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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports and Honolulu.

TATSUTA MARU

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

Wednesday, 18th April at 10 am.

Wednesday, 9th May at 10 x.m.

Wednesday,

HEINAN. MARU (start from Kobe). Monday,

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM

23th May

30th Apr.

HIKAWA MARU (starts from K-bo). Monday,

21st May

SUWA MARU

Saturday,

14th Apr.

FUSHIMI MARU

Saturday,

23th Apr.

HAKOZAKAI MARU

Saturday,

12th May

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

KAMO MARU

Saturday,

98th Apr.

KITANO MARU

Saturday,

26th May

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.

MAYEBASHI MARU

Sunday,

29th Apr.

HAKODATE MARU

Monday,

7th May

GINYO MARU

Friday,

11th May

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama.

HEIYO MARU

Monday.

28th May

NEW YORK via Panama.

+TOBA MARU

†TSUYAMA MARU

Wednesday, Friday,

18th Apr.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul,

11th May Piraeus, Genos

and Valencia,

ĦLIMA MARU

Monday,

16th Apr.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

TMORIOKA MARU

Monday,

10th Apr.

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Sunday,

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Tuesday,

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

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Friday,

20th 'Apr.

8th May

20th Apr. 27th Apr.

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Sun.,

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Mon..

29th Apr. 21st May.

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pala ở Butore

BIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS, Buenos Aires Maru Wed.,

MONTEVIDEO & RUFNOS Santos Maru

Tues.,

25th Apr. 24th May

AIRES vin Singapore.

Colombe,

Durban, Port

Elizabeth and Cape Town.

MOMBANA,

ZANZIBAR, Arabia Mary

Sat.,

DARES-SALAAM, BEIRA, Manila Maru

Tues.,

5th May.

5th June

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MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, Melbourne Maru

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THE

CHINA MAIL.

On Tour With "First Lady"

The first family of the Dominican Republic, President and Mme. Rafael Trujillo, welcome Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady" of the United States, to their country as she arrives at San Pedro Des Macoris on her air cruise of the Caribbean. Mrs. Roosevelt was entertained at the executive mansion during her stay.

My Adventure At Soissons

(Continued from Pape.9.)

MOSCOW MOBILISES

*

WORKERS

Big Effort To Finish Tube Project.

READY BY NOVEMBER

Moscow..

Thell

"Comrades, mobilise! "Your labour is needed. first seven mile of the City's "tube" must be finished before the Public holiday on November 7."

This is the call made to every able-bodied person in Moscow.

Women, as well as men, will give 2,000,000 days of unpaid labour during the next seven months.

The new tuba will be very much! like the London one.

This decision' wan reached after Soviet engineers had tra- velled to France, Belgium, Eng- land and the United States to study their underground sys- tems.

Construction 18 now being pushed forward at a feverish pace with 50.000 workers and a corps of leading engineers la bouring in day and night shifts.

During the digging operations many relics of Moscow's past are uncovered. Among other things workers have come acrossį jan underground torture chamber

where the Tsar Ivan the Terrible fused to gloat over the persecu-i tion of his enemies among the Russian nobility in the middle of} the 16th century.

Other things discovered are house. At that moment Bard ar- remains of old walls and moats Hutin's mother gave us the red rived and handed over-the-com which protected Moscow Trom curtains from the dining-room, the mand of the powder magazine to Tartar raids, a blacksmith's shop blue one from the drawing-room, and him. But before I left I urranged with tools, clay pots. axes, and a little four-inch gun so that it was old vaults with clothing still painted at the main entrance.

rlinging to the bones within. "Stooke and keep on smoking." Reuter. told Bard. "So that if anyone breaks down the door you can pass ja lighted cigarette across the prim-

la white sheet completed the red. white and blue of the national flag. As for the flag-staff-the existing jone would do perfectly well for the

tricolour. Flag-staffs do not pro-ing." Bard raised no objection to

claim their opinions

Bard

ja plan which gave him an excuse in Our plans were soon made. smoke cigarette after cigarette, and I was on the point of setting out and Hutin were to substitute the tri- for the office of the commandant of colour for the Royalist flag, and the town when something occurred I had given Bard any double- was to seize the powder magazine to me.

barrelled pistols. hut he now had a Bard was to relleve me at the mago-

A rific, s cannon all to himself. zine while I went to the commandant of the town, M. de Linteres, to seek Cannon and pistols were excessive,

no 1 took charge of the pistole my authority for carrying the powder

self. back to Paris, it was quite simple to decide how we should like to ob tain the powder.

It was not difficult to find the office of M, de Linieres, and the sen-

THIEVES STEAL A CROSS.

$75,000 Case Left Behind.

LACK OF MOTIVE BAFFLES POLICE

Madrid.

A 600-year-old religious relic known as the Cross of Caravaca, for many years sa object of veneration

by pilgrims, has been stolen from a

castle near Madrid.

The police are puzzled to find a

I stationed myself at the powder try at the door paid no attention to magazine, and as soon as I saw theme when I passed through. M. de motive for the crime, since the Royalist flag come down and the Linieres was engaged in interrogat- thieves left behind the allver tricolour go up in its place, I climbing an officer regarding the substitu-

WEB

the kept-and

case, studied ed the wall, holding my rifle ready tion of the Royalist flax by the tri-case in which the cross 5th May, for action. The magazine

wus colour.

with diamonds. Is estimated to be 5th June guarded by three old soldiers of un-

"Pardon me, M. le Vicomte," I worth about £75.000. questionable courage, but I hoped interrupted, "but if you want the 10th Apr.

that they would not be unfavourably full detalls, no one can give them little value. 4th May disposed towards the Revolution. better than myself."

Sat.,

BOMBAY &

KARACHI via Altai Maru

Singapore, Penang and Pacific Maru

Tues.,

Thurs..

Fri.,

Colombo

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Havre Maru .....

Belawan Dell, & Rangoon

Himalaya Maru

"JAPAN 'PORTS

Sumatra Maru

JAPAN via Takao & Keelung

Canada Maru

KEELUNG vin Swatow and

Amoy

Canton Maru

Hozan Mara

Wed.,

Man..

Fri.,

Sun, Bun.,

Thurs.,

19th Apr.

TAKAO via SWATO and Dell Maru

AMOY

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It is reputed to have belonged They were gazing in surprise at the "Who are you, monsieur?" the once to the Knights Templars, 20th Apr. tricolour floating over the cathedral commandant cried in amazement. Moorish king captured it from them, 2nd May when I jumped down and presented There was some excuse for him, but afterwards gave it back on be

Christianity,——-* my gun.

1 had been fighting or travelling for ing converted to 23rd Apr.

"I have come for all the powder the last four days and my clothes Renter. in the town." I explained. "Please were torn and dirty. I lost no time; 11th May

look at this order from General in explaining my identity and the For fear that the taxes on foreign! 22nd Apr. Gerard."

reason why I had made this descent grain may prove a heavy burden for! They stared at me in surprise but upon Soissons- Then I produced the people in Fukien, the Ministry 29th Apr.

one of them read the order and was the order given me by General of Finance hae instructed the Fuklen sallsfied of its authenticity. Still Gerard. But it did not make M. de Provincial Government to reduce the covering them with my rifle, I asked Linieres any more favourably dis-taxes by 50 per cent, according to them to give me their word

the official Central News Agency. He of posed towards me. honour to go into their house and ultra-Royalist. Paris might be lo

war 2.11

not stir without my permission. the hands of the Revolutionaries, ho

The promise was given

and

three soldiers retired

info

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may be obtained.. "Oh, I don't doubt you for a mothe Goods have left the Godowns, and

No claims will be admitted after) ment," the commandant returned all Goods remaining undelivered after with 'a, half ironical amile, "But the 23rd.: April, will be subjoet further discussion is useless, for to rent.

the steamer the magazine' in this town does not! All chalo

must be presented to the Undersigned contain two hundred cartridges.".

on or before the 7th May, 1984 The smile irritated me.

or they will not be recognized.

g

"Since you don't know exactly, Warehouse

To comply with the General Bond-

monsieur,” I said, "I shall find out mart

from the three soldiers who are my fandi **

prisoners on parole."

Regulations

consignees Offcar. In at

rooda srand dutiable

All broken, chafed and damagad

“Your prisoners!" he ajaculated.. Goods are to be left in the Godowns, "Exactly, M., el Vicomte," I said where they will be examined on the politely."And when I have the in-sears, Goddard & Douglas.

21st April, 1934, at 10 formation, I shall come back and pass it on to you!”.

I went to the magazine and call ed out to Bard to ascertain the quan: tity of powder in the - magazine. (Continued on Paga 11).

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