* Go Empress
ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America
and Europe!
醫藥
EMPRESS LUXURY
Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress
Victoria
stop over if you liners, then wish..
and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen
playground.
NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST
(Omitting Honolulu)
Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ·
through the ship's side at Vancouver take you 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
I Hong Kong
Telephone 20752
OR
Canadian Pacific
World's Greatest Travel System
POST OFFICE
Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.
AIR MAIL SERVICE
The air malf-postage to U.S.A. and Canada, by Pan-American Airways han bean Increased to $3.50 per 1⁄2 ounce with effect as from 2nd August. The
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 7, 1940 ́
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air mail rates to other American coun- SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.
tries etc. vla Pan-American Airways have also beon increased and a sche- dule of rates is exhibited in the General| Post Office.
The following air mail services are at present available to the
Kingdom:
United
By Imperial Airways to Durban and
Agama Maru Kamakura-Maru
.Thursday, 8th Aug. 30th Aug.
,Friday,
| SEATTLÉ & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)
onwards by sea (vla imperial to (Convenient connection from Hong Kong)
Durban)... $1.15. per 2.02
By.. Pan-American Airways to U.S.A.
Holan Maru
and onwards by Trans-Atlantic Alr NEW YORK via Panama
Service, (via P.A.A. & Trans-Attan-
tic).
$5.00 per 2 oz.
*Azuma, Maru
By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A.| LIVERPOOL via Cape Town
and onwards by sea (via P.A.A. to U.S.A.).
$3.50 per V1⁄2 oz. plus 15 cents per oz.
All air mall correspondence bear the blue air mail label.
INWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
Shanghal and Amoy Shanghai
Java and Manila Manila
Wednesday,
: 14th Aug-
Wednesday, 21st Aug.
Husimi Maru
Sunday,
11th Aug.
Kamo Maru
MURD SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila
Wednesday,
28th Aug.
11th Aug.
U.S.A., Honolulu. Japan and Shanghal-
(San Francisco date. 24th Jupe). Sandakan
THURSDAY
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Service" U.S.A.. Japan and Shanghai (Seattle)
date, 9th July).
Shanghai and Amoy
Shanghai
Saigon
Japan and Shanghai
Calcutta and Stratts
London and Straits Bangkok and Salgon
FRIDAY
Canton
Bangkok and Tourane
FOR
DATE & TIME
OUTWARD MAILS
WEDNESDAY
2
Haiphong Bangkok
Noon.
BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo
*Okitu Maru
Sunday,
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.
NEW
S.
K.
Los
SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION
YORK
via Japan,
Angeles and Panama, Call Direct
at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore
BIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, Tosan Maru
AIRES via Singapore, Colombo,
12.30 p.m. Straits and Rangoon ....... 12.30 p.m. Manila
7.00 p.m. THURSDAY Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu, Central and South America via San Francisco. G.P.O. & K.P.O.
Reg.
Ord,
Straits and Calcutta,
Parcels
Letters'
Shanghal (Parcels only) Swatów
(7th) 5.00 pm.
Parcels only for Shanghal
22nd Aug.
and Japan
MONTEVIDEO
& BUENOS
Amoy
Amoy
Durban and Cape Town
Brasil Maru
19th Sept.
MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR,
DAR-
ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,
LOU-
RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN,
ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN &
SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Arizona Singapore & Colombo
Maru 2nd Sept.
Atlas Maru
9th Aug.
BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-
wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatew & Amoy CANTON
FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO
Canton Maru · 9th Aug. Kaisyu Maru 11th Aug. Sirogane Maru 15th Aug.
OSAKA-SYOSEN KAISYA
PRESIDENT LINER SAILING.S
To San Francisco ́and Los Angeles
Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu
S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
9.S. PRESIDENT TAFT
To New York and Boston
FRIDAY
8.30 a.m.
9.00 a.m.
10.00 alm.
12.30 p.m.
1.00 p.m.
5.00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
18:30a.m.
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A.. Cen- tral and South America and United Kingdom via Vancouver B.C., (Par- cels for Canada only); • - - - Note:-All Mail for United-Kingdom! will be forwarded with or without superscription.
Par.
Reg.
Ord.
G.P.D. & K.P.O.
(8th) 5.00 p.m. 9.15 a.m.
Fort Bayard, Holhow and
Haiphong Shanghai
10.00 a.m.]
10.00 a.m.
12.30 p.m.
Parcels only for Tientsin ... 12.30 p.m.]
*Superscribed Correspondence. Only.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of interces-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Lucienne
Boyer
(Vocal)
THE
BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST
FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICES
TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS
NEXT SAILING 2ND WEEK
IN AUGUST
and the Orchestra Raymonde. For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.
1.03 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording "Lon
don", A somewhat mis-conducted
tour of the Capital of the British Em-
pire. Writen and produced by H. L. PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES
Morrow.
1.30 p.m-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
August 29 September 7 1.45 p.m.-Dance Music. September 13 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,
Bombay and . Capetown
8.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON
6.9. PRESIDENT POLK.
To Singapore & Penang
8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
9.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES'
18
August September 16
6.00 p.m.-An hour of Varioty.-Billy] Russell; Reginald Foort; Sandy Pow- ell; Harry Chapman (Harp) and His Music Lovers; Frank Crumit; Graclej Fields, Charlie Kunz, Joe Petersen,[ Reginald Dixon, Jay Wilbur, Larry] Adler, Primo Seala; Evelyn Laye: Vie Oliver versus Gloria Day; Frank Biffo & His Brass Quintette. 7.02 p.m.Dance Musio' by Henry Jac-| ques and His Correct Dance Tempo] Orchestra.
August '14 August 27 7.30 p.m.--London Relay The Newa
8.03 p.m.-The Columbla Symphony
Orchestra.
To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct 8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Via Yokohama.
AMERICAN
September
PRESIDENT LINES
“ROUND-WOrld service.”
agents foR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN Air and uniTED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.
Telephone 28171.
36.15 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording — "Music
Hall Memories". A talk by George] Robey
8.20 p.m.-Old Music Hall and Variety
Favourites.
9.00 p.m.-London' Ratay-The News. 0.30 p.m. London, Relay Matters of Moment". Talk by Mr; Herbert Morrison. Minister of Supply. 9.46 p.m.-Moussorgsky Plctures at an Exhibition. Boston Symphony Or chedtra, conducted by Serge Kousse vitaks
10.17 pm The Don Cossacks Choir.
"Three Folk Songa (arr;"Dobrawen).
How Greatly Our Lord Is. Glorified
(Bortnjansky).
10.27 p.m.---Dvorak-Quartat In E Flat, 'Major, Op. 51. Lener. String Quartet, 11.00 p.m. Clord down.",
Are maintained as hitherto.
Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight and passage will gladly be given by
Tel: 30332
•
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
AGENTS
Connaught Road,
If You Are Too Busy To Write Home Just Post a Copy of the Overland China Mail which gives all the News there IS
Both Local and Coastal
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