Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 48, 24 March 1937 — Reduction [ARTICLE]

Reduction

Reduction of transpaciflc airmaii rates aiid ,fhe new extension of the route to China will take effect A|>ril 21» accort!ing to an announeemeni' marde here tod»y by Pbbtmasfcer Dahiel A. Devine. The nfew, ?ates for eaeh one half ounee sent from Hawail to the folowing points are as, foiiows: maipl%nd and Ouam,, 20 cents; Philippine island>s, 30 eenu; Maeao, Hongkong, China. Japa)> ( Indo-C.hina J Malaya, Slam,: Ināia, gast In4ies, Am»tralU< *iiā New Zealand, 50 cents. The service on foreign ainnail route 14 from San Francisco by Honolulu and Guam to Manila wi3l be extended from Manila viji Maeao, » Portuguese colony in Asia, to Hongkong. , Schedule Given r : j The schedule _foi\ the first flight ] on the route and the flight eaeh week thereafter will he as follows: lieave San Francisco Wednesday, arriving in Honolulu Thursday. l»eave Honolulu Friday, aniving at Guam Monday. Tue.sday, leave Guam and arrive at Manila the same day. Leaving Manila Wednesday arriving.at Maeao and Hong-

kong tfie same <īāy. " ~ The schedule of return trips to the TJnited States will be ais follows: Leave Hongkong Thūrsday, arrivjng at Manila the same day Leave Manila Thursday, arriving at Guam Saturday. Leave Guam Saturday and arrive. at Honolulu Sunday. Leave Honolulu Monday and arrive at San Francisco Tuesday. To Make Connections Connections will he made at Hongkong with the Chinese domestic airmail system for the coastal cities, Shanghai, Nanking, Peiping, and the interior of China. Connection will also be made at Hongkong with the British airmail route for Straits-Settlements, Siam, India, Dutch East Indies and Australia.