HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES
via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU
.S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"
SS. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'
S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"
Jan. 19
Feb. 5
Feb 22
To NEW YORK and BOSTON
via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,
BOMBAT and CAPETOWN
Feb. 9
Mar. 23
Mar. 23
P.A.A. TO ADMINISTER
AN ISLAND
For the first time in the his- tory of the United States. the government of a territory or other area has been officially placed in the hands of an airline.
H
YORK COMMODITY MARKET
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941. ---PAGE 11
NEW
(REUTER'S SERVICE) ·
NEW YORK, Jan, '14, 1941...
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New York Cotton, March New York Rubber, March Chicago Wheat, May Chicago Corn, May New York Hides, March VEW YORK COTTON January
De
the
March
the
This was recently announced in Washington, D.C.. by the partment of the Interior of United States Government when It was stated that the adminis tration of Canton Island, in South Pacific, had been trans ferred to Pan American Airways. Previously the responsibility for maintaining American, sovereignty had been entrused to Hawallan
colonists
May July October December
Prev. Today's High Low Close Close Change 10.48 10.39 10.48 10.40 .08 of 19.90 19.89 20.00b 19.89 11 off 87-1/4 86-3/8 86-3/4 87-1/8 up 62-3/4 62-1/4 62-1/8 62-3/4 13.20 13.14 13.44 13.25
up
19 of
Close
10.37 N
Opening 10.28b
Closing
Change
10.29 N
.08 ...off
10.48/48
10.43/43
10.40/41
.08. off
10.49/50
10.48/47
10.40/40
.00 off
10.39/39
10.37/37
10.31/31 .08 of
9.91/81
9.86/80
9.87/88".. 9.84/84
9.83,83
.08 of
9.79/78
.07 off
Total sales Monday:-75,500 bales: NEW YORK RUBBER
March ..................... 20.00b/02a May
19.90/90
Canton Island is a base on Fan July New contract)... 19.77 N American's new route from Cali
S.S. "PRESIDENT MONROE"
S.S. "PRESIDENT GRANT” 5.8. "PRESIDENT JACKSON"
To: MANILA
ed
Jan. 29
Feb. 15
Feb. 26
S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND" S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE" S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIK
AND UNITED AIR LINES
12, PEDDER ST,
TEL 28171.
N.Y.K. LINE
fornia to New Zealand and be.. an overnight stop cause it 1$ for the big flying boats, the Unit- States Government decided the airline should administer the affairs of the island.
UNCLAIMED
TELEGRAMS
The following telegrams from Shanghat are awaiting claimants at the office of the Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited):- Lock Kwel Fong, 64 Village Road: Wu Pak Kee. 411 Mee Chow Hotel; Nan Ka Kam Kee: Chang Sik Hong, c/o Luk Kwok Hotel; Eunice Yu, 299 Prince Edward Road: Loo Chul Lan, 27 Yuk Sau. St. 2nd F.
19.806/20.05a 19.89/90
September (ditto)
19.82 N
.11 off 19.85b/93a 19.75b/808 15 off unquoted 19.656/69% .12 off unquoted 19.50 N .12 of
Total sales:-71 tons.
Straits,
CHICAGO WHEAT
May July
...................
867/867
861/861
821/821-
821/821
September
828/822
871/871 0-3/8 up 821/82) 0-1/8 off 821/82
Monday's sales:-7,836,000 bushels CHICAGO CORN
May July
September
NEW YORK HIDES March June
11
0-5/8 up 0-1/4 up
821/631
621/62)
621/621 62/62
621/621
2
A
13.44, 44 13.20/20
13.36/42 13.12/13.
13.25/25 13.04/05
.19 of .16 off
Total sales for the day-164 contracts. „, NEW YORK COCOA
March May
WEATHER REPORT NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 3:
Hongkong Royal Observatory
March May
RAJPUTAN
CREENOCK
0-1/4 off
823/821. 621/621 *621/621 0-1/8 up
€
.77b/7718 .80/.801
.014 up .01
up
P. & O.. S. N. CO.
Passenger & Cargo Sailings
to
Ceylon, India, East & South Africa
&
United Kingdom.
B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.
Passenger & Cargo 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 porta 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 register their requirements present circumstances sailings are perforce
dut under restricted.
Details may be obtained from
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO
1960 BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD GENTRAL, HONGKONG
PHONE 27721.
5.06/06 5.13. N
5.03b/07a Jl. 5.10b/13a
5.03 N 5.09 N
-.03 Off .04 off
10 am. Jan. 15. Barometer (at sea levei), $0.23 ins. Temperature, 66 F.
2.00b/ola 2.05b/05a
2,00b/01a 2.05/06a
unch.
Humidity, 73 per cent.
Wind Direction, E/S"
Volume of business done:-126 lots NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 4:
March MRY
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
YAWATA MARU ASAMA MARU
+
28th Jan.
Tuesday, Tuesday, 1th Feb.
SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)
HEIAN MARU
Saturday, 25th Jan. SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo & San
Francisco.
• SAKURA: MARU (starts from Kobe) Saturday, NEW YORK via Japan & Panama
NOZIMA MARU-
Thursday, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila,
SUWA MARU
Wednesday,
Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. Temperature: Maximum yesterday
67 F.
Temperature: minimum last night.
61 F..
Q
Rainfall for 24 hrs.. ending, luto
today, nil.
.751/.76 *751b/.76ła
.20/.80 .795/.79ja Volume of business done:-97 lots NEW YORK COFFER FUTURES 11:13/20 ...1115b/20a 34-3/4
March July
NY. Official Silver
Total rainfall since January 1st, NY-London Cross Rate 4.03-3/4
0.45 ins
Against an average of, 0.36 ins.
4 p.m., Jan. 15. "
26th Jan."
30th Jan.
Sunset tonight 6.00 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7.08 1.2
29th Jan.
• MURORAN MARU
Wednesday, 2nd Jan." (Cargo accepted for Haiphong & Saigon)
Monday,
3rd Feb.
HAIPHONG, SAIGON & MADRAS
* TOTTORI MARU
(Not calling at Haiphong).
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore"
·HARUNA MARU
* TOYAMA MARU
* TOBA MARU
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
Tuesday,
Tuesday.
28th Jan. 11th Feb.
Tuesday, 28th Jan.
Wednesday, 22nd Jan.
Tuesday, Tuesday,
28th Jan, 11th Feb.
KAMO MARY
YAWATA MARU
ASAMA MARU
Cargo only.
Complete Information From Your Agent or:
NIPPON YUSEN
KAISYA
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
N.Y.K. King's Building
Barometer (at sea level), 30.14 ins.
Temperature, 65 F.
Humidity, 70 per cent
Wind Direction. E/S. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Maximum temperature, 68 F. Minimum temperature, 81 F. Rainfall, nil.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 16 to 22 Jan. 1941.
HIGH WATER.
Month
Height.
LOW WATER
Hong
Kong
Standard Time
Haight.
Hong
Ковр
Standard Tim".
b. m.
thin
b. m.
Thur. 16
11 65.
4 9
05-32
0 5
23 07
7 8
1637
2 A
Fri.
17
12 37.
8 1
06 11
07
23 56
7 2:
1728
3 0
Sat, 18
08 48
1 2
1324
12
18 21
31
Telephone 30291.
D.
10
00 49
!B 4!
07 27
18
1412.
84
1999
3 2
Mon. 20
01 54
5 6
18.11
12 2
15:08
21.11.
Tues 21
0323
49
08 67
16 09 159 23 07
Wed. 22
04 68
44
09 58
17 10
16 1
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA
Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns-
ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.
NEXT SAILING
EARLY IN MARCH, 1941.
For Freight or Passage apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Tel. No. 30332.
Agents,
1. Connaught Road.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.
BAILINGS FOR SWATOW. AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sallings temporarily suspended)
KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGKONG SERVICE
Weekly sailings from Hong Kong
"
For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to:-
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,
1.
11.15b/25a 11.19b/25a-
11,15b/238
12 up
11.15b/18aunch.
34-3/4 4.03-3/4
BURNS PHILP LINE
Passengeri & Freight Service To
AUSTRALIA
ORINA ́NAVIGATION
COMPANY. LIMITED.
Frequent and Regular Sailings for
45
SWATOW, AKOY, SHANGHAI, TOINGTAO, WEZHAIWEI,
CHITOO and TIENTAIN.
KWANGCHOWWAN and Hot
HAIPHONG
CANTON (Weekly sailing)
TOURANE, SAIGON and BANGIDI.
SINGAPORE
POET SWETTINEAM and "PENANG"
SAIGON, MIEI, SANDakan, Madang, Salamava, Babaul,
TULARI, GIZO and LORENGAU,
For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. please apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
TELEPHONE.NO, 30331
BANK LINE (CHINA) LTD
AGENTS FOR
ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM an opportunity offera
AGENTS FOR
THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE
for Mauritius, Reunion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban and Cape Porta!
AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE
Regular sailings for Benton, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore.
AGENTS FOR
KLAVENESS LINE
(PACIFIC COAST-ASIATIC SERVICE) ·
HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (in 21 Days) THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE, TACOMA & SEATTLE.
NEXT SAILING 4TH WEEK IN JANUARY 1ML :**
Issuing through Ba/Lading to Guy &, ATLANTIC COAST with transhiprentat Low Avenzas by first opportunity
For Freight or Passage on any of the above lines apply
General Managers.
P. & O. Building, 5th Floor.
Tel. Nos. 28037 2 23038.
Telephone 27791
THE BANK LINE (CHINA); LTD.
We have a vessel sailing
for
Manila,
Madang,
Salamana,
Rabaul,
Sydney and
about the
Melbourne
Third week
of January.
Excellent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabins at no supplement.. Built-in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck.
Passenger & Freight Agents GIBÈ, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 285a1.
P. & O. Building.
BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE
SERVICE TO
BOSTON AND N
YORK
VA LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS,
by NEW FAST VESSELA
NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK JANUARY·
Following sailing Middle February
Additional sailing Second half March
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agents.
-li
Hong Kong. Bark Building
Telephone 28021.
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