P2O 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
and the route
UNDER CONTRACT WITH IM. GOVERNMENT All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 21, 1939.
POST OFFICE
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
The Genoral 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."
Tuesday, 21st Feb.
8 nm to 10 am."
8 am, to -10 am.. 8 am, to : 0 ́a,m,
All other Branch Post Offices and Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes ns on Sunday and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 11 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 n.m.
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 Europa (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "vin Siberia" if so superscribed.
Shanghai
INWARD MAILS
Deucalion
Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Bayard. Shantung Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Service-London date, 15th Feb. Imperial Airways Plane. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service" - San Francisco date, 15th February
'Manila: Straits Amoy
DENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS Straits
From!
Tono
Hong Kong
About
7,000 25th Feb..6 am.
8.9.
*SOUDAN
§RANPURA NAGPORE
GRAWALPINDI- *JEYPORE
**BURDWAN
17,000 4th Mar. 6,000 5th 'Mar.
6,000 25th Mar
CANTON CORFU +*SOMALI
CHITRAL.. SCARTHAGE. **BANGALORE
RAJPUTANA.
17,000 18th Mar.
6,000 18th Mar,
16,000 1st Apr, 14,500 15th Apr. 7,060 21st Apr.
15,500 29th Apr. 14,500 13th May 6,000 20th May
17,000 27th May
Destination
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.'
Marseilles & London,
Straits, Colombo, Bombay &
Karachi.
Marseillés & London.
Straits, Colombo, Bombay &
Karachi.
Bombay, Marseilles,
Havre
London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.
Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London.. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,
London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwern. p Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, - Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
BRITISH INDIA=APSAR SAILINGS
៨៖ .. គ
February February 22.
Feb. 22.
Pan American Airways Plane, Feb. 22
- Scharnhorst:
February 22,
Ruys
February 22.
Santhia.
February 23,
February 23.
Soudan
Tebruary. 24.
Noto Maru
February 24.
Yasukuni Maru; Prés: Taft
bruary 24.
February 24.
Conte Biancamano
bruary 25.
London date, 26th
Husimi Maru Granville
Japan and Shanghai. Manila
Japan, Shanghai and Formosa Manila
Straits and Europe via Negapatam
Shanghai-
(Papers etc.)
January
Manila
Theseus
OUTWARD MAILS
February 25. .February 20.
Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 am., registered and parcel malls are closed at 6′′ p.m. on the previous day.
For
Por TUESDAY
Date and Time..
Shanghai, Japan, Hononlulu, U.S.A., Emp. of Canada.
Central & South America via Van- couver B.C., and (Parcels & Papers only for Canada)-due Vancouver B.C., 12th March.
K.P.O. and G.P.Q.
Par
Reg Ord.
WEDNESDAY
Parcels only for Straits; Penang, Cey- Deucalion
lon, Aden, Egypt, Marseilles and London due London, 29th March. Swatow
Parcels
Wasang
Fort Bayard, Pakhoi. and Haiphong.. Kaying
Tues., Feb. 21,
Feb. 20, Noon. Feb. 21, 9.15 a.m.
Feb. 21, 10:1
Wednes., Feb. 22,
...: Feb. 22, 9 a.m. Feb. 22; 10.30 a.m. Feb. 22, Noon. Feb. 22, 8.80 p.m. Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m.
G.P.O, and K.P.O.
Airways Plane Feb. 23,
·K.P.Ó.·
Feb. 22, 5 p.m. Feb. 22, 5.30 p.m..
• Cargo only
Calls Casablanca. All vessels may call, at Malta.
§ Calls Tangier.
Japan Shanghai
Kutsang
Scharnhorst
THURSDAY
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, Pan-American
and U.S.A., by the "Pan-American Airways Direct. Service" due San Francisco, 2nd March,
Reg
Ord.
G.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord,
Suisang
SANTHIA
TALMA
8,000 25th Feb, 10.30am | Singapore, Port Swettenham,
10,000 11th Mar.
SIRDHANA
10,000 25th Mar,
SHIRALA
8,000 8th Apr.
TILAWA
10,000 22th Apr.
Penang, Rangoon & Cal- cutta.
Now is the time to visit, Clustralia & 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 Zealand Shipping Co's Steamers for Southampton and London
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS,
via Panama Canal.
Parcels & Papers only for Calcutta Haiphong
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct "Service" due London, 2nd March:
Feb. 22, 5 p.m. .Feb. 23, 7.80 am. apers. P. Feb. 28, Noon. Mingsang. Feb. 23, 1 p.m. Imperial Airways Flame.
Feb. 23,
K.P.O.
Reg Ordi
Feb. 28, 5 pm. Teb. 23, 5.80 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg
Feb. 28, b pa
Ord
Feb. 28, 7.
Air Mail for Malayan, Java and Aus- Imperial Airways Plane::
tralia by Imperial Airways Direct Service duo Sydney, 4th March.
KPO
Reg.,
Feb. 28, 5
Ord,,
Feb. 23, 6.80
P.m
G.P.O.
Reg
Shanghai and Tientsin
Ord Fooshing
Feb, 28, 5 pm Feb.
p.m.
Feb.
p.m.
TANDA
NANKIN
NELLORE
7:000 4th Mar 7,000
lat Apr.. 7,000 6th May
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN
*BURDWAŊ
BIRDHANA
CANTON,
6,000 1 22nd Feb. 6 um, 10,000 2nd Mar..
16,000 Brd Mar.
Shanghai & Japan Jupan
7,000
4th Mar.
8,000
10th Mar
Shanghội, & Japan. Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan,
14,500 17th Mar.
Shanghai & Japan.
7,000 18th Mar.
Shanghai & Japan.
15,500 | 30th Mar.'
Shanghai & Japan. Japan. Shanghhi & Japan/
Superscribed correspondence only.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
AUSTRALIA, Calling at Manila (P. Is.), Thursday la., Cairns, Toyno
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,..
British Steamers: ChanGTE - Taiping (BURNERS)
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 'diustralia and New Zealand Hong Kong. Sydney—19 Payi.
FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, 676 RETURN
LONDON login Hstralia) from $127-15-07,
(Australian Newspapers on
NANKIN
SHIRALA CORFU
SOMALI. CHITRAL TILAWA NELLORE
Cargo only.
10,000, 30th Mar. $7,000 5th Apr.
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply
The Agents
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO
DLY BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL
PHONE. 27721
HONGKONG
STEAMER DUO MODE KORE
TAIPING 10.
Mar.
CHANGTEIL
Apr.
9
May
Juno
TAIPING "CHANGTE.
Leaves Hong Kong. ↑ Lesven Manila
Duo Bydaoy
Mar.
Mar.
APE
Apr.
Apri
-May
May..
18 May
321
Juno
June
Juno
30
Jano
AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED
Sailings subject to alteration without notice.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIR)
Hong Kong, China & Japan