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U.S. LINES AGENTS TO ASSIST IN EVACUATION

OF AMERICAN turning to Hongkong after a briet NATIONALS

ARRIVAL IN H.K.

BY CLIPPER

vacation in- Baguio, P. X; and

MR. LIM LIONG-HONG, com- pleting a round trip by "Clipper after several months' stay with re- latives in Manila.

DEPARTURE TODAY

GENERAL

Undernourishment Among Chinese Soldiers

Elevating the problem of undernourishment among Chinese soldiers to rank as the first and most impartant handicap to be faced by the Chinese Bed Cross in their work among the Chi-> nese soldiery, Mr. Max Bickerton, of the Foreign Auxillary to the Chinese Red Cross, tală a meeting of the Discussion Group aft the European Y.M.C.A. on Sunday night that had feeling among these soldiers constituted a major handicap to the work of the doctors.

THE HONOLULU CLIPPER was scheduled to take off this morning THE SERIOUSNESS WITH on her return trip to San Fran-

"The soldiers were being paid Where roads, had been broken WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS cisco, via Manila, with the follow-

$12.50 a month, and of this sum up by Japanese bombers or for PROCEEDING WITH ITS PLANS ng passengers from Hongkong:

$7.50 was taken monthly to pay military purposes, a new trans- FOR TO EVACUATE AMERICAN NA-

MANILA: MR. LESTER

for their board. In the interior portatiu service has been born- TIONALS FROM THE FAR EAST FENNEL P. AA. meteorologist,

of China today, such sum of by bicycle! However. It is not is indicated in the arrival yester- returning after a familiarisation

money could not be deemed suffi- possible to hire a bicycle withnnt day in Hongkong, by the HONO-]trip to Hongkong: and the follow-

cient to provide nourishing food. paying a huge deposit. It is also Mr. Warren Irvin, an American LULU CLIPPER

MESSRS.ing Chinese Clipper commuters-- of

Chinese doctors of Western not easy to buy one. But it is ROYAL JORDAN, HUGH ROBIN-MESSRS, LEUNG CELINE, NG HIN

who spent the early months of the war in Germany-broadcasting re-

training, now working in the Red possible to get" transportation by SON AND WALTER WALL, des- and NG ENG-KIAN,

the interior, paying for a seat on the carrier guarly from there to America-Is Cross huspitals in cribed as agents for the US. Lines, who have come to the East to as- MARTHA PEARSON, wife of angular series of broadcasts in the duced on

FOR SAN FRANCISCO: MRS. now in London and is giving a re-speak or the wonderful effect pro- at the rear of the cycle white a

the health of some of company employee" would độ thể official of the Standard Oil Co.. BBC's Overseas short-wave ser- the patients with the addition to The Pan American Airways - en route to her home in Richmond, vice. Mr. Irvin broadcasts in the their diet daily of only two ERFS, ing boat, commanded by Capt. E.Virginis, accompanied by her one series "Within the Fortress" and J. Hamilton, arrived at Kal Tak year-old son, MASTER ROY L.An American Looks at Britain." shortly after noon yesterday, PEARSON;

sist in the evacuation.

10 am, Nov. 11...

bring US. mails dated. San MRS. HELEN DURRSCHMUXT, WEATHER REPORT Francisco, Oct. 31, for Hongkong. wife of another official of the

OTHER ARRIVALS

Standard Ou Co.. flying back Royal Observatory, Hongkong. Others who arrived by the Olip-home. per were:—

MR. SHIR CHI KAO, Shanghal Barometer (at sea level), 30.22 ins. MR. CARAL JANTSCH, a Swiss jexchange broker, making a vaca- chemist, who is making a flying tion trip by air to the United visit to Hongkong on business and States accompanied by his wife, a Mr. Frank Higgs, who both (MRS. HSIH CHI LES boarded the flying boat at Hono- Julu

Nine

passengers arrived here from Manila. They were:-

MESSRS. V. T. DOONG AND DEE K. CHONG, Chinese mer- chants, who have come here to meet the remains of their relative, Mr Dee C. Chuan, Chinese million

aire;

MR. LEE CHIK-CHEE, Chinese merchant, who is completing his

CHINA CLIPPER TOMORROW

Temperature. 71 F. Humidity: 60 per cent. Wind Direction, NNE

pedalling!

popular

MISSED COOL DRINK Mr. Bickerton spoke of the new spirit in China, of the peasant of the province by way of Tum-. On his journey into the interior

soldiers and the young nurses and abut, the speaker explained, he doctors who were the symbols of a found that, contrary to new age

bellef among Europeans locally, The Industrial Co-operatives, he he did not miss his daily milk, coffee. What he did explained, are allowing of a good bread or deal of new enterprise, and inere misa was a cool drink after a hot was a particularly good atory to day. This was not to be had anv- tell of a young Chinese lady in where, and it was his unfortunate Wind Force (Beaufort), 2

Shlukwan, beading a camphor colot always to have a parched Temperature: maximum yesterday operatire, who went to Cantinate throat after consuming quantities

76 F

buy machinery for a camphor co of hot tea Temperature; minimum last night operative and was confident of

-62 F.

bringing it back through the Jan. Rainfall for 24 hrs ending 10th anese Hnes

today," nil

Pan American Airways "CHINA CLIPPER is scheduled to arrive in Hongkong tomorrow afternoon Total rainfall since January 1st. and will take off on her -return night to San Francisco. via Mant-Against-ar average of 82.99 Ins.

117.32 ins on Thursday morning.

Sunset tonight, 5.42p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, "6.34 a.m.

4 p.m., Nov. 11.

M1

„NEW CONDITION),

rome nip to the Colony by the American Residents Barometer (at sea level), 30.12 insable ability to adopt themselves and josses.

Clipper safter a brief visit to rela- tives in Manila.

Leave Tokyo

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1940.

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An interesting fact about new China-that was being born in these provinces were the old temples. These were being use for every form of-social- work,- us With the new conditions brossat clubs ter soldiers, as post-offices 70 units have now been set up about in Kwangtung and wangst and as hospitals. It was a picture under the able direction of Dr. 16 with the constant Japanese bombworth remembering, that of mo- Robert Lim, who are doing a good ing raids, the Chinese had again dem sterilisers and X-Ray ma- deal to cope with the situation.

Bach unit includes one and again showed their remars- chines among the various images

{doctor, several qualified Temperature, 79 F.

to-new conditions,

(and other dressers The Industrigi Co-operauves who have undergone Humidity, 57 per cent.

A new class of aristocrat has were giving many men and women training course. TOKYO, Nov. 11 (Reuter-The Wind Direction, ENE `MR." GURINOMAL THAWERDAS,

arisen in these districts of the two of China, a new pride, the speaker -British Indian merchant, making United "States Itner, President Wind Force (Beaufort), 2.

provinces. · {The aristocrat there såld, and he would not forget haw Chinese military, doctors are at- 2"round" trip"-to-the-Colony;

Coolidge, which arrived in Yoko- Maximum temperature, 76 F.

today-is-the-rice-dealer, the coolle one of these people had told hint tending lectures given by doctors MR. MORLEY CHO, manager of hama from Shanghai yesterday Minimum temperature. 62 F.

and the truck-driver. The latter proudly that his co-operative, of the Red Cross units, and this Fri. Tai Ping Insurance Co., who is on morning left for Honolulu in the Rainfall, nii..

makes a good deal of money, often which was moving out of a city must obviously help in the long a visit to relatives in Hongkong, evening with a number of Ameri- accompanied by his wife, NANCY can evacuees among its more than States Ambassador to China, Mrs very much in excess of his month- because of the constant danger run. These military doctors were

ly average wage of $40. The from bombing raids, had com in many cases not possessed of Sun. 17 Garland Richardson, wife of the coolie, when he will come back to pleted the moving of all its heavy more knowledge of medical-treat- Among these are Mrs. Nelson, United catates Vice-Consul in work following a bombing raid machinery without hiring nutside ment than private in the Mon, 18 T. Johnson," wife of the United Tokyo, and 37 American residents scare, is sure of a better wage.

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