The Empress Way
to
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
Enjoy the advantages of this "one-management", route!
NEXT SAILING TO VANCOUVER FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
TRANS-CANADA by fast AIR CONDITIONED' trains through the Majestic Canadian Rockies.
TRANS-ATLANTIC by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic fleet.
O.
Hong Kong Office.
Union Building
Telephone 20752
S. K.
Canadian Pacific
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 Singaporé, 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 & Amoy CANTON
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SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
Sumatra Maru 25th Aug.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu'
6.9, PRESIDENT PIERCE
8.5. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
August 29 September
7
September
17
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
8.8. PRESIDENT. POLK
S.S. PRESIDENT GARFIELD
To Singapore' & Penang
8.S, CITY OF LOS ANGELES
8.8. CITY OF NEW PORT NEWS.
September 29 October 16
POST OFFICE
M
The arrivals and departures of malla from and to neighbouring countries and coast ports, of which there is a fro- quency of more than one service week will not in future be advertised. arrivod at This decision has bean after careful consideration, and the to public are requested to cooperate the extent of forbearing to inquire by' telephone the dates of such malls, as, answering such inquiries makes heavy Inroads on the time of the postal staff.
The Public are requested to note particularly the time of closing the Imperial and Pan-American Air Mails on Tuesday, 27th August, 1940.
will be
The General Post Office closed at 6.30 pm, on Tuesday, 27th August, 1940.
Small Packet Poal to all countries in suspended.
INWARD MAILS
SATURDAY
U.S.A.. And Manila (San Francisco
date, 2nd August).
SUNDAY.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service"
MONDAY
London and Straits
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 24, 1940
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
Air Mail by Imperial Airways Ser To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
vice".
Calcutta, Straits and Saigon
TUESDAY
Air Mall by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 20th August, WEDNESDAY London and Manila
FOR
WELL PLACED SAILING AT THE
END OF AUGUST
DATE & TIME For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.
OUTWARD MAILS
SATURDAY Straits and Calcutta,
Par. Let.
4.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser
vice" to Durban and thence by Sea) Service to United Kingdom.
Ref. Ord.
G.P.O, & K.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java and Australia by the "Imperial Air- ways Service."
Reg. Ord.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
MONDAY
5.00 p.in 5.30 p.m,
Straits, Ceylon. Indla, East and South)
Africa and United Kingdom.
Par.
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.O. & K.P.O..
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
(27) 5.00 p.m.|
(27) 5.00 p.m.
(28) 8.30 4.m.
TUESDAY
Tel. 30332
L
4.15 p.m.
5.00 p.m.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
vla. Thursday Island,
1 G.P.O. & K.P.O. Reg.
Ord.
Air Mail for Indo-China, Malaya, Java
and Australia by the Imperial Air- ways? Service.":12
Reg. Ord,
K.P.O, & G.P,0.
4.39. p.m. 5.00 p.m. Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser- vice" to Durban and thence by Sea Service: to United Kingdom.
Reg. Ord,
K.P.O. & G.P.O.
4.30 p.m. 5.00 p.m.
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu. U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Amerl- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices,"
K.P.O. & G.P.0. Rec.
4.30 p.m. Ord.
......... 5.00 p.m.
Superscribed Correspondence Only.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
slon.
12.30.p.m.-The Hill Billies and London
Piano Accordeon Band.
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-|
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.Harry
. Organ.
Croudson at the
1.16 p.m.-Dance Music.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,
Weather Forecast and Announce/ ments.
1.45 p.m.-Variety, with George Form- by, Elsie and Doris Waters, Dave Willis, Stan Holloway, and Vine, More and Nevar.
2.15 p.m.-Close down,
16.00 p.m.-Verdi-La Traviata-Act 1.. 0.32 p.m.-Bach Two Plano Concerto, by Arthur and Ulrich Schnabel with the London Symphony Orchestra. 6.83 p.m.-Folies D'Espagne. 7.02. p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota- August 25
tions. September 237.04 p.m.-Folk Music.
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather,
Report and Announcements.
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
*8.5. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 8.9. CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Via Yokohama.
September. 4 September 18
✰✰ AMERICAN ✩ ✩
PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE.”~
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTal and WESTERN Air and united air liNES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
8.03 p.m.-Dance Music, by Joe Loss, Wally. Bishop, Teddy Powell, Harry Horlick, Mantovani, Casa Loma Or chestra, and Lew Stone.. 8.45 p.m.-London Relay London Log. News Relay The 9,00 p.m.-London
and Topical Talks." 9.45 p.m.-Request Varlety, with The
Kentucky Minstrels. The New May-} fair. Orchestra, Nelson Eddy, Flana- gan and Allen, The Comedy Hurmon- ista, 'Nelson Eddy and Joanette Mac donald, London Theatre'' Orchestra, Loula Levy's Orchestra, Max Miller. Charlle Kunz, Bing Crosby, Elsie Carlisle, The Mills. Bros., The Dun-| can Sistors, Larry Adler, Harry Roy and his Orchestra, Maurice Winnick's Orchestra, Jack Hylton's Orchestra, Len-Fills and his Orchestra, and Nat Gonella.
|12 mldnight-Close down.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTS
1, Connaught Road, C.
TRAVEL A.-O.
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.
FOR
Tel. 30332.
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