THE CHINA MAIE, OCTOBER 28, 1940
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 THIRD WEEK IN NOVEMBER
For Full Information.Consu‹ Your Travel Agent.
Union Building
Hong Kong Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel Systems
MAILS
and
The General Post Office will be closed at 5.30 p.m., - 'on', Tuesday, 29th Wednesday, 30th October, 1940.
Parcel post service to Canton la tom- porarily suspended,
The Imperlat Airways Sarvico be tween Hong Kong and Bangkok in tem- porarily suspended, Air mail corres- 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 cast and west bound air, services.
...
11 An air mail service providing a con- neetion with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be available during the period of auspension of the Hong Kong- Bangkok Service. The postage . rates' for all destinations will be*$1.50- per 1⁄2 or for letters, and · $0.75 each for postcards. Mall for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blue air mali label.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS
MONDAY
London and Straits. London and Straits. USA, and Manila-(San
date, 5th October).
WEDNESDAY
London and Straits Java and Manila,.
THURSDAY
Francisco
Air Mail by Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 18th October. U.S.A. and Manila-(Seattle date, 30th
September).
FRIDAY
London and Straits, Australia and Manila.
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
MONDAY
Stratts, Ceylon, India, East
and South Africa
3.30 p.m. Parcels only for Rangoon ... 3.30 p.m. Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Central and South America' and *United Kingdom via San Francisco (No Mail for. Canada), K.P.O..
4.00p.m. 5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
Parcels
Reg.
Ord.
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.
G.P.O.
Parcels
Rez, Ord
4.00 p.m.
6.00 pm.
-7.00 p.m.
TUESDAY
FIRST VOYAGE FROM HONG KONG
THE NEW.
S/S "YAWATA MARU"
(Sister Ship of S/S "Nitta Maru”)
NOVEMBER 4th
tom
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
•via
SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA -
AND HONOLULU
A FEW RESERVATIONS STILL AVAILABLE. Complete information from your Agent or:
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
N.Y.K., King's Building.
Telephone 30291.
If You Are Too Busy To Write Home Don't. Just Post a Copy of the Overland China Mail
which gives all the News there IS-
Both Local and Coastal
K.
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panarna, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS AIRES via Panama 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 und Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatow. & Ainoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Hokuroku Maru 6th Nov.
2nd Nov, Sanyo Maru Seia Maru 29th Oct.
(from Kobe). Argentina Maru 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
Africa Maru 4th Nov.
Havre Maru 26th Oct.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILIN
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
8.6. PRESIDENT-PIERCE
8.8. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
8.8. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
October | 29 Nóvember sā November 17
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
To Singapore & Penang.
S.S: PRESIDENT ADAMS
8.8. PRESIDENT HARRISON
8.S. CITY OF. NORFOLK ·.
S.S. CITY OF NORFOLK
November 20 December 8
October 29
To San Francisco & Los Angeles. Via Yokohama
November 17
AMERICAN**
PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE.”.
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES"
12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
Sandakan
·8.30, am.A Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
K.P.O. - &! G.P.0. (06/
Reg:
Ord,
Straits and Calcutta.
Parcels
Letters
10.30 a.m.
11.00a.m.
11:00am.
.... Noon. Manila, Australia and New Zealand
vla Thursday Island. K.P.O.
Reg., Ord.,
G.P.O.
Reg.. Ord..
Salgón
2.45 p.m. 3.30 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
Superscribed Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.16 p.m.-Short Service of, interces
Bion...
12.30
p.m.-Dohnanyl-Quartot
Flat Major, Op. 15.
Floñzaley Quartet.
12.85 p.m.Plano Solo by Vladimir
-Horowitz, VIDI
Capriccio in F Minor (Dohnany!). 1.00 p.m.-Local Time: Signal and
Weather. Report,
1,03 p.m.-Hawaiian Selections. 1.21 p.m.-Garry Meóra at the Plano. 1.30. p.m.-Router' and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m. The B.8.C. Dance Orcti. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
6.00 p.m.-Chausson-Symphony - in B
Flat Major, Op. 20.
Orchestra de la Societe des Con
eerts du Conservatoire.
6.33 p.m. Songs by Hubert · Eladeil
(Tenor);
6.43 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota
tions..
6.45 p.m.-Arthur Rubinstein at the
Plano,
F.00 p.m.-London Relay~The News. 7.15 p.m.-London - Relay - Topical
Talke.
7.30 p.m.-Dannie Noble (Baritone) and
the London Palladium Orchestral Ch 8.00.p.m.-Local Time-Eignal; Woather
Report and Announcements. 8.03/p.m.--This week's programmes: tụ 8.07 × p.m.-Studio-A”French Recital by Denise Carrell (Soprano) hand ¿A.
T
Tây (Planoi,
8.45 @p.m.-Studio-Tajki.
Alarma and Excursiona" by Dr. Winifred Cullia, « ab0 bom. hondan Rolay. Thái Now
And » News Commentários.5275 9.30:2, port-All) Gradhoslovakian i-Pros - gramma with a Talk from the studio, 10.00 p.m.Bongs by The: "Comedy
Harmonikts. --
10.10.mi-Quentin Maclean at the 10,20 p.m.Composi
Strausz 11.00-
Close Down,
THE
FUNNEL
BLUE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
WELL PLACED END OF OCTOBER SAILING
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
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