THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 12, 1940′′
)
13
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
S. K.
NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panarna, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.. RIO-DE-JANEIHO, 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 & Colomba BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatow & Ainoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
MAILS
Greeting Carda | (Christmas, New Year, etc.) must contain no-written matter, except the, hame prid, 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, por 2 ounces for al countries, except, Hong Kong, Chipa and Macão which is 2- conta
per 2 Ounces,
Parcel post service to Canton is tám. porarily, suspended,
The Imperial Airways Service be- 'tween- Hong Kong and Bangkok is tem- porarily suspended. ‹ Air mail.corres- pondence will be accepted at the exist Ing "ratòsof ppetigė fand will be for- warded. by the first opportunity "by 'steamer to"Singapõre" to connect with the east' and west bound air services.
An air mail service providing a con. naction with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be available,during tho. period of suspension of the Hong Kong- Bangkok Service. The postage rates for all destinations will be $1.50 per Va oz, 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 la suspended.
INWARD MAILS
TUESDAY
U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai (Seattle
date, 9th October). Sandakan
Java and Manila,
WEDNESDAY
Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 5th November,
THURSDAY
London and Straits Calcutta and Straits
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
Straits. Rangoon & Calcutta.. 3.30 p.m. Manila, Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island.
K.P.O.
THE
BLUE FUNNE
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
Parcels
4:00 p.m.
Reg.
Ord,
Q.P.O.
Parcels
Reg, Ord,
5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m
Tel. 30392
Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."'
Kansai Maru 1st Dec. Montevideo Moru 21st Nov.
(from Koba). Argentina Maru 12th Nov.
(from Kobe).
K.P.O.
Reg.. Ord.
5.00 p.m 5:30 p.m.
G.P.O.
Reg.. Ord..
5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.in.
Manila Maru 5th Dec. Terminates at Cape Town.
Hawaii Maru 30th Dec.
Toa Maru
20th Nov. (Class Passengers only).
PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT
LINER GAFLINGS
To San Francisco and Les Angefes-/
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
6.9. PRESIDENT-TÄFT
5.8. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND-
S.9, PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
To New York and Boston
THURSDAY
Air Mail by Air to Rangoon to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".
K.P.O. & G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord,
9.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. Straits and Rangoon ... 10.30 a.m.
• Superscribed Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
ston.
+
12.30 p.m.-'The Organ, The Dance Band, and Me' and Turner Layton (Vocal)."
∙1,00 p.mm-Local Time Signal and
Weather Report, ---
1.03 p.m.-Some Welsh Songs. 1:15 - p.m.---Military Band Music,
1.80 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce ments.
1.45 `pim-Dance Music by Victor
Young and His Orchestra. 72.15 p.m.-Close Down.
November 17
December December. 28
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
8.S. PRESIDENT ·ADAMS
8.8. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
$.8. PRESIDENT JACKSON
6.00 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.02 p.m.-Favourite Stars in Humorous
Variety, with Arthur Askey, Clapham and Dwyer, Gracie Field and Sandy Powell, Stanley Holloway, George Formby, Elsie and Doris Waters, Jack Hulbert, Dave Wilus. 7.00p.m.-London Relay-The News.
p.m.-London Relay - Topical Talks: Questions of the Hour'. 7.30 p.m.-Dance Music...
November 22 December
10 7.15 December 15
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama.
6.8. 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.
8:00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements, 0.02 p.m.-London Rolay-'Cock-A-Doo-
die-Dof*
0.00
Charles B. Cochran's Saturday
.Show.
p.m. London Relay-The Nowa and News Commentaries.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay Talk: 'Scots
Abroad'...
9.45 p.m.-Madley of Scottish Airs by the Pipers of 'the' 2nd Batt. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.” 0.50 p.m.--Light Opera: Selections.
H.M.S; Pinafore Selection (Gil,
bert and Sullivan),,'
10.15
The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra. "The Bohemian Girl"-Vogal Gems
(Balta);
· Light · Opera... Company ~ with”
Orchestra.
p.m.-Tchaikowsky-Trio in A Minor, Op. 8o, 11.00 pm.-Closa:Down.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
AGENTS
1, Connaught Road, C.
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
TO
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.
MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY
WEDDING GROUPS SPECIALITY.
AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE USE
KING'S STUDIO
TEL. 28756