HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
HONGKONG to SINGAPORE direct
About the middle of March."
HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct
Second week in March.
First Class only
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND - WORLD SERVICE'
ACENTS FOR T.W.A. AND UNITED AIR LINES,
12, PHDDER ST
TEL. 28171.
N.Y.K. LINE
MARSEILLES, etc...
IMMINENT SAILINGS
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
CASABLANCA.
LIVERPOOL, via ́SINGAPORE
S'HAI., JAPAN, HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
JAPAN
SYDNEY, MELBOURNE,
NEXT WEEK,
NEXT WEEK.
THIRD WEEK
via MANILA and Way Ports... VANCOUVER and SEATTLE
END OF MARCH
FORTNIGHTLY.
FREIGHT ONLY
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
THIS WEEK
THIRD WEEK
U.S. CONCILIATION TREATIES WITH THE DOMINIONS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 (Reuter) -I was learned here yesterday that the United States is nego- tiation with Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand providing that any dispute aris- ing between these Dominions and the United States shall be re- ferred to a permanent Concilla- tion Commission, consisting of ive members two of whom will represent the United States.
There will be a separate com- mission for each Dominion.
The United States has already s Conciliatory Treaty with Bri- tain, but its feferences to the Dominions since the statute of Westministar is regarded as out of date....
$500,000 LOSS: FLOWER STREET BLAZE
FEIFING." Mar. 8 (Reuter)- Flower Street. the famous Mecca. of foreign tourists in Peping, and well-known for its Chinese jewel- lery and carlos, was burned down yesterday morning.
Over 70 shops were gutted, in- volving a loss of over half-a-mil-“| lion dollars
MINERS
BURIED
SANTIAGO. Mar. 8 (Reuter)- Four-hundred miners were buried by a fall in the Schawager Coal Mine
WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory
10 am. March 8, Barometer (at sea level), 30.01 ins. Temperature; 69 F. Humidity. 89 per cent, Wind Direction. E/S Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. ་་ Temperature; maximum yesterday
77 F.
Temperature, minimum last night.
4.66 F.
Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 am
today, nil
Total rainfall since January 1st
1.51 ins.
Against an average bf. 3.44 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.30 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow. 6.38 a.m.
4 p.m. March 8. Barometer (at sea level), 29.91 ins Temperature, 67 F.
"
Humidity, 92 per cent.
Wind Direction, E/8. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Maximum temperature. 73 F Minimum temperature, 66 F. Rainfall, nil
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 8 to 18 Mar. 1940.
CHINA NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Frequent and Regular Sailing for
SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHALTUINSTAC, WEIHAI TEJ,
Cartoo and Tastus,
KWANGCHOWWAN, PAKHOI and Hoo HAIPHONG.
CANTON,
Tobrine, SAIGON and RuwGIO. SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM and PENANG*
For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. please apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
TELEPHONE NO. 30331
THE TAI SANG S.S. Co., Ltd.
44
Hong Kong and Macau Service.
S.S. MACAU" S.S. "KAU TUNG"
COMFORT
Sailing Daily From Hong Kong
SERVICE
Sailing Daily From Hong Kong
LUXURY
From Macao
From Macao
SPEED
Wharves:- LEUNG WING.
Offcel
PO TAK,
Praya Central:"
SATURDAY, MARCH 9. 1940. —PAGE:11
P. & O. S. N. CO. We have a Sailing Homewards MIDDLE APRIL carrying Passengers and Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures.
B. I. S. N. CO. LTD. ~ Frequent Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta.
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 rupte and the route and all sailings are subject to change .7. deviation with or without notice.
Passengers are requested to register their requirements» but under present circumstances sailings are perforce re-tricted.
Details may be obtained from
MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO
PSO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG
PHONE 27121.
136, Connaught Rood PHONE 31911.
BURNS PHILP LINE
Passenger & Freight Service To
AUSTRALIA
MAERSK LINE
Fortnightly Express Sailings
ORSK
AF
SHANGHAI and JAPAN
Complete Information From Your Agent or:
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
KING'S BUILDING
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR · LINK
HIGH WATER
LOW WATER
Bong
Hong
Kong
Standard
Week
Date of
Month
Time.
Height
Kong
Standard Time
Height.
h. m.
Moto.
b, m
Sat.
9
10 11
E 4
03 3R
1 4
21 59
16 A
15 3
12 5
Telephone 20291.
Sab. 10
10:30
04 07
$926
16 2
16 09
Mon. 11
30 48
5 8
04 35
2255
169
1844
Fren. 12
11:00
05 04
23 21
6.5
17 24 29
Wed. 13
11,90
60
05 20
93 54
5 0
18 05
Thar. 14
11 50
0 0
00 46
18 50
Fri 14
39 461
06 OB
30
12 25 18 1
10 52
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA -
Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.
NEXT SAILING
FIRST HALF, APRIL, 1840.
For Freight or Passage apply to:--
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Tel No. 38332.
Agenta.
Connaught Road.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN
Bubject to alteration without dotičn KWANGCHOWWAN--HONGKONG SERVICE
„Sallings, Twice Weekly from Hong Kong
For Fright and Famijn syplyšto
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,
P.&O. Building.
to
LOS ANGELES, PANAMA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE,
ין
· NORFOLK & SAVANNAH
Through Ba/L are issued to Central and South America, Gulf and Caribbean Sea Porta
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PASSENGEER" AT MODERATE RATES.
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For Freight and Passage please apply:-
JEBSEN & CO.
Canton Shameen, B.C.
Tel. 10916.
Agente. Hong Kong, Pedder Building
Tel 31205-8.
BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD
TE AGENTS TOR
ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
Regular sailings for LONDON, LIVERPOOL & GLASGOW as opportunity offers
NEXT BAILING THIRD WEEK IN. MARCH
AGENTS FOR
THE BANK LINE, LTD.. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
NEXT SAILING ABOUT MIDDLE OF JULY
for Mauritius, Reunion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durbanjand Cape Ports..
AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE
Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore
NEXT SAILING SECOND WEEK IN MARCH
AGENTS FOR
KLAVENESS LINE
(PACIFIC ODABT-ABIATIC BÉRVICE)
HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (in 21 Days) THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE, TACOMA & SEATTI E.
NEXT SAILING FOURTH WEEK IN APRIL
Issuing through BasLading to GuLs & Atlantic Chair with transhipment at Ice Amamiala by first opportanít
For Freight or Fauwge on any of the above lines apply
General Managers,
Tel. No. 28027 and 28638.
Téléphone 27791:
THE BANK LINE (CHINA), LTD.
We have
a vessel
Salling for
SAIGON, MADANG
SALAMAUA
RABAUL
SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE
about the FOURTH
Week in MARCH
Excellent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabins at no supplement. Built-in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck,
Passenger & Freight Agents — GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 2803).
P. & O. Building.
BARBER - WILHELMSEN
MONTHLY SERVICE TO
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
LINE
VIA LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.
by NEW FAST VESSELS
NEXT SAILING MIDDLE MARCH Very modern passenger accommodation avail
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Hong Kong Bank Building
BOUSE