HONGKONG DAILY "PRESS
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
TO SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
vix SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU
.......
B.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"
S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
SS. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE”
Nov. 17 Dec. 7 Dec. 28
To NEW YORK and BOSTON
via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,
BOMBAY and GAPETOWN
SS. "PRESIDENT ADAMS"
S.S. "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN"
́S.S. "PRESIDENT JACKSON”
Nov. 22
Dec. 10
Dec. 16
To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
via YOKOHAMA
SS. "CITY OF NORFOLK"
Nov. 17
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N.Y.K. LINE
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu,
ASAMA MANU (starts from Kobe) Wednesday, 27th Nov. TATUTA MARU (starts from S'hai.), Friday, t th Dec. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER Starts from Kobe)
HELAN MARU
Tuesday, 3rd Dec.
SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) "via Hilo & San.
Francisco.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.
Wednesday,
MADRAS via Saigon (Cargo for Saigon accepted)
BOMBAY via Singapore, & Colombo.
TIGHTENING OF
BLOCKADE
LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter, From Monday next all ships to and from Byr'a. French West Africa, Liberia, Portuguese Guinea. Madagascar and the Reunion will have to have nævicerts from the British Ministry of Economic Warfan
FLED FROM NAZIS, NOW IN SINGAPORE
A Dutch businessman, “who has gone through hell' as a rÙ- sult of the war and who, after miraculously escaping to Lon- don. is now on his way back to the Netherlands to pick up his business and relatives, is in Singapore.
He is Mr. J. Levi, and his experiences related below read Hike Action. 4,
As in the other areas, lature His troubles started in May this to comply with the regulations year when Germany invaded Hal means that the master of the ship land. On the eve of the invasion,
what as well as the owners and char-"nobody understood terers may be denied the use of happening," he said. "It was be any British control facilities.
DI
capsize, any moment.
And to-
wards the end of the fourth day they saw three or four planes was again, and though they managed to light a fire, this falled to at- tween 7, and 7.30 pm, when we tract attention once again. were told we had to surrender and then there was a stampede to the harbour to get out at all cost.
PICKED UP BY SHIP Exhausted, the party entered on
its fifth day of trials with no hope. When everything seemed lost, the woman" very brave woman”.......... said she sighted a ship and by shouting in unison they managed to attract attention. Luckily it
Was British ship, and they were taken in and eventually landed in Fagland.
were sailors
EXTENSION OF BAN
ON ALLIED SHIPS The harbour was blockaded and
it was not so easy to get a boat. The lack of guarantee of the
Tied up in the harbour, how Immunity
Allied ships and
ever, was a rowing boat and into planes
from Interference -bas
this jumped a party of seven con- prompted the extension, on Tues-sisting of Mr. Levi, five other men day, of the ban on Allled shipping and a woman. It was only after calling on Kwongchowwan..
they were in the boat that the As there are more than 60 Allied party realised, there wasn't a
Tam moved to tears even Dow ships under charter to the Jap salior amongst them, but yet in anese in the Far East, and as all desperation they rowed en. For when I recall how nice the English to us," he said these are covered by the ban, the tunately. however, the woman of Japanese stand to lose financially the party, with the aid of the sun, feelingly, and added that they lavishly entertained On over the refusal to grant clear-managed to locate the north-west were anges for Indo-China ports.
course and the men in turn took board and made to feel very com- fortable. "In fact, their hos- There was no food to speak of, pitality was too much for us that water was practically n. We had occasion to protest." he They managed the first day sald. (Malaya Tribuïe). without anything to eat or drink and in the second struck upon a sunken ship from which managed to redeem some "dirty"! water and pieces of hard bread.
THE WEATHER Maximum temperature yester- day was 75 and the minimum 63.
Total rainfall since Jan. 1 is 117.32 against an' average of 83.18. The Royal Observatory report states:---
the cars.
and
they :
The anti-cyclone covers China This they rationed amongst them- and the neighbouring seas, and is selves and the pieces of bread again increasing in intensity.
were more precious to them than
The depression is moving east ward across Hokkaido.
Fressure remains low over the southern Philippines Caroline Islands.
and .the
the dearest metal in the world, Mr. Levi sald...
Ship Construction Plans Of Germany Completely Stopped By R.A.F. Attacks
LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter) An article in the Atlanta Constitution NO HELP FROM PLANES
of the 9th states; "Evidence of Towards the close of the second the effectiveness of RAF. bomb- day, they saw planes of the bombing, attacks in Germany is found WEATHER REPORT type overhead and signalled to in the Technical Journal of the
them desperately, bút though the German Shipbuilding Industry, planes came nearer and nearer "The Journal of course, makes they failed to render any assis- no reference to the R.A.F. nor does bance. The night was very cold it even whisper about the bomb- and one or two amongst them ings of German shipbuilding who had brought, their winter yards
Hongkong Royai Observatory
10 a.m., Nov. 14. Barometer, (at sea level), 30,16 ins Temperature, 70 F. Humidity, 57 per cent, Wind Direction, E/N. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Temperature: maximum yesterday
75 F
Temperature; minimum last night.
63 F.
Rainfall for 24 hrs ending 10th
today, nil Total rainfall since January 1st
117.32 30s.
+ SAGAMI MARU
(starts from Kobe) Sunday, NEW YORK vià Japan & Panama.
*AWATA, MARU
Tuesday,
1st Dec.
19th Nov.
KAMO MARU
27th Nov.
End of Nov.
Saturday. Tuesday,
30th Nov. 10th Dec.
Sunday,
17th Nov.
Thursday,
2 th Nov.
4 p.m., Nov. 14. Barometer (at sea level), 30.05 ins.
Temperature, 71 F. »
Sunday,
24th Nov.
Tursday,
Friday
76th Nov. 20th Dec.
Tuesday,
ANYO MARU
* ONCE MARU
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore
* NAGATO MARU
* PENANG MARU
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
SUWA MARU
ATUTA MARU
NITTA MARU KITANO MARU
* Cargo only.
24th Dec.
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NEXT SAILING
EARLY IN JANUARY, 1941.
For Freight, or Passage apply to:-
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SAMLINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN
(Sailings temporarily suspended)
*KWANGCHOWWAN HONGKONG SERVICE
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articulars of Freight & Passage apply to:--
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Against an average of, 83.18 ins. Sunset tonight 5.41 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.36 am.
Humidity, 51 per cent.
Wind Direction, E/8.
Wind Force (Beaufort),
Maximum temperature, 75-F. Minimum temperature, 63 F. Rainfall, nil.
HONG KONG-TIDE TABLE From 15 to 21 Nov. 1940.
HIGH WATER.
Deva of
EP.K
Dats of
Month:
Bunk
Kodz
Stanilan Time.
2016
Neight.
*n[#ik{
HOW WATE*
Honz
Копк
Staniard
Time
The In 311
Fri.
13
09:57
3·4 0334,
20
1458
3 4
Sat. 18
10 RA
13 304-11
17
San 17
21::0 7 94 21 18 151 250
1595
5
0430
.5
1848
18 7
Vion. 18
Tues. TA
50
05 31
15
7 9
· 10-15
18 9
12 55
Wed. 20
Thar, 31
40 2210 7.9 1365 4.8 23-66 17.5
1400 140
0818
1.5
07:6 1755
10
14 6.
1243 22.30
16 40 07.021 1711
coats shared them amongst the "However, it does announce that others, and so they were protect the largest ship construction pro- ed from the biting cold.
gramme ever undertaken by Ger- "As long as there is life, there many has been completely stop- is hope," the party decided, said ped." Mr. Levi, and they rowed on and towards the end of the third day they saw some birds and thinking To prevent people from licking that they were near some coast or news of the sailing of ships, the "departure" signal other, they rowed harder, but it hoisting of was of no avail. They entered flags on ships
within into rough sea and their vessel Hongkong
two hours is was tossed about by the angry now prohibited by the Harbour waves and they feared It might authorities.
about to leave
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