1940-09-13 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS®

FRIDAY,

SEPTEMBER 13 1940. -PAGE 1)

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

TỤ SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES,

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT”

S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

S.B. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

Sept. 17 Oct.

Oct. 18

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

LANDLUBBER'S

GRAVE

The old sidewheel steamier Chip- pewa, which took countless vaca- tioners and one-day holiday seekers to the Lake Erie Islands has finally ended her 58 years of service on the great lakes and gune the way of many a better ship-to the junk- yard.

OFFICIAL PROTECTION FOR 3,000 SQUATTERS

About three thousand “squatters" on Singapore laland will be affected by the Rent Restriction (Amendment) Bill, passed

at the last Legislative Council meeting, which gives the "squatters" the right to appear before the Rent Restriction Board, in case of dispute with their landlords.

These "squatters" produce the on land formerly occupied by

The Chippewa was built in Buf-bulk of the Colony's vegetables and, "squatters."

live-stöck, falo, NY., in 1884 as a coast guard cutter, and served the treasury de- partment on the lakes until 1910, when she was rebuilt at Manitowne, Wis. and converted for passenger service.

Just now there are over thirty against "squatters," A large number of them, how-summonses ever, are just "trespassers on the but the bill which will have retro- spective erfect from July 1, will land they occupy.

give the "squatters" protection-

Malaya Tribune).

The others pay from fifty cents to $3 a month to occupy the land For the next 15 years she plied they eke a living from. They between Sault Ste. Marie and build their own houses and farm Mackinac Island, the property of the land.

BOMBAY nad CAPETOWN

S.S. "PRESIDENT POLK"

Sept. 29

S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

Oct. 18

the Arnold Transportation Co. In 1923 she was sold to Lake. Erle in-

Tɔ SINGAPORE & PENANG

8.8. "CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS"

Sept. 25

S.S. "CITY OF NORFOLK"

Oct. 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

DIRECT

S.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES"

via Yokohama.

Sept. 18.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

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ASAMA MARIT (Starts from Kobe) Wednesday, 2nd Oct.

Friday, 11th Oct.

NITTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

HIE MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

• SANUKI MARU

Monday, 23rd Sept

Tuesday, 8th Oct.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Japan & San

Francisco.

HEITO MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

ATUTA MARU

SAIGON & MADRAS

* GENOA MARU.

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

* ATAGO MARU (also calle Saigon)

KASIMA MARU

Thursday, 10th Sept.

Saturday, 28th Sept.

Beginning of Oct.

Monday, 16th Sept. Saturday, 28th Sept.

Wednesday, 25th Sept.

Thursday, 19th Sept Saturday,

21st Sept.

KANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

• TOTTORI MARU

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

HEIYO MARU

KITANO MARU

* Cargo only.

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

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KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 29291.

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

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940,

For Freight or Passage apply to--

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

There is "get. another class Of "squatter" who occupies Crown

terests and began her service be- land, but the Government has tween Sandusky. Put-in-bay, Pelee given an assurance that if ever

-island and the Canadian Main-

NOTICE TO MARINERS

A Press Notice issued by the land. in all her island service she the need arises to eject a "squat- was commanded by Capt. Victor ter." adequate comperisation will Hon. Commdr. F. G. Hole, Har- Brown, veteran Lake Skipper.

REPLACED

In 1938 the Chippewa was tied up and replaced by a smaller boat because she could not measure up in efficiency to either newer boats or, the automobiles that took vaca tioners everywhere they wanted to Go,

be paid to him.

PROFITEERING

1b

In recent months there has “been a tendency for owners of land occupied by "squatters" to increase the land renta, or elect the occupiera. This was

bour Master, Hongkong, "states that on and after Sept. 3, 1940 all foreign ships of more than 75 tons entering Singapore will have their bolds "sighted by officers-of- the Examination Service before being allowed to leave the Examination Centre at Singapore. Unable to sell her for fur-

to a large measure, It is stated that the examina- ther service on the lakes the due to the fact that there was an tion is expected to take only a owners finally let go to the sal-increased demand for smaller short time and masters of vessels vagers, who cut her hull down for tenements, and people were pre- are advised to have the hatched a barge, sold the rest of the tronpared to pay larger rents for the open in order to facilitate and for scrap, and offered many fix right to build temporary houses expedite the sighting tures and parts for sale souvenirs.

BS

The Chippewa was one of the. last walking beam, side wheel steamers to sail the lakes. A few others remain, but most of them are tied up at Lake Erie ports, waiting similar fates unless some profitable use other than excur sion sailing can be found.

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory. 10 am, Sept. 12. Barometer, (at sea level), 29 88 ins. Temperature, 77 F... Humidity, 91 per cent.

Wind Direction, calm

Wind Force (Beaufort), Temperature: Maximum yesterday,

7 F.

Temperature; minimum last night

76 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today. 0.56 iris.

Total rainfall since January 1st.

110.80 ins

Against an average of, 71.34 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.30 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.09 a.m.

4 p.m., Sept. 12. Barometer lat sea level), 29.80 ins Temperature, 81 F.

Humidity, 78 per cent.

Wind Direction, ESE, Wind Force (Beaufort), 3.

Maximum temperature, -82 F. Minimum temperature, 75 F. Rainfall, ni.

41

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 13 to 19 Sept. 1940

HIGH WATER.

Dats of

Month

11

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Япод

Bong

Standard

··LOW WATER,

Bien

Hong

Kong.

Time

Standard

jft. in. h. m.

87

Height.

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Votrow

SWATOW, AMOY, SHANGHAL THINGTAO, WEIHAI #ZĄ,

CHEICO and TIENTSIN.

KWANGCHOWWAN, Paxsor änd

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CANTON

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THE

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LINE.

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HONG KONG-SINGAPORE PENANG-RANGOON

ms. "HA BING"

HAI LEE'

Time,

à...

Fri. 13

06 56

00141 44

20 37

1341

20

Sat. 34

07 47.

6 J 0119 3 9

Sun. 15

Mon 16

21 04 0831 0 0

160

1415

20

UI 36

35

21 27H 09 14

1444

20

3149

69 59.

02:37

3 1

15 10

Taes 17

09 49

6 6

03 18

12 0

29 11

6 1

1544

2.1

Wed... 18

10 94

64

03 55

12 6

22 37

6.3

1614

12 4

Thar. 19

10 54 8 1

0435

Tel. 30237.

22.44.

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leaving Hong Kong

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

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NEXT BAILING FROM HONGKONG. TO VANCOUVER

FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER

(Omitting Honolulay

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA “

· FOURTH, WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

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Hong Kong Telephone 20752-

OR

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For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to:-

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Tel, Nos. 28037 & 28038.

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Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM as opportunity offers"

NEXT SAILINGS THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST AND 2ND WEEK SEPT.

AGENTS FOR

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

NEXT BAILING, END OF OCTOBER.

for Mauritias, Bennion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban And Cape Po

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL LINE

Regular sailings for Beslon, New York, Philadelphia

NEXT SAILING EARLY SEPTEMBER

For Freight or Passag, on any of the abre lidt apply Telephone 71791

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SERVICE TO

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VIA LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS.

by NEW FAST VESSELS

NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK SEPTEMBER

Following sailing third week October

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