1935-10-21 — Page 10

THE CHIRA MAIL-MONDAY, OCTOBER

YKLINE

N.

General Passenge

the Orient for

Cunard White Star Line

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai.

ASAMA MARU

TAIYO MARU

CHICHIBU MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

Japan Ports and Honolulu.

Wednesday, 30th Oct. Wednesday, 13th Nov. Wednesday, 27th Nov.

9th Nov.

HIYE MARU (Starts from Kobe)... Saturday, HEIAN MARU (Starts from Kobe)

Monday, 25th Nov.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM.

SUWA MARU

-FUSHIMI MARU

HAKOZAKI MARU

Saturday, 26th Oct Saturday, 9th Nov. Saturday, 23rd Nov.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports..

KAMO MARU

KITANO MARU

Saturday 26th Oct. Saturday, 23rd Nov.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.

*MATERASHI MARU

TOTTORI MARU

"GINYO MARU ~

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast)

Los Angeles, Mexico and

Monday,"

28th Oct Wednesday, 6th Nov. Tuesday, - 12th Nov. via Japan, Honolulu. Panama.

BOKUYO MARU

Saturday,

NEW YORK via Panamā..

+NOJIMA MARU

†NOTO MARU

Monday, Friday,

9th Nov

4th Nov. 13th Nov.

Genoa and Valencia

TOYOOKA MARU

Sunday, 10th Nov.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangdon.

TOKUSHIMA MARU

Tuesday,

29th Oct

+TSUSHIMA MARU

Friday,

+PENANG MARU”

Friday,

8th Nov. 15th Nov.

SHANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

TERUKUNI MARU

Tuesday,

ANYO MARU

Monday,

HAKUS MARU

22nd Oct 28th Oct. 8th Nov.

Cargo Only

Friday,

TELEPHONE 30291

S.K

MAYFLY PLAGUE

IN MORAVIA

Town Thickly Strewn With Their Bodies

FLIES THAT LIVE A FEW HOURS ONLY

Prague.

A plague of flies, whose dead bodies littered the streets in hundreds of millions: "every night, has been distressing the citizens of Uherske Hradiste, în Moravia

Every morning the pavements and roadways were found cover- ed with a shimmering white, powdery-looking substance which at first sight resembled

snow_

It was the dead bodies of mayflies, which breed" on the Ibanks of the river "Morava.

They live their few hours in the sunshine. and die during the night

John Barrymore and his prstegee Elaine

Jacobi (Barrie)

pictured before the "Great Love" stalked out of the Iscobe" River- side Drive home, after a quarrel.*

UNCHARTED CREEK

(Continued from Page 9)

"Dirty weather," he soliloquised.

Clouds of mayflies clustered The creek, which had steadily "Better get out a kedge. I round the streetlamps and on been narrowing, now broadened pose."

WANTED TO KEEP THROAT SAFE

•

Reason For Dropping Prosecution

the

snake He

the glass of lighted windows out into a sort of lake bordered He rowed the dinghy out with LIVERPOOL. via Port Said, Beyrouth. Istanbul, Piraeus, every evening, often almost with rushes and mud and with no the anchor, the warp sliding over

the light. Next discernible landing-place. It was the transom like s obscuring morning their bodies were found the quietest anchorage that old stood up and cast the anchor over-

The covering the ground to depths Lee had ever come across.

board Again there was no splash. utter desolation of the place, "and

Old Lee did not like it. He sat as great as half an inch.

The street-cleaners could not the profound silence, broken only down and would have rowed fram- keep pace with

the Plague-by that solitary old gull that had tically for the yacht only that his Reater.

followed the Pterodactyl right imbs suddenly seemed deprived af from the beacon, gave him

the power of movement as his ears feeling that he was the first ma registered the unmistakable sound to enter the place.

of a cry, such as might have been This feeling was soon found to uttered by a human, or by some be untrue, however, for dancing iz sea-bird, and yet seemed somehow

He fancied it the glittering reflection of the unnatural fast-setting sun he spied a black from the north shore, bat although spot which could be nothing but he peered nervously in that direc a small mooring-busy. Rather ation he could see nothing in the New York. strange thing to find in such a fast-gathering dusk. Herman Gerofsky, a factory deserted place; so strange, in fact, Pulling himself together with an effort, he rowed hurriedly back to owner, does not believe in taking that he decided to pick it up.

the yacht, made the dinghy fast, be risks.

pointed the and tumbled thankfully into the Fri

After he had had Joseph Pterodactyl towards it, and 25 cabin and the welcome roar of the] Mo 11th Nov Sansone arrested on a charge of they came level with it put the

theft from the factory, he de-

He lit the spirit-lamp that hung cided, when the case came into hem down, ran up forward and court, not to proceed with the neatly landed the buoy on the deck in gimbals from the ceiling, made charge. The magistrate asked with the boathook. He as quickly the tea, and opened a tin of bully- cast it back into the sea, however, beer. The stove he left burning jhim to explain.

"Well," said Mr. Gerofsky, for it was thick with grem slime for the sake of its noise.

Having eaten, he took out his Joseph's father is my barber and weed and full of tiny crabs Twice a week I sit in his chair and worms. It was smaller than pipe, lit up, and reluctantly began Thies, 5th Nov. and my throat is at his mercybe had thought, and was attached to search for the charts.

Nevertheless, the magistrate to a very thin line: Old Lee sur-eventually found them at the bot-

on a mised that the bugy marked

tom of a large locker where he decided to hold Joseph

kedge-anchor slipped many years stowed oilskins, sea boots, sail charge of theft-Reuter.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

NEW YORK via Japan, Los Kwanto Maru

Angeles and Pazama.

Call Kinai Maru

Direct at Cristobal, Puerto,!

Colombia, Boston Philadel phia and Baltimore

BIO-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS) Montevideo Maru MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS LaPlata Marn AIRES

via

Singapore,

Colombo Durban, and Cape

25th Oct.

Toes 22nd Oct. Thurs, 21st Nov-

ΤΟΥΑ

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR Hawaï Mare

DARES SALAAM, BEIRA, Arizona Maru

Tues

LOURENCO MARQUES.

DURBAN, ALGOA BAY

CAPE TOWN & SOUTH

AMERICAN PORTS via

Singapore & Colombo

MELBOURNE,

& AUCKLAND direct ...

BRISBANE. Melbourne Maru

SYDNEY: WELLINGTON Sydney Maru

BOMBAY & KARACHI, vis †Himalaya Maru

Singapore, Penang Colombo

· CALCUTTA, via Singapore, Argun Marn

Belawan Deli, & Rangoor

Havana, Marn

JAPAN via Takao & Keelung | Nagoya Mawa

JAPAN PORTS

3rd Dec

Wed Fri

6th Nov. 6th Dec.

and ¦ Iwatesan Maru.

Wed, 30th Oct. Mon.,

4th Nov.

Fri, 1st Nov.

Wed, 23rd Oct

Sat,

2nd Nov.

...

KEELUNG via Swatow and Hozan Maru

Amoy

*No 25, Kyodo M. Canton Maru TAKAON Tiz Swatow and Fakaken Marn

AMOT

**Cargo: only

Sud

27th Oct. Thurs, 31st Oct. Sark

3rd Nov. Thurs., 31st Oct

BRITISH PILGRIMS AT LOURDES

Accordingly

stove.

He

an covers, fishing tackle, and various reason biscuit tins containing a miscel

ago by some yachtsman in emerrency and for some never retrieved

lany of oddments. He soon picked

A few moments later he dropped out the particular chart he wanted, suchor. The water seemed to and unrolled it on the table, plac close over it in silence. withouting the cup and saucer on one end and a book on the other to prevent it from rolling up again.

Impressive Scenes At splash or ripple.

Basilica

Lourdes

His scalp tingled

He gazed at it thoughtfully, and "Coming over dest, I am!” he muttered as the only reasonable drew noisily at his pipe. The explanation of the phenomenon.chart was just as he expected. It There are now over 2,000 "A" me eyes playing me tricks, marked the beacon and the Croach curling_round to the north-west, British pilgrims at Lourdes too!"

He turned with a shiver, paid but there was no indication of a One thousand, with 50 sick people, come from England, and out more cable, and slipped the second creek continuing straight

in a south-westerly direction. 1,160 from Dublin, with as bight over the winch-wheel

(Continued on Page 11) many as 200 sick

Having stowed sails, he went be- The scene is the afternoon. low and started up the primus. when the sufferers are wheeled “A cup of tea'll taste good." he in their invalid carriages to the thought as he pumped the stove. great square outside the Presently it purred gently and Basilica, to receive benediction broke into a comforting roar. There was no mistake about that Besides the large number of myhow! ;) Bad British, there are also many French and foreign pilgrims Reuter.

Himalaya Mara Direct call at Persian Fulf Ports Bashire Moha is most impressive.

For Further Particulars

merah and Basra.“

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Whilst the kettle boiled he went on deck to watch the setting sun.

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It was not a very promising sun- net: the sky was flecked with Steamer

"LIFE IS CHEAP IN

HOLLYWOOD!

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CANADIAN PACIFIC

CHRISTMAS

HOLIDAY CRUISE-

MANILA

and Return

The

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

$15 FIRST CLASS£11 TOURIST, CLASS FRIDAY, DEC. 20--LEAVE HONG KONG

AT 5.00 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 21.—EN ROUTE SUNDAY, DEC. 22,-ARRIVE MANILA

MONDAY,

TUESDAY,

DEC. 23.-IN MANILA DEC. 24-IN MANILA

IN MORNING

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25-LEAVE MANILA"

THURSDAY, DEC. 26-EN ROUTE FRIDAY,

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DEC. 27-ARRIVE HONG KONG

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REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES

LONDON SERVICE ANTENOR

ACITARES

„Sails 23 Oct. for Marsellem, Ca

-blanca, Landan, Rotterdam and “Glasgow.

Sails 30 Oct. for Casablanca, London,

Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hall

LIVERPOOL SERVICE

-EUMAEUS.

mares tails and the sun was a watery yellow affair that merged From TRIESTE, YENICE, BRINDISI, with the pale blue sky lato nasty PORT SAID, SPALATO, MASSADA, patches of apple-green

ADEN, KARACHI, BOMBAX, COLOMBO, PEÑANG. & SINGAPORE

"ONSIGNEES of. Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, Ltd. atj Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given 48 hours prior to vessel's arrival," but carried on from port to port to the To and post of call to which the option extends

Wages Of Death

As A Minimum

Hollywood Life is cheap in Hollywood and death on the battle-field is much less profitable than death through a domestic mishap.

Here are some

Especi wages paid to ext "die"

screen Death on the

who

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 25th inst, well be subject to rent. † All claims against the vessel - must be presented to the undersigned un held $4.for before the ard November or they

"will"not be recognized KATEbroken Schafed ande damaj

Goods are to where they

Sails 1 Nov for Havre, Liverpool, ** Bromborough and Glasgow.

NEW YORK SERVICE

MARON

Sails 7 Dec. for Boston, New York,

Philadelphia and Baltimore vis Manila, Bataria, Straits state Cape of Good Hope

PACIFIC SERVICE

(via KOBE NAGOYA, & YOKOHAMA) TALTHYBIUS: ..Sails 22 Oct, for Victoria. Vancouver

gand:Seattle.

INWARD SERVICE

PROTESILAUS MENESTHEUS AGAEENOR

Das-22 Oct from UK via Straits Das 28' Oct from UK via Straits. Due 4 Nor. from UK via Straite. Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with Imited passenger accommodation:unde

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October 1975.