1940-05-02 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

HONGKONG to SINGAPORE direct

First week in May.

HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Middle of May.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TWA." AND UNITED AIR LINES,

12, PKDDER ST.

MAIDEN

TEL. 29171,

VOYAGE

FIVE DAY EXCURSION TO MANILA

Leaving Hongkong.

EARLY MAY...

Using the ship as your Hotel during Overnight

ALSO:

AT MANILA

SECOND WEEK IN MAY

THIS NEW VESSEL TO:

SAN FRANCISCO,

LOS ANGELES,

via

SHANGHAI, JAPAN.

and

HONOLULU.

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

Complete Information From Your Agent or: NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

Telephone 38291.

KING'S

BUILDING

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

TRAVEL APO. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns-“

rille, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JUNE, 1840.

For Freight or Passage apply to:

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30312.

Agents.

1. Connaught Road"

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN

Subject to alteration without notiem

KWANGCHOWWAN--HONGKONG SERVICE

Sallings Twice Weekly from Hong Kong

For Freight and Paauge apply to jum

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

P.&.C. Building,

1

NAZI TACTICS ALARM

THAILAND

SEA - BORNE TRADE WITH DENMARK & NORWAY

The people in Thailand are very alarmed as a result of Germany's said Mr. Alan Eley, wall- known Singapore, busintasmURA and Rotarian, in an interview with the Malaya Tribune, when he arrived on April 23 after Ave-days" business

tactics recently,

+

trip to Bangkok.

SEA-BORNE TRADE

Thailand's main

sea-borne was with Denmark and

trade

THE WEATHER OF APRIL

torway and Hitler's recent ex- ploits had naturally caused alarm because there was a feeling of un- certainty amongs the That traders, sad Mr. Eley. He had heard however, that the Gov- ernment was going to give them every facility.

Questioned, furcher, Mi. Eley safd that the feeling in Thai- land was that Germany "was not likely to invide Holland would come through Rumanis.

HEAT WAVE Asked 11. he bad

the

gone

but

to

Bangkok connection with the Rotary movement, Mr. Bey said ng and that Rotary did not func- tion there in the month of April because of

exceptional heat-wave prevaling just now. Offices started business at 8 am. and closed at 12.30 in the noon,

·Rotarians of the 80th District would be sorry to learn that

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

· MESSAGERİES MARITIMEN.

CONSIGNEE NOTICE,

THE S.8.

BRINGING CARGO From MARSEILLES via SAIGON.

ONSIGNEES are hereby informed that their goode with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed a stored into the godowns of the Hong Kong Kowloon What and Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence ¦ delivery may be obtained immediately

after landing.

All Cisimi must be sent in to me on

1940, or they will not be recognized, or before the Sunday, 8th May,

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

their new District Governor, H. H.

Consignees must have a Revenus Frince Varnvaldya. will not be Offer in attendance when say deliable attending the World Rotary Congoods are examined by the Companyi The weather during April was mainly cloudy and rather coolerence in Havana. In July. as he Surveyors.

had originally intended.

No Fire Insurance will be afected by there were few sunny days, and

"The weather up there was just

as in any case whatever, frequent falls of rain. Fog was

terrible: It seemed

if the

R. OHL, prevalent from the 18th to the

temperature was about 160 20th, and thundery weather from

Hong Kong. 1840. degrees!" said Mr. Eley. the 24th to the 27th,

The mean temperature for the month was 680 deg F, which is 2.4 deg, below normal. A maximum of

Agent.

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86.8 deg. was recorded on the 30th, CHINA NAVIGATION

and a minimum of 58.3 deg: on the 15th. The mean rélative humidity was £2 per cent. against a normal of 85 per cent.

Bunshine amounted to only 88 hours, which is 30 nurs less than normal. The total rainfall was 8:33 Inches, against a normal of 5.20 inches; more than half of this rain occurred during a prolonged downpour from the afternoon of the 28th until the morning of the 27th.

The maximum wind velocity in a gust was 47 m.p.h. at 9 am on the 28th. during a renewed onset of the N. E. monsoon.

APRIL SHOWERS

Rainfall for the month of April, according to figures released by the Botanical and Forestry De- partment, totalled 8.46 inches, The heaviest fall, 4.10 Inches, was recorded" on April 27. There was no rainfall on seven of the 30

day's

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 a.m., May 1.

Barometer (at sea level), 29.90 ins. Temperature, 77 F.

Humidity, 50 per cent. Wind Direction, ESE Wind Foree (Beaufort), 4, Temperature; maximum yesterday.

81 F.

Temperature: minimum last night.

69 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs. eading 10th

today, na.

Total rainfall since January 1st

22.49.is.

Against an average of, 11.48. Sunset tonight, 8.50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.50 am.

4 p.m., May 1

Barometer (at sea level), 29.83 ins. Temperature, 75 F. Humidity, 70 per cent. Wind Direction. ESE Wind Force (Beaufort), 3 Maximum temperature, 79 F.

Minimum temperature, 69 F. Rainfall, nu...

COMPANY. LIMITED.

Frequent and Regular Builings for

SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHAL TSINGTAO, WEIBAI #I,

CHIFOO and TENTSIN.

KwiNGCROWWAN, PARO and BofHOW

HAIPHONG.

CANTON.

TOURANI, SAIGON and Baroxor

SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENBA and PENANG

For further particulars regarding loading dates etc please apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331

LLOYD TRIESTINO

41

Regular Monthly Service

OUTWARD:

for Shanghai-NEXT SAILING; FIRST WEEK IN MAY."

HOMEWARD: for Trieste, Venice, Brindisi (London Overland), via Manila, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay & Portsald-NEXT SAILING: ABOUT MIDDLE OF MAY.

For further particulars apply to:

LLOYD TRIESTINO Queen's Bldg., Ground Fl., Tel. 32982 Tel."Add. "LLOYDIANO" P.O.B. 143

Agents, Canton-Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Shameen.

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.

Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM sa opportunity offers

NEXT SAILING SECOND WEEK IN MAY

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

NEXT BAILING ABOUT END "APRIL BEGINNING MAY.

for Manrilina, Reunion, Tamatave, Lourenci Marques, Dacbantand Cape Forts.

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE

Regular sailinge for Boulon, New York, Philadelphin & Baltimore

NEXT SAILING SECOND WEEK IN APRIL

AGENTS FOR

KLAVENESS LINE

(PACIFIC COAST-ASIATIC SERVICE)

HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (in 21 Days) THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, ORE, TACOMA & SEATTLE.

NEXT BAILING SECOND WEEK IN MÁY, «

[asuing through Bs/Lading to GULF & ArLASTIC COar with transhipment at Ice Asoszes by Erst opportunity

For Freight or Page on any of the above lines apply

General Managers.

Tal: Nos. 18037 and 28038,

Telephone 27791 ..

THE BANK LINE (CHINA). LTD.

THURSDAY,

MAY 2, 1940. —PAGE 11

P. & O. S. N. CO.

We have а Salling Homewards MIDDLE MAY carrying Passengers and. Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Frequent Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta. ›

E. & A. S.S. CO. LTD. Monthly 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 cancellation changer deviation with or without notice.

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

Details may be obixined from

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

DIGO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG

PHONE 27121.

THE

"Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

Speed across the Pacific by luzarious Empress liners then... Victoria... stop over if you with . . . กร Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen playground. NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG THIRD WEEK IN MAY

(Omitting Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

then Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Seaway, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic fleet..

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE SECOND WEEK IN MAY

For Fall Information Conselt Your Travel Agent

Union Building

Hong Kons

Telephone 20752

1-

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Træed System

BARBER WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE TO

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

V1 LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING ABOUT MIDDLE MAY

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Agente,

Telephone 28071.

Hong Kong, Bank Boilding.

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