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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

"Aug. 29 Sept. 7 Sept. 18

vla MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO,.

S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

38 "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

SS "PRESIDENT HARRISON"

Aug. 20

5.8. "PRESIDENT POLK"

Sept. 29

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

S.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

Aug. 17

SS. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES”

Aug. 97

DIRECT..

* 8.8. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

vin Yokohama.

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

Sept, J.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE" AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

AND UNITED AIR LINES

12 PEDDER ST.

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TEL. 28171,

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

KAMAKURA MARU

Friday, 30th Aug. ASAMA MARD (Starts from Shanghai) Sunday, 29th Sept. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER Starts from Kobe

(Convenient connection from Hong Kong), HIKAWA MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

• AZUMA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

KASIMA MARU

Wednesday, 4th Sept

Wednesday, 21st Aug.

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About 25th Sept.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

Wednesday, 28th Aug.

KANO MART

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

OKITU MARU

☺

Thursday, 15th Aug.

Thursday, 22nd Aug.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

* TOBA MARU

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

HAKUSAN MARU

ATUTA MARU

HARUNA MARU

* Cargo only.

Wednesday. 14th Aug. Thursday, 22nd Aug. Saturday, 24th Aug-

Complete Information From Your Agent or:"

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KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 39291. General "Passenger Agonte 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

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.

For Freight or Pasango apply to:

· BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30322,

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SAILINGS FOR SWATÓW, AMUY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sailings temporarily suspended)

KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGKONG SERVICE Weekly sailings from Hong Kong

For particulars of Freight & Pastage apply to:---

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., .

MOTOR TORPEDO-BOATS IN British Liner ACTION: ENEMY RAMMED In Atlantic

PASSENGERS

IN TRANSIT

The following passengers passed through Hongkong recently:

Mr. K. Akiyoshi, Mr. "H. F. All Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Brown. Mrs. H. Dol. Miss E. Dol, Mast. H" Dol, Mrs. A.. D. Finefrock, Miss M, V. Finefrock, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fos-

kome

con-

LONDON, August 14 (Reuter?— An Admiralty communique states that in the early hours of yes- terday morning

of" our made motor torpedo-boats tact with the enemy light forcém

The enemy when sighted, was only about 100 yards from motor torpedo-boats, which were travelling about 30 knots. They were two small ships,

our

Collision

SLIGHT DAMAGE TO

BOTH VESSELS CAPETOWN, Aug. 14 (Reuter)- it is officially announced that dur- ing the week end the 18.713 ton One of our motor torpedo boats. British liner Cerainic, and the 3,083

enemy ahead to freighter Testbank were th tery Mr. and Mrs. M. Gordon, Mrs. thinking that the

touvolved in a collision in the South K. Gaspardone, Mr. and Mrs. E. 9.was an E-boat and being Grut. Mr. A. C. Hepworth, Mrs. F. close to take other action, rammed Atlantic.

enemy ships. Horimoto, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. the enemy. The Herer, Miss D. Herer. Mr. 1, Haya- however, were larger than shi, Mr. Y. Harada, MIS Turi boats and this motor torpede but are proceeding to the harbour. Harada, Miss Yuki Harada, Miss F. buat suffered Harada, Miss S. Harida.

4 her bows.

E.

SOTA damage ta

GRENADES USED

and grenades

Mr. and Mrs. Z. Tel, Miss. 9. Tel, Miss Selal Tel, Miss Shukurei Setal. Miss T. Tel, Mr. L. J. Hoag, Another of our motor torpedo- Mr. P.A. Jourdan, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. boats passed between the two Johnson and two children, Mr. Y ships and engaged them with Kusuyama, Mrs. v Kanakuru, machine-gun fire Miss N. Kanakura, Miss T. Kana- at almost point-blank range. kura, Mrs. K. Kondo, Miss M. Kon- do: Mr. Y. Karatsu, Mr. K. Kurata, Mr. N. Marsudaira, Mr. S. Miyake, Mr. and Mrs. S. Miura' and' two. A third of our motor torpedo

these children, Mr. A. W. Macphall, Mr. boats passed beyond

It is considered that this Dre took considerable effect.

M. R. Mavalvala, Mr. J. E. Maler. enemy ships and sighted"..two Mr. R. S. Nelson. Mr. T. Nozaki, larger vessels. These she engaged Mr. S. Oskima, Mr. F. Ohtra. Mrs.with machine-gun fire at very I. Potocka, Mrs. C. V. Perriand,, close range, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rauson and three children, Mr. O. H. Stine, Mr.

:

PLANE ON FIRE...

T. Suzuki, Mr. T. Sukagawa, Mrs. Later one of our motor tor- pedo boats had two running

S. Tanaka and three children, Mr.

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Both ships suffered some damage

There were no casualties.

The Ceramic's passengers were transferred to another liner as a precautionary measure

from Cape- A Reuter message town states that passengers from the liner Ceramic have arrived

JAPANESE TAKE TRADING JUNK

Piratical acts by the Japanese Navy off the San Mun Customs station have apparently not died down completely

with the latest report by one of the victims on arrival here.

After leaving Halmen last Fri-

a cargo of garlic, valued at $3,500; Was NC. T434H trading junk stopped at 2 p.m. the same day when two miles off San Muri.

A Japanese armed trawler came alongside and four sallors then They ordered

R. Tanizawa, Mis. M. L. Therasse.nights with an enemy E-boat Itday morning for Hongkong with Mr. S. Uchida, Mr. J. C. Westen was too dark to ascertain what -berg and Mr. K. Yetsumoto.

damage

the Was inflcted OF enemy during these fights.

After this action, some, or QUI FORBIDDEN TO m

mctor törpedo-boats were attack- ed by a German aircraft from a LAND HERE

height of 500 feet. A hot accurate boarded the junk. After a voyage of two months fire was opened by our torpedo. the crew into a sampan and then and two days, the NY.K. Uner boats, When last seen, the air-took the junk in tow and left.

craft was on fire and losing height Hakusan Maru arrived in port yes-)

rapidly. terday at 8 am. from Europe, via the Cape of Good Hope.

A number of Japanese refugees

and from Paris

Marselites, who were on board, were not allowed

Dy

No casualties were suffered the British forces in any of these engagements.

None of our motor torpedo

to land at Cape Town or at any boats suffered any damage apart

learned..

..

of the South African ports, it is from the damage suffered by one boat through ramming. This The Hongkong authorities have boat also returned safely. also forbidden the Japanese pas- sengers to land in the Colony.

THE WEATHER® The maximum temperature yes- terday was 87 and the minimum

79.

The Royal Observatory reporti states:-

anticyclone A moderate situated in the Pacific to the east of N. Japan. and a ridge of high pressure extends south westward to Tongking.

Depressions are situated in the China Sea less than 300 miles to the south-east of the Paracels, moving West, and in the Pacific to the north of Yap, direction un- known.

HEALTH RETURNS

The following is the Health Returns for the 24 hours ended at midnight on August 13:-Dysen- tery, eight cases;. Tuberculosis, et салек

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TRAWLERS SUNK

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter). The Admiralty announce that the mine-sweeping trawlers Tamarisk and Pyrope were damaged as the result of an enemy air attack and subsequently sank

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`NEXT 'SAILING END OF OCTOBER

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Regular sailings for Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore

NEXT SAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER

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

NEXT SAILING LATÉ AUGUST

4

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940,

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