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PƖO BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR
Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, India Iranian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia, Red Sea, Egypt, Europe.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL
STEAMERS
UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT
All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route — and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS
From
Hong Kong
About
28th May
Noon 6th June 11th June 18th June
8.8.
Tons
CHITRAL
16,000
*MIRZAPORE
6,000
CARTHAGE
14,500
+"BURDWAN
6,000
RAJPUTANA
17,000
25th June
RANCHI
+"SOMALI
17,000 6,000
9th July
16th July
RANPURA
RAWALPINDI
+*BANGALORE
17,000
6,000
23rd July
17,000
6th Aug. 18th Aug.
Cargo only.
Destination
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Straits, Columbo, Bombay & Karachi. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam, & Ant- werp.
Bombay, Marseilles, & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London, Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,
Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam, & Ant-; werp.
Bombay, Marseilles, & London. Bombay, Marseilles, & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam, & Ant- werp,
+ Calls Casablanca. All vessels may call at Malta.
BKITISH INDI 4 APCAR
2nd July
SIRDHANA.
8,000 4th June
SHIRALA
8,000 18th June
TILAWA
10,000
SANTHIA. TALMA
8,000 10,000
18th July
30th July
Calls Tangier.
SAILING S
Singapore, Port Swettenham,
Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta.
do
Now is the time to visit, Australia & New Zealand
lands of Sunshine and Romance, "Down Under" you will feel a new be ing and even if you are not inclined towards Surfing, Fishing, Shooting or Mountaineering you will find that the Antipodes have plenty to offer you.- Including 25/- for your pound.
Frequent connection from Australia with the following:-
The Canadian Australian Line to the United Kingdom via New Zealand,
Vancouver, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN
via Panama Canal.
TANDA
NANKIN
NELLORE.
SAILINGS
7,000 | 3rd June
7,000 2nd July
7,000 5th Aug.
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney,
Melbourne and Hobart.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN
J
26th May Shanghai & Japan.
6th June Shanghai & Japan. 9th June Shanghai & Japan..
Shanghai & Japan. Amoy & Japan.
RAJPUTANA
17,000
Noon
SHIRALA
8,000
26th May Japan.
10 a.m.
NANKIN
· 7,000
*SOMALI
6,000
RANCHI
17,000
9th June
TILAWA-
10,000.
9th June
NALDERA
17,000
28rd June
Shanghai & Japan.
SANTHIA
8,000
28rd June
Amoy and Japan.
Cargo only.
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to The Agents Co
MACKINNON: MACKENZIE.CO
PAO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRA! HONGKONG
Phone. 27721
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 25, 1988.
POST OFFICE
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
They
In-
Air mail letters may be posted in the ordinary posting boxes. should be clearly marked. "By Air Mail" and bear sufficient postage. sufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency or for- warded by Steamer. Service, at the discretion of the Post Office.
Parcol Post Service to Amoy is temporarily suspended.
VIA SIBERIA ROUTE
Letters and Postcards for. Europe and South America "via Siberia" if so superscribed.
INWARD MAILS
Haiphong Straits and Europe via Suez (Letters and Papers) London date, 28th April --and London parcels-London date, 25th April
Air Mail by, "Pan-American Airways Direct Service" San Francisco
date, 18th May..
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Canton
Rajputana
Service" London date, 19th May.. Imperial Airways Plane
Manila
Swatow
Shanghai and Śwatow
are forwarded
May 25..
May 25.
Pan-American Airways Plane May 25.
.May 25.
Empress of Japan
.May 25.
Anhui
May 25.
May 26.
May 24.
May 26.
May 26.
May 26.
May 26.
Shanghai and Swatow
May 27.
Japan and Shanghai
May 27.
Japan
Kamo Maru
May 27.
Service"-London date, 22nd May. Imperial Airways Plane .....
May 27.
Japan
Japan and Shanghai Swatow
Tientsin and Swatow
Bangkok
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Soochow
Santos Maru
Pres. Doumer
Hoihow
Kanchow
Kweiyang Kwangtung
Chitral
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier thau the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.
For
Hoihow, Pakhoi and Haiphong Shanghai
Swatow, Foochow and Tientsin *Japan
Straits
Per
Wednesday
Air Mail for Sian, Lanchow & Cheng
Szechuen Antenor Yunnan Mausang Van Heutsz Eurasia Plane
tu etc. (via Hankow) by the "Eura- sia Airways Service" (to farther points by surface transport as ser- Reg., vices permit).
Ord.,
Date and Time.
Wed., May 25, 1 p.m. May 25, 1.30 p.m. May 25, 2.30 p.m..
May 25, 5 p.m. May 25, 5 p.m. Wed., May 25.
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
.May 25, 4.30 p.m. ..May 25, 6 p.m.
Airways Plane May 25, Kowloon P.O.
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu Pan-American
and U.S.A., by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 2nd June.
Reg.,
Reg.,
Ord.,
Ord.,
Wednesday
Samshui and Wuchow Sandakan
Shanghai and Japan
Swatow, Shanghai and Tientsin Straits, Ceylon, India, E. and
Africa
S.
Saigon, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa, Egypt and Europe via Mar seilles-due Marseilles, 22nd June. Airmail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 2nd June.
G.P.O.
May 25, 5 p.m. May 26, 5 p.m.
May 25, 5 p.m. May 26, 6 a.m.
Chung On ...Thur., May 26, 8.15 a.m. Tai Seun Hong Thur., May 28, 8.30 a.m. Rajputana Thur., May 26, 10.30 a.m. Fooshing..Thur., May 26, 12.30 p.m.
Santos Maru Thur., May 28, 2.30 p.m. President Doumer ...Thur, May 26. - G.P.O, and K.P.O. \. Reg., Thur, May 26, 4.15 p.m. Ord., Thur May 20, 5.00 p.m. Imperial Airways Plane Thur, May 26. GP.O&K.P.O.
Reg., Ord.,
Thur., May 26, 5.00 p.m. Thur., May 28, 5.00 p.m.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, Canada, Empress of Japan' ....Thur., May. 26.
U.S.A., Central and South America and *Europe via Vancouver B.C. (Parcels for Canada only)-due Vancouver B.C., 15th June-and *Europe via Siberia
Par.,
Reg.,
Ord.,
Thur., May 26, 5.00 p.m..
Fri., May 27, 9.15 am... „Fri., May 27, 10.00 a.m. Thur., May 24.
Air Mail for Chung King (via Han- C.N.A.C. Plane
kow) by The "C.N.A.C." Airways" Direct Service”
Reg.,
Ord.,
Reg. Ord.,
Kowloon PO.
Thur, May 28, 6 p.m. Thur, May 26, 5 p.m. G.P.O.
Thur, May 26, 5 pm.
* Fri., May 27, 6 a.m.
*Superscribed correspondence. only.
BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE
MONTHLY SERVICE TO
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
Via LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL PORTS also taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for West Indies ports, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Rio Grande do Sol
Buenos Aires, South America.
NEXT SAILING
"TOULOUSE” A
M.V.
ON 18th JUNE
Excellent accommodation for 12 passengers
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
AGENTS:
Hong Kong Bank Building:
Telephone 28021: