POST
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1987.
OFFICE
GENERAL HOLIDAY
On Monday, May 17, the General Post Office, Kowloon Central Post Office and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed, but postage stamps may be obtained at the back counter of G.P.O. from 8 a.m. to noon,
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes and one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sunday.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
P2O 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
STEAMERS
ROYAL
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
POSTAL ANNOUNCEMENT Public are reminded 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 "vla Siberia” if so superscribed.
Haiphong Straits
INWARD MAILS
Canton Demodocus
Hosang
Commercial Insufficientiz
May 17.
May 17.
Calcutta, Straits and Saigon Straits
Mag 17.
Kashii Maru
May 17,
Shanghai, Foochow and Amoy
Nanchang
May 14.
Manila
Pres. Lincoln
May 17.
Rio de Janeiro Maru
May 17,
Ajax
May 18.
Cremer
May 18.
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct
Service"-London date, 8th May
Imperial Airways Plane
May 18.
Japan Shanghai Straits
Destination.
9.8.
*SOMALI
From Tons Hong Kong
About
7,000
*MIRZAPORE.. 7,000 RAWALPINDI. 17,000
29th May 29th May
CORFU
14,500
12th June
*BANGALORE..
6,000
19th June
NALDERA
CARTHAGE
*BHUTAN,
RANCHI
*BEHAR
Cargo only.
22nd May | Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
R'dam, A'werp and Hull. Straits, Bombay & Karachi, Bombay, Marseilles & London,
Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, L'don
16,000 26th June 14,500 10th July 6,000 17th July
17,000 24th July
6,000
Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp: and Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
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
Date and Time.
Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg, Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
31st July Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.
† Calls Casablanca. all vessels may call at Malta.
BRITISH INDIA
§ Calls Tangier.
SAILINGS
Per
Sunday ...Canton. Maru
Monday
.Sun., May 16, 9 a‚m.
Shanghai and *Europe via Siberia Bangalore
Straits and Calcutta
Parcels,
May 15, 5 p.m.
Manila
Dairen and” *Canada
Kutsang
Ord., Pres. Grant Tyndareus
Tuesday
(Due Victoria B.C., 14th June).
Batavia
Tjikembang Manila, Australia and New Zealand Taiping
Parcels, via Thursday Island.
Reg
APCAR
SANTHIA
8,000
22nd May
(Due Thursday Island, 29th May).
TALMA
10,000
5th June
Ord.,
SIRDHANA
8,000
19th June Singapore,
SHIRALA
8,000
3rd July
Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta.
Air Mail for “France Orient Service”
(Due Marseilles, 30th May).
Porthos
TILAWA
10,000
17th July
Reg.,
Saigon, Egypt and Europe via Mar- Porthos
seilles.
Ord.,
(Due Marseilles, 18th June).
Reg.
Ord.,
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, ́ete.
The P. & 0. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London Panama Canal.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS
TANDA
NANKIN
NELLORE.
Mon, May 17, 9 a.m.
.Mon, May 17. May 17, 9 a.m. Mon., May 17, 9 a.m. Mon., May 17, 9 a.m.
Tues., May 18, 9.80 a.m. Mues, May 18. May 18, 9 a.m. May 18, 9.45: a.m. May 18, 10.30 a.m. Tues., May 18.
G.P.O. and K.P.O.
May 18, 10.30 a.m. May 18, 11. a.m. Tues., May 18.
May 18, 10.45 a.m. May 18; 11.30 a.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Rio de Janeiro Mara
Africa.
Tues., May 18, 2.80, p.m. Tues., May 18, 5 p.m. Tues., May 18.
Japan
Hosang Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., President Lincoln
Central and South America, *Can- -ada and Europe via San Francisco.
Parce and Europe via Siberia.
Due San Francisco June 8).
Reg
Ord
BARBER-WILHELMSEN
MONTHLY SERVICE
[ 4th June
7,000. 7,000 2nd July Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney 7,000 31st July Melbourne & Hobart.
Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
*BANGALORE.
SIRDHANA....
NALDERA
NANKIN
SHIRALA
Cargo only.....
6,000-
8,000
7th May Shanghai & Japan 27th May Amoy, Shanghai and Japan.
16,000
27th May Shanghai & Japan
7,000
8,000
3rd Jue Shanghai and Japan. 10th June Amoy, Shanghai & Japan..
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc., apply to
The Agents:-
M.V.
TO
Panama
BALBOA (Panama) CRISTOBAL (Colon)
NEXT SAILING
May 18, 4 p.m. May 18, 5 p.m. May 18, 5.30 p.m.
LINE
Atlantic NEW YORK
BOSTON
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ON
18th MAY
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FOR 12 PASSENGERS
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AGENTS
Hong Kong Bank Building.
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