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THE

"Route-of-Wonders"

ACROSS CANADA

'Go Empress from the Orient to Canada, United States and

Europe. The Emperis 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

FIFTH WEEK IN NOVEMBER

(Omitting Honolulu)

NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THIRD WEEK IN NOVEMBER

For Full Information Consult Your Travel Agent.

Union Bullding

Hong Kong. Telephone 20762

OR

Canadian Pacific

World's Greatest Travel System

MAILS

GENERAL HOLIDAY

the

To-day, the 11th November, General Post Office and Kowloon Cen- tral Post Office will be open from 8 a.m; to noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

There will be ane collection from the pillar boxes ap on Sundays, one deli. very of ordinary correspondence 11:30 a.m. and one delivary of register ed correspondence at 11a.m.

at

There will also be one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11 a.m. from the Branch Post Offices at Stand ley, Tai Po and Un Long,

The Money Order Office will be en. tirely closed.

Greeting Cards (Christmas, New Yoar, etc.) must contain

no written matter, except the name and address of the gender, and must be posted in unsealed covora, which must be clearly | marked "Greeting Card". The rate of postage is 5 cents per 2 ounces for all countries, except Hong Kong, China and Macao which is 2 centa per 2 ounces.

Parcel post service to Canton is tem porarily suspended.

be-

The Imperial Airways Service tween Hong Kong and Bangkok is tem- | porarily suspended, Air mail 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 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 the Hong Kong- Bangkok Service, The postage rates for 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 blue air mail label.

Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended.

INWARD MAILS

MONDAY

Air Mail by "Pan-American Air: Ways Direct Service"--San Fran- cisco date, 31st October, Java and Mantia

Calcutta and Straits.

TUESDAY

U.S.A., Japan and Shanghat (Seattle

date, 9th October). Sandakan

FOR

DATE & TIME

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1940 -

N

KLINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

Kamakura Maru"

"Asama Maru"

Friday, 15th Nov. (starts from Shanghai)

Wednesday, 27th Nov. (starts from Kobe)

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe).

"Helan Marú"

Tuesday,

3rd Dec.

SOUTH AMERICA. (WEST COAST) via Hilo &

San Francisco. *"Takacka Maru"

Sunday, 17th Nov.

(starts from Kobe)

NEW YORK via Japan & Panama

*Awata Maru

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila

"Kamo Maru”

..Tuesday, 19th Nov

Wednesday, 27th Nov.

MADRAS via Saigon (cargo for Saigon accepted

End of November

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo

"Anyo Maru”

*"Onoe Maru"

Saturday, 30th Nov. .Tuesday, 10th Dec.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

*"Lisbon Maru”, *"Nagato Maru”

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

"Kasima Maru"

"Suwa Maru”

"Atuta Maru"

2/

Cargo only.

Wednesday, 13th Nov. Sunday,

17th Nov.

Monday, Sunday, Tuesday,

11th Nov. 24th Nov,

26th Nov.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE

N.Y.K., King's Building.

Telephone 30291.

•

S. K.

NEW YORK via Japan, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and Panarna, Call Direct at Cristobal, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore.... HIO-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 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

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG

Kansai Maru

Ist Dec..

Montevideo Maru 21st Nov.

(from Kobe). Argentina Maru 12th Nov.

(from Kobe).

J

Manila Maru

5th Dec. Terminates at Cape Town.

Hawaii Maru 30th Dec.

Toa Maru

20th Nov.. (Class Passengers only).

OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA

PRESIDENT LINER

SAILINGS

To San Francisco and Les Angeles

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu

S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

S.S. PRESIDENT TAFT

S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

To New York and Boston

November 17 December 7 December 28

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

Bombay and Capetown

S.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS

8:S. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN

S.S. PRESIDENT JACKSON.

November 22 December 10 December 15

To San Francisco & Los Angeles Via Yokohama

5.S. CITY OF NORFOLK

November

✰✰ AMERICAN * * PRESIDENT LINES

“ROUND-WORLD, SERVICE.”

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

Telephone 28171.

OUTWARD MAILS

MONDAY

Air Mall for Manila, Guam, „Honolulu. U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."

K.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

G.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

WEDNESDAY

Noon.

Noon.

Noo!.

5.00 p.m.

Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta.. 3.30 p.m. Manila, Australia and New

vla Thursday Island.

K.P.O.

Parcels

Reg.

Ord..

G.2.0.

Parcels

Reg.

Zealand

4.00 p.m.

5.00 p.m. 5.30p.m..

4.00 p.m.

5.00 p.m. Ord,

7,00 p.m. Air Mail for Mailla, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A. and Europe via "Pan-Ameri- can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."

K.P.O.

Reg.. Ord,

5.00 p.m

5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg.. Ord.,

5.00 p.m.

7.00 p.in.

Superscribed Correspondence Only.

RADIO

.12.16 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-.

sion..

12.30 p.m.-A. Brahms, Programme. 1.00 p.m.-Local Timo Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1,03 p.m.-Al Bollington at. the 'Organ. 1.15 p.m. Henry Jacques and His

Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra, 1.30 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and ̈ Announce.

ments.

1.45 p.m.-Military Band Music. 2,00 p.m.-Royal Command Concert,

1938.

2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

6.00 p.m.-Bach-Concerto No. 1 In A

Minor,

6.10 p.m.-Bach-Suite No. 2 In D Minor

for Flutes, and Strings.

6.38 p.m.-Excerpts from

"Cavalleria Rusticang."

Mascagni's

7.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. [7.15 p.m.-London. Relay" —Topical

Talks 'Questions of the Hour." 7.30 p.m.-A Variety Programme, with Anona. Winn with Harold French, and George Baker, Frank Murphy, - Billy Bennett, Vivian Ellis and Murray and Mooney:

B.00 p.m.--Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcementų. 8.03 p.th. This week's programme.. 8.07 p.m.-Studio-Recital by Captain.

T. A Thomson, (Bass) (with A Lay at the Plano,

8.30pm. The Regimental Band of

H.M. Grenadier. Quardes

9.00, pim-London Relay The News

and News, Commentaries; 9.30 p.m.-Musical Comedy: 'He Want,

ed Advantura,"!.

Bobby Howes and Company with Theatro Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge,

10.05 pm--A Dance Programme. 11.00 p.m.-Close Down.

THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

/REGULAR AND FAST

FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICES

TO UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

WELL PLACED END OF NOVEMBER SAILING

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

...Tal. 30382

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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

AGENTO

Connaught Road,