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MAIL SCHEDULES

PARCELY FOR THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA

of

The Post Office of the Union South Africa complains that a number of parcels are reaching that country with their contents inadequately de- scribed on the Gustoms Declarations, and draws attention to the necessity the for giving a full description of contents if delay in delivery is to be

avoided.

It adds that the enclosure in a par cel of a copy of the relative Invoice would be of great assistance,

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1934.

The Woman's Page

HOW TO ATTAIN Adapting Old

SLIM ANKLES

Exercises For Securing

Shape

Modern women, generally speak ing, Bre ankle-conscious.

Why

shouldn't they be? For centuries,

Tablecloths

Cut Down And Dyed For Breakfast Table

Some people possess a number of

poets have sung about the beauties huge tablecloths, family heirlooms

Sept.

of ankles that are trim and shape-given to them on their marriage.

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FROM JAPAN

Sydney. Matu

Calcutta Maru

Laomedon

Corfu ....

General Sherman

Nagara Maru

- Pres, Jackson

Lyons Maru

Tyndareus Rakuyo Maru Alipore

Toyama, Maru

Taiyo Maru Siedhana Fashimi Maru

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DETACHABLE BUTTONS

The buttons on children's school blouses and pyjamas are always coming back from the laundry broken, thus causing continual work and expense. It is a good plan to make the button on children's gar-

ly and fiction's heroines invariably Most people probably have several stitched. Some narrow strips leftments detachable, in the following are endowed with the silm and tucked away in the linen cupboard, over can be made into a duchess set manner. If linen buttons are re- quired, sew two buttons firmly to Sept.reed-like brand. If your ankles do- Now that the fashion for polished for the dressing-table.

Brightly coloured breakfast not measure up to such high tables is so firmly established, they

always useful, and a gether, one a little smaller than the 8 standards, exercises will do much seem rather like white elephants, cloths are

to whip them Into 'shape.

and take up a lot of valuable space. charming effect is obtained in the other. Pass the smaller button One special ankle-reducing exer- Linen, especially, if it is old and following way. Cut a large table through a button-hole which has cise benefits the legs and feet as has not had much use, is a strong cloth in half and dye the two halves been substituted for the original well as the ankles, making them fabric and drapes beautifully. It can in contrasting shades.

Cut

supple and graceful and, conse- be dyed and any necessary edges square cloth from each and trim button, and a detachable economical quently, more comfortable. Toes hemstitched for a moderate price, with a wide border of the other link will be obtained. Different com- that are stiff and cramped often and the finished article will wash colour. There will be sufficient binations of buttons can be made cause painful foot. ailments. and wear for years. Linen cur material over to make six napkins as desired, but the button at the

Here's the exercise: Placing tains are splendid for a bedroom or to match each cloth. The coloured

should be back should always be larger than 14, hands on hips and keeping heels nursery, and can be dyed the exact borders in both cases

the front and preferably of linen. 14 together, stand as high as possible shade wanted for the room.

Tablecloths make excellent loose Many children's garments can be on the tips of your toes. Hold Another use for a tablecloth is to that position while you count to turn it into a bedspread. First leavers. When they are

treated in this way, and the time ten and then lower the heels have it dyed, then cut it to shape, junatarched the pattern does not Repeat ten times and then ten tack a wide hem round the edges show, so several can be used to taken in making the button-hole

and send it to be machine hem-make a complete set. more again very rapidly.

Malucca Maru

Emp. of Japan

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Pres. Harrison

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FROM AMERICA & CANADA

Sept.

Pren, Jackson

Emp. of Japan

Pres. Harrison

FROM MANILA

.Sept.

Emp. of Russia

Pres. Coolidge Taiping

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11

77

Corfu

FROM SHANGHAI

General Sherman

Pres. Jackson

Tyndareus

Ajax

Aramis Talyo Maru Conte Rosso

Emp, of Japan

Fushimi Maru

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Sept.

The exercise should be, done

14 night and morning, increasing the number of times until you are doing it 100 times a day.,

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Why Is He So Tiresome!

Parents do not always realize, or taku the trouble to find out the cause, when their children are frag- 7tions, with the result that an in- justice la often done when chastise- 7ment is administered as A repres- g sive measure. Children are quick to and such may sense an injustice

have a lasting effect on their

The method of correc

12 character,

13 tion must depend entirely on the

14

causo.

14

One of the chiof reqsons for tire-

14 someness, and one of the least aus- pected, is constipation; no amount

Pres. Harrison

FROM STRAITS

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Bangalore

Takada

4

Diomed

10

Hakusan Maru

14

11

FROM INDIA

Takada

Taiping

FROM AUSTRALIA

OUTWARD MAILS. FON EUROPE

Sept. 5

Sept.

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Sept.

12

Sydney Maru (via Brisbane) Emp. of Russia (via Siberia) Corfu (Air Mail Service) ...

Closes Reg. p.m. Ord. è a.m. Aramis (Air Mail service Mar-

seilles)....

Closes Reg. 10 a.m. Ord. 10.30 a.m.

FOR JAPAN

Rawalpind).....

Empress of uzsia

Pres...Coolidge

Andre Lebon

JL.

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FOR AMERICA AND CANADA

Asama Maru ....

Empress of Russia

Pret. Coolidge

Isar

of spanking will curs this.

Wise parents watch for signs of irregularity in the daily functions

of their child and if these

occur

take immediate steps to correct the

trouble by administering a dose or two of Baby's Own Tablets.

ATS

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and

These pleasant tasting tablets are the prescription of a physician who made a special study of children's ailments; they are mildly laxative and help to settle the child's stom- Ach, thereby removing the cause of 11 his tiresomeness. They

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Keep a vial always in the house and you will be able correct

to

11 minor health troubles at. the first.

For infantile indigestion, rigns. constipation, colds, and croup, diarrhoea, to expel worms, and re- move the pains of teething there is nothing more rapidly efficacious than Baby's Own Tablets, obtainable at chemists everywhere.

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VIA SIBERIA— Letters and post- cards for Europe and South America Sept. 4 are forwarded, "vis Siberia", if av

superscribed.

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FOR SHANGHAI

Sept.

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FOR STRAITS & INDIA

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Corfu

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Kutsang

12

Aramis

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11 the General

FOR AUSTRÀLIA

Bydney Mara

6 shewn in the schedules exhibited at the General Post Office and Kowloon

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This crossword puzzle has been made by an expert bat sar readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling. such as harbor, plow, and altho.

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Unit of metric

29-Unit

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moastre (pl.)

30-Indian Army (abbr.)

31-Combining form.

Within

33-Pronoun

(Fr.)

34-The (Fr

36-Judged

39-Repulsos

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HORIZONTAL (Cont.); VERTICAL (Cont) B-Mother (short) 15-Lump of butter 53-Article of furnitura 12-More gentle

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61-English title (pl.)

45-Stannum (abbr)

49-Burden

68-Juice of plants 60-A church (abbrá

12-Electrical engineer 62-Sest in a church

(abbr.)

84-Musical note

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