1940-10-10 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS

To SAN FRANCISCO, and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

9.8. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

$8. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

S.8. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

Oct. 29

Nov. 3 Nov. 12

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

BOMBAY And CAPETOWN

SS. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

Oct. 18

8.8. "PRESIDENT MONROE"

Oct. 22

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

88. "CITY OF NORFOLK”

Oct. 26

8.8. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

Dec. 2

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

via YOKOHAMA

S.S. "CITY OF NEWPORT NËWS"

Oct. 14 Nov. 17

6.8. "CITY OF NORFOLK"

-AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND - WORLD SERVICE

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

AND UNITED AIR LINKS

12, PEDDER ST.

TEL. 28171

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

NITTA MARU

TATUTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

HEIAN MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

• SAKITO MARU

Friday, 11th Oct. Monday,

21st Oct.

Starts from Kobe)

Wednesday, 16th Oct.

Thursday, 31st Oct.

Chinese Send Umbrella To Indo-China Governor!

PROTECTION "FROM GATHERING CLOUDS

CHUNGKING, Oct. 2–The China branch of the International Peace Campaign and the Chinese Peoples' Foreign Relations Association to- day mailed to Admiral Jean De- coux, governor general of French Indo-China,

umbrella with which to protect himself from: gathering clouds.

an

A STATEMENT

Attached to the parcel post package containing the umbrella was this statement:

"Celebrating the

appeasement policy pursued jointly by the French Indo-China government, and the Vichy government, under which Japan was granted use of Indo- Chinese military and naval bases and air fields, Japanese aircraft Monday heavily bombed Kunming China, for the first time since the. outbreak of the Sino Japanese

war.

"Commemorating the civilian casualties sustained as a result of the facilities accorded our enemy by your good self, we have the unique distinction to present to you on this eventful occasion an umbrella which we believe will be of Iminense service to you when threatening clouds are gathering from all corners of the globe."

ITALIAN SUPPLY LINE CUT

R.A.F. Activity In

East Africa

ADEN, Oct. 9 (Reuter)

www

One

of the most vital Italian supply

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Japan & San lines in East Africa has been cut

Sunday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

Francisco.

YASUKUNI MARU

20th..Oct.

KITANO MARU

Tuesday,

29th Oct.

MADRAS vin Saigon (Cargo acceptable for Saigon)

'* MURORAN MARU

Tuesday,"

22nd Oct.

BOMBAY via Singapore &

Colombo.

*

* TOKIWA MARU

HARUNA MARU

Tuesday, Monday,

15th Oct. 28th Oct.

TUSIMA MARU

Friday,

11th Oct.

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

NITTA MARU

Friday,

fith Oct

YASUKUNI MARU

Sunday,

20th Oct.

KAMO MARU

Friday,

25th Oct.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

*Cargo only...

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

Telephone 30291.

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 NOVEMBER, 1940,

For Freight or Passage apply to:--

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Tel. No. 30332,

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

Agents.

1 Connaught Road.

SAILINGS FOR SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW & RETURN (Sallingstemporarily suspended)

KWANGCHOWWAN HONGKONG SERVICE. Weekly sailings from Hong Kong

For particulars of Freight & Passage apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.

General Managers,

Building, 5th Floor

as a result of bombing in the last few days. The cut is at Alsha.! an important station on the Dil- buti Addis Ababa railway.

The RAF. dropped bombs on the line, on the station and mill- tary buildings and

long

train.

on a

Several other important points along the railway were attacked end damaged recently, one being Adagalla

the station, another Jong Awash Bridge (balfway to Addis Ababa) and a third, the Cul- denar point of the line

FRENCH VESSEL

SEIZED

VICHY, Oct. (Reuter)—-AC- cording to a semi-official state- iment, the French garrison at Dithout a facing starvation as a result of British action in seizing the French ship Esperance.

OHINA NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED,

"Frequent and Regular "Sailings for

SWATOW, AMGY, SHANGRAL,” THINGTAO,"

Unaroo and TENTUN

KWANGCHOWWAN and Horno“.

HAIPHONG

CANTON (Weekly sailing)

TOURANE, SAIGON and Baxoxox.

SINGAPORI PORT SWETTENHAM and PENANG SAIGON, MIRL Sandakan, Madano, Salamava, Rabaul,

TULARI, GIZO and LORENA.

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

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

TELEPHONE NO. 30331

BURNS PHILP LINE

Passenger & Freight Service To

AUSTRALIA

We have a

vessel sailing

for

Manila, →Madang,

Salamada,

Rabaul,

Sydney and Melbourne

about the

Middle of October.

Excellent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabine at no supplement. Built-in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck,

Passenger & Freight Agents - GIBB, ¿LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Telephone No. 28031,

. P. & O, Building.

BURMA ROAD REOPENING

tacit understanding of the pos- albility of an extension of the closure.

to

claim. Japan is also likely -A violation of the letter and spirit TOKYO, Oct. 9 (Reuter) Japanese protest against the Bri-of the Arita-Craigie Agreement Britain It is stated that the Esperance tiah decision to reopen the Burma fast year under which

the special position was intercepted by a British wai-Road is expected on the grounds recognised ship when en route from Mada-that it is contrary to the spirit and needs of Japan regarding gascar and taken to Aden where of the three-months agreement China and disclaimed any inten- which is said to have tacluded a tion to aid or abet Japan's enemies. her cargo was confiscated.

BANK LINE (CHINA)LTD

AGENTS FOR

ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL SS.

CO., LTD.

Regular sailings for UNITED KINGDOM as opportunity offera

NEXT SAILING 4TH WEEK IN OCTOBER.

AGENTS POR ******

THE BANK LINE, LTD. ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE

for Mauritian, Reunion, Tamatave, Lourenco Marques, Durban and Cape Ports

AMERICAN-ORIENTAL. LINE

Regular sailings for Beston, New York, Philadelphia

NEXT SAILING BEG. DECEMBER.

AGENTS FORMAS

KLAVENESS LINE

(PACIFIC COAST ASIATIC SERVICE

Baltimore

HONGKONG DIRECT TO LOS ANGELES (in 21 Dayal THENCE TO SAN FRANCISCO, PORTLAND, OREL TACOMA & SEATTLE

NEXT SAILING 4TH WEEK OCTOBER

Issuing through Ba/Lading to Gruz & Artanen Coler with trasshipment at Los Angulma by drat opportunity

THE BANK LINE (CHINA) LTD.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 1940 -PAGE IF

P. & O. S. N. CO.

Passenger & Cargo Sailings

to

Straits, Ceylon, India, East & South Africa

&

United Kingdom.

B: I. S. N. CO. LTD.

Passenger & Cargo Sailing's 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 portowa or off the route and the route and all sailings are subject to cancellation change or deviation with or without notice.

Passengers are requested to register their requirements but upder present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.

Details may be obtained from

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

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NEXT SAILING. FROM-HONGKONG

TO VANCOUVER

FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER

(Omitting Honolulu)

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA 'FOURTH-WEEK IN OCTOBER

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OR

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NEXT SAILING THIRD WEEK OCTOBER

Following sailing_first_week Additional sailing third week

November

November

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