Port on June 24
As previously announced, the N.D.L. Scharnhorst arrives from Kobe, at the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Company's Hongkew Wharf, today at 7 am. and her passengers should reach the Customs Jetty at about 9 aum. She sails for Bremen by way of Hongkong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Belawan, Colom-be, Port Said, Genoa, Southampton and Rotterdam, on Friday at daylight, The outgoing passengers may embark direct into the liner at the The last estimate of drowned was about 50,000 but there is no means at present of obtaining an accurate count, The Kaifeng Peace preservation Commission today estimated that more than 100,000 persons were dead or missing im the flood area.
An area totalling 3,500 square kilometres has been flooded as a result of the action of Chinese soldiers in breaching the southern embankments of the river to halt that Japanese dvance, the Japanese engineers said.
The engineers made an optimistic prediction, however, that repairs to the embankments could be completed within a month at an estimated cost of Y.1,000,000—it good weather continues. The weather factor was a very important one; in fact, the extent of rainfall in the next 30 days may determine the success or failure of the dyke repair operations now proceeding on a big scale with the utmost haste. wharf, from 6 to 10 p.m, on Thurs-or take one of the passenger s Which leave the Customs Jetty tomorrow at 6 and 9 a.m.
Heavy luggage may be delivered to Marden & Ca. Race Course market godown, today from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. or tomorrow from 9 am. to noon from where it will be conveyed to the liner at company's expense but at owner's risk, The foreign registered mail for this ship should be posted before 1 p.m. the China registered by 230 p.m, and ordinary before 3 p.m. tomorrow, Local offices of the M.M. expect their Athos LI, from Marseilles. and way ports, some time this Friday, and announce that she is to leave on Sunday for Kobe.
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