SS Empress of Australia Passenger List - 16 June 1937
Front Cover of a Cabin and Tourist Class Passengers for the SS Empress of Australia of the Canadian Pacific Line (CPOS), Departing 16 June 1937 from Quebec to Southampton via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain W. G. Busk-Wood. GGA Image ID # 173c55b229
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain W. G. Busk-Wood, R.D., R.N.R
- Chief Officer W. Stanfield, R.N.R
- Chief Engineer E. A. R. Jackson
- Purser J. Walker Bartlet
- Surgeon E. F. D. Owen, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P
- Chief Steward J. S. Herring
- Rail Traffic Representative R. A. Pattison
List of Cabin Passengers
- Mr. W. G. Abel
- Mrs. Abel
- Miss Dorothy I. Abel
- Mr. Arnold J. Abrams
- Mr. Abrams
- Dr. W. W. Allison
- Mrs. Allison
- Elder Joseph Anderson
- Mr. Nelson Baldwin
- Mr. W. B. Beare
- Mrs. Beare
- Mr. Richard Bennett
- Mrs. John F. Bennett
- Mrs. D. F. Bowie
- Miss Ann Bowie
- Elder Hugh B. Brown
- Mrs. Grace W. Burgis
- Mr. Peter Caldwell
- Mrs. Caldwell
- Mr. A. L. Carroll
- Mrs. Clarrissa G. Chapman
- Mr. Eugene Chartier
- Mrs. Chartier
- Miss Chartier
- Miss Chartier
- Miss Kathleen N. Clayborn
- Dean Arthur Collingwood
- Mrs. Collingwood
- Mr. Gordon R. Cowan
- Mr. Arthur Cross
- Miss Winifred M. Cross
- Mr. Huntley R. Drummond
- Mr. George E. Emery
- Mrs. Emery
- Mr. George I. Emery
- Mrs. Constance Evers
- Mr. Fraser
- Mrs. F. H. Gage
- Miss B. Gage
- Mr. L. C. Gane
- Mrs. Gane
- Mrs. George J. Gannon
- Prof. James M. Garner
- Mrs. Garner
- Mrs. R. C. Geddes
- Miss M. R. Geddes
- Miss Rose Granger
- President Heber J. Grant
- Mr. Thomas Harrison
- Miss Patricia M. Hathaway
- Mr. Ernest Heenan
- Mr. Harry Howe
- Mr. J. H. Jackson
- Mr. Wilmer M. Jacoby
- Mr. A. Jephcott
- Mr. D. S. Johnston
- Mrs. Johnston
- The Hon. Justice A. Courtenay Kingstone
- Mr. Courtenay Kingstone, Jr.
- Mr. W. S. Lawson
- Mrs. Lawson
- Mr. Edward Lay
- Mrs. Lay
- Mr. Winslow H. Loveland
- Dr. Alexander MacColl
- Mrs. MacColl
- Mr. Justice John A. McEvoy
- Mr. Charles L: Marburg
- Mrs. Marburg
- Mr. F. Maurice Marcotte
- Mrs. Marcotte
- Ing. Guido Maroni
- Miss Annie Martin
- Mr. R. J. A. Massie
- Miss Agnes Matthews
- Miss Mary Mayer
- Mrs. A. M. Mickles
- Miss M. M. Mickles
- Mrs. Stewart M. Neff
- Mrs. Bessie Nickerson
- Mr. J. B. Nottage
- Mrs. Nottage
- Lt-Col. R. C. Phelps
- Mr. Sydney Pont
- Mr. I. N. Randall
- Mrs. Randall
- Miss Winifred Randall
- Mr. H. E. Rawlings
- Capt. Fred H. Reid
- Mrs. Anne W. Reive
- Mr. Harold Reyman
- Mr. H. T. Ripper
- Mr. W. F. Robertson
- Mr. Stuart Roussel
- Mrs. Roussel
- Miss Diane Roussel
- Miss Patricia Roussel
- Mr. John A. Rowland, K.C
- Mrs. Rowland
- Mr. W. C. Rundle
- Miss E. B. Rundle
- Mr. L. N. Sachs
- Mr. M. St. Alphonse
- Mrs. St. Alphonse
- Miss E. J. St. Alphonse
- Miss N. St. Alphonse
- Mr. A. C. Sanderson
- Mrs. Sanderson
- Melle. C. Sarmiento
- Mr. Harold J. Savoy
- Mrs. Savoy
- Mrs. Phyllis S. Scofield
- Mrs. W. A. Shell
- Mr. Field Sherman
- Mrs. Sherman
- Mr. L. S. B. Simeon
- Mr. William F. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. Daniel Steen
- Mrs. Steen
- Miss Jeanne Steen
- Miss Madeleine Steen and Governess
- Mr. A. J. Thomas
- Mr. W. P. Trebilco
- Miss M. Waldie
- Mrs. Ellen Wallace
- Mr. M. F. Wardlaugh
- Mrs. Wardlaugh
- Miss Shirley Wardlaugh
- Mrs. E. L. Wilks
- Miss Marion Wilks
- Mr. O. H. Williams
- Miss Dorothy Williams
- Mr. M. E. Winn
- Mrs. Winn
- Sir George Wilson
- Lady Wilson
- Mr. J. Elmer Woods
List of Tourist Passengers
- Mr. Edward A. Ackerman
- Dr. Garn Clark
- Miss Mary Archibald
- Mrs. Clark
- Miss Margaret Atwater
- Mrs. Alberta W. Clarke
- Miss Eva Austen
- Miss Myrtle Clarke
- Rev. F. W. Cobb
- Mrs. J. Ball
- Mr. Andre Croise
- Dr. Louise Beamis-Hood
- Mr. Clyde P. Crookston
- Miss Margaret Becker
- Mrs. J. R. Crozier
- Miss Clarissa A. Beesley
- Mrs. Diana Belais
- Mr. Oswald Davies
- Mrs. H. Benstead
- Mr. Kenneth Day
- Master Kenneth Benstead
- Mrs. F. L. Day
- Miss Mildred Berleman
- Baronne I. de Plinval
- Miss Elizabeth Bintz
- Comte d'Arlot de St. Saud
- Mrs. Lillian Blode
- Mr. J. A. Deuxberry
- Mr. L. Bodenheimer
- Mrs. Deuxberry
- Miss Beatrice Bollard
- Miss Erma Dispaine
- Mr. H. Bolton
- Mrs. J. W. Dore
- Mrs. Bolton
- Miss Helen Dore
- Mr. Morris Bolton
- Miss Gertrude Doyle
- Miss Irene Bolton
- Dr. T. G. H. Drake
- Mrs. G. D. Boothe
- Mrs. Drake
- Miss M. Bowman
- Mrs. Alice Boyer
- Dr. H. W. Fairbairn
- Mr. P. Vanden Branden
- Mrs. M. S. Fellowes
- Miss F. M. Brigstocke
- Miss Constance Fellowes
- Mr. H. Bristow
- Mr. Johnstone M. Fyvie
- Mrs. Bristow Mrs. Fyvie
- Mr. J. C. Bulk
- Miss Audrey Fyvie
- Miss Pearl Burchett
- Miss Anna D. Glanert
- Mrs. Elizabeth Cairns
- Mrs. Ora Gledhill
- Miss Marjorie R. Caley
- Mr. Herbert A. Goldstein
- Dr. Callison
- Mrs. Rose Graham
- Mrs. Callison
- Mrs. W. Gordon Hatcher
- Miss B. B. Cannon
- Miss Juanita Hatcher
- Mr. Charles H. Carter
- Mrs. Harry G. Heaney
- Miss Eleanor Cautley
- Miss Patricia Heaney
- Miss M. Chapman
- Mr. K. M. Hearne
- Mr. Phillip Chatterley
- Mrs. Hearne
- Mr. A. W. Churchill
- Miss Myra Hearne
- Mrs. Churchill
- Mrs. Florence L. Heaslip
- Mr. N. A. Hendrickson
- Mrs. Hendrickson
- Miss Dorothy L. Hendrickson
- Mr. Walker Hickman
- Miss Mary Hickman
- Mrs. W. H. Hickok
- Miss H. Hickok
- Prof. J. P. Heironimus
- Mrs. Heironimus
- Miss Lois Heironimus
- Mrs. E. S. Hinckley
- Rev. Leslie W. Hodder
- Mrs. Hodder
- Miss Mary Holgate
- Miss Ivy E. Hooper
- Dr. F. J. Hosking
- Mrs. Hosking
- Mrs. Bert Hurst
- Mrs. J. Hutchinson
- Miss Jill Hutchinson
- Master Julien Hutchinson
- Captain T. H. Jacob
- Mrs. Mary Jacobson
- Mrs. Laura Johnson
- Mrs. M. Johnson
- Mrs. H. D. Johnston
- Mr. James Judd
- Mrs. Judd
- Mr. Herman Kanter
- Mrs. J. M. Keith
- Mr. Harold S. Kemp
- Mrs. Martha Kempton
- Mrs. E. C. Kitchen
- Mr. Max Kraemer
- Miss Emma R. Kratzer
- Miss Flora H. Kratzer
- Miss P. LaBelle
- Dr. Cornelius Lanczos
- Mr. A. Lane
- Mrs. Lane
- Master A. Lane
- Mrs. W. R. Lang
- Miss Margaret Lang
- Master Vernon Lang
- Mr. L. V. Larson
- Miss Jessie Larson
- Miss L. E. Lea
- Mrs. E. LeBel
- Miss Agnes Lefort
- Mrs. Cornelia Leverage
- Mr. J. A. Loef
- Mrs. Mamie Lovell
- Mrs. B. Lumb
- Mr. Fred M. Lyon
- Mrs. Lyon
- Mrs. Annabella McAllan
- Miss Ruth M. McNally
- Mr. G. S. Martin
- Miss Jean Martin
- Miss Sheila Milsom
- Miss Mary A. Mostyn
- Mrs. Eva Moyle
- Miss Mary Murdoch
- Mrs. R. F. Nicholls
- Mrs. Laura P. Nicholson
- Miss Emma Nielsen
- Mr. E. Notrice
- Mrs. John Novack
- Miss Virginia O'Brien
- Miss Oleno Olson
- Mrs. Harriet Pack
- Mr. E. T. Palmer
- Mrs. Palmer
- Miss Sarah Parker
- Mr. Lewis J. Parsons
- Mrs. Parsons
- Mrs. Charles Parsons
- Mrs. A. Parton
- Mr. Le Roy Patten
- Mrs. Ida Patten
- Miss Helen R. Patten
- Mrs. Nelle B. Peerson
- Mrs. William O. Peterson
- Mrs. Sydney Philbrook
- Mrs. Hannah S. Pike
- Miss Edith E. Pyke
- Mr. J. B. Robbins
- Mis. Robbins
- W. R. Robinson
- Mr. C. W. Ross
- Mrs. Ross
- Mr. John J. Rourke
- Mrs. Rourke
- Mrs. Eliz. Rowley
- Mrs. Rosabel Ruby
- Mrs. C. Ruscoe-Steele
- Miss D. P. M. Ruscoe-Steele
- Miss Anita Sallo
- Mrs. Nellie M. Sandberg
- Miss Sheila M. Sargent
- Miss Melva Schade
- Miss Schwartz
- Mrs. J. W. Scott
- Miss B. E. Scott
- Mr. Arthur H. J. Searle
- Mr. W. H. Sewell
- Mrs. Sewell
- Mrs. Alice Sleater
- Miss Iris Sleater
- Miss Phoebe Skater
- Mr. W. A. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Miss Catherine Smith
- Mrs. A. T. Smith
- Miss Gwen Smith
- Mrs. Alice G. Smith
- Miss Josephine Smith
- Miss Lillie Sorrenson
- Prof. A. Eugene Staley
- Mrs. Staley
- Mrs. Lillian M. Thompson
- Mrs. Jessie Turland
- Miss Joan Turland
- Mrs. E. M. Tyson
- Miss Ardena Jewell Varner
- Miss Marguerite Vickery
- Miss Dawn Wainwright
- Mrs. Thomas P. Walker
- Miss Nancy Bee Walker
- Mr. H. C. Wallich
- Mr. Webley
- Mrs. Webley
- Mrs. R. N. Weeks
- Miss Joyce Weeks
- Miss Patricia Weeks
- Miss Gertrude West
- Miss Ivy Whitmore
- Miss Mary Wilkinson
- Mrs. J. L. Witherspoon
- Miss Grace Clawson Woolley
- Mrs. B. M. Wright
- Miss Mabel Wright
- Miss Dorothy Wright
- Mr. C. F. Young
- Mrs. L. Young
- Mrs. T. F. Young
- Mr. James Young
Canadian Pacific Atlantic Track Chart with Approximate Distances, 1937. GGA Image ID # 173cdaf265
Information for Passengers
Information Bureau is at your service
French-Speaking Staff—For the convenience of French-speaking Passengers, the ship's company includes stewards and stewardesses, who are conversant with the French language. These may be distinguished as Follows:—
- Table Stewards—Red collar on their uniform jackets instead of a blue collar
- Bedroom Stewards—Red collar fitted to their white jackets
- Stewardesses—Red turn on cap
Chimes are sounded thirty minutes before dinner
Breakfast Chimes will not be sounded when only one sitting. Passengers should inform Bedroom Steward when they wish to be called
Smoking—For the general convenience of Passengers, smoking should be confined to the Smoking Room, Lounge and Verandah Cafe. It is not permitted in the Drawing Room and Writing Rooms
Swimming Pool—The swimming pool will be available for first class Passengers as follows:
- Gentlemen only 6.30 am till 9.30 am
- Ladies only 10.00 am till 1.00 pm
- Mixed bathing 2.00 pm till 7:00 pm
Valuables and Money—In their own interests Passengers are advised not to leave articles of jewelry or other valuables lying about. For the convenience of Passengers the Purser will receive articles of value or money for custody in a special envelope provided for this purpose, which will be sealed in the presence of the passenger. A receipt will be given but as no charge is made for this facility the Company accepts no liability whatsoever.
Payments—Passengers should obtain a receipt from the Purser on the Company's form for any payments made on board for additional passage money, rugs, chairs, etc.
Change of Stateroom—Passengers who desire a transfer of accommodation should apply to the purser who alone is authorized to make changes. If higher graded accommodation is desired the difference in fare must be paid
Deck Chairs, Rugs and Cushions (with loose covers) may be rented on bOard for the voyage
Deck Games—Deck Quoits, Shuffleboard and other deck games will be furnished by the Deck Steward or Deck Sailor
Chess, Draughts, Dominoes, obtainable from Public Room Stewards
Books of Fiction and Reference are obtainable from the Library. Books lost by Passengers must be paid for
Stenographer—An experienced stenographer is available to undertake work for Passengers. Apply to Information Bureau for rates
Surgeon—The surgeon is authorized to make customary charges for his services, subject to the approval of the Commander
Nurses—The services of trained and qualified hospital nurses under the direction of the Surgeon, may be obtained
Divine Service is held on Sunday at 10:45 am am
Altars are carried for the religious services of Holy Mass and Holy Communion
Life Belts are in all staterooms. Bedroom Steward will explain method of attachment
Emergency Stations—Passengers are requested to consult plan and directions in alleyway
Rail Traffic Representative sells tickets to London and Paris. Railway time-tables available
London Steamship Special Train, Southern Railway, leaves Customs Shed, Southampton, about one and a half hours after landing. Running time to Waterloo Station, London, under two hours. Ask Baggage-master for London labels
Pullman Parlor Cars are available on this train. and seat tickets can be secured from the Purser on board at the rate of 4s. 6d. per seat
Money Exchange—Purser exchanges a limited amount of Currency. Travellers' Cheques cashed and sold at the Purser's office
The American Library, 10 Rue De L'Elysee, Paris—Above library is centrally situated near the Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees. Open daily from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm, except Sundays.
Use of books and magazines in the library is free of charge, while they may be borrowed for outside reading for a nominal sum. The large collection of over 45,000 volumes is being constantly increased.
The latest fiction, biography, and books of travel may be easily secured and Ihe large selection of American magazines is invaluable for those wh3 wish to keep in touch with current affairs at home
Baggage—All duplicate railway baggage checks should be endorsed with owner's name and European address, and handed to bedroom steward for delivery to Baggage Master
Trunks which Passengers do not require in their staterooms during the voyage may be stored in the baggage room
Baggage will be grouped alphabetically in Customs Shed on arrival at Southampton, and Passengers must attend personally to Customs examination
Baggage Delivery in London—Passengers to London, holding railway tickets by Southern Railway, may arrange with the ship's Baggage Master for through checking of their baggage for delivery to hotel or residence in London. If storage in London is desired, the Baggage Master will furnish particulars
Baggage for Paris—Passengers landing at Cherbourg or Havre, and proceeding to Paris or beyond Paris, must arrange with the Ship's Baggage Master for the through checking of their heavy baggage to that point. All baggage so checked is examined by the Customs in Paris.
Baggage Labels and Tags may be obtained upon application to the ship's Baggage Master.
Baggage Insurance—Passengers are recommended to insure their baggage, as the Company's liability is strictly limited in accordance with contract ticket. Baggage insurance can be arranged at any of the Company's offices or through Rail Traffic Representative on board.
Wardrobe Trunks—There is a Baggage Room for storage of trunks.
Stamps are on sale in the Shop and Library. English or Canadian postage stamps may be used for mail posted at sea
Mail, Cables and Wireless Telegrams—Passengers are requested to enquire for mail at the Information Bureau
Mail, cables and wireless messages are received at the Information Bureau for despatch. Cablegrams and telegrams should be handed in an hour before arrival at any port of call.
None of the ship's employees, other than those on duty in the information Bureau, are authorized to accept letters, cables and telegrams for despatch while the ship is at sea.
Passengers are invited to leave their addresses at the Information Bureau so that all undelivered mail, telegrams, etc., may be forwarded. Mail matter may be sent in care of any Canadian Pacific office—see list at end
Return Atlantic Passage—The Rail Traffic Representative is equipped to furnish full information concerning sailings and bookings on Canadian Pacific Steamships. Reservations should be secured from him and deposits to cover will be received
Cross Channel Services—The Company operates frequent Liner Service between Cherbourg, Southampton, Havre, Antwerp and Hamburg also Belfast and Glasgow. For information apply to Rail Traffic Representative
Aeroplane Service—Rail Traffic Representatives on all ships are now supplied with tickets and tariffs
U.S. Head Tax—Provided temporary visitors to, or Passengers in transit through, the United States of America, leave the U.S.A. within sixty days from date of entry, amount of Head Tax deposited with the Canadian Pacific will be refunded by the Purser or at the European office of the Company, upon presentation of alien in transit form 514, duly completed and certified
British Customs Duty—On arrival at British ports Passengers, including those in transit, are obliged to declare to the Customs Officials all dutiable articles however small the quantity.
The following is a list of the principal articles which must be declared : Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, spirits, liqueurs, wine; silk and artificial silk in all forms; wearing apparel including hats, gloves and shoes; linen and cotton articles including household linen and handkerchiefs; toilet requisites and toilet preparations of all kinds including scent, soap, toilet waters, powder, etc.; clocks and watches, jewellery: cameras, field and opera glasses; wireless sets and valves, cinematograph films; magnetos and other parts of motor cars and motor cycles; musical instruments, gramophones and gramophone records, typewriters, saccharin; firearms, ammunition, explosives; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin, hashish; plumage; merchandise in baggage.
Suggestions—Passengers having any suggestions or complaints to make regarding service are requested to submit them to the Commander, Purser or Chief Steward promptly, so that immediate attention may be given
Back Cover of a Cabin and Tourist Class Passengers for the SS Empress of Australia of the Canadian Pacific Line (CPOS), Departing 16 June 1937 from Quebec to Southampton via Cherbourg. GGA Image ID # 173d026a54
