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THE

BLUE FUNNE

LINE

REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES

FREIGHT AND

To UNITED KINGDOM PORTS

THREE WELL PLACED SAILINGS

IN FEBRUARY

For dates and ports of call apply to Agents

NEW YORK SERVICE

Occasional Sailings.

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

Tel. 30332

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

AGENTS

1, Connaught Road, C.

Have You Sent The Wife The Overland China Mail This Week?

Price: H.K.$4.75 per 3 months including postage

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE, LTD.

Windsor House, Tel. 20022.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4,

BRITONS GOING HUNGRY IN HUN MAILS CAMPS

The following increased postage rates

for letters will be effective as from 1st February, 1941:-

PLACES IN THE COLONY

5 cents for each ounce or part of

an ounce.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS, PRO. TECTORATES

& MANDATED TERRITORIES

20 cents for the first ounce and 10 conte for oach additional ounce

or part of an ounce.

CHINA & MACAO

8 cents for each ounce or part of

an ounce.

ALL COUNTRIES NOT SPECIFIED ABOVE

and 15 30 centa for the first ounce

additional ounce cach cents for

the

Service to The Printed Matter following places in China is temporarily suspended:-Yunnan, Szechuen, Kwei. chow, Hunan, Fukien (except Amoy & Kulangsu), Kwangsi (except Wuchow & East of Kwang- Yunghalen), North & tung.

suspended.

BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY ARE SO BADLY FED THAT MANY OF THEM ARE TOO WEAK TO PLAY GAMES.

Letters to M.P.s from all over the country from people whose sons and husbands are in German prison camps have revealed this fact, Sir William Davison (Con., Kensington South) told the House of Commons.

He asked the War Minister if he was aware that many prisoners at Oflag VII Camp had only the battle dress they were wearing when captured in the summer and were without overcoats.

prisoners, particularly 1,500 in Oflag VII.

Minister The

replied tish that he was aware of the

Smali Packet Post to all countries is lack of winter clothing] and was using every means in his power to remedy it.

INWARD MAILS

TUESDAY

Australia and Manila.

WEDNESDAY

Swalow,

Java and Manlis Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 29th January.

THURSDAY

Calcutta and Straits. Siraits and Air Mail by "British Over- seas Airways Service" (except Lon- don) by sea from Singapore,

SATURDAY

had

The German Government been urged through diplomatic channels to fulfil their obligations. In the last few days the Ameri- can Embassy had been asked to make further representations.

Eden Dissatisfied

re-

the

British prisoners receive the same food ratione as German garrison troops, but the German stomach seems more hardened to dog, cat and horseflesh Both quality and quantity of food supplied is below the minimum essential for good health.

It is the duty of the Red Cross Society to supplement those ra- tions with food parcels from home. The job has now become too big for it.

There is a crying need for full- to organise the time paid experts purchase, packing and dispatch

The American Embassy in Ber-department. No breakdown in or- Hin said that 1,838 parcels of food, ganisation should be tolerated. U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai. clothes and books had been

(San Francisco date, 17th January}.ceived by prisoners at the camp in the week ending October 19, and DATE & TIME the flow was continuing.

FOR

OUTWARD MAILS

TUESDAY Air Mail by sea to Singapure to connect with the "British Overscas Airways."

K.P.O. A G.P.O.

Reg.

Ord.

Straits and Rangoon Canton

WEDNESDAY

Manila, Macasser and Soura-

baya

2:00 p.m. 2.30 p.in. 3.30 p.m. 7.00 p.m.

R 30 a.m.

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

K.P.O.

Reg. Ord.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.in.

Q.P.O.

5.00 p.m

Sir William Davison: told that Polish and French par- cels are arriving much better than ours.

am

War Minister: I am dissatisfied with the conditions, hence representations made,

the

Mr. W. S. Morrison, Postmaster- General, said the number of par- cels sent from Britain during Oc- tober was 95,896.

The Red Cross reported that fiften. wagons taining 29,934 parcels have ar.

con.

rived at Geneva. They contain food, tobacco, medical comfort

COUNTERFEIT COIN

CHARGES

Six Chinese, including a woman, were remanded three days in po- lice custody for further investiga- tion by Mr. K. M. A. Barnett at Kowloon this morning when 260 charged with possession of counterfeit five-cent silver coins in Kowloon on February 2.

Accused were Wan Hei, 26,

21,

Luen, Wong Cheung, 26, Tam Hoi, 33, Lui Hing, 32, Chau and Ng To, 29, married woman,

They were further charged with- Fifty-six tons of clothing par-having, on or about February 2, 6.00 p.. cels have arrived at Lisbon and, falsely made or counterfeited 260

U.S.A...

and clothing.

Reg.. Ord. Shanghal, Japan, Honolulu,

Canada, Central and South America are being sent on. and United-Kingdam via San Fran- cisco. (No Parcels for United King- dom).

Note: All Mails for United Kingdom

without will be forwarded with superscription.

K.P.O.

Parcels

Reg..

Ord.

G.P.O.

Parcels Reg.

Ord.

or

4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m

4.00 p.m.

5.00 pm. 7.00 pm Air Mail for Manila, Guarn, Honolulu. USA and Europe via "Pan-Amer can Airways and Trans-Atlantic Ser- vices."

Job Now Too Big

five-cent pieces, resembling ог apparently intended to resemble the current silver coins; and with possession of two moulds for the

A Political Correspondent writes:urpose of making or counterfeit- There is a great deal of uneasi-ing coins. ness over the work of the Red Det.-Sgt. McPherson Cross.

charge of the case.

No one doubts the good inten- tions of that excellent voluntary organisation, but there is growing apprehension about the way it is handling some of its work.

Food parcels and winter over coats are urgently needed by Bri-

is in

Mrs. Black. of No. 34, Hankow Road, was fined $5 by. Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon this morn- ing for allowing her dog in Na- than Road' without a muzzle lead.

or

PRESIDENT

LINER

SAILINGS

To Son Francisco and Los Angeles

Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama & Honolulu -

*S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND

6.5. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE

• OMITS YOKOHAMA,

To New York and Boston ·

February February 22 March 5

6

Via Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo,

!!!

Bombay and Copetown >>

8.8.. PRESIDENT MONROE^. B.S, PRESIDENT GRANT ... B.S. PRESIDENT JACKSON--

TO MANILA

8.8. PRESIDENT-COOLIDGE... : 8.8. PRESIDENT. PIERCE" .. 6.8. PRESIDENT. 'TART-1.2...

February

March 29 March 23

February 15 February 26

March 11.

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14.

PRESIDENT LINES

“ROUND-WORLD SERVICE”

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

Telephone 28171.

K.P.O.

Reg.. Ord.

5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m.

G.P.O.

Reg. Ord..

Straits

5.00 pan. 7.00 p.m.

7,00 p.m.

• Superscribed Correspondence Only.

RADIO

5.45 p.m.-Indian Programme. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.

tions.

6:32-p.m:--Mendelssohn-Quartet in D

Major, Op. 44; -No. 1. ........ 7.00p.m.-London Relay The Newe.. 7.15 p.m.-London RelayQuestions of

the Hour!.

7.30 p.m:-Portuguese Programme: ~ 8.00p.m.-Local Time Signal; Weather

Report and Announcements... 2:03. p.m.-Studio-Harry Oro" (Plano). -playing Tchaikowsky's Sonata in: G

Major, Op. 37,.

8,30 p.m.-Light Classics.

9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The Newe

News Commentary.”

9.30 p.m.-Landon Relay-Talk: 'Scots

Abroad'. *.

9.45 p.m.-Scottish Songs, ›

That's The Reason Noo I Wear A Kilt; Oh, How I. Weary, Dearle, For You Harry, Lauder (Baritone), with Orchestra..

!

Tarn Glen (arr, Stephen & Burnett);

·Deirdle's Farewell to Scotland '('Songs of the Hebrides'arr, Ken- (So- nedy. Fraser).......Jcan Bay prano) with Plano, Bound. the'?! Pibrach (Trad.arr. Lees)¦ Bkya Boat Song (Trad‚---- 'ber!"; Lawson);;. Alexander. Maor Gregor. (Baritone) with Plano áco.. [10.08 - p.m.-**-Variety,

11:00).

down.

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NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN-MARCH, 1941

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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Agents

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Tel. 30332..