HONGKONG DAILY PRESS®
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 13 1940. -PAGE 1)
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
TỤ SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES,
via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU
S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT”
S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
S.B. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"
Sept. 17 Oct.
Oct. 18
To NEW YORK and BOSTON
via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,
LANDLUBBER'S
GRAVE
The old sidewheel steamier Chip- pewa, which took countless vaca- tioners and one-day holiday seekers to the Lake Erie Islands has finally ended her 58 years of service on the great lakes and gune the way of many a better ship-to the junk- yard.
OFFICIAL PROTECTION FOR 3,000 SQUATTERS
About three thousand “squatters" on Singapore laland will be affected by the Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, passed
at the last Legislative Council meeting, which gives the "squatters" the right to appear before the Rent Restriction Board, in case of dispute with their landlords.
These "squatters" produce the on land formerly occupied by
The Chippewa was built in Buf-bulk of the Colony's vegetables and, "squatters."
live-stöck, falo, NY., in 1884 as a coast guard cutter, and served the treasury de- partment on the lakes until 1910, when she was rebuilt at Manitowne, Wis. and converted for passenger service.
Just now there are over thirty against "squatters," A large number of them, how-summonses ever, are just "trespassers on the but the bill which will have retro- spective erfect from July 1, will land they occupy.
give the "squatters" protection-
Malaya Tribune).
The others pay from fifty cents to $3 a month to occupy the land For the next 15 years she plied they eke a living from. They between Sault Ste. Marie and build their own houses and farm Mackinac Island, the property of the land.
BOMBAY nad CAPETOWN
S.S. "PRESIDENT POLK"
Sept. 29
S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"
Oct. 18
the Arnold Transportation Co. In 1923 she was sold to Lake. Erle in-
Tɔ SINGAPORE & PENANG
8.8. "CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS"
Sept. 25
S.S. "CITY OF NORFOLK"
Oct. 27
To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
DIRECT
S.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES"
via Yokohama.
Sept. 18.
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Beginning of Oct.
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21st Sept.
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NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940,
For Freight or Passage apply to--
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
There is "get. another class Of "squatter" who occupies Crown
terests and began her service be- land, but the Government has tween Sandusky. Put-in-bay, Pelee given an assurance that if ever
-island and the Canadian Main-
NOTICE TO MARINERS
A Press Notice issued by the land. in all her island service she the need arises to eject a "squat- was commanded by Capt. Victor ter." adequate comperisation will Hon. Commdr. F. G. Hole, Har- Brown, veteran Lake Skipper.
REPLACED
In 1938 the Chippewa was tied up and replaced by a smaller boat because she could not measure up in efficiency to either newer boats or, the automobiles that took vaca tioners everywhere they wanted to Go,
be paid to him.
PROFITEERING
1b
In recent months there has “been a tendency for owners of land occupied by "squatters" to increase the land renta, or elect the occupiera. This was
bour Master, Hongkong, "states that on and after Sept. 3, 1940 all foreign ships of more than 75 tons entering Singapore will have their bolds "sighted by officers-of- the Examination Service before being allowed to leave the Examination Centre at Singapore. Unable to sell her for fur-
to a large measure, It is stated that the examina- ther service on the lakes the due to the fact that there was an tion is expected to take only a owners finally let go to the sal-increased demand for smaller short time and masters of vessels vagers, who cut her hull down for tenements, and people were pre- are advised to have the hatched a barge, sold the rest of the tronpared to pay larger rents for the open in order to facilitate and for scrap, and offered many fix right to build temporary houses expedite the sighting tures and parts for sale souvenirs.
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The Chippewa was one of the. last walking beam, side wheel steamers to sail the lakes. A few others remain, but most of them are tied up at Lake Erie ports, waiting similar fates unless some profitable use other than excur sion sailing can be found.
WEATHER REPORT
Hongkong Royal Observatory. 10 am, Sept. 12. Barometer, (at sea level), 29 88 ins. Temperature, 77 F... Humidity, 91 per cent.
Wind Direction, calm
Wind Force (Beaufort), Temperature: Maximum yesterday,
7 F.
Temperature; minimum last night
76 F.
Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th
today. 0.56 iris.
Total rainfall since January 1st.
110.80 ins
Against an average of, 71.34 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.30 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.09 a.m.
4 p.m., Sept. 12. Barometer lat sea level), 29.80 ins Temperature, 81 F.
Humidity, 78 per cent.
Wind Direction, ESE, Wind Force (Beaufort), 3.
Maximum temperature, -82 F. Minimum temperature, 75 F. Rainfall, ni.
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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 13 to 19 Sept. 1940
HIGH WATER.
Dats of
Month
11
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Япод
Bong
Standard
··LOW WATER,
Bien
Hong
Kong.
Time
Standard
jft. in. h. m.
87
Height.
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06 56
00141 44
20 37
1341
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Sat. 34
07 47.
6 J 0119 3 9
Sun. 15
Mon 16
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35
21 27H 09 14
1444
20
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15 10
Taes 17
09 49
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03 18
12 0
29 11
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1544
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10 94
64
03 55
12 6
22 37
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FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER
(Omitting Honolulay
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