RAJPUTANA CREENOCK
P2O BRITISH INDIA (APCAR) AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
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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
CHINA-MAIL, DECEMBER 27, 1988.
POST OFFICE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
On Monday, 26th December and Tuesday, 27th December, the Genera! Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be opened from 8:00 am, to 10.00 a.m., and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.
There will be one collection from the pillar-boxes each day as on Sundays and one delivery of Registered and Ordinary correspondence each day at 11.30 a.m..
The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.00 am.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.
Registered and Ordinary mails (not Insured or Parcels) will be accept- ed for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit.
Ordinary letter mail only for West Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Szechwan, Kweichow & Hunan will be accepted at senders' risk.
Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.
Haiphong
Bangkok and Hoihow
Straits
Shanghai and Swatow
Tientsin and Swatow
Manila
INWARD MAILS
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Canton
.December 27.
Kalgan
..December 27.
Van Heutaz
December 27.
Shantung
.December 27,
Hupeh Potsdam
..December 28.
December 28
Service"-London date, 22nd Dec. Imperial Airways Plane, December 28.
Shanghai
Straits
and the route
Japan
Straits
Japan
Japan
Japan and Shanghai
and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS
From Hong Kong About
7th Jan.
17,000 4th Feb. 6,000 11th Feb.
- Destination
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,
London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.
8.9.
Tons
**BANGALORE
6,000
1st Jan
¿CHITRAL
SCARTHAGE **BHUTAN
17,000 14,500 21st Jan, 6,000 28th Jan.
§RAJPUTANA *BEHAR
RANCHI *SOUDAN
§RANPURA SRAWALPINDI CANTON
CORFU
17,000 4th Mar. 17,000 18th Mar. 15,500 1st Apr. 14,500 15th Apr.
Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London.
Cargo only
† Calla Casablanca. All vessels may call at Malta.
§ Calls Tangier.
17,000 18th Feb. 6,000 25th Feb.
Marseilles & London.
Bombay,
Marseilles,
Calcutta and Straits
U.S.A. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C. date, 10th Dec. Japan and Shanghai
Java
Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service" San Francisco
date, 21st December.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date, 25th Dec.
Straits
Straits
Straits
Java and Manila
Calcutta and Straits Japan
Australia and Manila
Havre,
London, Hull, Hamburg,
Rotterdam & Antwerp.
Boissevain Conte Rosso
December 29. ..December 29.
La Plata Maru
.December 29.
Menelaus
.December 28.
Talma
.December 29.
Nankin
.December 29.
Terukuni Maru
..December 29.
Kumsang
.December 29.
Emp. of Japan Bangalore Tjisaluk
.December 30.
.December 30.
.December 31.
Pan-American Airways Plane Dec. 31.
Imperial Airways Plane December 31. Titan
.January 1.
Behari
.January 1.
Sarpedon
January 2,
Tjisadane
January 2.
Shirala
January 3.
Manila Maru Nellore
, January 3.
January 4.
BRITISH INDIA APCAR SAILINGS
TALMA
SIRDHANA
SHIRALA TILAWA
SANTHIA
10,000 31st Dec. 10.30 a.m.
10,000 14th Jan.
8,000 28th Jan, 10,000 11th Feb.
8,000 26th Feb.
Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon & Cal- cutta.
do
Now is the time to visit,
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than 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 Swatow and Foochow
Batavia
Manila
Shanghai
Swatow
Amoy and Shanghai
Swatow and Tientsin
Per
TUESDAY
Szechuen Haitan Tjisaroea
WEDNESDAY
Silversandal Potsdam Shunchih
Kaying THURSDAY
Australia & New Zealand Parcels and Papers only for South
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.— ncluding 257- 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. & 0. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS
via Panama Canal.
Africa via Durban Haiphong
Amoy, Tientsin and Shanghai
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 5th January
1939.
Date and Time.
Tues., Dec. 27, Noon. Tues., Dec. 27, 1.00 p.m. Tues., Dec. 27, 1.00 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 28, 8.30 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 28, 7 p.m. Wed., Dec. 28, 12.30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 28, 3.30 p.m.
Tai Seun Hong
Wed., Dec. 28, 10.30 a.m.
La Plata Maru Thur., Dec: 29, 230 p.m. Wingsang..Thur., Dec. 29, 8:00 p.m. Hoihow Thur., Dec. 29, 3.30 p.m. Imperial Airways Plane Thur., Dec. 29. K.P.O. Reg., Thur., Dec. 29, 5.00 p.m. Ord., ....Thur., Dec, 29, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.:
Reg., Ord.,
Thur., Dec. 29, 5.00 p.m. .Thur., Dec. 29, 7.00 p.m.
NANKIN
NELLORE TANDA
7,000 | 31st Dec. 11 a.m. 7.000
7,000
3rd Feb. 4th Mar.
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN
Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan. Japan
*BHUTAN
6,000 27th Dec. 6 a.m.
*BEHAR
8,000
2nd Jan.
NELLORE
7,000
5th Jan.
SHIRALA
8,000
5th Jan
RAJPUTANA
17,000
6th Jan.
RANCHI
10,000 19th Jan, 17,000 20th 'Jan,"
Shanghai & Japan. Japan.
Shanghai & Japan,
6,000 21st Jan. 8,000
Shanghai & Japan. Japan.
Shanghai & Japan.."
Superscribed correspondence only.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P, Is.), Thursday Is., Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,
British Steamers: Changte - Taiping (DUANı»)
·FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS in THE SERVICE.
OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOL. ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, SURGEON and STEWARDESS CARRIED. Enjoy Your Short...Leave in Australia and New Zealand Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Dayı.
FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY;'£76 RETURN
"
*
LONDON (via Australia) from £127-15-0 (Australian Newspapers on file).
TILAWA
SOUDAN. SANTHIA RANPURA
Cargo..only...
2nd Feb. 8,000 3rd Feb.
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to The Agents:
MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO
PLO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG
PHONE. 27721
STEAMER. Duo Hong Kong | Leaves Hong Kong | Leaves Manila
Jan. TAIPING 8
Feb. CHANGTE 7
10 Mar. TAIPING
11 CHANGTE
Apr.
Dae Bydney
13 14 Feb.
Jan.
16
Jan.
} Feb.
17
Feb.
6
Max.
17. 18
Mar.
20
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
21
Apr.
7
May
AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED
Sailings subject to alteration without notice.
For Freight or Passage, apply to:-
Telephone 80838
BUTTERFIELD & SWIKE
Agents,
Hong Kong, Chios & Jada,