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LLOYD TRIESTINO

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EXPRESS PASSENGER SERVICE

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8.8. "CONTE ROSSO" for kaly (London)

30th Sept,

12th Oct.

Freight Service.

M.V. "COL DI LANA” for Italy via ports M.V. "HILDA" for Shanghai and Japan

9th Oct.

12th Oct.

Dodwell & Co., ltd. Agents

VK.LINE

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THE ORCHARD

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lius hands to his head and rocked from side to ade like a dog that As for the town-Silanty did not cannot stand the ringing of church | go. He thought things would right bells. themselves eventually; but they didn't.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

From LEITH. MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITE

Scowling and speechless, he would The Steamship,.

BENRINNES" only open his mouth when his wife

CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby The blossoms began to fall, the in her loneliness and misory poured informed that all Goods are being ovariums remained as black tufts out her soul to the cook who worked landed at their risk into the hazard- the leaves began to open, making up in the Colony, telling ber about the ous and/or extra hazardous Godowns for lost time, eagerly drinking the Tauraky Shyp" apples that used to of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, whende juices that previously fed the pale-fill the barn to bursting point. and/or from the wharves delivery pink coverlet of blossoms.

"And look now" she would whim-

may be obtained. It was time for trenching, but per in sorrowful contemplation—"all | No claims will be admitted after there was no one to do it. Formerly worm-eaten in the bud."

the Goods have left the Godowns, and "Now," grumbled Silanty angrily the 27th September, 1938, will be sub- all Goods remaining undelivered after at this time of the year a whole army of women and girls was col-i"it's all up with everything now.” jeet to rest lected from the surrounding villages. "The owners are gone, and seems All claims against the

steamer On crouching to the ground, one as if they have taken everything must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 11th October, 1933, could see between rows of apple-with them!”

they will not be recognized. Jor trees how the white, düzzling legs "And on top of 'everything else, To comply with the General Boud. for the workwomen were treading there are these broten-faces, min-led Warehouse Regulations consignees down the soil round the short trunks, chief-makers," joined in the cook; must have Revenue Officer in at

and how the mattocks rose

when fell and so tho three of them poared tendance

damaged dutiable while the red tails of the pinned their indignation into 籍

common goods are examined.

All broken, chafed and damaged up skirts marked time. The earth flood of sighs, reproaches and reGoods are to be left in the Godowns, heaved sighs under the shower of grets, until it was time to sleep....where they will be examined on the blows and a carillon

25th September, 1933, at 10 mm., by

of

Now all was quiet, silent.

women's

*

*

ed.

No Fire Insurance has 'boen offect.

Bill of Lading will be counter- signed by,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. Agents. Bong Kong, 20th September, 1933.

valces now flittered from branch to Three bare-footed boys in tora Messra Goddard & Douglas. branch, now dived into the cherry-shirts climbed on to a long bough bushes.

of an old apple-tree, hung from it "Mashutka-a, ahoy! Go, get us head down, swung about as from a some bast-string!......"

circus trapeze, then sat astride the bough and crept towards the end. The sun climbed higher each day,¦

The bough swung softly, stiffly the earth had cracked by Silanty's throwing up the unusual load, then acor; the nights were calm, hot; the it creaked, cracked and slowly lower-

rchard was waiting to be watered. ed its branches to the ground.

One man couldn't undertake the The acrobats uttered a war-like! job, there was no sign of anyone shriek, burst into a triumphant: coming from town, and Silanty laughter which few through the shuffled about from morn till night-orchard in a joyous echo and, sud- fall, angry, sombre and discouraged. denly, breaking off the shouts, ran Wednesday, 4th Oct. at 10 a.m. He cursed his wife blind, as never for all they were worth, dodging Wednesday, 18th Oct. at 10 a.m. before, and even gave her a thrash-between the trees towards the house.

The fortnightly servico to Japan Wednesday, lat Nov, at 10 am. ing.....**

After them flew Silanty. ing low to avoid the branches, jump- of the Messageries Maritimes line, The next day he went to towa.ing over the trenches, pushing him- temporarily suspended for about a There they promised to send a horse self away from the apple-trees with year, is to be resumed with the de- and some hands. But the days his hands, he ran like a young beast parture of the m.v. Felix Rouesel, passed, the sun was scorching, the of prey after his quarry; dexterous- which is due to sail for Kobe on leaves were turning black and dry. ly dodging obstacles. holding his December 1.

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CHICHIBU MARU

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SEATTLE & VANCOUVER,

Monday,

2nd Oct.

21st Oct.

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Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.

KATOBI MARU

Saturday,

30th Sept.

KASHIMA MARU

Saturday,

14th Oct.

YASUKUNI MARU

Friday,

27th Oct

3YDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

23rd Sept.

KAMO MARU

Saturday

21st Oct

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.

BENGAL MARU

TANGO MARU SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) vin Japan,

Los Angeles. Mexico and Panama. BOKUYO MARU

Friday, Wednesday,

29th Sept 31th Oct Honolulu,

Friday.

26th Sept.

NEW YORK via Panamo,

†TOBA MARU

Monday,

9th Oct.

LIVERPOOL vin Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piratus, Genoa

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Monday,

10th Oct.

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†TOTTORI MARU

Friday,

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Sunday,

29th Sept. 8th Oct.

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

23rd Sept, 20th Sept.

†MURORÁN MARU (Kobe direct) Saturday,

HAKONE MARU

Telephone 30291.

Friday,

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+ Cargo only,

S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG BURJECT TO ALTERATION.

Fri.,

AIRES via Balgon, Bin- Buenos Aires Maru Mon.

•

+

Bend-

MESSAGERIES SHIPS TO IMPROVE TIME.

Marseilles-Hong Kong Run To Be Quickened.

HONG KONG TIDES

yet no one came, as if they had for breath, so as not to give warning The company intends to speed up gotten that the hillside needed water-of his nearness to his victim, study- the service between Marseilles and ing.

ing every movement, feeling how Hong Kong by an increase in speed coupled with a shorter stay at cer- Silanty began to rush from place every leap added to his fury. to place in desperation. He rushed

Fear drove the children. Danger Lain poris of call. to the brick-works, to the neighbour increased their agility tenfold and ing village, to some gardeners he they ran without a glance back, ex- knew-but there were no horses any changing warning cries, plunging where, no one came to work.

indiscrimmately into thickets of Returning from town one day, the stinging nettles and gooseberry, gardener walked down to the river, breaking branches and twigs on their surveyed the silent watering pump,{way, falling, jumping up immediate atrolled along the bank. gathered ly and rushing on headlong. some small green apples off a dying When Silanty leapt after thers on tree and brought them to his wife. to the verands the boys shot into the place and should be added to depthis, unless preceded by an asterisk the rooms, while before the breath-|(") when they should be subtracted. laas, perspiring gardener roșe the puny figure of the indignant teacher. He threw the bard, shrivelled

She raised her hairless ɑyebrows apples down on the table and add-and said with surprise: ed:

"How can you frighten children "As for the tree, it's just like 4ke that? Are you mad 7" crab-tree....

"Ever seen any crab-apples 7 have got these off the 'Auise' tree.

1

Time Merilinn 120 deg. E. (Zone- 81; sah. is midnight, 12h. is noon, | Heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty chart of

September 23 to 29, 1933.

Dato

September

And so incongruoua did these Then he sat down on the bench words seem to Silenty, and so miser-sal and sat, never atirring, till night-able, absurd seemed the lanky child- fall, looking through the window at teacher, that all his anger issued Sun. the sun-flooded, motionless orchard forth in the slow, panting threat. Mon.

"You wait, I'll smoke you out of There like rats................

And when darkness came he sigh-

ed and said to himself:

"Yet it perish. There is no one to save it for

+

Tues:

That day the whole of the Colony went to town for some reason or an-Wed.

High Water Low Water Standard Et. Standard HL

Timen.

Times.

H. M. F. H. M. 11 60 5,7 05 14 1.0 23 25 8.0 17 11 201 24 ..

06 11 1.8 12 50 6.0 17 35 3.4 25. 00 00 70 07 22 1.0

14 08

48 9.7 24.00 44

27.01 34

08 64 1.0

20. 04 17 0.8

20

27

4.0 23

other and the house stood empty and Thura. 28. 02 42 6.9 Piercing voices of children were peaceful as of old. soon added to the singing of birds: At mid-day Silanty went outsido Fri. and the murmur of leaves in the the gate. orchard. A party of schoolboys had

About this time, in years gone by, come from town to live in the old cart after cart full of early apples country house, where the old lady and baskets of berries used to be well into the straw and went for an- once lived.

A dozen sharp, quick-leaving the orchard. Now the ruts other heap. eyed urchins with a teacher of the road were overgrown with! On the way back ho picked up young miserable-looking girl, all creepers and the familiar clatter of some dry twigs, put them at

the

skin and bones.

cart-wheels could nowhere be heard. other end of the house and struck The noisy crowd of new-comera "Like as if they'd taken every a match. The dry straw took well, 20th Oct played games in the veranda, once thing with them," thought Silanty, and the twigs began to crack mer-

Bo quiet and peaceful, scattered over and lazily began to watch two far-rily.

27th Nov.

NEW YORK via Japan, Los | Banyo Maru

Angeles and Panama. Call Kwanto Maru

Tues.

Sua.,

3rd Oct. 12th Nov.

Direct at Cristobal, Puerto,

Colombla, Boston Philadel

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BIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, La Plata Maru

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS

rapore, Colombo, Durban,

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Town

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DURBAN, PORT ELIZA-

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the hillside like peas, hid in the off moujika who were walking from. Having set the place alight, trees, behind hothouse frames in the the brick-sheds towards the gate. Silanty slowly walked aside, sat down cellars, in te loft, 'in all the nooks On approaching, they asked: on the ground and began to watch the light smoke curling in rings 8th Oct. and crannies of the outhouses, and whose orchard?"

"Why do you want to know?" round the wooden columns that sup 7th Nov. among rows of dead raspberry

bushes. There was not a hidden "Boen sent to do the trenching."ported the roof of the veranda and corner or a thicket from which

"Why so carly?" smiled Slanty. the balconies. The carved orna- sounds of young voices did not come: "Aren't we all Soviet subjects now?" ments seemed to sway like black lace as if they were not a dozen," "but Then he questioned them in detail, as the fire made its way through the hundreds and thousands strong.......... and, having made sure that it was numberless cracks.

Presently the gang of kids "ap to him, that they had been sent, an-i Thick, sooty smoke rose whirling peared before Silanty's house and nounced:

...

Havre Maru Havens Meru

Thurs., Mon.,

Wed, Thurs,

5th Oct. 6th Nov.

4th Oct. 19th Oct.

PORTS via Singapore à Colombo

MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, Brisbane Baru -

SYDNEY WELLINGTON & AUCKLAND direct BOMBAY & KARACHI Via Singapore, Belawan Dell, 1Penang & Colomba N

Melbourne Meru

CALCUTTA vis Slagapore, Himalaya Maru

1Belawan Dell,

and Rangoon

JAPAN PORTS

+Penang

+Honolulu Maru +Celebes Maru

Бин Mon Fri,

24th Sept. 2nd Oct. 20th Oct.

Tual

Bon

Bun.,

10th Oct. 24th Sept

1st Oct.

JAPAN via Takso & Keelung Panama Maru...

KEELUNG via Swalow and

Canton Marsa Hozan Maru

Amoy, (8 p.m. every Sun day).

TAKAO via Bwalow and

Amay (erary other Thurs day)

Havre Maru Direct call to Mandvi and Kundia.

*† Omita Ports": Marked.

For Further, Particulars Planss apply

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA

to the very sky. Then, suddenly, as

the teacher said in a business-like "You've got to the wrong place! if with an effort, the mighty red

1: haven't heard of any such or-bonfire threw off its smoky cap. Lone of voice:

chatd.” 4.

"Mark us out two beds for ger- dening."

"And what is it you intend to plant!"

1.

"Where are we to go now?"

The house burnt like a candle. And Bilenty eat motionlass with "Dunno where you been sent to his sinewy, hard-worked hands „Only we are ‘all right: second rounds his knees and his eyes fixed "Kidney-beans, radishes....vege-watering finished the other day on the finest la durant than tables in general,”..

Good gracious! A

He ant like that until a women's "Just the right time!".

With a short laugh at the depart-piercing wail broke over his ear) ....... They pinned' a bit of rag on the ing workmen he returned to his iɛba "Bilanty dear! God help you! gate, with a much embellished in-and sent hte wife off to town, having What have you done? Where will scription:

invented an urgent household nepd we be when our people come back? "THE CHILDREN'S COLONY♫ When the singing of birds ceased.

From the watch-tower, where coe and the evening milenco descended Then he tore his oyed away from could see the town and all the coun- upon the earth, Bilanty clambored up the fire; looked sternly at his wife try ground, hung a longth of red into the hay-loft, got together a pile and said, more to himself than to cloth, flapping in the wind and of straw out of the corners and car-hert. boisterously cracking its loose and ried it, to the hous

j

Fool of a woman? Do you think

[day and hight. PANAMERA WThere, while spreading the kind they will ever come back f

In the evenings, hard, snappy fog material under the veranda, he. And she grew quiet at once; and words of strange songs came gliding found the signboard with the owner'a like her husband, artared at the fire over the trop topa from the verandas harde that had been taken down ld with unseeing eyes from

and there was something in them so the spring and kidden in the Kay. The rosy glow of the dying fire foreign to the orchard, so Insolent loft. He held it in his hands for a wandered, trembling, over their and malicious, that Silanty pressed little while, fidgeting, then stuck it worn faces, right

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