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
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
MAILS
GENERAL HOLIDAY
On Monday, the 11th November, the General Post Office and Kowloon Con. tral Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, Shaungwan Branch Post Office wilt be open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays, one dall- very of ordinary correspondence at 11,30 am, and one delivery of register. ed correspondence at 11 am.
There will also be and delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11a.m. from the Branch Post Offices at Stan. loy, Tal Po and Un Long.
The Money Order Office will be en. tirely closed.
Greeting Corda (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 cents per 2 ounces for all countries, except Hong Kong, China and Macao which is 2 centa раг 2 ounces.
Parcel post service to. Canton is tem- porarily suspended,
The Imperial "Airways Service be- twean Hong Kong and Bangkok is tam. 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 i period of suspension of the Hong Kong- Bangkok Service.
The postage rates for all destinations will be $1.50 per 1/2 01. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards, Mail for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blue air mail label.
Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
INWARD MAILS
SATURDAY London and Straits Sandakan
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai --(San Francisco date, 19th October).
SUNDAY
Australia and Manila,
MONDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 31st October. Java and Manila Calcutta and Straits.
FOR
-THE CHINA; MAIL, NOVEMBER 9, 1940.
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
WELL PLACED END OF NOVEMBER 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
DATE & TIME
Tel. 30332
and New
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTS
1, Connaught Road, C.
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 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 Swatcw & Amoy CANTON
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
FOR FULL PARTICULARS no
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Kansai Maru
Argentina Maru
(from Kobe).
1st Dec.
12th Nov.
Manila Maru
5th Dec. Cape Town (Final. Port).
Hawaii Maru 30th Dec.
Toa Maru
20th Nov. (Accommodation for first class
passengers.)
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
勤
PRESIDENT
LINER
SAILING S
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
8.S. PRESIDENT TAFT
S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ....
To New York and Boston
November 17 December 7. December 28
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
8.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS
6.S. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
8.S. PRESIDENT JACKSON
November 22 December 10 December 16
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.
OUTWARD MAILB
SATURDAY Manila, Rabaul, Australia
Zealand via Brisbane.
G.P.D. & K.P.O.
Rcg. Ord.
(9) 8.45 a.m. (9) 9.30 a.m. MONDAY Air Mail for Manila, Guam. Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe vla "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."
K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
WEDNESDAY
Noon.
Noon.
Noon.
5.00 p.m.
Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta.. 3.30 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."
Parcels Letters
Parcels Letters
K.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
5.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.
• Superscribed Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
siun.
12.30 p.m.--Les Allen *(Vocal) and
Primo Scala's Accordeon Band. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and
Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-
ments.
1.45 p.m.-Dance Music by Jack Payne
and His Band. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
0.00 p.m.-Beethoven-Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor". 6.38 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quala-
tions.
6.40 p.m. Tchaikowsky Thome and Variations from Suite No. 3 in G. London Symphony Orchestra cond. by Sir Landon Ronald,
7.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 7.15 p.m.-London Relay Topical
Talka: "Questions of the Hour". 7.30 p.m.--Compositions of, Quliter, 8.00, p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
0.02 p.m.-London Relay Garrison,
Theatro".
0.00 p.m.-London Relay-Tha News
and News Commentaries, 9.30 p.m. -Varlety: Roquents, with Webster Booth, William Murdoch, Miliza Korjus, De Groot & His Or chestra, Nelson Eddy, The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, Albert: Sandler. (Violin) and Olive Groves (Soprano), Light. Opera Company, New Mayfair Orchestra, Harold Wil Hams and, the B.B.C, Male. Chorus, Carroll Gibbons & His Boy Friends, and Gració: Fields.,
10.80 p.m.-London. Relay="Ataturk--
The Story of Kemal Pasha!'"). 11.00 p.m.--London Relay Talk!" "In ***My Opinion".
11.18.p.m.-Request Dance; Numbers.
~ 12:00- midnight-Close down.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
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AUSTRALIA
CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY. ISLAND,
CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.
NEXT SAILING
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, 1940
For Freight or Passage, apply to :~~
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE Agents
Hong Kong, China & Japan.
FOR
Tel. 30332.
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