THE CHINA MAİL, OCTOBER 9, 1939
POST OFFICE
GENERAL HOLIDAY
On Tuesday, 10th October the General Post Office and Kowloon Central, Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m, and the other Branch Post Office will be entirely closed.
There will be óne collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays, one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.30 a.m. and one delivery of re- gistered correspondence at 11 a.m.
The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Talpo and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11 a.m.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
Owing to the uncertainty of Sea transport the public are requested to post Christmas Parcola early.
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WE HAVE A
PASSENGER & FREIGHT STEAMER
SAILING ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF
OCTOBER
FOR
STRAITS,
INDIA
AND
EUROPE
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EVERY FORTNIGHT TO
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MONTHLY SERVICE TO
AUSTRALIA
"DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM
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MAFVO ZBUILDING CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG.,
PHONE 27721
INWARD MAILS
Straits
October 9.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London date
30th September
October 0.
Shanghai and Amoy
October 9.
Straits and Europe Via Negapatam (Parcels etc.)
London date, 31st August
October 9.
Haiphong and Pakhoi
October 9.
Shanghai
October 10.
Straits
October 10.
Shanghai
October 10,
Haiphong
October 10.
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris date, 4th Oct....Octobér 11. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-San
Francisco date, 5th October
October 11.
Manila
October 11.
Java and Manila
October 11.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"London date,
4th October
October 12.
Manila
October 12,
Shanghai
October 12.
Shanghai
October 13.
Haiphong
October 13.
Japan
October 14.
Straits and Manila
October 14.
Calcutta and Straits
Shanghai
October 16.
October 18,
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.
Manila
For
Haiphong (Parcels only)
Per MONDAY
Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central and South America and Canada via San Francisco-due San Francisco, 27th October.
Date and Timo.
Mon., Oct. 9, 10.30 a.m. Mon., Oct. 9, 1.00 p.m.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Oct. 9, Noon. .Oct. 9, 1.45 p.m. Oct. 9, 2.30 p.m.
.Oct. 10, 7.15 a.m. Tues., Oct. 10, 8.30 am. Tues., Oct. 10, Noon: Tues., Oct. 10, 10.30 a.m. .Oct. 10, 10.30 a.m. .Oct. 10, 11.00 a.m.
.Oct. 10, Noon. .Oct. 10, Noon.
Parcels, Reg., Ord.,
TUESDAY
Canton
Manila, Macasser and Sourabaya
Formosa
Manila
Fort Bayard
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels, Ord.,
Haiphong
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 18th October.
K.P.O.
Reg.,
..Oct. 10, Noon.
Ord.,
.Oct. 10, Noon.
G.P.O.
Reg.,
.Oct. 10, Noon.
Ord.,
Oct. 10, 5.00 p.m.
Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 18th Oct.
K.P.O.
Reg.,
.Oct. 10, Noon.
Ord.,
..Oct. 10, Noon.
G.P.O.
Reg., Ord.,
WEDNESDAY
Swatow
Fort Bayard, Hoihow and Pakhoi Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways Direct Service" Paris, 19th. Oct.
Reg., Ord.,
due
Reg., Ord.,
.Oct. 10, Noon. .Oct. 10, 5.00 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 11, 1.30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 11, 1.30 p.m.
K.P.O.
Wed., Oct. 11, 5.00 p.m. Wed., Oct. 11, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
.Wed., Oct. 11, 5.00 p.m. Wed., Oct. 11, 7.00 p.m.
• Superscribed correspondent only.
TRAVEL A.-O.
TO
AUSTRALIA
LINE
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER
For Freight or Passage, apply to :-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
Hong Kong, China & Japan.
Tel. 30332