The Archive · 1940

Evacuees Leave Hongkong

Hongkong, Aug. 3. yy-three evacuees from Hongkong sailed from here today aboard 26000-ton Canadian Pacific luxury Hiner bound for Australia.

The $3 evacuees had the entire ship to themselves because additional. refugees scheduled to accompany them did not appear at sailing time. The evacuees took possession of the liner's most spacious suites and prepared to take advantages of all the amenity offered during the nine-day luxury vorago.

The same vessel carried the frst group of 1,900 evacuces—amlitary and families—to Manila Last month.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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