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

[PENINSULAR

& ORIENTAL SAILINGS

8.S.

From Tons Hong Kong,

About

Destination.

CORFU

*BANGALORE..

NALDERA

CARTHAGE

*BHUTAN..

RAJPUTANA 17,0001 RANPURA

17,000 *MIRZAPORE.. 7,000 20th May *SOMALI

7,000

RAWALPINDI.. 17,000 29th May

14,500 12th June 6,000 19th June

16,000 26th June 14,500 10th July 6,000 17th July

1st May

Marseilles & London.

15th May

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

22nd May

Cargo only.

Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

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

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

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

Rotterdam, Antwerp and Huli.

† Calls Casablanca. all vessels may call at Malta.

BRITISH INDIA

TILAWA

SANTHIA

TALMA

SIRDHANA SHIRALA··

10,000 8,000

10,000

11th May 22nd May 5th June 8,000 19th June 8,000

Srd July

APCAR

§ Calls Tangier.

SAILINGS

Singapore, 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 yon-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.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

NELLORE,

TANDA

THE CHINA MAIL,‘APRIL 27, 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 (To-morrow) Wednesday, April 28, and return 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 1⁄2 oz. 80 cents per 1⁄2 oz. $1.80 cents per 11⁄2-oz.. $2.80 cents per 2 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 remi ded that the postage on Printed Papers, Papers, Samples and Small Packets must be fully prepaid. prepaid Printed 'Papers etc., are not forwarded."

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE Letters, Postcards and Samples for Europe and South forwarded “via Siberia” if so superscribed.

Straits

Java

Manila

INWARD MAILS

Anyo Maru

Straits and Europe via Suez (Letters

and Papers) London, 1st April and London Parcels (London date, 25th March).

Shanghai

Bangkok and Swatow

Tjinėgara

Commercial Insufficiently

America are

April 27.

Airmail by "Imperial Airways direct

Service" London date 17th April Shanghai

Imperial Airways Plane Mayebashi Maru

April 27.

.April 27.

Shanghai

Radnorshire'

April 27.

Shanghai and Amoy

Newchwang

April 27.

Calcutta and Straits

Santhia

April 27,

April 27.

Emp. of Asia

April 28.

Rawalpindi

April 28.

Tokushima Maru

April 28.

Kalgan

April 29.

Nellore

April 29...

General Lee.

April 30.

Pres. McKinley

April 30.

Rajputana

April 30.

G. G. Paul Doumer

May 1.

Porthos

May 2.

May 3.

Houtman

May 3.

Jean Laborde

May 4.

Terukuni Maru

May

May 4,

May 5.

May 5.

May 6.

Japan

Shanghai

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

(Seattle 10th April)

Japan and Shanghai

Haiphong

Saigon

Straits

Straits

Shanghai Straits

Straits

Shanghai

Australia and Manila

Japan

Calchas

Van Heutsz

Antenor

Tanda

Manila Maru

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 close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm, on the previous day.

For

Tuesday

Per

Tjisadane

Manila, Makasser and Sourabaya Air Mail for Canton and Districts. CAN.A.C. plane

Amoy

Air Mail for Swatow, Amoy, Foochow

and North China (via Shanghai)

G.P.O.

Date and Time.

Tues., Apr. 27. „Tues., Apr. 27.

and K.P.O.

Apr. 27, Noon. Apr. 27, 12.30 p.m. Tues., Apr. 27, 5 p.m. Tues., Apr. 27.

Sheungwan P. 0.

Reg., Letters, Kiangsu C.N.A.C. plane

Reg., Letters,

Apr. 27, 5 p.m. Apr. 27, 7 p.m.

G. P. O.

Apr. 27, 5 p.m.

Apr, 28, 5 p.m.

.Apr. 27, 5 p.m. Reg Apr. 27. 5.30 p.m. Letters,

Wednesday

K.P.O.

Reg., Letters,

Amoy

Haiphong and *Batavia Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

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

Shanghai, Japan and *Europe via

Siberia Swatow

Rawalpindi. Thurs., Apr. 29, 10.30 a.m. Prominent...Thurs., Apr. 29, 3.30 p.m..

BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE

7,000

1st May

Pacific

7,000 7,000

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

SAN FRANCISCO

NANKIN

SAILINGS TO {

SHANGHAI & JAPAN

8,000 || 29th Apr.| Amoy, Shanghai & Japan..

SANTHIA

RAWALPINDI

TANDA.

TALMA.

17,000

29th Apr.

7,000 6th May

6,000 -10,000

Shanghai & Japan.

Shanghai & Japan

*BANGALORE.

Cargo only.

11th May

Shanghai & Japan

18th May Amoy Shanghai & Japan.

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

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

P&O BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD" CENTRAL, HONGKONG

Phone. 27721

TO

Panama

BALBOA (Panama)

LOS ANGELES CRISTOBAL (Colon)

NEXT SAILING

Atlantic NEW YORK BOSTON

M.V. "TAI PING"

ON

18th MAY

EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION

FOR 12 PASSENGERS

DODWELL & CO., LTD

AGENTS

Hong Kong Bank Building.

Telephone 28021