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PƖO BRITISH INDIA(APCAR)AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

t

MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS TAKING CARGO FOR

Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon, India Iranian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia, Red Sea, Egypt, Europe.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL

STEAMERS

and the route

UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT All vessels may call at any ports on or off the route

■nd all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

Tons

From Hong Kong

About

17,000 18th Feb. Noon

7,000 25th Feb,

8.8.

RANCHI

SOUDAN

§RANPURA

*NAGPORE

17,000 6,000

4th Mar. 5th Mar.

GRAWALPINDI

*BURDWAN

CANTON

CORFU.

**SOMALI

CHITRAL. CARTHAGE. **BANGALORE

RAJPUTANA

* Cargo only

17,000 18th Mar. 6,000 25th Mar.

16,000 1st Apr. 14,500 15th Apr. 7,000 21st Apr.

15,500 29th Apr. 14,500 13th May 6,000 20th May

17,000 27th May

Destination

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

Straits, Colombo, Bombay &

Karachi.

Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,

London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.

Marseilles & London.

Marseilles & London.

Bombay,

Marseilles, Havre,

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

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

+ Calls Casablanca, All vessels may call at Malta.

8 Calls Tangier.

BRITISH IND14 - APCAR SAILINGS

SANTHIA

TALMA

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

8,000 25th Feb. 10,000 11th Mar.

10,000 25th Mar,

8,000

8th Apr. 10,000 22th Apr.

Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon & Cal- cutta.

do

Now is the time to visit, Australia & New Zealand

lands of Sunshine and Romance, "Down Under" you will feel a new be- ing, 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. and O. Royal Mail Steamers -to London and

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

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

via Panama Canal.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1989

POST OFFICE

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS

The General Post Office, Kowloon Central Post Office and, other Branch Post Offices will be open during the Holidays as follows:-

General Post Office

Kowloon Central Post Office Sheungwan Branch Post Office.

Monday, 20th Feb.

8 am to noon

8 a.m. to noon 8.a.m. to 10.a.m.

Tuesday, 21st Feb. 8am. to 10 am. 8 am to 10 a.m. 8. am to. 9 am.

All other Brunch Post Offices and Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.

There will be one collection from the pillar boxes each day as on Sunday and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 11 am. on Monday, the 20th and at 10 a.m. on Tuesday the 21st.

The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day at 11 a.m.

Registered and Ordinary mails (not Insured or Parcels) will be accept- ed for Canton and despatched as circumstances permit. 15,

Ordinary letter mail only for West Kwangtung, Kwangsi. Kweichow & Hunan will be accepted at senders' risk.

Szechwan,

Letters and Postcards for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and South America are forwarded "via Siberia" if so superscribed.

Swatow

INWARD MA LS

Anking

February 17.

Australia and Manila

Atuta Maru

..February 17.

U.S.A., Honolulu and Japan-(San

Francisco date, 21st Jan.)

Pres. Polk

.February 17,

Shanghai

Lima Maru

February 17.

Swatow

Chekiang

February 17,

Swatow

Anhui

.February 17.

Haiphong and Pakhoi

Suiyang

February 18.

Kutsang

.February. 18.

.February 18.

Cornoville

.February 18,

Calcutta and Straits

Haiphong, Pakhoi and Fort Bayard.. Kiungchow Manila

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service" London date, 11th Feb. U.S.A., Honolulu Japan and Shanghai (San Francisco date, 27th Jan.). Bangkok

Amoy

Shanghai and Swatow

Manila

Shanghai

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct

Imperial Airways Plane February 18.

Pres. Taft Kalgan

Tjisanoea Kaying

Conte-Biancamano

Deucalion

February 19.

February 19,

..February 19.

.February 19.

.February 20.

.February 21.

Service" London date, 15th Feb. Imperial Airways Plane..... Feb. 22. Air Mail by "Pan American Airways

Direct Service" date, 15th February

Straits

Manila

Straits

Straits

San Francisco

Pan American Airways Plane, Feb. 22 Burdwan

February 22.

Scharnhorst Ruys Theseus

.February 22.

.February 22.

February 23.

OUTWARD MAILS

Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minute 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 clɩused at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

For

Fort Bayard Shanghai

Japan

Por.

FRIDAY

Taipoosek Szechuon Atuta Maru

SATURDAY

Air Mail for "Air France Service" Chekiang

due Marseilles, 5th March.

Reg.,

Ord

Air Mail for "K.LM. Airways Direct Ranchi

Service"-due Amsterdam, 28th Feb.

Straits, Ceylon, India, E. & S. Africa, Ranchi

Aden, Egypt, Malta and Europe via Marseilles due Marseilles, 17th March,

Saigon

Haiphong

Swatow, Amoy and. Foochow

Manila

Par,,

Reg.

O' d.,

Chekling

Cauton

Sagres

SUNDAY

Pres, Taft

Date and Time.

. Feb. 17, 1.80 p.m. ...Feb. 17, 2.30 p.m. Feb. 16, p.m.

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

`G.P.O. and K.P.O.

Sat., Feb. 18,

.Feb. 18, 9,80 a.m. Feb. 187 10 a.m. Sat, Feb. 18,

Feb: 18, 9.30 àm. Feb, 18, 10 a.m. Sat, Feb. 18,

.Feb. 17, 5 p.m. Feb, 18, 9:45 am. .Feb. 18, 10.30 a.m. Feb. 18,-10.80 a.m. ....Feb. 18, 2:p.m. Feb. 18, 8p.m.

G.P.O. and K.P.O.

TANDA

NANKIN

NELLORE

7,000 7,000 7,000

4th Mar. 1st Apr.

5th May

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane,

Sydney, Melbourne & 'Hobart.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN

RAWALPINDI..

*BURDWAN.

SIRDHANA

CANTON.

NANKIN

SHIRALA

CORFU

*SOMALI.

CHITRAL

17,000 6,000

17th Feb. Noon

23rd Feb.

10,000

2nd Mar.

16,000

8rd 'Mar.

7,000 4th Mar. 8,000 10th Mar. 14,500 17th Mar, 7,000 18th Mar. 15,500 30th Mar... 80th Mar... 10,000

Shanghai & Japan.. Shanghai & Japan. Japsu

Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan: Shanghai & Japan.

Shanghai & Japan.

Shanghai & Japan.

Shanghai & Japan. Japan. V

•

Cargo only.

TILAWA

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

MACKINNON MACKENZIE&CO

O BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG

PHONE. 27721

Superscribed correspondence only.

Feb. 19, 9 a.m..

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

OIL BUANERO.

“To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P, Is.), Thursday Is., Cairns, Townsville,

Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, ...: British Steamers: ChaNGTE - TAIPING (muanura) FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS in THE SERVICE, OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOLL ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, SURGEON and STEWARDESS. CARRIED, Enjoy Your Short Leave in Australia and New Zealand Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Days.

FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY;'276 RETURN ·

LONDON (via Australia) from $127-15-0 (Australian Newspapers" on" file)...-

"

"

STEAMER "Dae Hong Kong

10 Mar. TAIPING

Apr. CHANGTE 11

} May TAIPING CHANGTE 6 June

D

Leaven Hong Kong | Leaves Manila

20 Mar. 20 Apr. 18 May 2 June

Due Sydney

'6

Apr. May

June

17

17 15

Mar. Apr.

May

12 June

15 June

:80

AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LIN E., LIMITED

Sallings subject to alteration without notice.

For Freight or Passago, apply to:-

Telephone 20SSS'

BUTTERFIELD & ŚWIKŁ

Agents. Hong Kong, China & Japna