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· THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 7, 1940
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries la suspended.
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
On Thursday, the 8th February, he General Post Office and all Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed. There will be no collection from the Pillar boxes and no delivery by Postmen.
On Friday, the 9th February, the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Shaungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the other Branch Offices will be entirely closed.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays and one delivery of registered and ordinary, correspondence at 11 a.m. The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11 a.m.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the holidays.
EXTRA!
EXTRA!
TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY Haiphong
SPECIAL
Daily at 12.00 Noon
MORNING PERFORMANCES
Programmes of
COLOUR
Thursday & Friday:
United Artists Corp. Programme of Colour Cartoons:
1. Humpty Dumpty 2. Jack Frost
3. Little Black Sambo
4. Old Mother Hobbard
5. Summertime
6. Three Bears
7. Simple Simon
8. Tom Thumb
9. Modern Inventions
10. Three Orphan Kittens
Admission Prices: Circle
CARTOONS
Saturday & Sunday Paramount Films Programme of Popeye the Sailor, Betty Boop & Colour Classic Cartoons:
1. Paramount News 2. Popular Science
3. I Yam Love Sick
4. Pudgy Picks A Fight
5. Clean Shaven Man
6. Whoop's Aim A Cowboy
7. Dizzy Divers
8. Taking The Blame
9. Cobweb Hotel 10. Trees
· 30 cts., Stalls — 20 cts.
AT THE
MAJESTIC
PRESIDENT LINER
Sailings
HONG KONG to SINGAPORE direct
About the middle of February
HONG KONG to SAN FRANCISCO direct
First week in March
First Class only.
✰✰ AMERICAN ★ ★ PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE.”
AGENTS FOR T.W.A. AND UNITED AIR LINES.
12, PEDDER ST.
INWARD MAILS
Straits
February 7.
Europe via Suez and Straits (London date, 15th Dec., 1939).
February 7.
Canton
February 7.
Saigon
February 7.
Japan and Shanghai
February 7,
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris date, 31st Jan,
February 7.
February 7.
Shanghai and Amoy
February 7.
Shanghai
February 8.
Sandakan
February 8.
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Service"
Francisco date, 27th January
San
Halphong, Hoihow and Fort Bayard.
February
February 5.
8.
Shanghai and Amoy
February
8.
February 9.
Shanghai
Saigon
Saigon Shanghal
February 9.
February 9.
February 9.
February 9.
February
9.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London, date
24th January
Japan and Shanghai
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Malls are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.
Holhow
Swatow
Date and Time.
Feb. 7, 10.30 a.m. .Feb. 7, 1.30 p.m. .Feb. 7, 1.30 p.m.
Feb. 7, 1.30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 7, 1.30 p.m. .Feb. 7, 2.30 p.m. K.P.O.
For
Por
WEDNESDAY
Parcels only for Tientsin
Straits
Fort Bayard
Manila
Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Parls end Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways Direct Service"-duc Paris
15th February.
Reg.,
Wed., Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m.
Ord.,
Wed., Feb. 7, 5.30 p.m..
G.P.O.
Reg..
Wed, Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m.
Ord.,
Wed, Feb. 7, 7.00 p.m.
Shanghai and Japan Straits
Feb. 7, 7.00 p.m. .Feb. 7, 7.00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.S.A. by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"---due San Francisco, 15th February.
K.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord.,
Reg., Ord.,
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
SATURDAY
Shanghai and-- Japan
Haiphong
Amoy and Swatow Bangkok
Straits, Ceylon, India East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt, Malta and Europe via Marseilles due Mar- seilles, 7th March-and London Par- cels due London, 16th March. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due London, 18th Feb.
..Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m. .Feb. 7; 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Parcels, Reg., Ord.,
.Feb. 7, 5.00 p.m. .Feb. 9, 7.30 a.m. Feb. 9, 10.30 a.m. Feb.-9,-11.00a.m..
Feb. 10, 2.00 p.m. Feb. 10, 2.30 p.m. Feb. 10, 2.30 p.m.
Feb. 10, 3.00 p.m.
Feb. 10, 5.00 p.m.
Feb. 10, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Reg.. Ord.,
Feb. 10, 5.00 p.m. Feb. 10, 5.30 p.m.
* Superscribed correspondence only.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO
AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING ·
MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, 1940.
For Freight or Passage, apply to :--
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
TELLPHONE 28171.
Hong Kong, China & Japan.
Tel. 30332