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Hongkong Daily Press.
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ESTABLISHED 1857
No. 24347. MuhmñSTMIXS BOB HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 31. 1936. CAM BE#AN*£*£*** Price
KOWLOON
HRS
TO CANTON
8.90 8.m.
12.45 p.m. 5.05 p.m.
From CANTON
815 a.m.
1.10 p.m. 4.50 p m.
RAILWAY EXPRESS SERVICES
SWIFT/ SAFE
SURE
CANTON
Efficient Community Service
Transport For The Multitude
BUSES COVER 17,000 MILES AND CONSUME
1900 GALLONS DAILY!
17,000. MILES A DAY!
This is the present day "average mileage of the fleet of motor buses at Kowloon. Fifteen years ago, when the Kowloon Motor Bus company first inaugurated their bus service, 200 miles a day was the average
In those days, early in 1921, nine "Ford Flivyera" traversed the roadé ot Kowloon at a steady 15 mph. There were no such things as re- cognised bus stops. Any passenger wishing, to alight notified the bus conductor, with the result that the bus/ WEI, NO SODner on its way, then It had to stop: . A trip from Sham- shuipo to the Ferry was a sticces sion of stops and startät ·
To-day: ninety modern vehicles compose the feet of the K.MB. AC- tually the company possess many more vehicles, but on an average. day, 90 take the road to serve the ever Increasing need of the travel ling public. On holidays, of course, all available bases are placed on the toad,
HONGKONG. CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS brly approximate as there are a
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG CANTON EMACAO STEAMBOAT CO LTD ETHE
CHINA NAVIGATION CO LTD 1.
TRAVEL
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SHORT
SAFE
SEA
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by the
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CANTON LINE
DAILY SERVICE From Hong Kong: 10.00 P.M. only. From Canton: 10.00 PM. only.
SPECIAL SAILING SCHEDULE The Night Steamer will leave Canton daily at 10 P.M. instead of 4,30 P.M.
MACAO LINE
From Hong Kong
Work AY
Week day
8,00 m, Kinn 6.30 p.m. Sui Tai
Saturds! Saterday 4.3 p.m. Einebo SUNDAY
9.30. Kipchen
8.30, Bui Tai
יד
EXCURSION.
From Hacao
3.00 p.m. Kinshan 3.00. Sai Ta 3.00 .. í Tu
3,00 p.m. No Saling
3.00 .. Kinshas
$3.00 p.m. Kinshan
Note:--all vessels equipped with Wireless, "
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BIG CONSUMPTION ---- According to Mr. William S. T. Louey, manager of this large con- and Castle Peak, has been, aug-, CO-OPERATION. WITH RAILWAY cern, the average consumption ofmented by a 12 minute service on In the Territories Itself, the the buses to 9 miles to the gallon. Sundays and holidays. This move Kowloon Motor” Bus maintains a 50 that almsat 1.900 gallons a day on the part of the management service from the Fanling and is used This Daire batever, it has proved very deputar with holf-heung Shui railway stations to day makers and If the present trar Un Long Shan Tau Kok arin fic with the New Territaries is Sheung Shul. These buses are rum maintained, early next year will in collaboration with the railway see 10 new vehicles on this route. time-table and transport" railway? inner parts of Mr. Louey said that no definite passengers to the plans regarding this had yet been the countryside. decided, but the new buses would In all probability be 20 seaterst
[ew Diesel buses placed on the run. Diesel engines run 15 m.p.g. on an d'verage.
INCREASING SERVICE
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Commencing a month ago, the route serving Un Long in the New Territories. by way of Tsh Wan
HEALTH EXPERT
INTERVIEWED
Colony And Canton
Medical Authorities
"Closer Relationship
Needed" Dr. · Wu
· HEALTH INSPECTION TOUR
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National
Dr. Wu Lien Toh. Dizector of the Welshengsha Quarantine Service, Shanghai, in an interview with 'a “Dally Press representative yesterday stated that he would like to see a closer relationship between the Hong Kong and Canton medi- cal authorities. There was no other way by which an ideal health condition might be attained.
"Co-operation is the only assurance against disease,” remark- ed the famous Chinese health expert.
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Dr. Wu Lden Teh arrived here CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL aboard the J.C.JL ner Elinegara “I would like to see a closer re- yesterday afternoon.
He is on his bl-annual inspection tour of health conditions in China. and he is on his way to Canton to
A flue service characterised by
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NORA MAERSK
LIMPS
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TAKEN TO KOWLOON
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The crippled motor ship. Nora Maersk Liped lato port 00 Saturday towed by the salvage tug Henry Keswick and berthed at the Kowloon Docks steerlegs shortly after 1 p.m.
An extensive Burvey wili be made of the damaged vessel when It will then be known whether she w be repaired or sold for breaking up.
The Nora Maersk showed visible signs of the terrible damage caus er by the fire which broke out on board following an explosion in the engine room on the afternoon of July 19 while the vessel lay in the bay at Zamboanga loading copre prior to saling for America via Ching and Japan.
of the deck
lationship between the Hong Kang and Canton medical authorities
Both port and starboard sides There is no other way by which an
of the motor, vessel amidships ideal health condition might be showed signs of charring while open a new quarantine bureau.
attained. Co-operation is the only little can be seen "Our biggest quarantine plants assurance against disease," oplaed
superstructure. Dr. Wu.." are in Shanghai and Amoy, which
Mr. H. E. Nielson, marinę super- were established Ave years ago.
"In Shanghai, which used to be the hot-bed of cholera, we have not intendent of Messrs. A. P. Molla, They are fully equipped, and on this visit to Canton, we are going in the last four years.
bad one fatal case of that disease Copenhagen, owners of the ship.
is supervising the survey work to install a station there, including
The Nora Maersk is of 6.270 in isolation hospital, laboratories,
tops. and fumigation appliances," said Dr. Wu. "The same will be done in Swatow.""
In the interview with Dr. Wu, our representative was shown a treatise on diseases in China written by
"This happy condition is due only to the fact that the three municipal health authorities and the quaran- tine services are at one in their methods of combating cholera.
FREE FROM CONTAMINATION According to statistics, the year him, and an illuminating photo in 1938 should have been a decidedly It was that of a medal "presented critical one for that disease, but we by the Hong Kong community for have been absolutely free from contamination, and the only rea- services rendered during the
son is because of co-operation,” plague of 1894." ' ';
Dr. Wu Lien Ten has had much to attend to to his inspection tours. GREAT PROGRESS
After Dr. Wu's graduation from Cambridge, from which university he received the MA and M.D. degrees he laboured unceasingly in "Great Progress has been made
know, the first Chinese doctors to practice here, after they had e. celved their diplomas from abroad, were those from Canton.
"Also, the first vaccinations in China were done by the Cantonese, "I do not expect to find any more diseases in Canton that there would be in any sub-tropical land.
"Climatic conditions exercise a large effect on the health of those. living in the tropics; but I hardly. think that there is anything alarm-
the interests of the health of in the south-west of China,” DE\ing to be found in Southern China
Wu added. "and, as you perhaps China."
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