THE
"Route-of-Wonders"
ACROSS CANADA
Go. Empress from the Orient to Canada, United States and Europe. The Empress Way includes these scenic splendors:
1. SPECTACULAR MOUNTAIN JOURNEY...600 thrilling miles of Canadian Rockies. See Banff, Lake Louise en route.
2. CANADA'S FERTILE PLAINS...the great prairies of the
western provinces.
.
3. GREATEST CHAIN OF LAKES in the World...Canada's
inland oceans, the Great Lakes.
4. FALLS FAMED AROUND THE WORLD...Niagara Falls. 5. LARGEST INLAND PORT in the World...Montreal, 1,000
miles from the sea.
ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS "ONE-MANAGEMENT" ROUTE
NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG TO VANCOUVER
FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER
(Omitting Honolulu)
NEXT SAILING TO MANILA
FOURTH. WEEK IN OCTOBER
For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent.
Union Building
Hong Kong Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
S. K.
MAILS
Small Packet Post to all countries la suspended.
The Imperial Airways Service bo- twean Hong Kong and Bangkok later. porarily suspended. Air mail corras." pandence will be accepted at the exist» Ing rates of postage and will be 'for. warded by the first opportunity by steamer to Singapore to connect with the east and westbound air services.
INWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
Java and Mantia London and Straits Australia and Manila,
FRIDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 27th September. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghat (San Francisco date, 23re, August),
SATURDAY
U.S.A., Japan and Shanghat (Seattle
date, 28th August).
FOR
Sandakan
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 1, 1940.
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
/REGULAR_AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
WELL PLACED SAILINGS SECOND HALF OCTOBER
For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.
1.00 p.m. PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island.
K.P.O.
2.45 p.m.
Reg., Ord..
3.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
2.45 p.m.
Reg.. Ord.,
3.30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Central and South America and
•United Kingdom via San Francisco (No Mall for Canada).
Parcels
Reg.
K.P.Q.
Are maintained as hitherto.
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
4.00 p.m.
5.00 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Ord.
G.P.O.
Parcels
4.00 p.m.
Reg., Ord.,
3.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Tel. 30332
+
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panarna, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO &t BUENOS
AIRES via Panama MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAK- 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.. CĂLCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon .... KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy CANTON
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
19th Oct. Hokkai Maru
2nd Nov. Sanyo Maru
29th Oct. Seia Maru
(from Kobe). Argentina Mart 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
Arabia Maru
Borneo Maru
4th Oct.
9th Oct.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
S.S. PRESIDENT, CLEVELAND
6.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE :. S.S. PRESIDENT COLLIDGE
To New York and Boston
October 4 October 25 November 2
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
S.S. PRESIDENT GARFIELD
S.S. PRESIDENT MONROE,.
8.6. CITY OF NORFOIK
To Singapore & Penang
$5.5. CITY OF SAN FANCISCO
October, 17 October: 24
October 27. December. 2
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct
S.S. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS
• Via. Yokohama,
October: 14.
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“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE!!!
AGENTS FÖR TRANSCONTINENTAl and WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
Manila, Macasser and Soura-
baya ..
....... 8.30 a.m. Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New
Zealand via Brisbane.
Par.
Reg. Ord.
G.P.O. & K.P.0.
(3/10) 5.00 p.m. (4/10) 8.45 a.m. (4/10), 9.30a.m. Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Cer- tral and South America and United Kingdom via. Vancouver B.C. (Par- cels for Canada only).
Note: All Mail for United-Kingdom will be forwarded with...or....without .superscription.
Par.
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
(3/10) 5.00 p.m. (4/10) 9.15 a.m. (4/10) 10.00. a.m.
Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser-
vice" to connect at Singapore,
G.P.Q. & K.P.O.
Reg. Ord.
1.00 p.m. 1.30 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mom- basa, Beira, Lourenco-Mar- ques, East and South Africa via Durban .... Manila, Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco Marques, East and South Africa via Dur- ban
3.30 p.m. Air Mall for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."
K.P.O.
Reg., Ord.,
5.00 p.m.
G.P.O.
Ret.. Ord.,
5.30 p.m.
5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m.
• Superscribed Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Hawaiian Solections. 12.50 p.m.-Songa by Dorothy Lamour. 1.03 p.m.-Compositions of Weber. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
:
1.40 p.m.-Maurice Winnick's Orchestra. 2.15 p.m.-Close down. 0.00 p.m.Compositions of Dvorak..
"From the Old and the Now World" -Fantasia (arr. Leopold)....Dol Dauber and his Salon Orchestra, Humoreske . TheCoinedy Här
moniste.
Symphony No. 4 in G Major Op. 88 ...Czech. Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Victor Tallch. Indian Lament....Maurice Marechal
(Callo);
6.57 p.m.-Latest Variaty. S
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.03 p.m.-A Programme of New Dance
Kusto,
0.00 p.m.-Lordon Relay-The
and Topical Talks,
Nowa
9.45 p.m.-B.D,C. Recording-"Corona.
tion Dlary! "pol
10.10 p.mA· Programme, of Lig
English Muslo, Skup
11:00 p.m.-Close-down,"
1, Connaught Road, C.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO
AUSTRALIA
ÇALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,
CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE,
SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, 1940
For Freight or Passage, apply to :-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
Agents
Hong Kong, China& Japan.
FOR
Tel: 30332.
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