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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1987.

P.O BRITISH INDIA: APCAR AND

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.

85-cents per 4 oz.

Oz.

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

plus the usual fee of 20 cents for registered letters.

ม

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 Insufficiently prepaid Printed Papers etc., are not forwarded.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES Papers, Samples and Small Packets must be fully prepaid.

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 MAIL STEAMERS

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

1st May

Destination.

Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Straits, Bombay & Karachi.

Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg

R'dam, A'werp and Hull.

S.S.

From Tons Hong Kong

About

RAJPUTANA

17,000

RANPURA

17,000

15th May

*MIRZAPORE.

7,000

20th May

*SOMALI

7,000

22nd May

RAWALPINDI

17,000

29th May

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

CORFU

14,500

12th June

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

*BANGALORE...

NALDERA

CARTHAGE

6,000

16,000 26th June

14,500 6,000

19th June

10th July 17th July

Cargo only.

*BHUTAN.

Marseilles, Havre, L'don · Hamburg,

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

Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hull.

Calls Casablanca.

all vessels may call at Malta.

BRITISH INDIA

§ Calls Tangier.

SAILINGS

VIA SIBERIA ROUTE

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

Manila

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

Bangkok and Swatow

Shanghai

Japan

Shanghai

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

INWARD MAILS

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.

April 30.

G. G. Paul Doumer

May-1.

Porthos

May 2

Calchas

May 3.

Houtman

May. 3.

Jean Laborde

May 4.

Terukuni Maru

May 4

Van Heutsz

May 4.

Antenor .*.

May 5.

Australia and Manila Japan

Tanda

May 5.

Manila Maru

May 6.

(Seattle 10th April)

Japan and Shanghai

Haiphong

Saigon

Straits

Straits

Shanghai

Straits

Straits

Shanghai

Rajputana

APCAR

TILAWA

10,000 11th May

SANTHIA

8,000

~TALMA

10,000

SIRDHANA SHIRALA:

22nd: May 5th June 8,000 || 19th June] 8,000

3rd July..

Singapore,

Port Swattenham, 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.

EASTER ́N & 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 close at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. an the previous day,

For

(Due San Francisco, 4th May.)

Amoy.

Date and Time.

Per

Wednesday

Reg

Ord.

Apr. 28, 5 p.m. Apr. 28, 5 p.m.

G. P. O.

Reg. Ord.

Apr. 28, 5~p.m. Apr. 29, 6 a.m.

Thursday

Shanghai, Japan and *Europe via :

Siberia

Swatow

Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

Tjinegara . .Thurs., Apr. 29, 8.30 a.m. Rawalpindi..Thurs., Apr. 29, 10.30 a.m. Prominent...Thurs., Apr. 29, 3.30 p.m. Tai Suen Hong. Thurs., Apr. 29, 5

p.m.

BARBER-WILHELMSEN

MONTHLY SERVICE

Pacific

7,000

1st May

7,000

7,000

4th June Manila, 2nd July

Brisbane, Rabaul, Melbourne & Hobart.

Sydney

SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES

NANKIN

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

29th Apr.| Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

SANTHIA

8,000

RAWALPINDI

17,000

29th Apr.

Shanghai & Japan

TANDAR

7,000

6th May

Shanghai & Japan

"BANGALORE.

€6,000

11th May

Shanghai & Japan

TALMA.

10,000

13th May

Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

Cargo only.

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

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

PLO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG'

Phone. 27721

TO

Panama

BALBOA (Panama)

CRISTOBAL (Colon)

NEXT SAILING:

LINE

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