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MAIL

SCHEDULES

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICE

It is hereby notified that from the First day of June 1935 the charges. for telegrams will be collected at the ratei Dollar 0.60 to equal Gold Franc 1.00.

AIR MAIL RATES

As from 6th May the air mail rates to Great Britain via. Imperial Airways will be reduced to

Letter $0.50 per om

PC-each $0.39.

Correspondence for this service must be clearly marked "Via Imperial Air

Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam vix Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Salgon

Singapore-Australia Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates! and all particulars are shown in "they schedules exhibited at the Post Offices. All letters etc. must be marked “By Air Mail" and be handed in at a Post Ofice

PARCEL POST

A schedule of revised" parcel post| rates, including many redictions, a hibited in the Parcel Office, G.P.O.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

June

Menesthes (Air Mail).

Carthage (via Saez)

FROM US.A

June

Pres Coolidge

Pres. Monroe

Empt Canada

Prea Jackson

FROM JAPAN

June

Santhia

Sydney Maru

Pres. Coolidge

Bep. of Canada

Pres. Monroe

Sawa Maru Tatsuba Maru General Lee Boko Mara Anyeru

Malacca Maru Dakar

Pro Jack on

ROM SHANGRAI

Shantung

Emp. of Canada

Pres. Moe

Sewa Muru

Tataula Maru

General Lee

Conte Verde

Menelas

Irion

Pres. Jacks

June

FROM MANILA

June

Pries. Jefferson

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Changte

Menesthes

June

10

13

14

14

Anshun (Air Mail ex-Imperia? Air-

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935

The Woman's Page

Bracelets Again In Fashion

Inverted gores set in front and back of this skirt and coat make this tailored silk whipcord the suappiest of spring fashions. Mar- artist. SCICER garet Lindary.

and linked chooses an Ascot tie alver belt for the finishing touches.

SUMMER COLOURS

Pinks May Take The

Place Of Blue

+

Numerous Advantages

Over The Ring

OCCUPIES DIFFERENT PLACE ON THE ARM

Bracelets have stared a spectacu-

flar come-back. There is no limit to the quantity which may be worn at any one time, and they may be ef as many different kinds as one may possess

a doren or more of the slender bangles popular in a former generation may be allowed to join company with the jewelled bands

of a still earlier period.

and similar

People who own old silver brace- lets, usually inset with

agate, cornelian, malachite precious stones, will find them] eminently suitable for wear withĮ this season's colour tones.

The advantage of the bracelet loose the ring is that the over armlet actually helps a bony wrist for large, hand or hides shortcomings of proportion between palm and elbow, whereas rings show zip finger efects most uncompromis- ingly

The whim of the moment is al thin gold chain to which jingling lucky charms and mascots, such as pigs and elephants, are added.

FASHION NEWS FROM PARIS

Balloon Effect For Sleeves

LAMPSHADE SKIRTS FOR EVENINGS

JOURNEY PROBLEM

SOLVED

Velvet. Is Ideal For Evenings

Getting things washed and iron- ed is always a difficulty on jour- neys, or even oa private visits where one is entirely dependent on Sleeves are to be exaggerated in the arrangements of a strange

a balloon effect, giving a top-heavy household. It is especially a pro-

Each time the bracelet returns to favour it occupies a different place look to any woman on the arm. At one period it was]

High-backed evening dresses. invariably worn above the elbour. | The nineteenth century mode was coming almost to the hairline, yet to wear three, one on the upper cut down in front with a complete jarm, one just above the elbow, and disregard of modesty.

a third on the wrist. Only the forearm may now be utilised While variety is permissible, the woman of taste will realise the

vale of discretion in the amount of

jewellery.

CAPES PREVAIL

Three Ensembles With

Accessories

High collars, cut to the shape of the throat, and invisibly boned.

Boned evening bodices without shoulder straps.

Lampshade skirts for evening, and tabe-like walking skirts.

blem with the reduced wardrobe, į for this naturally means more fre- quent washing days. For this rea- ses and blouses have to be avoided. son, light-coloured crushable dres- Velvet is ideal for evenings be cause, although it crushes easily. it also uncrushes just as easily if hung in a damp atmosphere.

Quiltings, cordings, and stitch- ings will be much used, Big, bold patterns on satin will be in favour 18 for evening gowns, and for day- time wear printed sarah, crepe de Chine, linen, and linen and wool mixtures will be popular.

:

Pinks promise to surpass the beloved hine as a summer choice.

In the matter of colours there f There is a great feeling for the

Apart from a few outstanding going to be a determined effort to faded pink tones that almost be- come befge. There is much to and new versions of the specially oust black from its position of first commend this colour: it is easy to chic tailored suit, capes will natur- favourite. Oatmeal tones, shading as belonging to the to yellow, greys verging on laven- wear, and do to make possible the ally prevail working in of those many difficult dressier order of finish and assist- der, and bright bands of colour on accessories that give the note of ing in some lovely colour blends. A black are some of the forecasts for completeness to all modern tollettes, mushroom ensemble in dull and the new colour chart.

shining crepe stresses; shades of parchment and pink in a dress cape,

and a stall nat, the latter with

crown of the mixed shades in HATS AND GLOVES OF

feather.

Another ensemble designed is ini

la claret tone of charmeuse, and has

WHITE PIQUE

ways Service)

9

Bangalore

11

FOR STRAITS

Sirdhama

14

Jane

FROM AUSTRALIA

Suwa Marn

Jame

Changte

Conte Verde Kumsang Rajputana

11

FOR AUSTRALIA

June

Sydney Maru

of the same shade. This hat has a *acked ostrich brim.

A black White pique,

June

VIA SIBERIA

OUTWARD-MAILS.

FOR ETROPE

Pres. Jefferson (via Victoria

and Siberia)

Closes: Beg. 4.16 p.m. Ord. 5 pm. Sawa Maru (viz Marseilles)...

Closes: E-g. 5 pm Ord. 6 plaza Conte Verde (via Brindisi)

a graceful cape, lined pale sea- green, with an aeroplane hat-shapej

Handbags Included

Bowers on the

also of

jcrepe ensemble has cape lining and plastron are repeated on the bat Letters and post-hat of banana-yellow. Again, black Gloves and handbag are 7 cards for Europe and South America trich subdued and beautified the white pique.

are forwarded via Siberia" H

7 superscribed.

8

REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS

are closed 15 minutes earlier than the

time

given above mless otherwise

11 stated, and where mails are advertised

Closes: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 pm. Rajputana (via Marseilles)

Closes: Reg. 9.45am Ord, 10.30am

FOR SHANGHAI

Nankin Pres. Jefferson

--

June

FOR JAPAN

June

FOR MANILA

Pres Jefferson Bokuyo Maru

Pres. Coolidge Emp. of Canada General Loe

Tiibadak

June

to close at or before 9 am, registered

and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm. on the previous day.

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via Singapore,

-Amsterdam E VËR

Singapore Coop-Marseilles via Sa

will be

ac-

CHARM BRACELETS

Vogue Continues With Amusing Results

The vogue of charm bracelets gon Correspondence for Europe and continues, and women are mixing i intermediate countries cepted for transmission by these Ser-precious and semi-precious stones vices. Rates and all particulars are and junk indiscriminately, but with shewn in the schedules exhibited at amusing results.

Black cire lacings effectively 03

show

and the collar

Again, the plastron of pique. gloves match in fabric and decora ition, and a stiffened pique brim

appears on the black straw hat

POLO COATS

A Poiret twill creation has small shoulder capes lined with gaily

the General Post Office and Kowloon From a fine platinum chain hung: striped silk. Another important re- 12Offer All letters etc., must be marks about a dozen tiny animals carved production has godets set in at

"By Air Mail" and handed in at the General Post Office. Unless out of jade, coral, lapiz, crystal, each side front and back, giving It superscribed for despatch by a speci-jand amethyst, while its neighbour; a jaunty swing. Polo coats have 76c air mail service, correspondence 7 will be forwarded by the first service was a heavy gold chain boasting their place again this spring and

several mementoes of happy occa-Imay be of the natural 11 available

sions and friendships.

skipper blue.

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Powder and Tablets.

From all dispensaries and drag stores.

Sole Agents:

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling. such as harbor, plow, and altho

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146

HORIZONTAL

Immense

טן,

| HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

-At the end

5-Poisonous serpent 45-Chart

(PL)

9-One's-traded DEoperty

11 Pertaining to the

・maile 12-Without fast

13-Regius Professor

15-A

(abbr)

dipthong

18—A vegetable

17-Part of the mouth 13-Cosiced in an oven

20-Ramble· ·

21-Young gir

24-Rubs out...... 26.Omit. in writing 25-Residue from Bry 29-A school 32-Auto fuel 23-Gives heed

36-8hy

38-Long-legged

kirdi

$9.To fence in

147-Greets

448 A beak

50-Ireland

19

8

149

VERTICAL (CORE) 11-Pecked

114-A way through

15-Consumed

18-Heedless

19-Valley

hundred five-East Indian saflors

53-4 thoroughfare

(abbr)

Ise Clothe

158-Turkish unit of

money (pl.)

156-Reels 57-Want 58-Pieces out

VERTICAL

-Meat of a calf 2-Air at

Cease

4-Boy's name 5-Bosacch 6-Mzie deer,

wrading. [7–

42-Stecky part of" a

plant

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mouth:

S-Vehicle on runners 10-Appearing as if

25-Egyptian god

-Delivery (abbr.) 20-Ford esutainer jss Affirme 133.Pronoun. -

2-Decays

forks dough

37-Chemical suffix 38-Harah and rough la

Found 40-Joins

41 That may be exten 43-One therand fifty-

Tiva 45-Rough

{45-Tube:...

48-Cozy spot 149-Girta namne {$1-Boy's sans 4-Fish eggs

The solution of the above with a new carnsword puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue.

Bringing Up Father

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE UP THAT HORRIBLE HABIT OF SMOKING? YOU CANT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO WILL POWER--

GUESS IT'S THE GIPSY

IN ME-

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MIND-FEL STOP SMOKIN RIGHT

ITS A SHAME WASTE THAT MUCH"

OF A CIGAR-1 GUESS ILL FINISH IT-

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