1941-02-07 — Page 11

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

7, 1941. -PAGE 11}

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PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and. LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA &- HONOLULU

S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

HARBOUR OFFICE

NOTIFICATION

A Harbour Office notice issued yesterday warns mariners that dangerous obstructions exist and passage is prohibited to all craft in the following areas:-

NORTH LANTAU CHANNEL One and a half miles either side of the line Joining Pillar Point and Red Point (Chu Lu Kok) to the northward" of Latitude 22 19 N.

Feb. 22

Mar. 5 Mar. 19

2

S.9. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

* S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

• Omita Yokohama

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

را

8.A. “PRESIDENT MONROE".

S.8. "PRESIDENT GRANT"

S.S. "PRESIDENT JAUKSON"

Feb. 10 Mar, 23 Mar. 23

To MANILA S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE" S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE" -- 3.5. "PRESIDENT TAFT”

Feb. 10 Feb. 28 Mar. 11

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIK

AND UNITED AIR LINES

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TEL. 28171.

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SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

ASAMA MARU TATUTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER

HIE MARU

Tuesday, 11th Feb. Tuesday, 25th Feb. (Starts from Kobe) Wednesday, 12th Mar.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo & San

Francisco.

* SANUKI MARU (starts from Kobe). Thursday, 20th Feb. NEW YORK via Japan & Panama

• NOSIRO MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

Saturday,

15th Feb.

HUSIMI MARU

Wednesday,

26th Feb.

TE

SAIGON

* DAKAR MARU

Sunday,

23rd Feb.

(Cargo accepted for Saigon).

Tuesday,

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

* LISBON, MARU

* TURUGA MARU

KOBE &

YOKOHAMA

* LIMA MARU

ASAMA MARU

TATUTA MARU ATUTA MARU

* Cargo only.

Friday,

Friday, Tuesday,

Feb.

7th Feb.

7th Feb. 11th Feb.

Tuesday, 25th Feb. Monday, 3rd Mar,

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

N.Y.K. King's Building

WEST LAMMA CHANNEL

the

ANTI-TANK TANK BUILD

FOR UNITED STATES

TURLOCK, Cal-A small radic-controlled tank has been de- signed by A. J., Baker, 61-year-old mechanic, who calls his invention an anti-tank tank and tha""greatest weapon since the dive bomber."

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army

caits

Baker said he started to build of TNT. which the an automatic garden tractor in U215 in the path of advancing 1939 for the use of small garden armoured units. The operator growers. He said the idea of a controlling Baker's machine merely uttle WAS sidetracked presses a button and the arden tractor when he realised his little cartlike anti-tank unit is dropped from the machine could be used as a tank machine. Baker sald one of the 225 biscuits has the detonating destroyer. In the West Lamma Channel and

ARMY INVESTIGATION force of at least 85 sticks of Southern Approach to Silver Ming Lieutenant Delfert Ball of the dynamite Bay (Lantau) bounded as follows.

ordnance department has inspect- He said the compressed expio- On The North:-By a line drawned the machine and according to {uve units measured approximately from Lantau Island in direc Baker, has promised efforts would 4 inches long, 23 inches wide and tion 090 to the S. W. Point of be made to have the army appro- inch thick. He asserted the ex- Papal Thence following

priate $5.000 to investigate the plosive units could be adjusted to north coasts of Papal and Chau

¡ invention.

detonate, only when a heavy unit Kung and from the North Point

Baker's tank climbed 28-degree such as a tank crushed them, of Chau Kung in a direction '053o

A LITTLE POLE ledges, plopped in and out of holes to Datum Rock, Therice in a

-The army thinks they'll fool direction 109 to a Point 360° dis-and all the while placed imitation tant 7.5 cables from Pak Kok Combs of intensive explosive power me when they take my tank up to during an exhibition for Ball, the presidio In San Francisco. (Lamma Island);

The little armoured wagon is They're going to run it among the On The South:-By a une drawn 100° from Lantau Island to the equipped with cleated trucks, is 42 trees at night. They think they North Plont of. Cheung Chau, inches long, 24 inches wide and 15 wont be able to see It." Baker

The machine sisald thence following the East Coast of inches high.

"Well, I haven't told them about Cheung Chau to the North Point radio-controlled

af Baker said the device is power- a little pole I attach to the tank. of Tung Wan Bay, thence In

Maybe direction 100 to the coast of ed with a five-eighths horsepower with a light on the end.

engine.

they won't be able to see the lighti Lamma Island in Ha-mef-wan.

IN ACTUAL SERVICE

But I will You see, you have to. He said the tank in actual ser-have on a special pair of glasser vice would place compressed units to see the light"

On The East:-By the West coast of Lamma Island and a line drawn 360° for a distance of 7.5 cables from Pak Kok (Lamma Island).

On The West:-By the coast of Iantau Island.

N. E. I. EXAMINATION

SERVICF

established an examination

JAPAN, RUSSIA

AND D.E.I.

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 a.m., Feb. 8. Negotiations are reported to be Barometer (at sea level), 30.20 ins. The Netherlands East Indies have taking place between Russia and Temperature. 67 F.

ser- Japan for the conclusion of a fish- | Humidity. 79 per cent, vice at the following ports:- Ba-eries agreement, according to Wind Direction. E/E bang, Pangkalansorson, Pangka- lan, Brandan, Balawan), Tand- Concerning the difference with jorgdalal, Samboe. Bandong. Ge- D'Jambi, ban, Tandjongpthang, Oosthaven, Emmahaven, Sema-

message from Salgon

TICKLISH FISH

the Dutch East Indies, the same message stated that negotiations rang, Lalanget, Pontanak. Band-with Batavia are continuing and that it was hoped that the Jap- Jerhabin, Samarinda, Makassar

anese statesmen and delegation and Menade..

The examination service is ex-would reach an agreement shortly ercised "from sunrise to sunset and masters are advised to rega- late the speed of their "Vessels so as to arrive at ports at day- break. At ports where there are European pilots, the examination will be carried out by the pilot. At ports where there are pilots, the examination will be done by the Harbour Master while the vessel is approaching, or anchor in the roads.

CO

st

Examination 'signals will De displayed from positions in the

Wind Force (Beaufort), 2. Temperature: Maximum yesterday

61 F."

Temperature: Minimum last night.

63 F.

Rainfall for 24 hrs, ending 100

today, 0.02 ins, Total rainfall since Janúary 1st.

3.93 ins Against an average of, 1.59 ins. Sanset tonight, 6.15 p.m. Catching fish by tickling has Sunrise tomorrow, 7.00a.m.

4 pm. Feb. 6. favourite sport among been a

shermen in the British Isles a Barometer (at sea level), 30.07 ins, long time.

[Temperature, 67 F.

The Maori tribe of New Zealand Humidity, 78 per cent, also practices the art. Trout and wind Direction, ESE." other species have the habit of Wind Force (Beaufort), 4. lying in clear shallow water with Maximum temperature, 71 F. Minimum temperature, 58 F. their heads under stones.

The tickling fisherman wades Rainfall, nfl.

and carefully through the water

harbour, signal stations, or pilot gently strokes the aldes or belly of backward into his hand, where it is light vessels. These will be three a fish, causing it to move slowly suddenly seized by the gills. balls hoisted vertically, by day. and three red lights holsted ver- tically, by night.

Instructions given by the ex- amination officer must be strictly adhered to and ships failing to comply may be fired on.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 7 to 13 Feb. 1941.

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Month.

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