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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY. JANUARY 29, 1932.
FISHING BANKS WITH FROZEN ASSETS: RIVETLESS STEEL BRIDGE.
This Question
of Hats
This new bridge, across the Buyra river in Poland, has become an object of interest to the whole scientific world. For although it was built of steel, there is not a single rivet in it. By
special process, all parts have been welded together in a solid piece.
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M. Edouard Herriot (right) endeavouring to maintain order at
mass meeting in Paris in the Interests of world disarmament,
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Behind the enating of ien are the rigging and masts of the fiabing schouner Magellan, na she appeared on returning In port the other day, after a trip in the Gabing banki.
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As Mary dued placering with was her turn to pat dread, uncertain what to do, she his shoulder heard the sound of outlak and help but ut, she changed the aulasi
rewwaringly. Tu the bamp of a boat as if lit, jeet. against the suspended gangway.. Can we get mader way at ulken? | Picking up her skirts she ran bd you are Bruce and the Coun along the deck, and alust fell less anywhers?"
into the arts of Bathe, rotting up They're on the pier the kid's the gangplank, She could have gone back list thein was kissed him.
By the way, hepata wamething" your fat
He was sitting!
"Oh, Bates, I'm scared! The Fly friend sent you. is aboard," she whispered, "as my, on the deck waiting when I came guest, and I think he's prowling up he wouldn't give it to the ani around after the rubies, just lor."
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came out on dlock and someone He handed Mary a thick ran from near Mr. Jupiter's door, volot. Curious, she tank it to
I told him Mr. Jupiter had them!" yber room,
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The flooded Tallahatchis river in Mississippi has made the picture above a common scene in the northwestern part of the state. It shows a farm between Batesville and Glendora, completely isolated except by boat.
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This nir view of one of the principal highways into Glenedro, shows how 300 persone la ika little town were maronned. The overflow of the Tallahatchie river blocked this bridge and other avenues of escape.
long since.
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"Stay here," Bates commanded. A single sheet of note paper though she had dropped a heavy ned a plain white linen frock, bailei egy three minutes, just.” He unbuttoned his coat and loos-held the words "Here's the dope.urden from her shoulders, white shops, a little blue coat with 18he beamed at the old steward. ened the revolver from its holster Keep there. I stole 'em out of the
brass buttons and a bite beret. De Lamus pushed back his chair under his arm. Staying in the morgne, and I've got to return 'em.
sun was shining in her "And am shadow of the upper deck he movBat I couldn't resist telling you awoke. Mary stretched. Pasing wrist watch, noting with surprise he said, bowing sarcastically,
I angry!" she ex-with a loud serape. stateroom porthole when she claimed, as she strapped out her od quietly along the balkhead. the good news."
"You will excuse me, please."
Jupiter's door.
had that it was almost 11 o'clock." There were clippings, yellowed, her cramped muteles. She
Jahall take a walk around the dock. then disappear ringed abeat the word "De Loma ees so exhausted that she had There was no one on deck, sij around the
He was taking it fairly well, at shadowy figure had ran but two art clipping was a diste--the date refreshed our body,
corner where the with a blue pencil and stamped on lept without moving. With the she went below to the dining that, Mary decided. after a criti-
vitality rushed back into her salon. Apparently minutes before.
she was not a sure. She was various of its appearance in
and she the only late sleeper. Sex air had know what explanation had been The seconds passed like hours paper.
The clippings, real hair out of her eyes.
Mbounded out of bed, pushing her played its tricks on the rest, as given him for this sudden sea- na Mary leaned back against the chronological wall, straining her ears to catch newspaper scenunt of the doing her rumpled silk pyjamas as she eyes,
well. She was hardly prepared,, trip: surely he must have been the She looked like a slim boy in though, for the scene that met her dumbfounded to awaken and find overy sound. Then Bater re-of the celebrated French actress ran to the porthole and peered out. appeared so noiselessly
himself shanghaied. In any such that he Louise De Loma, on board a la Bates had vanished from his post startled her.
alga-horded fashion. vand fine steamship way back, in All serene," he reported. "The the year 1924. The steamship horizon line was something that at his grapefruit with a vicleus hatred young women with
De Loma sat atifly in his chair, Whatever it was, it was plain Fur off on the at the foot of the table, stabbing that he had lost ala taste for red. old man's door is locked and The line and all other parties concern might be either cloude or land, but spoon. At his left Louise sai istises in their eyes and no inten. Fly la back in his
pro- three, lan't it?" Mary said "Yes."hushing up the matter
stateroomed had evidently succeeded in pretty
in between was sea, a calm ex-lessly, looking Mary thought, alon of keeping them. Well, let "I heard him moving around and thoroughly, but enough had leaked with only here and there a little greenish about the mouth as him go. It would not be unob there's
a light under the dour. out through the excited tales of whitecap to break the blue-green, though something eaten the night served, wherever he went, even You run along to bed now and old fellow-passengers to show up the
mirror-like surface.
before and the roll of the boat though the excellent Haton was in Henry Q Bates will take care of lady on adventures of an old, the ship as it was caught by his face like a thunder-cloud, sat ferred sleep. He was
There was an occasional roll of were not agreeing, quite. Bruce, his cabin, gutting a little long-de- things. I'll camp right up there tomar type. She was not de-
prisoner on the upper deck in a chair where pested, but evidently she had heen half-sen, und a slight quiver of the on Louise's right, and in the man with every man on the yacht hin I can see both your stateroom door only ton happy to accept the hint deck as the powerful engines ter's chair at the head of the and Mr. Jupiter's. Run along, of Miamal police officials and relat 16 knots. It was such a glori- steadily and not too silently to a drove them through the Atlantic table Mr. Jupiter applied himself and pleasant dreams."
turn to Havana Immediately. Mary wrung his hand. "Bates, At any rate, she went-thrent-us morning, and she felt so in generous plate of scrambled eggs you're a darling!"
ening that her husband would sue.vigorated by her night's sleep and bacon. "Sure I am. But listen, what's There was no record in the clip- that the events of the night be "Hello, everybody Mary called the programme now? We didn't pings of any suit being brought. fore retreated to the back of her nut
n thing in De Loma's room. Mary put the clippings back in mind like a bad dream. Not a thing. Hnd to tear up car the envelope, and laid it under pote and everything. That's what her pillow. Good old George Bathing, that i-on a day like this, De Loma and Bruce barely no- took me so long. You didn't wen-to give her this to sleep on and forgiven her. She hummed look up. Mary alipped into a sent Even Dirk might have relented ded. The Countess did not oven- worry, did you? Anyhow, your She went to the porthole necklace le safe-right here in old looked upward. There, on the sun Happy Daya" as she splashed in at Mr. Jupiter's loft-the remain- Bates' pocket." He reached into deck, na he had promised, she rubbing with a towel, filled the but the doughty captain bronk- the shower, then gave herself a ing chair was Captain Hendricks', a capacious inner pocket, and could sou Bates' dark figure in its drow out the rulled up bundle of steamer chair, silhouetted against air with an extravagant cloud of fasted at no such effote hour. napkin-unfolded it bit by bit in the lighter sky. She felt
bath-powdor, and set about dress- "A glass of orange juice, Frank, ing with a light heart. Sho don-some thin brown toast and a soft-
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Her good humour brought Anything was possible-any nice no response.
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