1940-08-27 — Page 11

HONGKON

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27,

1940. -PAGE 11

PRESIDENT.

LINER

SAILIN O'S

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

vía SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU-

S.. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

-8.8. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

Aug. 29

Sept. 7 Sept. 17

$.8. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG. COLOMBO,

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN *

S.S. "PRESIDENT, POLK”.

S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

Sept. 29 Oct 16

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

S.S. "CITY OF SEWPORT NEWS”.

S.S. "CITY OF NORFOLK"

Sept 18 Oct. 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

DIRECT

* S.S. “CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

SS "CITY OF LOS ANGELES ** vin Yokohama,

Sept. 4 Sept. 23

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND - WORLD SERVICE

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN ÄIR ̈ ̈ ̈ ̃ÂND · UNITED AIR LINES-

12, PRODER Sr.

TXL 28171.

N.Y.K. LINE

·SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

KAMAKURA MARU

ASAMA MARU (Starts from Kober SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

(Convenient connection from

HIKAWA MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

*AKAGI MARU

SAKURA MARU.

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

KASIMA MARU

Friday, 30th Aug. Wednesday, 2nd Oct.. (Starts from Kobe) Hong Kong).

Wednesday, 4th Sept.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

KAMO MARU

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

* ATAGO MARU

Thursday, 29th Aug. Satursday, 7th Sept.

About 25th Sept.

Tuesday,

Monday,

27th Aug.

Wednesday, 11th Sept.

26th Aug.

Monday,

26th Aug.

Friday,

Soth Aug.

Friday

13th Sept.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore.

* TOBA MARU.

KOBE

& YOKOHAMA

HARUNA MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

HEIYO MARU

* Cargo only.

Complete Information From Your Agent or":

NIPPON YUSEN ·KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 36291. General Passanger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAK LINE

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA"

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns-

ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1849.

For Freight or Passage apply to:-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332.

Agenta,

1 Connaught Road.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sailings temporarily suspended)

KWANGCHOWWAN-HONGKONG SERVICE:

Weekly sailings from Hong Kong

For particulars of Freight & Passage-apply to:-

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

CROWN LAND

SALE

At the auction sale of Crown Land held yesterday, Kowloon In- land lot No. 4297, located at Ma Tau. Wel Road between Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 4217 and 3452. and comprising, about 1,335 square feet, was purchased by Mr. Basil Thompson and Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Basil Thompson dointly) of No. 33 Jordan Road, Kowloon, for $1,601. The upset price was $1.001 and the annual rent assessed at $24.

AIRPORT NEWS

CLIPPER ARRIVING

TOMORROW

JAPANESE MOTORSHIP. DETAINED

OFF ALBAY

DRIFTING MINES

Shipping is warned that three minest have drifted from their moorings and were last seen with- In two miles north-east of Cheung Chau Teland Poltes Station LEDASPI, Albay, Aug. 22,-Con- | stabulary at Virac, Catanduanes Saturday at 340 am. north-east of The first mine was aghted on today detained the 32-ton Japan- the Island police station and the manned by eleven Japanese Ash- låter about one-and-a-half miles motorship Kal Jon Maru other two were sighted two hours ermen under Captain Gan Ken norh east. Bin for allegedly ashing illegally

ese

<

British Shipping

Losses

Up to late, yesterday afterricon of the Virne coast. Tranquiling the mines had not been located. Hernandez, chief of the Legasp! customs secret service, searched the boat and found a map of the Philippines and two passports for every member of the crew.

Authorities are watching Japan-1 ése activities in Catanduanes Is Innd Fishing bouts cruise along INWARD AIR SERVICES to the the coastline frequently, particu- Colony have been delayed, aplarly near Pandan and Pangani- parently by bad weather, and both ban where the radio stations are LONDON, August 20 (Reuter ›- Imperial Airways and Pan Ameri-located.

Mr. Ronald Cross. Minister of can Airways planes have been held It was reported that Kininchi Shipping. In a broadcast yesterday up.

Sugtoka, manager of the Legaspi sald that up to the middle of Imperial Airways service, which Bazar, has leased a large tract of August we had lost 1.900.000 gross was-due yesterday-is-now-expected tand from Carlos Stillaropulos no tons of shipping. This did not in- this afternoon.

Another inward service by far from the Socony and Texica clude damaged ships which had

| gasoline bodegas,

It was also reported that Jap- "We should frankly welcome all anese have made tempting offers means of increasing our shipping to Filipino owners of lands adja by the aid of the shipyards of the cent to the Legaspi atrport.-Dominions or elsewhere"" said Mr.

Manila Bulletin)...

perial Airways is scheduled to arrive on Friday.

Outward services by Imperial, Airways are due to leave Kal Tak tomorrow morning taking malls for Indo-Ching, Malaya, Java, and Australia and, also to the United Kingdom-via-Durban

CLIPPER TOMORROW

Pan American Airways CHINA- CLIPPER. with US mails for

Hongkong, dated San Francisco, Aug. 20, originally scheduled to ar- rive today. is now expected to reach "Hongkong from Manila tomarrow and will take off on her return Alght on Thursday morning.

The California Clipper, is due to arrive on Tuesday, Sept. 3. .and will leave the following morning.

THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN

GOLD MINING CO.,"

LIMITED

been repaired.

Crosa

*During July, when We were feeling the consequences of the French collapse. We imported Fabout 4,500,000 "toms of essential commodities and 25 per cent. more (Incorporated in Queensland) British shipping left British ports Statement for quarter ended with cargoes for American ports June 22, 1940 (consisting of three than during any month from four-weekly periods).

January to April, which were more peaceful.”

Battery: Tonnage of Ore raised 21,421 tons; Number of Ounces of Bullion produced 3,243 ounces: Number of Ounces of Fine Gold recovered 3,090 ounces.

Wheat 'marketings in the three Prairié. Provinces for the forty- Retreatment Plant: Number, ut two weeks from August 1 to May tous treated 32,814 tons; Number 17 as compared. with the same

H.K. - SHIUKWAN of ounces of Bullion produced 1.771 period in 1938-39 were as follows.

AIR LINE

Discussions for the establishment of an air line betweer. Hongkong. and Shlukwan have reached the final stages, it was feared-yester-lig day

ounces; Number of Ounces of Fine figures within brackets being those Gold recovered 1,461 ounces.

fer 1938-39: Manitoba 51,628,236, Value of Gold from all sources (42,534,692); Saskatchewan 217,897.- £37,402 sterling.

935. (110,376,496); Alberta, 121,280,- Working Costs £27,910 sterling.202 (122,552,243) bushels. For the Capital Expenditure £230 ster- forty-two weeks ended May 17′ and the same period in 1938-39, 390.- Mine Frofit for Quarter (subject) 206,373 and 275,463.431 bushels This scheme has been under to Depreciation) 9,492 sterling. were received from the farms. consideration by. the Chinese J. authorities for some time and a service may be inaugurated next month,

Such a service will greatly facilitate postal communications between the interior of South-East China and the outside world. The Journey by air from Hongkong to Shlukwan will not take more than an hour,

FIRING PRACTICE

Artillery Bring with Blank am- munition will be carried out in the neighbourhood of Kowloon between

p.m. and midnight tonight.

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HEALTH RETURNS

The following is the Return or notifiable diseases notified as hay- ing occurred in the Colony during the 48 hours ended at midnight on "August 25.

Cholera, two cases: Diphtheria, one case: Enteric "Fever, two cases; Cerebro-Spinal Fever, three cases: Dysentery, Ave cases (one import- ed); Tuberculosis, 24 cases.

BANK

OHINA NAVIGATION

ה

COMPANY. LIMITED.

Frequent and Regular Sailings for

SWATOW, AMOY, SEANGHAL, TSINGTAO, WHALEI,

Carroo and TIENTSIN,

KWANGCHOWWAN," Paxton and Borrow

HAIPHONG.

CANTON

TOURANE, SAIGON and, Baxoror.

SINGAPORK PORT SWITTENHAM and PENANO*

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

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO 30331

LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

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

Regular Bailings for UNITED KINGDOM as opportunity offera NEXT SAILINGS THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST AND 2ND WEEK SEPT.

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

NEXT SAILING END OF OCTOBER,

for Mauritius, Bennion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marquesa, Durban and Cape Porta,

AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE

Regular sailings for Bouton, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore..

NEXT SAILING EARLY SEÉTEMBER

AGENTS FOR:

KLAVENESS LINE

(PACIFIC COAST ASTATIC SERVICE)

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

NEXT SAILING 4TH WEEK AUGUST.

Issuing through Be/Lading to Guir & ATLANTIO 1 0137 with transhipment at Lo Asezas by Brat opportunity

For Freight or Pasage on any of the above new apply --

General Mariagers,

20. Ballding. 3th Floor.

Tel. Nos. 280237 & 28018

Telephone, 22791.

THE BANK LINE (CHINA), LTD.

& O. S. N. Co.

We have a Sailing Homewards ABOUT END OF AUGUST carrying Passengers and Freight. Also Frequent Cargo Departures B. 1. S. N. CO. LTD. Frequent Sailings to Straits, Rangoon and Calcutta.

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

of Australia and Tasmania. Also frequent sailings to. Shanghai and Japan."

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

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Passengers are requested to register their requirements but under-present circumstances sailings are

perforce restricted.

Detalls may be obtained fram

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

D & G BUILDING. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG

PHONE 27721.

THE

Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

and

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

NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG

FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

(Omitting Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockice-Lake Louise, Banf-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Besnery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as options routes on your coast-to-coast trin. Stop over anywhere you wish.

Then Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Seaway, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic flest.

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA LAST WEEK IN AUGUST For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent.

OR

Union Building Honr Kont Telephone 20752

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel. System

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SERVICE TO

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

V LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK” SEPTEMBER

Following suiling third

week October

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Telephone 980RL"

Show Agents."

Hong Kong, Bank Building,