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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 Iranian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia, Red Sea, Egypt, Europe.

PENINSULAR AND 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

From

2nd Sept. noon. 9th Sept.

8.8.

Tons

Hong Kong About

§CARTHAGE **SOMALI

14,500 7,000

SRAJPUTANA

RANPURA.

*BANGALORE

SVICEROY OF

INDIA.

*BEHAR..

*BHUTAN

$CORFU.

CANTON

SCARTHAGE

SRAJPUTANA

17,000 16th Sept. 17,000 30th Sept.

6,000

7th Oct.

20,000 14th Oct. 0,000 28th Oct. 6,000 4th Nov.

14,000 11th Nov. 15,000 25th Nov. 14,500 9th Dec. 17,000 23rd Dec.

Destination

Bombay, Marseilles & London.

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

Marseilles and London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,

London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp.

Marseilles and London,

do Bombay, Marseilles,

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

Cargo only.

† Calls Casablanca. All vessels may call at Malta.

→do →

§ Calls Tangier.

BRITISH INDIA-ARCAR SAILINGS

*NOWSHERA *NARINGA TALMA "

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

8,000 23rd Sept. 7,000 0th Sept.

10,000 7th Oct.

10,000 21st Oct..

8,000 4th Nov.

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939.

POST OFFICE

GENERAL HOLIDAY

On Monday, the 4th September, the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to Noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m., and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.

There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays, one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.30 a.m., and one delivery of re- gistered correspondence at 11.00 am.

The Branch Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.00 a.m.

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.

Parcel Post Service to China is subject to a Customs Embargo on cer- tain foreign goods, a list of which may be seen at G.P.O. & K.P.O.

In all cases parcels can only be accepted for despatch as circumstances permit and at senders risk.

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

Shanghai Japan Shanghai

INWARD MAILS

Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways

Direct Service"

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct

Ruys Tanda

Anna Maersk

September 1. .September 1.

.September 1.

San Francisco

date, 23rd August

Pan-American Airways Plane, Sept. 1

Service"-London date, 26th Aug. Imperial Airways Plane, September 1.

Japan and Shanghai

Aramis

.September 1.

Canton

Fatshan

September 1.-

Japan and Shanghai

Carthage

.September 1.

Haiphong

Yangtse

September 1.

Australia and Manila

Nankin

.September 2.

hai (San Francisco date, 11th Aug.) Pres. Pierce Shanghai

.September 2.

Jeypore

September 2.

Shanghai and Amoy

Kingyuan

.September 3.

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

Straits and Europe via Suez (Papers London date, 3rd August

etc.)

—

and London Parcels-London date, 27th July.

Straits and Saigon

Australia and Manila

Bangalore Sinkiang Taiping

.September 3.

.September 3.

September 3.

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct

Service"-London date, 30th Aug. Imperial Airways Plane, September 4. Calcutta and Straits

.September 4.

Naringa

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. on the previous day':

Par

Date and Time.

For

FRIDAY

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., Emp. of Japan..

via Central and South America Vancouver B.C., and (Parcels and Papers only for Canada) Vancouver B.C., 19th September. Brindisi-due Brindisi, 22nd Sept. Saigon

G.P.O. & .K.P.O.

Par..

due

Reg., Ord.,

Giulio Cesare Aramis

Fri., Sept. 1,

Aug. 31, 5 p.m. Sept. 1, 9.15 a.m. Sept. 1, 10 a.m. .Sept. 1, 3.30 p.m. .Sept. 1, 1.30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu Pan-American

and U.S.A., by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 8th September.

K.P.O.

Reg.,

Ord.,

Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta.

Reg.,

Ord.,

do

Manila, Rabaul, Australia, and New Tanda

Zealand via Brisbane-due, Bris-

G.P.O. & K.P.O.

bane, 19th September.

Par.,

4

Reg.,

Ord.,

Air Mail for "K.L.M. Airways Direct Carthage

Service"-due Amsterdam, 12th

G.P.O. & K.P.Ó..

September.

Reg.,

Ord.,

Straits, Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Carthage

Malta and Europe via Marsellles- due Marseilles, 29th September..

Par.,

.Reg.,

Ord,

Lyeemoon

Soochow...

The "Nowshera" and "Naringa" do not carry passengers.

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 Zea- land, Vancouver, etc.

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

The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and Lon- don via Panama Canal.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS

Saigon Shanghai Swatow Manila

TANDA

NANKIN

NELLORE

7,000 |2nd Sept. 11 a.m.

7,000 30th Sept.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Syd- ney, Melbourne and Ho- bart.

7,000 3rd Nov.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI and JAPAN

NANKIN

*NARINGA

*BANGALORE

RANPURA

TALMA VICEROY OF

INDIA.

BIRDHANA.

·MBHUTAN

NELLORE.

*BEHAR..

Cargo only.

7,000 3rd Sept. 7,000 4th Sept. 0,000

4th Sept. 17,000 14th Sept. 10,000 |14th Sept.

20,000 28th Sept. -10,000 28th Sept. 6,000 29th Sept. 7,000 4th Oct. 6,000 13th Oct.

Shanghai and Japan, Japan,

Shanghai and Japan. Shanghai. Japan:

Shanghai.. Japan.

Shanghai and Japan. Shanghai and Japan. Shanghal

For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks,”

The Agents,

Yochow

Pres. Pierce

Plane....Sat., Sept. 2,

.Sept. 1, 5 p.m. .Sept. 2, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

.Sept. 1, 5 p.m. Sept. 2, 7.30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 2,

Sept. 1, 5 p.m. Sept. 2, 8.45 a.m. Sept. 2, 9.30 a.m. .Sat., Sept. 2,

.Sept. 2, 9.30 a.m. Sept. 2, 10 a.m. Sat, Sept. 2,

G.P.O. & K.P.O.

Superscribed correspondent only.

Sept. 1, 5 p.m. :Sept. 2, 9.45 a.m. Sept. 2, 10.30a.m. .Sept. 2, 10.30 am. Sept. 2, 2.30 p.m. .Sept. 2, 3.30 p.m. .Sept. 2, 4.80 p.m.

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P. Is.), Thursday la., Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,

British Steamers: Changte - Taiping (DURNING)

FASTEST and MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS in THE SERVICE,

OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOL.

ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP, SURGEON and STEWARDESS, CARRIED. Enjoy Your Short Lepre în Australia and New Zealand Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Dayı. -

FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, £76 RETURN

· LONDON (via Australia)' from: £127-15-0 (Australian Newspapers on file)

apply to

STEAMER

TAIPING. 2 CHANGTE TAIPING 81 CHANGTE. 6

Dae Hong Kong

Bapt.

3 Oct. Oct. Doc.

MACKINNON MACKENZIE.CO

PTO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG.

PHONE 27721

Leaves Hong Kong | Leaves Manija

Due Sydney

11

-

10

Sept. 14 Bept. 13 ...Oot,

20

Oct.

*29*

Sept. Oct.

7 Nov.

10 Nov..

26

Nov.

12

Dec. *

16 Deo.

80

Deo.

AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED

Sailings subject to alteration without notice. .For..Freight or Passage, apply to:-

· Telephoné 30333 ·

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents,

Hong Kong, China & Japan.