HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU
"Aug. 29 Sept. 7 Sept. 18
vla MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO,.
S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"
38 "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"
S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"
To NEW YORK and BOSTON
BOMBAY and CAPETOWN
SS "PRESIDENT HARRISON"
Aug. 20
5.8. "PRESIDENT POLK"
Sept. 29
To SINGAPORE & PENANG
S.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"
Aug. 17
SS. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES”
Aug. 97
DIRECT..
* 8.8. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"
vin Yokohama.
To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
Sept, J.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE" AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR
AND UNITED AIR LINES
12 PEDDER ST.
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TEL. 28171,
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SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
KAMAKURA MARU
Friday, 30th Aug. ASAMA MARD (Starts from Shanghai) Sunday, 29th Sept. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER Starts from Kobe
(Convenient connection from Hong Kong), HIKAWA MARU
NEW YORK via Panama.
• AZUMA MARU
LIVERPOOL via Cape Town
KASIMA MARU
Wednesday, 4th Sept
Wednesday, 21st Aug.
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About 25th Sept.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.
Wednesday, 28th Aug.
KANO MART
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.
OKITU MARU
☺
Thursday, 15th Aug.
Thursday, 22nd Aug.
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore
* TOBA MARU
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
HAKUSAN MARU
ATUTA MARU
HARUNA MARU
* Cargo only.
Wednesday. 14th Aug. Thursday, 22nd Aug. Saturday, 24th Aug-
Complete Information From Your Agent or:"
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
KING'S BUILDING
Telephone 39291. General "Passenger Agonte in the Orient for- CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA
Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns. ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.
For Freight or Pasango apply to:
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Tel. No. 30322,
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
SAILINGS FOR SWATÓW, AMUY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sailings temporarily suspended)
KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGKONG SERVICE Weekly sailings from Hong Kong
For particulars of Freight & Pastage apply to:---
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., .
MOTOR TORPEDO-BOATS IN British Liner ACTION: ENEMY RAMMED In Atlantic
PASSENGERS
IN TRANSIT
The following passengers passed through Hongkong recently:
Mr. K. Akiyoshi, Mr. "H. F. All Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Brown. Mrs. H. Dol. Miss E. Dol, Mast. H" Dol, Mrs. A.. D. Finefrock, Miss M, V. Finefrock, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fos-
kome
con-
LONDON, August 14 (Reuter?— An Admiralty communique states that in the early hours of yes- terday morning
of" our made motor torpedo-boats tact with the enemy light forcém
The enemy when sighted, was only about 100 yards from motor torpedo-boats, which were travelling about 30 knots. They were two small ships,
our
Collision
SLIGHT DAMAGE TO
BOTH VESSELS CAPETOWN, Aug. 14 (Reuter)- it is officially announced that dur- ing the week end the 18.713 ton One of our motor torpedo boats. British liner Cerainic, and the 3,083
enemy ahead to freighter Testbank were th tery Mr. and Mrs. M. Gordon, Mrs. thinking that the
touvolved in a collision in the South K. Gaspardone, Mr. and Mrs. E. 9.was an E-boat and being Grut. Mr. A. C. Hepworth, Mrs. F. close to take other action, rammed Atlantic.
enemy ships. Horimoto, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. the enemy. The Herer, Miss D. Herer. Mr. 1, Haya- however, were larger than shi, Mr. Y. Harada, MIS Turi boats and this motor torpede but are proceeding to the harbour. Harada, Miss Yuki Harada, Miss F. buat suffered Harada, Miss S. Harida.
4 her bows.
E.
SOTA damage ta
GRENADES USED
and grenades
Mr. and Mrs. Z. Tel, Miss. 9. Tel, Miss Selal Tel, Miss Shukurei Setal. Miss T. Tel, Mr. L. J. Hoag, Another of our motor torpedo- Mr. P.A. Jourdan, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. boats passed between the two Johnson and two children, Mr. Y ships and engaged them with Kusuyama, Mrs. v Kanakuru, machine-gun fire Miss N. Kanakura, Miss T. Kana- at almost point-blank range. kura, Mrs. K. Kondo, Miss M. Kon- do: Mr. Y. Karatsu, Mr. K. Kurata, Mr. N. Marsudaira, Mr. S. Miyake, Mr. and Mrs. S. Miura' and' two. A third of our motor torpedo
these children, Mr. A. W. Macphall, Mr. boats passed beyond
It is considered that this Dre took considerable effect.
M. R. Mavalvala, Mr. J. E. Maler. enemy ships and sighted"..two Mr. R. S. Nelson. Mr. T. Nozaki, larger vessels. These she engaged Mr. S. Oskima, Mr. F. Ohtra. Mrs.with machine-gun fire at very I. Potocka, Mrs. C. V. Perriand,, close range, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rauson and three children, Mr. O. H. Stine, Mr.
:
PLANE ON FIRE...
T. Suzuki, Mr. T. Sukagawa, Mrs. Later one of our motor tor- pedo boats had two running
S. Tanaka and three children, Mr.
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Both ships suffered some damage
There were no casualties.
The Ceramic's passengers were transferred to another liner as a precautionary measure
from Cape- A Reuter message town states that passengers from the liner Ceramic have arrived
JAPANESE TAKE TRADING JUNK
Piratical acts by the Japanese Navy off the San Mun Customs station have apparently not died down completely
with the latest report by one of the victims on arrival here.
After leaving Halmen last Fri-
a cargo of garlic, valued at $3,500; Was NC. T434H trading junk stopped at 2 p.m. the same day when two miles off San Muri.
A Japanese armed trawler came alongside and four sallors then They ordered
R. Tanizawa, Mis. M. L. Therasse.nights with an enemy E-boat Itday morning for Hongkong with Mr. S. Uchida, Mr. J. C. Westen was too dark to ascertain what -berg and Mr. K. Yetsumoto.
damage
the Was inflcted OF enemy during these fights.
After this action, some, or QUI FORBIDDEN TO m
mctor törpedo-boats were attack- ed by a German aircraft from a LAND HERE
height of 500 feet. A hot accurate boarded the junk. After a voyage of two months fire was opened by our torpedo. the crew into a sampan and then and two days, the NY.K. Uner boats, When last seen, the air-took the junk in tow and left.
craft was on fire and losing height Hakusan Maru arrived in port yes-)
rapidly. terday at 8 am. from Europe, via the Cape of Good Hope.
A number of Japanese refugees
and from Paris
Marselites, who were on board, were not allowed
Dy
No casualties were suffered the British forces in any of these engagements.
None of our motor torpedo
to land at Cape Town or at any boats suffered any damage apart
learned..
..
of the South African ports, it is from the damage suffered by one boat through ramming. This The Hongkong authorities have boat also returned safely. also forbidden the Japanese pas- sengers to land in the Colony.
THE WEATHER® The maximum temperature yes- terday was 87 and the minimum
79.
The Royal Observatory reporti states:-
anticyclone A moderate situated in the Pacific to the east of N. Japan. and a ridge of high pressure extends south westward to Tongking.
Depressions are situated in the China Sea less than 300 miles to the south-east of the Paracels, moving West, and in the Pacific to the north of Yap, direction un- known.
HEALTH RETURNS
The following is the Health Returns for the 24 hours ended at midnight on August 13:-Dysen- tery, eight cases;. Tuberculosis, et салек
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TRAWLERS SUNK
LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter). The Admiralty announce that the mine-sweeping trawlers Tamarisk and Pyrope were damaged as the result of an enemy air attack and subsequently sank
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`NEXT 'SAILING END OF OCTOBER
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Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore
NEXT SAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER
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KLAVENESS LINE
(PACIFIC COAST ASIATIC SERVICE)
HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (în 21 Days) THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE, TACOMA & SEATTLE.
NEXT SAILING LATÉ AUGUST
4
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but
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