1940-12-07 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1940. -PAGE 111.

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

S.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

SS. "PRESIDENT CUOLIDGE"

Dec. 7

Dec. 27

Jan 3

8.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

HOMBAT and CAPETOWN

Doc. 18

Dec. 17.

S.A. "PRESIDENT JACKSON" „

I SA "PRESIDENT VAN BUREN"

1 Manila, Singapore & Pënang,

MANILA

Dec. 16' Dec. 27

Jan. 10

То

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35. "PRESIDENT PIERCE" S.&. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

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SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

TATUTA MARU (starts from Shiny Friday, 1 th Dec. Thursday, 19th Dec.

NITTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe

HIKAWA MARU

Saturday; 21st Dec.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) vis Hilp & San

Francisco.

* AZUMA MARU

(starts from Kobe) Friday, NEW YORK via Japan & Panama

• ASAKA MARU

90th Dec

Tuesday,

10th Dec.

28th Dec.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

Saturday,

ATUTA MARU

HAIPHONG, SAIGON & MADRAS

* GENOA MARU

Today, 7th Jan. (Cargo accepted for Haiphong & Saigon) BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo."

ONOE-MARU

Wednesday. 11th Dec.

RANGOON & CALUTTA via Singapore

* LIMA MARU

• MATUMOTO MARU

KOBE &

YOKOHAMA

NITTA MARU

KITANO MAHU

KAMAKURA MARU

Friday, 12th Dec. Saturday,

28th Dec.

* Cargo only.

Complete Information From Your Agent or:»

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

NYX, Kink's Building.

Egyptian Government Changes

CAIRO, Dec. 6 (Reuter)- Abdel Haidtendaoui Pasha has been ap». pointed Finance Minister mi sue- cession to Hassan Bey Badek who becomes' Minister of Defence.

The new Finance Minister, is a Royal Councillor and lawyer of International' fame.

He had been offered Cabinet posts many times previously but always refused them.

Hassan Bey Badek is an en- gineering expert whose knowledge will be valuable to Cloverzznent in the air raid precautions pro-

gramme.

THE WEATHER Maximum temperature yesterday was 75 and the minimum 63,

Total rainfall since Jari. 1 is 117.69 inches against an average of 84.27.

The Royal Observatory report states:-----

The anti-cyclone continues to move eastward pressure being highest over Japan and the Pac- Ac to the eastward; it is relative-

ly low over the Southern China

King George tries out, a Bren gun during à recent Sunday tour of a small arms factory.

Ses and the Philippines, the de- TRAVEL BY AIR FROM FAR EAST

pression being probably situated about 400 miles waw of Mantia, moving slowly WNW.

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory 10 a.m., Dec. 6. Barometer, (at sea level), 3007 ins, Temperature, 12 F.

Humidity, 69 percent Wind Direction, E

Wind Force (Beaufor), s.

Temperature: maximum yesterday.

77 F... Temperature; Minimum last night

86 F

Rainfall for 24 hrs ending 10th

today, bil

Total rainfall since January 1st.

117.59 ins.

Against an average of, 84.27 ins. Sunset tonight, 5.39 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 8.50 art.

14 min., Dec. 6. Barometer (at sea level) 29.96 Ina, Temperature, 71 F. Humidity, 63 per cent. Wind Direction, E/B. Wind Force (Beaufort), Maximum temperature, 75 P. Minimum temperature, 66 T. Rainfall, rill.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 7 to 13 Dec. 1940.

Dats of

Month.

Height.

Low Wars

Hong

Kong

Standard

Halyht.

EUROPE STILL POSSIBLE

DESPITE THE WAR

Despite the European war, it is still possible to fly from the Orient or the Antipodes to various European points, Including Lon- don, H. B. "Buck" Loarfellow, foreign trafic manager of United Air Lines, said recently at the Manila Hotel, reports the Manila Bulletin,

Longfellow, who used to be with general offices in Chicago showed the Shanghai office of the old Dol- that the increase in air travel in lar Line, arrived here fest Sunday the United States has been ac- from Hongkong. He has been celerated by the nation's prepared- travelling all over the world for si-ness programme. most a year, studying air transport movements,

Further evidence of the role the air lines are playing in the nation- al defense, it is pointed out, is the

ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED The route followed by those wishing to fly from the Orient to placing of orders for $30,000,000 European points, Longfellow stat worth of new airplanes by the air ed, is via Fan American's translines with United, which operates San from Los Angeles. Ban Francisco, pacific clipper service to Franciach United Air Lines Seattle and Vancouver, B. C., to

New York. overnight sleeper planes link San Prancisco to New. York, where a transfer is made at the lame air-t port to PAA'S transadando dip pera to Lisbon, Portugal British Overseas Airways connects Lisbon to London with a atx-day week service.

MARINERS WARNED

The following notice to mariners was issued by the Harbour Omce authorities yesterday:

The Bight from Hongkong or j Notice is hereby given that on Singapore to London requires nine or about Dec. 6, and without fur- days, from Manila to London, eight, ther notice, South-east Spit Light- days, and from Sydney to London buoy will be moved to a position and European points, nine days. bearing 175. deg,` distant · 9,350 metras (5.85 sea miles) from Plen- tansha Beacon, kis, other char-- acteristics remaining unchanged..

AIR MAIL INCREASE In addition to the substantial number of transpacifc. passengers who Board United planes at San Francisco of Los Angeles før over- night flight to Chicago or New

York, Longfellow said, there is an Increasing volume of transpacife? laar ma and express being trans- 58.00 2398 terred at California for the cross- 7 country fight over "the United 27 Staten.

HIGH WATER.

Thursday, 19th Dec Tuesday,

24th Dec.

Boog

Tuesday,

14th Jan.

Kong Standard Tims.

Time

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Sat,

Sun

7

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Mon 9

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Tues 10

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00:40

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Wed. 11

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TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA

Calling at Manila, Thursday Island, Cairns, Towns-

ville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne, etc.

NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JANUARY, 1941.

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14 4 Air transportation in the United States in 1940 showed a sin of

3 755 per pent over 1939, approxima-

1

SS. Fatshan Back

In Colony

The ss. Fatkhan arrived from Canton on Thursday evening with a total of 337 passengers, out of which 332 were Chinese.

There is as yet no definíte news

1tely 3,200,000 passengers having as to when she will make er

been flown so far this year by the second trip to Canton. various air lines..

ROLE OF AIR LINKS

A cable received by the United [3,3 | Air Lines' representative from the

The Shiragano Maru, which arrived yesterday with between

300 and 400 passengers, is sailing gain for Canton at 8 am, today,

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NEXT SAILING BEG. DECEMBER.

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