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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 ses.
ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS "ONE-MANAGEMENT" ROUTE
NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG TO VANCOUVER
FIFTH 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
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
MAILS
Greeting Carda (Christmas, Now Year, etc) must contain no written matter, except the name and address of the sender, and must be posted in unsealed covers, which must be clearly marked "Greeting Card". The rate of postage is 5 .conts, par 2 ounces for all countries, except Hong Kong, China por 2 and. Macao which is 2 centa cuncas.
Parcal post service to Canton is tem- porarily suspended,
be.
The Imperial Airways Service tween, Hong Kong and Bangkok is tami- porarily suspended. Airmail corres. pondence will be accepted at the existe 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. per 1⁄2 oz. for letters and $0.75 oach for postcards. Mall for, this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blue air malt label.
Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.
INWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
London and Straits, Australia and Manila.
THURSDAY
Air Mall by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 31st October.
FRIDAY
London and Straits
Swatow.
SATURDAY
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai -(San Francisco date, 19th October).
SUNDAY
U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai (Seattle
date, 9th October). Australia and Manila.
FOR
Formosa
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
3,30 p.m. THURSDAY Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu,
U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."
Reg.
K.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
7,00 p.m.
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 6, 1940
KLIN
E
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
"Kamakura Maru"
"Asama Maru"
Monday, 18th Nov.
Wednesday, 27th Nov.
.(starts from Kobe)
(starts from Kobe).
SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)....
Tuesday, 3rd Dec.
SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo &
"Helan, Maru"
San Francisco. *"Takaoka Maru"
Sunday, 17th Nov. (starts from Kobe)
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila
"Kamo Maru".
MADRAS via, Saigon (cargo for Saigon accepted
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo
"Anyo Maru"
*"Onos Maru"
Saturday,
23rd Nov.
End of November
Thursday, Sunday,
Sunday,
Friday,
28th, Nov.
8th Dec.
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore
"Lisbon Maru"
*"Nagato Maru"
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
"Kasima Maru"
"Suwa Maru"! "Atuta Maru"
* Cargo only.
10th Nov,
16th Nov.
Wednesday, 13th Nov. Tuesday, 19th Nov. Tuesday, 26th Nov.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
General Passenger Agents in the Orient for
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
N.Y.K., King's Building.
Telephone 30291.
S. K
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... RIO-DE-JANEIRO,
SANTOS,
-MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS Argentina Maru 12th Nov,
AIRES via Panama
MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR-
LOU-
ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, 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 & Rangoori KEELUNG via Swatcw & Amoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
(from Kobe).
Manila Maru 5th Dec: Cape Town (Final Port).
Toa Maru
20th Nov. (Accommodation for first class
passengers.).
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
8.8. PRESIDENT TAFT ..
6.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
8.8. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
To New York and Boston
November 17 December 7 December 28
Via Manila, Singapore, Ponang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
8.8, PRESIDENT ADAMS
8.6. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
8.8. PRESIDENT JACKSON
November 21 December 10 December 15
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama
8.8. 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.
Ord,
Reg.
Ord.
Air Mail by sea to Singapore to connect
British Overseas Airways,"
with the
K.P.O.
Reg.
5,00 p.m.
Ord.
5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.
5.00 p.m.
Ord.
6.00 p.m.
Straits and Calcutta,
K.P.O.
:
Parcels Letters
Parcels Letters
5.00. p.m.
5,30 p.m.
G.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
• Superscribed Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.30 p.m.-Half an hour with Leslie Hutchinson, Connie Baswell and The Mills Brothers, 1.03 p.m.-Strauss-Le Beau Danube- Ballet Musici London Philharmonie Orchestra conducted by Antal Dornti, 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments,
1.45 p.m.Dance Music by Ambrose
and His Orchestra.
2.15 p.m. Close down.
6.02 p.m.-A Variety Programme. 7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. 7.15 p.m. London Relay - Topical
Talks: 'Questions of the Hour'. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay~~'Carry On'.
Variety, presented by Carroll Lewis. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.-Studio-An Irish Recital by Father O'Mara (Baritone) with A. T. Lay at the Piano.
1. (a) The little red Lark (arr. Vil
Hlers Stanford); (b) Reynardine (Fragment of Ulster Ballad); (e) The Lover's Curse (Old Ballad).... Father '-O'Mara (Baritone) withi Plano accom.
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
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
2. Londonderry Air (arr. Percy Grain- PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
ger)........A. T. Lay at the Plano..
3. (a) The Foggy Dew (arr.-Villlers Stanford); (b) The Willow Tree (arr. Villiers Stanford); (c) The Gartan, Mother's, Lullaby (arr. Herbert Hughes): Fäther O'Mara (Baritone) with Piano accom. 8.26 p.m.-Sir Hamilton Harty-An Irish Symphony Scherzo. Sir Hamilton Harty: conquoting the Holic Orchestra, | 8.30 p.m.-Studio-"British Dramatista”” No. 1: Marlowe: The first of a new: series of talks by Fathor T. Ryan,
8.60p.m.-Edward Gorman -- "Henry VIP" Dances!^ Now: Symphony-'Or- chestra conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.A MAN & 200 pm London Rally. Thò Nói
and Nowa Commentarica,tamp 9.30 p.m.-London Relay — Talks To
Talk "of Many Things an -9.48⋅ p.m.-Rais da Costi:at: the Planó, 10.00 p/m¬A÷Mijitary Bend Congart: . 10.30 p.m. London Relay Spitfire
Over London',
Feature Pro
gramme.
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
Tal 10532
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTS
„Connaught Rond, Cl