1940-08-07 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS"

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

8.4. "PRESIDENT FIERCE"

S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT ”

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

Aug. 29 Sept. 7

Sept. 13

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO, BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

S.S. "PRESIDENT HARRISON"

Aug. 18

S.S. PRESIDENT POLK"

Sept. 13

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

S.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

Aug. 14

S.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES"

Aug. 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

..

DIRECT

8.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

* via Yokohama.

Sept. 3

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND. WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR ... AND UNITED AIR LINES

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N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Hönolulu..

ASAMA MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

(Convenient connection from HELAN MARU

NEW YORK via Panamas.

* AZUMA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

HUSIMI MARU

Thursday, 8th Aug. „ Friday, 30th Aug.

(Starts from Kobe) Hong Kong).

Wednesday, 14th Aug,

Wednesday, 21st Aug.

Bunday, 11th Aug.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

KAMO MARU

***

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

ANYO MARU

* OKITU MARU

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

NAGATO MARU

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

ASAMA MARU

HAKUSAN MARU

Cargo only.

Wednesday, 28th Aug.

Tuesday, Sunday,

8th Aug. 11th Aug.

Thursday,

8th Aug.

Thursday,

8th Aug. Wednesday. 14th Aug,

Complete Information From Your Agent ori

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KING'S BUILDING

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TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

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

NEXT SAILING

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

·BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

U.S. Gunboat Caught In Maze Of Fleeing Chinese

Ships

CHUNGKING. Aug. 1(Reutor)

The United States gunboat Tutulla, ou Yangtze River patrol duty at Chungking, bad in ex- citing day Wednesday during a major Japanese air raid in China's wartime 'capital,

GENERAL RUSH

DEPARTURES FROM

THE COLONY

The following left the Colony on Monday:

THE WEATHER

The maximum temperature yes- terday was 84 and the minimum

78

The Royal Observatory report states:

A wenk anti-cyclonic area covers Manchuria and ridge of high pressure extends from it to the Loogho0s,

Pressure is relatively low be tween the Philippines and the Western Caroline.

The depression over SW, China is filling up,

Major A. Fitzroy Somerset.

Mr. Henri Bar, Miss E R. Bar- ker, Mr. F. Ellis, Mr. Carl" Hudson. As 3 wave of Japanese war Mrs J. H. Jessen, Mr. Walter Kel planes approached the city there ly, Mr. E. 8. McBain, Mr. L. Nelt- was a general rush of Chinese man. Mr. Yoshio Okafuji, Mr. J. C. boats toward safer anchorages. Pool, Mr. P. I. Sizov, Dr. William R.AS.C., who falled when boating The Tutuila, In the pathway of L. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. On the Nile to respond to a, sen- this fight, was bumped by Wentland, Mstr. Rankin H. Went-try's challenge, was fired on and was in a motor-boat, Chinese steamer and three sam-land. Mstr. Roger B.. Wentland, killed. He pans which broke their moorings Mr. Howard W. Ziegler, Mr. Everett and it is thought the noise of the and drifted uncontrolled down the|L Ziegler.

engine prevented him from tear- swollen river.

ing the challenge!

The Japanese warbirds unload- ed 250 bombs destroying 400 buildings in the. suburbs of Chungking. Authorities estimated that the raid casualties totalled about 80.

HEAD-ON CRASH

A 300-ton Chinese steamer, car- ried by a ve knot current," crash- ed headon into the anchored. "American gunboat. The steamer rebounded, aldeswiped the gun- boat and fouled its anchor chains. As the Japanese raiders roared overhead members of the crew of the Tutulla lashed the helpless steamer alongside. It remained there throughout the rald.

During the four-hour attack three smaller Chinese craft. caught by the current, harmlessly bumped the Tutulla, which kept up full steam ready for any emergency.

Three Japanese air bombs fell within the American Methodist mission compound but the build- ints there escaped with only a bad shaking-up.

WEATHER

REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 a., Aug. 6. Barometer (at sea level); 29.85

ins.

Temperature, 82 F.

Humidity, 90 per cent. Wind Direction, SSE. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4 Temperature; maximum yesterday,

84 F

Temperature Minupum last night.

78 F."

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today, 0.05 ins.

Total rainfall since January Ist,

07.34 ins,

Against an average of 58.8 ins. Sunset tonight, 7.01 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow 5.57 am.

4 D.

Aug. 6.

Barometer (at sea level), 29.81 ins, Temperature, §1 F.

Humidity, 83 per cent,

Wind Direction, E/S. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. Maximum temperature, 84 F. Minimum temperature, 78 F. Rainfall, n

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE

From 7 to 13 Ang, 1940.

"

HIGH WATER.

LOW WATER

Hong

Hong

Kong

Kong

Week

Dats of

Month.

Standard Time.

Height

Standard

1980

Height,

Time

b. m.

irt. in.

b. m.

細

Wed. 7

Thurė

11 2017 2

0459

1800

00 250 B "050

12 24

185

1837

Fri.

9

13 20

58

1936

2.3

Set.

10

01 68

58

1444

6.0

Sun. 11

0256 60

1812

4.4

08 10 1984 12 8

50:47

2 6

Von, 12 0404

611 113 12 4

1755

43 9142

Tues. 13

0508

6 4 1249

20

1999

2301 3 8

(43)

*

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1940-PAGE 18

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NEXT SAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER

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Following sailing third week September,

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