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Port To Be
Closed For 3 Nights
81 Japanese Ships Sunk In 1940
Chinese mines hit and sank 81 Japanese war vessels of different sizes in the Yangtse last year, announced Admiral Chen Shao-
Black-out Measures kwan. Chief of Naval Headquarters, in his review of Chinese naval By Harbour Dept.
operations for 1940,
Among the enemy ships destroy-
A Harbour Department notifica. ed were 19 large and medium-sized LAND RECLAMATION tion issued yesterday states that transports, alone medium-sized black-out exercises will take place warships. two merchantmen,
BUREAU CREATED
43
on the nights of Feb. 28/27, 27/28 steam launches. six large tug- As a measure to promote pro- and Feb. 28-March 1, 1941.
boats and one small steamer. Jap-duction, the Ministry of Agricul 1-In these exercises the black-anese ships damaged or whose de-ture and Forestry has created" a out will automatically commence stuction has not been confirmed Land Reclamation Bureau. A set at sunset (1828 hours) on Feb, 26 are not included.
of regulations governing the d will remain in force until sunrise (0648 hours) on the mom-that
It was conservatively estimated organization and functions of the ing of March 1
Bureau was promulgated by the medium-sized Japanese when normal warship displaces 1,000 tons, a
National Government in a man- lighting and sea trafic will be re-transport or a merchantman 3,000 date yesterday.(Central News),
tens, and a steam launch
sumed.
"
from
2 (a).-External lights of every 300 to 500 tons. description on board vessels are Japan's loss in tonnage last year
On this basis WEATHER REPORT. prohibited, and all internal lights would total around 88,800 tons.
Hongkong Royal Observatory must either be extinguished or
10 m., Feb. 13. obscured so that no light is visible
Barometer (at sea level), 30.19 ins. either from above or from any
Temperature, 60 F. other direction.
any special circumstance, but! they must be screened with two thicknesses
of ordinary blue, close-woven cloth or paint.
д
TOTAL LOSS
the
Again, if a medium-sized Japan- Humidity, 66 per cent. Torches may be used to meet ese warship is worth $5,000,000, a Wind Direction, NNE
transport or a merchantman $600,- Wind Force (Beaufort), 1. DOO, a steam launch $300,000, and Temperature: Maximum yesterday.
tug-bcat $100,000, then
75 F. total loss would exceed $70,000,000. Temperature: Minimum last night To make good the loss, Japan will 58. F. have to spend a much larger sum in view of the higher replacement cost of materials, labour and other Items,
Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10LJĄ,
today, mil.
Total rainfall since January 1st.
4.08 ins,
Against an average of, 1.95 ins. Sunset tonight, 6:19 pm: Sunrise tomorrow, 6.56 am,
4 p.m.. Feb. 13..
LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED (b)-The following Ughts in the Hongkong area will be extinguish ed during the period of the black- out:-Waglan- Island, Tathong Admiral Chen said that there is Point, Cape Collinson, South really no way. of ascertaining the Lyemun, Channel Rocks, Cust quantity and value of milltary Rock, North Fairway Buoy. Cen- supplies and ordinary cargo "which tral Fairway. Buoy, South Fairway went to the bottom of the Yangtze Barometer (at sea level), 30.15 ins. Bucy, Green Island, Cheung Chau with the ships when they were Temperature, 57 F. Island Passage, and the lights at sunk by Chinese mines. the Entrances to the Yaumati, Bay Agures.
The Humidity, 67 per cent. when known, must be Wind Direction, N. Typhoon Shelter.
staggering. Between 2,000 and 3,000 Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. Japanese soldiers were drowned, Maximum temperature. 68 F though the total number of lives Minimum temperature, 57 F. lost must be higher,
| Rainfall, 0.02 ins.
Despite Japanese vigilance, Chinese "naval guerillas" slipped through enemy lines and lald
Normal lighting will be resumea on the night of March 1/2, 1941.
PORT CLOSED 3.The Fort" will be closed to all inward and outward shipping, at sunset on Feb, 26 to sunrise on Feb. 27. from sunset on Feb. 27 to close to 1,000 mines in the Yangtze sunrise on Feb. 28 and from sun-River throughout the year, caus- set on Feb. 23 to sunrise on Marching heavy damage to Japanese 1, during which periods no more- shipping. (Central News). ments of vessels, etc., will be per-
mitted inside the Port.
A restricted ferry service will KWANGSI TO BREED
BETTER HORSES
have decided
to
HONG KONG ITDE TABLE From 14 to 20 Feb, 1941.
FICH WATER,
Dats of
Daya
Month.
Hoight.
LOW WATER
Hong
Kong
Standard
Height.
Heng
Kong
Standard
Time.
Time
b.m
b. m.
32, is.
Fri.
*4
11 16 18 4
05 03
10 6
23 07
12 3
16 37
15
11 56
15 8
05 37
10
23.67
6 7
17 27
2.1
06 14
1237
57
18 2
2 2
00 14
06:47
21
13 24
5.9
19 27
24
02 00
51
07 24
2 6
14 10
5 A
20 57
2 A
03 36
48
08 13
18 22
22 47
24
Thur. 20
05.07
47
08 55
T6 34
6 2
be maintained by the Star Ferry and the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry between Hongkong and
To improve the breed of horses Sat. Kowloon subject to the provi- for military and other uses, the sions of paragraph 2 (a) which authorities
Sun. 16 includes navigation lights, and establish an additional breeding in this connexion, the prescribed centre
Man. 17 pier lights at Hongkong and here. Similar centres
at Liangfengchen near Kowloon will be permitted pre-set up
have been Tues 18 at Ishan, Tu-an and vided that such lights cannot be Kweihsien, where Mongolian and Wed. 19 seen from above and do not Arabian horses are cross bred.~ | throw any light on to the water. (Central News).
Should the "AT Raid Warn Lng Signal be given while the ferry is under way. she must proceed to the nearest safe an- chorage or pler until such time. as the "Raider's Passed" Signal | has been sounded,
MARINERS WARNED
A derelict vessel, almost sub- merged, has been reported 2.5 sighted in a position at appro- ximately Lat, 20 deg. 19 N., long.. 111 deg. 054 E, by the master of the s.s. Sapporo Maru. The post- tion is at the approaches to Hal nan Stralt.
THE WEATHER Maximum temperature yesterday was 68 and the minimum 57 com- pared with 75 and 83 on Wednes day.
Total rainfall since Jan, 1 is 4.08 inches against an average of 1.95,
The Royal Observatory report states:-
An intense anti-cyclone covers China, Japan and the neighbour- ¦ Ing seas. Pressure is relatively | low over Thailand,
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