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From Hong Kong

From Macao

300 p.m. No Burling

Week day

8,00 A, No Salling Weekly 6.30 p.m. Suzi Tal Saturday.. 5,21. Sui Tai Baturity 8,30 pm, No Ballitig SUNDAY 19.30am. No Salling SUNDAY

1,00 pm. Bul Tal

EXOURSIGN.

2.30 20. Bui Tal

1,50 m. Bid Tal

3.00 p.m. Aul Tai

4,00 a.m. No galing

15.00 p.m. Sui Tai

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FAR EAST EXPRESS

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE.

From Kong Hoor to

Europe

Yenerla

Porta

Date

Gėriau

Genoa, Southampton, dam.. Bremen, Hamburg

Bapt.

Tere

+dler

Malta, Mars, Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg & Breman........................ Marmion, Drao, Aulwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Brozes

Верь.

qu

tinian TRAT

Oder...

S'pore Peanaz, Belawan, Colombo .......... Alagapore, Belnasu, Colahmo

Sept.

Sept.

Saigon, Singaparò, Belawan.

Masila.....

Sept

+

S'hai Yokohama, "Kobe

Sept.

Deiren, Taku, Taingtau,

Yokohama,

Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka

Sept

10

Prkierun

Kadang, Halamaun, Tuisgi, Rabuuj, stc......

Sept.

24

Friderun

Kadang, tamana, Tulari, Baden), etc...

Nav.

Sanfoot to Alteration without Nation, "For Passage and Freight apply to:

Straits & Ceylon

Manila

Shanghel & Japan

North China

& Japan

South Sen islands

Onelsanat...

Bohernbürst

Franken

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1937.

The sa Ear Lee which was beached alongside the pray wall off Chatham Road during yesterday's typhoon.

4

TYPHOON SWEEPS HONG KONG CLEAN

Continued from-Page 1)

Residents on, the Kowloon side the total must run into several congregated in their thousands | million dollars, and the damage to from very early morning waiting property" in the Colony has also for the ferry service to start, and been

very considerable; but not a few hoping it wouldn't. It nothing like the total which will did, however, and every praise is have to be debited to shipping. due to those in charge of craft for the splendid seamanship they dis played in making the crossing and particularly for the manner in which they brought the ferrles alongside the wharves. Although the gale had abated considerably, yet a gale was blowing, when the first three ferries made the cross- ing, and the slightest...error. of Judgment might have catised terrible disaster.

MATSHEDS LIFTED

NEGLIGENCE

Injured Men's Wait In Ambulance

The typhoon brought to light- another of the incidents" which contribute to the bad name of the Colony. A "Daily Press" repre- sentative, going his rounds yester- day morning, came upon an om- bulance near the Central Fire Station and on inquiring from the driver why the ambulance there, he was told that it had broken down,

Was

"Were you going out to answer, a call." asked our representative. And then the story broke,

The ambulance had gone to No. 18 Connaught Road, ground floor, at 4 a.m. to pick up two men who had been injured by “dying glass." One of them sustained-a cut ten- don in the arm) while the other was cut about the leg. While on the way to the Queen Mary Hos- pital, the ambulance broke down, in Wing Lok Street, and as there was no spare machine at hand, the crew got out and pushed it back to the Station, hoping. no doubt, that something could be done to the engine.

It is a great testimony to the To cut a long story short, this general efficiency of the Adminis-was either a particularly stubborn tration and the co-operative spirit engine, that refused to yield to of the people, that within a couple treatment, or it was not given the of hours of the storm abating, all proper attention, for at 11.45 a.m. essential services were being con- the ambulance Wis still "there. ducted as usual.

complete with the two patients who had not, up till then, received any medical attention!

Looking at Hong Kong to-day a man remarked, "It reminds me of home." He was a refugee-from Shanghai.

NOT SUFFICIENT

"WARNING“

one of our

FOUR KILLED

Rioting In Palestine Continues

the

Our representative was inform- ed that the injuries sustained by the two men were not serious, Be that at it may, there is still no excuse for this.deplorable lack of Repulse Bay, that most beautiful

attention to two injured men. In- of seaside playing places, looked

fection has been known to set in very much the worse for wear.

even with the slightest of bruises Hundreds of matsheds had been If the typhoon was "an expert" and in this particular case It terally lifted up and thrownence" to local residents, it was would be interesting to know who down by the typhoon, and it was even more so to the refugees from Was

responsible for this negli- remarkable to see huge concrete Shanghai, and when Interviewed gence. It looks to us as though a anchors, which keep the rafts in

representatives, a thorough investigation into position, strewn on the beach with number of them staying in the matter is not only desirable, but their massive chains still attached Jockey Club Refugee Centre were imperative. to the rafts which bobbed like unanimous in that "It was the corks in the foaming surf. That most terrible thing of its kinds very popular craft so popular with they have ever seen." bathers, the Lido Lady, had been The place, as may well be ima- whisked from her moorings one gined, was in a state of confu- hundred yards off-shore and now sion. The matsheds erected in lolls, somewhat Uke a naughty old front of the stands were blown. Arx who had been toying over-while that inside the golf course much with the boy Bacchus. Trees was also reduced to one heap of and shrubs, su difficult to cultivate debris. The ground floor of the in this part of the world, had suf- Jockey Club was dooded to a cer- fered badly, and this applied not tain extent but the Shanghal Daly-to-Repulse Bay but also to all indies, together with the "Hong parts of the Colony. Telephons 17772.

Kong lady helpers, rose to the oc- From a very early hour, even be-

fine style and set to fore the typhoon bad abated, work cleaning out the place with thousands of coolles were feverish- a thoroughness that commanded ly engaged in collecting faggots the admiration of all and sundry. Police and aircraft are standing and carrying away piecea

Up in the Members' Bar. the by for emergencies.-- wreckage for miles

thewriter came upon Mr. W. R. Par- Reuter. along foreshore on the Hong Kong and rott, a new arrival from Shanghai Kowloon sides. It's an ill wind. who was enjoying his breakfast. His bacon and eggs smelt nice and his coffee even more so, but there was work at hand and the Inner Man had to take a back seat.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN

Queen's-Building.

MELCHERS & 00.

AGENTS

JANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., SHAMERN, B.C.

THE

BLUE FUNNE

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LONDON' SERVICE-

AND FAST AND SERVICES

"MEMNON " Sails 8 SEPT., for Marseilee.

Lansou. Rotterdam, Hamburg & Glasgow " ANTENOR" Sails 22 SEPT.. for Marseilles, London,

Rotterdam & Glasgow

LIVERPOOL SERVICE "MARON" Baits 4 SEPT., for Havre, Liverpool

. .

BURYPYLUS"

& Bromborough Sails 27 SEPT., for Liverpool

& Bromborough

Sails 30 SEPT., for Boston, New York,...

NEW YORK SERVICE "PHEMIUS“

Philadelphia and Baltimore, vis Batavia, Straits & Cape of Good Hope, PACIFIC SERVICE (via DAREN, KOBE, NAGOJA & YOXONAWAY

Sails 14 SEPT., for Victoria, Vancouver

"IXION"

INWARD SERVICE

Due

7

& Seattle

"IXION"

4 SEPT., From Pacifo via Japan "EURYBATES7 SEPT. From UK. via Straits. "HECTOR"

10 SEPT., From U.K. vis, Straits Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with lim ted passenger accommodation

For freight, passage rates and information apply to

Butterfield & Swire,

Tel. 30333,

Agents. 1. Connaught Road, C.

of

casion in

Many rickshaw pullers stop- ped touting for "ares" and joined In the mad scramble of picking up bits and pieces from ships, shops and wharves, which had been When asked what he thought of scattered by the mad fury of the the friendly Hong Kong typhoon, typhoon for many miles. Undoub- Mr. Parrott said that he had been tedly these voluntary scavengers In Shanghai for 10 years but he greatly expedited the enormous ( had never seen anything like it. amount of work necessitated by "It sure was tough," he said, and

Jerusalem: Sept. 1. Four more persons were killed to- day as a result of clashes between Arabs and Jews.

Jewish leaders have issued "a proclamation in similar terms used by the Arab Higher Committee yes- terday, urging their people to keep calm.

WEATHER REPORT

d

ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONG HUNG"

10 am.. Sept. 2. Barometer (at sea level), ́29.78

ins.

Temperature, 77 F. Humidity, 91 per cent. Wind Direction, B.E.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 8. Temperature; maximum yester- day. ET F.

Temperature; minimum last night, 75 F.

Rainfall for 24 hours, ending 10th to-day, 5.93 Ins..

Total rainfall alnce January 1. 72.78 Ins.

FOREIGN MAILS'

+

MAILS FOR SHANGHAI AND: DISTURBED AREAS

All mails for Shanghai and the disturbed areas are at pre- sent being sent via Canton-Hankow for delivery as circumstan- cea permit.

The Arat opportunity will be taken for direct delivery. Parcel post for Shanghai and North China is tem- porarily suspended,

The Public are reminded that the postage on Printed Papers, Commercial Papers, Samples and Small Packets must be fully- prepaid. Insuficiently prepaid Printed Papers, etc. are NOT forwarded

Letters, Postcards and Samples for Europe and South America are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.

STRAITS. SAIGON

-CANADA, -U‚SA, Japan and Sui NOWAT),

(Soattle, 14th August)

JAPAN

JAPAN

BAIGON

Haiphong, Pakbor and Horow

SAICON

JAPAN

DAIREN

SAIGON

AUSTRALIA and Mainza

BANGKOK and SWATOW

STRA178

MANILA

Irion Luchow Nankin D'Artagnan Kuriyang Barentsz Pres. Lincoln

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3rd Sept.

9-d Sapt.

Pres, Grant

3rd Sept.

Gamaria

3rd Sept.

Mirsapore...

3rd Sept.

Eduches ...

3rd Sapt.

Kingyuan

3rd Sapt.

Kiungchoro

4th Sept.

4th Sept

4th Sept.

4th Sept.

4th Sept.

8th Sept

8th Sept.

€th Sept

Imperial Airway)

7th Sept./

Place

Canto Eurybates

7th Sept

"

7th Sept

Memnon ... Cramer

7th Bapt

7th Sept.

Taiping...

7th Bapt

7th Sept.

9th Sept.

Art)

9th Sept

9th Sept,

9th Sept.

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Hakoak Jaru

10th Sept.

Nake Māru Burdwan...

10th Sept.

10th Sept.

Hector

10th Sept.

10th Sept.

Air Mall by "Imperis! Airways Direct Service"London date. 28th August HAIPHONG

STRAITS JAPAN

STRAITE

AUSTRALIA and MANILA SHANGHAI

AMOT

MANILA

STRAITS

JAPAN

STRAITE

JAPAN-

JATAM

STRAITS

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Arima Mara

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Seandra!{Vancouver B.C,19th Ang,}||| Emp, 0/ Ruana

OUTWARD MAILS

REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 13 minuten earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and' where mails are advertised to close as er before e s m.,' registered and parcel mails are clowed at # p.m. on the previous day.

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FRIDAY

Pa

Air Mall for **Imperial Airwayı

Direct Service"-que Losdon, { Imperial Air- 12th September.

air Mall for "Australia by In-

perial Airways Service"-due

Darwin, 7th September,

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa Swatow, Amor and Focobow Plhoi "nd Haiphong

"Arkok via 8watow

wavs Plane

Imperial¡Air- ways Plane

Date and TIME

Friday,ard. G.P.O &

K.P.O

Reg., 8.30 AM Ord. 9.30 AM. G.P.O. &

K.P.O.

Reg. 9.80 AM Ord 9,30 AM

10.30 A 11.00

1.90 px

Arabia Maru

FOT

Halyany Kaying

Tingchow..

1.80 PX

Seratow...

...Haiching

900 PM

Manila, Babaul, Australia and New Zealand via Brisbane-due Brisbane,

¡Parcels

Noon

Tanda

*

Beg.

1.457%

26th September

Ord

10 P

Hailan

Gneisenau

3,00

-4.30 K

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Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Manila, *Straits, *Ceylon, *India, *Egypt]

and Farcels only for Germany via Hainburg Japan, Holala, Canada, U.S.A. Central

Ɛouth America and *EUROPE | vis Vancouver B., (Parcels for Canads only)-duo Vancouver BC., 22 September *Straits, *Ceylon, Indi, Egypt and *EUROPEvin Briadisi-doe Brindisi, 23rd September!

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Furi

*Stralis and Calcutta Jipan and *EUROPE via Siberis *Manila

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Air Mail for North China, Lan. chow and Yunnan. (via Han.. kow, and Sian) by the "Eurasia Airways Servite.**

Par. 3rd. 3.00

Enp. of Canada Beg. 3rd, 4.15 PM

Ord, 3rd BGP

Conte Verte

"G.P.O. & R.P.O.

Reg.

4.15 FE

Ord. Parcela

6.00 PM

4,00 P¥

Kemaring

14

VON.

5.00 PM

... Oortu ...Maron

3.00 px

Eurasia

Plane

the clearing-up of the main then, as an afterthought, "I'll tell thoroughfares, and to that extent you what though, I was very sur→ they rendered splendid public ser- † prised we did not have more vice whilst turning, an extra cent | warning about the typhoon.

"Granted the No. 5., signal was or two for themselves.

The great dams and watercourses hoisted shortly after 3 p.m.. but I of the Colony are in flood; portion understand that signal only means of the Kowloon-Canton railway that there is a likelihood of a ty has been washed away; hundreds phoon visiting the Colony, but only of telegraph ines are down; a likelihood. bridges have become rickety and "In Shanghal we have so much portions of roadways have started warning that we regard a typhoon to slide. Thousands have been as something to prepare for but

Against an average of 68.01 1ns. brought to the verge of destitu- | have never met one like this."

Sunset to-night, 6.40 p.m. Hon; huge crowds "walt at the

Sunrise to-morrow, 6.07 a.m. mortuaries and police stations

4 p.m., Sept. 2. searching tor relatives yet Mr. Parrott then talked about

Barometer (at sea level), 29.77. through and over all the people Hong Kong hospitality and in this are demonstrating a remarkably connection he said that under the Temperature, 79. Humidity. 89. | Air Mall for “E.L.M. Bervica”......... } philosophical outlook on this ma- circumstaces he thought the "Hong (Beaufort), 5. Maximum tempera-

Wind Direction, E.S.E. Wind-Force die Amsterdam, 13th Sept. Ranpura Jor misfortune which has befallen | Kong people are to be congratu one of the most beautiful cities in lated on the way they have treat-ture, 87. Minimum temperature, 75, the world. Indeed, the cheerful-ed the refugees and they were all Rainfall, 0.08. ness of the masses might well be grateful for all that is being on taken as an object lesson.

DAMAGE TO SHIPPING

HONG KONG HOSPITALITY

their behalf. Speaking of the conditions in Shanghai, he said that "restoring peace in the Bet- Undoubtedly shipping has shar-tlement is one thing and restoring ed worse during this typhoon than business another proposition al- ever before. Already three ships together. I am very pessimistic have foundered, whilst twenty are about it-we are all willing to try. in very precarious positions All but whether we succeed or not re- that can be done is being done, mains to be seen." and in this connection the various units of the Navy at present in the harbour are deservig of the high- est praise. It was, it should be mentioned in passing, a remark- able sight when the typhoon warning-were-being-hoisted-to-see- the rapidity with which the many ships in harbour up anchored and to consider the latest develop- made all speed for the open sea. ments in the Mediterranean altua- However, many were caught before tion. It is understood Mr. Eden: they could reach the comparative has been in touch with the Prime safety of the high seas, notwith Minister with regard to recent standing the blockade. The damage developments.

THE MEDITERRANEAN,

SITUATION

London, Sept. 2..

A meeting of Ministers was held at the Foreign Office this morning

to shipping 'has been enormous........ · Reuter's Bulletin Service.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and EUROPE via Marseilles-due Marseilles, Int October.

KATURDAY

*Japan Smoy

Manila ...

FUNDAY

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

Formors

TUESDAY

From September 3, to 9, 1937.

کے

Height.

Atr Mall for "France Orient Service"-due Marseilles, 19th September.

irdia,

5.00 PM Kowloon P.0. Beg. 3rd, 5.00 PM Ord. 3rd, 5.00 PM

G.P.0.

(Reg. 3rt, 5.00 P

Ord, 4th, 20

1\G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Par. 3rd, 5,0 H

Вадрига

Reg. 4th, 8.45 AM

Ord, 4th, 10.80 & M

Saturday, 4th, G.P.O. &

·D'Arta man Anshun Pres, Grant

Canton Maru

K.P.O. Reg. 9.30 AM Ord.10,00 & M

1,30 rw- 4.00 PM

4.30 FX

Bunday, 5th.".

9.00 & M

Tuesday, 7th, G.P.O, &

K.P.O.

Reg. 8.30 À M

Sphinx

Ord. 9.00 A M

Bast, andý

South Africa, Egypt and EUROPE(

rin Murosillas-din Harrell 6th Sphinx October

O.P.O. & K.P.O.

8.45 AX-

9.30AM

HIGH WATER. LOW WATER.

Hong Kong Standard

Hong

Kons

Standard

Saigon, Ceylon,

Time.

Time

Or!

h. m.

f. m. ft, La.

Fri.

3

07 62

74

01 08 2 8

Japan, Hocalalo. UB.A, Contral & South

21 20

1440

1.4

America. Canada and KUBOPE!

Sat,

0843

7 4

0800 3 3

800.

15.12 7 5 034729

vin San Francisco-dae Ban Fran- ¦¦ dasma. Błażu.. cisco, 27th opt-and EUROPE

Beg,

1,45 FN

TOM

2.30PM

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Mon. Tues

7

1085

2300

Wed A

1113 00 23 10- 8.4. Thur. 9 130 13 54 12340 6.5

21.47 00307 3 21095

10 14 7 0 23 38 6 1 86

15 41 --1-8;

03 31 123 18088 0 1.0436 24 821838 24

04 5524 17 082 7 05 89 2 K 177

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