1940-03-20 — Page 12

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on your way to Canada United States Europe

via

Shanghai-Japan-Honolulu

NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG

KONG THE FOURTH WEEK IN MARCH (Omitting Honolulu)

Due to existing emergency, the consistency of prompt depar- tures, and arrivals of Canadian Pacific Steamships which has been Apply to Canadian maintained heretofore may be disturbed. Pacific representative for particulars of sailing dates.

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1940

POST OFFICE

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

EASTER HOLIDAYS

On Friday, the 22nd March the General Post Office and all Branch Post: Offices will be entirely olosed. There will be one collection from the pillar boxes and one, delivery of ordinary correspondence as on ¿Sundayazma

On Saturday, the 23rd March and Monday the 25th March, tha Gonoral Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and the other Branch Post Offloes will be entirely closed.

There will be one collection from the pillar, boxes each day as on Sun- days and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence each day at noon. The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Taipo and Un' Long will also have ono delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11 a.m. on 23rd and 25th March. The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays.

INWARD MAILS

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

13th March

Manila

Straits

March 20.

Shanghai and Amoy

March 20.

Formosa, Amoy and Swatow

March 20.

March 20.

Bangkok and Saigon

March 20.

March 20.

Amoy

March 21,

Saigon

March 21.

Japan and Shanghai

March 21.

ор

Australia and Manila

March 21.

Canton

March 21.

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

13th March

March 22.

Haiphong, Hoihow and Fort Bayard.

March 22.

Canton Sandakan Sandakan

March 22.

March 22,

March 22.

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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 clase at or before 9 a.m., registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day.

For

Straits and Calcutta

Date and Time,

Wednesday, March 20. ..Wed., Mar. 20, 11.00 a.m. Wed., Mar. 20, Noon. Wed., Mar. 20, 2.00 p.m. Mar. 20, 3.30 p.m.

Per

WEDNESDAY

Par., Ord.,

Haiphong

Shanghai

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Suez and London Parcels due London, 28th April.

K.P.O.

Par.,

Reg.,

Wed., Mar. 20, 3.00 p.m. Wed., Mar. 20, 5.00 pm.

Ord.,

G.P.O.

Par.,

Reg.,

Canadian Pacific

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Air Mail for Indo-China, Iran, and France (Paris and Northern Pro- vinces only) by the "Air France Airways Direct Service" Paris 28th March,

We have

· Amoy

Manila Shanghai

Canton Straits

Ord.,

Reg.,

Ord.,

due

Reg., Ord.,

THURSDAY

Wed., Mar. 20, 5.30 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 20, 3.00 p.m. ..Wed., Mar. 20, 5.00 p.m.

..Wed., Mar. 20, 7.00 p.m.

K.P.O.

Wed, Mar 20, 5.00 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 20, 5.30 p.m. ·

G.P.O.

...Wed., Mar. 20, 5.00 p.m. Wed., Mar. 20, 7.00 p.m. Mar. 20, 7.00 p.m.

Thur., Mar. 21, 7.15 a.m. Mar. 21, 1.30 p.m. Thur., Mar. 21, 2.30 p.m. Thur., Mar. 21, 2.30 p.m. Mar. 21, 3.30 p.m.

·Mar, 21, 7:00 p.m.

Mar. 22, 9.00 alin.

Mar. 22, 9.00 a.m.

Shanghal

Canton

Japan

Amoy

Swatow and Shanghai

Fort Bayard

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

a vessel

sailing

Saigon

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Direct

Service"-due London, 31st March. 1. Reg.,

K.P.O..

Ord.,

for

G.P.O.

Reg.,

.Mar. 23, Noon.

Saigon,

Ord.,

.Mar, 23, 5.00 p.m.

Mar. 23, 7.15 a.m. Mar. 23, 8.30 a.m. Mar. 23, Noon.

.Mar. 23, Noon." .Mar. 23, Noon

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Melbourne

About the

Fourth Week

in March

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Superscribed correspondence only.

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

TO

AUSTRALIA

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

·NEXT SAILING

FIRST HALF OF APRIL, 1940.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

P. & O. Building

Hong Kong, China & Japan

Tel 2025