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PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
COMORIN CHITRAL
Tan Hong Kong
17,000
From
About
Destination.
Bombay. Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, Lond Hamburg,
Rotterdam,
am, Antwerp & Hall. Marseilles & Oct.
London. Bombay
Marseille & London.
4*4 4T Marselles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam.
Full Antwerp & Bombay. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marscillen
London.
་*་་
CORFU I'SOUDAN
13,000 6.400
7th Oct
1 th Oct
MANTUA RAWALPINDI BURDWAN
21at
4th Nov. 6,000 11th Nov.
**SOMALI
6,800
15,000 18th Nov. 16.000 2nd Doc. Dth Dec.
RANCHI
17,000
CARTHAGE
13.000
BANGALORE
6,000
16th Dec. 30th Dec. 6th Jan.
NALDERA
CORFU
16,000 15.000
*BIJUTAN
RANPURA *BERAR
RAWALPINDI TOU DAN
COMORIN CHITRAL
13th Jan 27th Jan. 3rd Feb.
17.000 10th Fel
17 Feb.
17,000 24th Feb. GRUO 3rd Mar.
15,000 16,000
Jeth Mar. 24th Mar
• Cargo only.
Marreilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,
R'dam. Antwerp & Bull.
R'dam.
Marsellies & London. Marseiller & London. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg
& Hull. Antwerp Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marsellies London. Marseilles, Haryre, London, Hamburg,
Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Bombay Marseilles London Marseillos, Haryre, London, Hambur
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Rotterdam Antwerp & Bull. Marselite & London.
Marseillor & London.
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WHAT A LIFE!
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"But what do you keep trotting But of all the great places I have out this chap Andrlik for?" growled visited and enjoyed, from Paris to
the colonel.
I reached my height of 8ft. Sin. In those years, and, in Mr. Pistora's small bright eyes San Francisco, from London to
spite of hunger, fat forced my usual weight to about 285lbs. goggled.
New York--yes, even Rome and
Surely I must have been a funny "Why, it was him who stole the Venice themselves-I think most sight the day I sauntered up to the macaroni from your pantry," he fondly of my tiny native village, announcer of a smail circus that Aaid with mild emphasis. "They've! got nim in custody at the police the folks there, and the neighbours, was playing just outside Toulouse. There was a professional strong station. Beg your pardon, air, but whg, I am sure, think more of me man with this circus who posed on I just come to ask-you see, this than all the rest of the world com-a platform and did some simple here Andrlik says there wasn't any bined,
lifting to help draw patrons to the macaron in that box, but only some Every chance I have I return to ticket gate, pieces of paper. 1 was just wonder-[Sequala, where, I am sorry to say, I was watching this fellow do hla |ing, like, whether it was truc or was not of much promise as a stunts when the announcer, notic [not.'
boy.
ing my unusual size, invited me to "Look here." exclaimed the colonel breathlessly. "where are those pieces old the world war broke out. We Really, they were just too light,
When I wAS
about eight years try the weights,
[of paper?"
were close to operations on the Yet everybody was surprised, and 1匹 my pocket." Mr. Pistora Italian-Austrian front. Most of invited me in to see the show. That showed his teeth. "Where the-?"the young men of the village join- marked my debut in the world of He fumbled in his alpaca jacket.
ed the Italian Army, goods were ra-sporis. The colonel dragged from his hand jquisitioned right and left, and the precious. crumpled papers No. masate work came to a standstill wrestling for the first time. Really, For inside I saw professional 139, VII. Sect. C. Tears of relief There was no time for such de-the strong man the doubled in welled up in his eyes. "You're a corative art work in northern Italy weight-lifting) was hardly more brick, and no mistake," he murmur- from 1913 on through 1918. skilled than a raw amateur, but he challenged the patrons, and threw them with ease,
+
Jed. "I'm more obliged to you than I can say. My dear" he gave a sudden yell "just step this way, will you? Here's Superintendent- er-inspector-er————
"Polee-constable Pistora," Baid the little man, showing his dentures with the utmost satisfaction.
So, when I was scarcely more than eight, I was up- prenticed to a cabinet maker. That was about 1915, I think, and for nearly four years through the whole grim war-- I hauled timber, planed plunks, and studied (not as well as should) the trade of a wond- worker.
A Wrestler.
Afterwards, when the show was jover, he asked me If I had over wrestled, and I told him I had done so often as a boy.
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and
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DRASTIC FARE REDUCTIONS TO NEW YORK.
And now the Dollar Steamship Lines announce their Hong Kong to New York, all water scenic trip, a lower-than-ever coats To the East Coast of America, via the Panama Canal and with a visit to Havans First Class G$578, Tourist Class G$320.
"Well, he's found those stolen
So he offered to give the some lessons, but from the start I had no liners at rates as low as those offered you to-day,
Never before has it been possible to travel on these modern luxury papers already," exulted the colonei.
Step aboard a friend- dificulty in throwing him--not ly President Liner at Hong Kong and take this opportunity to make your ("Come along, my dear, bring glasses
Many will say that I was lucky at through skill, but through brute trip to New York conveniently and inexpensively. and some brandy. Mr. Pistora, I'd that, for, had I been but
a few strength ....but I don't quite know years older, the future "Ambling! now.... what I mean is.. .. Have Alp" might have been buried among Another strong man to its payroll at As a result that crens added
like tu
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the mountains of that name.
my al-
Ja armk, Mr. Pistora."
"Why, that was nothing at all."
a wage of five shillings a day with Average Man At Twelve
and this was most important- surd Mr. Pistora, with toothy Though I did not reach my 'teens food thrown in.
"The liquor's got some bite until after the Armistice. I could, smile.
it, sir. Oh, and that there box do an average labourer's work long ling all-comers increased
And how that lifting and wrest- ma'am, is at the police station." before then. I was as big as, and ready mammoth appetita
"Box be damned!" thundered the perhaps stronger than, the average Humorists have often said since colonel blissfully. "My dear Mr. man by my twelfth birthday. Pastora, it
that I ate that circus out of busi wonderful bow Was
That was in 1918, about two neas. quickly you found those papers, weeks before peace came.
Here's my respects, Mr. Pistoru."
While I was strong enough to do about four years and I found my- Al any event, It broke up after "Same to you, sir," said Mr.
a man's work and fairly skilled for self among the unemployed in the Pistora respectfully.
au apprentice at both cabinet and south of France in 1928. "Good Lord, that's nothing at all mosaic work, I wanted to travel. When a pantry's been broke open Sa 1 tramped off to France early in my life thus far.
Then came the biggest break in we goes after Andrlik or Pepek, but 1919 and got a job near Toulouse One day, five years ago, I was trudging along a dusty white, sunbarnl road and hap- pened to see another big fellow coming my way.
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con-Pepek's doing two months at pro-jas a day labourer,
❘ Mantinele. Pireaus, Styros and other Levant Ports by steamers of the sent. If it's a top floor it lays be
How horribly hungry I used to be Khedival Mall Steamship Co.
tween Pisecky, Tondera
with the 'In those days, and for quite a time xume leg, Kuner, Zima, and Houska." afterwards.
"And look here. Suppose it was First, I was a coment mixer.
TALSIA
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1923
10,000 14th Oct 10,000 28th Out.
8,000 FIT Nav, 7,000
24th Nov. >,000 Pth Dec
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a case of spying, what about that? Many a time I felt like eating the
Your health, Mr. Pistora."
concreía.
"Same to you, sir. Spying, sir. Later on I worked as
4
brick
compared to mine.
Is clothes were magnificent
He stared at me. started to walk past, and then spoke pleasantly.
ok, that ain't in our line. But brass layer, my previous knowledge of The stranger and I were hooks thats Cenek or Pinkus; cop-mosaics helping me some on that per wire, there's only one bloke goes job.
m for that, and his namo's Tousek. From town to town I wandered, And if it's lead piping It's bound for about four years at hard labour to be Hanousek, Buchta, or Slesin- most of the time.
Boon
chatting. Never before had I heard of boxing.
I was to hear much of It from that stranger, who proved to be Paul Journes, famous French heavy-weight boxer. Fortune trumpeted in my ears as listened to the veteran fighter on was the lonely road that summer day.
ger Yes, sir, all that's a dead cert. Yet i could scarcely earn enough
And safe-breakers we got in buy sufficient food.
for us.
BJ. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for them taped from all over the coun- 1st and 2nd class passengers.
Only necessity put a curb on my | try. There's-hie-there's twenty appetite, and perhaps that
seven of 'em, but ex are in quod,"
For when I could afford it ¡well. "Serve 'em right," declared the did eat too much and I put on fat colonel, blood-thirsilly.
"Me. Pisquickly. lora, drink up."
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South,
1992.
NELLORE TANDA NANKIN NELLORE TANDA
7,000 7,000
3rd Nov. 2nd Dec.
7,000 7,000
3rd Feb. 3rd Mar
"Thanks very much, str," said Mr. Pistora, "but I ain't much of
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7,000 30th Dec. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney & drinker. Well, here's my best res-
Melbourne.
Them there-hic-them peris, sir. there crooks, they ain't what you'di call intelligent, sir. Each of 'em's just got one little stunt, like, and
Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan he keeps to it fill we collars him and Hong Kong to Australia.
Hong Kong to Sydney 19 days.
Frequent connections from Austrails with the following:-
again. Like that chap Andrlik: Ala, he says, as soon as ever he'd
The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Newslapped eyes on me, that's Mr. Pis- Zealand,
Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & G. Branch Service of steamere to London vis Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton London via Panama Canal.
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TILAWA
NELLORE SANTHIA COMORIN SOMALI
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RANCHI
BANGALORE
CARTHAGE NALDERN CORFU
RANPURA SOUDAN RAWALPINDI
1931.
6,100 7th Oct. 17,000
8th Oct. 10,000 6th Oct. 7,000 12th Oct. 8,000 2011 Oct. 15,000 20th Oct.
6,900
Jet Nov. 15.000
3rd Nov. 17,000 12th Nov,
170h 0.000 20th Nov. 15,000 1st Dec. 10,000 16th Dec. 16,000 29th Dec.
1934. 17,000 12th Jan.. 6,900 24th Jan. 17,000 26th Jan.
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tora about that there pantry, dír.. {Pastora, it ain't worth while; all #j found in that bor was some picces and of paper. I had to hop it before I could collar anything. You come along with me, I says to him. You'll Arsenal get at least a year for this, you Birmingham damn fool."
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"A year's imprisonment," remark-Huddersfield ed Colonel Hampl compassionately. Liverpool "Isn't that rather a lot?"
6 Middlesboro' 4 Leeds
0 Tottenham 6 Sheffield U. $ Everton
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air," and Mr. Pistora showed his Wednesday "Why, that's burglarious entry, Portsmouth
tooth. "Well, much obliged to you, Stoke sir. I've got to see about a shop-Sunderland front, now. It's either Klocka or W. Bromwich: 5 Derby
Rudi.
“By the way,” said the colonel, "If]
2 Leicester
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Bradford | you-h'm-for this little job--what
Brentford I mean to say, those pieces of paper weren't anything special, but I'd be Burnley sorry to lose them, do you
800 Bury Well, supposing you just took this for the job," he said hastily, and thrust a Afty-crown note' into Mr. Pistora's hand.
Grimsby Lincoln Miliwall ¡Notts C. Mr. Pistora became quite solemn
Oldhani Preston with surprise and emotion. There wasn't any need for that," he said, Swansga
THIRD
| rapidly slipping his hand, with the|
banknote Into his pocket."
"That' wasn't anything. Well, much oblig. Brighton
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"go I gave him fifty, crowns,” said Crystal P.
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Twenty would have been enough for a booby of that. buy The colonel wave hand magnanimously was 'found those
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