1940-08-17 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 17, 1940

Go Empress

ONE MANAGEMENT DIRECT to North America

and Europe!

EMPRESS LUXURY

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

stop over if you wish .. and Vancouver in Canada's Evergreen 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. Bauff- 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.

French-

and Quebec, gay 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

Hong Kong

Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel Systems

S. K.

POST OFFICE

-Small Packet Post to all countries in suspended.

The air mali rates to New, Zealand' have been increased to Letters $1,50 por 1/2 oz., Postcards $0.75 each and now cover 'air transit to Auckland, New Zealand. The blue air mail label must be affixed to all correspondence tended for this service.

in-

Parcel Post Service to China via Halphong is temporarily suspended.. Printed papers and books not for sale can be only accepted.

INWARD MAILS

SATURDAY

Japan and Shanghal Shanghal

SUNDAY

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Shanghai and Amoy

MONDAY

Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" Haiphong, Hothow and Fort Bayard Canton

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

(San Francisco date, 20th July). Shanghai

Shanghai Haiphong

TUESDAY

Calcutta and Straits

Air Mali by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 13th August. Bangkok and Saigon Bangkok

Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghai Java and Manila Shanghai

FOR

Shanghal

DATE & TIME

OUTWARD MAILS

SATURDAY"

12.30 p.m..

Air Mail for "Imperial Airways Ser- Durban and vice"

Indo-China, to thence by Sea Service to United King- dom.

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

Reg. Ord.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

THE

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST?

FREIGHT AND

"PASSENGER SERVICES

To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

WELL PLACED SAILING AT THE END OF AUGUST

For dates and ports of call apply to Agents.

PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES

Are maintained as hitherto.

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

SUNDAY

Salgon and Bangkok

4,30 a.m.}

MONDAY

Straits. Rangoon and Calcutta.

Par.

Tel. 30332

(17) 5.00 p.m. (19) 8.00 a.m.

Parcels only for Tientsin Manila

12.30 p.m.

7.00 p.m.

22nd Aug.

TUESDAY...

Let.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

AGENTS

1, Connaught Road, C.

NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran-

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION

cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... Tosan Maru RIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS,

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS 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 Swatcw & Ainoy CANTON

FOR FULL PARTICULARS PHONE 28061 OR APPLY TO

Sumatra Maru 23rd Aug.

Canton Maru 24th Aug. Canton Maru 20th Aug. Sirogane Maru 21st Aug.

OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

Amoy

Shanghai and parcels only

for Tientsin

Haiphong

Fort Bayard

Air Mail for, Indo-China.

8.30 a.m.

·

9.30 am.

1.00 p.m.

2.30 p.m.

Malaya, Java

and. Australia by the "Imperial Air-" ways Service."

Reg.

Ord.

Reg,

K.P.O.

G.P.O.

6.00 p.m.

5.30 p.m.

5.00 p.m

Ord..

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

K.P.O.

Reg.. Ord..

G.P.O.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

મ

Reg.

Ord.,

5.00 p.m

7.00 p.m.

*Superscribed Correspondence, Oŋly.

១.

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

ΤΟ

AUSTRALIA

CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,

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

NEXT SAILING

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, 1940.

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

To San Francisco and Los Angeles

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE S:9. PRESIDENT TAFT

***................. August 29 September 7 September 17

To Now York and Boston

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

.S.S. PRESIDENT HARRISON

8.S. PRESIDENT POLK

6.8. CITY OF. SAN FRANCISCO 6.8. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

To Singapore & Penang

August 20

September 29

August 17 August 27

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Direct

*SIS. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

• Vla Yokohama.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

sion.

12.30 p.m.-Dance Music by Harry Roy

and His Orchestra.

1.00. p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Sam Browne and Primo

Scala's Accordeon Band.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby

Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce-

ments.

1.45 p.m.-Humorous and Vocal Variety. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

Wagner's

6.00 p.m.-Sélections

Operas.

from

0.46 p.m.--Closing Local Stock Quota.

tions.

Cortot,

Boston Promenade

6.47 p.m.-Mendelssohn Trio.

Thibaud and Casals. September 3 7.17 p.m.-The

✰✰ AMERICAN ✰✰

PRESIDENT LINES

***ROUND-WORLD. SERVICE.”

AGENTS FOR transcontINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR and United air lines 12, Pedder Street.

Orchestra.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 0.00 p.m.-Local. Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcementa. 8.03 p.m. Songs and Tunes of Not-So- Long.Ago, with Jack Hylton, Comedy Harmonists, Boswell Staters, New Mayfair Orchestra, Frank Crumit, Billy Costello and The 'Radio Three 8.45 p.m.-London Relay London.

Log",

-

9.00 p.m.-London Relay - The News

and Topical Talk.

9.45 p.m."He Wanted Adventure", by

Bubby Howes and Company. 10.20 p.m.-Dança Musica

Telephone 28171. 10.30 p.m.-Variety, with Phil Regan,

Ken Harvey, Louis Armstrong, Elste Carflate and The Mills Brothers, 11.00 p.m.-Dance Music, 12.00 midnight-Close down."

For Freight or Passage, apply to :----

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

Hong Kong, China & Japan.

FOR

Tel. 30332.

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