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"FUNING" "ANSHUN” "FENGTIEN"
"FENGTIEN"
"PAKHOI"
BUTTERFIELD and SWIRE.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
SAILINGS TO
Bangkok
Singapore & Perang ,,Djakaria, Scmatung Sourabaya & Maentzar
'ARRIVALS FROM
.Kobo
Shanghai
Ban, Nov, 10. 10th Nov,
B am. 12th Nov.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, › NOVEMBER 1950.
י
the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
Ever Been A
Gone Coon?
8th Nov. MORE than
0,01.
9th Nov,
A.O, LINE LTD./C.N. CO., LTD., JOINT SERVICE
"TAIPING"
"TAIPING">
SAILINGS TO
Sydney
...Kobo
21st Nov.
10th Nov.
ARRIVALS FROM
BLUE FUNNEL LINE ·
Scheduled Ballings to Europe via Allen & Port Said
"ATREUS"
"MENTOR"
"PATROCLUS”
Liverpool & Glasgow "BELLEROPHON"Liverpool & Dublin
....Genoa, London Rotter- dam, Amsterdam, Ant- werp
Homburg 23rd Nov. „Marseilles, Liverpool & Glasgow
5th Dee,
Load 13th Nov, 23rd Nov.
*lly. 14th Nov. 24th Nov.
20th Nov.
0th Dec, 14th Dec.
"ANTILOCIIUS" Liverpool & Glasgow 13th Dec,
Scheduled Sallings from Lurope
S. "MENTOR”.
Salts
BAI).
Liverpool
. Rotterdam
Saleu
da
Salled
E. "ANTILOCHUS"
(10
3rd Nov.
7th Nov.
13th Nov,
18th Nov. 24th Nov.
G. "PATROCLUB”
G. "CYCLOPS"
H.
"AUTOLYCUS"
G. "PERSEUS"
8. "ANCIUSES"
G. “CLYTONEUS"
Arrives Honr Konk 10th Nov. 17th Nov. 24th Nov, 30th Nov. 8th Dec. 14th Dec.
23rd Dec.
29th Dec,
G. Loafing Glasgow, before Liverpool, S. Loading swabies, before Liverpool Carriers option to proceed via oiker porta to land a discharge cargo.
a cerury has pasrod se the celebrated English kraveller, Copt. Frederick Marryatt, uncovered a curious Expression on America's Westra frontier. Whenever a hunter er a tropper met up with reme bad luck, he would burst out, "Well, I'm a gone 'coon!"
Inquiring za to the phrase's origin, Martynti was Holf It was linked up With a certain Army officer. Capt. Martin Scott had acquirod such a reputation et a 'dead shot that it came even the nnials of the weerls were aware of it.
The story went that, on a cer- Scott tain morning, Captain walked out into the forest to get a le meat for his slow-pot. He had not gone far before he spled a raccoon in the upper branches of a high tree.
Just as he brought his rifle lo his shoulder, the 'coon, much to the Captain's surprise, held up Ha porn.
It wanted a word with the hunter.
"I beg your pardon, mister,” said the animal, "but may 1 ak If your nome la Scott?" "Plud's it," replied. tain
"Not Martin
the C:p-
Scot:7" inquired
the raccoon most politely.
"The very same!" answered the
DE LA RAMA LINES Captai
A
ARRIVING FROM U.S. ATLANTIC &
PACIFIC COAST PORTS.
www.do
Bails N.Y.
"DONA NATI"
Balled
Bala 8.F. Salled
Arr. H.K.
"BENARES"
do
ath Nay. 14th Nov.
"AJAX"
- do
"HAINAN"
15th Nov.
4th Dec. 14th Dro.
"AGAMEMNON"
101 Nov.
2nd Dec. 31st Dec.
- do -
SAILING for NEW YORK, vla SAN FRANCISCO,
LOS ANGELES & CRISTOBAL.
"TELEMACHUS“
"DONA NATI"
"BENARES**
Loads
Salle
19th Nov.
20th Nov.
4th Dec,
5th Dec,
19th Dec.
20th Dec.
Accept cargo for Kingston and to Central & South American ports on
through bilia of lading.
Tathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Route
Depart Hongkong
HK/Tangkok/Shuape (DC-4) 7:00 am. Tute. Fri. Fonnects of Bangkok with U.3.A. on
* HK/Manila/f.N, Borneo (DC-3) 0.30 0.m. Tur Fri.
XR/S4iron/S)BLODOTA *R*-4) 17 00 am, Wed. RK/Bawol/Etalong (1-3) 10.00 am, Wed. BK/Bangkok (Hanszoon/
Calcutta
#DC-4) 11 00 8.m. Sat
All the above subject to Alteration
Arrives I.K. (on return) 7.13 a.m. Wed Bal
Tuesdays for RangÆÐNI
3.45 p.m. Wed. Sal. 3.0! 2.1. Thu,
2.45 pin. Thi
4.30 p.m. Sun,
without notice.
for particulars please apply to:-
Butterfield & Swire (Hongkong) Ltd.
• Connaught Rd. Tel: 30331/8
Branch Office: 50 Connaught Rd. West. Tel: 25875.32144,24878
EVERETT LINES
EVERETT ORIENT LINE Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger Hervice to Koren, Japan, Philippines, Indo. China, Siam, Malaya, Rangoon, Calcutta and Chittagong,
"NOREVERETT”
Arrives Spilg
Nov, 26 from Singapore.
Nov. 27 for Kobe & Yokohamn.
"REBEVERETT"
Arrives Solls
Dec. 2 from Manila
عمله
Dec. 3 for Singapore,
Rangoca (Accepting cargo for transhipment Kobe/Pusan and Kobe/Okinawa)
Penang. Calcutta
EVERETT STAR LINE
Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo. China, Slam, Malaya, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf Ports.
"THAI"
Arriven Sails
"LAO
Arrives Sails
Nov. 8 from Manila, Νου. 8 for Singapore & Sandakan,
Nov. 16 from Japan. Nov. 17 for Singapore, Fort Swetten- ham, Mudirao, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Khor ramshalir, Basrah & Bahrein,
"STAR ARCTURUS”
Arrives Nov. 19 from Singapore. Sails
Nov, 20 for Pusan,
Yokohama,
"THAI"
··
Arlives Sails
Nov, 20. from Sandakan.
Nov. 27 for Okinawa,
Yokohama,
Kobe
2
Kobe
&
(Accepílug-cargo for transhipment Kobe/Pusan and Hobe/Okinawa)
EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION S/A
(Incorporated in the republls of Panama
with Limitan, Taktileg Queon's Building, Telephóng 31206, ⠀ Chinese Departmoht: Telophone 28293.
raccoon,
"Oh, in that east" said the
"I may
as well etme down. I know that you have only to pull that pigger and m A gone 'coon?"
Aut so, for some time aßer that, Captain Scott's "gone coon") became a favourite term in the Western pioneer's language.
Mirror
Trick
ZOO'S WHO
THE WOODPECKER.
ATTRACTE ITS MATE
ITS BILL
PUZZLE P&O B.I. E&A
CORNER
Crossword
COMPANIES
14 December
THE KOALA TEAR OF AUSTRALIA EATS THE LEAVES OF THE EUCALYPTUS TREE AND ACQUIRES A BITTER TASTE AND
OPOR, WHICH PROTECTS IT FROM OTHER ANIMALS
ACROSS
1 Short-napped fabric
4 Separates.
Colour
* Unclothed
9 Depend
11 Exist
12 Adam's wife
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N; CO.
PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE
Outwards "CANTON"
Leaves Londva Dae Hongkon
18th October
"CARTHAGE" 12th November
"CONFU"
"CHUSAN"
10th Decembar
18th December
10th November
11th JantzaYS
16th January
Via Bouthampton, Vert Said, Aden, Bombay, Colombo.
* Homewardi
"CANTON"
"CARTHAGE”
Penang
& Singapore
Leaves Hongkong Dut. London
10th November 20th December
17th December
10th January
THE LARGEST
BY DRUMMING WITH . ANIMAL THAT EVER EXISTED ISSTILL ALIVE THE GREAT BLUE WHALE,AVER- AGING 105 FEET IN LENGTH,SURPASS- ES EVEN THE LARGEST DINOSAURS
ON A
HOLLOW TREE...
Mark Books With
Your Own Book-plate
Instead Of Scribbles
M
By JULIA W. WOLFE
of
13 Canvas shelter
15 Greek war god
10 Russian plains
18 Cloyed
10 Manuscripts (ab.)
DOWN
Į Uncommon
2.Upper imb
3 Mix
4-Father and mother
Scoffed
© Worries
Sprites
8 Baseball stick
10 Affirmative reply
14 Group of players
15 Mimica
17 Pinis (ab.)
Coded Message
A simple
been code has substituted for the correct letters in this sentence about
that
AKE
Many people desian book-Pennsylvania. You can solve it a good book-
when you know ingenious devices easily plate, because your plates
often significant of the lastes, Pennsylvania is the first word; books are more apt habits er character of the book
Reppuanxepke, yen
que ch qtkĺkpen ujktvgzp
Here is an experiment with very youthful days jealous muntea.
"make
can
reflection What money" for you.
Place a mirror on a table i front of you so that you look into the mirror, Lay books on each, stile of the mirror so that you can rest another mir- ror on it. The two mirror should be facing each other.
Put Al gold object such as a ring or a bracelet on the Jower muror, Look into this mirror to res if you can see the gold mine of rings or bracelets.
this is
Jumbled Sentence
to be returned if your name owners, and display their names vic is within the covers. In our in a dignified and beautiful
If you go guardians of their books wore known to write, with awkward calligraphy : -
"If this book should chance to roam, Box its curs and send it
home."
A
book-plate indicates pride in the possession of It is a distinction books. and a precaution.
What Do The Animals Say?
-General Tin Translates "Purr," "Moo," and "Grr”—
By MAX TRELL
GENERAL
"G Harld,
TIN
said
the shadow-girl with the turned-about name. to the tin goldier, "can you tell me something?"
hip
The tin soldier, who Was tending by the playroom-door with his mustel over shoulder, replied in a polito voice: "Certainly, ma'am! What do you want me to tell you?"
"I want you to tell me, Hanid. "what cate pay they purr?"
said when
Just Remombered General Tin didn't expcel erything like this kind of ques- tion. So he stared for
quite a long time at the wall in front of him. Then suddenly his face i up and he mücd.
0-20
"I just remembered," said General Tin.
'I just remembered," he said. caid, "she is simply saying:
"You just remembered what want mos gra cats say when they purr?" ask- Hanid looked puzzled for ed Hanle
moment. "Oh, she really means more grass,"
General Tin nodded. "When cats purr, they say purr'haps."
"Purr'haps?"
Secins that the puzzle maker
over art canapkgu. You will see irue.
Generally speaking, it may be said that a book-plate should be fairly simple, rather small, had little trouble making up a sentence about Iran. Can and Indicative in a modest and graceful way of the nature of you straighten him out? the book-lover and his or her books; or be a non-committal distinctive device on a similar scale. Book labels conceived on these lines will suit the average reader's Blbrary.
•
Play On Name
oil the field The field richest existence. in is Iranian single
Anagrams
When you rearrange the first purt of this puzzle so they are by the word given defined secondly, you will have the correct words;
1
FREAK BATS Morning
A play on the owner's name is a great favourite. One young woman we know, whose sur name is MIIS, designed har book-plate by drawing several meal" windmills, with "Ex-Libris" and her name beneath theso quaint mills. Another young girl whose Christian name Daisy drew
long-stemmed daisy and her name ran through the stem of the flower.
ог
a
15
Any collector of old pitchers
Wort could have a Toby jug |
PAST SUE NOON-Automatie
CURES SAI TAN-Refuges RED BALL ANI — Barbed art
Triangle
The puzzle maker has based
into her book-plate. Or, his word triangle.on CAMPERS.
it you love the sea, make ono The second word is дл
of the sea, with a ship at full abbreviation for "cach" third, sail on it.
Another girl, whose Christian name is Iris, probably was led to the calligraphie treatment of a peacock with tall spread, as a book-plate. It makes
4
tinglive pattern designed in this way, unified by that treatment which also prevents a hack- neyed subject (for the peacock is the favourlie bird of many designers) from being too obvious,
"Ex-Libris D. H. C." would be a good design for a book plate for your high school. Leave a long scroll underneath a the initials for the names of of your class. You might play"
on the name of
of the "That's right," said General | school by introducing a rain- Tin. "And sometimes, when she bow - the bow of promise Again General Tin nodded.
says moo, it's because other under which the little ships of Why
da they say purrhaps, cows are crowding too close to useful careers set sail. Know- General Tin?"
her and she says, 'Moo-over"" ledge, literature and art could "Well," answered 'General
And
what do horses
50y
be symbolically indicated al Tin, they say purr'haps be when they go neigh?" Hand the foot of the design. cause they think, Purrhops 11 paid. get a raucer of
cream-purr-
General
"Neigh?" repeated
On Inside Covar
line-blocks
"upper limb"; fourth, "snore"; nith, "get up": and sixth, "expunger." Finish the triangle:
C
نيا
CAMPERS (Solutions: Paro 16)
Lonely island
stamp-a ship
THE
haps I'll catch a mouse-purr- Tin. "That isn't what horses Book-plates are printed in haps somebody will come along say. It you listen earefully various ways, the most usual
THE Queen looks at a full- from pen and scratch my head." Those you'll hear them saying
not being
drawings, Wood-cuts,
rigged ship in one of St. wood- are the things that a cat says reigh, but hay,"
Helena's new Elizabethan stamps. engravings, thographs, and when it purs
This icely Allantie island, etchings are also used, and one 1,200 miles west of Africa, in occasionally sees them
making a strong recovery from In colours. They
the poverty which it suffered pasted upon the inside of the before the war. Among the things designs a space is allowed pur-And its scmpe are picturesque front cover of books. In some it sells are Christmas Lily bulbs. posely for entering the date the and popular.
was first placed in the This one costs 1d. or you can thus recording the buy a set of ton for is. 01.-
J, A. A.
Hanid was just about to ask General Tin how he knew that was what a cat meant when it purred, when she thought of something else.
"I wonder if you could tell me what a
dog says when it growls"
General Once
Tin
more
Want Their Dinner "Hay 1 what horses cat.” said Hami.
"Or
General course," ald Tin, "That's why they call out for it. They want their dinner." "And what about sheep?" acked Hanid. “Sheep go "ba-a,
"book
are usual
Bald library, "It isn't ba-a at all,” stared at the wall for a minute Getteral Tin, "sheep are very growth of the collection.
They
don't
or two. before his face lit up happy creatures. and he replied, "I know that, eay ba-n, they say ha-ha. too, my dear. When n dog They're laughing," growls, ho says 'Gr-r'outo- here i
"A pig goes oluk-cink," said Hanid. "What does he mean?”
"When a pig says oink," said Exactly What Ho Means
General Tin, "he means: I'm Hanid exclaimed In astonish- hoinkry - I'm hontkry. You ment: "He dowi He says gr-t'- 500," General Tin continued, aulahere?"
."overy
animal that can talk "Indeed ho docs,” says Gen- always says something, but you eral Tie "And Uni's exactly have to understand what he whal he means. When you hear means,
a dog grow), you'd better get
"ITOW
do you understand. going so fast, as you can,"
them?" naked Hanid. Hanld thought that General General Thy didn't answer. Tin was certainly right about He just anlod. And in spite of whai dogs said when they the fact that Hanid didn't quite growled, although again she bellove that Tho different wondered how he was able to, animais · meant exaétly what Know this." Then she thought of General Tin rold they meant, something elik
"What does a cow pay when couldn't help agreeing that
il goes moo?”,
he was probably right.
"I suppose.” the mid to her. This time" Gimeral Tin's face, self, "thay must meen Gomo» almost Immediately, thing, slew they wouldn't, malce
The anginde de nit,” #cow goes moo,
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lft
When
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Rupert's Coral Island—5
When he hears that Rupert has made up his mind Mr. Dear gets out a map and finds the chosen place. None of us has ever been to Silverstrand," he says. "It'ia
a very good idea. i hope it is as
nice as your new friend has said.
I only wish I could come with
you." The preparations for the holiday and the packing cause some bustle and excitement, bol after a day or two it is done, and- then, Mr. Dear takes Rupert, and hia 'mummy to Nutwood station with their luggage and buys the tickets for them.***.
ALL AÇÕUTA, AESENVED.
"CORFU"
“CHUBAN"
2001 January
17th January
18th February
1st March
Accepting cargo for Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Hombay,
Homewards "SOMALI”
Aden, Port Said & London
FREIGHT SERVICE
Salla
For
15th November Singapore, Penang. Part
Swettenham, Colombo. Aden, Port Sald, Cenon, Marsailles, Havre, Lon dan. Antwerp, Rotter Gam & Hamburg
With liberty to call at Belawan before or after Straits Forts and at Bombay if inducement ofera,
avaliable for СЛЕСО
of oil in Bulk.
Tanks Space for refrigerated cargo.
accommodation.
Limited Passenger
BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.
due B Nov. from Japan sails Nov. for Singapore, Rangoon,
Chittagong & Calcitta due 10th Nov. from Calculte, tangoon & Straila xails 17th Nov, tar Japan de 21st Nov. from Japan salls 22nd Nov,
"FULTALA"
"SANTHIA”
"ANKING"
"WARLA"
due di Dec. call 7th Dee.
"SANTHIA" due 71 Dec.
salts th Deg.
For Singapore, Penang. Rangoon & Calcutta from Japan
Tur Singapore, Rangoon & Chittagong from Japan
for Singapore. Periang, Rangoon & Calcutta
P. & O./B. 1. JOINT SERVICE
due Bth Nov. from P. Gulf, Karachi
& Colemba
"OZARDA"
"ORDIA"
"ORNA"
hails 11th Nov, due 23rd Nov. salls 24th Nov,
for Yokoluma & Kobe from Japan
for Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Bahrein, Kuwait, Khor rombitahr, Basrak, direct Other P. Gall Porta via Bombay
From Gulf, Karachi, Bombay & Singapore.
4110 26th Nov,
walls 27th Nov. For Japa
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN S.S. CO., LTD.
"EASTERN"
"EASTERN"
dua th Nov, sails 10th Nov. dus 2nd Dec. mails eth Dee.
from Austrails for Yokoliams & Kobe from Jepan
'for Brisbane, Sydney, Adclaude & Melbourno
All vessels have liberty to call at any poris on ar off the route & the route & sailing are subject to change or amendment with or without notice.
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