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151 Mar.
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..Bangkok
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...Krelang
7 m. int Mar
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.Bangkok
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& Tsingtao
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, Japan
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"TAIPING"
..Sydney & Melbourne Sydney & Melbourne
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..Australia &
Manila
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1951.
the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
ZOO'S WHO
HOMING PIGEONS
BLACK BEARS, AFTER A WINTENS SLEEP, COME OUT OF THEIR DENS AS FAT AS WHEN THEY WENT IN...ANDARE
IN NO HURRY TO
BEGIN EATING.
HAVE BEEN USED IN WARS FOR MORE THÂN 2,000 YEARS.
DOGS OF WAL AREN'T JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH...SEVERALTHOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, DOGS CLAD IN ARMOR FOUGHT VALIANTLY IN BATTLE ALONG
SIDE THEIR MASTERS....
How Honest Are You? P&O B.I. E&A
HERE
ERE is a personal quiz school examination if you had
to help you find out the chance?
your rating as an honest and 0. If your school report strictly reliable up and showed a disappointing grading
would you invent aa.cxcus coming citizen. Because no- which you knew wasn't tho body need know the score real explanation? except yourself, don't be
7. Would
you trade off an afraid to lay the correct
article which you knew had a answers on the line. Check serious defect while giving the the questions to which you impression you thought it was can honestly answer "yes," in perfect shape?
8. IS you knew who had 1. If you accidentally broke braken
à school window and n window while no one was you were asked by the teacher around, would you own up to. If you knew, would you admit you could give the name of the ask not to be purse culprit but A sum of pressed to do so? money would you try to and... Would you pretend not to
It?
2. If containing
you found B large
the owner?
hear for a while when called
3. If a 'store clerk gave you in from outside if you wished too much change would you to have Illtle extra time at a hand it back?
4. Would you knock a year or two off your age to qualify yourself for a cheaper admis- sion ticket to a show?
Grass Good Friend and Ally
25th Mar. EVERY
Scheduled Bailings to Europe via Aden & Port Said
**CLYTONEUS"
"ASTYANAX"
"PELEUS"
"CALCHAS" "AGAPENOR"
.. Casoblanca, Dublin
28th Feb.
& Liverpool
Buoy A7
Genoa, Londen & Holland
4th Mar.
7th Mar.
25th Mar.
26th Mar..
Marocilles, Liverpool
& Cinsgow
Dublin & Liverpool
.Genon, London,
Holland & Humburg
Scheduled Sallinge from Europe
8. "CALCIAS"
G. "ANCHISEB"
8. "AGAPENOR"
G. "PATROCLUB"
8. "AENEAS".
S. "AUTOMEDON"
G. "PERSEUS"
Saita
Liverpool
21st Jan.
28th Jan,
21st Feb.
"PROMETHEUS" 17th Feb.
G. "BELLEROPHON" 28th Feb..
Bails
Rotterdam
Arrives
Lonr font
autumn
farmera
and gardeners will plant and replant grass seed. They
By Dan Murdoch
spade up the soll, spreading the soll together and keep
the seed, water it, feed it with special chemicals. All winter long, the seed well walt, soak. Ing up the water of the snows In the spring. tiny green shoots will poke up above the arth -the beginning of a low or a meudow.
is such
ing water from washing away good earth. We plant certain grasses purposely on beaches and wastelands, to hold the shifting sand dunes.
For sports, 100, grass is nice to look at and easy to walk or simple, ride on. So we use it as ground Grass
for many everyday
games--golf, thing in our lives, cover
polo, croquet, and so We walk on it and play football,
#
all the time. We don't realise on. And It's perfect, of course, what an important thing
It
for picnics!
really is. There are "plant ex-
plorers" who keep hunting the world over for now
world
#trans.
kinds of
game?
10. Have you answered all theso questions
absolutely honestly?
5. Would you сору from Now for your seare Ques- another student's paper on a tions 1, 2, 3, 8 and 10 should have been answered YES. Ques- tions 4, 6, 6, 7 and 9 should have been answered NO. And, believe it or not, if you can score over six correct answers you are above average so far as your standard of honesty is concerned. But remember, as a even medicines-all can
rule, many honest people have made out of certain grasses. dishonest traits, which is quite So you see our plain, or surprising because there is no dinary grass is more important quality in a person more re- than It looks.
It's a hard apected. So to gain "honours" worker, and surrounds us with on the test your score should beauty too.
be for more.
bo
Knarf Went Roller Skating
--And He Had a Remarkable Adventure
By MAX TRELL
KNARF
the. shadow-boy
with the turned-about name, was
gone all afternoon.
E even eat grass ourselves, When he returned to the house
Scientists keep exper- WE
menting with it all she tige
and use it for furniture! his sister Hanid, who had been
to improve it and to and new Cern, wheat, rice, cats, barley, wondering where he was, aak-
use for it. They all agree that hay.
boo these
28th Feb.
4th Feb.
13 Feb.
17th Feb.
4th Mar.
13th Mar.
17th Mar,
4th Mar. 11th Mar. 18th Mar. 3rd Apr. 28th Mar.
4th Apr. 4th Apr. 15th Apr.
25th Apr.
2nd May
ww
over
S. "MARON" .... 21st Mar.
G. "MYRMIDON"
28th Mar,
G. Loading Glasgow before Liverpool.
B. Loading Swansea before Liverpool.
Unscheduled.
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Arriving via MANILA from U.S. PACIFIC & ATLANTIC COAST PORTS.
"BATAAN"
19th May.
·
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"ANDAMAN" "BATAAN"
4th Mar 7th Apr.
Lathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Itoute
HK/Bangkok/Singapore
HK/Saigon/Singapore
HK/Manila/B.N..Borneo
HK/Mantin
Departs Hongkong
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(DC-4)
(DC4)
Noon
(DC-3) (DC-3)
.4.30 am.
to Hangoon)
Wed. Mon. Wed. 10.00 m.
4.10 p.m. Thurs;
4.00 pm Tues.
1.18 pm, Thurs.
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đo
do
da
do
do
SAILING
Liverpool & Rotterdam
Liverpool, Gizzow, Dublin, & Rotierdam.
London, Antwerp, Botterdam
W. R. LOXLEY
York Ballding,
Hall
DUE
In Port
on or abt. 15th Mar,
26th Mar,
tud Apr.
18th Apr, 7th Biay
Loading on or abt,
18th Mar,
8th Apri 12th May
Port-Baden, Aden ä fués.
kinds of grass,
I
you've had an adventure," she said. "You
look as if you've
an adventure."
From Knart smiled and nodded. "I
215
we
with had an
did
stems
have one." he said,
clover, sugar cane, bamed him to tell her. "I'm sure
pre Just special Js the most important plant-family we have. It's (21-
provides also tainly one of the largest--there
more than 4,000 different considerable equipment. are
sugarcane and bamboo, xinds of
gross! Grass is
the long, jointed for turn so important,
into canes, fishing-rods, pipes, one thing. because it's one of the toughest, strongest living and chairs. In tropical lands out with my roller skates."
get people
food, It grows all especially,
polar clothing and shelter from bam world--in
boo and other far beyond the point regions
grass-plants. Mats, ropes, baskets, paper, and where any other plant can live, and around water-holes in the hottest, barest deserts.
things in nature.
the
OR another
FOR
our good
is
thing, grass frlend
and ally. In one form or another, it caten by millions of animals, Half the land in the United States, for instance, is used for
pasturing ferm grazing and animals. In-South-America are..... Immense grassland mendowa, called "pampas" where huge_ herds of horses and cattle are raised.
Without
the grass, WC wouldn't have the food, the clothing, the thousands of use- get from
fut objects animals.
The long, tough roots of the grass go deep and wide, hold-
WITHOUT GRASG TO HOLD THE BOIL TOGETHER, WATER,
WOULD WASH THE GOOD
BARTH AWAY
Matchbox Sketch Aid
I of every
By VIOLET M. ROBERTS
ва
12-9
"It all happened when I went Hanid demanded to know at So, about Knarts adventure. after
making himself comfort- able at Hand's side, he finally
Knarf put on his roller skates. began.
was quite early in
ful skates, right in front of me. morning, right after breakfast, you
the I took a good look at thern. Hanid. I looked
know what they were out of the window and saw that it was
like? beautiful day, clear and cool.
"No." said Hanid. "What Thou
Were they like?" and there I decided 10
"They were exactly like two put on my roller skates, and go for a ride. I could hear the
tiny jeepal" "Jeeps,
Knart? Did you say other children shouting and laughing. I knew they
Jeeps? Automobiles?"
That's
right.
WETE
on their roller skatea, too. With
were
And they
no bigger than roller
the whole crowd of us skating, skateal I strapped them on at
I was sure that we would mil have a wonderful-time
י
once.
one
my
Then I pressed a little button wilk Roller Skatos
and the motors started up. "So-out-I-went-with-my Away I went! I was standing roller skates in my hand. And up in two little moving jeepst when I got outside, I sat down The children at the end of the on the back steps to strap them street saw me coming. They on my shoes. Well, just y I couldn't understand Irow was strapping them on, sud could be skating without mov- denly I noticed that the wheels ing my feet. But I shot on both skates
them. I went up hills. ates were broken." My goodness What 0 when anyone got in my way, I
past
And
shame!" Hanid exclaimed, just pressed another button
"What did you do, Knart"
"At
with my toes and the hors first I didn't know what went peep-peep, peep-peep. to do. You can imagine how disappointed I was! And down
the
street children зусте
the rest of the
wishes he could draw, take picture to be. Lightly draw on the hill, without
you wish your Inishỏd "And thero' he wasg coming up
event
were
Wanted Thom
"They isughing and
roller motor But then a wonderful skates!" Knarf continued. “Oh, playing. thing happened! I happened to how wonderful they were! How children wanted see our friend Mr Merlin the all the other F you doubt, that one out the paper the same shape as the Magician. It was a very strange to have themi How I wanted
four people box cover opening, and as large thing. He had roller skates on, to have them myself!"
"But where are they?" Hanid corresponding his feel! The skates seemed to asked eagerly, "I'd like to see Knari! I'd like to take a of your friends got together. to the strings on the box.
In them! Motor roller Why by themselvest
exclaimed Hanid, skates oh my!" You'll probably be able to.
"that's the most wonderful thing Kaart was silent for a mo- organise a sketching class
you wish to I ever heard of! What made ment. "I haven't got them any right on the apot, and your ACE the scene.
draw and hold the box close don't know.
807
more, "he said sadly. "All at teacher will be a safety to one squinted
I mean,
R$ Σ 1 once, just eye, the other didn't know. Just then. But
was coming a home for lunch, I tripped and matchbox cover.
eye closed. The open end of the
Lew minutes inter I found out fell. When box should be nearer your eye;
I got up on my
a poll the next time a dozen the guide lines,
ple as it is interesting.
penny matchbox cover
MATCH BOX
THREADS
and
be
them
this feet in the log and winking, and wear
Matchbox sketching is as in the threaded end away, from 11. You see, I shouted to Mr Mer- feet again, the skates were
Take a Look through the box at the lln, and he came rolling right gone.
I Just had my old the garden path, brolten
skates. And going sceno and sketch what you see over." up
sections on around all the curves, and stin down the street, without more in one of the four
of cast.
without moving.
his feet, was Mr Merin, the corresponding section
"What? he said. Aren't your paper.
with the ing the going skaling
wonderful roller Then proceed to the next you
Then I explained to skates!" quarter section and so on untill others?" four sections are filled in broken.
him that my skates were And Knart sighed because he One advantage of this method I think you'll like them.
Take mine, he said. didn't have them any more.
And Hanld-she sighed, too,! that it enables you to draw only
"The next instant he vanish because she couldn't even hope ane-fourth of your picture at a
cd, but there were his wonder to see them! time,
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