1940-04-29 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS":

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

HONGKONG to

SINGAPORE direct

Last week in April.

HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Middle of May.

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12, PEDDER ST.

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EARLY MAY

MAIDEN VOYAGE

FIVE DAY EXCURSION TO MANILA

Leaving Hongkong..

Using the ship as your Hotel during Overnight

AT MANILA

ALSO: SECOND WEEK IN MAY

#!

THIS

NEW VESSEL TO:

SAN FRANCISCO,

LOS ANGELES,

via

SHANGHAI,

JAPAN,

and HONOLULU..

A few reservations still available. NEXT VOYAGE THIRD WEEK IN JULY.

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 38231.

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINI

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

TŐ AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns-

ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JUNE, 1940,

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE"

Six Million People Face

Starvation In Hopei

UNDERGROUND IN

LONDON

Continued from" Page 9 quickly. New stations are being bullt according to the most up-to- date architectural practice.

Stx million people are facing starvation in various parts of Hope as a result of the famine brought about by the Japanese invaders, who broke many river dykes last summer in an attempt to flood out the Chinese guerillas, according to representatives" from the affected areas now in Chang-vast king.

CROPS DESTROYED

One tou of millet, weighing 14 and a half cattles, formerly sold at eighty cents, has risen to 30 in price, because the autumn crops last year. were entirely destroyed by the flood waters. For the past few months, many people have been forced to live on bran. In many extremely afflicted districts. the people are subsisting on bark and grass roots. All dogs and cats

have been eaten.

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Landlords Up In Arms

Strong representations have been made to Government by landlord interests regarding the proposed new amendments to the Prevention of Evictions Ordinance. it is reported.

At the stations time-saving-ser-

The Legislative Council was to first vices, such as speedy escalators have proceeded with the

ticket and

the new Bill last and

change-giving reading of

Thursday. The postponement of machines have been installed.

To guard against war risks action was due to Government's desire to study the landlord's re- programme" of "emergency work was undertaken by London presentations, it is stated Transport, the total cost being about" £1,000,000 in London alone.

ATTACKED BY LANDLORDS The new legislative measure is One of the most difficult pro- being. widely attacked by the blems to be faced in London was landlords, but no indication of the that of protecting the "Under- lines of which their protests are ground Railways from risk or based is available, flooding, either from the Liver

The new Bill seeks to prevent Thames or from sewers or water landlords from passing on the mains. Electrically operated steel new war taxation on property to flood-proof gates, of two types tenants and places a ban on rent have been installed-heavy tunnel increases for the duration of the gates, or two types have been in-war in respect of sitting tenan stalled-heavy tunnel gates cies. weighing 4 tons to cut off To make the situation worse.

passages lending Inte stations, Japanese invaders have frequently sent foraging parties into the vil-besides concrete walls in the pas- lages to carry off foodstuff found

So successful has this work there. Many able-bodied Chinese men have been forced into mill-been that within three minutes of an air.rald warning, those sections tary or labour, service, the repre-of the line in between stations sentatives stated,

running under the river, can be completely isolated,

NOTHING TO PLANT With all stocks of wheat, origi

sages.

inally reserved for the spring HEALTH RETURNS

Twenty-nine cases of

F30 Russlan community In Cabaret Rongkong will hold a Dance at the Peninsula Hotel on May 2. The dance is being or ganised by the Amateur Sporting Association to celebrate the Rus- stan Easter and ten per cent of the sale of tickets will be donated to the B.W.O.F. --

tuber-CONSIGNEES' NOTICES

sowing, already consumed last win- ter as food, the peasants in Hopei now have absolutely nothing to culosis, six of dysentery, one of plant in the fields. Before long. It chicken pox, one of enteric fever, will be time for the spring rise in one of scarlet fever and two of all rivers. Unless the broken dykes small-por were reported to the are immediately repaired and Healph authorities for the 24 hours grain distributed both for food ended at midnight on Apr. 26.

The following is the weekly and for planting purposes, people in Hopel will meet with their dir-health bulletin for Eastern ports. est fate this year.

Plague: Bassein 3 catea; Cholera: 49: The National Government has Bassein cases: Calcutta already appropriated $1,300,000 for Akyab 1; Small-por: Allahabad 3 Immediate relief, but more is cases; Suakin 1 death; Bhavnagar needed.

1 case; Porbandar 2; Delhi 17: Jodhpur 3 deaths: Bombay, 88

WEATHER REPORT cases; Calcutta 37; Karachi 3: Rangoon 25: Tellicherry 1; Veraval Bangkok 2: Hongkong 6: Shanghai 3.

Hongkont Royal Observatory

10 am.. April 28 Barometer (at sea level). 29.99 ins. Temperature, 69 F. Humidity. 59 per cent.

Beaufort), 7.

Wind Direction, E. Wind Force Temperature; maximum yesterday,

78 F. Temperature: minimum last night

67 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today, bil.

Total rainfall since January 1st

22.49 ins.

Against an average of. 10.78 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.48 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.52 am,

.4 p.m... April 28. Barometer (at sea level), 23.92 tris. Temperature, 73 F. Humidity, 55 per cent. Wind Direction, E Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. Maximum temperature, 75. F. Minimum temperature, 67 F... Rainfall, nil

Dsyn of

Week

Date of

Height

Kong

Standard

Hoight.

1:

NO MORE WATER RATIONS

ป

The heavy rainfall, since the beginning of the year, 's likely to bring abou; the long awaited relaxation of the water restrictions which had been in force for over a year.

It is learned that this will announced in due course....

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES.

MESSAGERIES MARITIEM.

Jagatda

CONSIGNEM NOTICE.

THE $.8.

BRINGING CARGO FROM. MARSEILLES via SAIGON.

CONSIGNEES are hereby informed "that their goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed & stored into the gedowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediataly after landing.

"All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the Sunday, 5th May, 1940, or they will not be recognized

Damaged Packages will be examined by the Company's Surveyors, Meure, Goddard & Douglas in the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am, on Wednesday, the 1st May, 1940.

Consignees must have a Bavenne Oficer in attendance when any datiable be goods are examined by the Company's

Surveyors. The total rainfall for the 24

No Fire Insurance will be effected by hours ended at 10 am. on Satur-un in any case whatever.. day was 4.33 riches, bringing the

R. OHL, total since the beginning of the

Hong Kong. 1940. year to 22.49 against an average of 10.55 inches.

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Agent.

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CHINA NAVIGATION

COMPANY. LIMITED.

Fréquent and Regular Sailings for

STATOW, AMOT, SHANGHAI, TRINGTAO, WEIHAL VEJ,

CHEFOO and TINTAIN.

KWANGCBOWWAN, PAXO and Bonow

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 29 Apr to 5 May 1940.

HIGH WATER.

LOW WATER

Rong

Hong

Kong

Standard

Time.

Time

HAIPHONG.

Mon. 29

b. m. 1:422

A. b. m.

CANTOS.

1350

44. 58

06 45 4 1

21 62

12 0

TOURNE, SAKO and BANGKOK,

Ines. 30

62,90

4 5

08 30

44

1624 15 $1

22 50

Wed.

I 06:30 14 8

2 1 1050 43

SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM and PENANG

860

2330 2 2

Thur. 2

07.01

18 11

1

1811

F'ri 3

07 26

15 4

00 24 2 3

19:10

0 1.

1304

la 3

But

4

07 46

6 6

01 02

2 3

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10 02 15°1

1348 2 8

Sun.

15

08 09

6.9

01 88 12 3

20 45 18 1

14 25 12 3

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1940.-PAGE 11

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