HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
HONGKONG to SINGAPORE direct
About the middle of February.
HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct
First week in March.
First Class" only
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PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
BOMBING OF Three Million British
HANOI - KUNMING
RAILWAY
SHANGHAL, Feb. 3 (Reuter) Five Europeans (believed to be French women and chlidren) and 20, Chinese and Aunamites wore killed in the Japanese at rald on the Haiphong-Yunnanfu "rail- way, according to information received in local foreign quarters
LINE CUT
It is reported that the lirie has been cut in two places by the bombing
The British naval party who narrowly escaped the bombing have now safely reached Indo- China
"LESE MAJESTE"
Troops Will Be Under
Arms By End
Of 1940
LONDON, Feb. 3 (Reutər)--- On the basis of Mr. Cham- berlain's statement that 1,250,- 000 British troops are now under arms, observers here estimate that by the end of 1940, between" 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 men will be standing beside their French Ailies.
3,000,000 IN 1941
WEATHER REPORT
Hongkong. Royal Observatory 10 am, Feb. 4. Barometer (at sea level), 30.18 ins. Temperature, 55 F.
Humidity, 85 per cent Wind Direction, E/N Wind Force (Beaufort), 6. Temperature: maximum yesterday.
54 F.
Temperature. "minimum last night,
53 F. Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 mm
today, nil,
2
Total rainfall since January t
0.21 Ins. Against an average of, 1.47: ins? the German sunset tonight, 6.13 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7.02 a.mn,
By January 1, 1941, the strength of the services within the British IN TOKYO
Empire may well be 5,000,000 men, TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Reuter) The Although the whole white man newspapers this morning devote power is equal to very lengthy dissertations to a figure. the defence of the speech by Mr. Takao Salto, veteran Dominions requires a large number: member of the Minseito, Party and men overseas. But this, these"
4 p.m., Feb. 4, former Parliamentary Vice-Minis-observers point out, is offset by Barometer (at' sea level); 30.06 ina. ter for Home Affairs, in the Lower France's contribution.
Temperature, M4 F. House yesterday afternoon.
In addition to raw resources, the Humidity, 94 per cent... Mr. Salto interpellated the Gov- Allies can count on the native Wind Direction, E., ernment with the argument that populations of their Empires, and Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. if the principles of the Konoye resolutions to this effect have been Maximum temperature, 58 F. statement were rigidly carried out expressed often by these popula-Minimum temperature, 53 F. Japan would get nothing, out of tions,
Rainfall, nil:
the war in China.
Some of his expressions, the Kokumin Shimbun charges, sa- vour of lese majeste.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 5 to 11 Feb. 1940.
Days of
Woek
Date of
Month.
OHINA NAVIGATION
COMPANY. LIMITED.
Frequent and Regular Sailings for
„SWATOW; · AMOY, "Shanghal Thinstão, WeikalŻEJ,
Cazroo and TITAIN.
KWANGCHOWWAN; Pixnor and Homew
HIGH WATER
LOW WATER
Bong
Bong
Kong Standard
Kong Standard
Time.
Timo
b. m.
k. m.
IMMINENT DEPARTURES
Mon.
Inew.
3
08 55
148
02 06
Б
19 39
69
12 35
B
09:35
|44
02 40
1 2
HAIPHONG.
20 24
71
127.
3.4
Wed. 7
1006
4 5
03 14
11
CANTOS.
9104
7 1
14 14
1
"BOMBAY via SINGAPORE, and
COLOMBO......
Thur. 8
10 31
47
03 44
10.
TOUBANE SAIGON and Barros.
THIS WEEK
11 38
70
14 55
3 0
Fri. 9
11.00
4 95
0415 110
LIVERPOOL viz SINGAPORE,
SUEZ, and Way Ports
SHANGHAI, JAPAN, HONO-
LULU, SAN FRANCISCO
and LOS ANGELES...
SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, VÍA MANILA, and Way Ports
VANCOUVER and SEATTLE
29 10
15.36
THIS WEEK
Sat. 10
11 25
04 43
110
92 40
le 8:
161..
28
Sun. 11.
1144
05 14
1 3
-4301 16 41
18 31
28
NEXT WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
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THIS WEEK
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The Ben Line steamer arrived HONG KONG
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON, STRAITS AND MANILA.
HONG KONG-BANGKOK
1.8. "HELLAS"
8.3. "HELIOS",
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leaving Hong Kon
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Hong Kong and Macau Service.
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leaving Hong Kong
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