THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 17, 1940
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
FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER
(Omitting Honolulu)
Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise. Bauff- 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.
French-
and Quebec, gay Then Montreal 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
Hong Kong
Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel Systems
S. K.
POST OFFICE
-Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
The air mali rates to New, Zealand' have been increased to Letters $1,50 por 1/2 oz., Postcards $0.75 each and now cover 'air transit to Auckland, New Zealand. The blue air mail label must be affixed to all correspondence tended for this service.
in-
Parcel Post Service to China via Halphong is temporarily suspended.. Printed papers and books not for sale can be only accepted.
INWARD MAILS
SATURDAY
Japan and Shanghal Shanghal
SUNDAY
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Shanghai and Amoy
MONDAY
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Haiphong, Hothow and Fort Bayard Canton
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghal-
(San Francisco date, 20th July). Shanghai
Shanghai Haiphong
TUESDAY
Calcutta and Straits
Air Mali by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 13th August. Bangkok and Saigon Bangkok
Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghai Java and Manila Shanghai
FOR
Shanghal
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
SATURDAY"
12.30 p.m..
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser- Durban and vice"
Indo-China, to thence by Sea Service to United King- dom.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Reg. Ord.
5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST?
FREIGHT AND
"PASSENGER SERVICES
To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
WELL PLACED SAILING AT THE END OF 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
SUNDAY
Salgon and Bangkok
4,30 a.m.}
MONDAY
Straits. Rangoon and Calcutta.
Par.
Tel. 30332
(17) 5.00 p.m. (19) 8.00 a.m.
Parcels only for Tientsin Manila
12.30 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
22nd Aug.
TUESDAY...
Let.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS
1, Connaught Road, C.
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran-
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... Tosan Maru RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS,
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 Swatcw & Ainoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Sumatra Maru 23rd Aug.
Canton Maru 24th Aug. Canton Maru 20th Aug. Sirogane Maru 21st Aug.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
Amoy
Shanghai and parcels only
for Tientsin
Haiphong
Fort Bayard
Air Mail for, Indo-China.
8.30 a.m.
·
9.30 am.
1.00 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
Malaya, Java
and. Australia by the "Imperial Air-" ways Service."
Reg.
Ord.
Reg,
K.P.O.
G.P.O.
6.00 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
5.00 p.m
Ord..
7.00 p.m Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu. U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- con Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."
K.P.O.
Reg.. Ord..
G.P.O.
5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
મ
Reg.
Ord.,
5.00 p.m
7.00 p.m.
*Superscribed Correspondence, Oŋly.
១.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
ΤΟ
AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,
CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE S:9. PRESIDENT TAFT
***................. August 29 September 7 September 17
To Now York and Boston
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
.S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
8.S. PRESIDENT POLK
6.8. CITY OF. SAN FRANCISCO 6.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
To Singapore & Penang
August 20
September 29
August 17 August 27
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
*SIS. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
• Vla Yokohama.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Dance Music by Harry Roy
and His Orchestra.
1.00. p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Sam Browne and Primo
Scala's Accordeon Band.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby
Press,
Weather Forecast and Announce-
ments.
1.45 p.m.-Humorous and Vocal Variety. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
Wagner's
6.00 p.m.-Sélections
Operas.
from
0.46 p.m.--Closing Local Stock Quota.
tions.
Cortot,
Boston Promenade
6.47 p.m.-Mendelssohn Trio.
Thibaud and Casals. September 3 7.17 p.m.-The
✰✰ AMERICAN ✰✰
PRESIDENT LINES
***ROUND-WORLD. SERVICE.”
AGENTS FOR transcontINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR and United air lines 12, Pedder Street.
Orchestra.
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 0.00 p.m.-Local. Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcementa. 8.03 p.m. Songs and Tunes of Not-So- Long.Ago, with Jack Hylton, Comedy Harmonists, Boswell Staters, New Mayfair Orchestra, Frank Crumit, Billy Costello and The 'Radio Three 8.45 p.m.-London Relay London.
Log",
-
9.00 p.m.-London Relay - The News
and Topical Talk.
9.45 p.m."He Wanted Adventure", by
Bubby Howes and Company. 10.20 p.m.-Dança Musica
Telephone 28171. 10.30 p.m.-Variety, with Phil Regan,
Ken Harvey, Louis Armstrong, Elste Carflate and The Mills Brothers, 11.00 p.m.-Dance Music, 12.00 midnight-Close down."
For Freight or Passage, apply to :----
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
Hong Kong, China & Japan.
FOR
Tel. 30332.
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