THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 30, 1940
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MARA MAILS
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
tong Kong
Telephone 20752
S.
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
K.
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panaina, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.......... RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, MONTEVIDEO: &t 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 and Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatew & Amoy. CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS,
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
Hokuroku Maru 6th Nov.
2nd Nov. 29th Oct.
Sanyo Maru Seia Maru
(from Kobe). Argentina' Maru 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
Africa Maru
Toa. Maru
4th Nov.
20th Nov.
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER
SAILINOS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
5.8, PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
.8.S, PRESIDENT TAFT
8.6. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
To New York and Boston
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November 3 November 17' December 6
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
B.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS.
S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
November 20 December 8
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama
5.8. CITY OF NORFOLK
✰✰ AMERICAN
November 17
PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE.”
AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street:
Telephone 28171.
The General Post Office will be closed at 5.30 p.m. to-day,
Parcel post service to Canton is tem- porarily suspended.
be-
The Imperial Airways Service tween Hong Kong and Banglok 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 $1.50 par 2 oz. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards, Malt for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blue air mail (abel.
Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
INWARD MAILS
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-(Scattle date, 30th
September).
Australia and Manila,
SATURDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service”—San ́ Francisco date, 26th 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. 9.30 a.m.
Reg.
Ord.
Straits
Saigon
10.30
Formosa and Dairen .... Bangkok, Madang, Salamaua,
a.m. 10.30 a.m.,
10.30 am.
Rabau and Tulagi....... 12.30 p.m. Shanghal, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Cen- tral and South America and United Kingdom via Vancouver B.C. (Par- cels for Canada only).
Note: All Mall or United-Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription.
K.P.O."
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m
Parcels Reg.,
Ord.
G.P.O.
Parcels Reg., Ord.
5.30 p.m.
4.00 p.m.
5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe vin "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
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.
THE
Telephone 30291.
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND "PASSENGER SERVICES |
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Ivor 'No.
vallo,
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- ments,
1.45 p.m.-Mendelssohn-Quartet in D
Major, Op. 44, No. 1.
Stradivarius String Quartet.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
WELL PLACED MIDDLE OF:
NOVEMBER SAILING
For dates and ports of call apply to Agents
6.00 p.m.--Selections from Act of Mo. PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
zart's "Don_Giovanni,”
6.32 p.m.-Closing focal Stock Quota-
tions,
6.34 p.m.-Beethoven-Sonata In F Min.
or, Op. 67 "Appassionata,"
Artur Schnabel (Plano),
7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. 7.15 p.m.-Londen Relay Topical
Talks.
7.30 p.m.-London: Relay "The Happy.
Go-Lucky Hour."
8.00 p.m.- Local Time Signol, Weather
Report and Announcements.. 8.03 p.m.--Scenes from Nohl. Coward's
"Tonight at 8.50.1,.., Van yang 8.30 p.m.-Piano, Duets by Rawlex and
Landaubry 4
Viennese Waltz Medley (Strauss). Washington, Post (Sousa),
8.40 pm The Bournemouth, Municipal..
Orchestra PRODA
9.00pm London Folay---The
and News Commentarios..
0,3C: pim-London Relay Talki To
Talk of Many. Things
9.45 p.m-Hawallan” Söngs,”
10.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance, "Musia."
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
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE..
Tel: 308824
AGENTS