1939-12-09 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 9, 1939

POST OFFICE

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

Christmas and New Year Cards bearing not more than five written words and enclosed in open anvelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter, 1.8. 5 cents per 2 ounces, for all countries.

Hong Kong, China and Macao at 2 cents per 2 ounces. Envelopes must not be closed.

INWARD MAILS

P. & O., B. I. & E. & A. LINES

Sandakan Canton Amoy

maintain the following services:-

Straits and Saigon

December 10.

Air Mail by "unperial Airways Direct Service"-London date,

29th November

December 9.

Shanghai

December 9.

Shanghai

Formosa and Swatow

December 9. December

D.

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Service"-London

date, 2nd December

Shanghai and Amoy

Haiphong, Hoihow and Fort Bayard..

December 10.

December 10.

December 10,

Calcutta and Straits Haiphong

December 10,

December 10.

December 10.

December 10..

December 10.

Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-

San Francisco Date, 28th November.

December 10.

Straits

December 11.

Tientsin

December 11.

Japan and Shanghai

December 11.

Straits

Manila

Straits

Shanghai

Java and Manila Japan

December 11.

December 11.

December 12.

December 12.

December 12.

December 13.

December 13.

December 13.

December 13.

Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris date,.

6th December

December 13,

Japan and Shanghai

December 14.

Straits

December 14.

(San Francisco date, 17th Nov.).

Calcutta, Straits and Saigon

December 13.

December 15.

Shanghai

Shanghai Manila

December 15.

December 17.

December 16.

To UNITED KINGDOM – freight every fortnight Canton

To UNITED KINGDOM

To CALCUTTA

-

To AUSTRALIA

(via Bombay).

passengers once a month (via Bombay)..

- passengers and freight

every fortnight.

Straits

Shanghai and Amoy

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Manila

OUTWARD MAILS

1

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.

For

Manila

Shanghai and Japan

- passengers and freight Saigon

every month.

Parcels only for Shanghai Canton

Parcels only for Haiphong Shanghai

Straits

Por

SATURDAY

Date and Time.

.Dec. 9, 10.30 a.m.

.Dec. 9, 10.30 a.m.

Dec. 9, 10.30 a.m. Dec. 9, 10.30 a.m. Dec. 9, 10.30 a.m. .Dec. 9, 1.00 p.m. .Dec. 9, 2.30 p.m. .Dec. 9, 5.30 p.m.

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

Reg.,

Ord.,

Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and U.S.A. by the "Pan-American Airways Direct Service" due San Francisco, 17th December.

Reg.,

Ord.,

Reg.,

Ord.,

SUNDAY

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct

Service"-due London, 7th Dec.

ALSO FREQUENT SAILINGS FOR

SHANGHAI AND JAPAN

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.

Passengers are requested to regis ter their requirements but under present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted.

Details may be obtained from

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO

PLO BUILDING. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG

PHONE 27721

Fort Bayard Amoy Haiphong

Canton Bangkok Shanghai Canton

MONDAY

.Dec. 9,. 5.00 p.m. ..Dec. 9, 5.30 p.m K.P.O.

.Dec. 9, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 9, 5.30 p.m. G.P.O.

• Superscribed correspondent only.

.Dec. 9, 5.00 p.m. .Dec. 11, 7.30 a.m.

Dec. 10, 9.00 a.m. .Dec. 10, 9.00 a.m. .Dec. 10, 9.00 a.m.

Dec. 11, 7.15 a.m. .Dec. 11, 10.30 a.m. Dec. 11, 2.30 p.m. Dec. 11, 7.00 p.m.

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

TO

AUSTRALIA

CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND, CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.

NEXT SAILING

AT THE END OF DECEMBER

For Freight or Passage, apply to :-

1

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

Hong Kong, China & Japan.

Tel. 30332