1939-11-20 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

1940

BOOKING SHEETS NOW OPEN

For

SPRING AND SUMMER SAILINGS

Plan Your Next Year's

Home Leave Now

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

"ALSO AGENTS FOR TWA

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THE POPULAR TRANS-CONTINENTAL AIR LINE". 12, PXDDия ST.

TEL. 28171.

N.Y.K. LINE

THIS WEEK

SERVICES UNCHANGED IMMINENT DEPARTURES

FORTNIGHTLY

FORTNIGHTLY

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT

AUSTRALIA via MANILA and Way Ports.

HONOLULU, SAN FRANCISCO, and LOS ANGELES

VANCOUVER and SEATTLE,

FREIGHT ONLY

END of NOVEMBER

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE and Way Ports.

Complete Information from Your Agent or:. "NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 38291.

General passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

TATHONG CHANNEL

Minefield In Eastern OHINA NAVIGATION Approach To H.K.

Harbour

On and after Nov, 20, a Con- trolled Minefield will exist in the Tathong Channel, and passage will be prohibited whenever the signala prescribed in Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1939, ; ... Para, 2, are displayed,

These signals consisting of 3 red balls by day and 3 red lights by night, will be hoisted by the, Port War Signal Station at Cape D'Aguller and will be repeated by Patra Craft when in the vicinity, but Mariners are warned that Patrol Graft may not always be on duty.

CAUTION NECESSARY When these signals are display- ed, no vessel is to proceed north of a line drawn 060 Degrees from Capt D'Agullar or south of the Anti-Submarine Boom. As a fur- ther precaution, the "Normal Gate Open" Signals will not be hoisted for vessels departing, while the Minefield is dangerous.

COMPANY. LIMITED.

Frequent and Regular Sailings for

SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHAI TINGTAO, WAIWE,

Curroo and TESTIM

KWANGCHOWWAX, Paxnot and Horow

HAIPHONG,

CANTON,

TOURANE, SAICOs and BaxorOX,

SINGAPORE, PORT STETTENHAM and Fasano,

For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. please apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331,

THE TAI SANG S.S. Co., Ltd.

Hong Kong and Macau Service.

thick S.S. "MACAU" S.S. "KAU TUNG”

When the "Gate Open" signals have been lowered at Саге D'Aguilar, passage through the Tathong Changel safe. Great caution is 'necessary when ap- proaching the Port in weather and unless Mariners can clearly see that these signals are not holsted at the Port War Signal Station, they should assume that the Port is closed and keep well clear of the Tathong, Chan- nel.

WEATHER REPORT

HONGKONG ROYAL OBSERVATORY

10 a.m., November 19.

Barometer fat sea level), 29.97 ins.

Temperature, 73 X'.

Humidity, 85 F

Wind Direction, E

1!43

Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Temperature; maximum yesterday.

77 F. Temperatura: minimum last night

69 ** Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today, 0.03 in. Total rainfall since January 18

81.95 ins.

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Against an average of. 33.47 ins. Sunset tonight, 5,39 p.m. Sunrise tomorow, 6.38 a.m.

4 p.m., Nov. 19,

Barometer (at sea level), 29.87 ins. Temperature, 74 F.

Humidity, 82 per cent,

Wind Direction, E. Wind Force (Beaufort)' 4. Maximum temperature. 78 F. Minimum temperature. 69 F. Rainfall, nil.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 20 to 26 Nov, 1939

Week

Date of

سلم

Height

Kong

Standard Time

Height,

COMFORT

Sailing Daily

From Hong Kong

SERVICE

Sailing Daily From Hong Kong

LUXURY

From Macao

From Macao

SPEED

Wharves- LEUNG WING.

Office:-

PO TAK. Fraya Central.

THE

138, Connaught Road

PHONE 31911..

CHINA-SIAM

HONG KONG-BANGKOK

LINE.

2.0 "HIRAM” leaving Hong Kong via Kwang Chow Wan Third' week Nov.

8.5. “HELIOS" leaving Hong Kong vis Kwang Chow Wan Fourth week Nov. 18. "HELLAS" leaving Hong Kong via Kwang Chow Wan First week Dec.

Accepting Passengers & Cargo for all the above mentioned poras

HONG KONG SINGAPORE—PENANG-RANGOON

:

JI

Regular Express Service

ms. "HAI LEE”

leaving Hong Kong

"HAI HING,"

leaving Hong Kong

Fourth week Nov. First week Dec.

Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned ports.

Excellent passenger accommodation available.

HIGH WATER

LOW WATER

Bong

Hong

Kong Standard

Time,

b. m.

h. z.

Mon. 20

01 55

10 22

138

18 13

23 05

49

Tace. 21

03 40

54

11 10

29

18 38

Wed 29

05 94 18 88

6 3

0014

Tal. 30337.

62

11 55 3 0

Thur. $3

LG 33 & 2

0105

39

19 10

6 6

1235

Fri. 24

07 37

8 1

01 46

3 3

1930

70

181"

13.2

Bat. 85

05 29

A 21

03 25

2 &

19 04

174

1245

7 3

Ban, 20

09 15 2026.

15 a

03.05

19

79. 1415 (34

For freight, pamage rates and all other information---Apply to --- THORESEN & CO., LTD.

General Agents.

Queen's Building,

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1939. —PAGE 11:

P. & O. S. N. CO.

PASSENGERS AND CARGO

We have a Sailing Homewards about the

#

MIDDLE of DECEMBER.

Also Frequent Cargo Departures.

B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and

Calcutta Every Fortnight.

F. & A. S.S. CO. LTD.

Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast of Australia and Tasmania.

Also frequent sailings to Shanghai and

Japan.

All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

!

Passengers are requested to register their requirements bat under present circumstances sailings are perfo.se restricted.

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TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, "Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns- ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

At the end of December.

- For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332,

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

Agents.

1, Connaught Read.

SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN

Subject to alteration without notice

KWANGCHOWWAN HONGKONG SERVICE

Sallings Twice Weekly from Hong Kong

*

For Braight andę Pizmgs apply to pow

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

P.&O. Bulding

Surrey County Council decided to take the responsibility of reopen- ing a number of schools in recep- tion areas which are considered to need A. R. P. shelters..

What do you want?

If there is anything you want to buy or" sell,

try a small Classified advertisement in the

Hongkong Daily Press.

25 words $1.00 prepaid, for 3 insertions

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD.

AGENTS' FOR

ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO.,

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT",

LTD.

Regular sailings for LONDON, LIVERPOOL & GLASGOW as opportunity offers.

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

for Mauritius, Renuios, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban and Cape Porta INDIAN-AFRICAN LINE

Reguler sailings from CALCUTTA to EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, vis COLOMBO; Taking PASSENGERS and CARGO from Calourta & Colonno for Mombasa, Zanzibar, Beira Lourenco Marques, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay and Cape Town, For Freight or Passage on any of the above lines apply --

General Managers.

Tel. Nos, 28027 and 28039,

Telephone 27791.

THE BANK LINE (CHINA), LTD.

Details may

be obtained from

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

P&O BUILDING. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL

Proms 27721.

MONGKONG,

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE TO

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

Vu LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS, by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING MIDDLE NOVEMBER

Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for West Indies porta, Rio de Janeiro, Bantoe, Rio Grande do Sol, Buenos Aires, Peruvian Porte als West Africa.

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DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agents.

Hong Kong, Bank Building

Telephone 28091.