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SAILINGS TO
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Singapore. Djakarta, Semarang & Sourabay Yokohama
Kobc
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Osaka, Nagoya
& Yokohama Tuky u.
5 p. 15th Dec.
3 pm 7 Des
p.m. 18th De
$ p.m. 18th Dece
Yokohama,
Nagoya, Osaka & Kobe
5 p. 19th Dec
Tientsin
Ker}ung
Bankkoh
Theatr
Kertany
Singapore. Djakorta & Sourabaya
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ARRIVALS FROM Djakarta & Bintan Bangkok
5 p.m. 218 Dec.
Noon 22nd Dec "
10 am. 25th Dec
10 am 2811 Dec
Noon 29th Dec
5 p.m. 31st Dec Salls from Custodian Wharf
pu 17th M... pa 17th D
Djakert,
Binta:: &
Singapore
4
Trends.
"SHENGKING' "SOOCHOW"
Kerlung Ko
1701 De 18th Dec 7m 20th De
21/22nd Dec.
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1951.
SUGGESTIONS FOR PARTY GAMES
HOW GOOD A DETECTIVE PO B.I. E&A
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"ARE YOU?·
What was the forger's completed
OW for a little
Pages 23 and 24 were, problem in crime de- therefore, either side of one mistake? tection-the sort of and the same leaf. So the riddle
old butler lied when he said he your Criends might have
to placed the note between tackle.
pages 28 and 24.
on
A man left a £5 note
Later it bad his desk. vanished.
In the interval two people only had access to the note-his butler and
his housemaid.
saw
The maid told him: "I the note, and, for up and safety, folded it placed it under the red book cat you desk." The man boked under the book, but there was no £5 note.
The butler next told him: "Yes, sir. I found the note under the red book, and thinking it might get lost, placed it inside the book between pages 23 and 24." The man opened the book, but the note was still miss ing.
SAILINGS TO
"TAIPING"
Sydney &
Melbourne
“ANSHUND
& LYTTELTON VIA JAPAN
"CHANGTE"
28th Dec
17th Jau. 25th Jan
ARRIVALS FROM
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· ("HANGTE"
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26th Dec.
21st Ja
the
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PROBLEM:
Who
stole
•
•
ANSWER: Before # monarth can be designated the First, a second of the same name must reign. For example, Queen Victoria is Victoria the not known as ROUGH LOOKING First.
A genuine coin of man rang the front- the time of George the First door bell of
the home of would, therefore, be in- famous collector of scribed simply George, etc. antiques.
A
"Can I see the guv'nor?" he asked the servant answered the door.
"What's your business" replied the maid.
#Lik "Well," "I've got something here that will interest him. found it yesterday when was On job.
& down
the man,
you can get this simple little sum cor-
who
SEE if
reet
£
મ
A king
A leather worker
I
1
A boy's name
pulling
Another boy's
name
Four officers
the law A pig
of
one of them old houses, you know."
A few minutes later the man was showing the
col- lector a coin.
"Yes, sir," he said, "I found it in the foundations
Symbol of a king
Total
(Sovereign)
5 note? And what of one of them old houses evidence Was there of genuine George the First, SOLUTION: guilt?
ain't it? Look! All these Latin words, and there, see, A king clear as the nose in me face-George I. What'll you give me for it, sir?"
"Nothing at all," said the antiquary, "this is સ for- gery, my man, and not very clever one at that."
SOLUTION: The butler stole the note. The evidence against him was that the pages of books are normally numbered with the numbers on the left and the odd numbers on the right- hand page.
Juliand & Hamburg
VB Marke
"ASCANIUS“
Dubin & Liverpool
21st De 24th De
PERSEUS'
Marseille, Liverpool & Canspow
6th Jan
716 Jun
Buils Liverpool
Sails Rotterdam
Arrives
Hong kong
A
"AGAPENOR"
Sader
16th Dec.
PERSEUS"
TAU
Suled
19th De
N. "AUTOME DON'
si
25th Dec
G. MYRMIDON'
5th Jan.
S "ATREUS.
11th Jan.
G. "PYKEHUS"
12th De
178 les
17th Jan.
"BELLEROPHON
! 1
22nd Jan
#
"CYCLOPS"
25th De
S. "ANTILOUDUS”
51 Jan
G. Landing Glasgo» riore Liverpool,
S. Loading Swanse. Before Liverpool Carriers option to proceed via elher ports to
load & dveŋarge cargo.
1st Feb.
10th Feb
DE LA RAMA LINES
ARRIVING via MANILA FROM
US. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS
"BATAAN"
"DONA ALICIA"
even
British Crossword Puzzle
4
15
16
A leather worker
(A lanner)
A boy's name
(Bob)
2. 8.
L
painting
the
Big
hands?
ANSWER: None, Ben has four faces.
ET'S have
another
game. land? This is a
What about Towns of Eng- nice sort of comfortable round the fire game.
It starts with some one saying the name of an English town; the right-hand neighbour must name another town, the first letter of which is the same as the last letter of the name of the
preceding town mentioned. And
so on round the circle.
Any player unable to think of a town after the count of ten loses
Three lives lost life. puts you out of the game. That sounds much easier than 11 really is. For instance,
If A says "Norwich," and B says "Hal- fux" what does poor C dat.......... Loses a fe, I fear. And remember mentioned may again.
AN
·
once
a town not be used
ND this may look tricky, but
it isn't.
What was the Prime Minis- ter's name in 1912?
ANSWER: Winton Churchill.
It has been that since he was borti
£. 8.
J.
1. 1). A.
F 0.
6
1.
0.
write a sentence in AN you
which the word "AND" ap- pears Eve times in succession?
EXAMPLE: The inn-keeper
Another boy's
name (Joey) ..
A
D.
3.
new
Four officers of the
law (4 Coppers) A pig (Guinea) Symbol of a king
(Crown)
Total
0. 01.
1
1. 1. 0
0. 5. 0.
of the Star and Carter had a As he was sim painted.
not satisfied with it, he sent for the sign-writer, and complain- ed: "There's too much space between Star and AND and AND and Garter'."
2. 8. 1. I
ASK a married friend to tell you the year of his birth. Write it down. Be- neath that the year of his marriage. Then the number of years he has been mar- ried, and lastly, his pre- sent age.
You will find the answer
was in the country not long ago and saw a number of swans swimming on # lake. There were two awans in troot of a swan, two swans behind a swan, and one swan in the mid-
How many swans do you think I saw altogether?
ANSWER: Three swans, swimming in single file.
die.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CROSSWORD SOLUTION
19
12
1.3
14
15
16
117 118
120
19
121
23rd Dec.
is 3876.
8th Jan.
22
EXAMPLE:-
LO
Born
1908
ET
123
24
Married
1929
20th Dec.
Been married
9
Age
90
25
26
3876
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ACROSS
Combat (6)
4 Confuse (5)
7 Vegetable (6)
8 Jelly (5)
10 Egress (4)
12 Much liked (7)
15 Part of a staircase (5)
16 Weary (4)
17 Responsibility (4)
10 Beneft (5)
20 Put back (7)
23 Condition (5)
24 Motto (8)
21 Coagulate (4)
25 Joyous (5)
26 Extreme dislike (B)
DOWN
1 Unmarried man (9)
2 End of the line (8)
3 Plunder (4)
5 Tyrannical (8)
& Linger (5)
#
Dig (5)
11 Legator (0)
12 Facial hair (5)
13 Countryman (8)
14 Fated (8)
18 Snuggle (8)
22 Insect ($)
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Across: 3 Scatters, & Pluice,
9 Admonish, 11 Discreet, 12 Tom. 18 Tepor, 18 Tunes, 19 Chin. 22 Militant, 24 Revealed, 25 Settle, 26 Harmless. Down: 1 Spade.
2 Harsh, 3 Scarlet, 4 Cede, 5 Trot, 8 Exiled, 7 Scheme, 10 Melon, 14 Pupil, 15 Resides, 16 Scorch, 17 Silver, 20 Party, 21 Utter, 22 Mail, 23 Less.
If the solution does not
come to 3876 some one is not telling the truth! Woman, thy vanity!
name
is
WHAT about this one? Do
you know it?
A man was employed to paint the hands of Big Ben. He was given 16 lbs. of paint for the job. He found that the large hand re- quired 3 lbs. and the small hand 1 lb. of paint. How much paint had he left when. he had
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