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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 29, 1940.

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THE

"Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

Go Empress from the Orient to Canada, United States and Europe. The Empress Way includes these scenic splendors:

1. SPECTACULAR MOUNTAIN JOURNEY.....600 thrilling. miles of Canadian Rockies. See Banff, Lake Louise en route.

2. CANADA'S FERTILE PLAINS...the great prairies of the

western provinces.

3. GREATEST CHAIN OF LAKES in the World...Canada's

inland oceans, the Great Lakes.

4. FALLS FAMED AROUND THE WORLD...Niagara Falls, 5. LARGEST INLAND PORT in the World...Montreal, 1,000

miles from the sea.

ENJOY THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS "ONE-MANAGEMENT" ROUTE

NEXT SAILING FROM HONG KONG TO VANCOUVER

FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER (Omitting Honolulu)

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THIRD WEEK IN NOVEMBER

For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent.

Union Building

Hong Kong Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

MAILS

and

-The General 'Post Office 'will be closed at 5.30 p.m. on, Tuesday, 29th Wednesday, 20th October, 1940.

Parcel post service to Canton is tem porarity suspended.

The Imperial Airways Service be- tween Hong Kong and Bangkok is tem- porarily suspended. Air mail corros- pondence will, be accepted at the exist ing rates of postage and will be for- by warded by the first opportunity ateamor to Singapore to connect with the east and west bound air services.

An air mail service providing a con. nection with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be available during the period of suspension of tho, Hong Kong- Bangkok Service, The postage rates for all destinations will be $1.50 per 1⁄2 oz. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards. Mall for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon, and bear the usual blue air mall tabel.

Small Packet Post to alt countries iz suspended.

INWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY

London and Straits London and Straits

THURSDAY

Air Mail by "Pan-American Air- ways Direct Service"-San Fran- cisco date, 18th October, London and Straits.

FRIDAY

U.S.A. and Manila-(Seattle date, 30th

September).

Australia and Manila.

SATURDAY

Air Mall by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date,. 26th October.

London and Straits. Swatow.

Java and Manila.

FOR

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER ́SERVICES |

To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

WELL PLACED END OF OCTOBER SAILING

For dates and ports of call apply to Agents. PACIFIC & NEW YORK SERVICES

Are maintained as hitherto.

DATE & TIME

OUTWARD MAILS

TUESDAY

Air Mail by Sea to Singapore to connect with the "British Overseas Airways".

K.P:0. & G.P.O.

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

Tel. 30832

10.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m.

Reg. Ord.

Straits and Calcutta.

Parcels

Letters

11.00 a.m. Noon.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

AGENTS

1, Connaught Road, C.

ת

NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran-

Sanyo Marui 2nd Nov, Seia Maru

29th Oct. (from Kobe). Argentina Maru 12th Nov.

(from Kobe).

cisco, Los Angeles and Panama, Hokuroku Maru 6th Nov, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... SANTOS, RIO-DE-JANEIRO,

MONTEVIDEO Bc BUENOS AIRES via-Panama.rea 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 Swatow & Amoy CANTON

Manila, Australia and New Zealand.

via, Thursday Island.

Reg. Ord.

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

1.45 p.m.

2,30 p.m..

WEDNESDAY

Salgon

3.30 p.m.

Africa Maru

Toa Maru.

4th Nov.

20th Nov.

* Superscribed Correspondence Only.

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

8.9. PRESIDENT PIERCE

6.8, PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

6.8. PRESIDENT TAFT',

To New York and Boston

October

29

November November 17

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

8.8. PRESIDENT ADAMS

8.6. PRESIDENT HARRISON

To Singapore & · Penang,»

8:6, CITY OF NORFOLK

488

November 20 December 8

October 29

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama 6.8, CITY OF NORFOLK

November 17)

* AMERICAN ** PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE,

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIRLINES 12, Fedder Street.

Telephone 28171.

RADIO

12.15 p.m.-ShortService of Interces-

slon,

12.30 p.m.-Jack

Orchestra.

1.00 p.m.--Local

Weather Report.

Hylton

and His

Time Signal and

1.03 p.m.-Compositions of Massenet.

1.30 pim.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

1.45 p.m.-Variety Programme.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6.00 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.02 p.m.-Dance Music.

7.00 p.m.-London Retay-The News.

7.15 p.m.-London Relay-Topical Talks, 7:30 pm A Band Concert with John Goss (Baritone) and The Cathedral Mala Volca Quartet,

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-London Relay - "Cock-A- Doddle-Doo!!! Charles, B. Cochran's Saturday Show. Including John Mc Cormack, Cicely Courtneldgo;;:Vie Oliver, Fred Emney. Marquess of Donegall, and Charles B., Cochran. 9.00 p.m.-London Relay -The News &

Nowe Commentaries,

9.30 p.m.-London Relay--Talk: "Scots

Abroad".

&

9.46 p.mHumorbus and Variety Pro- gramme, with Arthur Askey & Rich- ard, Murdoch,. Tommy Handley & Jean Allistone, Al. Bollington, Issy Bonn, Ivy St. Heller, Clapham Dwyer, Jack, Buchanan & Elsie Ran dolph, Dig Bill Campbell & ̃Ila' Iy Billy Band, Jack - Warner & Sonny with Orchestra, Tommy Handley, Orchestra, and Bing Crosby With. Dicit McIntire & His Harmony Hawalang. 11.00 p.m. Close down.

DRINK

EWO PILSNER

At the GRIPPS"

TRAVEL A.-O. LINE

TO

AUSTRALIA

CALLING AT MANILA, THURSDAY ISLAND,

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

NEXT SAILING.

MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER, 1940

For Freight or Passage, apply to:

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

Hong Kong, China & Japan.

Tel, 30332.