1940-08-05 — Page 12

NEW

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY

Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress stop over if you liners, then... Victoria

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

take you through the. ship's side at Vancouver Majestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff- 600 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.

Then Montreal and Quebec, gay French- 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

{ Hong Kong

Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

S.

K

YORK

via Japan,

Los

Angeles and Panama, Call Direct

at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore

RIO-DE-JANEIRO,

MONTEVIDEO

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION

SANTOS, Tosan Maru &t BUENOS

22nd Aug.

Brasil Maru 19th Sept.

AIRES via Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR-

ES-SALAAM,

BEIRA,

LOU-

RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN. & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Singapore & Colombo BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin-·

gapore, Penang and Colombo CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-

wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatew & Amoy CANTON

POST OFFICE

Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.

GENERAL HOLIDAY

On Monday, the 8th August, the Gen. eral Post Office and Kowloon Contral Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office

will be open from a.m. to 10 a.m.)

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 5, 1940-

YKLINE

and the other Branch Post Offices will SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu. j

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 registeredi correspondance at 11 a.m.

ordinary correspondence at

11 4.M.

Asama Maru Kamakura Maru

Thursday,. 8th Aug. :Friday,

30th Aug.

There will also be one delivery of SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe) from the Branch Post Offices at Stan- (Convenient connection from Hong Kong)

ley. Taipo and Un Long.

The Money Order Office will be on- tirely closed,

AIR MAIL SERVICE The air mail postage to U.S.A. and

Helan Maru

NEW YORK via Panama

*Azuma Maru

Canada by Pan-American Airways has |LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

14th Aug.

Wednesday,

Wednesday,

21st Aug.

been increased to $3.50 per 1⁄2 ounce with effect as from 2nd August. The air malt rates to other American coun- tries etc, via Pan-American Airways

Husimi Maru

Sunday,

11th Aug.

have also been increased and a sche- SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila

dule of rates is exhibited in the General Post Office,

Kamo Maru

Wednesday,

28th Aug.

at

The following air mail services are

to

present avaliable the United BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo

Kingdom:

Anyo Maru

Monday,

*Okitu Maru

Sunday,

By

by

sea

By Imperial Airways to Durban and

onwards

(via Imperial to Durban)

$1.15 per 1⁄2 oz.) Pan-American Airways to U.S.A. and onwards by Trans-antic Air Service (via P.A.A. & ans-Atlan- tic).

$5.00 per 2 oz.

U.S.A. Pan-American Airways to and onwards by sea (via P.A.A. to U.S.A.).

$3.50 per 1⁄2 oz. plus

By

15 cents per oz.

All air mail correspondence bear the blue air mall. label.

INWARD MAILS

MONDAY

musp

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Servico" Shanghai

Japan and Shanghai

Straits

Shanghai

Forinosa, Amoy and Swatow

Haiphong

Japan

Amoy

FOR

DATE & TIME

OUTWARD MAILS

MONDAY Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa

Noon.

Bangkok

Haiphong

Canton

Noon. Noon.

5.00 p.m.

TUESDAY Fort Bayard and Holhow.... 10.30 a.m.] Manila

4.30 p.m. Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser vices."*

Reg.

Ord.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.)

5:00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. Malaya, Java

K.P.O.

G.P.O.

Arizona

Maru 2nd Sept.

Reg.

Ord..

Allas Maru

4th Aug.

Air Mail for Indo-China.

and Australia by the ways Service."

Imperial Air-

K.P.O.

Reg..

5.00 p.m.

Ord.,

5.30 p.11.

G.P.O.

Reg..

5.00 p.m

Ord..

7.00 p.m.

Straits

7.00 p.m.

7.00. p.m.

9th Aug. Canton Maru Kaisyu Maru 9th Aug. Sirugane Maru or Kaisyu Maru 11th Aug.

FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO

OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

To San Francisco and Los Angeles

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu

*S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

* Omits Yokohama

To New York and Boston

Manila

*Superscribed Correspondence Only.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

slon.

12.30 p.m.-Compositions

The

of Sibelius.

B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra,

Marian Anderson and London Phil-

harmonic Orchestra.

5th Aug.

11th Aug.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

*Nagato Maru KOBE & YOKOHAMA

Asama Maru Hakusan Maru

* Cargo only.

Thursday,

8th Aug.

.Thursday,

8th Aug.

Wednesday, 14th Aug.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

N.Y.K., King's Building.

Telephone 30291.

If You Are Too Busy To Write Home — Don't. Just Post a Copy of the Overland China Mail

which gives all the News there IS

Both Local and Coastal

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST

FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES |

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signat and Wea- To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

ther Report.

August 5 August 29 1.03 p.m.-New Dance Music. September

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON

S.S. PRESIDENT POLK

S.S. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

S.S. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

To Singapore & Penang

71.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce ments..

August 18 September 15

August 14 August 27

September

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct

*S.S. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Via Yokohama.

**AMERICAN ⋆ * PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD' SERVICE.”-

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN air and United air liÑES 12, Pedder Street.

Telephone 28171,

3

1.45 p.m.-Light Variety, The Vagabond

Lover

Keyboarders,

(Tenor). The

Judy Garland and The Two Cockney Kids.

2/15 p.m.-Close Down.

0.00 p.m.-A Variety Programme. Freddy. Dosh, Sam Browne and Girl Friend with Two Planos, Elsie and

NEXT SAILING 2ND WEEK IN AUGUST

For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.

Doris Waters, John Tilley, Quentin PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES

Maclean, John Tilley, Max Miller, Clapham and Dwyer, Victor Young' and His Orchestra with Cuft Edwards and The Ken Darby Singers and} Arthur Marshall,

6.68 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-|

tions.

7.00 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "Flying

High Part 11, −2

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements,

8.03 p.m. This week's programmes, 8.07 p.m. Dance Musio.

8.46 p.m.--Studio-A talk on Chung

King by Cecil Taylor:

9.00 p.m.-London Relay The News

and Topical Talks. 0.45 p.m.-Tartini--Concerto

Minor.

10.00

in D

p.m.-Wagner-Tannhauser" Venusberg Mualo. "

for Flute, Violin, Viola; "Cello and Harp.

Crooke (Tenor) and the Light Symphony Orchestra. 11.00 p.m.--Close Down.

10.13.m. D'Indy-Suite

10.30 p.m.Richard

Are maintained as hitherto.

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

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Tel. 30832

AGENTO

Connaught Road, C.