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CANTON LINE

WEEKLY SAILING

SAFE

SEA

WAY

by the

British Line

MACAO LINE

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(including Sunday)

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SPAIN TODAY: RAVAGES OF CIVIL WAR VISIBLE

ON ALL SIDES

Everything in Spain looks run down and in disrepair, and the ravages of the civil war which ended more than 18 months ago are visible on all sides, according to Mr. Henry P. McNulty, United Press correspondent, In the Japan Chronicle.

An entire section of Madrid is a mere ghost town without lights "and with few inhabitants for miles Even in m'd-town there are balldings still showing the pockmarks of bullets and shrapnel

NEW PLANE FOR HIGHER

AIR FIGHTS

Washington.-A type of pursuit

aeroplane which gives the pilot

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1941.

FOREIGN MAILS

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, 1941, 9.30 AM,

greater visibility and mere ring from 10.00 a.m. to noon only on 17th, 18th and 19th The Money Order Office Public Counter will be open

power

has been designed

by

Alexander P. de Seversky. of Northport, N.Y., it is revealed in

a patent (No. 2,219,980 issued to the designer.

1

It is powered by a single liquid-

In some of the ruined apartment smiling into a sobby that was as cooled engine for greater "safety. nouses poor people hang a sheet quiet as a church. After two or It has as many as four propellers or rug over the holes in their walls three words with each officer, he and a sealed-in cabin to permit and live as though nothing had passed within a foot of me and on military operations in the substra- happened. However, the whole to the landing field.

tosphere. eastern section of the city came !

untouched.

through the war comparatively un- LACK OF PRECAUTIONS

It is powered by a single liquid- cooled engine mounted in a cradle scathed. and the bull-ring was "There he briefly reviewed &

on the bottom of the fuselage, just squad of Spanish soldlery, to the behind the pilot who sits above The correspondent arrived in accompaniment of a brass bund it. Two propellers give extra lift Madrid when the city was exulting playing the Spanish anthem for flying in the rare atmosphere over the release of a supply of Then he stepped into one of the of the substratosphere. They are heer and the reappearance of taxis Junkers and zoomed off into the mounted in the rear and are of. for the first time in months. feust. I was surprised at the lack the pusher type

"The

1:

FOUR PROPELLERS

All four propellers are driven by off like means of long shafts by the single engine. When not in use the two

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was to take.

The day Mr. Heinrich Himmler, u precautions about strangers Nazi Gestapo chief, departed after There was no questioning of on- his conferences with Generul lookers, no rules laid down. But Francisco Franco, I waited in the, the performance went rain for five hours to see the mill-clockwork. tary spectacle," the correspondent

soldiers deployed along rear propellers may be folded up says. "Madrid's buildings were the way had been dressed in new to a streamlined configuration. Some of the Nazi flags had swas mings. There had not been enough peller in the nose it may be Since there is no engine or pro- At in new ones to go around, however, heavily armed. The patent shows tervals of 100 feet special police so the last few miles to the air-six 50-caliber machine guns and guarded the route Mr. Himmler port had been guarded by gen- one 37-milimeter cannon mounted

darmes in the old uniform of t-in the nose. "At the airport there was un-corn hat and expe of dark blue usual activity. Smartly uniformed "New uniforms are an unusual protects the pilot. The fuselage 15 An armour of bullet-proof steel German officers stood talking in tning for Spain, for everything marow, haray greater than the small groups. Spanish

officers seems to be old. The hotel where width of the body of the pilot. looked expectantly down the road Himmler stayed. for instance, was to Madrid. Civilian plane passet the Ritz, but the only indication The patens, which is assigned gers were ignored.

of its name was the weather stains

to the Seversky Aircraft Corpora- "Eventually there was a roar of left by a long defunct neon sign, is silent as to the speed of motor-cycles, followed by a caval- removed from its top floor long cade of big American cara.

The agu. officers snapped- to attention, 'The overworked trolleys, ac- saluted.

and Himmler

stepped cording to many Madrillenos,

should have been junked years ago.. Now that there is so. Httle gasoline available" for automobile travel, they carry three times the load

Fanling Golf for onich they were intend-

STARTING TIMES

FOR SUNDAY

J

the ship

ONE WAY TO END A STRIKE

By simply jailing the 600 strikes ed. The buildings need paint, and in order to give them time to cool hundreds of them need repairs:

off and adopt a more reasonable

"It is almost impossible to get stand, the Santiago authorities eggs in Madrid. The bread is al-broke a strike of bus workers in: The Royal Hongkong Golf Club only one piece at a meat Butter

most black and you are allowed the capital, '· starting times for Fanling tois rationed and scarce. morrow are as follows:-

a.m.

OLD COURSE

9.18. W. L. Alexander, G. Thomer-

son.

9.20 P. M. Cotton, H. M. Rowland,

is rancid when you get it. The Home Minister, Senor L. Salās coffee is 'ersatz and exceedingly Romo, informed the leaders of the distasteful.

February, 1941.

The Printed Matter Service to the following places in China

is temporarily suspended:-

Yunnan "

Szechuen

Kwelchow

Hunan "

Fuklen (except Amoy and Kulangsu)"

Kwangst (except Wuchow and Yunghsien)

North and East of Kwangtung.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

Saigon.

Java and Manila. Swatow Canton Sandakan

INWARD MAILS

From

Straits and Airmail by "British Overseas Airways Service" (except London) by Sea from "Singapore

sir Mail by "Pan-American Airways United-Kingdom and Straits United-Kingdom and Straits.

Calcutta and Straits.

Due

l'th Feb.

15th Feb,

16th Feb.

17th Feb.

17th Feb.

18th Feb.

irth Feb.

18th Feb.

Direct Ser-

viceSan Francisco date, 12th February.

19th Feb.

20th Feb.

lat. Feb.

gist Fəh

Direct Ser-

22nd Feb.

3rd Feb.

gach Feb.

(San

25th Feb.

5th Feb.

Canton

Sandakan

air Mall by "Pan-American Airways

r;*ard*-T1e

United Kingdom and Straits...

vice"San Francisco date, 15th February.

Calcutta and Straits.

U. 3. A., Honolulu, Japan, and Shanghai

Francisco date, 7th February)... United-Kingdom and Straits. Java and Manila

OUTWARD MAILS

3rd Mar.

Registered and Parcel Mall are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm on the previous day. When malls are adver- at 6 pm. tised to close after 5 pm Registered and Parcel malls are closed

Date and Time

For

SATURDAY

Sat, 15th

While the strikers were cooling Formosa and Dairen..... Often it their heels in the local Jall, the

2.30 PM

K.P.O Reg. 6.00 PM

Ord.

5.30 PM

G.P.O.

strike that he would be willing to Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the Reg arbitrate in the matter and to free "British Overseas Airways"

Ord.

5.00 PM 6.30 PM

MONDAY

Mon. 17th

8.30 PM 10.30 AM

Tue, 18th

7.00 PM

"Bugar is hard to get., Spaniards are allowed meat three times the strikers it they should accept

week. One day a week is set aside 9.24 R. Young, S. L. Lloyd.

as. 'one dish day' which means that 9.28 H S. Rees, R. P. Morris.

only one main dish can be served, 9.32 F. A. Howard, D. S. Robb. with the usual supplementary 9.36 S. C. Feltharp, J. H. Bottom-dishes of soup, dessert, fruit and

ley.

9.40 Col, Rose, D. B. Evans. 9.44 A. H. McBride, L. Jackson. 9.48 A. H. Guinness, J. K. Bous-

field.

9.52 G. E Costello, A. D. Hum-

phreys.

bread.

RESTRICTIONS FOSTER

SMUGGLING The restrictions on food and cigarettes foster quite a smuggling business in some of these pro- ducts If you know the proprietor usually

9.56 F. V. McLane, W. W. C. She-of a restaurant you can

wan.

10.00 J. Macintyre, A.

Kellar.

Me

10.04 G. T. Harrington, J. S. Lee. 10.08 J. Linaker, J. Harrop. 10.12 F N. Merritt, W. J. Kelly. 10:18 R. D. Gillespie, R. H. Chal-

Iinor.

10.20 D. D. Forbes, J. Fleming. 10.04 I. H. Geare; A. W. Bourne. 10.28 J. W. Clague, P. E., Annis. 10.32 C. D. N. Walker, LM. Wylie.

10.36 G. A. Lelper, W. Park.

get what you like, although with the lack of fats Spanish cooks are

to go back to work immediately.

The proposal was hastily ac-Straits. cepted by the strikers, with the re- Haiphong

sult that the bus service was dis- rupted for a few hours only.

TUESDAY

canton

WEDNESDAY

S'HAI CHINESE

CHAMBER OF

Manila, Rabaul, Australia, and New Zealand

Brisbane.

Bwatow

COMMERCE

Wed, 19th G.P.O, & K.P.O. Par. 18th 5.00 PM

via Reg. 18th 5.00 PM

SHANGHAI, Feb. 14 (Reuter-Air Mail, for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U. S. A. & hard put to it to offer much It is reported that the Chinese variety. You can still get Amert- Chamber of Commerce, which was

Europe via Pan American Airways and Trans- Reg. can cigarettes fur about 50 cents a raided by a

Atlantic Services" Japanese party "on package.

"Although the food in Spain is business

Wednesday, will transact all its

FRIDAY not good, the farther north you whither all important documents Straits. Rangoon and Calcutta....

hereafter in Hongkong Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya, go the better conditions seem to and archieves have been moved. exist. Barcelona, which

was

bombed numerous times, has been

repaired to a large extent and manufactured products, which are looks more prosperous than Mad-absolutely required for shipments

10.40 C. F. Marshall, J. W. McKee, rid. Its harbour, however, is from Shanghai to Free China re- 10.44 S. H. Dodwell, K. S. Morri- crowded with idle Spanish ships. Elons, will be obtainable in Hong- Air Mall by Air to Rangoon to connect with the

son.

10.48 A. B. Pürves, J. C. Taylor. 10.52 M. A. Annett, J. B. Harrison. 10.58 W. J. Richards, H. A. Mills. 11.00 G. M. Park, R. A. Campbell. 11.04 Capt. Thursby, Lieut. Car-

ter.

The beggars, So noticeable in kong, it is added. Madrid, are few in Barcelona, and

Meanwhile, the new

Chamber

there are far fewer ragged child-organised by the Nanking regime ren picking up cigarette butts for has begun operating. resale, from the streets and the cafe floors.

"British Overseas Airways."

Ord. 19th 8.30 AM

1.00 PM

K.P.O.

Reg,

5 00 PM

"

Ord.

5.30 FM

Ord.

G.P.O.

105,00 PM 7.0) P

Fri. 21st

*.30 AN

3.3J PM

All certificates for Chinese

Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco Marques. East

and South Africa via Durban.

3.30 PM

K.P.O.

Reg. Ord.

4.00 PM

4.30 PM

G.P.O.

Reg.

4.00 PM

Ord

4.30 FM

EPO.

Parcels 4.00 FM

Reg.

6,00 PM

Ord.

5.30 PM

ALUMINIUM COINS DANGEROUS

shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U. S. A., Canada,

Central and South America and United King-Parcels dom via San Francisco. (No Parcels for Unit-Reg. ed-Kingdom).

G.P.O.

4:00 PM

5,00 M

Ord.

7:00 PM

Note: All Malls for United-Kingdom will be for- warded with or without superscription........

Canton

7.00 PM

SATURDAY

9.44 M. G. Carruthers. R. C.

Gairdner

before Spain eats dinner, sees the

According to an announcement senoritas and senors walking round by Dr. Kuroda of the Osaka m- and round the main square or perial University, aluminium ten, 'Rambla, to ace and be seen A five and one sen pieces are in- Air Mall by Sen to Singapore to connect with the Reg. though things were. all as they visible to Rontgen rays and there-

"British Overseas' Airways."

Sat, 2nd

K.P.O. Rog. 8.00 AN

Ord.

9.30 AM

G.P.O.

9.00 AM

Ord

9.30AM

Africa.

10.30 434

K.P.O,

Reg

8.00 PM

Ord

5.30 PM

and G.P.O.

5.00 PM

Ord.

5.30 PM

Sun. 23rd

9.00

Mon. 24th

3.30 PM

NEW COURSE

"Farther north near the French

border in a small country town, I found that bombs had left gaunt 9.24 HK. Bank v, B. & 8. (G, M, and bare walls. I was shown the ¡ruins of an air raid shelter, direct-

Young Cup).

9.28 H.K. Bank v. B. 8. (G. My hit, where 27 citizens lost their May Prove Fatal

Young Cup).

vea. But the strolling hour, from

0.39 HK. Bank v. B. & S. (G. M.8 to 9 o'clock in the evening just

Young Cup).

8.38 H.K. Bank v. B. & S. (G. M,

Young Cup).

If Swallowed.

9,52 J. G. Jensen, Miss Cuthbert.should be. The next day a taxi fore may prove fatal if swallowed Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

son.

9.56 Major Alley, Miss Boyd. 10.04 Miss Kelly, R. Parkin. 10.16 E. L Groome, F.. A. M

Elliott. 10.24 C. M. Williams, W. E. Deni-

'son,

•

10.36 Mrs. Lelper, Mrs, Park,

POLO POSTPONED

Bad weather yesterday necessi-

charged me a pre-1929. price for by infants. a 10-mile detour around "froded railroad bridge"

"

Bince the beginning of this year, Dr. Kuroda stated, three small children have been brought to the Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. university hospital, and each time, Europe via "Pan-American Airways and Trans- Beg... The United States Administia- when X-rays were applied, it was Atlantic Service, " tion has expressed a desire to impossible to locate coins in their continue sending vitamins and throats. milk as well as medical products

Alarmed over this discovery, ne Saigon. to France, states, a message from took X-ray photographs and only Balgon.-(8pecial).

on careful study of the developed film could he make out the shape of the colns. When examining auch patients. Dr. Kuroda pointed

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Sandakan

TUESDAY

Central and South America via San Francisco.

tated postponement of both "The Germans claim to have out, It is not enough to apply X-Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U. 8. A., Canada, matches in the American Polo sunk two enemy'ships in the Suez rays, but X-ray pictures must be Tournament for the Lady Stubbs Canal which is partly blocked, taken in future to find out the Cup" that were to have been play states a Saigon message-(Spe-presence of aluminium coins in ed at Boundary Street yesterday. Icial)

the throat.

4

Tue. 25th G.P.O.&FPO

Beg. 24th 5.00 PM Ord. 25th 8.30 AM

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