THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933.
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MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO FOR
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RANCHI CARTHAGE 1*SOUDAN
NALDERA KAISAR-I-HIND +*BURDWAN
MANTUA
RAWALPINDI
**SOMALI
RANPURA RAJPUTANA
BANGALORE
RANCHI CARTHAGE **BHUTAN
NALDERA
CORFU
From Toma Kong Kong
About
1933. 6,700 19th Apr, 15,000 22nd Apr. 6,000 29th Apr. 17,000 6th May 14,000 20th May 6,800 27th May 16,000 3rd June 12,000 17th June 6,600 24th June
11,000 lat July 17,000 16th July
Destination.
Straits, Colombo & Bombay, Marseiller & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, H'burg, R'dam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay, Marsellles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
M'lles, Havre, Liden, H'burg, Bombay,
R'dam, Antwerp
& Bull. Bombay, Marseilles & Londen. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, Londos, H'burg, R'dam, Antwerp & Rull
Marseilles & London, Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, London,
4,800 22nd July Rotterdam.
17,000 29th July Bombay, Marseilles & London. 17,000 12th Aug. Bombay. Marseilles & London. 0.000 10th Aug. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,
H'burg, R'dam, Antwerp & Hull, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, H'burg, R'dam. Antwerp & Hulk Marseilles & London.
17,000 26th Aug. 14,000 9th Sept 6,000 16th Sept.
14,000 23rd Sept. 15,000 7th Oct.
* Cargo only. Calls Casablanca.
1 Call Karachi & Kundia.
Bombay, Marseilles & Londen.
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SANTHIA
TAKADA SIRDHANA TALMA TILAWA SANTHIA
1933.
8,000 20th Apr. 8,000 13th May 7,000 2nd May 10,000 24th May 10,000 10th June 8,000 24th June
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, Singapore, Penang & Calcutta,
B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for tat and 2nd class passengers.
THE CHINA MAIL.
WITHOUT TRACE
(Continued from Page, 7.)
Lefty
MODEL HARBOUR IN BASEMENT.
Tests To Save The Port Of Rangoon.
In due course the conductor ar-)at the table, his temples suddenly rived, and the young man booked to wet; then he swept the notes, and
The tides, the currents, and Blackheath-road. Lefty booked, to the necklace into a bundle and thrust Greenwich Church, a fare stage fur-the lot under the mattress of his the monsoons of a corner of the ther on. He wished he had a news-narrow bed. He had nothing to Indian Ocean are being manu- paper as the trami swayed and thun-fear. They could not know. He factured to scale in a Bloomsbury dered its way across south-east Lon- told himself that as he waited for basement in order to assure the future of one. of the greatest don. Some pretence at· reading them... would have helped to ease the strain Sergeant Harris came into the ports in the world. Soon the [which he increasingly felt.
room, and with him was another model will begin its serious work The man he was hunting was, he officer, as big as himself.
of prophesying the fate of Ran-| goon harbour in 2000 A.D. : thought, taking a strange journey; tried to be easy in his manner. a taxi from Hyde Park Corner to "Hello, sergeant. Second time The greatness of the City of Vauxhall Bridge and then a humble to-night, eh?"
Rangoon, capital of Burma, has tramcar as far as Blackheath-road; Harris spoke · crisply. "Reed, been built up by its port on the but that, of course, was nothing to earlier this evening, at half-past Rangoon River mouth of the do with him. Also, the length of eight, to be precise, I saw you stan- [Irrawadi. Now the river is the journey was to his advantage, ding opposite Number 14, Melgrove-threatening to silt up, and the Harria had seen him in Melgrove-[square."
city's future is menaced. But square. If his man were robbed! Lefty nodded. He now had no- there is no guarantee that what- five miles from Melgrove-square thing to say.
ever, measures are devised to leven Harris would have some dif- Harris went on." "At about half-arrest silting might not turn out
feulty in proving his guilt.
past eight-we've definitely fixed in the long run to be an enormous At the bottom of Blackheath-road, the time as being between eight-waste of money. after a long and wearisome journey, fifteen and a quarter to nine-14,) The Rangoon Port Com-{ the young man descended the stairs. Melgrove-square was broken into missioners decided to ask the Lefty got up, when he had vanished At that time its only occupant was firm of Sir Alexander Gibb and into the stairwell, and stood at the an elderly man-servant."
Partners, London, to construct aj stairhead, looking through the side Lefty was listening, thinking, working model of the sea and window. He saw his man cross the fearing, understanding.
river round the port, and to fest
..
4
Uni-
for con-
road behind the tram and turn into "The manservant, Reed, was mur-on it' experimental means of Blackheath-road. As the tram gat dered and the weapon used was a stopping the silting until a last- under way, he scuttled down the poker picked out of the dining-ling method. is evolved. steps and jumped it. The man now room fireplace, and the murderer gotversity College, London, co- could not even suspect that Lefty away with about two hundred pounds operated, and has lent the huge had dropped off the tram at the same in notes and a pearl necklace."
Ibasement necessary want to search this room. Here's structing a working model of the time as himself.
The hunted man was once morejmy warrant.”
lsea and river at Rangoon. walking briskly through the rain; A wild shout broke from Lefty's and the chase went on, relentless, Hips. They had to fight hard to tireless, terrible. They climbed hold him. As they dragged him Blackheath Hill, and they came to the away, after taking the loot from be: FINE PERFORMANCE lamp-dotted darkness of Blackheath neath his mattress, he sobbed: "
itself. Lefty's hand slipped into his didn't do it! I didn't do it!" | OF “RECORDER.” jjacket pocket, and his thick fingers
That was all he could cry when,
engaged the rings of the heavy brass standing in the dock, he was ask knuckle-duster. His That, he ed if he had anything to say why thought, was going to one of the big judgment of death should houses which lie on the Kidbrook passed upon him.
not be
side of Blackheath; but before he And as he did so it seemed to him reached it the end of the chase would that the white face of the killer he The killed or Blackheath mocked come.
him.
The man in front struck off the road, walking fast across 'A wide stretch of dark grassland. Lefty began to run. His heavy feet made' practically no sound on the turf, and
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS.
The R.M.S. Empress of Japan
Powdered Coal Used As Fuel.
The Recorder a
cargo steamer of 5,982 tons gross-- burning powdered coal, having eight sister-ships burning hand-. fired coal, has made an average economy of 25 per cent. in fuel) costs and some economy in per-
sonnel over her sisters.
he was at his man almost without left Shanghai yesterday at 9 warning. When he had but a yard to a.m., and is due at Hong Kong on cover the man must have become April 14 (Fri.) at 9 a.m. She
At the same time there is a aware of him, for he turned, a cry leaves for Manila on April 14 gain of cargo space, though a starting to his lips; and as he turn-] (Fri.) at 6 p.m.
alight loss of deadweight. The ed, Lefty hit him.
R. M. S. "Empress of Asia" left wear and tear of the boilers is He went down awfully under the Vancouver for Hong Kong, via Ja-less, there has been no involun- blow, and Lefty dropped to his side pan ports and Shanghat, on the 8th tary stop, and she is reported to and crouched there for a moment, April (Saturday), a.m. She is due be still improving on her per- gazing round. No living thing mov-jat Hong Kong on the 26th April formance. led. In the silence the patter of the Wednesday), morning, and leave
rain was insistent and errie. Lefty's) for Manila the aame evening. hand slid under his man's coat. Thei rain was there-fat and well-filled; but something else was not there. Heartbeats!
CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
This performance could not be beaten in fuel costs by an oil- burning ship, and only where oil costs are very low by a Diesel ship, while the first cost of an Consignees of cargo ex s.s. Ben-oil-burning ship would be about With frantic haste Lefty ripped cruachan are reminded to take de- the same, and the first cost of the man's shirt open, dropped his livery of their goods which will the Diesel ship considerably check close to the cold and pallid be subject to rent after April 18. higher.. lipa; then,, gripping the wallet, he
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South), unce more stared about him. The
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man was dead.
That ferocious blow with the heavy mass of brass had knocked the life
7,000 2nd May Manila, Rabavi, Brisbane, Sydney from him. For a moment panic 7,000 2nd June 7,000 30th June 7,000 2nd Aug.
Melbourne.
swept in a great wave over Lefty; but it passed and left him tensely cool. Nobody had seen. Nobody
Begular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan could possibly have been aware ofị and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.
Frequent somsctions from Australia with the following:--
his long and twisting hunt that night. He had only to bolt down to Prawley's place and keep quiet and
The Union 88. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New he had nothing whatsoever to fear. Kesland, Vasconyor, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Hall Steemers to Lordon and
The P. & O. Branch Berries of steamers to London vía Buan.
He straightened himself and hur- ried off. Passing the pond by Green- wich Park gates he hurled the knoc-
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and kleduster into its middle; then slidi London via Panama Canal N
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
*SOUDAN CARTHAGE SIRDHANA TALMA
NALDERA
TANDA
BURDWAN
TILAWA
1933.
6,800 18th Apr. Shanghai, Mojí, Kobe & Yokohama. 11,000 20th Apr. Shanghel, Kobo & Yokohama.
8,000 21st Apr. | Amoy, S'hai,' Mejj, Kobe Osaka. 10,000 4th May Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. 15,000
MAY
on his way. He was safe. No aus- picion of any kind could attach toị him. He ran over the details of the evening as he walked, carefully, an- zlously, fearfully. He was all right. The
man stretched on the rain- drenched grass behind him waż slain ....without trace,
He walked the whole way to Praw- 4th May Shanghai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Iny's, keeping to hy-streets, and he
Moji, Kobe, & Y'hama. 6,100 15th May Shanghai aak oohama: slipped inside and went up to the 10,000 18th May
Atnoy, S'hai, Moll, Kobe & Osaksgarret he rented under the roof. KAISAR-I-HIND 12,000 1811 May
Shanghel,
Moji, Kobe & Yokohams. There, with a gas jet flaring and 11,000 1st June Shanghal, Moll, Kobe Yokohama hissing, with the door locked, he ex- 7,000 4th June
S'hat,
Moji, Kobe, Gaska & Yokohama amined his loot. The wallet" con-
Moji,
Robe & Yokohama,
Yokohama.
Įtained · a big wad of bank-notes- 17,000 29th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. fives, tens, twenties, with a number
8,000 12th
Kobe & Yokohama of pounds; perhaps two hundred 17,000 18th July
pounds' worth in all; and with the 17,000 27th July
6,000
notes was a delicate and delicious 9th Aug
pearl necklace.
MANTUA NANKIN *SOMALI RAWALPINDI 17,000
RANPURA
*BANGALORE
RAJPUTANA RANCHI "BHUTAN CARTHAGE NALDERA CORFU
MANTUA
RAWALPINDI
6,300 18th Jimengha, Lobe &
15th June
29th July
14,000 10th Aug,
Kobe
& Yokohama Kobe A. Yakobaina, Kobe & Yokohama. Kobe & Yokohama Moji, Kobe & Yokohama, 15,000 7th Sept. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama, Jo 11,000 21st Sept Shanghai, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama.
5th Det. Shanghai, Kobe & Tokohama. 17,000
• Cargo only.
16,000 24th Aug
All dates are, approvimate and subject to alteration without notios.
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He stared at these incredulously and, at last, with a slow still beat of uneasiness at his heart. - There was something wrong..somewhere. [No man it seemed, would - travel
| with so much wealth without there
being something wrong,
He was mochanically counting the notes when there was a tap on his, Flocked door, and the hoarse, whisper- onse ind "voice of Prawley filtered to his
hearing,
"Lefty! It's the cops. C. 1. D. men. They want to see you. I've got to let am inte
(For a long moment Lefty sat rigid
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