1940-05-07 — Page 11

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First week in June.

HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Middle of May.

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THIS WEEK TO:

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via

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JAPAN,

and

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A few reservations still available for SHANGHAI only

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NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JUNË, 1940,

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BAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN

Bubject to alteration without nation

KWANGCHOWWAN--HONGKONG SERVICE,

Sailings Twice Weekly from Hong Kong

For Freight and Fazungs apply to a

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General Managern.

Tel. Nos. 38037 and 18038,

Where Is The North Sea Crossing Made In

Air Force?

POINTED QUESTION

TO GERMANY LONDON, May 6 Reuters "Where is the German air force? asked the "Spectator." which goes on to discuss the subject.

Why has it not been given the chance to perform some of the marvellous feats claimed on paper? Why does the German High Command sink battleship alter battleship on paper and not in fact?

Small Fishing Boats

LONDON, May 6 (Reuter) Three Norwegian vessels reached north Scottish ports with Norwegian and British relurées. In- eluding a number of women and children.

The skipper of a Norwegian fishing boat, who belleves that his was the last vessel to escape from Allesund, said that German planes bombed and machine-gunned the people fleeing from the town in small open beats but he did not see any boat hit by a bomb,

NARROW ESCAPE

Mr. Turner, an Englishman who had been for 30 years manager of

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Nazism Must Be Broken

LONDON, May 8 (Reuter)-Any peace. before the military power of the Nazis is smashed, would be s defeat, said Mr. J. H. Jagger, M.P., in a speech on Sunday,

We are fighting for our very ex- Istence. Either the military power

shall be broken by it.

So far, the "Spectator" says, the Germans have been content the British. Aluminium Company of the Nad's must broken, or we

in Norway, was accompanied by with tip-and-run raids, and sug- gests that this is because the Nazis. Norwegian wife and daughter. pilot lacks confidence in "himself and his machine.

Every vote given to a "stop the He said, they had just escaped war" resolution is another signa- with their lives from Aalesund on ture on" Liberty's death warrant Thursday. He and nearly a score In this hour, when all we believe of others crossed the North Sea in is in deadly peril, he appealed to a small Norwegian fishing boat all to vote against such resolutions Two Norwegian naval leutenants with such a large majority that were on the boat. and one of them Fascists, Communists and pseudo- Germans planes have been brought is already serving in a British Pacifts, will realize their in- down off the British coast at the Naval unit cost of only one fighter must have

bu

THE WRONG IDEA ! A serious offensive could carried out by only a few picked squadrons. The fact that over 50

a sobering effect.

"The Germans now know that it is wrong

to assume that the bomber's best defence. 13 speed When faced by the eight machine- guns of a Spitfire or Hurricane, the crew of $ Heinkel bomber must long for the armaments of a Wellington.

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am, May 6.

Barometer (at sea level), 29.87 tns.

Temperature, 71 F.

Humidity. BI per cent.

Wind Direction, E.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. Temperature: maximum yesterday,

74 F.

Temperature: minimum last night.

65 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending. 10th

today, 0.01 in.

Total rainfall since January 1st

22.53 ins.

Against an average of, 12.60 in.. Sunset tonight, 6.53 pm, Sunrise tomorrow, 5.48 a.m.·

4 p.m. May 6.

Barometer (at sea level), 20.78 ins.

Temperature, 70 F..

Humidity, 72 per cent. Wind Direction; E/S Wind Force (Beaufort),4 Maximum temperature. 74 F. Minimum temperature, 65 F. Rainfall. ll.

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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 7 to 13 May 1840.

HIGH WATER.

Wook

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LOW WATER

Hong

Boug

Kong

Standard Time

Kong Standard Time.

10 16

Height

Haight

h. t. Ift, la

08.40 12 5

Tues. '7

08 45

22 00 4.9

15 40

Wed... 8

09.12 6 9

03 11

22 48

4 H

16.28

Thur.

↑

09 45

7.2

03 39

23 30

47

17.06.

Fri.

10

7 3

(04.08

1748

00:18

04 31

10 55

7.3

18 35

Sani 12

01 12

44

05 02

11 38 7 2

18 26

Mon. 13

0212 4 3

12 29 18 8

06 40 20 25

Sat. 11

4

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