1940-08-03 — Page 12

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY

Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress

Victoria

'stop over if you liners, then ..

and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen wish.

playground.

NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST

(Omitting Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff- 000 miles of travel through Marvellous Mountain Scenery. Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included as optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.

and Quebec, gay French- Then Montreal speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Sea- way, and a quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacific's Atlantic fleet.

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE LAST WEEK IN AUGUST

For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent

Union Building

ý Hong Kong

Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel Systems

POST OFFICE

Smail Packet Post to all countries in suspended,

GENERAL HOLIDAY

On Monday, the 5th August, the Gen- eral Post Office and Kowloon Centrali 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 Offices will be entirely closed.

There will be one collection from the pillar boxes as on Sundays, one delivery at 11.30 of ordinary correspondence a.m. and one delivery of registered correspondence at 11 a.m.

a.m.

There will also be one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11 from the Branch Post Offices at Stan- ley, Talpo and Un Long..

The Money. Order Office will be on- tirely closed.

AIR MAIL SERVICE

The air mail postage to U.S.A. and Canada by Pan-American Airways has been increased to $3.60 per 1⁄2 ounce with effect as from 2nd August. The air mail rates to other American coun- tries etc. vla Pan-American Airways a sche- have also been increased 'and dule of rates is exhibited in the Generall Post Office.

at

-

The following air mail services are available to the United present Kingdom:

By Imperial Airways to Durban and

onwards by sea (via imperial Durban)

$1.15 per 1⁄2 oz.

to

By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A. and, onwards by Trans-Atlantic Air Service (via P.A.A. & Trans-Atlan tic),

$5.00 per 2 oz.

By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A.

THE CHINA MÄIL, AUGUST 3, 1940

THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

"PASSENGER SERVICES |

TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

NEXT SAILING 2ND WEEK

IN AUGUST

and onwards by sea (via P.A.A. to For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.

U.S.A.).

$3.50 per 2 oz. plus

16 cents per oz. All air mail correspondence bear the blue air mail label.

Canton

INWARD MAILS

SATURDAY

Japan and Shanghai Manila

must PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES

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

(San Francisco date, 10th July),

Palembang

Are maintained as hitherto.

So

NEW YORK

K.

via Japan,

Los

Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore.. RÍQ-DE-JANEIRO,

Saigon

FOR

DATE & TIME,

OUTWARD MAILS

SATURDAY

Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta, 11.30 a.m. SAILINGS.FROM HONG KONG Australia and New Zealand via Sydney

SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION

11.15 a.m.

Noon.j

Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by

(No Parcels).

Reg.

Ord.

Manila, Rabaul, Australia

Zealand via Brisbane.

and New

Tel. 30332

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

Parcels

*4.00 p.m.

Reg.

22nd Aug...

Ord.

Japan

Fort Bayard

Brasil Maru

19th Sept.

SANTOS, Tosan Maru MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS AIRES via Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town MOMBASA, ZAŃZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOU- RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI vla Sin- gapore, Penang und Colombo... CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-

wan Deli & Rangoon

Arizona Maru 2nd Sept.

Atlas Maru

4th Aug.

9th Aug. KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy Canton Maru

Kaisyu Maru 9th Aug. CANTON

Sirogane Maru.or Kaisyu Maru 11th Aug.

Sirogane Maru 15th Aug.

FOR FULL PARTICULARS OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS ·

To San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu

*8.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

9.3. PRESIDENT PIERCE

8.S, PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

* Omits Yokohama

To New York and Boston

Africa

5.00 p.m 5.30 p.m.

9.30a.m.

10.30 a.m.

Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South 5.30 p.m. Shanghai,' - Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Cannda Central & South America, and United Kingdom via San Fran- cisco (No Parcels for Canada).

∙G.P.O. & K.P.O.

4.00 p.m. ... 5.00 p.m. }

5.30 p.m.

Parcels Reg.

Ord,

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser- vice" to Indo-China, Durban and thence by Sea Service to United King- dom.

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

Reg. Ord.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

*Superscribed Correspondence Only.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interges

alon.

by Music Harris and His Orchestra,

12.30 p.m.-Dance

1.00 p.m.-Local

Weather Report.

Jack

Time Signal and

1.03 p.m.-Johann Strauss-Le, Beau Danube-Ballet Music. London Phil- harmonic Orchestra.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Prass, Weather Forecast and Announce. ments.

.August 41.45 p.m.-Variety. The Hill

August, 29. September

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

8.8. PRESIDENT. HARRISON

8.8. PRESIDENT POLK

To Singapore & Penang

9.8. CITY OF BAN. FRANCISCO. 8.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

7

Billles,

London Piano Accordeon Band, Lu-| elenne Boyer, and Tony Lowry. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6.00 p.m.-Dvorak-Symphony No. 2 In

D Minor, Op. 70. Czech Philharmonic), Orchestra.

8.38 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

'tions:

6.40 p.m.-Arthur

Chopin.

Rubinstein playing

18 0.65 p.m.-London August

September 15

Relay We were Strangers", A Romantic Comedy.

from Verdi's 7.15 p.m.-Selections

Operas.

August 14 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. August 27 8.00 p.m.-Local Time. Slanal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct

*8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

⚫ Via Yokohama,

September

**AMERICAN ✰✰

PRESIDENT LINES

“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE.”

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.

Telephone 28171.

0.03. p.m.-Vivian Ellleat, the' Plano."- 0.10 p.m.-Sidney Torch at the Organ;] Torch Song Parade, and Hot Pipos.

from. Musical 8:30 p.m.-Excerpts

Comedy, Pat Kirkwood (Soprano), New Mayfair. Orchestra. 0.45 p.m.-London Relay London. Lop

by Herbert Hodge.'

9.00 p.m.-London_Relay-The_Nows

and Topical Talks,

9.45 p.m.-Variety Programme.-Light Symphony: Orchestra, Webster Booth, Victor Young and His Orchestra with The Ken Darby Singers, Eddio Car- roll, Arthur Askey, Reginald Foort, and Norman Long.

10.28 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording-Money

for. Nothing". A Sketch;

10.43 p.m.-A Review of Revues. De-

broy Somers Bandag

11.00 p.m.-A. Danoa Programme,

| 12.00 midnight-Close down,

I

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

AGENTS

1, Connaught Road,

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

ΤΟ

AUSTRALIA

CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,

CAIRNS, TOWNSVILLE, BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, ETC.

NEXT SAILING

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.

For Freight or Passage, apply to :-

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

Hong Kong, China & Japan.

FOR

Tel. 30332.

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