The Archive · 1938

M.M. Sphinx Sails Policemen Challenged For Europe To-day By Japanese Sentry

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s, Eumaeus, s. Aeneas Duties in Hongkew And MIN. Jean Laborde Expected To-morrow The MIN. s. Sphinx is expected to sail- homewards to-day about 8 a.m. for Marseilles via Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti, Suez and Port Said. The outgoing sengers are to embark on the tender Scot 1, which leaves Customs Jetty the MIN, jetty, French Bund, at 6 am, The Blue Funnel s. Sarpedon arrived yesterday from Liverpool and is sailing for Taku Bar, Dhiren, Kobe and Yokohama on Apri 12. The B.

S. expect two more Blue Funnel ships to-morrow. They are the s. Eumaeus from Liverpool, and the s, Aeneas from Yokohama, Aeneas sails the following day for Hongkong. Straits, Marseilles, Rotterdam, Glass gow and London. The MIN. liner Jean Laborde is due to-morrow. It brings mail and passengers from Europe and Way Ports, and is scheduled to leave for Kobe April 4 Two P. & O. cargo steamers, the s. Bhutan and s. Behar, are reported to have passed Hongkong on their way here. They are both expected to make port to-day. The inv. Peter Maersk is loading here to-day and to-morrow, leaving for Los Angeles, Panama, New York, and Boston via Philadelphia, Baltimore, Savannah and Norfolk. The Hamburg Amerika Linie inv. Oldenburg is expected here to-day, The Eckman Foreign Agencies, local agents for the Swedish East Asiatic Ca, Ltd., announce April 3 as the date of loading of their inv. Shantung which is to leave for Tripoli, Algiers, Oran, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Oslo and Gotten-burg. The B.'& S. s. Chekiang is expected from Wenchow to-day, and is sailing about 10 a.m. to-morrow from the French Bund for Tsingtao, Weihaiwei, Chefoo and Tientsin. The s. Sinkiang should sail about 11 a.m. tomorrow for Swatow and Hongkong from the French Bund. According to the B. & S. their s, Shuntien arrives here April 3 from Tientsin and is scheduled to sail April 6 about 10 am, from the French Bund for Tsingtao, Weihaiwei, Chefoo and Tientsin.

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