Tuesday,
HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH
August 1, 1939.
P & O-BRITISH INDIA (APCAR) AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
(Companies Incorporated in England.)..
Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading for STTIAITS, JAVA & BURMA, 1. & D. AFRICA. AUS. TRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND RED SEA, EGYPT, EVROPË, ETC.
CEYLON, INDIA, HANIAN GULF, MAURITIVE QUEENSLAND PORTS,
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL, FORTNIGHTLY DUŒECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS (Under Contract with HM, Government.)
All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route,mand the route and að ailing are subject to change of deviation with or without notice,
Steamers
CORFU
*BURDWAN
CANTON CARTHAGE *ISOMALI HAJPUTANA RANCHI *BANGALORE
Tons From II'Kong about
14,000, 5th August
0,000 12th Aug.
13,000 19th August 14,000 2nd Sept. 7,000 0th Sept.
17,000 10th Sept. 17,000 301 Sept, 0,000 7th Oct.
| 17,000 14th Oct.
RANPURA RAWALPINDI
17.000 20th Oct.
Cargo-only.
SIRDHANA
SHIRALA
TILAWA SANTHIA
TALMA
+ Calls Casablanca.
Destination.
B'bay, Marseilles & London. B'bay, M'aeiller, Havre, L'don, Hull, bg. R'dam & A'werp. Bbay, Marscillen & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. B'bay, M'acilies, Havre, L'don, Hull, Il'bя. R’dom & A'werp. Bombay, Marsellies & London. Marseilles & London,
B'bay, M'scilles, Huvre, L'den, Hull, Hbg, R'dam & A'werp. Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London.
All vessels may call at Malta
URITISH INDIA apcar BAILINGS (BOUTIL)
10,000, 12th August.
4,000 20th Aug
10,000
9th Sept.
7th Oct.
8,000 23rd Sept. 10,000
S'pore, Port Sweltenham, Penang „Rangoon & Calcutta.
DO.
DO.
DO.
DO.
1. 1. Apsar Line Steamore have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd Class passenget.
NELLORE
TANDA
NANKIN
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN BAILINGS (8OUTIL.)
7,000 4th Aug.
7.000 2nd Sept.
7,000 30th Sept.
} Manlia, Robaul, Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart
Regular montuity sailings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and B'kong. to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.
BAILINGS TO SHANGWAY & JAPAN,
CARTHAGE
14,560
3rd Aup., Noon.
Shanghai & Japan.
SHIRALA
8,000 3rd Aug., 6 aan.
Shanghal & Japan.
*SOMALI
7,000 th Aust.
Shanghal & Jopan.
Shanghal & Japan,
Shanghai & Japan., Japan.
Shanghai & Japan. Japan.
1
HANCHI
SANTIHA
• Carga only,
TANDA
RAJPUTANA.
TILAWA
7,000 7th Aug. 17,000, 17 Aug. 17th Aug. 17,000 31st Aug. 8,000 31st Aug.
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. Parcels measuring not ware this ♪ c... will be received at the Company's Omice up to noon on the day previous to sailing.
For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freight, alc., apply
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Phone 377
Connaught .C.
* Agents
PHOTONEW
Notable guests at dinner for Duke of Windsor.on his 45th birthday, held in Eiffel To- wer, Paris, on tower's 50th birthday. Duke is third from loft, with Duchess across table. Tragedy marred party when man taking pictures from window plunged 186 feet to death.
Hunger Striker Dead After Fast Negotiations Fail
One of the hunger strikers at the Safety. Industrial Company, Ltd., Kowloon City, died in the dormitory yesterday afternoon.
No details were available Inst night owing to the reticence of the Manage-
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12, Mosley Street, Manchester, 1.
Beremban
Shanghai
ment of the Company, and the Police,
It is believed, however, that india- AGENCIES AND. BRANCUES! creet eating after four days of fagiing Alar. Star had a fatal effect. The deceased is Amilar Karuin
Hankow
12:00
Balzon
Chow Talz-zunk, 24-year-old native Dangkok of Ningpo,
Hongkong
Batavia Bombay
11:0 Ipoh
Singapore
Calcutta
Kazachi Kiang
Sitiawan
Ctivo
Kobe
Street
Kunla
Fairilo
Lumpur
Placo
Kuching
Madras
Manila
Pelping
No settlement was reached yester Agencies: day in the strike in which 300 men and 150 women are involved.
Representatives of the employers Cantan and the strikers met the Labour | Cawnpore Omeer, Mr. H. R. Bulters, in the Colombo
Cebu Intter's office yesterday morning but Delhi failed to reach un agreement. An Haiphong appointment was made for a further inecting in the afternoon, but the representatives of the employees failed to appear..
Al the morning's meeting the fol- lowing demands were made on behalf of the strikern:
Immediato re-employment of the. disinissed employee;
Legal assistance;
Improved living conditions.
A demand for higher wages was also made on behalf of the women workers.
Mr. Butters again pointed out to the people that the case of the dis- missed man could settled by the
Bourabaya
Taiping *ntain Tongkat
-{Elhuket)
Yokolarn
Paking) Hamburg. Penang
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Budness transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year of anorter periods in Lotal or Other Cur- rències at rates which will be quoted on 'application,
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened 10 Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed al rates obtainable on application.
The Bank's lead. Once in London undertaker Executor & Trustco buKİKLERE, and clana recovery of Beitia's income Tax overpaid, on terma which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies Bronches.
1. A CAMIDGE,
Manager
SIX CHOLERA CASES
Kowloon Magistracy or the Secre- Health Bulletin for The
Week-End
tariat for Chinese Affairs.
The Management of the factory reiterated their determination not to Six, enses of Cholera, one each of necept any of the demands. Negolla- Diphtheria and Measles, ave of tions are thus in a state of deadlock.. Typhoid, two of Meningitis, 22 of The hunger strike began on Tues- Dysentery and 38 of Tuberculosis. day last, when the Company refused were reported on Monday, to reinstate an employee" who had been dismissed two days previously. It went on until Saturday when police ejected the strikers from the the- tory premises,
DANCE AT PENINSULA
le now 370.
The total number of Cholera cases
Foreign Report The Health Bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ended July 22, show! the following cases of In- fectious diseases..
Cholera. Cawnpore. 1, Allahabad 7. Delhi City 1, Culeuita 83, Kuracht The Royal Engineers Old Com-1. Chittagong 1, Mučno 84. Hongliong rades' Association will hold a flannel 22, Shanghai' 2a cases. dance on Saturday at the Peninsula Small-pox-Delhi. City 7, Bombay Hotel. Dancing from 8.30 p.m. till 4, Colcuta 12, Madras 3, Rangoon 1,
Jodhpur deathr. Hanoi'r caso,
-1 a.m.
Music will be provided by dance orchestra of the Royal Scots. Spot prizes will be provided,
Tickets are Women $1, Men $1.50. members below the ranit of Sergeant
$1.
Tables may be reserved on applicu- tlen
to the Secretary, R.EO.C.A.. Whitfield Barracks, (Tel. 50101, Ex- tension 23), or the Hotel.
METROPOLE
E
ROOM BATH
$6.
FROM
CENTRAL
CLEAN
́COMFORTABLE
CANADIAN PACIFIC
STEAMSHIPS
AYS EXPRESS;
TO HONOLULU, CANADA, UNITED STATES
and EUROPE
vis Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobo & Yokohama
EMPRESS OF CANADA via Honolulu
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA vin Honolulu
EMPRESS OF JAPAN via Honolulu
EMPRESS OF ASIA via Honolulu
.Noon, Fri, Aug. 4. Noon, Fri., Aug. 18.
..Noon. Fri, Sept. 1, Noon, Fri, Sept. 15,
Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European Porta
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
Union
Building
TO MANILA
.Thurs., Aug. 10. Fri., Aug. 25,
Canadian Pacific
Telophone
20752
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
vio
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA AND HONOLULU
SS "PRESIDENT TAFT""
Wilhelm, former Emperor of Germany, drinks a toast to some of his commoner neigh- bours in Doorn, The Netherlands, who gave a summer house to him. Presentation was made on his recent 80th birthday,
Part of education for British children nowadays in air-raid Instruction. Hora are young- stors at school in Chelsea district, London, boing evacuated just before start of
"hostilities" in full-scalo daylight precaution drill.
N.Y.K.
DILINE
S.S. "TAIYO MARU”
From HONGKONG
to
SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd., at MIDNIGHT CABIN CLASS ACCOMMODATION STILL' AVAILABLE Special Round-trip Faros:
To San Francisco
To Los Angeles
US$487.00 US$502.00
PASSENGERS MUST EMBARK BETWEEN 8 P.M. & 11 P.M.
on
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
King's Building.
Telephone 30291.
SS "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
++
SS "PRESIDENT PIERCE"
SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"
SS PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
11
SAILS AUG. 12th at 0.00 AUG.. 20th at 9.00 SEPT. 6th at 4,80 SEPT. 23rd at 9.00 a.m. OCT. 7th at 8.00 E.. OCT. 21st at 0.00 A,M.
G.M
9.m.
And fortnightly thereafter
SS "PRESIDENT TAFT"
NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA SUEZ
SS "PRESIDENT ADAMS"
SS PRESIDENT VAN BUREN"
SAILS AUG. 5th at 12.00 Noon AUG. 17th at 12.00 Noon
And fortnightly thereafter MANILA
S5 "PRESIDENT ADAMS"
SS "PRESIDENT TAFT"
SS "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
S.S "PRESIDENT HARRISON"
:
SAILS AUG, 5th at 12.00 Noon
+1 AUG. 0th at AUG. 10th
at 2.00 SEPT. 1st at 12.00 Noon
★ ★ AMERICAN ★ ★
PRESIDENT LINES
"BOUND-WORLD SERVICE"
12, Pedder Street
Telephone 20171.
0.10.
Second hugo Bosing Stratoliner proparing for tests at Seattle, Wash, Rumour says this, ́or a third ship to be bulit, la for another round-world hop by Howard Hugher, First
of these groat skips cracked up on test flight, killing 10 passengers.
THE
SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC
SERVICE OF FAST MOTOR VESSELA: (with Himited, but exceptionally good passenger nocommodation) TO PORT BUDAN. PORT ·SAID,TALGIERS, ORAN, CASABLANCA, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM (AMSTERDAM), HAMBURG, COPENHAGEN, OSLO, GOTHENBUNG and other.
SCANDINAVIAN POETS.
HOMEWARDS.
M.V. "PEIPING"
M.V. "NINGPO"
M.V. "FORMOSA"
OUTWARDS:
TO SHANGHAI TOKOHAMA, KOBE AND OSAKA, - É
M.V. "BHANTUNG"
Passenger Rates: "Ningpo” s
To London or Antwerp
Asents: GILMAN. & CO., LTD.
Other vessels.......
HONGKONG Phone 30956.
Sailing about
Ted Aug. 28th Apr.
17th Aug.
.14th Sept.
2.58. 10. 0.
£53, 0.
́UE. HUYGEN CANTON SWATOW Phone 11405: Phone 1933,
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