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S.S, PRESIDENT TAFT
6.6, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
TO NEW YORK and BOSTON
March 21
April 2 April 19
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and Capetown
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8.6. "PRESIDENT JACKSON"
5.5, "PRESIDENT HAYES”
TO MANILA
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MAILS
The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communications In- tended For
other than persons
the
addressee.
The Printed
Matter Service to the following places in China le temporarily
suspended:--
Yunnan
Szechuon
Kwalchow
Hunan
Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu) Kwangsi (except Wuchow and Yung-
hsien)
North and East of Kwangtung.
Small Packet Post to all countrica is suspended.
INWARD MAILS
FROM
DUE
Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Sarvice"-- San Francisco date, 13th March Calcutta, Straits and Air Mati
by **British Overseas
Air. ways (except London) by Sea from Singapore
Mar. 20
Mar, 20.
Mar. 22
Canton
Calcutta, Straits and Air Mail
by "British
Air. Overseas ways Service(Complete
Mail) by sea from Singapore Mar. 23. United Kingdom and Straits. Swatow
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1941.
RADIO INCREASE
6.45 p.m.--Indian Programme.
0.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota
tions,
6.32 p.m.-Variety.
Comedienne ---- Pass. Shont, Goal! (Damerall & Others)... Grnete Fields with Orchestra. Banjos-Banjo Favourites. Intro: Stein Song: Valenein: Toy Drum Major. Raymonde & His Band of Banjos.
Vocal Burlesque-Sonny Boy Jerry Golonna with Fud and His Fuddy Bears,
Mandolines-Spanish Gypsy Medley
Intro: Argentina: Barcelona; Lady of Spain... The Romany Mandoline Players. Comedian--A Bird In A Gilded Cage -A Vocal Burlesque Jerry Co- lonna with Fud and His Fuddy Bears. Plano-Medley. Intro: Chasing Sha- dows; One night of love; I'll never Say 'never again" again Len Green with Drums. Vocal-Everyone Must Have A Sweet- heart (Noel & Others). Elsie Car-
sie with Orchestra. Piano Medicy.
were Intro: We young: Paris in the Spring: Fare thee well. Annabelle Len Green
with Drums,
ས་་
IN CRIME
IN COLONY
THE 1939 ANNUAL REPORT THE COMMISSIONER OF OF POLICE LAID ON THE TABLE
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO- DAY, STATES THAT THE CON- TINUED INFLUX OF REFUGEES DURING 1939 FOLLOWING ON
EARLIER THE
IMMIGRATION *- EXPERIENCED IN 1937 AND 1938 HAS PRODUCED MOST SERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE SO. CIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE COLONY,
Some of the more obvious ef- increase of serious fects are an crime, especially robbery (on land and in Colonial waters), larceny, and of minor offences such as un- licensed hawking. Social evils such as prostitution, gambling and illicit opium and heroin divans
Vocal Proud of You (David) Elsie have also been accentuated.
Carlisle with Orchestra,
7.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News.
The outbreak of war between Britain and Germany on Septem-
7.15 p.m.-London Relay-Meet Uncleber 3, resulted in a great increase
Sam', Edwin Murrow interviewN Alistair Cook,
7.30 p.m.-Hawaiian Selectiona,
Hawaiian Rose-Medley,
Love ..Kane's Hawaiians. Waltz Chiquita .Ferera and Paalu
hi (awalian Guitars) Samuan Love Song--Hawallan Novel- ty (Alm 'Taboo'); Love Song of Tahiti Hawallin Novelty (alm 'Mutiny on the Bounty' Andy
of the duties and responsibilities of the Police Force, particularly
Branch. Hawalian of the Special
Police were called upon when war was declared to carry out the intern- ment of certain male enemy aliens, and for a few days only, to guard the premises of enemy firms. Since then the work of the Special Pass- particularly the Branch, ports, Aliens, Registration, and Defence Sections, has increased greatly, while a number of regu- Valse Bleue (Margis)....Gino Bordin lar duty Police have been used in 'guarding certain essential services,
His Islanders with
Vocal
Smiling Eyes (Nawahi) King Na-
wahi's Hawaiians.
Mar. 23 Mar 23
Jona Chorus
B
United Kingdom and Straits Canton
Mar 14
Mar. 23
U.S.A nol Honolulu (Son Francisco date, 7th March} Australia and Manila Java and Manila
Mar 25
Mar 25 Mar 25,
1
Kohola March; Honolulu March
Air Mail by "Pan-American
Airways Direct Service San Francisco dinte, 18th March
Mar. 25.
Australia, Rabaul and Manila Mar, 27.
USA.. Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 7th March)
Mar. 29.
Canton
Mar. 29.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 1st March)
Mar. 30.
OUTWARD MAILS
Registered and Parcel Mail are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given bolow unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and Parcel Mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the pre- vlous day. When maits are advertised to close after 5 p.m., Registered and Parcel Mails are closed at 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 20
Sourabaya
2.00 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan.Aməri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."
K.P.O.
Reg.,
Ord.
G.P.O.
Reg.
Ord..
& His Howallans,
Hawaiian Love Bird (Razaf). King
Nawabi's Howatians.
Frank Ferera & John Pauluh! (Ha- walian Guitars)
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and An-
nouncements.
8.02 p.m. Derickson
Brown (Piano).
(Tenor) and
The Little Dutch Mill (Freed & Bar- ris): Over Somebody Else's Shoul- der (Sherman & Lewis); A Letter To My Mother (Gilbert & Nikle); A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing (Gordon & Revel),
8.15 p.m.-Studio-Local Newsletter. 8.30 p.m.-Military Band Concert with
Dennis Noble (Baritone). The British Grenadiers (Trad)...
Dennis Noble and Male Chorus with The Bond of H.M. Coldstream Guards,
The
DIVORCES OVER POLITICS
The Norwegian divorce statutes are being altered to facilitate de- crees nisi for couples with diver- gent political views.
If a mother's political views are not in the "right direction" the children are to be entrusted to the father's care. Many petitions have already been fled on the ground of political incompatibility. With a view to compelling un- (Grey-employed to travel to Germany for Male work, the Quisling Government is withdrawing the dole from those refusing to travel. Many Nor- The wegian girls have been enrolled
for domestic service in the Reich. Den-
Band 'Maria
The Caissons Go Rolling Along (U,S.
Field Artillery March)... American Legion Band. The Empire Is Marching
Glass)....Dennis Noblo & Chorus with The Band Coldstream Guards, National Emblem
March
American Legion Band.
of
The Trumpeter (Barron-Dix)...
nis Noble with Plano acc, Hungarian Fantasy (Figedy)
HI.M
of The Royal Hungarian Theresia' Regiment. Song of Liberty (Pomp and Circum- stance March. No, 4-A, P. Herbert- Edward Elgar)....Derinis Noble & Male Chorus with The Band of H.M. I Coldstream Guards and Organ, Post Horn Galop (Koenig)....The Royal Artillery Band (Woolwich). 9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay~'Quastions of
the Hour".
5.00 p.m. 9.30 p.m.-Compositions of Eric Coates. 5.30 p.m.
Summertime Suite Fresh Morning (Pastorale): Noonday Song (Rom- 5.00 p.m.
ance); Dance in the Twilight 7.00 p.m.
(Valse)....Light Symphony Orches tra conducted by Eric Coates, The Fairy Tales of Ireland....Essie
Ackland (Contralto) with Orch. Saxo-Rhapsody.... Sigurd Rascher
Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the British Overseas Airways."
K.P.O.
March 31 March
April 20
March 26 April 12 April 23
Reg. Ord,
Reg.. Ord.
5.00 p.m.
5.30 p.in.
Q.P.O.
5.00 p.m
7,00 p.m.
8.8. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"
6.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE”
TO NEW YORK and BOSTON
via San Francisco, Los Angeles and Panama
(Saxophone) with Symphony Or- chestra cond, by Eric Coates.
A House Love Made for You and Me Hubert Eisdell (Tenor) with 'Cello, Oboe and Plano.
9.45 p.m.-Newa in French Con Short
Wave only).
11
10,00 p.m.-London Relay-'To Talk of
Many Things'. 10.15 p.m.-Plano Interlude,
Liszt-Hungarian Rhapsody No.
Marcel Clampi. 10.20 p.m.-Vincent Wallace's Opera "Maritana". Characters & Soloists in order of appearance: Maritana.......... Miriam Licette (Soprano); Don Jose De Santarem....Dennis Noble (Bari- tone); Lazarillo....Clara Serena (Con- tralto); Don Caesar de Bazan.... Heddle Nash (Tenor); and Grand Opera with Orchestra. 11,00 p.m.--Close down.
*S.8, "PRESIDENT BUCHANAN”.
*8.8, "PRESIDENT JOHNSON"
9.8. "PRESIDENT FILLMORE"
S.S. "PRESIDENT TAYLOR"
• CARGO ONLY.
March 30 April 19 May 8 June 19
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FRIDAY, MARCH 21
Straits and Rangoon ....... 6.30 a.m.
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.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
Manila Macassar & Sourabaya 8.30 a.m. Sandakan
8.30 a.m. Straits and Parcels only for United
Kingdom.
K.P.O. & G.P.O.
Par..
Reg. ... Ordi
21st 5.00 p.m. 22nd 9.45 a.m.
.... 22nd 10.30a.m. Manlia, Australia and New Zealand vią
Thursday: Island...
Reg.
G.P,0. & K.P.O.
Ord........
12.45 p.m. 1.30 p.m.
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Canada; Central and South America and Unitori-Kingdom via San, Fran- - cisco, (No Parcels for United King- dom).
Note:All Mails for United Kingdom will ba: rarwarded with or without | superscription.
MEK.P.Q. 4 G.P.O.
Parcels
Ord.
-Noon, 1.45 p.m. 2.30 p.m.
Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta..-3.30 p.m.
Superscribed Correspondance only.
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BEGINNING OF MAY, 1941
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