THE: CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 17; 1951.
BUTTERFIELD the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE
and SWIRE
“CHINA "NAVICATION CO., LTD.
BAILINGS TO
Singapore Penang,
على
Balls from Custodian Wäärt
Port
10 a 21st Apr.
5 p.m. 21st Apr.
18th Apr.IT
7 a.m. 19th Apr.
19th Apr.
*SZECHUEN"
Belawan
Swellendam
"SHENGKING"
. Ker}l}}
ARRIVALS FROM
"SZECHUEN" "SHENGKING"
| Jung
"PAKHOF
A.O. LINE
TAIYUAN"
"TATUAN"
Tanjong Mani
.Shanghai
LTD./C.N. CO., LTD., JOINT SERVICE
SAILINGS TO
Yokkaichi,
Nagoya,
Yakobama Kobe
Киге
ARRIVALS FROM
Australin & Manila
BLUE FUNNEL LINE
Scheduled Ballings to Europe vla Aden & Port
"ANTILOCHUS"
"CYCLOPS"
"PERSEUN“
"LAOMEDON"
"ANCHISES"
The Toy Train Becomes Real!
→Mr. Merlin Did It with His Magic Words
By MAX TRELL
was only a toy train..
and Hanid, Knert shadow children turned-about names, und
Doesn't Go Any Place
tho
with
the Alio
28th Apr.
23rd Apr.
Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and Mr Punch and Mary Jane, the Rag Doll, and General Tio, the Canary Tin Soldier, and the and Mrs Cuckoo, who lived in- Alde tho cuckoo
11 clockt, watched the little train as it run around the track, clicking and clacking on it went.
Sala
Loads Liverpool & Dublin 23rd Apr.
Genoa,
Balls
24th Apr.
Rotterdam,
Amsterdam, London &
Hamburg
24th Apr.
25th Apr.
Marseilles, Liverpool &
Glasgow
ath May
Liverpool & Glasgow
13th May
Liverpool
Dubin
23rd May
dth May 14th May 24th May
Haila Liverpool
Arrives
Hant Hong
25th Apr.
2nu May
8th May
14th May
S. "LAOMEDON"
Scheduled Balilngs from Europe
G. "ANCHINES"
S. "CLYTONEUS"
G. "PYERJ1LN"
S. AENEAS”
G. "EUMAEUŠ“
9. "ASCANIUS"
G. "PELEUN"
Sulled du
18th Apr 24th Apr, 3rd May 7th Muy
Nails Rotterüam
13th May
25th May 29th May 7th Juano 13th June
G. Loading Glasgow beture Liverpool S. Loading Swansea before Liverpool
Carriers' option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo.
"AJAX"
DE LA Rama Lines
ARRIVING FROM U.S. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS.
"HAINAN"
"AGAMEMNON"
"DONA AURORA"
"DONA ALICIA"
Halls N.Y.
Nailed
Hink
-do- 24th Apr. 81 y
Sajle S.F.
Sailed 16th Apr. 4th May 10th May 30th May
Are, UL.K.
6th May
15 May
3rd Jun
14th June
28th June
SAILINGS for NEW YORK, via SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, CRISTOBAL and JAPAN
"TELEMACHUS"
"DONA NATI"
"MANGALORE“
Louds
19th Apr.
4th May
18th May
Balle
2014 Apr.
5th May
20th May
Accepting cargo for Kangston and to Central & Bouth American ports on
through bills of lading,
Tathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Relatn
1004)
JK/Bangkok/ingapore (DC-4)
Depart Hongkong
9 00
10 00 D315.
HR, Man! 56/11 N. Borneo
150/25an1/loophong.
BK/Bangkok/Singapore
7:00 DC-3) DC-3) (0-4)
CUST
12 001 K
TK/Bangkok/Thinguonz
(DC-4)
Calcutta
Monday
Tuesday
Tue. & F.
Wednesday Thursday
1.30 p.m. Fiklay
All the above subject to Alteration without police,
for particular plozia apply to:-
Butterfield & Swire (Hongkong) Ltd.
1 Connaught Rd. Tat: 30331/8
Branch Office: 50 Connaught Rd. Wait.
EVERETT
Tel: 25875.32144.24678
LINES
EVERETT ORIENT LINE
Fast regular freight-refrigerator-passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- China, Sium, Malaya, Hangoon, Calcutta and Chittagong.
"REBEVERETT"
Arrives
Sails
Apr. 17 from Singapore Apr. 17 for Yokohama, Nagoya,
"LENEVERETT"
Arrives Salls
Kobe & Osaka.
Apr. 23 from Manila.
Apr. 24 for Singapore, Rangoon
&
Penang, Calcutta.
(Accepting enrge for transhipment Kobe/Pusan and Kobe/OkinawS)
EVERETT STAR LINE
Fast regular freight-refrigerator--passenger service to Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indo- Chion, Sium, Malaya, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi and Persian Gulf Ports.
"THAI"
Arrives Sails
Apr. 23 froin Japan.
Apr. 24 for Singapore, Port Sweiten- ham, Madras, Colombo,
Bombay, Karachi, Khorra
shahr, Basrah, Kuwait & Bahrein,
"STAR ALCYONE"
"But it doesn't really go any- "It where," Könrf suld sadly. Just goes past the sofa and past the table and past the window and back again to the sofa,"
Everyone else agreed with Knart. The train didn't take a very long trip.
said Teddy. "And besides," the Stuffed Bear, bo one rides on 11. Real trains have passen- Beru,"
Mr
was just then that Merlin, the Magician, came out from behind the bookcase where he had his ollee. He glanced ut the train, which had stopped running, and he glanced at the sad faces in the room.
"Here," he said, "what's the trouble?"
he said to Mr Merlin,
there aren't any passengers. It
Mr. Punch was the engineer.
COLOURING EGGS FOR EASTER GAME
YOLOURING
C
eggs makes party occasion.
the egg-dye colours
2
Easter magazines and mount them on
cardboard. Select hyacinths, daffodils, cro-
real squares of nies, Have uses any ready Hide the
spring BowCTS. pictures about
tho
and con name each flower correctly wine
in paper cups, wax pencils room. Whoover anda the big- too in order that everyone gest bouquet can write his own nante, on store flower.. Flowers that his CER and take it cannot be named do not score. home.
Rabbit Race makes for fun. A string is led handkerchief or about the ankles and a Hop is made to 'tho finish line. A chocolate bunny to the winner.
There is no trick to boiling egga. Simply place the eggs in cold water to which a tablespoon of salt has been added. Adjust the burner to low heat so
For the Egg Game, everyone the eggs will come to the is given an egg-shaped piece of They waved to the engineer.boiling point slowly. When paper, a pencil along with it. who waved back to them from the water bubbles, turn the From a baskot, cach player the window of the locomotive.
draws a single printed word heat to the It was Mr Punch.
simmering The object is to write an Eas level and leave the eggs in ter poen about the word boarded the They all Tho
the water
Should fifteen minutes, drawn.
ono player Jobamolive huffed and puffed. The bell clanged. Away after which you immerse draw the word "chicken" they went.
them in cold water to pre ingle might read like this:
chicks vent those dark rings form- Candy
and toy-stora Onca more the Canary
"Ping around the yolka. Now
Somo are fat
and come peured, walking through truin and calling out: Tickets! the eggs ure ready to be
much thinner marked and then You can have your sweets and Show your tickets!" le pecked dried,
cotton nal hole in each ticket with dyed. his sharp bill. He was now the
conductor.
An Amazing Trip
trnin.
the
chickens
his
oro
1 prefer mine fried for dinner.
Whoever writes the zanjest poem gets the prize of a choco- late egg.
While the eggs are boiling, It It was an amazing trip. The is a good time to play Fox and
The chickens hop The colouring of the eggs can Knarf explained about the train roared past an enormous Chickens. train. "It doesn't go anywhere," meuntath standing on top of on one foot, the fox runs about occupy the group unul refresh- Serve any davour "And four great hills (and it all look-on all fours and he must catch ment time.
a chicken in this position. The ice cream, a candy egg on the ed like an enormous sofn). Then chicken he captures becomes a top of the scoop, vari-coloured they passed a great high field fox too and the more foxes, the cupcakes in a basket, Individual (which looked like a table)-more exellement. "We can Then they came to a great open
pop bollles wrapped in green Easter Flowers is another paper, a flower altached with a place flooded with sunshine
game. Cut your pictures from plpe-stem cleaner to the cap. (and it looked like a window)
finally they ...and
reached Constantinople.
Isn'l like u real train at all."
Mr Merlin smiled.
fx that," he said,
Some Surprising Things
Theo u number of surprising
things happened. First of all,
And there, standing in the
Mr Merlin mumbled some magic middle of Constantinople was ae
with
was
Mr Merlin, the
words, And the next instant, siniling man, wearing a red fez. the whole room turned into a Enllway station
ticket windows, train gutes, a baggage ruoin, a big clock and an in- formation desk at which, strangely enough,
Mr
Merlin himself was sitting and giving
put Limetables to Knarf and Hanid and Mary Jane. They were all carrying valises.
Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, had suddenly turned into a porter. Mrs Cuckoo kept calling out, *All aboard! all aboard! Trains for Australia, the North Pole, Boston, San Francisco and Constantinople!"
"Let's go to Constantinople!” Knart suld to Hanld and Mary Jane.
They all hurried through the gate. The Cubory stood at the gale, dressed in a gate man's uniform.
The train stood at the trucks, but it wasn't u toy train any it was a regular big
more. train with steam hissing and a mun, dressed in engineer's
topping
wheels the overalls, with a hammer. When the man looked up. Knarf and Hanid saw to their surprise that it was General Tin, the Tin Soldier.
With Words
It
ELOW Magician.
are statements B
5. Rancour means (a) (1 will, "We're certainly lucky Lo
giving four quite dif- (b) by chance, (c) of high de know magician like you," ferent meanings for each tree, or (d) heavy. Hand said to Mr Merlin, as
peccarlito is (0) they rode back home again. "I of 10 words. Read the four
Then select the musical instrument (b) a'pickle, Isn't everybody who can change meanings. a loy railroad into a real rail-correct one for each word. (c) a bull fighter, or (d) a minor
Circle it if you like.
rond."
"Nothing to 18," replied Mr Merlin, the Magician, modestly. "Is
as easy as ple. All you have to do is know how."
1.
8. A
£
error.
7. A scallion is (a) a rascal, Millennium means (a) the (b) a kind of onion, (c) £ end of the world, (b) 1,000 years, klichen boy, or (d) something (e) being able to walk a mlie, very hot. or (d) acquiring $1,000,000.
2. A psychologist is one who
Did You Know is (a) a student of the mind, (b) a very large tree, (c) a dress
That
It is believed that eyeglasses wure invented Ja Florence, Italy, about 1285?
A sequin la (a) a fish, (b) ornament, or (d) a story con- Unuing an earlier one,
9.
D
u tiresome speaker, (c) a ductor who works with children, or (1) a student of history.
Dilemma incans (u) 3. A pediatrician is (a) flavouring, (b) a garden flower, schoolteacher, (b) a good walker, (e) a process in arithmetic, or (e) a foot doctor, or (d) a doctor (d) a choice between two ways who works with children.
of behaving, Geese appear In the inscrip- 4. A canteen is (a) a cover- tions left by the earliest civilisa-ing for a bed, (b) a dance, (c) 10. A cygnet is (a) something tions?
a place where soldiers buy sup- girls wear in their hair, (b) ā Rice paper is not made from plies, or (d; part of a long young swan, (e) a sarcastic re- rice but from parte of small poem, trees found in the swampy forests of Furmuse?
It is safe to hold a queen bee in your hand since they only un their stings on other queen bees?
Rupert and the Black Spark-29
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When the two friends are a safe distance away Rupert calls to the spark. Then there is a long pause. Art. you sure it understood you asks Bingo. "I hope you're not pulling my leg with This park story of yours Re- member, I haven't seen your spark
change colout yet. It's been black. to me so far.' "Look, look,** cries Rupert. "It's starting " for a point of light has appeared. fire red, then white. Next minute the bright spark leaps off the spade and lands on the curly part of the firework. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
mark, or (d) signing your name. (Solutions on Page 20)
Australia West Pacific Line
M.V. CITOS.
Loading on 20th April
for
BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE
via
Manila, Sandakan, Tarakan, Lae
and
Rabaul
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Agents Tel. 28021/6
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD &
TO AND FROM EUROPE FAST. REGULAR SERVICE
Sailed
Soiled ⚫Boiled Apr. 30
P&O B.I. E&A
COMPANIES.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL §.N. CO.
PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE
Outward **CHUSAN”
"CANTON"
"CARTHAGE"
Laaves London Due Hongkera
10th March
lit April
29th April
In Dorl
.
4th May
31st May
Beathampton, Part Baid, Adem, Bombay, Colombo,
Homewards
"CHUSAN"
"CANTON"
Penang a singapore,
Leaves Hongkong Das Landun
2nd May
12th May
"CARTHAGE" 4th June
Dist Bay
12th Juno
6th July
Accepting cargo for singapore, Penang, Colombo, Hombay. Aden, Port said à London
Baila 19th April for Yokohama and Kebo.
Outwards "SHILLONG” Homewards "SURAT"
FREIGHT SERVICE
Arriving
26th April Londing
Din May.
For
From UK
Singapore. Port Bwetioniin, Penang. Fort Columbo Auten,
Baki, Genoa, Marsellies, Hayne, London. Antwerp, Butterdum & Hamburk
With liberty to call at deiawan before or after Straits forts and as flombay if indyremena offers.
Tanks availablo for GATEO of Ou ita Balk Space for refrigerated cargo. Limited Passenger accommodation
BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTR.
"GANGES"
loads 28th Apr.
Ball 29th Apr.
"SANTHIA”
dus 4th May
olh May
"FULTALA"
dno all
6th May
th May
الأمر
for Singapore, Pennlig, stangoon, Chittagong Cakutta
from Japan
Iet Bingapore, Penang, Rangoon Calcutta from Japan
for Singapore, Rangoon & Chittagong
P. & 0./B. I. JOINT SERVICE
“UMAKIA”
"OLANDA"
"OKHLA"
due 21st Apr. salls 23rd Apr.
due Jat May sails 2nd May
Abe 6th May salis 7th Bay
from Persian Gulf, for Japan
from Persian Gulf
for Japan
from Japana
for Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, horramshahr, and basrull, Kuwait. other Qui Porta via Bombay
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN S.S. CO., LTD.
"NELLOLE”
due. 17th Apr. from Japan
salis 23rd Apr.
L
"ŃANKIŇ"
Que? £nd May Ball 2 May
fur Auckland,
For Sydney bourne
frot Japan
Welling- Mel-
for Labuan. Sandakan, Manus. Townsville, Brisbane. Sydney, Mel- bourne 34 Adelaide
All vessels have liberty to call at may porta on or off the runté & the route & salling are subject to change or amendment with or without notice.
For rull particulurs apply to:- MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. OF HONG KONG LTD. Telephone Nos. 27721-4.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
| P.Q. Bəx 135′′ Queen's Building · Tel: 26651
HONGKONG to MARSEILLES in 24 days.
sailing April 22nd sailing May
“VIETNAM "CAMBODGE"
15th
sailing May 5th
Bailing May 28th
HONGKONG to CASABLANCA in 30 days. "IRAQUADDY” "INDUS"
LLOYD
TRIESTINO
EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE HONGKONG to GENOA
IN DAYS
Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Aden, Suez, Port Said and Naples By NEW AIR CONDITIONED LUXURY LINERS
M.Y. “ASIA??
M.V.
ARRIVALS
Vemels Spils:
T/8 "Nabeb" M/S "Hamburg” T/S "Hoechst"
Hamburg Safled Solled Apr. 22
Brenen
Antwerp
Botterdam
Due ILK.
Sailed
Apr. 27
NORD LLOYD
Arrives Sails
Apr. 25 from Sandakan,
Apr. 26 for Kobe and Yokohama,
Vemels
T/B "Lover-
Insen
Balls ILK.
Due:
Sailed Apr. 24
SAILINGS
Gerson
Salled Apr. 28
May. 10
Jude 2
(Accepting cargo for transhipment Kobe/Puma and Kobe/Okinawa)
May 20
For Singapore, Penang, Aden, Port Bold Ar Europeon Ports.
June 18
Juno 21
...
Marsellies Antworp
June 18
June 22
June 30 July
Rotterdam Hamburg
July
June 24*
July
June 26
July 10
Most
EVERETT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION S/A
(Incórparated, ta thaktepublic of Vabama
With "Lilly" Lisbiliyy
Chinese Department: Telephone 28293. Queen's ; Building, Telephone: 31205,
12, Pedder
ALL VESSEL, ACCEPTING CARGO FOR WEST AFRICAN RØRST, NA
General Apenter JEISIN &
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINTE
87041
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and
VICTORIA?
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