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PƖO 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
and the route
UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route
■nd all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS
Tons
From Hong Kong
About
17,000 18th Feb. Noon
7,000 25th Feb,
8.8.
RANCHI
SOUDAN
§RANPURA
*NAGPORE
17,000 6,000
4th Mar. 5th Mar.
GRAWALPINDI
*BURDWAN
CANTON
CORFU.
**SOMALI
CHITRAL. CARTHAGE. **BANGALORE
RAJPUTANA
* Cargo only
17,000 18th Mar. 6,000 25th Mar.
16,000 1st Apr. 14,500 15th Apr. 7,000 21st Apr.
15,500 29th Apr. 14,500 13th May 6,000 20th May
17,000 27th May
Destination
Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Marseilles & London.
Straits, Colombo, Bombay &
Karachi.
Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,
London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.
Marseilles & London.
Marseilles & London.
Bombay,
Marseilles, Havre,
London, Hull. Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
+ Calls Casablanca, All vessels may call at Malta.
8 Calls Tangier.
BRITISH IND14 - APCAR SAILINGS
SANTHIA
TALMA
SIRDHANA
SHIRALA
TILAWA
8,000 25th Feb. 10,000 11th Mar.
10,000 25th Mar,
8,000
8th Apr. 10,000 22th Apr.
Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon & Cal- cutta.
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. and O. Royal Mail Steamers -to London and
The New ZealandTM Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and. London
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS
via Panama Canal.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1989
POST OFFICE
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
The General Post Office, Kowloon Central Post Office and, other Branch Post Offices will be open during the Holidays as follows:-
General Post Office
Kowloon Central Post Office Sheungwan Branch Post Office.
Monday, 20th Feb.
8 am to noon
8 a.m. to noon 8.a.m. to 10.a.m.
Tuesday, 21st Feb. 8am. to 10 am. 8 am to 10 a.m. 8. am to. 9 am.
All other Brunch Post Offices and Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes each day as on Sunday and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 11 am. on Monday, the 20th and at 10 a.m. on Tuesday the 21st.
The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day at 11 a.m.
Registered and Ordinary mails (not Insured or Parcels) will be accept- ed for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit. 15,
Ordinary letter mail only for West Kwangtung, Kwangsi. Kweichow & Hunan will be accepted at senders' risk.
Szechwan,
Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.
Swatow
INWARD MA LS
Anking
February 17.
Australia and Manila
Atuta Maru
..February 17.
U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan-(San
Francisco date, 21st Jan.)
Pres. Polk
.February 17,
Shanghai
Lima Maru
February 17.
Swatow
Chekiang
February 17,
Swatow
Anhui
.February 17.
Haiphong and Pakhoi
Suiyang
February 18.
Kutsang
.February. 18.
.February 18.
Cornoville
.February 18,
Calcutta and Straits
Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Bayard.. Kiungchow Manila
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London date, 11th Feb. U.S.A., Honolulu Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 27th Jan.). Bangkok
Amoy
Shanghai and Swatow
Manila
Shanghai
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Imperial Airways Plane February 18.
Pres. Taft Kalgan
Tjisanoea Kaying
Conte-Biancamano
Deucalion
February 19.
February 19,
..February 19.
.February 19.
.February 20.
.February 21.
Service" London date, 15th Feb. Imperial Airways Plane..... Feb. 22. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways
Direct Service" date, 15th February
Straits
Manila
Straits
Straits
San Francisco
Pan American Airways Plane, Feb. 22 Burdwan
February 22.
Scharnhorst Ruys Theseus
.February 22.
.February 22.
February 23.
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minute 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 clɩused at 5 p.m. on the previous day.
For
Fort Bayard Shanghai
Japan
Por.
FRIDAY
Taipoosek Szechuon Atuta Maru
SATURDAY
Air Mail for "Air France Service" Chekiang
due Marseilles, 5th March.
Reg.,
Ord
Air Mail for "K.LM. Airways Direct Ranchi
Service"-due Amsterdam, 28th Feb.
Straits, Ceylon, India, E. & S. Africa, Ranchi
Aden, Egypt, Malta and Europe via Marseilles due Marseilles, 17th March,
Saigon
Haiphong
Swatow, Amoy and. Foochow
Manila
Par,,
Reg.
O' d.,
Chekling
Cauton
Sagres
SUNDAY
Pres, Taft
Date and Time.
. Feb. 17, 1.80 p.m. ...Feb. 17, 2.30 p.m. Feb. 16, p.m.
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
`G.P.O. and K.P.O.
Sat., Feb. 18,
.Feb. 18, 9,80 a.m. Feb. 187 10 a.m. Sat, Feb. 18,
Feb: 18, 9.30 àm. Feb, 18, 10 a.m. Sat, Feb. 18,
.Feb. 17, 5 p.m. Feb, 18, 9:45 am. .Feb. 18, 10.30 a.m. Feb. 18,-10.80 a.m. ....Feb. 18, 2:p.m. Feb. 18, 8p.m.
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
TANDA
NANKIN
NELLORE
7,000 7,000 7,000
4th Mar. 1st Apr.
5th May
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne & 'Hobart.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN
RAWALPINDI..
*BURDWAN.
SIRDHANA
CANTON.
NANKIN
SHIRALA
CORFU
*SOMALI.
CHITRAL
17,000 6,000
17th Feb. Noon
23rd Feb.
10,000
2nd Mar.
16,000
8rd 'Mar.
7,000 4th Mar. 8,000 10th Mar. 14,500 17th Mar, 7,000 18th Mar. 15,500 30th Mar... 80th Mar... 10,000
Shanghai & Japan.. Shanghai & Japan. Japsu
Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan: Shanghai & Japan.
Shanghai & Japan.
Shanghai & Japan.
Shanghai & Japan. Japan. V
•
Cargo only.
TILAWA
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to The Agents:-
MACKINNON MACKENZIE&CO
O BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG
PHONE. 27721
Superscribed correspondence only.
Feb. 19, 9 a.m..
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
OIL BUANERO.
“To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P, Is.), Thursday Is., Cairns, Townsville,
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, ...: British Steamers: ChaNGTE - TAIPING (muanura) FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS in THE SERVICE, OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOLL ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, SURGEON and STEWARDESS. CARRIED, Enjoy Your Short Leave in Australia and New Zealand Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Days.
FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY;'276 RETURN ·
LONDON (via Australia) from $127-15-0 (Australian Newspapers" on" file)...-
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STEAMER "Dae Hong Kong
10 Mar. TAIPING
Apr. CHANGTE 11
} May TAIPING CHANGTE 6 June
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Leaven Hong Kong | Leaves Manila
20 Mar. 20 Apr. 18 May 2 June
Due Sydney
'6
Apr. May
June
17
17 15
Mar. Apr.
May
12 June
15 June
:80
AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LIN E., LIMITED
Sallings subject to alteration without notice.
For Freight or Passago, apply to:-
Telephone 20SSS'
BUTTERFIELD & ŚWIKŁ
Agents. Hong Kong, China & Japna