1940-08-08 — Page 12

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT

to North America and Europe!

TIKPRESS LUXURY ·

-Speed across the Pacific by luxurious Empress liners, then. Victoria

stop over if you and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen'

wish ..

playground.

NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG

FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER

(Omitting Honolulu)

Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's side at Vancouver take you through the 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 fleeĻ

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

POST OFFICE

Smail Packet Post to all countrica, ini suspended.

AIR MAIL SERVICE

The air mail postage to U.S.A. and Canada by Pan-American Airways has been increased to $3.50 per 1⁄2 ounce with effect as from 2nd August. The air mail rates to other American coun- tries eto, via Pan-American Airways, [hava also, been increased and a scho. dule of rates is exhibited in the General Post Office.)

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

By Imperial, Airways to Durban and onwards by sea (via Imperial to. Durban)

$1.15 per 1⁄2 oz.]

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

and-onwards--by --Trans-Atlantic Air] Service (via' P.A.A. & Trans-Atian-) tic).

...65.00 per 1⁄2 oz. By Pan-American Airways to U.S.A. and onwards by sea (vla P.A.A, to U.S.A.),

$3.50 per 1⁄2 oz. plus

15 cents per oz. All air mail correspondence bear the blue air mall label,

Shanghai

INWARD. MAILS

THURSDAY

must

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Shanghai and · Amoy

Shanghai

Japan and Shanghai

Calcutta, Straits and Saigon Japan

FRIDAY

Java and Manila

London and Straits

Haiphong and Fort Bayard

i

Bangkok and Saigon.

Bangkok and Tourane

DATE & TIME

FOR

OUTWARD MAILS

THURSDAY

Shanghai (Parcels only) Swatow

12.30 p.m.

1.00 p.m.

Parcels only for Shanghai

and Japan Amoy Manila

5.00 p.m.

7.00 p.m.

7.00 p.m.

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1940

THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST

FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES |

TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

NEXT SAILING 2ND WEEK IN AUGUST

For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.

PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES

Are maintained as hitherto,

FRIDAY

Shanghal, 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.O. & K.P.O.

(8th) -5.00 p.m.)

Fort Bayard, Hoihow and

Haiphong Shanghai. Parcels

Information regarding INWARD CARGO and all matters relating to freight

and passage will gladly be given by

9.15 a.m.) 10.00 a.m..

Tel. 30332

10.00 a.m.

p.m.]

BAGGAGE TRANSFERS only for Tientsin... 12.30 p.m.

Telephone 27761

to Engage our Service.

Efficient and Secure

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

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 ·

PRESIDENT

LINER

SAILINGS

Don't.

To San Francisco and Los Angeles.

SATURDAY

Shanghai and Parcels only.

for Tientsin Japan

Shanghai

Straits tha

9.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m, 0/12:30 p.mi| ...:1.30p.m.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE..

AGENTS

1, Connaught Road,. C.

OS. K. SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG.

Madang Salamaue, Rabaul, Australia NEW YORK via Japan, Los

and New Zealand via Sydney,‚'

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

Parcels

Reg.

Ord..

Straits, Ceylon, Indla, East "Africa, Lisbon and United G.P.D. & K.P.O.

1.00 p.m. 2.45 p.m.

Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore

22nd Aug.

Brasil Maru

19th Sept.

3.30 p.m. RIO-DE-JANEIRO, . SANTOS, Tosan Maru and South

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS Kingdom, - .....

AIRES via Singapore, Colombo, Durban and Cape Town MOMBASA, ZAŃZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA, LOU-

Reg.,

2.45 p.m. Ord.,

3.30 p.m. Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South

Africa and United Kingdom.

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

Parcels, Rcg,. Ord..

dom.

3.00. p.m. 5.0 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN &

SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Arizona Maru 2nd Sept. Singapore & Colombo

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser-BOMBAY & KARACHI via Sin- vice" to Indo-China, Durban and gapore, Penang and Colombo .. thence by Sea Service to United King-| CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-

wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatow & Amoy Reg. Ord.

5.30 p.m. CANTON *Superscribed Correspondence Only..

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

5.00 p.m.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu. 12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE 9.8. PRESIDENT TAFT

To New York, and Boston.

sion.

August 29 12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Debussy.

Time 7 1.00 p.m.-Local September

Signal and Weather Report. September 13

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

8.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON

8.S. PRESIDENT POLK

To Singapore & Penang

8.S. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 8.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

.August 18 September 15

August · 14 August 27

To. San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct: 8.8. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Via Yokohams

1.03 p.m.-Dance Music by Viator Sit- vester and His Ballroom. Orchestra. 1.30 p.m.-Router and Rugby Press, - Weather Forecast. and Announce.

ments.

Carroll

1.45 pimi-Variety Programme.--Norah

Blaney and Gwen Farrar; Gibbons; The. Andrews Sisters;. AlĮ. and Bob Harvey..

2.16 p.m.-Close down,

0.00 p.m. An hour of Dance Music. 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.02. p.m.-Billy Mayerl Aquarium

Suite..

September 37.16 p.m.-Reginald Dixon at the

|| Organ.. As

✰✰ AMERICAN ★ ★

PRESIDENT LINES

ROUND-WORLD SERVICE""""

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIRLINES

* 12, Pedder Street.

Telephone 28171.

7.30 p.mLondon. Relay-The News 8.00 pm-Local Timo Signal, Weather

Roport and Announcement."

{0.03 p.m.-D'Erlanger — The Hundred:

Klasei-Suite. London Philharmonic Orchestra,

8.20 p.m.Violin Solos.

8.40 p.m.-Studio-Local Newsletter. |8.60 ~p.m.—Sorigs" by Raymond · Newell

\- (Baritone);

9.00 p.m.London Relay — The - News, 1. and Topicat Talks.

0,45 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbort and]

Sullivan'a “The Pirates of Penzance”, 10.19 p.m.-A Variety: Programme.

***Hutch" &. Hils: Charm Music; Kilde-

gardo;‹ Turner Layton; Stanley Hollo-| "way; Tayton & Johnstone; Rate Da

:

Atlas Maru

9th Aug.

Kaisyu Maru

Sirogane Maru 15th Aug.

Sirogane Maru 21st Aug. Sirogane Maru 25th Aug. Sirogane Maru 29th Aug.

FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO

OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

TO

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

Costa: Serge Krolkoft & His Ha- Hong Kong, China

wallons...

11.00 p.m. Close dow

Agents

Japan

Tel, 30332,