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LLOYD TRIESTINO

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SAILINGS 1935

For Shanghai

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3rd Feb.

For Singapore, Colombe, Bombay; Suez, Port-Sald, Brindisi Venice, (London by rail) & Trieste.

3.8. "CONTE ROSSO" 17th Jan. 8.8. "CONTE VERDE" 15th Feb. 8.8. "GANGE"

.16th Mar. 3.8. "CONTE VERDE" 12th Apr. .12th May 3.5. "GANGE"

.. 9th June

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LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934

Surprising friends who had ex- pected the couple to wed in Call- fornia, Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter of Senator William G. McAdoo, and Rafael De Onate, встесл actor, eloped to Albu- querque, New Mexico, where they are pictured, looking rather fond- ly at each other, following their marriage. The Senator at first op- „opposed the match hut later with-

drew his objections,

RHODESIAN GOLD MINE ROMANCE

Given As Wedding Present To Wife

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Saturday,

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28th Jan.

28th Dec. 29th Dec. 11th Jan.

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Friday,

4th Jan.

18th Jan.

Lady Harpton's Garden Party GOING HOME ON LEAVE?

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clenched into a fist, and all but withdrawn; but at last they had

fortune-telling. She wiped her uncurled themselves, gafly, deliber brow. It was hot in the tent, of course. Still, one had to be some where, and one would do anything for her ladyship, wi

ately, and lay open again with a pretty defiance.

A light voice breathed through the screen. Oh-When?"

"When?" echoed Patay stupidly. Patsy was Lady Harpton's per soral maid. She was, as well, & She stared at the illuminating Character. Her resourcefulness, crease. "I cannot tell ye. I cannot her obligingness, and her devotion, see your face, or guess your age- were as well known in the country but, but I should say soon, now, at as her gift of second sight. What once! I don't know ye, lady, an' a boon she had been for years at ye'll pardon me. But I'm warnin' charity bazaare! Seated placidly in ye! Take care, whatever it is ye're any sort of rigged-up enclosure she doin', or goin' to do. This danger would dispense sixpennyworths of is not your only. It is"

Patsy broke off. A very unplea- the brightest futures in the pleasan- test possible manner, hour after sant sensation assailed her. If she on her spine they' hour; or read hands in which the had had heirs most satisfactory, though hitherto would have bristled in fear and possibly undiscovered,

qualities hatred: - were discernible; or if weaknesses,

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TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF JAPAN EMPRESS OF ASIA

Fan- Hong Shang. Naga Kobe Yoko Honolulu conver Kong hat

vaki

hama ao charming as to be almost desir-withdrawn.

Leave Leave Arriva Love Leave

Leave Patsy mopped her brow again able in themselves. Sixpences for the Cottage Hospital came tumbling This sheet business was unnerving. Empr, of Russia.Jan. 16 Jan. 16 Jan, 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 in at the invitation of these self-The smell of the canvas, too, under Empr. of Japan...Jan, 29 Jan. 31

the hot sun, was close and sickly. Empr. of Anla...Feb. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 17 Feb, 18 Feb. 21 congratulatory thrilla.

Empr. of Canada ..Feb. 26 Feb. 28 But occasionally, and almost as if She felt deeply troubled.

Why Empr. of Russia, Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mar. in spite of herself, Patsy would hadn't the easy mood stayed by her? Empr. of Japan..Mar. 22 Mar. 24 strike the truth an uncommonly But here, already, was another pair Empr. of Asia.Apr. 5 Apr. 7 Apr. shrewd blow. The reason, of course, hard, horny, homely. She took Empr. of Canada..Apr. 19 Apr. 21

Empr. of Russia...May 3 May 5 May Iwas obvious to everyone. She had up her tale agalu.

Empr. of Japan...May 17 May 19 And the beautiful Mrs. Hammond been "lent" ao often, she had seen everybody's hands, she knew the drifted back, cool as peach-blossom affairs of the whole neighbourhood. across the lawn, towards the band, And that was why, this after-the tea-tent, the well-dressed throng. noon, Lady Harpton had fixed her There was gallant old Eustace up with a sheet in front of her Harpton, spruce as ever with his or rather, two sheets, which hid the buttonhole, despite his eighty years, interviewer, and allowed only the battling nobly with his guests. passage of a pair of hands through"Strawberries, Mrs-Hammond 2!! the join.

Why did the lady turn pale, why "An' a letter that ye're expectin' did her hand tremble just a little will not bring ye the news ye're bit? Patsy, with all her second looking for....

but an unexpected sight, could not have told you.

For Patsy did not reckon to con- good fortune will befall ye in a three.....

beware-of-a-tall-man-cern herself with the past. And it with-a-dark-a-moustache-an-niver-was the past that was coming up, apake-to-a-stranger-on-a-Monday!" wave upon wave, chokingly fast and Yes, thought Patsy, as long as brilliantly clear; and the beautiful nothing touched that inner chord Mra. Hammond walked away and in her mind why, It was as easy sat down alone on a garden seat; and it was as if all the emotions

A pair of very white, very slender and events of the last few weeks before her in one confused "hand's came suddenly through the rose

A most interesting development sheets. They spread themselves composite picture. in the gold mining market is the fout, palm upwards, and remained

She saw hemelf talking to Ken-

fact that the Globe, and Phoenix quite still. Their beauty, their neth, alone in the dark, under the Gold Mining Company has, now curving elegance, · their velvety lime-trees, by the strawberry -beds. exercised its option to purchase a sheen and brilliant nacre upset It was Kenneth who had first had property known as the Prince of Patsy considerably. Why had she the idea. No amateurish stupid-{ sheities for him, he had nafd. The Wales Gold Mine in Rhodesia. come here-a lady, whoever

Behind this purchase is a

very was? She must have strolled over only crimes one hears of are those romantic story.

from the other side where the band that are bungled; whereas those

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A few years ago Mr. William played and the gentry had tea....that are neatly, successfully accom

Patsy took the delicate hands in plished-

ones, and obe- And, of course, for a scientific Mr. Sopwith, was a founder of the her strong brown

It man like himself means were pos- Hawker Aviation Company, went out diently began her gabble,

(wasn't easy. It was incredibly sible which others would not know to Rhodesia for his health.

difficult. How could she tell those of. She was to trust him. Do just) Ancient Origin He stayed there for some months, cultured hands the usual rigmarole? what he said, and trust him. Look and in the course of a conversation She bent over them, still talking, natural, behave ordinarily, wait with a mining engineer at his hotel feeling uncomfortable. She stopped. patiently, and heaven would release! heard of mining properties which She stared at the long crease them-yes, literally almost, heaven were supposed to be the original of traversing the pink palm. There-would remove for them the ob

was a sort of a star.... A blinding stacle in their path. King Soloman's Mines.

flash of indisputable knowledge After that it had seemed quita

LONDON SERVICE. Mr. Eyre, though an engineer,

MEMNON had no previous mining experience, lighted Patsy's mind. Against her simple.

She had only had to send him but he inspected the ancient work-will a little cry escaped her. She

bent

ANTENOR more closely, the faithful the strawberry-netting; privately, ings and decided to invest a little

Fatay, and the red surged up to his works. money.

through her thick neck.

And there Kenneth had treated it He presented the mine to his wife

He "Oh, lady,.I must, I must warn with an invention of his own. as a wedding gift.

ye! Ye are in grave, grave danger! wouldn't tell her its ingredients. For three years it seemed that No, no." (The light flickered and It was similar to a dye, was all he the wedding gift might turn out angank), "Someone near to ye is in said. You know how the dye runs unfortunate one, for expenses of grave danger! Yet, no. It's not off the nets, and colours your,h

hande 89th Jau.working, with what Mr. Eyre de- that." (The light flared up once if you handle them after rainy

scribed as a "Heath Robinson"

more). "You are in very great weather? Well, this would run in: plant, were very high.

danger!".

the same way; during rain it would It was decided, however, to work

This word, thus thrice repeated, ba, washed on to the strawberries. 24th Jan in-the-direction-of-the-ancient-work-

had the strangest effect on the And it was an absolutely deadly 23rd Feb.ings. It was then that very rich

owner of the beautiful hands. At poison. Nothing, said Kenneth, ores were struck.

the first sound of it they had start-short of boiling the fruit--which no Profits were-so good that in the ed, the fingers spasmodically jerking one does, anyway—could destroy its course of a few months all accumu apart, then a trembling overtook power. Iated liabilities were paid off. After them and they had curled up and And the maids never touched.

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THAMES TUNNEL

Abandoned Scheme Reconsidered

IRISH SCHOOL MUST

TEACH IRISH

"National Language"

Henry's precious strawberries: and she herself could make some excuse to avoid them. Afterwards-well, say there was a sentimental pre- judice, Say anything. It wouldn't Imatter then. It was all worked out, oh ao carefully! No room for error in those keen eyes, steel-grey; in

the microscopes, the test-tubes, the Thousands of parents throughout acids and elements, all the chemist's The scheme for a Thames tunnel the Irish Free State whose children paraphernalia! For and this, from Dartford, Kant, to Purfleet, the Irish language is not taught, Kenneth had said, was the crown Essex, abandoned in 1931, is likely are attending private schools where of the whole thing -the effect of to be restarted soon.

will be affected by the decision of his tasteless, colourless chemical It would mean work for thou Justice Fahy in Eaniscorthy Dis-was a natural one upon the heart. sands, and the greatest relief of trict Court, Wexford.

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compliance with the School Attend-failure..

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In 1929 it was estimated that the ance Act.

Altogether simple and straight-| 80th Dec tunnel would cost three and a half The Judge held that the private forward! Many people have groggy million pounds to, build, with an ad- school which the children attend, hearts without knowing It. All one ditionat £800,000 for the contingent although an excellent institution, had to do was to wait, he'd said: TAIPING road works..

was not imparting suitable instrac, one of these days the drought would CHANGTB Of this sum the Road Fund offer-tion because while it taught English break, and there would be a long, TAIPING

arithmetic and English history it deep, beavy shower. And all last The county councils of Essex and did not tepeh Trish.

night this was what she had heard Kent agreed, to contribute $250,000 "Irish," said the Judge, “is not the rain from heaven, coming compulsory in the School Attend down. The strawberries, and the in' the gar The London County Council agra-ance Act, but under the Constity netting, and eve

Gen, Hail been 308) ed to contribute #150,000, a £50,000 tion it is the national language.

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