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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS Seven Cases Of NEW EXPEDITION

All Air Express Cargo Rates Reduced

The following information was; because of this fast service-bun- released yesterday:-

Cholera

Seven eases of cholera were re- ported in the Colony on Tuesday, bringing the total of this" year's cases to 254.

Seven cases of enteric fever and

TH

TO GREENLAND

Study Of Ice-Cap And Glacier

The third of a series of expedi-

dreds of pounds of anti-tetanus, one case of measles were also retions to West Greenland, sent out The local 'representatives of anti-gangrene serum, chloroform, ported. Pan-American Airways Company (ether, and other medical supplies Returns for the week ended mid-tion Club,, left England recently. have announced that effective with have been rushed by Clipper tonight Saturday show the following Flight 232, scheduled to depart aid China's war wounded and bomb figures:-

from Hong Kong on August 8, all victims-countless other shipments Cholera, 2 cases, 28 deaths; air express cargo rates from Hong such as press photographs, com-diphtheria, 4 cases; enteric fever, 26 Kong to Manila, Quam, Honolulu, mercial documents, blueprints, cases, 5 deaths; mensies, 8 cases, 4 and San Francisco have been re-specifications, cll samples, bridal deaths; chicken-pox. 1 case; duced considerably.

outfits and even feathers have cerebro-spinal meningitis. 8 cases, crossed the Pacific to speed foreign 7" deaths: dysentery. 24 cases, 4 trade and defeat its greatest deaths; rables (animal) 1 case; enemy--time.

and 92 deaths of tuberculosis.

Previously the cost per pound of shipping parcels by Clipper from Hong Kong to San Fran cisco was U.S.$4.48. This has been

reduced to U.S.12.19! Similarly, the Hong Kong- Maulla rate of U.S.S0.34 per pound has been reduced to U.S.$0.37; Hong Koor to Guam, from U.S.$1.67 to U.S. $0.90 per pound; Hong Kong. Honolulu from US$3.28 to U.S.$1.59 per pound.

Since the inauguration of Clip- per service to Hong Kong, Eir ex- press has proved to be a boon to foreign firms in the Orient, för all types of commodities, samples, perishable goods, bouillon, articles of high intrinsic value, documents, etc.. have been shipped between Hong Kong and the United States by this means.

EASTERN HEALTH

It is anticipated that these new cheap rates will prove to be a de finite stimulus to present and pro-Ports for the week ending July 23 The Health Bulletin on Eastern spective usera of Pan-American Airways' international air express states:-

ervice.

240 AIRPORTS

There are 240 airports in the Pan-American Airways system and Hong Kong ranks sixth on the list In the collection of re- venue via air express. This rating is derived from pound- age cost not volume. Over a thousand pounds of newsreel film and news photos has been shipped via this service since the first of the year.

In the near future with the ar- Swatow embroidery "merchants [rival of the new Boeing (72 passer- have realized valuable trade advan-ger planes) transports on the San tages from use of air express in Francisco to Hong Kong run, air the forwarding of their samples to express will be a still greater help United States markets--newsreel to business. Today, the approxİ- .cameramen covering the Sino-mate express load carried via Pari-

Amexrican's present Clippers is Japanese war have forwarded thou sands of feet of newsreel film, one ton. The new Boeing Clippers which is shown one week later in are capable of carrying two and American motion picture houses | pre-half tons of express.

TEST FLIGHTS COMPLETED

Air France Plane Arrives

HONG KONG-HANÓI SERVICE NEXT WEEK

Arriving at Kai Tak Airport at 12.01 p.m. yesterday from Hanoi an

Air France · Fakker plane completed the last of three test flights carried out on the Hong Kong-Hanol line.

Ufficials of the Company stated that regular service on this line will be inaugurated on August 10.

The tri-motored Fokker plane was piloted by Captain M. Carlou and also had on board M. Hatzin- ger, chief engineer, and M. Montel. radio operator,

AMBASSADOR

ARRIVES

Guest Of Governor

Cholera-Allahabad

1.

by the Oxford University Explers-

It is intended to carry out meteorological and glaciological work on the Sukkertoppen Ice Cap, north of Evighed's Fjord in latitude 68 deg. on the west coast of Green- land. The personnel of the ex- pedition consists of:-

J. C G. Sugden (glaciologist) and P. G. Mott (surveyor), who will set as joint lenders. J. A. Adderly (surveyor), E W. Etlenné (meteoro- logist), T. H. Kershaw (geologist), M.T.C. Sadier (meteorologist), and J. H. Radford (surveyor), and

M. Scott and K Hay, who will fol Cawnlow out later from Denmark. pore 21. Delhi 3 Calcutta 15, The main party, salled from Madras 1, Hanoi 8, Macao 57, Hong Leith in the steam yacht Valhal Kong 48. Canton 5, Shanghai 505, (68 tons). Swatow 8.

Small-pox:-Bombay 4, Calcutta

...

PRINCIPAL OBJECTS

16. Madras 35. Rangoon 1. Saigon Cholon 3, Hong Kong 3, Shanghal 6.

|

In general the objects of the ex-

may be summed up pedition follows:

RESTRICTIONS

Quarantine restrictions have been imposed by the Government of Japan against arrivals from Hong Kong on account of cholera.

BANDITS BEING ROUNDED UP Chinese troops have recently been: carrying cut mopping-üp | operations against bandits on the border of Kwangtung and Kwang-

51.

The bandits were said to have been several hundred strong, but this number, it is reported, has now been greatly reduced. The leader, Soo Yau-wo, was shot dead on July 23 in a gun battle."

Efforts are now being made to round up the rest of the bandits.

MAY

At Mountain Lodge KWANGTUNG

His Excellency Sir Archibald NOT EXPERIENCE

FLOOD THIS YEAR

Clark Kerr. British Ambassador to

China, arrived in Hong Kong from

Canton yesterday in H.M.S. Gicals. A salute of 21 guns was fired in welcome upon his arrival.

Floods may not occur in Kwang- tung this year, according to the opinion of the engineering experts

To set up a "permanent" meteorological station at the 'centre of the Sukkertoppen Ice Cap. This will consist of two tents, one for living in and one " to house the instruments,

Nearby a shaft 20ft deep wil be dug in the ice for measuring the density at various depths, from which may be calculated the precipitatión which has ac-. cumulated from one winter to the next.

The shaft will also offer an opportunity to study the struc- ture of the ice. Temperature measurements below the sur face will show how slowly heat spreads to the lower layers....

The meteorological work will be concerned with finding the amount of radiation absorbed by the snow surface, and the degree of ablation-melting and evaporation, of the snow— during the simmer. For this work it will be necessary to keep a record of wind velocity. humidity and temperature of the air at different levels above the ground:"

To get the instruments up to the higher levels a 20ft bain- boo serve a wireless -mast-will be used.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1938.-PAGE 7

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mast which will also VALUE OF

KNOWLEDGE

The Ambassador is staying at of the River Conservancy Bureau

Similar measurements and in- Mountain Lodge with His Ex- who were sent to inspect the vestigations have been carried out

cellency the Governor and will dykes of the provincial rivers and by Norwegian and Swedish scient- OF LANGUAGES

leave for Shanghai tomorrow by to study the Bood water condi-ists in Spitzbergen, and on the the Empress of Asia.

tion.

Vatnajokull in Iceland, and it will The dykes are still intact while be of particular interest to com the flood waters were not páre results with those obtained

by other expeditions

LAST TRAIN FROM cherous as tr. former years

HANKOW

It is therefore thought that Kwangtung may be immune from floods this year: but precautions are still being adopted.

The value modern languages s emphasised of knowledge of

by the Mayor of Crosby, Mr. J. Mason-Guttridge, when he presen- ted the prizes. at the speech day of --Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, recently.

MOVEMENT OF GLACIERS A further problem which will be investigated deals with the move-

The Mayor. a governor of the ments of the glaciers. A series of school, WAS deputising for the well-defined points-artificial, of Bishop of Warrington, Dr. Jones, otherwise across the full width of who was absent because of Indis-, a glacier, will be observed with a theodolite at frequent intervals for several days and in varying cilma- tic conditions.

RECLAMATION FOR REFUGEES

Representatives of the Fuklen

Kuomintang

It is also hoped to make use of Provincial

head-

the Wild photo-theodolite, an in- quarters have been investigating a

strument for taking scientifically plot of land in Tehwa County in directed photographs from which Fukien over 95,000 mows in area a detail map of the glacier will be with a view to turning it over for

made. reclamation by war refugees.

position.

There was, he said, a sound Burpose in learning modern languages. From a commercial point of view Spanish was pro- bably

the most important, for it was the speech of all the South American countries,

More than 250 passengers. including many foreigners M.. Carlou stated that the plane; arrived at the Kowloon Rail- left Hanoi at 6 a.m. and for three

way Station from Hankow at hours of the journey was flown by 8.30 a.m. yesterday on one of instruments alone, the pilot's visi- the last of the trains leaving bility being mil. The frst two

Hankow with foreign evacuees. hours to the Journey was covered

The train was one hour behind at various altitudes between 5,000

schedule, having left the Hankow feet and 8,000, feet,"

station at 10 p.m. on Sunday. The weather experienced during

time.

Among the foreigners on very stormy. Over the Gulf of Tongking, wea. train, were:-Mr. D. McKillop (of ther conditions became worse, the British Embassy), Mr. Foss, Mr. forcing the plane to come down to Lending, Wing Commander Malley, within several hundred feet of the Mr. R. E. Moon, Messrs. Rowland, drawn up and overseas Chinese lite at stated intervals, the long-was more difficult to make good

a break in Hannach, Coloratsky, the Rev. will be invited to

Gatti. Mrs. Kolis, Miss Verde and sister, and Miss Gulevitch.

this

was

sea before there was the clouds.

When the regular service will be inaugurated on August 10, a Dewol tine plane, the fastest aeroplane' in the Far East, will make the trip.

the

No aeroplanes were sighted on the way from Hankow, and except for the crowded train, the journey was no different from one made.

KWANGTUNG TAX in peace-time.

REDUCTION

A reclamation scheme is being

ments,

make invest-

REFUGLE RELIEF IN CANTON According to a weekly report

Canton last week. Of this number 10 belonged to bombed, areas here and

In addition, by taking a series

with which Britain had a huge business.

#

of pictures with the photo-theodo- There never was a time when it

term movements of a glacier will in any of the professions or in be accurately shown,

business. To be a success one had to get out of the rut with some thing different, That was 'why languages were well worth while.

SHIPPING

MOVEMENTS

*B.8. BHUTAN

8.5. TANDA

The P. & O S.N. Company's 5.5. More than 30. Chinese students, A passenger sald that the issued by the Canton Refugees Re- Bhutan left Singapore on August most of them college graduates, foreign population in Hankow was lef Committee yesterday, 107 war 2. and is due here on August 7 at will sail from Shanghai for the The Kwangtung Provincial in no hurry to evacuate and there refugees were given shelter in about 6 alm.

|United States during August and Finance Department has approved had been no rush to secure special

early in September in order to the petition of merchants for re-accommodation on, this train.

| Join American universities. The duction of business taxes. A re- There were still more than 1,000

The Eastern & Australian 8.8. departing scholars will proceed to duction of 10 per cent. will be given foreigners in the capital

A total sum of $200 was dis- | Company's as. 'Tanda `will leave Atherica

student parties for the first, second and third quar- Also on board the train were tributed for clothing expenses dur- Hong Kong for Shanghai. Moil. organized under the auspices of ters of the 17th scal year, while three British naval ratings, P. Oling the same week Twenty-eight Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya and Yoko-the Chinese Students World Fe- 15 per cent. will be deducted for Prince, A. B. King and A. Bwar waifs were sent to the Found-hama on or about Thursday. Aug. deration, which la now expecting the fourth quarter of the year. Bryant.

|ling Horie in Hong Kong. i 4. at 2 pm.

more entries.

97 were from other provinces.

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1 "MUST WRITE OUT A

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FOUNTAIN PEN

DEPT.

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JAPANESE FAIL TO GAIN GROUND

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

Canton, August 3. Because Cantonese troops, commandṣd. by Gen- eral Hin yun are defending the sectors south of Kluklang, Japanese forces operating on the south bank of the Yangtze River, failed to gain any ground up to early this morning, according to a report from General Li's headquarters.,

Although Einklang in the hands of the Japan- ese, is only eight-hours steaming from Hankow, Ja. panese warships dare not advance without the sup- port of troops in occupation of the two banks of the river. Military operations on the banks are difficult. far mechanized units, as the terrain is muddy and low-lying: "

The Japanese invasion of Namoa Island is in tended as a check for Kwangtung troops to the Yangtze Valley, but no "such reinforcements from the south are necessary'.'