1940-07-09 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER SAILING S

HONGKONG to SINGAPORE direct

First week in July.

HONGKONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct

Last week in July.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

AND UNITED AIR LINES

12, PXDDER ST.

TEL. 28171.

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

NITTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

(Convenient connection from HIKAWA MARU

(NEW YORK via Pabaina.

AWATA MARU

SAGAMI MARU ..

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

HAKOZAKI MARU

HUSIMI MARU

Tuesday, 23rd July (Starte from Kobe Hong Kong).

Friday, 19th July

Tuesday, 16th July Friday, 26th July.

Wednesday, 10th July'

Monday,

29th July

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

KITANO MARU”

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

GINGO MARU

ANYO MARU

"

Saturday,

27th July

Wednesday, 10th July- Sunday, 28th July

RANGOON & CALCUTTA- via Singapore

* TUSIMA MARU

* MATUE MARU

KOBE

& YOKOHAMA

NITTA MARU

KAMO MARU

* Cargo only.

Sunday, 10th July Saturday, 27th July

31

Tuesday, 23rd July Wednesday, 24th July

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING ...

Telephone 28201. General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns- ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

-END-OF-JULY,--1940,

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTER

Tel. No. 30332.

& SWIRE

1. Connaught Road.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

MAILING: FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN

"Bubject to alteration without notice KWANGCHOWWAN HONGKONG SERVICE Ballings Twice Weekly from Hong Kong

For Fedighi and Paassen, spply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

P.&O. Building.

Tel. NOL. 29UST KEL ÉSORA.

Hours Of Government

Offices Lengthened

SENT EVERYONE AWAY

THEN HANGED HIMSELF

Financially embarrassed, a Chinese tongkang owner, Tay Boon. Kak, decided to take his on life, in Singapore.

Waking up grieved and wor-" rlea on the morning of June 22, the sat with his wife and children

house without a word,

Standard hours in Government and ate his last breakfast. He offices in Singapore have been left the lengthened by one hour as from walked July 1. They were formerly from 9 am to 4 pm, says the Malaya Tribune...

Fresh instructions have been Issued from the Colonial Secre- tariat as follows:

to his boat and went straight into his cabine

*

Evacuation

Of Malayan Children

A lew hours later, he was found by his coolle hanging by the neck Mr. S. B. Palmer at the Federsi from F DERNI near his cabin Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur door:

raised the question of whether the The Acting Singapore Coroner, Government had considered ar- Mr. W. MacQuarrie, returned arangmg for children in England "The standard hours for attend- verdict of suicide at the inquiry. whose parents are in this country ance of the clerical and super- A tongkang coolle, Loke Teng to be evacuated to Malaya. visory staff at public, offices are Soon, described how be found Tay He said, "A number of parents from 8:30 am to 4.30 p.m. an Boon Kok hanging.

wish to bring their children out week-days and from 8.30 am, to "Boon Kot asked all of us to but and extreme difficulty in 1 pm on Saturdays. It is, how-leave the tongkang to enjoy our getting passages and making the ever. by no means intended that selves," said Teng Soon..

necessary arrangement. I suggest beads of offices shall be restricted We left but when we returned the Government might - explore to employing their officers during we found him hanging by the the position and enquire if ar- the hours prescribed by this in-neck. I loosened the rope" and rangements cannot be made with struction if public business neces-lowered him. He was dead.” the British Government and the sitates earlier or later attendance."

Malayan" Agent in London"

FOR TRAINING

The change in standard office hours affected by the above in- structions nas been occasioned principally by the necessity of re- leasing as many officers as possi- ble for training during the fortn- coming periods when the local forces will be embodied.

་

CHANGE BASIS

Mr. Hugh Fraser, the Federal Secretary, replied:

OF CALCULATING children this Government is

ASSESSMENT

landlords

"With regard to the question of

already in communication with the authorities in the United Kingdom on the subject. What the outcome might be I am not in a position to say.

of

Because certain Singapore collect rent from their tenants according to the Moha-

"The Agent of Malaya House," In order, however, to enaine medan calendar and pay assess said Mr. Fraser, "has signified his Government departments to con- ment to the Municipality accord-Iwillingness to do what he can tinue efficiently to discharge the mg to the ordinary Gregorian and the matter is receiving the many additional duties thrown calendar, a

committee of Muni- consideration

this Govern- upon them owing to the war, cipal Commissioners has decided these instructions will not cease to revise the present basis of as- to be effective at the end of the

sessment. training periods referred to above but will continue in force until circumstances Justify their being rescinded.

LEAVE CANCELLED

ment."

This revision will be made Municipality will, in the next lists. In preparing the assessment calculate the assessment for these ilst for 1941 and it is fels that particular landlords houses on the this will end the anomaly. basis of 12.1/3 months rent yearly. Landlords who collect rent When adoption of this revised In order that as many Govern- from their tenants according to basis of annual assessment was ment officers as possible max the Mohamedan calender get 37 agreed to by the committee it was receive their continuous training months rent for every 38 months added that it would be dependent on the fact that there was no with the local forces, all vacation of the Gregorian calendar. leave is suspended until further ¦

A "PROFIT"-

legal difficulty. notice and approval of such leave Their assessment, however, nas to officers who have not yet left hitherto been calculated accord-June 17, the legal aspect has been Malaya is cancelled.

Ing to the Gregorian calendar, so examined and it has been found does that they make a "profit" of one that no difficulty exists to prevent every the Commissioners adopting the month's rent assessment three years

revised method of assessment ΤΟ settle this anomaly the (Malaya Tribune).

The suspension of leave not apply to lady medical officers, matrons, nursing and public health sisters, and European mis- tresses, or to any officer proceed- ing on leave prior to retirement.

Since this decision was made on

Applications for vacation leave CHINA NAVIGATION

on special grounds or that leave already granted may be allowed

to stand, will be considered their merits.

CIVIL AIRCRAFT REPAIRS

on

Mr. T. C. L, Westbrook has been appointed Director of the Aircraft Civil repair organisation,

Mr. Westbrook was general manager of Vickers Armstrong's works at Weybridge until a month ago when he resigned and the 5,000 workers employed there threatened to strike in conse- quence

He is 40 and had been connect- ed with Vickers since he began work at 16. He turned out the hrst Spitfire, and constructed the Schneider Trophy winners of 1929 and 1031.

1.-

COMPANY, LIMITED.

Frequent and Regular Sailings for

SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHAL, TRINTÃO, WEIHAI WEI,

Carro and TANTSIN.

KWANGCHOWWAN, PAXHOI and Soizow

HAIPHONG."

CANTOF

TOURANE, SAIGON and Baruxo.

SINGAPORE PORT BITTENHAM "and" PEMAND

"For further particulars regarding loading dates etc.. please apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

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

Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM, as opportunity offers

NEXT SAILING EARLY AUGUST

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

NEXT SAILING ABOUT END OF JUNE

for Mauritius, Bennion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban and Cape Forte.

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL_LINE

Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphis & Baltimore

NEXT SAILING EARLY JULY

AGENTS FOR

KLAVENESS LINE

(PACIFIC COAST ASIATIC SERVICE)

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

*** NEXT SAILINGS THIRD WEEK IN JUNE & THIRD WEEK IN JULY.

PAmazons by first opportunity. saning through BaLading to GULY & AZLANTIO Coast with trasshipment

THE BANK LINE

(CHINA)

LTD.

TUESDAY, JULY 9 1940-PAGE 18

We have

P. & O. S. N. CO.

a Sailing Homewards MIDDLE OF AUGUST carrying Passengers and Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures B. I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Frequent Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta.

E. & A. 5.5. CO. LTD. Monthly Sailings to Rabaul, East Coast. f

of Australia and Tasmania.

Also frequent sailings to Shanghai and Japan.

All vessels may call at any perta on or off the route and the route and all sailings are subject to cancellation change or deviation with or without notice. I

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

Detalls may be obtained from

MACKINNON MACKENZIE CO

BOO BUILDING CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG

PRONE ZTIEL.

THE

"Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

and

Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress liners, then... Victoria stop over if you wish.... Vancouver in Canada's Evergroun playground.

NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG SECOND WEEK IN JULY

(Omitting. Honolulu)

Fast through" AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Ban8--600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery, Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional router on your coast-to-coast- trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

Then Montreal and Quebec, gar French-speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Seaway, and a

quick crossing to, Europe by one of Canadian Facific's Atlantic fleet.

NEXT SAILING, TO MANILA. FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST"

For Full Information Commalt Your Travel Agent

Union Building

Honr Boar

Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel

System:

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

SERVICE OF

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

V LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK JULY Following sailing third week August

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Hong Kong, Bank Building