THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 30, 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 Consult Your Travel Agent.
Union Building
Hong Kong
Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
MAILS
The General Post Office will be closed at 5.30 p.m. to-day.
Parcel post service to Canton fa tem porarily suspended.
The Imperial Airways Sarvica be- tween Hong Kong and Bangkok is 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 east and west bound air services.
An air mail service providing a con- nection with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be available during the period of suspension of the Hong Kong- Bangkok Service, The postage rates for all destinations will be $150 per 1⁄2 oz. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards. Mail for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual biue air mail label.
Small Packet Post to all countrieb in suspended.
INWARD MAILB
WEDNESDAY
London and Straits
THURSDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service" San Fran- cisco date, 18th October, London and Straits.
FRIDAY
U.S.A. and Manila-(Seattle date, 30th
:September).
Australia and Manila,
SATURDAY
Air Mail, by Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 28th October.
London and Straits, Java and Manila. London and Straits Swatow.
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS THURSDAY
Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
9.00 a.m.
FIRST VOYAGE FROM HONG KONG
THE NEW
S/S "YAWATA MARU"
(Sister Ship of S/S "Nitta Maru”)
NOVEMBER 4th
to
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.
Reg.
Ord.
S. K.
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
Straits
Saigon
9.30a.m.
10.30a.m.
10.30 a.m.
D SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
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 Sín- gapore, Penang and Colombo... CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatew & Amoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Hokuroku Maru 6th Nov.
Sanyo Maru Seia Maru
2nd Nov. 20th Oct.
“
(from Kobe), Argentina Maru 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
Africa Maru
Toa Maru
4th Nov.
20th Nov.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILING S
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
8.8. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
8.S. PRESIDENT. TÄFT.
8.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
To New York and Boston
November 3 November 17
December
6
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
8.8. PRESIDENT ADAMS
S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
November 20 December 84
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama
S.S. CITY OF NORFOLK
November 17
AMERICAN ✰✰
PRESIDENT LINES
"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR and united air lines 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
Formosa, and Datren .... 10.30 .. Bangkok, Madang, Salamaua,
Rabau and Tulagi
12.30 p.m. Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Cen- tral and South America and United Kingdom vin Vancouver B.C. (Par- cels for Canada only)......
Note: All Mail for United-Kingdoin will be forwarded with 'br without. ́superscription.">
Parcels Reg.,
K.P.O.
Ord.
G.P.O..
Parcels Reg.,
4.00 p.m. -5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m.
· Ord.
7.00 p.m. Air Mail 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. 5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
5:00 p.m.
Ord.
7.00 p.m.
FRIDAY
Air Mail by Air to Rangoon, to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
K.P.O. & G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
4.00. p.m. 4.30 p.m. Superscribed - Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of' Interces
Bion.
12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Ivor No
vello.
1.00. p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Concert Waltzes and Tangos. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-
menis,
1.45' p.m.Mendelssohn-Quartet in D
Major, Op. 44,"-Not- 12
Stradivarius String Quartet,
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
THE
BLUE FUNN
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
WELL PLACED MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER SAILING
For dates and ports of call apply to Agents
6.00 p.m.-Selections from Act I of Mo- PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
zart's- "Don Giovanni,"N
..
6.32 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota.
tions.
| 6.34 p.m.-Beethoven-Sonata' in F Min.
or, Op. 57 “Appassionata,"
Artur Schnabel (Piano), A
7.00 p.m.--London, Relay-The: Newa,` 7.15 p.m.-London Refay Topical
Talks.
7.30 p.m.-London-Relay „Go-Lucky: Hour,!yunda
The Happy-
8.00 p.m.-Local. Time Signal, Weather,
Report and Announcements 8,03_*p,ntis-Scenes from. Nesl" Coward's
**To-night at 0.30,#nybody 8,30 p.m.-Plano Duste by Rawicz and
Landauer) AT PAGI
Viennese Waltz Medley (Strauss)." Washington Post/(Squea). Jean 8,40 pim.--Tho, Bournemouth Municipat,
Oraliostra, SIN
9.00 p/m/London Relay The News
and Nows Conimentarios.
[9:30 p.m.-London Relay--Talki To
* Talk; of Many: Things, T
0.45-p.m.Hawallan: Songe,zi
10,00 p.m.--An hour of Dango Music. 11.00 p.m.-Close Down,
Are maintained as hitherto,
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
Tel. 20982:
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
AGENTS
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