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ITALIAN DUMPS Typhoon Threatens Coast

IN FLAMES

LITTLE ACTIVITY IN DESERT WAR

CAIRO, Aug. 20 (Reuter) The war communique states: "In the Western Desert; Following the naval shelling of dumps in the arca nerth of Fort Capuzzo on August 17, our patrols 'report see- Ing for some hours dense columns of smoke a hundred feet high,

"Kenya: On August 18, a few miles from Buna, a party' of 30 Banda (native conscripts). fled after exchanging shots with a small party of the King's African rifles.

"Palestine, Sudan, Somaliland: Nothing to report."

Smuggling Of Opium Not Profitable

Continued from Page 1

sold to an established clientèle with agencies in all important areas, even to villages in the New] Territories. M

Oplum divans continue with a sort of trade even to the present, though established addicts occa- sionally become impatient when a divan runs out of pilis and seek an immediate source of supply at any price.

Addicts whose divan is their ΔΗΣ home find the non- appearance of their regular

"salesman"

Very irksome.

With no better solution of the problem presenting itself, they -seek- by some means or other to avall themselves of the _Government supply.

Hainan

110

Foochow

Amort

130

BALINTANG

THE TYPHOON WHICH ENTERED THE CHANNEL ON MONDAY MORNING 'was reported at 6.08 p.m. "by the Royal Observatory yesterday to be situated less than 50 miles north-east of Pratas Shoal, moving W.N.W. and threaten- ing the coast between Hongkong and Swalow.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, Siat AUGUST, 1940, 9.30 A.M.

The Public are requested to note particularly the time of closing the Imperial Air Mail on Tuesday, the 27th August, 1940

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended. INWARD MAILS

Haiphong

1.

Shanghai,

Japan,

London and Straits

Jalgon,

Japan and Formosa.

Bangkok and Tourane.

Formosa, Amoy and Swatow...-- Japan

From

Due

Bangkok and Salgon, .........

#1st Aug.

Lug

Shanghai and Amoy

21st Aug.

Java and Manlia,

21st Aug.

Shanghai and Amoy

gist Aug.

Shanghal

91st Aug.

Sandakan

21st Aug.

U. §. A.; Honolulu, Japan, and Shanghal — (San

Francisco date, 1st August),

21st Aug,

10 Australia and Manila,

21st Aug

Air Mail by Pan Américan Airways. Direct vice.”—San Francisco date, 13th August.

Ser-

22nd Aug.

„Air Mail by "Imperia! Airways Service"

22nd Aug.

22nd Aug.

Bangkok

22nd Aug.

22nd Aug.

2nd Aug.

22nd Aug.

23rd Aug.

23rd Aug.

"24th Aug.

-24th Aug

24th Aug.

24th Aug.

25th Aug.

20th Aug-

2nd

25th Aug.

26th Aug.

26th Aug

20th-Aug-

26th Aug.

27th Aug.

27th Aug.

28th Aug.

29th Aug-

29th Aug.

29th Aug,

29th Aug.

(Vancou

29th Aug.

(San

29th Ang.

31st Aug.

31st Aug.

1st Sept.

2nd Sept.

...

Cyclonic gales are expected around Pratas Shoal.

Shanghai

London and Straits

Manila and Cebu.

THE NO. 5 LOCAL SIG TYPHOON HOLDS USA, and Manilla--(San Francisco date,

(gale expected from north-west) was hoisted at 1217 c'clock this

No. morning, replacing the

1 signal which went up at noon yesterday when the typhoon was reported to be situated more than 300 miles east-south-east of Hong- kong moving slowly north-west- ward...

The position of the typhoon at 5.32 p.m. yesterday was lat, 21N., long. 118, moving west-north- west.

Government optuin, though sola West and north-west winds, through some 30 agencies both on freshening to a gale later, cloudy the Island and Kowloon, cannot with rain and squalls is the fore be easily obtained. The daily cast for today. supply available for sale is limited The maximum temperature yes- and it is sought to limit sales to terday was 89 and the minimum established addicts Recently, the 81.

price of Government oplum has The Observatory report adds been raised to meet a situation that pressure. is highest to the where some agencies are very east of South Japan... nearly "swamped" with men and women who demand the drug.

VARIETY OF BRANDS

Illicit oplum depends for its sale

as much on a variety of brands and names, ostensibly to "sult every taste," as do cigarettes and tobacco.

Raw opfum is difficult

to obtain. Prepared opium, "which"

Severe Raids On Chungking

Continued from Page 1 NON-EXISTENT.

UP CLIPPER"

NOT DUE UNTIL TOMORROW

August).

Air Mall by "Imperia) Airways Service" Halphong and Hothow

Calcutta, Straits and Salgen

Japan Manila Japan

London and Manila THE HONOLULU· CLIPPER, Java and Manila, which was due to arrive in Hong-Shanghai kony today tras been delayed Shanghal, another day at Cusm Island, due Japan and Shanghal to a severe typhoon in the area (Canada, U.S.A., Japan, and Shanghai of the Philippines.

ver B .C. date, 10th August)...

:

It is now expected to arrive in U. S. A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shanghai Hongkong tomorrow (Thursday, Francisco date, 3rd August), ...

and will depart for San Francisco Straits. on Friday,

~

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS

Shanghai. fandakan.

An outward-service by Imperial Straits and Manila, Alrways is due to leave Kat Tar-

this morning, taking mails from |Hongkong for Indo-China, Malaya, ¡Java-and_Australia.

tomorrow

OUTWARD MAILS

Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than An air mall service-also-leaveste-time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are

witng malls for

the advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are United Kingdom via Durban, from closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day. When malls are advertised to whence they will be conveyed by close after 5 pm. Registered and Parcel mails are closed at 5. p.m sea service.

Another outward service Dy Imperial Airways Will leave Ka CHUNGKING, Aug. 20 (Reuter)Tak on Sunday morning, also can often be more correctly term-The down-town of Chungking taking malls for the United King- ed "adulterated" oplum, is obtain is practically non-existent as adom, via Durban,

For

WEDNESDAY

Fort Bayard

able in a wide range of stages result of Japanese aircraft un- An inward' service by Imperia: Manila... adulteration

loading tors of incendiary bombs Always is scheduled to arrive in Salgon... over the heart of the city in the Hongkong tomorrow afternoon past 24 hours:

What the rickshaw-coolle and the labourer smokes is sometimes the "cheapest of the adulterated product and contains just as much oplum as a "10 for one cent" cigarette contains tobacco.

Principal brands of smuggled opium, obtainable all over the China Coast, are the "Lo Fung Kel," the source of distribution of which is allegedly Kwangchow- wan, "Hung 81," the source of dis- tribution, alleged to be Macao, also known as the "Lion Brand," and also the "Cock Brand" numerable--other brands,

and in-

* OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Seeking a statement yesterday

RECORD NUMBER

OF BOMBERS CHUNGKING, Ang. 20. (Ber-

HIGH VELOCITY

GUNS FROM

ter)--Japanese aircraft, in four FRENCH COAST

groups, raided Chungking this afternoon, starting three fires."

Fires in the western suburbs and in the vicinity of the west "gate, caused by yesterday's

ralds, are still raging.

It is now established that s record number of 190 bombera took part in yesterday after noon's raid,

The so-called upper section of

LONDON, Ang. 20 (Beuter)-It

Date and Time

Wed, 21st

1.30 PM

TAO PE

7.00 PM

Japan,

7.00 PM

THURSDAY

The 22nd".

Straits.

8.30 AM

Hothow and Haiphong.

8:30 AM

Manila, Makassar and Sourabaya... Shanghal... (Swatow

10.30 AM

12.30 PM

1.00 PM

K.P.O.

Reg.

5.00 PM

Ord

5.30 PM

G.P.O.

Europe via "Pan American Airways, and Trans- Reg. Atlantic Service,"

5,00 PM

Ord.

700 m" 7,00 PM

FRIDAY

Fri. 23rd

8.30 AM

is believed in London that high Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U. S. A., & velocity guns have been shooting

at the English south-east coast.

Fragments of metal have been examined and experts concluded that they are splinters from shells fired from the French coast,

Amoy.

Amoy.

The Dutch Wireless reported that shells were fired from 11-cën:f-|Straits and Calcutta. metre guns. If that is so, the prob-Shanghai-

able weight of the projectiles will traits. Rangoon and Calcutta, be from 30 to 35 pounds, but it is

SATURDAY

on the exact situation, the "Hong- kong Daily Press" obtained the following statement from the Bu- perintendent of Imports and Ex- the city was completely gutted by stated in London that the evid-!-

fire yesterday afternoon while the ence shows the gun was much big-Shanghai and Parcels only for Tientsin. lower section was destroyed this ger and it is believed they were hanghai afternoon.

Ared from a 12 or 14-inch gun. Parcels only for Tientsin.

AMERICAN CARGO" -BOAT BOARDED - SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 (Reuter)---

porta, Mr. E W. Hamilton:

"It is understood that owing to events in South China during the past months the supply of illicit The well-known British firms, opium has dwindled almost to the Butterfield and Swire, Barry and Dodwell, Ltd., buildings are at point of extinction.

"Consequently there has been a present in flames great increase in the demand for When a Reuter correspondent,

the optum sold by the Govern after visiting the ruins of the up-

Parcela 11.00 AM Letters

Noon 12.30 PM 3.30 PM

Sat, 24th

9.00 AM

18.30 PM

16.00 PAL

G.P.O. & KP.D.

1.00 Pa 6.30PM GPO, & KPO,

Ord.

6,00 M *5,30 PM

Bun, 25th

00

Air Mall for "Imperial Airways-Service" to Durban Reg. and thence by Sea Service bo United Kingdom Ord.

Air Mall for Indo-China, Malays, Java and Aus-Reg.

tralla by the "Imperial" Airways. Bervice."

ment. To restrict these increased per section of the city, reached the It is reported here that an Ameri-Haiphong sales the price has been raised by lower section this afternoon after can destroyer was sent to inves

$3 per tael. This step has already the rald, he found at least 15 tigate the boarding of the Ameri-

sales.

SUNDAY

shown good results string blocks in a solid mass of smoke can cargo boat Herman Frasche Formosa, Shanghai and Japan.

and names. It is feared that by a Mexican gunboat off Acapul- hundreds are probably trapped "în | co. the inferno, the fire of which is rapidly spreading whipped by a strong wind

“Incidentally,” though the purchase of Government oplum

in legal in the. Colony, no per son may, DOSSESS

more than

five taels of it, nor may it be exported from the Colony.“

Mon 26th GP.O.&EPO.

Par, 24th 5.00 PM

MONDAY

LONDON, August 20 (Reuter)—

Straits. Ceylon, India. East and South Africa and Reg. 24th 5.00 RM from Siaoliangtseto Palstangkai, United Kingdom The wounded were quickly re-where the Butterfield and Swire, Halphong moved in ambulances and trucks. Berry and Dodwell buildings are Saigon,

Separated by a bridge, the up-situated. Barry and. Dodwell per city runs from the west gate Company is one of the oldest for through Wuku Road tbookstore afgn Arms in Chungking, acting Straits. street) then Tuyu Road (shopping also as the Chungking agent of restaurant street) towards Ta-the Indo-China Stedm Navigation Manila. Australia and New Zealand via Thurs- Reg.

also Company. Unangtze

day Island (theatre street) Biaoliangtze (shopping movies The fires are 85 intense and street),

widespread that it is beyond any The lower city runs from Sin human afforts to save the build-

Ord. 26th 8.30AM

Noon 12.30PM

TUESDAY

Tue. 27th

10.30 AM G.PO. &K.PO.

[4]5 PM

Ori

5.00 F

KPO Reg. 4.30 PM

Ord.

5.00 PM

NINE BRITISH SHIPS LOST

It is learned anthoritatively that chalkou (bankng district) along ings. So many incendiary bomba

MAG.P.O.. nine British ships, with a gross the motor road on the Yangtse were dropped that streets and Air Mall for Inde Chilas, Malaya, Jaya and Aux-Beg, 4.30 PM tonnage of 32,275 tons, were lost River front towards the western sidewalks were covered with tralla by the "Imperial Airways Service.” Ord. during the week ending August 11 suburbe and 123

8:00 PM

HOM The Allied losses were 942 tons and neutral 6.708 tons.

15 stay at 10-yna co peenish yellows maiphur dust "OLDEST FIRM *****

Alltroops, police gendarmes, Printed and Published by Henry Lloyd Murrow for the Hongko This afternoon Japanese, air-engineering corps and volunteers craft dropped bombs starting ares were moblised to fight the flames.

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