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TIKEL 77

RAJPUTAN

CREENOCK

PεO BRITISH INDIA APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia, Red Sea, Egypt, Europe. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL

STEAMERS

MAIL

UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT

and the route All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route - and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

PENINSULAR

& ORIENTAL SAILINGS

Tons

From Hong Kong

About

Destination.

26th Apr. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hull. Marseilles & London.

S.8.

*BURDWAN

6,000

KAJPUTANA

17,000

1st May

RANPURA

17,000

15th May

*MIRZAPORE..

7,000

20th May

Bombay, Marseilles & London.. Straits, Bombay & Karachi.

*SOMALI

7,000

22nd May

RAWALPINDI..

17,000

29th May

CORFU

14,500.

*BANGALORE.

6,000

NALDERA

CARTHAGE

Cargo only.

12th June 19th June

16,000 26th June 14,500 10th July

Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

R'dam, A'werp and Hull. Rombay, Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, L'don Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London, Bombay, Marseilles & London.

† Calls Casablanca. all vessels

may

BRITISH INDIA

SAILINGS:

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 26, 1937.

POST

OFFICE

PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS POSTAGE RATES

The first flight by Pan American Airways from San Francisco to Hong Kong is expected to arrive at Hong Kong on Wednesday, April 28, and re- turn to San Francisco on Thursday, April 29. The postage rates for this service will be as follows:-

To Manila

To Guam

To Honolulu

To U.S.A.

35 cents per 11⁄2 oz.

80 cents per 1⁄2 oz. $1.80 cents per oz. $2.80 cents per oz.

plus the usual fee of 20 cents for registered letters.

Letters intended for despatch by air to one of the intermediate points and thence by sea to a further destination must be prepaid at the usual foreign postage rate of 25 cents per ounce in addition to the air mail fee.

Time of closing this mail will be announced later.

POSTAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Public are reminded that the postage - on Printed Papers, Commercial Papers, Samples and Small Packets must be fully prepaid. Insufficiently prepaid Printed Papers etc., are not forwarded.

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE

Letters, Postcards and Samples for Europe and South America - aro forwarded "via Siberia” if so superscribed.

Swatow

Shanghai and Swatow Straits

Straits

INWARD MAILS

Airmail by "Imperial Airways direet

Service" London date 17th April Shanghai

Shanghai

Calcutta and Straits

Java Manila

Straits and Europe via Suez (Letters and Papers) London, 1st April and London Parcels (London date, 25th March).

Shanghai

Bangkok and Swatow Japan

Shanghai

U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shanghai

(Seattle 10th April)

Japan and Shanghai

Saigon

Straits

Straits

Shanghai

Straits Straits

§ Calls Tangier.

Shanghai

call at Malta.

Australia and Manila

Japan

APCAR

SHIRALA

8,000

26th Apr.

TILAWA·

10,000

11th May

SANTHIA

8,000

22nd May Singapore,

TALMA

10,000

5th June

For

SIRDHANA

8,000

19th Junėl

Hoihow

Tjinegara

April 26.

Kwangchow":

April 26.

Malacca Maru

April 26.

Anyo Maru

April 27.

Imperial Airways Plane

April 27.

Mayebashi Maru

April 27.

Radnorshire

April 27.

Santhia

April-27.

April 27.

April 28.

April 28.

Tokushima Maru

April 28.

Kalgan

April 29.

Nellore

.April 29.

General Lee,.

April 30.

Pres. McKinley

April 30.

Emp. of Asia

1

· Rawalpindi

Rajputana

Porthos

Terukuni Maru

April 30,

May 2 May 3. May 3. May May May 4. May 5.

May

Calchas

Houtman

Jean Laborde

Van Heutsz

Antenor

Tanda

Manila Maru

May

Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta.

Now is the time to visit Australia & New Zealand

lands of Sunshine and Romance, "Down Under" you will feel a new being and even if you are not inclined towards Surfing, Fishing, Shooting or Mountaineering you will find that the Antipodes have plenty to offer you including 25/- for your pound.

Frequent connection from Australia with the following:-

The Canadian Australian Line to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London

via Panama Canal,

E a 5 TERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NELLORE.

TANDA

OUTWARD MAILS

Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to clase at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

Swatow and Amoy Japan

Anshun

Per

Monday

Kutsang

Tuesday*

Taiyuan

Date and Time.

Mon., Apr. 26, 1,30 p.m. Mon., Apr. 26, 3,30 p.m.

Manila, Macasser and Sourabaya Tisadane.Tues., Apr. 27, 8.30 am.

Amoy

Haiphong and Batavia

Swatow, and Foochow

Wed., Apr. 28, 3.30 p.m. Tjikambang Wed., Apr. 28, 4 p.m.. Tai Suen Hong.. Wed., Apr. 28, 5 p.m. Thursday

Shanghai, Japan and *Europe Via

Siberia Swatow

Rawapindi Thurs., Apr. 29, 10.30 am. Prominent Thurs.,

29, 3.30 p.m.

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE

Pacific

7,000

1st May

7,000 7,000

4th June Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney 2nd July Melbourne & Hobart. !

SAN FRANCISCO

TO Panama

BALBOA (Panama)

Atlantic NEW YORK

NANKIN

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

SANTHIA

RAWALPINDI

TANDA..

*BANGALORE..

TALMA

29th Apr,| Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

29th Apr. Shanghai & Japan

8,000

17,000

7,000

6th May

Shanghai & Japan

6,000 10,000

11th May

Shanghai & Japan

13th May

Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

* Cargo only.

For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to

The Agents:—

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

P&O BUILDING, CONNAUGHT

LOS ANGELES CRISTOBAL (Colon) BOSTON

NEXT SAILING

M.V. "TAI PING

ON

18th MAY

EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION

FOR 12, PASSENGERS

DODWELL & CO., LTD

AGENTS

ROAD CENTRAL. HONGKONG

Phone. 27721

Hong Kong Bank Building.

Telephone 28021