FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933,
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PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
6.8.
Tour
From
Eour fear About
1933.
1st Apr.
6.000 29th Apr.
Destination.
Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,)
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull Marseilles & London.
Straits, Colombo & Bombay.
Marseilles & London.
Bombay, Marseilles, Havre,
London,
AUGUST HEAT.
(Continued from Page 7)
The inscription which I rend for the first time was this--
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
JAMES CLARENCE WITHENCROFT.
BORN JAN. 18th, 1860.
HE PASSED AWAY VERY SUDDENLY ON AUGUST 20th, 190--
THE CHINA MAIL.
"In the midst of life we are in death." For some time I sat in silence. Then a cold shudder ran down my spine. I asked him where he had lacen the name.
"Oh, I didn't see it anywhere," re- "I wanted plied Mr. Atkinson. some name, and I put down the first that came into my head. Why do you want to know?"
"It's a strange coincidence, but it] happens to be, mine."
He gave a long, low whistle. "And the dates?"
"I can only answer for one of
them, and that's correct."
"It's a rum yo!" he said.
But he knew less than 1 did. told him of my morning's work. took the sketch from my pocket and showed it to him. As he looked,
the, expression of his face altered until it became more and more like that of the man I had drawn.
"And it was only the day before yesterday," he said, "that I told Maria there were no such things as ghosts!"
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Letters
2. p.m.
Tat Poo Sek
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Letters
Chinhua
TO SEATTLE
YORK "
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Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays, Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays
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8 a.. .Apr., 29 May 13
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President Taft (Due Victoria B.C.,
Registrations
April 18).
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Nankin
Neither of us had seen a ghost,
6th May Bourg. R'dam. Antwerp & Hull. but I knew what he meant.
**BANGALORE
RANPURA
6,100
17,000
8th Apr.
T MIRZAPORE
6,700 19th Apr.
CHITRAL
15,000 22nd Apr.
**BHUTAN
RANCHI
CARTHAGE **SONDAN
NALDERA
KAISAR-1-HIND
+*BURDWAN
17,000 14,000
20th May 6.800 27th May
10,000 3rd June 12,000 17th Jane 6,500 24th June
Bombay,
MANTUA RAWALPINDI RANPURA RAJPUTANA RANCHII CARTHAGE NALDERA
CORFU
*Cargo only.
11,000 1st July 17,000 15th July 17,000 29th July 17,000 12th Aug 17,000 20th Aug. 14,000 9th Sept. 14,000 23rd Sept. 15,000 7th Oct
Calla Casablanca.
Miller,
Marseilles & London. Hombay, Marseilles & London.
L'don, H'burg, Havre, K'dam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay, Marsellles & London.
Marseilles & Bombay, Mar
"You probably heard my name," 1 said.
"And you must have seen somewhere and have forgotten it! Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, Londos, Were you at Clacton-on-Sea Inst
London.
I had never been to Clacton in my [life.
We were silent for some time. We were both looking at the same thing, the two dates on the grave- stone, and one was right..
H'burg, E'dam, Antwerp & Hull. July ?" Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay. Marseille & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London, Bombay, Marseilles & London.
1 Call Karachi, Cutch Mandvie & Kundla.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Gen- rantinople, Pireens, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khadiria! Mall Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR- SAILINGS.
*TALAMBA
SANTHIA
TAKADA
SIRDHANA
1938. 8,000 9th Apr. 8,000 19th Apr. 7,000 30th Apr. 8,000 18th May 10,000 24th May
TALMA
* Calls Rangoon,
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang Calcutin Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
"Come inside and have some sup-| per," said Mr. Atkinson.
His wife is a cheerful little wo- Iman, with the flaky red checks of the country-bred. Her husband introduced me as a friend of his who was an artist. The result was un- fortunate, for after the sardines and watercress had been removed Jahe brought out a Dore Bible, and I
had to sit and express my admira-i tlon for nearly half an hour.
I went outside, and found Atkin- son sitting on the gravestone smok- ing.
We resumed the conversation at the point we had left off.
"You must excuse my asking." I
B.L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for said, "but do you know of anything tet and 2nd class passengers,
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
NANKIN
NELLORE
TANDA
1923.
you've done for which you could be jput on trial?"
He shook his head.
"I'm not a bankrupt, the business,
is prosperous enough. Three year ago I gave turkeys to some of
1st Apr. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney & guardians at Christmas, but that
7,000
11 3.m.
7,000
2nd May
7,000
2nd June
Melbourne,
all I can think of. And they were he added as an small ones, too."" afterthought.
He got up, fetched a can from the
Regular monthly sailinga trom Hear Kour to Shanghai and Japan porch, and began to water the flow-
And Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 dayA.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-
'ers.
"Twice a day regular in the hat weather," he said, "and then the beat sometimes gets the better of And ferns, good Lord! they could never stand it. Where do you live?"!
The Union 8.5. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom wie Newthe delicate ones, Lesland, Vancouver, Ban" Francisco, #tc.
The P.&O. Royal Mail Steamer to London and
The P.&O. Branch Service of steamiera to London vi özen.
I told him my address.
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampsen and take an hour's quick walk Loudon Panama Canal.
· SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
**NELLORE
BANCHI TAKADA +*ALIPORE SOUDAN CARTHAGE SIRDITANA TALMA NALDERA TANDA
•BURDWAN
TILAWA
KAIBAR-I-HIND
10,000
000
1933.
5th Apr. S'hui. Moji, Kobe, Draka & Yams. 4th Apr. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Amay, B'hai, Moji, Koba & Osaka, Shanghai, Moji & Kobe,
It would
to get back home.
"We'll "It's like this," he said. look at the matter straight. If you go back home to-night, you take A cart your chance of accidents,
may run over you, and there's al- ways banana skins and orange peel, to say nothing of falling ladders.”
He spoke of the improbable with an intense seriousness that would have been laughable six hours be ¡fare, But I did not laugh.
"The best thing we can do," he continued, "Is for you to stay here till twelve o'clock. We'll go up-: stairs and smoke; it may be cooler
To my surprise I agreed.
7,000 17,000
7,000 7th Apr. 5,800 7th Apr. 6,800 18th Apr. Shanghai, Kabe & Yokohama. 14,000 20th Apr. Shanghal, Kobe 4 Yokohama.
8,000 21st Apr. Amoy, Shal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 4th May Amoy, S'hal, Mejl, Kebe & Daake.
& Yokohama. 10,000 th May Shanghal, Moji, Kobe &
5th May S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yima 6,100 18th May Shanghai, Kobe Yokoham
1963 v Amex, S'hal, 18th May
Holl, Kobe & 10,000 y
Mojl, Kobe & Yokohaına. 12,000 18th
Shanghai, 12,000 1st June Shanghai, Mall, Kobe & Yokohama. inside.”
Janka & Yokohama. Kobe, 7,000
S'hai, Moll, 4th June 6,800 18th Jana Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama, 17.000 18th June Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Kobe & Yokohama. Yokohama. 17,000 18th July. 17,000 27th July Shanghai: Kobe & Yokohama. 14,000 10th Aug. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Yokohama. 10,000 24th Ang. Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & 15,000 7th Sept. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 11,000 21st Bept Shanghai, Moll, Kobe 4 Yokohama. 17,000 5th Oct. 1 Shanghai, Robe & Yokohama. Cargo only. † Calle Nagoya
MANTUA NANKIN
SOMAL
RAWALPINDI RANPURA RAJPUTANA RANCHI CARTHAGE NALDERA CORFU
MANTUA
RAWALPINDI
17,000 29th Junshi, BOD
~All dates pro approaimate and ribject to alteration withous nation.
are Atled with Elsetre Fant or Punks Lowry Bystem.
more than l'en:
Moon" on the day, prev
Pasings, Freight,
We are sitting now in a long low. room beneath the eaves. Atkinson has sent his wife to bed, He him- self is busy sharpening some tools at a little oilstone, smoking one of my cigars the while,
The air seems charged with thun der, I am writing this at a shaky table before the open window, The fog is cracked, and Atkinson, who seems a handy men with his tools, is going to mend it as soon as he has
will be received at the Comfinished putting an edge on his
• to sailing.
Chooka, eta, apply basis
KINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Connaught Rd. C. Hong Kong
It fa after eleven now. I shall
be gone in less than an hour,
But the heat is stifiing:
It is enough to send a man made
Manila
(Dua Brisbane, April 18), Parcels
.Mar. 31, 5 p.m.
Registrations.....April 8,45 a.m.
Letters
Pres. Pierce
*Superscribed Correspondence only.
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British cruisers to
a relative
WARSHIPS OF THE "crawl," and exceeds the speed of
NATIONS
Novel Designs From
Japan.
Four latest destroyers.
The Speed Craze,
In these ships the speed craze reaches, we must belleve, its zenith, and it is difficult to understand why British ships, out of the running for Few editions of "Jane's Fighting these freak speeds, are not restored Ships" can have appeared at a more to moderate horse-power, thus, en- new abling heavier armaments to bis opportune moment then the jedition. ("Jane's Fighting Ships, mounted. Japan, on the other hand, 1932." Sampson Low, Marston and is using her tonnage for more, Co. 42%. net),
powerful armaments, and though in In the British section the speci- her new cruisers details are not fication of the new 6,450 tons available, the Editor states that "It cruiser Arethusa will monopolise at-is evident that the 6-inch gun tention. This ship carries aiz cruiser will be far better gunned 6-inch guns mounted on three twin than their European equivalente "
The most interesting aspect of the mountains; four 4-inch guns; two multiple A.A. guns; and six 21-inch American section is the alterations in design of the latest batch of torpedo tubes.
Assuming that the specification 10,000 ton cruisers, the ghosts, is correct and final, it seems that to speak, of the Washington Treaty the influence of the torpedo school which, by present arrangement, will has triumphed at the cost of the soon lapse.
gunnery school, for the primary gun armament is very poor for a ship of
so considerable a tonnage..
SHIPBUILDING REVIVAL PROSPECTS
The Editor states that "their tonnage is the minimum for ocean- going amiciency and the arinament
In view of the comments that adequate to deal with likely convoy have lately been made regarding the raiders, bearing in mind that being
relatively inexpensive they can be prospects of a shipbuilding revival, It is of interest to give detalls of produced in numbers."
the orders for new ships, not only The Arethusa, jike all other Bri-in this country but abroad, since a tish met-of-war, le oil-fired, a fact alight improvement was noted. Be which lends grave importance to cords have been kept by The Motor events now passing in Persia. Ship of all orders placed during the In the foreign sections, the new past five months for ships requiring. French battle-cruiser, Dunkerque, machinery of over 1,000 Lhp. They is of particular Interest. This ship total 58 for the whole world, with in of 20,000 tons and mounts nine a gross tonnage of 182,900. Nearly 18-inch guns and eight-6-Inch guns, two-thirds of this tonnage, namely, This vessel will not be completed 116,700 tons groes, is represented by until 1986, when present naval motor ships, and it is specially note agreements are happily scheduled to worthy that the machinery power to terminate.
be installed in the vessels f 164,0 The "A" type of Italian cruisers b.h.p., made up of oil engine of the Condottieri Class are 126,500 b,h.piland steam chiefly notable for their speed, the of 87,500, b.l.p. Alberico di Barbiano having reachOf the 55hips: ed on trial the remarkable speed of being ballt 42.04 knows, maintaining a meaning 81.000 speed of 89.74 knots for eight hours. ralberi This speed reduces the speed of
be