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NATIVE CUSTOMS
IN BURMA.
Continued from Page C.)
degraded as grave-diggers who are always nogregated.
Flub "Too Wei?"
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932.
THREE KINDS OF LOVE.
(Continued from Page 3.),
career with Earl, or-anything, by that time."
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THE DEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD,
The Steamship.
From LETTII, ANTWERP, LONDON. [
STRAITS and MANILA. DENDORAN” Consignees of Cargo are hereby Small dining tables were set out Informed that all Goods are being on a tiled terraco, and there were landed at their risk into the hazardous Kreen lawn, and away in the die-and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or pool and a fountain and a smooth and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hougkong and Kowloon Wharf tance Mount Hood gleamed warm from the wharves delivery may be pink against a blue sky.
A traveller once naked in as to how he reconciled the catch- telligent queations of a fishermann
ing of fish with the tenets of his religion. The fisherman explained that he thought the fish were get- ting too wet so he took them out, of the water and laid them on the bank to dry!
Fresh milk is never to be con-
obtained.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 19th March, 1032, will be subject
All claims against the steamer:
Ann brought her eyes back from the mountain to look again at Phil, across the table from her. He was handsome and wise and strong and smiling, and he loved her. She to rent, sumed by Burmans because it de- | *mailed, too, and said, "Phil, dear, I must be presented to the Undersign. prives the calf of its proper food adore this place. However did youed on or before the 24th March, 1932, but Nestle's condensed milk aclis find it. away out here?" belter in Burma, than anywhere clac in the world. It is an elegant
and suitable offering to make to a Inonk.
numerous HOW
"A friend of mine told me about it. There's dancing, later,
side, if we care to stay.”
"Let's! Bul-can we? It has been no long ainee we have danced. How long?"
or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged In-Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 9th March, 1932, at 10 m., by Measts, Goddard and Douglas.
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignces attendance when damaged
Revenue Omeer in dutiable
"Too long. We do get into ruts.must have a Sort of forget about good timen to be had, don't we?"
"Perhap But during the win- ter there isn't much to do. Wel don't care for publie dan ca."
"No. But we could go places
Interesting Tribes, Living in Hurmun. near ita borders, mustly in the hills, there are some quite interesting peoples and tribes. The most are the Karens that they are largely settled in the plains. They are stealier and more persevering than the Burmans, less volatile and dine, as we're doing this even- and a fight-hearted. In dressing, and dance, tf..." and habits they are now hardly "If what?" he naked, but Ahe distinguishable from the Burmans. confined smiling, because she did
With the Burman the missionary
not know what I'hil had begun tal has made little headway, thonghway. "If you had the proper things the former la quite polite to his to weur to the better places. or would-be rouverter and pleased to weren't always getting dinner at discuss Christianity, but it rarely home, or too tired." gets beyond that.
a
Gift for Music.
a
"If we'd plin," he said. We will, after this. We'll have good times this summer, and we'll keep them up next winter. What about it. You Beautiful 7"
(To be Continued)
The Karens, on the other hand, largely Christians. They have a good deal of folklore of their own in this there is a story of a white man with a lank under his Arm
who was to teach them the guidance of British officers, truth, so they recognised the mix- sionary at sight. They have
"Sons of the Lake." great gift for music and have An interesting small Shan tribe taken readily
to the European neur Port Stedman are the people style. Their voicer are often who row with one leg. They are really beautiful, and Karen choirs known as Inatha, that is, sons of will render ancred music, not only the lake. They are lake dwellers, hymns, as well As any Western their houses being bullt on piles choir.
over the water. Their staple diet is fish. obtained mostly by spent- Ing. An fantho, when he goes solo fishing in a small dug-out, finds he can see the fish and spent them more quickly by standing up. To propel his craft, he curls one leg around the paddle which is fixed in a rowlock, steadying the paddle with one hand while
the other the
spear. The BATIC
I do not mean that they only sing sacred music. I have heard Harry Lander's songs given every ounes of their value by an educated Karea.
Women's Faces Tattooed. In the North-West
Are the Chins who tattoo the incen of their Women on marriage, so as to make them les attractive trition. J should
think
they achieve their object as the poor things look most repulsive. Their neighbours, the Kachins,
blacken
s
method is
to raiding wils with ed in larger dug-)
Л
several rowers. Boat Racing."
Bont racing is a very favourite the teeth of their women with the travel very fast and they get quite amusement with them. Canoes same object. The Kachin was re- Fruited during the war by way of
long and powerful stroke. experiment. I
Crews of mea showed himself a been brought down
and women have very smart, bright little soldier, and Rangoon to race against each to Mandalay very like the Courkah in appear-ollier for the
', The same cannot be
entertainment of
of the Burman who will not take
anid Royal and Vice-Ilegal visitors.
soldiering seriously.
I have not nearly exhausted The Palaungs.
these tribes, but I do not want to a stan!! tribe,exhaust you. seem to admire a swonlike neck in would find urma a fascinating I am sure you their women, as they bind their country, and it is not so very dif necks roun with rnas rings,cult to get to from here. I hope adding to these from time to time. what I have said may have roused till a most formidable brass collar your interest in it and Its people.-| is formed. It is said that when(Applause).
The Club's Thanks.
goods are examined,
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersign. ed by
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a missionary once persunded a Palang convert to remove her rings, the poor woman could not ild up her head without them, so to Mrs. Broadbent for her address, address which he could criticise In expressing the Club's thanks fully to find some passage of the they had to be replaced.
Rotarian C.F. Bellamy remarked but had found none. He referred The Shans, living in the Shan that he had spent three years into the recent round-table confer- states, are divided inta
Burma but it was so long ago that ence, and stated that he had every any tribes. They are ruled by when he went to a pagoda he did confidence in the loyalty of Burma TRA-bas, the equivalent of " not have to take off his shoes. Ife to Great Britain in the event of petty rajuk in India, under thealed that he had listened care-l gaining her Independence.
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6,800 5th Apr. 17,000
& Yoko
S'hai, Kobo & Yoko 7th Apr. S'hat, Kobe & Yoko 8'hal, Kobe & Yoko
15,000 21st Apr. 6,500 28th Apr. 17,000
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