HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU
S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"
S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"
Aug. 29
Sept. 7
Sept. 17
S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT”
To NEW YORK and BOSTON
via MANTLA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO,
BOMBAY and CAPETOWN
SS. "PRESIDENT HARRISON"
SS. "PRESIDENT POLK".
Aug. 20 Sept. 29
To SINGAPORE & PENANG
8.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES"
S.8. "CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS”
Ang, 27 Sept 18
To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
DIRECT
A
S.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"
S.S. CITY OF LOS ANGELES"
"vin Yokohama,
Sept, 3
Sept. 23.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"
AGENTS FOR "TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR
AND UNITED AIR LINES
1
12, PEDDER ST.
TEL. 28171.
N.Y.K. LINE
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
KAMAKURA MARU
Friday, 30th Aug. * ASAMA MARU (Starts from Shanghai) Sunday, 29th Sept. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER. (Starts from Kobe)
(Convenient connection from Hong Kong).
HIKAWA MARI
NEW YORK vis Panama.
* AZUMA MARU
LIVERPOOL via Cape Town
KASIMA MARU
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via
KAMO MÁRU”.
Wednesday, 4th Sept.
Wednesday, 21st Aug.
About 25th Sept.
Manila.
Wednesday, 28th Aug..
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.
* ATAGO "MANU.
Wednesday, 11th Sept.
Thursday, 2nd Aug.
· RANGOON & CALCUTTA, via-Singapore
TOBA MARU
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
ATUTA MARU
HARUNA: MARU
KAMAKURA MARU
* Cargo only.
Thursday, 22nd Aug. Saturday,
24th Aug. Friday,
30th. Aug.
Complete Information From Your Agent or:
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
Whereabouts Of Elvira Crew
Believed at one time. to have perished when their Hongkon
CHINA COAST TRADE
Shipping Ban
May Soon
Be Lifted
Effect Of Japanese Blockade
The likelihood of the ban on The extention and the tighten-coastal navigation imposed by the built yacht, Elvira, was reported ing of the Japanese bläckade along Japanese naval authorities being lost on January 16, the missing the Chinese coasts caused a loss of partially lifted within a fortnight American and Australian, James about $10.000,006 to foreign ship was expressed by certain shipping Petersen and Norman Torrey, have ping in the past six months, ac-circles here on Aug. 9, reports the caused diplomatic enquiries to be
cording to unofficial statistics North China Daily News. made as to their whereabouts, it
gathered from local shipping cir- is learned.
. COMPLETE DISRUPTION cles. One rumour was to the effect
The ban, which came into force. that the Elvira, afer being blown damage since it has been long out disruption of shipping along the Chinese shipping suffered little din July. 18. resulted in a complete off her course by heavy monsoons of the picture. was forced to enter Japanese
China coast with the exception of Japanese shipping is now said northern ports and naval zone stated to be in south-to be monoplising the Kwangtung-Hongkong to Shanghal foute." As the direct ern Hainan, and had been detained Fukien-Cheklang run and almost vessels operating on by the Japanese. They are stated 100 ships are reported to be used routes are owned by the bigger these two to have been taken to Formosa.
It will be recalled that three Americans, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sever and Mr. Morgan Pattison who were held for some time on charges of entering a forbidden zone in their yacht, Cynjo, in Formosa, were only recently re leased.
FIRING PRACTICE
Firing practice will be carried out today as follows:
(a) Anti-aircraft firing practice on the south, east and west coasts of the Island between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Firing areas B, C and D will be affected.
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(b) Light gun firing practice be- tween 9 am and 4 pm Firing area C will be affected. /Firing practice as under will be
carried out tomorrw:-)
(a) Anti-aircraft Aring practice on the south, east and west coasts of the Island between 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. Firing areas B. C and D will be affected.
(b) Heavy gun firing practice may be carried out between 4 p.m. and 10 pm. (Alternative date for practice notified for Aug. 14. Fir- ing areas D and E will be affected Firing practice as under will be carried out on Thursday:
(a) Light gun firing practice be- tween 9 a.m. and 4 pm. Firing area A will be affected. native date Aug. 23.
on this service.
Shipping between Wenchow,
shipping concerns, the smaller Shanghai, companies were practically put out Amoy, Swatow and Canton had
Ningpo. Foochow, of business. made tremendous profit before, the plained that the ban was neces The Japanese authorities ex-
Sino-Japanese hostilities. Now it sitated by military reasons and is monopolised by the Japanese.
Daval action 'concentrated DEPARTURE POSTPONED smaller ports like Wenchow, Ning- po and Chinghai.. It was learned
on
The 5.5. Fatshan has postponed It's saling from Canton Inde.hite that as military operations in some owing to undisclosed reasons of the ports have been complete, The Kaisyu Maru and the Sire the lifting of the ban would be an gane Maru of the OS.K. Line have early probability. also cancelled their sailing untu further notice.
MERCHANTS HIT
The effects of the ban on coastal However. China is by no means navigation were insignificant from isolated from the outside world. a financial point of view, the loss Junks are still running the Jap-to navigation companies being énése blockade through Sha Tu trivial compared to the loss of Chung, St Kiang, Wenchow and business sustained by local Chinese Ningpo but these outlets are con-provision stores dealing in native stantly interrupted by Japanese products obtained from coast
gun-boats.
ROYAL SOVEREIGN
OFF BERBERA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940. -PAGE 11
P. & O. S. N. CO.
RAJPUTAN
We have a Sailing Homewards ABOUT THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST 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 route and the route and all sailings are subject to cancellation change or deviation with or without notice..
Passengers are requested-to-ragister their requiramente but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.
Details may be obtained from
ports Stocks, of wine from Shao- shing, ham from Wenchow, fruits |from southern ports were depleted
and could not be replenished.
It was learned that the boom LONDON, August 19 (Reuter)-made by the Chinese military au- HM.S. Royal Sovereign, 29,000thorities in Ningpo by the sinking ton British battleship, has an of all available boats proved a chored off Berbera, says Stefan costly and ineffective operation, p,¿ Q8UILDING CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG the Italian news agency.
since the authorities have to de-
fray to the owners the cost of the crafts sunk. In a frantic effort to
HEALTH RETURNS erect the boom quickly to stem the The following is the Return of tide of Japanese invasion by sear| notifiable diseases notified as hav- the Chinese authorities even re- Altering occurred in the Colony dur-sorted to the commandeering of ing the 48 hours, ended at mid-vessels in dry dock which were sent (b) Anti-aircraft firing practice night on August 13:-Diphtheria, to the boom. Among these ill- on the south, east and west coasts two cases; Enteric Fever, eight fated vessels it is believed was the of the Island between 9 a.in, and 4
cases; Dysentery, nine Firing areas B, C and D will Tuberculosis, 42 cases. p.m.
cases: 5. Karsten, a former German be affected.
shipping boat.
Light gun firing practice be- tween 6 pm. and midnight on Fri-
day. Firing areas D and E will be UHINA NAVIGATION
affected..
·
Light gun firing practice be- tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 25. Firing area C will be affected.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 20 to 28 Aug 1940.
Week
Dats of
Height
Height,
HIGH WATER
LOW WATER
Hoog
Hong
Kong
Kong
Standard
Time.
Standard
Time
b. sa.
b. m. 1. In.
Tues. 20
1035
6 6
0404
2
KING'S BUILDING
Telephone 30291. General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITĘ STAR LINE
23.26
4 1655
Wed.' 21
1100
6 3 04.44
23 47
54 1726
ΤΑ
Thur. 22
11 32
59
05 25
2.6
1753
2 3
Fri. 23 :00 08
06 08
30
11 58
5 4
18 19
2 8
Sat. 24. 00 29
5'8
-06 57
3.2
12 26
& O
18.40
30
Sun.
95
00 59
67
08/4
3 3
13 13
14 5'
18 58
3 3
Mön. 26
01.44
68
09 28
33
14 34 4 1.
1967
36
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA"
Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towne-
ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.
-NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.
For Freight or Passage apply to :-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Tel No. 303
Agents.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
SÁILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN
(Sallings temporarily, suspended) “
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For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Frequent and Regular Failinge for
"SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHAI, TAKOTAO," WEIBALSEI,
Cazroo and TIBATSIN.
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HAIPHONG.
CANTOF
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SINGAPORE)... „PORT. SWETTENHAM_and_ Fenawol
For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. please apply to:-~-
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BANK LINE(CHINA)LTD
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NEXT BAILINGS THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST AND 2ND WEEK SEPT
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· NEXT SAILING END OF OCTOBER.
for Mauritius, Rension, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban and Cape Ports,
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NEXT BAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER
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· HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (in 21 Days) THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE, TACOMA & SEATTLE.
NEXT SAILING 4TH WEEK AUGUST,
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For Freight or Passage on any of the above lines apply
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Following sailing third week September
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