1940-03-06 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS

HONGKONG to SINGAPORE direct

About the middle of March."

HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Second week in March.

First Class only

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"ROUND - WORLD SERVICE”"

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N.Y.K. LINE

IMMINENT SAILINGS

FASSENGER AND FREIGHT ..

LIVERPOOL, via SINGAPORE

MARSEILLES,

etc.

CASABLANCA,

S'HAI, JAPAN, HONOLULU,

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

JAPAN

SYDNEY, MELBOURNE,

via MANILA and Way Ports

VANCOUVER and SEATTLE

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK.

THIRD WEEK

END OF MARCH

FORTNIGHTLY.

FREIGHT ONLY

THIS WEEK

THIRD WEEK

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

Telephone 30291.

KING'S BUILDING

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General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE-

A PILOT TELLS OF FRONT-LINE FLYING

An air of industry pervades the advanced flying ground. It needs two hours to dawn and the embryo day szäin forebodes uch rain. Routine inspection of the plants was completed the trevious evening, but mechanics are giving their chartes 4 final took over,

Engines fire and are warmed up. Then begins the struggle not level, well-drained aerodro-Mud. For agricultural fields, with that most powerful enemy mes" (trdromes) · constitute most of the advanced R.A.F. bases in France, Runways have been improvised from steel railway sleepers, from ralllugs laid horizontally, even from wire netting pegged firmly into the ground

CHOKING ENGINE Great trouble used to be caused.

BRITISH CRUISER IN MONTEVIDEO MONTEVIDEO, Mar, 5 Reuter) -The British cruiser Hawkins. with Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Har- wood, has arrived here for a one- day visit. It is understood that no fuel or supplies will be taken on board:

troops. With no enemies "In the sky and with very little night- flying to do, because there is no polnit in taking risks with night- landings when there is no advant- age to be gained, plots are often inactive, tor the greater part of

considerable amount of time in study.

By such means risk whilst tak-placed along the important parts the winter days. They put in a ing off and landing is reduced, of the, wings, but, since fast fighting machines land at 80 to 100 miles an hour:

A man never learns all that the danger of their wheels foul by ice forming on the air-intake there is to know and this par- ing gluey mud is not difficult to of the carburettor; this had the ticularly applies to airmen. A imagine.

effect of choking the engine plot can profitably work out There are no buildings on the These air-intakes are now special evolutions on paper, and drome, except for a few tempor-mechanically warmed and thus these pencil theories may some ary huts to house mechanics and kept free of Ice. Similarly, day give him an edge over his duty plots. The machines are asbestos-lined jackets have to be enemy during the course of a dog- parked round the edge of the placed over the engines, and fight. field. Sometimes they are halt electrically-heated Jackets round under hedges, camouflaged with the carburettor. shadow shading further concealed by branches of trees,

PLI study more of the science of navigation so that the The motorist's remedy of put-risk of losing his way is minimis- ting warm water into the radiatored. He will spend hours at a time is no use with modern fighter är- poring over maps of the district craft, whose engines are cooled with a view to building up in his not with water but with other mind a photograph of the sur- liquids, such as glycerine com-rounding country. That is a most pounds.

useful method of employing spare

Ice adds its quota "to the pilot's winter-time troubles. Wings have reduced fing-power when ice forms on their leading edges and builds up, layer on layer, ent wing-shape becomes entirely alter- Heavy cloud conditions do not time because it is necessary for a ed. Then the machine begins to encourage "Jerry" to fly over the fighter-pilot to keep a sharp look- lose height and the controls are lines on reconnaissance becausejout for enemy aircraft. when - he gradually rendered inoperative he is unable to take photographs is in the air.

To cope with the danger of ice or to obtain much useful informa- Aloft, he has little. opportunity formation the leading edges oftion. about concentrations of for looking at his maps,

the wings are sometimes covered with a thick chemical compound from which the ice; as soon as it forts. is thrown off.

Another plan is to fit the lead- Ing edge of the plane with rub- ber tubing connected with an automatic air-pump which causes pulsation, cracking and dislodging the ice. A third device" is one which continually pukupe anti- freeze liquid " from perforations,

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 a.m., March 5, Barometer. (at sea level), 29.96 ins Temperature, 66 F.

Humidity, 98 per cent. Wind Direction, E

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

76 F

Temperature. minimum last night.

64 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 a.m.

today. 0.04 ins,

Total rainfall since January 1st

1.51 ins.

Against an average of, 3.29 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.28 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.40 am.

4 p.m., March 5,

Barometer (at sea level), 29.87 iris. Temperature, 67 F

Humidity. 95 per cent.

Wind Direction, E Wind Force (Beaufort), 4.

Maximum temperature, 68 F Minimum temperature, 64 ** Rainfall, nil.

HIGH WATER..

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KWANGCHOWWAN, PAXHOI and Hornow

HAIPHONG.

CANTOF

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For further particulars regarding loading dates etc. please apply to

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Hong Kong and Macau Service.

S.S. MACAU S.S. "KAU TUNG"

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940. —-PAGE 11

P. & O. S. N. CO.

We have

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Passengers are requested to register their requirements, but under present circumstances sailings restricted.

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are perforce

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NEXT SAILING,

FIRST HALF APRIL, 1940,

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From 6 to 12 Mar. 1040..

LOW WATER

COMFORT

Sailing Daily

Days of

Week

Bong

Kong Standard

Time.

Height

Bong From Hong Kong

SERVICE

Sailing Daily From Hong Kong

Get the

Kong

Standard

Tims

From Macao

LUXURY

From Macao

Wed. 6

b. m. 0904 2009 8.0

ft,

h..

46

0206

13 24

3.4

SPEED

Thur.

the

09 29

4.8

02 88 1 A

2050

14.09 3 0

Fri, 8

.00 to

03 05 1 5

21 25

B 5

1450-

27

Sat .D.

1011

54

03 38

14

.81 59

6.4

16 30

Sun. 10

1030

040

19.6 16

Mon. II

22 25 6.8 1040

16 09 12 4 04 30

Tues, 12

2265 59 11:00 2321

1844 23 05.04 12 0

1724. 12 2

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