HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939. -PACE 11)
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
1940
BOOKING SHEETS NOW OPEN
For
SPRING AND SUMMER SAILINGS
Plan Your Next Year's
Home Leave Now
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AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
**ROUND-WORLD SERVICE”
"ALSO AGENTS FOR "TWA,
THE POPULAR TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR LINE"
12, PEDDER ST.
TEL. 28171.
N.Y.K. LINE
THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
SERVICES UNCHANGED IMMINENT DEPARTURES
FORTNIGHTLY
FORTNIGHTLY
THIS
WEEK
THIS WEEK
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PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
SHANGHAI and JAPAN.
LIVERPOOL via SUEZ, MARSEIL-
LES and CASABLANCA,
HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, and LOS ANGELES
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VANCOUVER and SEATTLE,
FREIGHT ONLY
BOMBAY via SINGAPORE and Way Ports.
CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE and Way Forts.
NEW YORK via JAPAN, LOS ANGELES and PANAMA.
Complete Information from Your Agent or: NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
Telephone 30291. General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
KING'S BUILDING
SUBMARINE CREW HONOURED
LONDON, Dec. 26 (Reuter') -An Admiralty communique, announces that the D.S.O. has been conferred
Lieut- 00 Commander Phillips, of the submarine Ursula, which re- cently destroyed an enemy cruiser off Heligoland.
He is also promoted Com- mander from Dec. 22.
Other decorations and pro- motions for the officers and men of the Ursula were also made and all were congra- tulated upon their great suc- cess.
FRANCO SPANISH RAILWAY TRAFFIC
MADRID. Dec. 28 (Havas)-It is officially announced that traffe on all railway lines inking France and Spain will re-established on Jan, 1.
Major-General Carton de Wlant, V. C.. has been given “a special appointment." it was announced in a supplement to the "London Gazette." The appointment is listed under military commands. General de Miart made his home! in Poland after the last war and was head of the British Military Mission to the Polish Army when the German attack was launched last September.
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NAVIGATION COMPÁNY, LIMITED.
Frequent and Regular Sailings for
Sw▲żow," ANDY, SHANGHAI, Tasetan, Writale EN,
CHEFOO and TIENTSIN.
KWANGCHOWWAN, Panor and dom©®
HAIPHONG,
CANTON,
TOURANE," SAIGON and Bangkoks.
SINGAPORE, PURT SWETTENHAM and PENANG
For further particulars regarding loading dates etc, please apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRF
TELEPHONE NO. 30331."
THE TAI SANG S.S. Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong and Macau Service.
S.S. "MACAU" S.S. "KAU TUNG"
COMFORT
to
Sailing Daily From Hong Kong
SERVICE
Sailing Daily From Hong Kong
LUXURY
From Macao
From Macao
SPEED
Eight Cingalese who came Britain for the Empire Exhibition. Glasgow, appiled for public assis- tance as soon as the exhibition closed. They had been selling charms "guaranteed to protect the owners from all forms of 4-luck and hardship."
WEATHER REPORT- Hongkong Royal Observatory
10 am, Dec. 26. Barometer, (at sea level), 30.34 trs, Temperature, Bi.
Humidity, 49 per cent.
Wind Direction. ENE.
Wind Force (Beaufort), 2 Temperature; maximum yesterday
67 F
Temperature. minimum last night.
53 F.
Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 a.m
today, nil.
Total rainfall since January 1st
26 70 ins.
Against an average of, 8436 108.. Sunset tonight, 5.46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7.01 am.
4 pm
December 26.
Barometer (at sea level), 30.24 ins. Temperature, 63 F.
Humidity, 51 per cent.
Wind Direction, E/8.
Wind Force (Beaufort), 4
Maximum temperature, 68 F. Minimum temperature, 53 F. Rainfall, ni
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 27 Dec. 1939 to 2 Jan. 1940
HIGH WATER.
of
Wook
Date of
Tonto
LOW WATEE
Bong
Kong
Standard
Height
Eong
Kong Standard Time
Height
Time.
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h. m.
h.m. it la
Wed.! 27
10 38
4 3
+412
21:30
1458
3:3
Thur. 29
11 #2
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04 63
04
22 17
[ +4 ]
1541
3
Fri. =0
1:08
5 0
05 35
04
23.04
10 27
3.4
Sat.
31
125.
06 17
07
22 55
7 61
17 17
13 4
Sun. 31
0701
1347
5 31
Mon. 1 0060
60
1435
fuas, 2
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA
Calling at Manila, Thursday, Island, Cairns, Towns- ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.
NEXT SAILING
At the end of December.
For Freight or Passage apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
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01 58
1632
Wharves LEUNG WING.
Office -
PO TAK.
Praya Central.
136 Connaught Road PHONE 31911.
MAERSK LINE
SERVICE
Fortnightly Express Sailings
vie
KEELUNG. SHANGHAI and JAPAN
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA. NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE,
NORFOLK & SAVANNAH
Through Ba/L are issued to Central and South America, Gulf and Caribbean Sea Ports.
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGERS AT MODERATE RATES.
For Freight and Passage please apply :-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton Shamsen, B.C. Agents.
Tel 10916.
The Rector of Kettering, the Rev.,
Hong Kong, Pedder Building
Tel 31205-6,
Two cadet officers-3. G. Best and
G. Holborow. tore up a heap of] J. Wall had to be taken to hos-
RAJPUTAN
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P. & O. S. N. CO.
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We have a Sailing Homewards at the
BEGINNING of JANUARY carrying Passengers and Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures.
B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.
Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and
Calcutta Every Fortnight.
E. & A. S.S. CO. LTD.
Monthly Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of Australia and Tasmania.
Also frequent sailings to Shanghai and Japan.
All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation, with or without notice.
Passengers are requested to register their requirements". but under present circumstances sailings perforee restricted.
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Details may be obtained from
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO
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placed there without permission. Windsor Great Forest. The car and I strongly resented it." he told collided with the stag in the a reporter.
dark.
Proxx 27721,
Tel. No. 30332)
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
Agents.
1, Connaught Road.
SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHÓW & RETURN
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Subject to alteration, without notice
KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGKONG SERVICE
Sailings Twice Weekly from Hong Kong
For- Freight and} Pasman, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,
P. & O, Building.
BANK
LINE (CHINA) LTD.
AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN AND I BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT /
Regular sailings for LONDON, LIVERPOOL & GLASGOW as opportunity offers. NEXT SAILING SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY,
AGENTS FOR
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THE BANK LINE, LTD, ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
NEXT BAILING ABOUT MIDDLE OF JANUARY.
for Mauritius, Rennton, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Iurban.and Cape Ports. INDIAN-AFRICAN LINE
Regular sailings from CALCUTTA to EASTE& SOUTH AFRICA vis COLOMBO Taking PASSENGERS and CARGO from CALCUTTA & COLOMBO for Momba, Zanzibar, Beira Lourenco Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elisabeth, Mossel Bay and Cape Town. For Freight or Fage on any of the above lines apply i
General Managua,
Tel Nos. 18037 and 28038, 7.
Telephone 27791
THE BANK LINE (CHINA), LTD.
BARBER WILHELMSEN LINE
MONTHLY SERVICE" TO
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
Via LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.
by NEW FAST VESSELS
NEXT SAILING MIDDLE JANUARY
Very modern passenger accommodation available
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agente,
Telephone UTI.
Hoog Kang, Bank Building,