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ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America and Europe!
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1940
POST OFFICE
GENERAL HOLIDAY
On Monday, the 13th May, the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00a.m. Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 am to 9.00 a.m., and the other Branch Post 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 10a.m.
The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.00 a.m.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS.
Japan and Shanghai
EMPRESS LUXURY
May 11,
Canton
May 11.
liners, then “. wish. ground.
Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress
Victoria
stop over if you , and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen play-
Japan and Shanghai
May 11.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London date, 4th
May
May 12.
Shanghai
May 12.
NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG THIRD WEEK IN MAY (Omitting Honolulu)
Fast through AIR CONditioned trains ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Ma- jestic "Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included 28 optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.
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Then Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Senway, and quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Paci- fic's Aflantic fleet.
NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE
For Full Information Consult Your
Union
Building"
Hong Kong
Telephone 20752.
OR
Travel
Agent
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
Calcutta, Straits and Saigon
May 12,
Shanghai
May 12,
Haiphong
May 12,
Haiphong
May 12.
Saigon
May 12,-
from
Saigon
May 12,
Saigon
May 13.
Shanghai
May 13.
Haiphong
May 13,
Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Fran-
cisco date, 7th May
May 14.
Shanghai
May 14.
Shanghai and Amoy
May 14,
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO
AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
EARLY IN JUNE, 1940.
For Freight or Passage, apply to :-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
Hong Kong, China & Japan.
PERSONAL
INTRODUCTIONS for Pen Friendship, Trade, Journalism, Exchange of Stamps, Magazines. Other hobbies arranged. Friend, countries. Members 8,194 (both). Globe Introduction Lea- gue, Nizamshahf Road, Hyderabad, Deccan, India.
TUITION GIVEN
NOTICE TO THE NAVY-Learn French now at the UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, Whiteaway Building Private lessons daily, also Saturdays till 6 p.m. Special terms for the navy.
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Canton
Shanghai Saigon
Haiphong Canton
Shanghai and Parcels only for Tientsin.. Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, East & South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Brindisi-due Brindisi, 6th June,
Japan
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Tel. 30332
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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.
For
Fort Bayard
Saigon, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Mar- seilles due Marseilles, 7th June. Straits
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central and South America and Canada via San Francisco (No Par- cels for Canada only)-due San Francisco, 20th May.
Date and Time.
Por
SATURDAY
Reg.,
Ord.,
.May 11, 11.00 a.m. G.P.O. & K.P.O.
May 11, 11.15 a.m. .May 11, Noon. May 11, Noon.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Parcels, ..
Reg.,
Ord.,
May 11, Noon. .May 11, 1.15 p.m. .May 11, 2.00 p.m.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct
Service"-due London, 19th May.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Reg.,
.May 11, 5.00 p.m.
Ord.,
Shanghai and Japan
.May 11, 5.30 p.m. May 11, 5.30 p.m.
SUNDAY
May 12, 7.15 a.m. May 12, 9.00 a.m. .May 13, 10:00 a.m.
MONDAY
.May 13, 10.00 a.m. May 13, 5.00 p.m.
TUESDAY
May 14, 2.30 p.m.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord.,
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct Service"due London, 22nd May.
Reg.,
Ord.,
G.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord.,
Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Aus- tralia by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-due Sydney, 20th May.
Reg.,
.May 14, 2.15 p.m. .May 14, 3.00. p.m. May 14, 3.00. p.m. K.P.O.
May 14, 5.00 p.m. May 14, 5.30 p.m.
May 14, 5.00 p.m. ..May 14, 7.00 p.m. K.P.O.
.May 14, 5.00 p.m.
Ord.,
.May 14, 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord...
May 14, 5.00 p.m. .May 14, 7.00 p.m.