TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1934.
P.& 0.-British India DISCIPLINE
Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS.
TAKING CARGO
FOR
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.
(Continued from Puge 10.)
"Go on," he shouted excitedly; "Find out if anything happened to fit."
Miss Morton dialled the number and held a brief supercilious con versation with 2 station clerk Then she turned to Mr. Cole.
"The five-seven from Paddington reached its destination without any mishap.
"Oh!"
מון
He sat down at his desk with the muscles of his jaws working as if he were chewing something. It a habit of his in extreme irritation or mental stress. Then The snapped at Miss Morton.
see that "To-morrow I want to night-watchman fellow. Get him here at ten o'clock. And you might find out when my next train is."
Miss Morton already had time-table open before her.
*You won't catch one now until
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY nine-afteen, Mr. Cole."
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.
(Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
5.9.
Толь
From Hon. Eons About
1934.
RAWALPINDI **SOUDAN
17.000 #600
24th Feb. 3rd Mar,
*MIRZAPORE
COMORIN
CHITRAL
+BURDWAN
6.700 3rd Mar. 15,000 10th Mar. 15,000 24th Mar
6,000 31x Maz.
7th Apr. 15,000 21xt Apr. 15,000 28th Apr.
16.000 5th Mar 16.000 19th Mar
6,000 26th May
RANCHI
17,000
CARTHAGE **SOMALI
NALDERA
CORFU
1*BANGALORE
MANTUA RAWALPINDI +-BHUTAN
30,000 2nd June 17,000 16th June 6,000 23rd Juna
KAISAR-I-HIND RAJPUTANA
12,000 80th June 17,000 14th July
Destination.
Bombay. Marseilles & London, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg.
Rotterdam Antwerp & Hull. Spore, Penang. Bombay & Karadia Marseilles & London. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Ravre, London, Hamburg. Rotterdam. Antwerp &
Fe & London.
& London.
the
"Nine-fifteen. Thank you, Miss Morton-and good night to you.”
**Gond night, Mr. Cole."
But on his way to catch the 9.15) Mr. Cole was wayinid and, mindful of the fact that Miss Morton had prepared the way for him, he de- elded to telephone home that he was detained in town for the night. The 9.15 steamed out of Paddington without him.
•
That night Mr. Cole was uncon- cerned with the radio and he did not see the morning paper until he unfolded it in a bus coming along the Edgware-road. And there a streamer told him that disaster had
Bombay, Marseilles. Havre, London. overtaken a train two miles beyond Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp & Reading and that there were seven. Hull.
Bombay. Marseilles London.
Bombay. Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg, Rotterdam Antwerp & Hull,
Bombay, Marseilles & London.
DO
Bombay. Marseiller, Havre, Landon,
Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp
Hull. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Do
+ Calls Camblanca
• Cargo only. Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Lavant Ports by steamers of the Kbodivin! Mail Steamship Co,
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
SIRDHANA
†TALMA
1934.
8,000 20th Feb. 16.30 a.m. 10,000 6th Mar.
Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.
Do
TILAWA
SANTHIA
10,000 8.000
19th Mar,
DO
1st Apr.
DO
TAKADA
7,000 18th Apr.
SIRDHANA
8,000 20th Apr.
DO Do
† Callz Rangoon.
1st and 2nd class passengers.
dead and twenty-one injured, many
of them seriously.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Celery Her Ideal Diet.
Contrary to prediction of fashion moguls, Hollywood stars curves are not looking with favour ujion the trend towards
Barbara The great majority still diet from the slim figure. Stanwyck (nbave) doesn't mind dieting, if celery is to consti- tute the greatest part of her food, for she loves it and is nih-
bling u stalk here.
The train had left Paddington at wanted Thomas to be here at ten, INSANITY'S ANNUAL
9.15 the previous night.
Mr. Cole. Did you mean it?” Mr. Cole følt na if the blood were. Did he mean It? Was the rushing to his head so that it near-woman implying that he had not ly suffocated him, then draining known what he was saying? away as suddenly till he felt sick; He stared at her with narrowed
INCREASE
(Continued from Paue 8).
and dizzy.
The law was drastically amended eyes. "Of course I meant it. Do I
don't in 1930 by an Act receiving sup- Seven dead! It would have been ever give orders that I eight dead. He would have been mean 7′′
port from members of all parties. lying there, and he knew exactly For a whole quarter of an hour Three very useful provisions were how he would have been lying-before ten o'clock Mr. Cole sat alone made.
In the first place, local authori- with his hend crushed between two in the office thinking.
empowered to provide beams.
As ten o'clock struck Thomas was] ties were He came off the bur al the shown in.
out-patient treatment. This meant Marble Arch because he couldn't Mr. Cole had made up his mind that it was no longer necessary for bear it, and walked all the way what to expect. Thomas would act any and everyone afflicted by some along Oxford-street in an effort to as his saviour, as a privileged per- mental illness to become a certi- work of the excitement within him. son henceforth in the firm. Well.... fed lunatic before he could receive: In the beginning he was in an He greeted him affably. "Good treatment at the public expense. exalted mood. He glowed with the morning. Thomas."
(The advantage of this to the poor. and the consequent protection to
| thought that Providence had "Good morning, sir.”
singled him out for escape, that just
"Strange thing, coincidence, the rest of society, is obvious. Thomna,"
as the Angel of the Lord had come
|to Joseph in a dream, so He had "It may seem strange to some,
come to a humble night-watchman sir.” Thomas
in order that hie-Lewis Cole'a- life should be spared. A pran of praise for Providence nwelled with-
B.I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for in him.
Seven people were lying dead. and Lewis Cole was walking along
| Oxford-street in the sunshine! It
he was already.
said quietly. There
"You read about that train?” "I heard it over the wireless, sir." "I wasn't on it."
"It wasn't your train, sir." "It nearly was,"
"Well, I'm glad you weren't on
Temporary Treatment
Now Giren
The second provision was that persons knowing themselves to re- quire treatment may voluntarily apply for it and receive it without stigma.
The third provision of the Act|
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South, was a miracle, the most astounding it, sir," Thomas said without con- 18, however, the most important
1934.
TANDA NANKIN NELLORE TANDA NANKIN
7,000
Ard Mar. 7.000 80th Mar. 77,000 7,000 7,000
4th May.
2nd June 30th June
NELLORE
*,000
3rd Aug.
miracle he had ever heard of
AD*
cern. Mr. Cole had not expected one, and unfortunately has not yet But by the time he reached the thin. He looked for a full moment been appreciated by local Circus it wasn't so much a miraclejat Thomas and blinked rapidly. thorities. This neglect was the oc- BS a piece of luck. Sheer coin-Then he drew out his wallet, open-casion of a very strong appeal a Manila, Rabaul. Brisbane, Sydney &
Melbourne.
eldence and good luck. He alwaysjed it and laid a five-pound note on few weeks ago by the Minister of had been a lucky man.
the desk.
Health. It deals with persons who He grew tired of walking and His movements were theatrical are unable to say whether or not finished the rest of the journey by and his voice, when he spoke again, they are willing to receive treat-
A man who had Fortune on was affectedly slow and deliberate, ment. Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan his side as he had needn't bother "People call me a just man. Apart from the 1930 Act, such and Hong Kong to Australia.
much about the extravagance of a
Thoman.'
people are, of course, certified and taxi, but he wondered" whether the "I've never heard otherwise, sir." pass into the tragic category of the "Just but a stern disciplinarian. Insane, But the Act provides that **against them at the same rate as It's my creed. It has made me they may be temporarily treated:
when it was moving, Surely not. what I am to-day."
Hong Kong to Sydney - 19 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following '—
Laxi.
The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom via Newtaxi ticked up when the lights were
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The F. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
The P. & 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.
*BURDWAN CHITRAL TILAW
NANKIN
BANCHI
17.000
SANTHIA
MAGE
1934.
4,000 24th Feb. 16.000 23rd Feb. 30,000 21st Feb. 7.000 4th Mar. 9th Mar. 8,000
0th Mar. 6,800 21st Mar. 15,000 23rd Mar. 7,000 23rd Mac. 7,000 5th Apl. 16,000 6th Api. .8,000 8th Apr. BANGALORE 6,000 18th Apr 15,000 19th Apr
11,000
3rd May 6,100 16th May
TAKADA NELLORE
ANA
CORFU MANTUN *BHUTAN
* Largo only.
S'hat, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. S'hal, Mofi, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Amay S'hal Moji, Kohe & Ozaka.
Kobe & Yokohama. Yokohama.
Amoy, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghai Moll, Kobe, & Yokohama. Shanghal Moil, Kobe, & Yokohama, Amoy S'haf Moji Koba & Osaka, S'hal, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama. S'hai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Shanghai, Mofi, Kobe & Yokohama, S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama,
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. All Cabins are fitted with Electrie Fans or Puska' Louvre System;" / Steamers on London 'and Australian Lines are fitted; with Laundries. Parcels measuring not more than 5 cu. ft. will be received at the Com bany's Omien up to Noon on the day, previous to sailing edge din
For further information, Passage, Freight, Handbooks, etc, apply to MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
P. & 0. Building, Connaught Rd, C., Hong Kong,
Avenia...
a
Even this temporary treatment is He watched the signals anxiously Thomas did not answer.
carefully hedged about so that it for green or red and muttered to "Because I appreciate your con- cannot possibly be applied to any himself when he saw green a little cern for my safety I am presenting but those who really require it ahead, "He'll do it, he'll do it. you with this...."
Sir Hilton Young asserted that Too late, the fool."
He held out the note with a 10 per cent. of the patients now As he neared the office his recol-manly gesture of frankness and certified might have been treated lections of the previous afternoon friendliness, but the only response as temporary. We may be sura came crowding in on him. He felt from Thomas was a stiffening of that this proportion will grow. distinctly unenay, the more so be- his hands and a curious animal The provision does more than cause there was a gap in his mem- contraction of his pupils,
anything else to abolish that tragic ory which he could
"Thank you, sir," he said pre-crossing of the Rubicon from which Such a thing had never happened in sently, "but I'd rather not take It." the mentally afflicted should,..if This life before. If he had lowered! Mr. Cole laughed. "You'd better possible, be saved. Temporary treatment is often sufficient; it far- his prestige, then he would have to take it, Thomas. You'll need it." Įtighten the reins everywhere until] Thomas was sensitive to change, ther prevents a patient from sink- he had re-established himself. If He fixed his grave dark eyes on Mr.ing Into permanent insanity they thought they could take ad- Cole and waited for the rest. through being kept in an institu vantage of a lapse, and they would, Mr. Cole leaned across the deak, tion in permanent contact with the
not
all in.
of course, he would show them. "You dreamed about that disaster insane; «
He walked pompously to the lift the night before Jaat?”
and bid the ftman a curt good] morning.
He was earlier than usual and
two typists were missing from the outer office.
**Yes, sir."
ז.
"
Greatest Of All Dangers
PRES
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There's no mistake about that?" It is certainly in line with our "No, sir."
beat traditions of humanity - and "And you are the night-watch-healing. But practice may ing a man engaged by this firm to be little behind, the law, and local au- Send them to me as soon as they alert and aware of anything that thorities, working mainly through the fittest." It' beköves us to se0 arrive, Miss Morton," he barked as might chance to occur during the harassed relieving officers, have that those who survive are made he passed through.
night. If one dreams one must not yet appreciated their new op fit. Mental Illhosa fanat be receive He would show them all to-day, first be asleep, Asleep at one's portunties. The temporary patients, the attention which it requires. He thought he detected partness post, Thomas!"
In rateaided Institutions do not yet It it does not, there will inevitably,
POLAND'S
WOMAN
Poland now Homah mayor In one and dismissed her; he let the Thomas's lips parted Yelightly in number 2 per cent of the whole. be a spread of mental weakness,the first. other off with a warning, because the simple incredulity of a gentle But the Minister's appeal, we may But civiliation is aware of its She is Mila Mullerowna, a her hands were trembling with mind. He did not speak heatre, will doon have its res- dangers. It masters then one by hotel proprietor who has been nervousness,
"You will find a week's wages at ponse Our authorities are noth one. We may hope and belleva elected Mayor of Konstancin w Then Miss Morton reminded him, the payoice, Thomas. Gooding if not homane,
that this, the greatest of all, will favourite holiday resort for War “You said, "lant evening that you morning.ž.
We no longer have “aurvival of be the next to be mastered,. saw people-Reuter
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