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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Heavy Rains Break S'hai's Drought

PASSENGERS

DEPARTURES

The as. President Coolidge ‘salled

at 12 am yesterday for Manila

with a 142 first class and 44 second The present unsettled weather is class passengers, meluding many expected to continue until the mid-Chinese. Police lists of those de- dle of July, it is reported by the parting were not completed yester- Biccawei authorities SAJ'S the day, but the following names were

North China Daily News of June available?— ***

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NAZI

AIRMEN

Record Of Attack On

Hospital Ship

Reports of the ruthless bombing" by Nazis of the Norwegian nos- pital ship Brand IV. off Aalesund, 150 miles north of Bergen, tave

The Agency pointed out that the

First class passengers were S. . been confirmed by the Norwegian A few days ago it seemed as Shen, Yu Eng-tin, G. Garcia, Ben- Foreign Office, says the Norwegian though this year would be as dryjamin Eleazar, Hugh H. Miller Telegraph. Agency in a comment as 1939, but the recent heavy rain Master Robert Miller, Mrs. Rianche on the German radio version at fall of over three inches in two Brown, Mrs. Chalyo B. Kent, Mstr the incident. days has practically made up the Peter Kent, Master Quat Cheng total rainfall for the year to aver-Lim, Master Peter C. I. Lim, Miss nge. on June 2 1.18 inches of rai Chu Hua-huang. Miss Ng Buyu Nazi statement did not deny that falling, and on June 25 1.84 inches. Mrs. Uy Sio, Lt.-Col.. F. S. Matlack, the bombing had taken place. It At the beginning of June the Mrs. Matlack, Mrs. W. L. Band and merely said that "German airmen rainfall for 1940 was 14,60 inches, Master L. Bond, Kurt J. Haase, never attack hospitals or hospital and the average 14.87, but so little Cheng Yu-su, Dr. H. L. Huang, H. ships which are under the protes- rain fell in the early part of the Lyon, H. W. Chap.

tion of the Red Cross, providėd month that by June 22 comparison

Mrs. Whyatt and infant aged they are marked as such." showed that 1940 had had only three, Mra. P. M. Talt, Mr. and Mra The Brand IV, was painted white 15.51 inches, is opposed to the 20.61 w. Orlowitz and Master R Or-with large red crosses, clearly figure for the average of the past lowitz, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Mag. visible,

years. With the recent rain.Levi R. Blessing, Mrs, M. R. James, The reports of the bombing,” however, this total will be brought and the Misses J., P., T., James, the Agency statement continues, up to 18.58 inches, which is only Mrs. Tsai Sheuk-ying, Master Tsal. ("are also confirmed by the Mayor. two inches below the average. Suat Shim-shome, Mrs. Chan Wong lor Aalesund. where the hospital Temperatures for the month Shou Lal, Miss Chan Hsueh-ping, ship arrived recently with her have been correspondingly peculiar, Chan Tin-kow, Miss Chan such-dead and injured and where an the past few days being machyong, Miss Chan Hsueh-bib, Miss inquiry into the attack was being cooler than similar day's last year, Chan Hsueh-tün, Miss A. Clemena, held. Before the rain started. tempera- Atty E. Clemens.

"The bombing was witnessed by tures were very high, reaching a Mrs. Au Tong-po, Au" Ching-viu. maximum of 150.4 degrees on June Miss Aur Ching-shuen, Master Au any persons, and pictures were 19, as compared to 83.8 degrees for Ching-pong. Miss Lau Leung-wing, taken which will prove the ac- giver the same day last year. There Miss Yuet-lin, Mrs. M. &curacy of the accounts have also been large changes of Diserens, the Misses R. and Further, the reports are confirmed temperature in a single day, as Diserens, G.-J. Pissarevsky. Mrs by an official statement sent to the much as 30 degrees being recorded Pissarevsky, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norwegian Government by the sea transport for recently.

Bundred, Master J. B. Bundred, organiser of MAY CHANGE RICE. SITUATION]Mak Luk, Mrs. Chan Shee, Miss Wounded in the district, Prof. Leif

Shanghal Chinese are hoping Fung Kwan-ping, J. Santiago, Tan Kreyberg. that the heavy rains will cause Cheong-pun, Pe Yun-sin Chan "Dr. Kreyberg," adds the state- some change in the rice situation, Hung-on, Won Koon-tak, Chu ment. "is professor of pathology at but say that at least a week's rain Ben-tze, Lin Chow-hung, Miss J.Oslo University and has an in is necessary before things will be- Farinas. Mrs. Salome Sanchez,

ternational reputation. His name Mrs. Irene. Godenberg, Miss Galone would be sucient guar- come normal If the rain con-

Au

reports."

tinues, the autumn rice crop is a Ibarra. Srt: G. K. Green, Fr. Do-antee of the correctness of these sured, and it is hoped that the mingues Narciso, Miss M. A. Mus- price of rice may decrease in the che, J. W. Taylor, Wong Wing- near future, One of the pretext's chee. Domingo Soramiano, John of local rice dealers is that the hyatt and Master Whyatt, Miss

|Pura".Wlkerson. present high cost of the grain is due to the lack of rain in the in- terior, "the farmers being forced to use artificial irrigation in order to keep their crops from being com- pletely ruined,

COLONY HEALTH

RETURNS

In addition to 30 cases of tuber- culosis, Ave of dysentery, six of

tever, SHIPPING NOTICE cerebro-spinal

two

The Naval Authorities announce measles, four of enteric fever and through the Hongkong Harbour one of small-pax were reported Office that until further notice," to the local Health authorities for shipping in the Sourabaya Strait, the 24 hours, ended midnight July Java, must not call at, or anchor 1. near. "Tandjong Modoeng" Pilot Light Vessel between sunset and suririse.

WEEK'S FIGURES The returns of notifiable diseases for the week ended midnight, June 29, is as follows:

Small-pox, three cases (two de-

WEATHER REPORT aths); Diphtheria, four (three

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am. July 2, Barometer, (at sea level), 29.36

ins.

Temperature, 83 F

Humidity, 84 per cent, Wind Direction, W.

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

87.F.

Temperature, minimum last night.

77 E.

Batirall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today 0,95 F."

Total rainfall since January 1st

66.31 ins.

Against an average of, 39.03 ins. Sunset tonight, 7.11 p. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.42 a.m.

4 p.m.. July 2, Barometer (at sea level), 29.73 ins. Temperature, 81 F.

Humidity, 85 per cent. Wind Direction, WSW. Wind Force (Beaufort). 4.... Maximum temperature, 84 F. Minimum temperature, 77 F Rainfall, 0.12

deaths); enteric fever, 14 (7deaths, one imported); measles, five (one death); cerebro-spinal four (two dysentery, 25 (eight tuberculosis, 176

deaths); deaths); deaths).

Days of

'HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From 3 to July 1940.9,*

HIGH WATER...

Date o

Low WATER

Hong

LONDON, July 2 (Reuter) It is reported that there was little damage and no casualties in the Bristol Channel air raid.

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