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SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1934.

P.&O.-British India 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.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTÁL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

8.8.

Destination.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ELEPHANT STOLEN THE DAM

FROM ZOO

Drunken Negro's Queer Escapade.

"Some one has stolen Fancy," said a voice.

"What?" ejaculated geant.

negra.

The rain had ceased falling, but,

be well.

(Continued From

Page 12)

to

300 yards down the river, A bridle-path led to it. Sullivan turned into it, glad to feel the firmness of trodden earth beneath

towered the great dam. That walk was agony.

A hypersensitivė Imagination pictured for Sullivan the thousands

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the water was still collecting. The might burst at any moment. If it did Talonah was doomed. He peak of the strain on the dam would not come for some hours could run up the hillside and save MOTOR SCOUTS CALLED OUT if it held till morning all would himself. Or he could try to warn

the townfolk.

There was only one way to warn Sullivan stumbled through the them quickly. To reach the hut on Birmingham, Alabama. It had been a dull day at police darkness. Far away, like a pulse the bank of the river and tele- throbbing, he could hear the beat phone the mine. He must go headquarters.'

The telephone rang, "Police of engines. That was the mine there and wait-keep a vigi!. If Headquarters" snapped the ser-working, oblivious of its danger. A all went well, he could sneak away geant on the desk.

shoulder of the hillside hid the in the morning-his reputation Miss friendly winking lights from view.

unharmed. Panting. scratched, muddied,

If all did not go well, he would the ser-soaked to the skin. Sullivan pre telephone warning and run for it.

ed forward. The beat of engines

Perhaps he would be able "Miss Fancy, the elephant at died in the distance. It Wal Avondale Zoo," replied the voice drowned in the sound of rushing scramble up the hillside in time.

Calm, now that he had come to somewhat excited. "He is riding waters. He was approaching the

a decision, Sullivan, turned, and her off up the street."

dam.

marched down into the valley. Two motor-cycle scouts, sirens There was an angrier note in wailing, rushed from the station. the voice of the river in the valley Higher and higher the great wall Eleven blocks from the 200 as though it were slowly work-rose above him. Cold fear at his they found Miss Fancy, placidly ing into a fury of vengeance at the danger assaulted him, but he kept Hong Kong to Honolulu and return...U.S. $360.00 US $196.00 had done, steadily on. The hut was about Hong Kong to San Francisco and return--U.S. $450,00 U.S. $240.00 the miners standing in the sun, her rider wrong sprawled on her broad back While the dam held its rage sleeping.

WRA important. Sullivan knew Motor scouts were checkmated perfectly that the change of One of them had driven a mule voice was caused by the flood-his feet. On his right the discon- in his youth but how did one gates having been widened. The tented river mumbled. Behind get an elephant to move.

dammed-backwaters had been Miss Fancy solved the pro-mounting too rapidly.

They had blem,.she moved and off her back sent up and opened the gates to let rolled her rider-John Tood, a more get away.

That was all-Sullivan knew of tons of water that were collect- Hong Kong to Kobe and return Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, John, awakened, mumbled some Yet the voice of the water was ing and pressing to breaking-point Hong Kong to Yokohama and return

Hamburg, Rotterdam. Antwerp & thing, unintelligible, Miss Fancy ominous. Hull

responded, held her head Jow, and

against the weakness of his wall. He was now nearly level with

His ears Bombay, Marseilles & London

scrambled the dam. Swinging sharply to the change in the noise of the water. with difficulty John

right he plunged down between the He kept turning his head to look Bombay, Marseilles, Haire, London, back.

Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Down the street the strange trecs.

Hull

back. The wall towered, calm and cavalcade moved, and at the zoo, A pale, pale moon was strug impressive, as though it meant to Bombay, Marscilics & London.

the cloud-banks. stand for, ever. Sullivan knew its 7th July Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London Miss Fancy went back to her pengling through

The rod-like trees stood impressive deception. Terror Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & in the elephant house.

him. John went to headquarters. and black against a sheet any shim-A hundred yards from the hut he "Ought to charge him with driv-mered silver.

began to run. Sullivan was astounded at the

His flesh was creeping. There said Bob Shelton, supervisor of breath of it. He had never reckon was relief in running. parks, but policemen are more pro-ed on his dam holding such a flood. He had reached the hut, WAS

The charge written oppo- saic.

The very stillness of the water battering on the door when dia- site John's name was "drunk"-was threatening. He atumbled aster

broke behind him. The down through the trops Down, roaring of the water multiplied. down he went till he was level with There was a terrible rumbling]

upon it, looking like a beetle, on a back was scarcely needed. He tree-trunk.

ARW his wall crumbling like 鼈 Would the wall held? Was it child's barrier of sand. safe? The water had risen

Mountains of water rushed over within three fect of the parapetit. A solid wall of water bore Far, far below, rumbling and down upon Sullivan. He was like grumbling, churned the mere fraca flea before it. In a minute it. tion by comparison, the water would be past him, sweeping down poured through the gates into the the valley to the helpless town. Canberra, F.C.T.

river and flowed down to the mine. Sullivan saw it all in. the space of Australia's publle 'debt at De- A hundred feet above, Sullivan a second-the cheerful lights ex- cember 31, 1933, totalled £1,213,-|looked over.

tinguished, the rush of water in the 296,358, according to a statement A quiver ran through him. Re-darkness, the gurgling cries of vic-| published in the Commonwealth neath his feet the wall had tims, everything engulfed and.

Of this £617,760,261 has trembled. No. He had dreamt it. swept away. Gazelte.

Sullivan forgot everything butį been incurred in Australia, £649,- Suddenly wild remorse swept him 151,015 in London, and £46,385,082, in a wave of hysteria. He beat his the need to save the townspeople. in New York. The debts of the fate on the concrete and swept With the water practically upon Commonwealth total £391,060,280 him in a wave of hysteria. He him. he broke into the hut and and the debts of the States £821.-bent his fists on the concrete and seized the telephone.

Ton

From Hong Kond About

1934.

CORFU

"BANGALORE

15,000 19th May 4.000 26th May

MANTUA

RAWALPINDI **BHUTAN

11,000 17,000 6,000

2nd June 16th Jane 23rd June

KAISAR-I-HIND **BEHAR

12,000 80th June

0,100

17,000

RAJPUTANA +*SOUDAN

RANCHI CARTHAGE

+ BURDWAN

RANPURA

Hull.

- DO -

ombay, Marseilles & London,

1:700 21st July Bombay, Marseiller, Havre, Londoning an elephant while intoxicated."

17,000 28th July

Kull

Marsellies & London.

15,000 11th AugAY Marzeilles & London

6,000 18th Aug.

Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg. Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. 17,000 25th Aug Bombay, Marseilles & London.

Reuter

were strained for a

grew on

AUSTRALIA'S DEBT the ton of the wall. He ran out thunder. Sullivan's wild glance

£1,213,296,358

Annual Interest Total £49,799,112.

* Cargo only. + Calle Camblanea. 2 Calls Tangiers Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Carge to Con Rantinople, Pireaux, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the HUGE SUM OWED IN LONDON Phoŝivial Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

1934.

"TALMA

10,000 13th May

*TILAWA

10,000 27th May

8,090 10th June

• Calls Rangoon

SANTHIA

&

S'pore, Pang, Rangoon & Calentta. Singapore, Penang. Rangvon

Calcutt Singapore. Penang & Calcutta.

| 636,073. The national war debt wept wildly at the thought of his Two seconds it took for the man- B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for totals 2281,362,364, of which 400,-erime.

ager'a clerk to answer-one second 1st and 2nd class passengers.

744,380 was raised in London.

Again the wall seemed to tremfor Sullivan to screech: "Dam The total Interest payable anble. Sullivan began running. He burst- Dam burst! Run for it!" EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAI ̃INGS (South)|nually by Australia is £49,799,112 pelted along it. He leapt off it Then a precipice of water crash-

TANDA NANKIN VELLORE TANDA

NANKIN

1934.

7,000 2nd June 7,000 30th Juan

of which £23,343,182 is due in Aun-up the spongy hillside. He began ed down him, crushing up the tralia, £24.127,817 in Londen, and to scramble wildly higher, seeking hut like paper, tearing it in pieces, £2,328,113 in New York. The for safety.

sweeping it on its way. Sullivan Commonwealth' paya £16,641,730 of He stumbled and fell on his face. fought like a cat, kicking and 7,000 Brd Aug. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney the total, and the States £33,157,- The cold wet earth was a shock to struggling. He tried to scream, 7,000 Let Sept. 7,000 29th Sept.

Melbourne.

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KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL

In Lots of not less stan

382. Interest on the war debt, him. He lay there, panting Heebly. but the water choked him. Very payable in London, totals £4,345,782 Sanity returned. Climbing slow-quickly it was over, Не WEJ Jannually, but the payment has been ly to his feet, Sullivan looked back. never seen again.

1/2-to:- A hundred feet high, the wall of} The dam, so solid to the eye, i Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan suspended since 1931.-Reuter.

Delivered to Peak District (abore Bowen

nd Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney 13 daya.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union S.S. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis New

Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

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

The P. & O. Branch Service of steamers to London ris Suez.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and

London via Panama Canal.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

1934.

*BHUTAN RAWALPINDI SANTHIA *BEHAR KAISAR-I-HIND SHIRALA

RAJPUTANA

COUBAN

SIRDHANA TAKADA

BANGHI NELLORE VILAWA CARTILAGE

*BURDWAN TANDA

0,100 16th May 17,000 17th May 8,000 18th May 6,100 30th May 12,000 31st May 8,000 ·lat June 7,000 3rd June 4,700 12th June 17,000 14th June

8,000

600 15th

Jane 7,000 29th Ju

Jane 17,900 28th June

7,000

5th

July

10,000 18th July 6,000 11th July 15,000 12th July. 7,000 5th Ang.

S'hai, Moj, Kobe & Yokohama, Shanghai, Kabe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hai Mai, Kobe & Osaka. Shanghal, Moll, Kobe & Yokohama, S'hal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, S'hal, Mojl, Kobe à Osaka, S'hat Moll, Kobe; Osaka & Yokohama Shan

Kobe & Yokohama. Kobe & Yokohama. Amoy, Shal, Moli, Kobe & Osaka. Amoy,

Moll Shanghal, Kobe

Shal

Kobe & Ouka.

S'hai Moil, Kobe, Yokohama

Yokohama

Amoy, Shai, Mojl, Kobe & Osaka, Shanghal, Kobe & Yokohama. Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama

* Cargo.dals.

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. ́All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fade, de Panka Epeers Besties. Steamers on London and Australian Lines are Atted with Laundries. Parcels mossuring not more than & cu. ft. will be received at the Com pany's Office 'up to Moon on the day" wrevious to

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water bore down upon

Talonah. Whistles shrieked, bella'

clanged.

hole

JURY DOWN MANHOLE

Before giving evidence at a London Like ants, people, poured from inquest on a workman who was as- the houses and fled up the hillside. phyxiated in an electric mains, man- under the road in Red Cross Houses, mine, were abandoned at a Street, E.C., Bir Beraard 8pilabory with City seconds' notice. Just in time, they went down the manhole escaped. With a noise almost like oficials and members of the fury chuckling, the wave, swept down take note of the surroundings. ** the valley. Man had made his own

undoing welded for the river a hillside like an animal licking Ita weapon, placed the weapon in its wounds. Soon the entire valley hand.

was a river dotted with debris. Savagely the flood rushed down The town was out of night. T upon the houses. They cracked Dawn broke upon a dispossessed and crumpled - Ilke matchwood. populace, shivering wet upon the With one plunge, water engulfed water chuckled and tossed in ita the mine. Great machines rolled | pilltops, while the turgid, yellow and tossed like toys, angry,water|water chuckled and tossed in its. washed along the scars of the ravenga,