1936-03-30 — Page 10

YKLINE

N.

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for

Cunard White Star Line

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai Japan Ports and Honolulu.

CHICHIBU MARU

TATSUTA MARU

ASAMA MARU

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER.

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

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM.

HAKOZAKI MARU

TERUKUNI MARU

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vis Manila & Ports.

KAMO. MARU

Saturday, BOMBAY via Singapore. Penang & Colombo-

TANGO MARU

†GENOA, MARU

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1936

STAFF COMMANDER OF "STRATHAIRD”

Captain J. K. Chaplin Appointed

LONG CAREER WITH P. & 0. COMPANY

Captain J. K Chaplin, R.D. R.NR. has been appointed Staff Commander of the Strathaird, which sailed from Tilbury for: Bombay and Australia on Friday. : February 21...

Captain Chaplin has been for many years in the service of the P. & O. and is known to a very large circle of regular passengers the Company's services India, the Far East and Aus- Itralia, as well as to friends at

the ports of call.

Wednesday, 1st Apr. Wednesday, 22nd Apr. Wednesday. 6th May

!

Monday.

6th Apr. 25th Apr.

on

Saturday, 11th Apr. Friday, eath Apr.

.

25th Apr.

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan,

Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama.

BOKUYO MARU

Thursday,

Saturday, 11th Apr. Monday.

6th Apr. Honolulu.

9th Apr.

NEW YORK via Panama.

†SAKO MARU

Saturday, Sunday.

17th Apr. 3rd May

9th Apr.

17th Apr.

10th Apr.

+NOSHIRO MARU

LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus.

Genoa and Valencia

#LIMA MARU

Thursday,

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon."

TOBA MARU

SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.

HARUNA MARU

Tuesday,

Friday.

"Burne Philp Liner, Joint passenger Agents, Gibb Livingston & Co +Cargo Only

TELEPHONE 30291

·S

S.K

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

FOR JAVA

NEW YORK via Japan, Los †Kwansai Maru.

Angeles and Panama

Cali Nankai Maru

Direct at Cristobal, †Puerto,

Colombia, Boston Philadel

phis and Baltimore

RID-DE-JANEIRO, SANTOS Laplata Maru

MONTEVIDEO & BUENOS Buenos Aires M.

AIRES via Singapore,

Colombo Durban, and Cape

Town

MOMBASA, ZANZIBAR, Hawaii Maru

DARES SALAAM, BEIRA, Arizona Mare LOURENCO MARQUES,

DURBAN,

CAPE TOWN & SOUTH

ALGOA

BAY

Thurs. 9th Apr Sat. 25th Apr.

Thurs 23rd Apr Sun., 24th May

Sail Apprenticeship

to

Captain Chaplin, after three rears training in the Worcester, served his apprenticeship in sail in the vessels of George Milne's He well-known line of Invers.

oined the P. & O. as 5th officer in 1906, and served in various vessels until 1914. when he was posted to the cruiser New Zea land and Squadron in the North Sea, during which he was engaged at the Battle of Heligoland | Eight. Dogger Bank and Jutland.!

1917 he commanded destroy- lers of the Devonport and Ports

the and after mouth Patrols Armistice served in the Monitor)

and Mersey in the Black Sea Danube.

P. & 0. Service

On being demobilised in 1919. he returned to the P. & C. and since the War has served in their liners Morea. Naldera, Mirzapore and Assaye when the last-named was ebyaged in trooping to the Shanghai Defence Forces and as a hospital ship.

Later service was in the Ranchi the and as Staff Commander of Maloja, Mooltan and Narkunda He was in on the Austrian run. command of the Alipore previous to his transfer to the Strathaird.

Captain Chaplin is Cambridge-!

With the order "Cease Firing" in June, 1933, after three years of bloodshed, Paraguay and Bolivia started a series of On diplomatic battles which for a while threatened the trace. February 12 Paraguay surrendered the last of her many then- sands of Bolivian prisoners and the peace was made secure at last.

On the Paraguay Chaco (The "Green Hell" that was the bone of contention), the two military leaders are here seen shaking On in South American history. hands momentous occasion the left is Jose Estigarribia, head of the Paraguayan forces, OR the right is Gen. Enrique Penaranda del Castillo, of the Bolivian forces. The war, which cost 100,000 lives, contained some of the bloodiest battles since Gettysburg in the percentages of lives men to the stra- lost. Bolivia, the strongest nation, lost many tegic moves of the foe and was forced to grant concessions at the termination of the war,

THE PHANTOM JUNK OF THE YANGTSE RIVER

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shire born and is an "old boy" of am. I was at the recording ma-janswer it, but to my surprise found the Perse. School there. His chine, watching the endless rolling no one there. home is still in Cambridgeshire.

CANADIAN PORTS

ACTIVE

Fri.

- Mon,

3rd Apr. 4th May

Increase In Figures Shown

AMERICAN PORTS

Singapore & Colombo ....

BOMBAY & KARACHI via Pacific Mara

Singapore, Penang and Shunko Maru

Tues., 31st Mar. Tues., 3rd Apr.

Wed..

Mon.,

Colomba

CALCUTTA via Singapore. Himalaya Mara.. *Belawan Deli, & Rangvor Hague Maru

JAPAN PORTS

out of white "tape."

A police officer who was staying Suddenly, through the open door-with us said someone was obvious-

way, appeared the

hooded and by playing a joke I had just sat

whom four The policeman went to the door

.

I down when the knock was repeat- white cloaked figure of a nun. gazed with amazement, for 1 r-jed. cognised my sister, years previously I had left in Erx-this time, and again no one was there He searched outside, but land.

Coming back, I was about to address her, when could find no one. jabe stopped moving the beads on he stationed himself inside the Ottawa

her rosary and pointed to the in-door.

A third time the knock came, An increase of 2,059 vessels and strument. Her lips moved, but I} 3,579,122 in registered tonnage en-could not gather what she whis-fand the policeman flung open the door and jumped out. No one was tering Canadian ports during the pered.

For half a second she stood thus, there. 1st Apr.fiscal year 1934-35 (compared with

A few days later relatives from 20th Apr.

1933-34) is reported by the De her right arm raised, and now I

Revenue saw the syphon moving across the Wales, arrived at the house and 7th Apr.partment of, National

"tape." It meant that a message said that their mother, my father's here.

Altogether 116,803 vessels with was coming through. My visitor sister, had been batut to death.

This happened on the night when a registered tonnage of 86,431,-vanished.

Canadian Trembling. I began to take down we heard the knocks on the door. 5th Apr 178 passed through

cablegram, addressed It was midnight when my father ports, compared with 114,744 ves-the sels with a registered tonnage of myself: "Father died peacefully had brought his ewes down from the Exmoor bills to a sheltered vessels to-night-Cissy." Sea-going 82,852,056.

My husband and I were taking orchard near the farmhouse' dur- numbered 21.419, with a tonnage

vessels our dog for a run on some hills,ing the lambing season. of 28,512,257. Of these

when suddenly we both stopped 353 were from Japan-Renter.

and exclaimed. "It's Bob."

Tues.,

Thurs., 9th Apr.

Celebes Maru

JAPAN via Takso & Keelung Panama Maru

KEELUNG via Swatow and Canton Maru

ΑΠΟΣ

Su

TAKAO

MOT

Swatow via

and Fakuken Maru

Sat, 4th Apr.

**Cargo only.

For Further Particulars

Please apply to: - OSAKA SHOSEN KAISITA.

Telephone 28061

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P.-C. STRUCK BY TRAM P.-c. Eenjamin Digby was struck by a tram when stepping out of a police car at Bendon last month

His collarbone was broken.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONG KONG, LIMITED

BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS.

BUILDERS OF RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES. BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS

BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY.

Under License From Messrs. Parsons,

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Under Special License from Messrs. Salzer Bros.

Licensed To Manufacture Lanz Perlit Iron Specially Suitable

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DOCK & SLIPWAYS

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Tel, Address: "Talkoodock" Hong Kong. Telephone No. 30211 Cal Flag:

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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Hong Kong, China &

to

Taking his hurricane lantern,! he ran, out to have a final look at

At the moment, we seemed to the ewes before going to bed. He feel no fear at seeing, a few yards had to cross a lonely road, which

alled to the village two miles off. before us. the man who was

ours. The dog. While walking along the road he close friend of however, began to growl, then ran heard footsteps and, holding the [up to "Bob" wagging his tail We approached and shone torch on the figure-to find that there was no one there.

lantern high, saw a woman dress- theed' in black coming towards him. As he drew nearer to her, he re- jeognised that it was Miss Roberts: one of the two elderly women

The dog gave a loud howl, and

we went home quickly, without neighbours who lived in a cottage. speaking. We should have laughed

He called to her, but she made

about it all, had not the dog seen no reply and passed on. Then she the figure too. The next after seemed to vanish into the dark- noon we had a telegram: "Bob kill-ness,

ed in accident last night."

CANADIAN PACIFIC

WORLD'S. GREATEST TRAYEL SYSTEM

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SAILS FOR

VANCOUVER VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN & HONOLULU

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| £/Canada · Apr. 3 Apr.

OUTER

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5

Apr. 8 Apr 10 Apr. 17 Apr. 22 E/Entusia Apt. 17 Apr 19 Apr. 21 Apr. 28 Apr. 25

May 4 6/Japan May May 3 E/Asia

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May 8 May 8 May 14 May 19 May 15 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23 E/Canada Kay Kay 31

June 3 June June 12 June 17 E/Russia Ime 12 June 14 June 18 June 18

18 June

Fume 99 20 E/Japan

June 25 June 28

July 1 July 3 July 9 July 14 14 July 18 July 18

In the morning, when I went My grandmother as a young wo-to the cottage to ask the reason man went to stay at Christmas for this strange behaviour. I was with a vicar and his wife in told that Miss Roberts had died {small vilage in Essex. One even-about midnight,

ing they left her in the house alone. My room in a Peruvian hospital.

E/Asia July 10 July 12 July E/Canada July 24 July 26 E/Russia Aug 7 Aug. 9 Aug. E/Japan Aug. 21 Aug. 23

July 29 July 31 Aug.

11 Aug. 13 Aug. 15

Aug. 28 Aug. 28 Sept.

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF JAPAN

7 Aug. 12

July

Aug. 24

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APR. 9 APR. 24

For Information Apply To Your Own Agent Of

CANADIAN PACIFIC

HONG KONG

THE

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Sails 1 Apr, for Casablanca, London,

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LIVERPOOL SERVICE

A

Sails 1 May for Havre, Liverpool and

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AUTOMEDON

NEW YORK SERVICE

*REELENOR

Sails 2 Apr. for New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore via: Manila, Straite and Cape of Good: Hope.

PACIFIC SERVICE

(via "KOBE NAGOYA & YOKO HAMA) TALTHYBIUS

Sails 19 Apr. for Victoria, Vancouver

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had previously been occupied by a and she went to bed early.

Suddenly she was awakened by young mother who later died of interrióc noise, as though a lot blackwater fever. Her month-old of pople were at a party. They baby was still being cared for by laughed, ran up and down stairs the nurses...

One night I awoke suddenly to and rattled cups and dishes." Thinking that the vicar had hear agitated, quick footsteps on brought some young people back, the concrete floor of the verandah.

door. she rose and opened the

1 investigated, and saw the! shadow of a woman. The foot, There was nobody to be seen.

She called out but no one steps were there, running always. angwered. Too frightened to do in advance of me, as though. - CHANGTE anything else, he went back during me to hurry. They ceased. TAIPING bed antil, she heard the vicar re-and the vision of a woman viab-CHANGTE turn home.

•led wher I reached the room, where TAIPING- She told him of ber experience, the baby slept with the night nurse.

Switching on the Hight, I dis AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE LIMITED and he confessed that the visita-j

"Sailings subject to alteration without notice..

BUTTERFIELD"& SWIRE tion happened every Christmas covered that the nurse was asleep,

onerobilvious of the fact that somehow For Freighter Passage, apply to:-

-Agent: and that, consequently, no

the baby had tumed its head and

Hong Kong, China & Japan. would stay in the house.

While my family were sitting was slowly suffocating against, the around the firs, the accker on the Back door sounded. I went to

(The End)

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8 Mary June Jaly

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July

Telephone 30331.

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