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SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai. Japan Ports and Honolulu.

TAIYO MARU

CHICHIBU MARU

TATSUTA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

Wednesday, 18th Mar. Wednesday,

1st Apr.

Wednesday, 22nd Apr.

HIKAWA MARU (starts from Kobe) Monday,

HIYE MARU (Starts from Kobe)

23th Mar.

6th Apr.

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM.

SUWA MAKU

FUSHIMI MARU

HAKOZAKI MARU

ATSUTA MARU

KAMO MARU

Monday.

Saturday,

14th Mar. Saturday, 29th Mar. Saturday, 11th Apr.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colorabo.

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SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast)

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Saturday,

Wednesday, 11th Mar. Saturday,

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via Japan, Honoluin.

Thursday,

9tà Apr.

24th Mar.

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama.

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NEW YORK vis Panama.

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†NAKO MARU

LIVERPOOL via Port Said,

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Tuesday, Saturday. 17th Apr.

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Monday,

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Fri. Mon.,

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936

An eleventh-hour cross-EXAM- ination brought an admission

To-day's Short Story

PERFECT

TIMING

"THIS

1

By Frederick Skerry

CANADIAN PACIFIC

WORLD'S

GREATEST

Not | TRAVEL

the SYSTEM

afternoon," Harry termed "efficiency experts.” Daskin announced at quite thirty, he was one of [breakfast, “I shall play a round most successful in his lipe.

of golf with a prospect; there Shortly after half past four, fore I shall

be home earlier feeling the satisfaction of having than usual-not Ister than lost a game to a promising pro five"

spect, he led the way to his park "Well"-Mrs. Daskin shruggedjed car. "Look here, Dunn,” he said, {carelessly-"it's Ann'a day out and “you're coming home to dinner

I am going into town."

with me.

Any reason you can't? "Hairdresser's?". Daskin mum- "Why"-Dunn hesitated. *No

only I ought to telephone wife."

bled.

"That's one of the places." "Well-then you'll go in on the fore-ten--that will get you in atļ

one-fifty-five. You'll take

"All right. I'll wait here for the You."

EMPRESS OF ASIA

SAILS FOR

VANCOUVER VIA SHANGHAI. & JAPAN

AT 7 A.M.

· FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH.

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hama Hovolala fictoria Loner, Arrive Leave Leave Leave Leane Arrive E/Asia Mar, 20 Mar. 22 Max, za Mar. 22 Mar, 28

April 6 £/Canada Apr 3 Apr. 5

Apr. 8 Apr, 10 Apr. 17 Apr, 22 {five-three out—that gets here at "Won't Mrs. Daskin be annoyed,"

- E/Eusia. Apr. 17 Apr 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 May 4 from Mrs. Mary Creighton that five-forty-eight. A taxi from the Dunn asked when they started, "by 5/Asis

E/Japan May 1 May 3

May 6 May 5 May 14 May 19 she knew that an egg-nogg she

May 15 May 17 May 19 May 21

Jun 1 served to Mrs. Ada Applerate station-of course I'll have the your bringing home an unexpected E Canada May 23 May $1

June 12 June 14 June 18 June 18 June 20 E/ Russia June

June 12 Jan 17 contained arsenic. Ma-Creigh- car at the club and you should guest? My wife would be.”

June 29 ton and Everett Applegate, the

be home just before six."

"No, indeed! Mrs. Daskin is 5/Japan June 25 June 23

July 1 July 8 July 9 July 14 | E/Asia dead woman's husband, are being

Mrs. Daskin continued to est always ready for emergencies.”

Jaly 10 July 12 July 14 July 18 July 18

July 21 tried at Mineola, Long Island, on her breakfast and said nothing.

E/Canada July 24 July 25 "You're lucky.”

July 29 July 31 Aug. 7 Aug. 12 a charge of murder.

E/Russia Aug 7 Aug. 3 Aug. 11 Aug. 13 Ang. 15

Aug. 14 So her husband, blind to the cold "No luck about it. It's system- E/Japan Aug. 21 Aug. 23

Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Sept. 3 Sept. 1 stare she had levelled at him, in-method No reason why a house)

To San Francisco, Los Angeles sensible to her familiar attractive should not be run as efficiently as

Panama -- Havana New York-Southampton

NEW O.S.K. WHARF COMPLETED

MOST UP-TO-DATE ON H.K. ISLAND

OFFICIAL OPENING TO MORROW

The new OS.K. wharf recently completed, which will be officially |opened to-morrow afternoon, ranks as probably the most up-to-date and efficient of its kind on the Island-

The wharf, which is 350 ft. long and 40 ft wide, was constructed

to replace an existing timber

Complete Facilities

Mrs. Daskin is trained. ¡cess, went over the whole schedule a factory.

again. All straight?" he asked. She has a programme, a schedule. Mentally she sniffed. It would be So has the maid. I could tell you But she what they are doing at about any all straight to a child, gave him half a nod-what would time of day. be the last half, a slight backward toss of her bead.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Magnifirat," by Basil Mur-

ray.

"You see. Dunn, somebody has to dominate în the household; otherwise there's friction, lost me- tion, things at sixes and Sevens Now if a man is one of the pot- terers his wife will dominate-and probably to zo advantage. If, however, the husband is a systema- tic ms-and can dominate-be will have Д smoothly-running home; in other words, a successful; home. You must admit that it would be a poor advertisement for

At precisely a quarter to eight, one in my business to have a

exactly "After all, Dunn, we time ma-

of chines, we time manufacturing the operations, we schedule processes; in order to pay dividends we con-

we

we

2

whard on the same site and to after various instructions and ad- slipshod household.” provide additional berthing accom-monitions, Daskin left the house Dunn smiled. ག suppose it modation for the numerous O.S.K. to walk leisurely to the station, would be." steamers that are now calling at which he would reach at Hong Kong. The concrete deck of eight-seren, and have plenty the wharf is carried on a steel time to buy a paper before framework supported by 12 in. x eight-ten arrived. 12 in broad-flange beams as piles The moment the front door shut serve energy, we systematise pro-! driven into the sea-bed. The behind him Julia Daskin was duction, we graph progress and lengths of the piles vary from 65 animated by a fever of activity.compare results; in business feet to 100 feet long, lengths above She had a busy forenoon ahead of know where we're going and Mon, 23rd Mar 70 feet being spliced before driv-her. And her thoughts raced along know where we are all the time

Thurs., 23rd Apr.

ling. Test borings were made with her rapid movements. Now eight hours a day, five days [previous to driving the piles and at the climax of five years of mar-week But the rest of the time-

it is worthy to note that the riage, she was amazed at the Good Lord! Potterers! Living! various lengths of piles ordered supineness which had led her to hit or miss No plan, no schedule. 4th May from these results proved remark- become virtually automaton Makeshift and contingency rule

Jably satisfactory and drove to whose life and movements were the roast. Well, here we are."

within a very small margin of the scheduled and programmed and In the impeccable Daskin living-. anticipated lengths.

supervised, as if she were devoid room Harry excused himself to his jof volition.

guest. "Just a minute while I shake At first she had been proud of jup cocktails. This is the maid's The concrete deck is reinforced Harry's keen sense of method, of day out And Mrs. Daskin is in with British Reinforced Concrete system; she had been proud of his town, but she'll be home by six Engineering Co. steel to give a success, which had come from the-we always have dinner at seven- safe loading capacity of 2 cats. 3 application of that logical sense of fifteen sharp. She'll come on the square foot and a high level is to industrial problems; but she five-three-that was Thurs., 19th Mar deck 100 ft. long and 20 ft. wide had not dreamed that be would breakfast, you see.”

is provided to give facilities for apply his programmes and schedu Soon he returned with glasses les and graphs to his home life and shaker on a tray. “One apiece A building at the Fraya end of And to think she might have gone and a dividend," he said 23 the whare provides accommodationjon for years and years until she poured the drinks. "We never take as follows:-on the ground floor, was a faded old figure!

Of course, if you Keel Officers: Being of an easy, peaceable dis-like"" Wed, 11th Mar Searchers and Revenue

discord. "Oh, Jon the supper storey, living accom-position and detesting

110," Dumn protested. {modation for three watchmen, she had slid along the line of least "That's quite all right; with San.. 15th Mar Machinery Room, and Baggage resistance. Yet she

kong me..... . But I'm afraid." he Sun, 22nd Mar Store.

felt that a pseudo-English house added uneasily, "we hit on an off The Machinery Room is equipped in a fashionable suburb, furnished night-your wife in town and com- Thurs., 19th Mar

set trans-comfortably with excellent repro-ing bome to find-" with motor generator forming the local supply to direct ductions of the antique and equip- "Nonsense! I never tell her current at 110 or 220 volts for ped with every modern engine of when I'm bringing somebody to a dinner; that would amount to an supplying lighting current to ships efficiency, was not necessarily when alongside. In addition home, it was but the setting for admission of unpreparedness-and powerful 1,000-watt floodlights are a home, the shell for the spiritual she's always prepared. Trained, (Continued at Foot of Next Col spark which makes a home, the you see, to system. Quite wonder-

spark which Harry had smothered fal Why, she can

eve make under a blanket of egotistical in-graphs-I taught her, of course; terference.

such things as the relation of liv- Harry Daskin called himself an ing expenses to income and the industrial engineer. He was one of like Good for a woman to know those who are at times sneeringly where she's at”

Tues.. 31st Mar.

passenger traffic.

Fri..

Wed,

20th Mar

1st Apr.

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They talked business for a time installed at each end of the wharf-Dunn's business. Just after five to allow for night working of Daskin glanced at the clock. "Well,

the five-three is leaving now.” Aź cargo.

|five-forty-eight he observed, “She's

General Design

The design of the elevation of in." And a few minutes later, as {brakes squealed before the house, the wharf Building is clean and

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He opened the front door as a tiles this terracotta-faced have been chosen, laid in simple messenger boy was about to press the bell button. "Well” he ex- and regular bond.

The whole contract was carried claimed with surprise and a vague fout by the contractor within the annoyance there was no local mes- specified time and estimated figure senger service. "Where do you and the first steamer berthed at come from?" the wharf on March 41.

“N'York” said the boy. Messrs. Leigh and Orange de- you Mr. Daskin? Okay." signed the wharf and building, Daskin took the envelope from the general contractors for which the boy and, with a small pair of TAIPING were Messrs. Yee Lee and Go: scissors on his watch chain, cut CHANGTE Sub-contractors, on the job were an end of the envelope and drew TAIPING as follows:Constructional Steel-out a folded sheet. He frowned, CHANGTE work, Messrs Redpath, Brown-and uncomprehending at first, at the Co.; Electrical Machinery and neatly ruled and lettered paper. AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED Equipement, W. C. Jack and Co., "No answer," Harry Daskin mut- Terracotta Face Tiling, Cathay tered, and the boy, seeing no tip For Freight or Passage, apply to:--- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Ceramics Ltd; B.R.C. Reinforce-forthcoming, departed,

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