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MONDAY, FEBRUARY

1934.

P.&O.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian

Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.

CARGO FOR

TAKING

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS. EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA. INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS. EUROPE. &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

B.S.

From Tons Hong Kong

About

1934.

RANPURA **BEHAR

17.000 10th Feb

6,000 17th Feb.

- RAWALPINDI

**SOUDAN

COMORIN

17.000 24th Feb

6,800 3rd Mar.

15,000 70th Mar. 15.00 24th Mar

6.000 31st Mar.

7th Apr. 17.000

15,000 21st Apr. 15,000 28th Apr.

5th Mar 19th Mav

CHITRAL

+BURDWAN

RANCHI

CARTHAGE **SOMALI

NALDERA

CORFU +BANGALORE

16,000 15.000

10,000 2nd Janu 17.000 10th June 6,000 23rd June

KAISAR-1-HIND

12,000 30th June

MANTUA RAWALPINDI +*BHUTAN

4,000 26th May

Destination.

Bombay, Marseilles & London. Marseilles. Havre, London, Hamburg,|

Rotterdam & Antwerp. Bombay. Marseilles & London. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg

Ralterdam Antwerp & Bull Marseillez & London. Marseilles & London.

Bombay, Marseilles, Kavre, London, Hamburg, Rotterdam. Antwerp & Hull.

Marseilles & London. Martelles & London. Bombay. Marseilles, Havre, London Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London, Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London,

Hamburg, Rotterdam Antwerp Hull.

Bomboy, Marseilles & London. DO →→→→ Bombay, Marselles, Havre, London, Hamburg. Rotterdam. Antwerp & Bombay, Marseilles & London.

• Cargo only. † Calls Camblanca.

Hull.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Cubans Allegiance Parade.

The streets of Havana, filled with people in a huge demonstration to show adherence to the Administration pf Professor Grau Martin, who recently resigned from the Presidential The paraders, dearing, banners, ¦ are shown office, and opposition to the Platt Amendment. marching along one of the main streets of the city.

AIR LOCK A.G.. 75

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came

like wreckage from the edge of s storm, and a man behind them scream- ed out filthy abuse. "The Govern ment's done us in," he vociferated. The treacherous swine!" He broke

whimpering

Idowes

"Some of these swine make me sick From the dreadful maelstromn

more

AD

He beckoned to George and Michael. and they followed him without a word. inwn Rye-lane, up a passage-way, and then to the left, passing beneath the

ailway bridges.

"Heaven knows what it was," said Hubert

tumultuous street hand in hand with That's new to me," 10th the milling crowds grew fainter. It

Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargs to Con- stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrns and other Levant Porta by ateamers of the down. Khedivia! Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

SIRDHANA

TALMA

TILAWA

SANTHIA

1934.

8,000 18th Feb. 4th Mar. 10,000 10.000 18th Mar.

8,000

1st Apr.

Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

DO

- DO

- DO

↑ Calls Rangoon.

+

President

Liners

FASTEST TIME HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO

Speed With Comfort.

SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; SEATTLE, VICTORIA THE SUNSHINE ROUTE 18 Days | THE EXPRESS ROUTE 17 Days To San Francisco Via Shanghai, To Seattle Via Shanghai, Kobe and

Kobe Yokohama and Honolulu

Yokohama

Fortalghtly sailings:--- Pres. Lincoln ... Feb. 13, midnight Pres. Hoover ....... Feb. 24, 10. a.m. Pres. Cleveland · „Mar. 13, midnight Pres Coolidge :.Mar. 24, 10 a.mi. Prem. Taft

EUROPE

Fortnightly sailları:--

| Pres. Jeffersòn ..Feb. 16, midnight Pres. Grant ........Mar. 2, midnight Pres. McKinley..Mar. 16, midnight Pres. Jacksons: Mar, 26. midnight Apr. 10, midnight | Pres. Veterion Apr. 13, midnight

NEW YORK

| Via :: Manila,-- Singapore, Colombo,

Bombay, Buez

MediterraneRA

the

Pres. Hayes Pres: Johnson Pres. Monroe .............Mar. 17, 8 a.m. Pres. Van Buren.Mar. 11, 8 a.m. Pres. Garfield.....Apr. 14, 6 am.

MANILA

THE MOST FREQUENT

SERVICE

NEXT SAILINGF

.Feb. 17, 8 a.m.

Pres. Lincoln Mar. 3, 8 a.m. | Prce. Jefferson

Pres. Hoover Pres. Hayes Pres. Grant

Feb. 6, 6 p. „Feb. 19, 6 pm. .Feb. 15. 9 p.m. 2. Feb. 17, 8 ́a.m. „Feb. 24, 6 p.m.

DRASTIC FARE REDUCTIONS TO NEW YORK

trip to New York conveniently and inexpensively.

DOLLAR

STEAMSHIP

AMERICAN MAIL

LINES LINE

PEDDER BUILDING, HONG KONG. CANTON BRANCH — NO. 4, SHAKEE ROAD.

BARBER WILHELMSEN LINE

MONTHLY SERVICE

То

PANAMA CANAL

ZONE

AGENTS:

ATLANTIC

COAST. U.S.A

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Queen's Building

PACIFIC COAST U.S.A

terror

BUREAUCRACY AGAIN ENCROACHES

directions.

On every side arose

Arbler," he said. "Utterly stupid around the Air Lock staggered a Gas And now the Dollar Steamship Lines announce their Hong Kong to To the Fant He darted off leaving the front door and utterly selfish. Collectively, peo-Guard, minus beret, gas-mask, knap New York, all water scenic trip. at lower-than-ever costs.

ole are worse than sheep. We ought sack and cylinder. His bald head Coast of America, via the Panama Canal and with a vide to Havana. open, and through this aperture, and to have strict milltary discipline with was pouring with perapiration; the First Class G$575, Tourist Class C$220. through the windows,

the all the exempts. By the Lord! what's left side of his face was covered with Never before has it been possible to travel on these modern luxury clamour of a whole population In that?"

blood. He

at the doorway. at as low as those you to-day, Step aboard friend simultaneous activity.

they marched they had become breathing heaviled an able to speak in Fresident Liner T Bongong and lake this opportunity to make your Mrs. Arbler's face went white again.

strange, vi. It was

Hubert "I simply can't stand being coupedradually conscious of a

bat brant note in the upper air; at first up and buried-" 'she began, George thrust a small glossy surfacedow and muffled, but becoming momen- kit-bag into her hands, and pushed tarily sharper, clearer, mo Insis "Don't worry. cnt. The noise seemed to be over her towards the door.

Now it was twanging You take Patsy along. Perhaps taking thens.

He overhead. It was like no known air- "Staff entrance," gasped Hubert, at won't inst more than an hour."

sent Jessle and Patsy kissed her hastily, and went over to craft drone, and the shuffling column length.

halted, as one man, and gazed up. his father.

'here-just-just before the-the- wards in puzzled scrutiny, "Now then, Dad. Come on!"

rush,"

Then, The sky was clear of clouds "Thank God." geld George. "I won't go," shouted the old minh.! "Nothing will make me go. Let the watery blue. Almost vertically the numbness of his mind, he for &cowards go.

His face was grey I'm going to sit here, above them, strung out in a line, were got about them.

nd his unsound heart thumped wild- Tomfool nonsense."

three strange cigar shapes, which of peared to be

They were

werely against his ribe. "What was that wingies. George knew his father's obstinacy eared too well to argue any further. "You'd travelling fast-too fast to hear.hing that fall? I can't ace way that come quick enough if it was a real ships. They seemed queerly isolated can't smell anything." attack," he said, and with a regret and without purpose. It was impos ful sigh, he left the old man crouch-ible to guess their size or altitude.

Behind them the shrieking uproar of ed by the fire and went out into the

"What the devil are A Service lorry roared Michael.

its was as though they had howled until past, driving cabin hey could howl no more, and were Everywhere people were hurrying hermetically-sealed and asking questions.

were bulging over the front wheels like the w raging in desperate, gasping Doors banging. and nose of such an army dog. Those in the halted sect on look-

windows being shut out of a inonstrous mechanical bull silence.

Michael was whimpering like a bes The en puppy. When he fainted and fell of shuffling feet sounded queerly ined at each other questioningly.

shuff shuff of soundless feet in eur. George did not notice it, and Hubert the absence of wheeled traffic.

There were many cripples, and in rounding streets resumed its bruthad to turn and pick up the manimats ody. They came to a small cobbled Arm old pople, and excited children, ing sensation on the war.

"Women and infants

"Come on," down here,"

aid Gallon, "Quickard, turned down it, through a small merch. We're nearly there now. For-wooden door, and as gained the steel! shouted a Gas Guard at the corner.

patos they sought. "Women and infants down here," "ward.” boomed a directional loud speaker,

"Connie showed me this," ani Then, one after another, the three) This is fun, Daddy," said Michael, cigar shapes in the vault of the sky lubert. "Against the rules for "But wish people wouldn't

Push."

slowed down. A puff of black smoke street Gas Guard to know it, but she "Our parade in further on, sonny, emerged lazily from each. One after 1,"

Hubert

the air-locks were On every side There was nobody about. said George

to be with another, they stopped moving. For "You are

slid discharging people from the minute, they pressed a button and the door the men, this time, you are auch a second, which seemed big boy. Arent you proud?" hung there, poised miraculously. Then open. They west inside, and the door above ground,

"Yes, Daddy,

With the pro- the groans of those injured in the forward, and losed behind them. now. they began to tilt, nose forw $7

George's conscience frantic affray. Wild eyes stared with Isn't Grand-dud silly, stopping in like to drop, apreading fanwise away from nise of

such other. The vibrant noise reason smoke momentarily within him. He the delirium of horror. Many were th that? He's missing everything."

half-comprehending,

state of Imbecility. Children "So he is," said George, hurrying and the three shapes sped silently looked,

Michael, drooping in Hubert's arms. were shivering like frightened animals We know, of course, that the Insur un. "Ah! Here's our section.

down, though on invisible oblique "cotldn't we' go back for Mr. Gul-|—but children were in the minority, a'ance Bill will cost about £60 mil- can see Mr. Gallon there, lining them rails.

faltered, "He's a good the hundreds of trampled bodies in lions a year; of this 440 millions Hello, Gallon, Where do we up.

"Something wrong

chap. He was the doorway." the bloody streets above bora lon, stepping out, "Come stand 1"

will come from the contributions, He began to weep, but Hubert and witness. "Fall in there two deep," yelled Mr.j

himself

Notices and placards hung on every and the rest will come from the a proper now," and polled hot breath made smail clouds in the "There

loyer in the wall. pillar. Loud speakers barked Instruc- State. But what this new Unem- They were in's long, low tunnel, ilons, Swift-moving staff workers ployment Bill will cost no man can frosty air.

"Drop there parcela, your alarm if it had been" in the check suit, No parcels. Can't But from every street, and in all with gratings of criss-cross ironwork tended, directed, questioned and guided, help that You know the Regulathe air, the shuffing plodding sounds running down the centre of the door The crowds from the various lock en estimate, certainly not less tion as well as I do, And you of the moving multitudes rose to These gratings began to emit a thin tries were being continually sorted ont a million a week The rules for piloted down this avenue and that appealing from the decision of the Whiskers. I won't have bundles. crescendo of hurry. Many besides lue vapour, warm and pungent

TOWE of

Unemployment Board are exceed- Section 271 must Nothing except kit-baga."

have seen

apan your clothes and flap them to the seemingly endles

said Hubert We must get cubleles, each with their sleeping ingly complicated, and will afford He stood back a few paces, survey-strange su began to beat its. wint». ] thoroughly neutrallked before we go bunka, one above the olber, like berths

shapeal the straggling lines of men and boya.

in ships cabins. And the air hummed a fat and juley morsel for the legal Men looked with disfavour upon crip in, in case any gas, has "Any more for Section twe seven gles in the ranks. Women caught

Michael's and palpitated with sounds of machin profession busled himself read."

Dangerous Measure breath. Children looked to clothes. We were only just in time," ers. The refugees were sick with aus- Then, satisfied their one?" he bellowed.

was authentic,

"See. The boy's eyes are bense, waiting for news, waiting to and their elders with mute, white quer he said.

them I believe that the author of this having weeded out two or three wholtionings.

already one mass of inflammation know what had descended upon

blue of the skies. measure is Mr. Neville Chamber- And Old ferated Hike a loud speaker

street the shrill voice of a woman, he picked up the unconsciona boy and

George in the deserted house, heard the "Section. Shun. I'm going to in-was the loud articulation of Fear: strode to the further door.

A voice vibrant voices of the strange elgar Derating Bill, which is most un- spect all armlets and kit-bags. Front "God simighty help as It's's real followed, as in a dream. rank take one pace forward. Wait attack. Run for your lives!!!

barked at them from a mouthplace in shapes travelling overhead. He heard popular in the country. Mr. Cham-

The Gallon the upper panel. screamed

ruth and whine of their descent berlain is not personally, popular, for it. One pace forward-march!

and the yaling turmoil of the pebut he is the prince of bureaucrats, The front rank swayed for

forward 1 in a struggling to stay the rush of the

How many?"

three successive and he will have the whole arpy ple. He heard the manner that would have made a foremost in his section:" "It's fataið

Hight-coms in."

crashes as the robot-controlled, long Goardsman weep.

the might have spoken to the

But

The door slid open and closed agaiis distance lon, ront rank men," shouted Mr. Gal-

low street torpedoes fell "Grasp

neck of the kit-bag sir. His section caught the panic in Once more there was a long, the

emotions with the right hand and shove it for utter disorder, and from every war tunnel, but this time there was an Conflicting Ward an come to you, so's I can sa rounding street, ways of hysteri-attendant, staring at them, grotesque through his brain. Consternation with from the various parties in

disbelief, resolve, hesita maak armista and stoppers at one go.” cal humanity converged: upon Air ty

From behind

tral Lock, said Hubert. tion, chagrin and then wild the House of Commons it is im- He went along the cleansing it Lock A.G.75. Where roads Intersected

Keeps terror urged him into the open. He possible to predict, but, the Con- of all parcels

"air" pressure. protrudine.

from pockets, sections fought ach other for right

did not know which way to run, but servatives will be great fools it said Get your heartf

came, bevertheless, into the open space George Can't help it, Rid Hubert. "It's befor the Airs Locks, Dest: blow ate they accept the measure as it. stands, for it will place the ad- them smart Through he saw the ground ca-ministration of the Poor Law in watery The Foggled figure slid open the eyes, making their farther door. There was a faint, hiss

up against the outer

B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.

There," said Gal

"It can't be anything rata asid!

En

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South, Gallon- big, red-faced man, whose grimly:"Everybody for

would have been

TANDA NANKIN NELLORE TANDA NANKIN

NELLORE

1934. 7,000 Ard Mar.

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Manila, - Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydory 4 wh

Melbourne.

ing

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan that his flock and Hong Kong to Australia

Hong Kong to Sydney 13 days. Frequent connections from Australia with the following-

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San. Francisco, etc.

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

The F. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London via Suez The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,

COMORIN

TALMA *BURDWAN CHITRAL

1934.

$15,000 9th Feb. 9th Feb, 10,000 4,000 22nd, Feb. 15,000 23rd Feb. 22nd Feb.

10,000 17,000.

8,000 9th

6.800

15,000

CARTHAGE TAKADA NELLORE NALDERA

7,000 23rd Ma

Eth-Anl 7.000 18,000 Bth Apl.

Jargo only,

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hai, Moji & Kobe. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hal Moji & Kobe.

Yokohama. Shanghal, Kobe & S'hal, Mojl

# Kobe. Shinghal, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai. Kobe & Yokohama, Amoy, Bhai Moj

Kobe

Shanghal Hoji, Kobe, & YokohamM, Shanghal Hoji, Kobe, & Yokohama.

--All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without noties,

All Cabins are Atted with Electric Jans or Punka Louvre Systems, Steamers on London and Australian' Lines' are ätted with Laundries. Paresis marring, not more than eft, vill Jefe Com pany's Office" up to Noon on the day previous, to sailing.

For further information, Passage. Freight, Handbooka, ska, zpply to 1 MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

· # 0. Building Connaught Rd. C... Hong Kong,

those

·

And

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theni

belonged to another Section, he vori... Then there rang out from a parallell After an uncomfortable two minutes, from the ler, crouched by the fire lain; it ia, Indeed, modelled on his

spare overcoats and so forth.

"No running.”

Some of

of way:

of his flock argued, but he was firm, many months might not have

and even ferocious, with a fist ready

For

heen.

The careful planning, of

・Foll

cathing

And the threa cigar abapex:

the more defiant. At last he got upon London. As they lcomed larger the only way.

into thom something like order, and and nearer they developed then came weary wait in the icy cold. The hubbub disi down.

4972k noise. Accompa

tion flying wast, high overhead, seem-burst

into the of bureaucrats at his back, a very

powerful force, then whirled what reception the Bill will meet

to be Atting him too tisu Umesly, first one way and then an- of the Government.

wwert 30 seatured "fragmenta ing sound; and 2 growing weight set neted with the dead and the dying, the hands of the five bureaucrats The drone of an airplane forma of ballcopter blades that had been fled on George's chest. His templer Lock was piled hear of corpses, he is London, who, It must be remem ed, in the peculiar hush, almost lika black der in the midst of the were hammering His scalp abestu moaned, with fear and began to run bored, can be removed at the will?

other. I Times Service lorries roared We can imagine the sort of pres dream-sound, startlingly unreal. One of the cigars seemed to be com breathing are oppressed.

Zall

spot Goggled Gas Guards was alive with thoughts and ing directly for the Rye-lans entrance he began to momentarily

up to the ta of unspoken: ques- the Air Lock. It passed obliquely they pssed through to another tunnel, HPTARE from

the Įtions,' ::

(which and when the door closed behind them ghastly heap by behind the brilliant, neon sigut a reared the characters: FALG750

to extricate the

The

with the shouts

faced old man with a

hand

Lock Itéamed – to xr attendant ya Again: cut off one, with téverial: kaster?

here. Birgling, gray | Lightable about 20ft, long | the]

moustache Ain't there time for me George

to win this here pareal home? If Then it disappeared a leave it in the street it'll get atolan" Than W

help that roared Mr. Gal- ad by the rambling avalanche

Can you shouldn't

his fallow men Rozzled guardian pr the upper and lower

Dow

between

were

Arblers Rome" stone, stepa.: JĄ New a other t

Fan-to the sure which will be exercised by the of uninsured electors one by to increase the payments: under

about...ma AZER Part 11. of the Bill »

TSHADESÃory of being parcela, talling bricks and smashing woodwork using the burgut. de Confused polres rojan Phrough the fabric that protec

do you sudible above the frengY, MOR

2. A cload of disk Irot Then, shattering

with their bulld the air.

nd building

veringly Orosa" qulyaringly explosions,

the second also reamed horribly deep base" Into Bite. All over the Women City they sounded, and all over the rasped, fought, and grows County of London, raping their warn-scord Bright Ing drumsticks on

the tense fabric midst of the surging, ero

Grandawers

Saman deathṣto rat›into!

Zall in banda: Gsorgs Arblaz

crowd 'serged forward,

In a doorway, thro

stampling after them, “Girl Indeed, a most dangerous * For God'd make give me experiment, and a most risky **- tension of the power af i bureau- But they could not h

The piloting, of the Bill

usted to no more con "Old Aiblerji spoke mogito://// their courses on Ongu wa them and Old the more a dour, hail to be passed, the more White bot knives began charge of two Gas Girards Cher Eme back at his throat and down ands

ride their mask, and bright to his chest Bmarting aropies. bark and cuffs. One of them "d his eyes and he knew that org.

Men not

#931)iks outside, mate had combow in t

gal Lock the

behind him,

Gua

Down the

waiting for news, Above still *high the flaming Basson of which had now become tha Homb

ampede the dazzling, neo

of reddess bribery and rance.