1933-11-04 — Page 11

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1933.

P.&O.-British India Apcar and

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MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

TAKING CARGO

FOR

THE CHINA MAIL.

A TIGER'S SKIN

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"After that things got worse than eyer; the wimmen and children slayed indoors and kept the doors shut, and the men never know when they went out to work whether they'd come 'ome again. They used to kiss their children afore they went out of a morning, and their wires too, some of 'em; even mon who'd been married for years did. And several more of 'em see the tiper while they was at work, and feanie running 'ome to tell about it. "The tiger 'ad been making free with Claybury pigs and such-like for pretty near a week, and nothing it

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1933

11th Nov.

15,000 18th Nov. 16,000 2nd Dec. 9th Dee.

Destination.

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16th Dec. rlwern & Hu

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and wot made Claybury men mad- der than anything else was folks at Wickham saying it was all a mía- take, and the tiger 'adn't escaped at all. Even person, who'd been 80, and away for a holiday, said

Henery Walker told 'is wife that it The ever set foot inside the church agin 'e'd ask 'is old mother to come and live with 'em.

"It was all very well for parso1 to talk, but the very night he come jback Henery Walker's pig went, and at the same time George Kettle last five or six ducks.

Rift in Royal Marital Lute?

European court circies are agog at the reported rift in the domestic ilfe of Crown Prince Umberto of Italy and his wife, the former Princess Marie Jose of Belgium. It is said- recent visit of Belgian Premier de Broquevelle to Rome was to arge Premier Mussolini and Pope Pius Le intercede for maritul penen. They were married in 1000.

"He was quiet moa, wan George, but when is temper was up 'e didn't care for anything. Afore he came to Claybury 'e 'ad

"The_Liger's in your 'ouse, your memory? Why, It's on'y two Bob, ses George Kettle, in a whia or three days ago you see it and been in the Militia, and that even-

"Ave you only just come in?' 'ad to get up a tree out of its way. jing at the 'Cauliflower 'e turned per

"'Look 'ere,' ses Bob Pretty. I

"He smiled and shook 'is 'ead at up with a gun over 'is shoulder and made a speech, and asked who don't want any of your games. You im, but Henery Walker on'y kept was game to go with 'Im and hunt and play 'em somewhere else, opening and shutting is mouth, "It ain't a game,' sea John and at last o' went outside without the tiger. Bill Chambers, who was still grieving after 'is pig, said 'e Biggs; the tiger's in your 'ouse saying a word.

"And Sam Jones see it too," ses Bob Pretty; 'didn't you, Sam?"

"Sam didn't answer 'im. ***And Charlie Hall and Jack Minns and a lot more, ses Bob; besides, I see it myself. I can be- lieve my own eyes, I s'pose?'

:5,000 27th Janarere, London, Hamburg. would, then another man offered, and we're going to kill it. Now.

6,000 3rd Feb.

17,3100

10th Feb

#0000 17th Feb.

17,000 24th Fub.

3rd Mar. 1,000

15,000 10th Mar. 35,000 24th Mar

17,000 7th Apr. 15.000 21st Apr.

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Rotterdam Antwerp & Hull. Marseilles & London. Marseiler & London. Marseilles & London Marseilles & London

"'We'll have the law on you, san Sam Jones.

until at last there was seventeen then, lads."

"They all went in in a 'esp, push- of em. Some of 'em ad scythes and some pitchforks, and one or in Bob Pretty in front of 'em, till the finest sights I ever seed when with two of 'em guns, and it was one ofthe room was full. Only one man a scythe got in, and they Gerge Kettle stood 'em in rows of wouldn't ave let 'im in If they'd known. I a'most made 'em forget four and marched 'em off.

"They went straight up the road, the tiger for the time.

"As you like, ses Bob Pretty; "George Kettle opened the doo then across Farmer Gill's fields to ket to Plashett's Wood, where they wot led Into the kitchen, and then but I tell you plain, I've got all the thought the tiger 'ud most likely sprang back with euch a shout bills for this properly made out, be, and the nearer they got to the that the man with the scythe tried upstairs. And there's pretty neat Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Corge to Con- wand the slower they walked. The escape, taking Henery Walker a dozen of you as'll 'ave to go in itantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Porte by steamers of the sun 'nd just gone down and Khedivial Moll Steamship Co.

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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1933.

11th Nov. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta, 24th Nov.

SANTHIA

8.000

TAKADA

7,000

SIRDHANA

8,000

9th Dec.

10,000 23rd Dre.

10,000 0th Jan.

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'e was

the along with 'im. George Kettle tried the box and swear as you saw the wood looked very quiet and dark, to speak, but couldn't. All 'e could tiger. Now, can I sell any of you a but John Biggs, the blacksmith, and do was to paint with 'is finger at bit of pork afore you go? It's de- Bob Pretty's kitchen-and Bob llelous eating, and as soon as you George Kettle walked in first and the others follered, keeping so close Pretty's kitchen was for all the taste it you'll know it wasn't grown a pair o ducks together that Sam Jones 'ad a few world like dyork-butcher's shop. in Claybury, Or words over his shoulder with Bill There was joints pork 'anging wel 'ave come from two 'undered ("hambers about the way

from the ceiling, two brine tubs as miles off, and yet look as fresh as full as they could be, and quite a if they was on'y killed last night." jearrying is pitchfork.

"George Kettle, whose ducks 'ad "Every now and then somebody string of fowls and ducks all ready

gone the night afore, went into the ad say. Wol's that?' and they'd for market.

and walked

up and ""Wot d'ye mean by coming into front room and all stop and crowd together think the time ad come, but it my 'ouse?' aes Bob Pretty, bluster-down fighting for 'le breath, but it adn't, and then they'd go on agin, Ing. If you don't clear out pretty was all no good; nobody ever got the better o' Bob Pretty. None of Įtrembling, until they'd walked aliquick, I'll make you.'

"Nobody answered 'im; they was 'em could swear to their property, round the wood without seeing any all examining ands o' pork and and even when it became known a thing but one or two rabbits. John

month later that Bob Pretty and Biggs and George Kettle wanted fo' fowls and such-like,

"There's the tiger, ses Henery the tramp knew each other, nothing Walker, pointing at Bob Pretty; was done. But nobody ever 'eard that's wot old man Parsley meant." any more of the tiger from that day

"'Somebody go and fetch Police to this." man White, ses a voice.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South, to stay there till it was dark, but

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1923.

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7,000 801 Des. 7,000 3rd Feb. 7,000 3rd Mar. 7,000 30th Mar.

Munile, Rabnul, Brisbane, Sydney &

Melbourne.

Bob WALTER DARRE WILL

the others wouldn't 'ear of it for fear of frightening their wives, and just as it was getting dark they all come tramp, tramp, back

"I wish they would." ses to the Cauliflower' agin.

Pretty. 'T' 'ave the law on you all "Smith stood 'em 'arf a pint aplece, and they was all outside for breaking into my 'ouse like this, ere fancying theirselves a bit for see if I don't.' wot they'd done when we see old

"'Where'd you get all this pork

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japanman Parsley coming along on two from? sex the blacksmith.

Hong Kong to Sydney

and Hong Kong to Australia.

19 days.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following: -

The

sticks as fast as 'e could come.

Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom, via New for the tiger?' he asks. Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & O. Branch Bervice of steamers to London via Suez.

"Yes,' sea John Birge.

""And them ducks and hips?' ses

STARTLE EUROPE

(Continued from Page 8.)

The feudal system was not un- "Are you brave lads a-looking George Kettle,

""That's my business, ses Bob like that. The social ideal of six- Pretty, staring 'em full in the face. English statesmen. In the I just 'ad a excellent opportunity teenth century was a community That does "Then 'urry up, for the sake of offered me of going into the pork of yeoman farmers. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and mercy, ses old Mr. Parsley, putting and poultry line and I took it. Now, not differ greatly from Darre.

But all the world "has been 'is and on the table.and going off all them as into a fit of coughing; it's just any pork or fowls go out of my century and more.

retreating from this ideal for a gone into Bob Pretty's cottage house.

In Britain, especially, the was passing and saw it.'

*** "You're on thiel, Bob Pretty I' "George Kettle, snatches up is says Henery Walker. You stole farmer has been penalised and the landed gentry have been gun and shouts out to 'is men' to it all." ·

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1934. 7th* Jan.

6,500 17,000 12th Jan. *SOUDAN

6,800 24th Jan. RAWALPINDI 17,000 26th Jan, 16,000 0th Feb, 4,000 22nd Feb, 15,000 23rd Feb,

COMORIN

1

BURDWAN

CHITRAL

* Cargo only.

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,

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doesn't want to buy

come along. Some of 'em was for ""Take care wot you're saying, 'anging back at first, some because Henery, ses Bob Pretty else I'll they didn't like the tiger and soms įmake you prove your words." because they didn't like Bob Pret- ""You stole my pig, ses Herbert ty, but John Biggs drove fem in Smith.

front of 'im like a flock of sheep "Oh, "ave 17 ses Bob, reaching and then they gave a cheer and down a ‘and o' pork. Is that your ran after George Kettle full pelt pig?' he ses up the road. pos

"A few wimmen and children waspore pig? ses Herbert Smith."--

Is just about the sisa do my

Now Darre says, "Germany must go back to the old-Ideal,”

It is possible to return?

HONG KONG TIDES

Daty

November 4 to 10, 1933,

Time Meridian 120 deg. E (Zone at their doors as they passed, but ¦ ("Very usual caixo, I call it,' gas (8); ooh, in midnight, Eh. is anson. they took fright and wan indoors Bob Pretty; and them duck and Heights are referred to the datum of screaming. There was a lamp in hing very usual-looking kine- and the largest scale Admiralty chart of Bob Preity front room, but the ducks, I call 'em, except that they the place and should be added to proceded by an asterlak denthe, unless door was closed and the 'ouse was don't grow êm số fat in these parta. (*) when they should be subtracted. silent as the grave./ payload (107) [198 a ̈ Áng thing whén a man's doing "George Kettle and the men with a honest business to, 'ave these the gune went frat, and then cams charges brought agin m. "Dik the pitchforks, and last of all the eartening, 1 call it, I don't mind scythos, Just as George Kettle telling you that the tiger got in, at put-'is 'and on the door heeard my back winder the other night something moving inside, and the and took art a pound o'sadingis." Bat, next moment the door opened and but you don't 'ear me complaining

Bun. There stood Bob Pretty

and going about calling other

Két Mon. What the dickens!" "é ses, start people thieves, Ing back as 'a see the guns and

ged; ses HenaES - MAR pitchforks pointing at 'im.

almost certain

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