Go Empress
ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America
and Europe!
EMPRESS LUXURY
Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress
Victorla liners, then
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 the ship's side at Vancouver take you through 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
Hong Kong Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
POST OFFICE
Small Packet: Post to all counteles-la suspended.
The public are requested to note par, ticularly the time of closing the Imperial Air Mall on Tuesday, the 27th August, 1940.
INWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
Bangkok and Saigon Shanghat and Amoy Java and Muñlla Shanghal and Amoy Shanghai
Sandakan
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shangha||
(San Francisco date, 1st August). Australia and Mánila
Bangkok
THURSDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 13th August,
|Alr,Mall by "Imperial Airways Service"
Haiphong
Shanghai-
Гаран
London and Straits
FRIDAY
Japan and Formosa Saigon
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 21, 1940
N
YKLIN
E
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
Kamakura Maru.
Friday,
Asama Maru (starts from Shanghal)
30th Aug.
Bunday, 29th Sept.
SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)
(Convenient connection from Hong Kong)
Hikawa Maru
NEW YORK via Panama
Wednesday,
4th Sept.
*Sakura Maru
Thursday,
12th Sept.
LIVERPOOL via Cape Town
Kasima Maru
About
25th Sept.
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila
Kamo Maru
Wednesday, 28th Aug.
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo
*Atago Maru
Wednesday,
11th Sept.
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore
SATURDAY
*Toba Maru
Thursday,
22nd Aug.
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
|Formosa, Amoy and Swatow Japan ¡Shanghal
Bangkok and Tourans
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
Fort Bayard
Manila
Saigon
Japan
Atuta Maru
Haruna Maru
Kamakura Maru
號
Cargo only.
Thursday,
22nd Aug.
Saturday,
24th Aug.
Friday.
30th Aug.
S. K.
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... 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, Beļa-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy CANTON
SAILINGS. FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
Straits
THURSDAY
Holhow and Haiphong
Manila, Makassar and Sau-
rabaya
Shanghal Swatow
2.30 p.m.
7.00, p.m.
7.00 p.in.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
7,00 p.m. N.Y.K., King's Building.
8.30 a.m. 8.30 a.m.
10.30 a.m. 12.30 p.m. 1.00 p.m
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu.
U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."
#I
5,00 p.m.
K.P.O.
Reg.. Ord.,
.: 5.00 p.m
5.30 p.n
Tosan Maru 22nd Aug.
G.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord..
7.00; p
Amoy
, 7.00 pm.
FRIDAY
8.30 a.m.
Sumatra Maru 24th Aug.
Amoy
Straits and Calcutta.
Parcels.
Letters
Shanghai
11.00 a.m.)
Noon.
12.30 p.m.)
Straits. Rangoon & Calcutta.. 3.30 p.m.
*Superscribed Correspondence Only.
TO-DAY'S
FOR FULL PARTICULARS OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA WIRELESS
PHONE 28001 OR APPLY TO
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
S.9. PRESIDENT PIERCE
S.8. PRESIDENT COOLIDGÉ
$.8. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
:
August 29 September 7 September 17
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
October 161
9.S. PRESIDENT POLK
September 20
S.S. PRESIDENT GARFIELD
To Singapore & Penang
5.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
S.S. CITY OF NEW PORT NEWS
*8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 8.5. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
*Via Yokohama...
August 27 September 23
September 3 September 18
** AMERICAN ✰✰ PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD' SERVICE.”
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNited air LINES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Sibelius. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Patricia Roseborough and
Robinson Cleaver.
1.16 p.m.-Dance Music.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m. Variety. 2.15 p.m.-Close down, 0.00 p.m.-Ballet Music. Chicago Syın- phony Orchestra, State Opera Or- chestra and Symphony Orchestra. 6.28, p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.30 p.m.-Dance Music, by George Elrick and his Swing: Music Makers,} Jay Wilbur's Band, Juan Llossas,
Telephone 30291.
If You Are Too Busy To Write Home Just Post a Copy of the Overland China Mail
which gives all the News there IS
Both Local and Coastal
THE
Don't.
BLUE FUNNE
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.
Henry Jacques, Harry. Roy, Lecum PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
Cuban Boys, Ronnte Munro, Teddy Foster, Jack Hylton, and Carroll Gibbons.
7.30 p.m.-London Relay The News, 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal; and Wea
ther Report:
8:03 p.m.-Elvie Yuan, (Soprano). with
A. T. Lay at the Plano.
8.30 p.m-Ordhestral Concert. Philhar- monic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony "Orchestra, - and "Dritish":"Symphony Orchestra, with Dennis Noble. 0.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.30 p.m.-London Relay-Matters
Moment.
0.45 p.m.Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody.. 10.10 p.m.-Operatic Duets. Gigli and De Luca, and Pampanini and Bor- gioli,
10.25 p.m.-Violin Solos, by Guila Bus-
tabo and Renee Chemet.
10.35 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band, |11.00 p.m.-Closa' down.
Are maintained as hitherto.
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
Tol. 30332
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
..
AGENTS
Connaught Road,