Go Empress
ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America
and Europe!
EMPRESS LUXURY
·
Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress liners, then. .. Victoria
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.
gay French-
Then Montreal and Quebec, 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 Buliding
T Hong Kong Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
POST OFFICE
Shall Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
AIR MAIL SERVICE
The air mall postage to U.S.A. and) Canada by Pan-American Altways has been increased to $3.50 per 1⁄2 ounce) with effect as from 2nd August. The air mall rates to other American coun tries etc. via 'Pan-American Airways havo also bean increased and a oche- dule of ratos is exhibited in the Generall Post Office.
The following air mall services are
at present available to the United Kingdom:-
By Imperial Airways to
onwards by Durban)
SCA
Durban and
(via Imperial to $1.15 per 1⁄2 oz. By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A. and onwards by Trans-Apantic Air Service (via P.A.A. & Fans-Atian- tio).
$5,00 por 1⁄2 DI.
By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A. and onwards by sen (via P.A.A. to U.S.A.).
$3.60 per 1⁄2 oz. plus
15 cents per oz. All air mall correspondence bear the blue air mall label,
INWARD MAILS
TUESDAY
must
Airways
Air Mail by "Pan-American
Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 30th July.
Japan and Shanghai Formosa, Amoy and Swałow Shanghal
London and Straits Calcutta and Straits
WEDNESDAY
Shanghal and Amoy Rabaul and Manila Shanghai
Java and Manila Manila
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghal-
(San Francisco date, 24th June).
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
TUESDAY
Straits and Rangoon
Fort Bayard
Bangkok
Noon.
12.30 p.m. 2,30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Southi
Africa
3.30 p.m. Manila
4.30 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."
K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
Reg.
Ord,
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
Reg.
Ord..
K.P.O.
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1940.
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
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.
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Tel. 30392
5.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS
1, Connaught Road, C.
5. S.
NEW
Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Australia by the "Imperial Air ways Service."
5.30 p.m.
K.P.O.
Reg..
5.00 p.m.
22nd Aug.
Ord.,
G.P.O.
Ref...
Ord..
Brasil Maru. 19th Sept.
Straits
Manila
YORK via Japan, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, Tosan Maru
MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS AIRES via Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOU- RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, -ALGOA-BAY, CAPE TOWN & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon -KEELUNG- via Swatow & Ainoy
CANTON
FOR FULL - PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Arizona Maru 2nd Sept.
Atlas Maru
Shanghai and Japan
Haiphong Amoy
9th Aug.
9th Aug. Canton Maru Kaisyu Maru 11th Aug. Sirogane Maru 15th Aug.
5.00 p.m
7.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Noon. 12.30 p.m. Parcels only for Tientsin... 12.30 pun. *Superscribed Correspondence Only.
TO-DAY'S
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA WIRELESS
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
a
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-|
sion.
Sullivan 12.30. p.m.-Maxine
in "Swing" programme with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and
Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.-Stuart Robertson (Baritone);
and the New Mayfair Orchestra.- 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.-Mozart-Plano Sonata in A
Minor. Artur Schnabel,
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
6.00 p.m.-Glazounow-Stenka Razine. 6.15 p.m.-Enesco-Roumanian Rhap
August 29 Body No. 1 In A Major. September 76.28 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota- September 13
tions.
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON,
S.S. PRESIDENT POLK
8.9. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
To Singapore & Penang
8.8, CITY OF LOS ANGELES
18
..August September 15
0.30 p.m.-Richard Tauber (Tenor) and;
Debroy Somers Band.,
7.00 p.m.-Half an hour of Dance Music. Jay Wilbur and His Band, Oskar Joost Tango Orchestra, Freddie "Schnickelfritz” Fisher and His Band, Mantovani's Orchestra for Dancing and Geraldo and His Orch. 7.30 p.m.-London. Relay-The News, 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal,' Weather]
Report and Announcements. 278.03 p.m.-Chopin-Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Arthur Rubinstein (Piano) and the London Symphony, Orch. 8,37.
p.m.-A Russian Programme. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Theo| dore Challapine, London Symphony Orchestra,
August 14 August
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
*5.5. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
* Via Yokohama.
September a
* AMERICAN ✰✰
PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND-WOrld service,”
Agents for transCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
9.00 p.m.-London Relay The News
and Topical: Taiko.
0.45 p.m.---Mrs. Woodforde.Finden's)
"Four Indian Love Lyrica" sung by Nelson Eddy (Baritone)...]
30.00 p.m.-D.B.C. Recording-Over
the Garden Wall","
A Sketch,
10.16 p.m.--Quilter-Threa English
Dances.
New Light Symphony Orchestra, 10.28, p.m.--Dance Musio and Variety. Mario Burko“ (Soprano), ·Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra, Max Wall with. Orchestrá, Ralò' da Costa, William McCulloch and„Jack Hylton] and His Orchestra.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO
AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,
CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.
For Freight or Passage, apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
Hong Kong, China& Japan.
KAIPING
HOME,
FACTORY
AND
BUNKERS,
Tel. 30332.
COAL
FOR ALL PURPOSES
POWER
HOUSE,
TUGS &
LOCOS
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