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3 pm. 20th Aug."
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10 am. 20th Aug,
8 UJT,
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the
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1953.
BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
NAME BINGO STAMP OF
1.Cut 30 pieces of paper like this....
1 1IN.
Jane
BIN, menanam WRITE GIRLS NAMES ON BE SLIPS AND BOYS NAMES ON IS 2.Make a card for each
THE WEEK ZOO'S WHO
IT'S an odd thing, but!
country nearly every makes a bigger fuss about its stamps than Britain does.
Take, for instance, the Saar, o of borderland. between strip
player from thin CARDBOARD France and Germany which is
3.WRITE
Mary Jane John Sally TO BOYS
a
The Bill Mans Ar of Just some for a
Paul Dick Lith Jim
Jach Joe Ang Peter
MUSLIN 2 MICH EDVARES,
NAMES AND JOGIRLS
NAMES IN THE SQUARES (USE RE SAME AMMES ASARECH
THE SUIS)
4. Cut 5 cardboard markers
about 4 of an inch square.
4 p.m. 16th Aug.
3rd Sept.
. 4th Sept.
TO PLAY
• MIRKER
THE LEADER
Said.
PUTS THE SLIPS
Loads
"AUTOLYCUS"
PLAOMEPON"
Liverpool Genoa,
& Dublin 23rd Aug. London, Rotterdam, Amsterdam & Hamburg
Baila 240 Aug
IN A BOX... THEN
23rd Aug.
25th Aug.
Marseilles, Liverpool & Glasgow
5th Sept.
13th Sept.
6th Sept. 14th Sept. 24th Sept.
Arrives
"PERSEUS“
"CLYTONEUS" "ASTYANAX"
Liverpool & Glasgow
Liverpool & Dublin 23rd Sept.
Scheduled Sallings from Europe
S. "CLYTONEUS"
عالمة
Balls Hotterdam
Liverpool
Salled
G: "ASTYANAX"
do
do
do
do
13th Aug.
18th Aug.
24th Aug.
3rd Sept.
7th Sept.
S. "AENEAS
G. "FYRRHUS"
S. "ASCANIUS"
G. "AGAPENOR"
B. "CALCHAS“
G. "PELLUS'
13th Sept.
Hour Konr
24th Aug.
29th Aug.
di Bepi. 13th Sept. 22nd Sept, 24th Sept. Bth Oct,
14th Cel.
41. Læsding tilasgow, hrbare Liverpool S. Loading Swansea, before Liverpool, Carriery option rasproceed via other party to load & discharge cargo,
ERE
DRAWS CHE NAME AT A
tled to Paris economically, but lean towards Bono in political thought and aspiration.
Littleto Now the Saar has boast about in the general run of its stomps. They
well-designed particularly
SAAR
aro
not
or
nnl their brilliantly printed, subjects consist largely, of in-
TIME AND CALLS IT ALOUD.dustrial scores the land is rich
EACH PLAYER COVERS THE NAME IFITIS ON HIS CARD. THE FIRST TO COVERSNAMES IN A ROW WINS!
in coal and iron.
But now
comes
something novel-a giant stamp issued to conmemorate Stamp Day.
A couple of old-time mail conch drivers pose in picturesque uniform. Apparently this is to be un annual issue and I'm look- ing forward to Stomp Day next year.
The giant is face-valued. 15 franes and perforated 13. costa 7d. in London,
J.A.A,
DE LA RAMA LINES Captain Silas "Spins A Yarn"
ARRIVING FROM US. ATLANTIC &
PACIFIC COAST PORTS.
"DONA AURORA”
"DONA ALICIA”
"BATAAN"
"TELEMACHUS“
"DONA NATI“
Salls NY.
Sailed
Nallo S.F. Salled
Afr. H.K.
- do.
- Jo -
16th ABE.
17th Sept.
Tech Anz. 20th Aug. 14th Sept. 16th Oct,
26th Aug.
. do.
10th Sept.
2nd Nov, 31st Nov.
SAILING for NEW YORK, via SAN FRANCISCO,
"HAINAN"
LOS ANGELES & CRISTOBAL.
***AGAMEMNON”
Loads
138) Aug.
5th Sept.
Sally
20th Ave.
6 Sept.
Accept curga for Kiepson and to Central & South American por's im through bills of lading.
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➡He Says He Saved a Mother Whale and Her Baby—
By MAX TRELL
APTAIN Silgs lived in a little
CAPTAIN blved all over
looking the sea. It was there that Knart and Honid: the shadow-children with
the turned-about names, went 10 visit him.
It was a wonderful old house. The windows were round, like the portholes on a ship. There was a big brass bell hanging in front of the door. Inside the house there was a ship's helm or steering wheel, an old compass, several-flags of different nations, a great iron whaling pot and two harpoons fixed criss-cross on the wall.
Whale-Boat Skipper
From the ship's crow's nest, Silas watched out for whales.
loud as
"THE WORLD'S OLDEST HUOWN FOOTPRINT, FOUND IN
THE DEVONIAN SANDSTONE OF PENNA, IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 350 MILLION YEARS OLD...
ARE VERY FOND OF HONEY BUT THEY WILL NOT RAID A BEE NEST EXCEPT
DURING THE CHILLY HOURS
OF DAWN
WHEN THE
BEES ARE
·COLD AND
INACTIVE...
MOST FROGS
CAN SURVIVE
THE ORDEAL.
OF BEING FROZEN IN A CAKEOF ICE.
A How-It-Began Story by Leo Preistløys
Thank The Spanish For Vanilla
FERNANDO CORTEZ,
Hwith the small group of his Spanish, soldiers, tried to be nonchalant. But it was hard to keep his eyes from straying hard to keep his mouth from fall- ing agape with wonder.
All about them were the bar- barte splendours of the Aziec court. On his throne, blazing with precious ornaments, Montezuma,
Emperor of Mexico, received tribute from his people, Silver and gold, Jade and emeralds were laid at Baskets the great one's feet.
of fruit and game and fish, cooled with snow from faraway mountains, had been brought by fleet runners. Woven cloaks of silky.
cotton, feather head- dresses, flowers of
In the other basket wero a' fow handfuls of a small brown pott.
the Azties made of the cocoa bean, Jungle, jewel-winged butter- but now they red it with the flies... the precious tributes addition of the sweet scented- flashed and gleamed with exotic vanilla and wild honey, No won
colour,
Two Baskets
der the Aztecs had offered the vanilia to the Emperor as a pre- "alous tribule! The fragrant beans
made chocolato irresistible.
Then the Spanish soldiers sow.
So vanilla, was introduced into that one envoy brought only two Spain and its use spread rapidly small baskets. in one basket over all Europe, Today it is the For Captain Silas was an old off. Then you shouted down as were heaps of brown-purple world's favourable flavour, and whole-boat skipper.
you could: There she fruits that they recognised as combined with chocolate, anotar
the cocoa bean from which gift of the Aztecs, makes most of" | "Come in, my hearties!" he blows!' welcomed Knarf
darke bitter the world's candies and confes "Whales," continued Captain Aztecs made the when they rang the big brass
chocolate that they prized as bell in front of the door. "I'm Silus, "are curious creatures.oth food and drink. In the flops.
They're bigger than the biggest ather basket were a few hand-
And elephants.
they're not
und
mighty glad to see you."
Hanid
the
ta
the
as the
face of
Emperor lightened into a smile anal basket, was placed at his
So when you say "Make mide
be grateful to the
As soon as. Knarf and Hanid really fish at all, even though, fuls of a small brown pod look-vill were inside the house, Captain they swim in the water. They're ng something like dried graden Aztecs, and Hernando Cortez..
animais,
Vegetables. like frogs Sitas gave them both some sea swimming biscuits.
The Then he said: "How and turties. They have to come would you like me to 'spila you to top of the water
breathe. And when they come a yarn?"
to the top of the water,
their breath. Now that was. Captain Silas blow out
They could seem
so precious to the so hard man who had all the wealth of way of saying, "How would you blow out so fast and like me to tell you a story?" So that their breath is like steam the New World piled before
is on
cold him. Knart and Hand answered at like our breath once that they wanted him to winter's day.
spin them a yarn (or tell them a story) right away. So without
further delay Captain Silas lit his corncob pipe and began this
way:
Mother and Baby
they Lect Corter wondered what Play a Game Of
"Well, one day I was standing in
the crow's next when
Current Events
"
The Spaniard stopped a hurry- | PRING up that stack of ang noble. "What 19 137" He wakes D magazines and newspapers in halting words, gesturing to- from the basement for material wands the mall brown basket, to play this game.
When the noble understood, the
Cut out cartoons and photo- amiled and made a gesture of graphs which illustrate well- drinking "Vanills. chocolate,” Inowr events in local and the sald in his own fangue.
fordgn affairs during the past six months.
"I was a small ind when I
Most of the suddenly spied a whale blowing first went to ron, thips were sailing ships with out its breath far ahead... I was about to thout out, when all at great tall masts as high as tree, and with white sails like once I saw another whale blow- ing out its breath right next to the wings of enormous birds,
the drst whale. The
first flo whale's breath was big.
The second whale's breath was thin and small.
Had To Tie Knots
"A sailor' lad in those days had to know how to tie kad's. He had to know the names of all "And then I saw that it was a the sails, and also the names of mother whale and its baby, both all the ropes that were tied to swimming side by side. It was sails, and which lifted the Balls as pretty a sight as I ever saw. ep or down. But above all, ha And than I thought, if I call out had to be able to climb up into There they blow! both whales the crow's nest and stand there." will be harpooned and killed.
So I didn't know what to do." "What was the crow's nest
"And what did -you do, Knart asked.
Captain Sins?" naked Hanid.
"A fortunate thing happened.
* Captain Sila's smiled.) A crow's nest, was 'a xhall, box- like platform at the top of the The mother whale spied the highest most. When you stood ship and she and her baby both up. in it you could.seo farther dived deep down to the bottom of the ocean. And there they than anyone else or the ship.",
stayed until the ship passed, "Why did anyone have to You, can't imagine how glad I stand in it?" asked Hantu. wast I had saved their lives!"
To walchfor different And Captain Bilna smiled and thing" said Captain Silas smoked his pipe. For though all "You watched for other ships, this had happened: long, long so as to be sure not to hit them. ago, he still fell happy about "I hope," ha And it you were on, a whaling the two whales, ship as I was, you watched for sak, "they're still blowing some whales. From the crow's nest where In the ocean, safe and you could see the whales. fár sound”
"Ventila.. chocolate," Cortez peate "And plainly, it is good eat. Hmmm.... perhaps, had better gather side of the la scans to take back Spada with 25"
I
to
The Spaniards had not likes the darkt bitter - brew that the
After the material 19 08- xmbled, cut off the titles and puste each, Illustration on a card. Number each entry.. Pin up, in plain view on the wall. Give a prize to the person making the most correct identifications.
Rupert and the Pepper-Rose-
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