1940-10-29 — Page 44

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 Empreis 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 Buliding

Hong Kong Telephone 20752

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

MAILS

The General Post Office,will 'be otosed. at 5.30 pm on Tuesday, 29th Wednesday, 30th October, 1940)

and

Parcel post service to Canton is tem porarily suspended,

be.

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

An air mail service providing a con- nection with British Overseas Airways at Rangoon will be available during tho period of suspension of the Hong Kong. Bangkok Service. The postage rates tor all destinations will be '$1.50' 'per" V1⁄2 oz. for letters and $0.75 each for postcards. Mail for this service should be superscribed "Via Rangoon" and bear the usual blus air mait label,

Small Packet Post to all countrica is suspended..

INWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY

London and Straits London and Straits

AT

THURSDAY

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 Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"--San Francisco date, 26th October,

London and Straits. Swatow.

Java and Manila.

FOR

THE

BLUE FUNNE

REG

LINE

LAR

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.

1

S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

□ SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION

NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran-

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

MONTEVIDEO

BUENOS

&

AIRES via: Panama.... MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, DAR- ES-SALAAM, BEIRA LOU-

RENCO MARQUES, DURBAN, ALGOA BAY, CAPE TOWN & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via Singapore & Colombo

BOMBAY & KARACHI vía Sin- gapore, Penang and Colombo.. CALCUTTA via Singapore, Bela-

wan Deli & Rangoon KEELUNG via Swatew & Ainoy CANTON

Sanyo Maru Seia Maru

2nd Nov. 29th Oct.

(from Kobe). Argentina Maru 12th Nov.

(from Kobe).

Africa Maru

Toa Maru

4th Nov.

20th Nov.

•

FOR FULL PARTICULARS OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

PHONE 28081 OR APPLY TO

PRESIDENT LINER SAILIN ̈G.

To San Francisco and Los Angeles

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu

8.6. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'

S.S, PRESIDENT TAFT

6.8. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

To New York and Boston

November 3 November December

17.

6

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

8.8. PRESIDENT HARRISON

6.6. PRESIDENT ADAMB

To Singapore & Penang

November 20 December B

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama

8.8, CITY OF NORFOLK

November 47

AMERICAN **

PRESIDENT LINES

"ROUND-WORLD SERVICE?

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL AND WESTERN AIR AND UNITED AIR LINES 12, Pedder Street.

Telephone, 28171.

DATE & TIME

OUTWARD MAILS

TUESDAY

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

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

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

Tel. 30332

10.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m.

Reg. Ord.

Straits and Calcutta.

Parcels

11.00 a.m.

Letters

Noon.

Manila, Australia and New Zealand

via Thursday Island.

Reg. Ord.

Salgon

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

1.45 'p.m.

WEDNESDAY

2.30 p.m.

3.30 p.m.

• Superscribed Correspondence Only.

RADIO

12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

alon.

12.30 p.m. Jack

Orchestra.

Hylton and His

1.00, p.m.-Local Time Signal and

Weather Report. -

1.03 p.m.-Compositions of Massenet.:

1.30 p.m.-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 p.m.-A Band Concert with John Goes (Baritone) and The Cathedral Male Voice Quartet,

8.00 p.m.--Local Time Signal. Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03. p.m.-London Relay - "Cock-A- Doddie-Doo!" Charles B. Cochran's Saturday Show. Including John Me Cormack, Cicely Courtneldge, Vic Oliver, Fred Emney, Marquess of Donegall, and Charles B. Cochran.

9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News &

News Commentaries, 9.30.p.m.-London Relay-Talk: "Scots

Abroad":

&

9.40 p.m.-Humorous and Variety Pro. gramme, with Arthur Askey & Rich- ard Murdoch, Tommy Handley...& Jean Allistone, Al Bollington, Isay Bonn, Ivy, St. Heller. Clapham Dwyer, Jack Buchanan & Eisle Ran dolph, Big Bill Campbell & His Hilly Billy Band, Jack Warner & Sonny with Orchestra, Tommy Handley & Orchestra - and Bing Crosby, with Dick McIntire & His Marmony Hawaiians!

„11:00 "pim-Close down.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

DRINK

AGENTS.

1, Connaught Road, C.

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.