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 NOVEMBER
(Omitting Honolulu)
NEXT SAILING TO MANILA
FOURTH WEEK IN OCTOBER
For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent,
Union Building
Hong Kong Telephone 20752
OR..
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Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel Systeme -
S. K.
MAILS
The Imperiat Airways Service bo- tween Hong Kong and Bangkok la tom- porarily suspended. Air mali, córres- pondence 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 west bound air services.
An air mail service providing a.con. noction with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be avaliable during the period of suspension of the Hong Kong. Bangkok Service. The postage rates for all destinations will be $1.50 per 2 oz. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards. Mait for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blue air mait label.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS
Java and Manila
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai-
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 22, 1940
THE
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
"PASSENGER SERVICES
Vancouver B.C. date, 5th October). To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
Sandakan
FRIDAY
Australia and Manila.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 4th October). Swałow.
SATURDAY
Calcutta and Straits..
SUNDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Air
ways Direct Service”-San Fran- cisco date, 18th October. London and Straits
London and Straits
U.S.A.
MONDAY
and Manila (San date, 5th October).
FOR
Francisco
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS'
TUESDAY Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South
Africa
10,30 a.m.
Sandakan
WEDNESDAY
14
8.30 a.m.
WELL PLACED SAILINGS SECOND HALF OCTOBER
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
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTS
1. Connaught Road, C.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
# SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran-
1.
cisco, Los Angeles and Papama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO : &.. BUENOS AIRES via Panama MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, HEIRA, LOU-
RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN- & - SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS vla
Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo..
· CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoori KEELUNG via Swatow & Ainoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO "
Hokuroku Maru 6th Nov.
Sanyo Marui Sela Maru
2nd Nov. 29th Oct..
(from Kobe)," Argentina Maru 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
Africa Maru
Havre Maru
THURSDAY'
Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
Tel. 30392
K.P.O.
Reg. Ord,
5.00 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Q.P.O.
Reg., Ord,
5.00. p.m.
FRIDAY
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Straits and United Kingdom.
Par, Reg
Ord
7.00 p.m.
(24). 5.00 p.m. (24): 5.00 p.m. (25) 8.30 a.m.
Air Mail by Air-la Rangoon to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
K.P.O.
-5.00 p.m.
Reg..
5.30 p.m.
Ord.,
G.P.O.
4th Nov.
25th Oct.
Reg..
Ord..
5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
SATURDAY Manila, Macasser and Soura-
bayn
8.30 a.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu. U.S.A. and Europé via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."
K.P.O.
Reg.
5.00 p.m.
Ord.
5.30 p.m.
G.F.O.
Reg. Ord,
5.00 p.m. (27) Noon.
TRAVEL A.-0. LINE
ΤΟ
AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,
CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, 1940
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angelos
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
·0.9, PRESIDENT PIERCE
6.8. PRESIDENT COLLIDGE
6.8. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
October 29 November 3 November - 16
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
9.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
S.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS
To Singapore & Penang
8.8, CITY OF NORFOLK
8.8, CITY OF SAN FANCISCO
November 20, December 8
October 29 December 2
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama
8.8. CITY OF NORFOLK-
8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
November 17
·December 22
AMERICAN ✰✰
PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE:""
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES.
12, Pedder Street,
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12.30 p.m.-Latest Dance Numbers: 1.03 p.m.-Stuart Robertson"(Bass-Bari.
tone) and Debroy Somere Band, 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.46 p.m.-A Vářlety Programme, 2.15 p.m.-Close Down, -
6:00 p.m.-Beethoven---Concerto No. 1
In C Major, Op. 15.
Artur. Schnabel (Piano) and the London · -Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sar gent.
6.40 p.m.--Closing local Stock Quota-
tions,
6:42. p.m.-Songs by Oscar Natzko (Bass) and Lina Pagtlugh! (Soprano). Hear Me Ye Winds and Wavea
(Handel).
The Song of Hybrias the Cretan
(Ellott).
Oscar Natzke (Bass) with Orch.
· Lakme Bell Song. (Deliben),'
Lina Pagliughi (Soprano) with
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7.30 pm Variety.
5.03 p.m.Military Band Muelo," *8.10 p.m.-London Relay-Feature- Pro.
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9.00 p.m.London` ́ Relay The Newa
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0.30 p.m.-London Relay-Talk: Scots
Abroad."
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́ ́ Stewart (Contraltojai)
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