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ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America
and Europe!
"EMPRESS LUXURY
Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empresa
Victoria liners, then...
stop over if you wish
and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen
playground,
NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST
(Omitting Honolulu)
Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff- 600 miles of travel through Marvellous Mountain Scenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish,
Then Montreal and Quebec, gay French- speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Sea- way, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic fleet.
NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent
Union Building,
ý Hong Kong
Telephone '20752
OR
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POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
INWARD MAILS
THURSDAY
Shanghal and Swatow
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service' Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shangh al (Vancouver B.C. dato, 13th July). Canton
Haiphong
Haiphong
FRIDAY
Japan and Shanghaf
Japan
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila-
(San Francisco date, 10th July), Sandakan
SATURDAY
¥
Japan and Shanghai
Palembang
Shanghai
Straits
Saigon
Canton
SUNDAY
London and Straits
Australia and Manila Manila
Shanghai
MONDAY
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Formosa, Amoy and Swatow Halphong
Rabaul and Manila- Japan
TUESDAY
Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 30th July. Shanghal
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
Shanghai Fort Bayard Manika
Amoy
THURSDAY
1.00 p.m. 1.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m.
FRIDAY
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1940
THE
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER ́SERVICES |
To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
NEXT SAILING 2ND WEEK IN AUGUST
For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.
{PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
Are maintained as hitherto.
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILINGS
12
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
*S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
ts.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
* Omits Yokohama
↑ Omits Japan,
To New York and Boston
Japan
Shanghai
Amoy
Salgon and Bangkok
Sandakan
SATURDAY
8,30 a.m. 9.30 a.m.
1.30 p.m.
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
2.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
8.30 a.m.
0,00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. and New
Tel. 30392
Zealand via Brisbane.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Par.
5,00 p.m.
Reg.
3.45 a.m.)
口
9.30 a.m.
Shanghai and Parcels only
for Tientsin
Fort Bayard
Manila, Rabaul, Australia
Bangkok
Ord.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
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'AGENTS
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1, Connaught Road, C.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
CANCELLATION
➡ SUBJECT TO
YORK via Japan, Los
Angeles and Panama, Call Direct
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Airica
... 3.30 p.m.NEW Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Central & South America, Canada and United Kingdom via San Fran- 'cisco (No Parcels for Canada).
G.P.O. & K.P.O. Parcels ... Reg. Ord,
4.00- p.m. 5.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser- vice" to Durban and thence by Sea Service to United Kingdom,
G.P.O. & K.P.O,
Reg.
.August
.Ord.
.August September
25 7
Manila Shanghai
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
S.S. PRESIDENT POLK
To Singapore & Penang
8.S, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. S.S..CITY OF LOS ANGELES
.August 18 September 15
August 14 August 27
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
S.S. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
SUNDAY
5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
9,00 a.m.
9.00 a.m.
*Superscribed Correspondence Only,
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
SANTOS, Tosan Maru
22nd Aug.
Brasil Maru
19th Sept.
at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore RIO-DE-JANEIRO,
MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS AIRES via Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town k MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOU- RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Arizona Maru 2nd Sept. Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Dell & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatow & Ainoy CANTON
Atlas Maru
4th Aug.
Canton Maru Kaisyu Maru Sirogane Maru or Kaisyu Maru 11th Aug.
9th Aug. 9th Aug.
Sirogane Maru 15th Aug.
Sirogane Maru 21st Aug.
Sirogane Maru 25th Aug.
Sirogane Maru 29th Aug.
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces- FOR FULL PARTICULARS OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
sion. 12.30 p.m.-Film 'Selections,
1.03 p.m.-A Scottish Programme. September
* AMERICAN ✩ ✩
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REGIMENTAL BADGE BROOCHES.
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1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments;
1.45 p.m.-Billy Cotton and His Band
playing Dance Music.
|2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
6.00 p.m.-Compositions of Brahms, 6.34 p.m.-Operatic Duels.
Chauve-Souris-Duct from
Pique
Dame (Tchaikowsky). Eugenie Safonova and. Finalda Erchova with Orchestra..
"Aida".
Heaven my father! (Verdi);
Dusolina Giannini (Soprano) and
Glovanni Inghilleri (Baritone
with Orchestra. "Lohengrin"-Love Duet. (Wagner), Tiana Lemnita. and Tórsten Ralf with-Orchestrates ka 7.00 p.m.-Marek. Weber, and His Orch. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The Nows, 10.03 p.m.-Songe by John McCormack;
(Tenor).
8.10 p.m. London Relay If the In-
Vader Comea.".
L
8.45 p.m.-Studio-Local Newsletter.
ROYAL NAVAL CROWN ROYAL NAVAL CAP 8.58 p.m. Orchestral Interlude.
MERCANTILE NAVY ROYAL ARTILLERY
ROYAL ENGINEERS ROYAL CORPS SIGNALS ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
VOLUNTEERS.
Obtainable at "FALCONERS”
Opp. G.P.O.
Tel. 22143.
H. K.
19.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News
and Topical Talke
9.40.p.m. Piano Bolos by Egon Petri. 10.02 p.m.-Violin Recital by Yehudi
Menuhin.
10.23 p.m.-Bizet's "Carmen" Act 11.
Singers in order of appearance;
Aurora Buades; Briino Carmassi;
Ebe, Ticozz; Benvenuto Fran-}
cl: Irma Mion; Aristide Bary acchi: Gluseppe Nessl; the Milan Symphony, Orchestra
Joll
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NEXT SAILING.
MIDDLE. OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.
For Freight or Passage, apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
conducted by Lorenzo Mola Hong Kong, China& Japan.
11.00 p.m.-Close Down."
Tel, 30332.