THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 27, 1999
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
Christmas and New Year Cards bearing not more than five written wards and enclosed in open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter, l.e. 5 cents per 2 ounces, for all countries.
Hong Kong, China' and Macao at 2 cents per 2 ounces. Envelopes must not be closed.
INWARD MAILS
Straits
December 27.
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris date,
20th December.
December 27.
Japan and Shanghai
December 27.
Japan and Shanghai
December 27.
Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-
San Francisco date, 19th December...
December 28.
Haiphong
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London
date, 20th December.
December 28.
December 28.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila (San Francisco date,
3rd December).
December 28.
December 28.
December 28.
December 29.
December 29.
December 29.
December 29.
December 30.
December 30.
December 31.
December 31.
Japan, Shanghai and Formosa
December 31.
P. & O., B. I. & E. & A. LINES
Shanghai Japan Straits Shanghai Shanghai Sandakan
Shanghai
Japan and Shanghai
Shanghai and Amoy
Straits and Saigon
maintain the following services:-
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
TO UNITED KINGDOM – freight every fortnight previous day.
(via Bombay).
To UNITED KINGDOM – passengers once a month
(via Bombay).
For
Fort Bayard
Per WEDNESDAY
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels, Letters,
Straits and Calcutta
Manila, Australia and New Zealand via Thursday Island due Thursday Island, 8th January,
--
Parcels,
Reg.,
Ord.,
Parcels,
Reg.,
Ord..
To CALCUTTA
- passengers and freight
every fortnight.
Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Air.. ways Direct Service"-due Paris, 4th January.
Reg.,
Ord.,
Reg.,
Ord.,
Formosa
THURSDAY
Haiphong
To AUSTRALIA
- passengers and freight
every month.
Salgon, Madang, Salamaua, Raboul & Tulagi Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 4th January.
Reg.
Ord.,
Reg., Ord.,
Amoy.
Straits
Date and Time.
.Dec. 27, 11.00 a.m.
.Dec. 27, Noon. Dec. 27, 1.30 p.m. Dec. 27, 3.00 p.m. K.P.O.
.Dec. 27, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 27, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 27, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
+
Dec. 27, 4.00 p.m. .Dec. 27, 5.00 p.m. ..Dec, 27, 7.00 p.m. K.P.O.
.Dec. 27, 5.00 p.m. ..Dec. 27, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
.Dec. 27, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 27, 7.00 p.m. Dec. 27, 7.00 p.m.
Dec. 28, 9.30 am. · Dec. 28, 1.00 p.m. ..Dec. 28, 1.30 p.m. K.P.O..
Dec. 28, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 28, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
.Dec. 28, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 29, 7.30 a.m.
Dec. 28, 7.00 p.m.
ALSO FREQUENT SAILINGS FOR
SHANGHAI AND JAPAN
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.
Passengers are requested to register their requirements present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.
but
under
Details may be obtained from
MACKINNON. MACKENZIE&CO
*CO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG
PHONE 27721
* Superscribed correspondent only.
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