the bridge, windows were smashed and rails splintered. Waves filled lifeboats on the boat deck and one day out of Yokohama it was necessary to reduce speed to two knots. The storm resulted in the ship being delayed a full day.

Cargo comprised 3,880 tons and 2,870 bales of raw silk. At Victoria 75 tons of cargo was unloaded.

The EMPRESS OF ASIA carried 52 First Class, 28 Second Class, 12 Third Class and 319 Steerage passengers.

No other passenger information is available for this crossing.

Departure: March 29th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on March 29^th, 1930. On this crossing the ship would call at Honolulu.

The ship carried a passenger list of 390 aboard with 75 Saloon Class, 25 Second Class, 40 Third Class and 250 Steerage.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on March 29^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Major H. Von Heidenstam
S. Ishii
Mrs. Edgar Barraclough	Of Shanghai
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hellyer	Of Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie B. Stiles
J. F. C. Williams	Representative of the Hudson’s Bay Company, London, England.
J. T. Knowles	President of Smith-Bell Company, England.
L. Geunther	Publisher of the New York Financial World en route to the Orient.
Eugene Katz	Of the New York Financial World en route to the Orient.
Captain A. Garrod	Of the Java-India line, Bangkok.

Arrival: May 17th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on May17^th, 1930. A fair passage with some fog while approaching Vancouver Island was reported. Cargo comprised 2,714 tons of Chinese and Japanese products, 969 bales of raw silk and 117 cases of manufactured silk goods.

The ship reported 124 First Class, 62 Second Class, 35 Third Class and 392 Steerage passengers.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on May17^th, 1930.

Robert Adair	Of Montreal, returning from Tokyo.
Sir Victor Sassoon	Prominent Shanghai financier
P. Tester	Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce.
William Turner	Managing Director of Reuters in Shanghai, en route to London.
Bishop T. A. Scott	Of Shantung, North China en route to London.
Hon. C. A. Chubb	Of London, completing a world trip.
Philip Bealby Reckitt	Director of Reckitt & Sons, Hull and London, returning to Hull after a trip to the Orient.

Departure: May 29th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on May 29^th, 1930.

Mail included 504 pounds that was flown from Seattle to Victoria by Percy Barnes in his Boeing flying boat.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on May 29^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

M. R. Bourne	Of Manila.
H. Alford	Of Shanghai.
Mrs. T. H. Cartwright	Of Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence	Of Yokohama.
Mr. Fraser	Of the H. R. McMillen Export Co.
Mrs. Arthur Kennard	En route to the British Embassy at Tokyo.
Agnes H. Hall	En route to the British Embassy at Tokyo.
W. E. Gooch	Of Shanghai.
W. R. Gooch	Of Shanghai.
Mrs. E. Roby	Travelling on a world tour.
H. L. Sommer	Of the Victor Talking machine interests.
Reverend J. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart	Travelling on a world tour.

Arrival: July 12th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on July 12^th, 1930. Cargo included a silk consignment valued at over $3,000,000.00. The silk was unloaded onto a special train that left for New York shortly after the ship berthed.

At Kobe it was discovered that a steerage passenger had developed smallpox. When the ship reached the quarantine station at William Head, a thorough inspection was undertaken before clearance to enter Victoria was granted.

When the EMPRESS OF ASIA arrived at Victoria and Vancouver, 3 American destroyers were in each harbour, having arrived for a visit on Jul 11^th. In Vancouver the HOVEY, DORSEY and CHANDLER were berthed at Pier A. The SOUTHARD, LONG and ALDEN were at Victoria harbour.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on July 12^th, 1930.

C. A. Calkins	Of Vancouver, returning from a visit to China.
V. Gontard	Associated with a German financial house in Shanghai.
Mrs. Isaac Newell	Wife of Colonel Newell of the U.S. legation at Peiping.
Count Masano Abe	Japanese scientist proceeding to London.
Luis Depuy de Lome	Spanish Charge d’affaires at Tokyo.
C. M. Green	Editor of the North China Daily News.
B. Carter	Secretary with the Canadian Legation at Tokyo.
Lucy Pillsbury	Of Prince Rupert.
Arundel del Re	Professor of English literature at the Imperial University in Tokyo, proceeding to England and Italy.
Emile Traversini	Swiss minister to Japan.
A. W. Allen	Of Toronto, a missionary in the Far East.
Edna Walker	Of Toronto, a missionary in the Far East.
S. H. Reid	Of the American Church missions. Shanghai.

Departure: July 24th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on July 24^th, 1930.

The ship carried 38 First Class, 25 Second Class and about 300 Steerage passengers.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on July 24^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Maurice Belpaire	Transportation manager of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company of Shanghai
M. Ubukata
Richard C. Riggs
J. J. Hurst Jr.
Howard Marler	Returning to Tokyo after a visit to Montreal.

Arrival: September 6th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on September 6^th, 1930.

A pleasant voyage was reported.

Passengers included a party of 16 students from China travelling to universities in the United States.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on September 6^th, 1930.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles de Ganahl	Of White Plains, New York on a world tour.
Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. Loring	En route from India to London.
Mr. and Mrs. Frechville	Of Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Fisher	Of London, on a world tour.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McBride	Of Chicago.
Mrs. C. Middleton-Smith	En route from Hong Kong to London.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Dodds	Of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Geert Koch-Weser	En route to Western Canada.
Dr. C. Oberlander	En route to Western Canada.

Departure: September 18th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on September 18^th, 1930.

Cargo measured 2,970 tons.

The ship carried a passenger list of 560 aboard with 70 First Class, 65 Second Class, 25 Third Class and 400 Steerage.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on September 18^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

H. J. Pratt	Chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, travelling to the Orient on business.
Dr. E. Sassoon	Shanghai financier.
Dr. R. Matsujima	Of Tokyo.
Beatrice Carter	Secretary of the Canadian Ministry at Tokyo.
Bishop J. B. Castanier	Of the North China Diocese
Bishop Feetham	Hong Kong.
Professor Robert Pollak
Reverend E. L. Souder
C. K. Marshall Martin	Returning to Yokohama, engineer involved in reconstruction of Yokohama from the 1923 earthquake.

Arrival: November 1st 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on November 1^st, 1930. Excellent weather was experienced throughout the voyage. The ship carried a very light passenger list of 203 persons with 20 First Class, 11 Second Class, 16 Third Class and 203 Steerage.

Cargo consisted of 1,025 tons of general merchandise and 241 bags of mail.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on November 1^st, 1930.

Efrem Zimbalest	Of New York, prominent violinist returning home after engagements in the Far East.
Harry K. Kaufman	Piano accompanist of Efrem Zimbalest
J. A. Suermondt	Partner in Wallenstein, Krause & Company, Batavia, en route to Europe.
H. G. Beck	Chairman of Pitman & Deanne Ltd., London, en route home after a trip to Japan.
Ruth Van Valey	Prominent and leader of the Ruth Van Valey theatrical troupe en route home to Washington State after a trip to the Orient.
Dr. Cottin and Mrs.	Of Paris, on a world tour.

Departure: November 13th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on November 13^th, 1930.

Cargo measured 2, 615 tons.

The ship carried a large passenger list of 740 aboard with 55 First Class, 42 Second Class, 21 Third Class and 622 Steerage. Many of the passengers were returning to the Far East for New Year’s celebrations.

The Roman Catholic Church of Canada had two groups of missionaries aboard the EMPRESS OF ASIA. One party was led by Rt. Reverend Andre Defebre, Bishop of Ning Po, China, and was composed of four priests of the Redemptorist Order proceeding to Japan and China. The other party consisted of 8 sisters of the Sisters de Notre Dame Des Anges, Lennoxville, Quebe, who were proceeding to Tsungming and Manchuria.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on November 13^th, 1930 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Rt. Reverend Andre Defebre	Bishop of Ning Po, China.
Reverend Alphonse Fiset	Proceeding to missionary duties in the Far East.
Reverend Thomas Cote	Proceeding to missionary duties in the Far East.
Reverend A. Grenier	Proceeding to missionary duties in the Far East.
Reverend O. Boulet	Proceeding to missionary duties in the Far East.
Florence C. Woo	Principal of St. Paul’s Girls School in Hong Kong, returning home after a lecture tour in North America.
Y. K. Woo	En route to Hong Kong.
A. C. Cornish	En route to Shanghai, associated with the Standard Oil Company.
W. C. Hereford	Of New York, associated with the Anglo-Chilean Nitrate Company.
Edith J. Wilburn	Of London, on a tour of the Far east.
A. Maluenda	Of Manila, prominent merchant.
T. S. Morrison	Lloyd’s agent at Hong Kong.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Reid	Of Belfast, on a visit to the Orient.

Arrival: December 28th 1930

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on December 28^th, 1930. An uneventful trip with normal winter weather was reported. Cargo comprised 1,750 tons of general merchandise.

The passenger list was extremely light, only a total of 157 persons with 14 First Class, 8 Second Class, 3 Third Class and 132 Steerage.

On this voyage Christmas was spent at sea and stairways, lounges and dining saloons were decorated for the season and the First Class dining room contained a large Christmas Tree.

The Chef and his staff prepared Christmas fare and the Baker constructed a tall, ornate and artistically crafted Christmas cake, several feet in height. When the ship reached Victoria, the cake was placed on display near the entrance to the main dining room.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on December 28^th, 1930.

Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson	Of New York, returning from a tour of the Orient.
A. H. Matthews	Associated with the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Manila proceeding to England.
M. M. Berger	Of Tientsin.
Bishop T. Nicholson	Of Detroit, returning from an inspection tour in Japan and Korea.
C. A. Proctor	Of Paris, representative of the Dunlop Rubber Company, en route from an inspection tour in the Far East.
Seishi Ishii	A tea merchant of Shidzuoka Japan en route to New York on a business visit.