Cunard Daily Bulletin - RMS Etruria - 11 September 1908

Front Page, RMS Etruria Onboard Publication of the Cunard Daily Bulletin for 11 September 1908. GGA Image ID # 12f269b6a3

 

Cunard Daily Bulletin, RMS Etruria Edition, provided readers with plenty of advertisements, short stories, Saloon Passenger List for this voyage, Marconigrams, View of the RMS Mauretania First Class Stateroom and a Photograph of the RMS Etruria.

 

American and British Lights. GGA Image ID # 12f298f2e6

 

First Class Stateroom on the RMS Mauretania. GGA Image ID # 12f2a4aadd

 

Marconigrams Direct to the Ship Included in the 11 September 1908 Etruria Edition of the Cunard Daily Bulletin. GGA Image ID # 12f2a74bbf

 

MARCONIGRAMS DIRECT TO THE SHIP

EDITORIAL OFFICE - R.M.S.  “ETRURIA” - Friday, September 11th, 1908, 1:00 a.m.

Reuter’s telegrams received from the Marconi Station at Clifden. Galway, Ireland.
Ship’s position: 550 miles from Liverpool.

Financial Situation in Germany
Berlin, September 10th
In an article devoted to Germany’s finances, the North German Gazette declares the necessity of an extensive reorganization the whole financial scheme in order to affect a steady redemption of the national debt. The article also advocates avoidance of a debt for unproductive purposes and suggests that the Empire s debt amounting to £212,000,000 should he met with new taxes on articles of consumption, a property tax, and an extension of the death duties.

Danish Ex-minister of Justice charged with forgery
Copenhagen, September 10th
The Danish Press gives vent to great indignation against Alberti, ex-Minister of Justice, who is charged with forgery. His defalcations are now estimated at £750,000.

Belgium and the Congo
Brussels, September 10th
The Belgian Senate, today, voted on the last articles of the Colonial Law, and have adopted a treaty for the cession of the Congo Free State to Belgium.

Australian Immigration
Melbourne, September 10th
It is reported that the Premiers of the various States of the Australian Commonwealth have agreed to resist the movements by the Federal Government to encourage immigration.

Battling Nelson beats Joe Gans
San Francisco, September 10th
In the fight for the light-weight championship. Battling Nelson beat Joe Gans after a stubbornly contested fight which lasted for twenty-one rounds.

The new Governor General of the Commonwealth
Sydney, September 10th
Lord Dudley, the new Governor General of the Australian Commonwealth, landed at Sydney, officially, yesterday. He took the prescribed oaths at a reception held in his honor in the Domain.

A new rival to the “Dreadnought”
Portsmouth, September 10th
H.M.S. "St. Vincent” the largest, heaviest, and most powerful battleship in the world, was successfully launched here today.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

(By Wireless Telegraphy)
Thursday. September 10th

During the clay communication has been held with the S.S. ”Amerika” and the S.S. "Baltic” also with the land stations at Rosslare and Crook haven.

Today’s Communications:  During the day communication is expected with the S.S. "St. Haul”, " Vaderland”, “Minnetonka”, " Oceanic" and the Company’s R.M.S. "Carmania”.

Messages for transmission to all parts of the world through these Ships should be handed in at Purser's Office.

FROM THE LOG

Daily Runs
Thursday. September 10th
Liverpool Bar Lightship to Queenstown, 228 miles.
From Damn's Hock Lightship to Noon, 50 miles.

Weather
Thursday, September 10th - Moderate to fresh breeze; cloudy, clear weather.

Winds
Thursday, September 10th : N.W.

BAROMETER
Thursday, Sept. 10th
4 a.m.: 29°70
8 a.m.: 29°80
Noon: 29°82
4 p.m.: 29°90
8 p.m.: 30°00

THERMOMETER
Thursday, Sept. 10th
Air
4 a.m.: 50°
8 a.m.: 50°
Noon: 53°
4 p.m.: 54°
8 p.m.: 54°

Sea
4 a.m.: 50°
8 a.m.: 50°
Noon: 53°
4 p.m.: 54°
8 p.m.: 58°

Programme of Music

The Orchestra will give the following selections today:

1 p.m. to 1.45 p.m.

• Barn Dance: “De Gorn Coon“ (Bidgood)
• Waltz: “Kunstler-Lebin” (Strauss)
• Polka: “En Joie“ (Windeath)
• Selection: “Romance and two Dances” (German)

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• March: "Bohemia“ (Myddleton)
• Waltz: “Sourire d’Amour” (Billi)
• Lancers: “Royal Hibernian” (Balfour)
• Entr’acte: “Oft we wandered” (Marks)
• Selection: “Iolanthe” (Sullivan)

Mons. A.Strebelle, Musical Director

 

RMS Etruria of the Cunard Line. Length: 500 Feet, Beam: 57 Feet 3 Inches, 8,119 Tons, and 14,500 Horsepower. GGA Image ID # 12f2b09cb1

 

Comparative Size of Cunard Passenger Steamship Over Time. GGA Image ID # 12f2b6dc45

 

Saloon Passenger List included in the 11 September 1908 Etruria Edition of the Cunard Daily Bulletin. GGA Image ID # 13124c83d3

 

View the transcribed 10 September 1908 RMS Etruria Passenger List

 

Selected Advertisements from This Issue

 

Advertisement - Robinson & Cleaver Ltd., RMS Etruria Onboard Publication of the Cunard Daily Bulletin for 11 September 1908. GGA Image ID # 13125d7915

 

Advertisement - Irish Industries, RMS Etruria Onboard Publication of the Cunard Daily Bulletin for 11 September 1908. GGA Image ID # 1312720153

 

Advertisement - W. Turner Lord & Co., RMS Etruria Onboard Publication of the Cunard Daily Bulletin for 11 September 1908. GGA Image ID # 1312a0b6ae