THE
"Route-of-Wonders
ACROSS CANADA
Go Empress from the Orient to Canada, United States and Europe. The Empress Way includes these scenic splendora
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 BAILING FROM HONG KONG TO VANCOUVER FOURTH WEEK IN DECEMBER
(Omitting honolulu)
For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent.
Union Building
Hong Kong
Tolephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
MAILS
The Porcal, Post Service to Canfor nas been resumed,
Small Packet Post to all "cosantries is suspended.
CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS
On Wednesday, 25th 'December, and Thursday, 28th December, the Geurral Post Office and Branch Post Oncen will be open as follows:-
Wednesday, 25th Thursday, 26th
General Post Office
I am.
Bain to 10 a.m. 8 a.m. to noon
Kowloon Central P.O. 2' 10 in.
8 a.m. to noon Sheungwan Branch P.0. a.m. to 9 a.m.
a am to 10 a.m. All other Branch Pust Offices and Money Order Ollice will be entirely closed during the Holidays.
There will be one collection from the piliar boxes each day as on Sundays and one delivery of registered and or dinary correspondence at 10 am, on Wednesday, 23th and al 11.30 nm, on Thursday, the 28th.
There will also be one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day at 1.00 .in, from the Branch Post Ofce at Stanley, Taipo and Un Long.
Java.
INWARD MAILS
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Air Mail by "British Overseas Airways
Service" by sea from Singapore, London and Straits
Canton
WEDNESDAY
London and Straits
THURSDAY
U.S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 6th December). U.S.A.. Honolulų and Manla (San
Francisco date, 3rd December),
FRIDAY
Air Mail by "Part-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 17th December. Java and Manila.
Swntow
FOR
SATURDAY
DATE & TIME
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 23, 1940.
N.
KLINE
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
Kamakura Maru
Yawata Maru
Jan. Tuesday, 14th Tuesday, 28th Jan.
SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)
Holan Maru
Saturday, 25th Jan.
SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo &
San Francisco.
*Akagi Maru (slarts from Kobe) Wednesday, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila
Atuta Maru
15th Jan,
Monday,
30th Dec.
HAIPHONG, SAIGON & MADRAS
*Hakodate Maru
Friday, (Cargo accepted for Halphong & Saigon)
BOMBAY vía Singapore & Colombo
Kasima Maru *Matue Maru
Saturday, Tuesday,
10th Jan.
28th Dec.
31st Dec.
RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore
"Matumoto
Maru"
KOBE & YOKOHAMA
Kamakura Maru
Kamo Maru Yawata Maru
* Cargo only.
Saturday,
28th Dec. '
Tuesday, 14th Jan. Wednesday, 22nd Jan. Tuesday, -28th Jan.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA
General Fassenger Agents in the Orient for
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
N.Y.K., King's Building.
Telephone 30291.
O. S. K.
A NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... SANTOS, RIO-DE-JANEIRO,
BUENOS
MONTEVIDEO AIRES via Panama MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOU- RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS vla Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore. Penang and Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Salgon, Singa-
pore, Belawan Deli and Rangoon SAIGON
KEELUNG via Swatew & Ainoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28081 OR APPLY TO
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
Buenos Aires Maru 21st Jan, 1941.
Passengers acceptable
from Kobe).'
Hawaii Maru
30th Dec.
Melbourne Maru 24th Dec.
Sirogane Maru 22nd Dec. Sirogane, Maru 26th Dec. Sirogane Maru 30th Dec
OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
Vio Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
8.8. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
8,8. PRESİDENT PIERCE
6.8, PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang,
Bombay and Capetown
8.8, PRESIDENT GARFIELD!.
TO MANILA
8.8. PRESIDENT PIERCE: 8:8. PRESIDENT TAFTIS 8.8, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
28
3
December January January 17
Colombo,
OUTWARD MAILS
MONDAY
Air Mail by sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas Airways." K.P.O. 4 G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord.
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels.
Letters.
10.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m.
10.30 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Cen- tral and South America and United Kingdom vla Victoria B.C. (Parcels for Canada only).
Note: All Malls for United Kingdom will be forwarded with or without superscription,
Parcels
Reg Ord
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Noon.
2.15 p.m. 3.00 p.m.
TUESDAY
Straits. Ceylon, India, East
and South Africa
3.30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Manila, Batavia and Sou-
rabaya
Straits. Rangoon and Calcutta,
Par
*
Lot.
8.30 2.m.
24th 5.00p.m. 25th 9.30 a.m.
Superscriped Correspondence Only.
RADIO
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-
gion.....
12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Beethoven. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-
ther 'Report.
1.03 p.m.-Negro Spirituals sung by
Paul Robeson (Bass).
1.13 p.m.-Orchestre Raymonde.
1.20 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce ments:
1.45 p.m.-Dance Music by Billy Cot.
ton and Hla Band..
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
6.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-
·tions.<
8.32 p.m.-Compositions of Rossini..
February 8 7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News,
7.15 p.m.-London RelayQuestions of >The Hour'. ́.
·December (27 January 10 January 24
** AMERICAN **
PRESIDENT LINES
“! ROUND-WORLD SERVICE,” AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
7.30 p.m.-Yahudi Menuhin (Violin)
and Elleen Joyce (Piano).
7.46 p.m.-Studio-Talk or Conventry'
[ by Mrs. C, A. §. Russ,
7.56 p.m.-Interlude, ***Tales from
the Orient-Wa *****(Strauss," art. Egg)
Marek Webor and "Hf 8,00. p.m. Local Time Signal:: Report and: Announcerhen! |B.D3. p.H.-This week's, prost 8,07%/pim --Archibald JoyDS!
Var:
Prty, with Grácie Fields,” William Mo Calloch, Trank Crumit, Freddy Dosh, Brand: Allego Stanley,
10.00). p.m.-Dance, Músia. 111:00 pm-Close Down.`-
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THREE WELL PLACED SAILING IN JANUARY
For dates and ports of call apply to Agents
PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
Are maintained as hitherto,
Information regarding INWARD CARGO all matters relating to freight passage will gladly be given by
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
AGENTS