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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

· “SHENGKING"

"BOOCHOW"

***HUNAN**

"SHENGRING"

"YOCHOW"

"BINKIANGI"

**ANSHUN"

5 p.m. 27th Aug.

BAILINGS TO

Keelung Bangkok

5 p.m. 25th Aug.”

Tientsin

10 m. 30th Aug.

.Keclunk.

Osaka

Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe Singapore, Djakarta & Sourabaya ..Singapore, Penang &

Port Swellenham....

Tientsin Bangkok

Salls from

5 pim, ist Sept.*

6 pan. 1st Sept.

10 nm 6th Sept.

5 pm. 5th Sept. ID nam. Oth Sept. p.m. 10th Sept. Custodian Wharf

ARRIVALS FROM

Kobe

Tientsin

..Bangkok

"SHENGKING”

Keelung

"ANSHUN"

...Moji

"FUNING"

Djakarta &

Bintan

7 a.m. 30th Aug. 1/2nd Sept. B/0th Sept.

"JIANYANG" "SZECHUEN”

"IHUNAN"

"SOOCHOW"

“YOUNOW*

0 p.m. 25th Aug. 28th Aug. 7.m. 20th Aug.

A.O. LINE LTD./C.N, CO., LTD., JOINT SERVICE

"ANKING"

"OHANGTE"

"TAIPING"

"CHANGSHA"

SAILINGS TO Sydney & Melbourne ..Kurg &

Sydney & Melbourne Japan

31st Aug

Kobe

7th Sept.

15th Sept.

16th Sept.

ARRIVALS FROM

"CHANGTE"

Japan

29th Aum

"TAIPING" "ANKING!"

Australia · £

Молна

3rd Sept.

Melbourne, Occan In

& Nauru

12th Sept.

"CHLANGSELA”

..Yokcolanta

13th Sept.

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

Bebeduled Sailinga to Europe via Aden & Port Said

Dublin & Liverpool

"AGAPENOR"

"PERSEUS"

"MARON"

Marseilles,

Liverpent

& Glasgow

Liverpool & Glasgow

Hollandl

"BELLEROPHON"

London &

Scheduled Railings from Europe

G. "MERMIDON"

G. "MARON"

8. "BELLEROPHON"

G. "PYRRHUS"

S. "ANTILOCitus"

G. "CYCLOPS"

8. "AUTOLYCUS"

G "PELEUS"

8. "CLYTONEUS"

31st Aug.

6th Sept. 6th Sept 22nd Sept.

Arrives

Hong. Trong

30th Aug.

Satis.

Liverpool

Sails Rotterdam

Salled

do

4th Sept.

ย่อ

12th Sept.

do

17th Aug.

15th Sept.

to.

20th Sept,

28th Aug.

4th Sept,

13th Sept. 17th Sept.

21st Sept.

G. Loaillog Glasgow before Liverpool.

8. Loading Swansea before Liverpool.

Carriers' option to proceed via other poris to toad & disclinrge cargo,

6th Oct,

8th Oct.

15th Oct. 20th Oct.

De La Rama Lines

ARRIVING via MANILA FROM

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***MENESTHEUS"

1st Sept.

20th- Sopt.

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(DC-3)

1.00 p.m. Tues. 0.15 p.m. Thurs.

Bonte

11K/Hanol

HK/Saigon/Singaporo FLH/Maria/BN. Borneo HK/Haiphong

(DC)

400 .. Tues. 1.00 p.m. Wed..

(DC-3)

6.30 h.m. Wed

IDC-3)

7.00 nan, Frl.

4.45 p.m. Thurs. 4.30 pm. Frl.

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"DENVANNOCI" U.K, vin, Singapore

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"BENCLEUCHI"

"BENLEDI"

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**TENNEVIS"

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†DENCRUACHAN“

DUE

on or abt. 7th Sept.

dd-

tio mimara

+

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lo

Japan

10th Sept.

18th Sept.

23rd Sept.

251! Oct. 25th Oct. 14th Nov, 15th Nov.

SAILING 8 Leading on or nut.

Liverpool, Dublin,

Hamburg & Antwerși London & Middlea. borough

Liverpool,

Gizakow.

!

10th Sept.

11th Sept.

23rd Sept.

'Avonmouth & Holl

Liverpool, Dublin, 'Itamburg & Aulwerp

Liverpool, Glasgow, & Hamburg

21st Oct,

†BENALDANACHI”. „London & Antwerp

"BENLEDI"

Liverpool Dublin, Hamburg & Antwerp.

29th Oct.. Zalis Oct,

16th

18th Nov,

"DÉNOLEUCII” Kobeɛ& Yokohama

Via Singapore, Port Swetlenham, Port Sudan.& Fort Bald.

Chua, Manila, Tawan Bandakan & Jetacljon, Calls Manila, Jesselton & Labuan,'

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York Bunain

Agents

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25,

1961

the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

STILTS GIVE PLENTY OF FUN

TILTS

ernor

By JULIA W. WOLFE

maple,

bergh,

П

усту

In making slits, ure whether the tin ean and cord variety or hard wood that will not split,

Water

oak, the high wooden-ones, have orange, seasoned nah, seasoned been used for centuries for ma wild cherry, winged fun and work, and there are elm, hickory and honey lacus. b2 are a few. The step may many kinds you can make.

Perhaps you don't know placed about two feet off the ground and the portion of the it, but back in -1600 in

stilts extended higher so that Namur, Belgium, the gov- It

be may

grasped by the hands. of the city won ex-

Tyrol stlits extend, only to emption from taxes for his

the knee and a thin strip of people by supplying the leather, a strap, is run through archduke with

company the stilt and fastened to the

neither lez by buckles,

του can makte You

adjustable stilts, with holes drilled in the rides to which the step MAY, be bolted on. You, can praciles with the slits near the ground and increase the height as you grow more skilful.

soldiers

nor

of

who walked

rode. soldiers, of course, mounted on stilts,"

The were

•

In English forms where hops are grown, the men use sills to brace lints and poles on which hop vines are trained. Nen

and Landes. France, shepherds

use sults farmers

on marshy

from VOU mount stilis

the ground to keep their feet dry round. Stand with your These men carry long canes 50 back against something solid Incy can rest

without falling with the stilts stoping 10- down.

wear, stilte and twi

the

Weavers in other marshy reward you. Put one foot on the

step of one still, and esc in ealcinatizer stilt for baskets. W ruise

bracing wall.

• French muscums have stilts used to wear to which wemen rive themselves "height and dignity of earring.." and pestibly digany suffered when they fell.

Chinese fishermen use stilts in frhing, and stil: races and jump ing contests were, popular in dla China.

to the

One daredevil

New World waded Niagara apls en

Ms.

DERFORMERS

usually

as a cane as you yourself into piace, atill yourself ngainst the

STILTO ARE LOTS OF FUN AND EASY TO MAKE -

THERE ARE DIFFERENT" KINDS OF STIJG. HOWEVER, AND IN OTHER SECTIONG OR THE WORLD, ARE USED FOR

SERIOUS PURPOSES

REGULARZ.

STILTE

TIN CAN STILTS

STILTS STRAPPED TO

LEOS

Feathered Friends Puzzles

You can, after practice, Use mount from the ground with. correolly.

BIRD REBUS

the words and pletures

and you'll uncover

ut any bracing wall. It's no the four birds the Puzzle Man trick to walk on stils utile has concealed in his rebus: practies maltes you pretty good

at it. But always remember to walk where a tall won't cause injury. Stilte

less than four: feet off the ground are com- paratively safe..

A simple form of stilt-walk- have ing can be managed with u

the Jame with a loop of cord

high stils (called Tyrol couple of tin cans, sulls) five or more fest from size,

on

the ground which bro fastened ench. Put your feet on the

to the legs at the foot and at the CL, These are not only difficult to use, but dangerbus.

cans, and lift up with each step. You can tie the cans to your feet, too.

The Clocks Ran Out of Hours

--But They Knew Where to Go to Get Some More- By MAX TRELL

"IT all happened late last

night." Christopher Cricket Why mying. "Every one of the elceks in the house-tha cuckoo clock, the old grandfather clock, nd the china clock that hangs on the kitchen wali-had just came to twelve o'clock mitinight when suddenly-suddenly they all stopped ficking. In fact, they All stopped going. They stopped Lelling the time they just stopped."

Kharf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, to whom Christopher Cricket was telling his story, stared at him in surprise.

"But why did they stop. Chris?" asked-Haniei...

Looked Mysterious. Christopher Cricket shook his fiend and looked very mysterious. That's what I wondered," he Suid. "I know it was strange. And the strangest thing of all

wound up.

they

Seated in a big chair like a throne was an old, old man, hopped down to the floor and also, ran to the foot of the stairs, I followed both of them. And what do you suppose I saw?"

Knart and Hanid couldn't

MA FUESS.

What that reason was I didn't find out until later."

"On, but you did find the rea- ron out?" said Knart.

Christopher nodded, and look, ed as mysterious as ever. "Just

Well, I

was that each of the clocks was HT saw them opening the door rime very curious popped for of the grandfather Flock and

toing quickly inside." slipped inside right after them because I had made up my mind to find out what they were in tending to do Inside that old clockc

"It was

the most amazing clocks stopped I stopped, too. I was about to go, cut into the row room with a ceiling so

found myself in a long nar- the "

high pardon anal sing some songs, as that I couldn't see it because it 1 always, do at night. But I was hidden by shadows, And stopped stock still, with my back

wall of guitar in my hands, and walted. this room, seated in a big chair And the next minato a very odd like a throne, was an oid, old thing happened. I saw it all fran the corner of the rooma where, I was waiting."

Belax

INI

LHOS O❤

MAKE 'EM CO

of

are 10 types vehicles. You are to supply the living things that make them go. In some cases the motive comes from animals,

power

DIAMOND

Here's 題 diamond with

The SPARROW for a centre,

Bith:

second word is "10 mimie,"

third adjudge as due," "mistake," and sixth " drone hee"

A SPARROW

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24th September

20th September 22nd October 18th October 19th November

Via Sonthampton. Fort Bald, Ades, Bombay, Colombo,

Pohang & Bingapore.

Leaves Hongkong Due Landon

Outwards "CARTHAGE" "CORFU" "CANTON" "CARTHAGE"

•

23rd August

Homewards "CARTHAGE"

"CORFU” "CANTON" · "CARTHAGE"

Dirt August

1st October

28th September

29th October

26th October

20th November

22nd November! 3rd December

Accepting catre for Singapore, Penang, Colombo, riom

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Outwards "SHILLONG"

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Freight Service

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From

2011 September London & Continent 30th September

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In Port rails 20th Aug.

"TAIRLA"

dve 10th Sept. balls 12th Sept.

"SANGOLA"

sound alike,

two words that differently, bu: for the blank about

duc 10th Sept.

calls 13th Sepi.

"ORDIA"

HOMONYM

Substitute

one spelled

spaces in this sentence

bird;

They watched the --- making a sweeping in its flight,

WEDE CORROS

1.Cut 9pieces of CARDBOARD 24inches high and Z inches wide.

and In other cases people, 2.Cut 24 strips

(you tell what kind).

1. Gondola B.

2. Chalse

7.

roplane

3. Jinrikisha 8. Scooter

4. Sampan 9. Charlot 5. Palanquin 10. Shank's

'BIRD MATES; ·

mare

In cach of the following, first definition with mate the the last to form the name of a bird:

A girl's nickname-Pastry. Bite upon-Writing Fluid. Hops' kiln-Wealthy, Pronoun--Proposition.

CROSSWORD

The bird and nest which

make the background for this crossword, do not belong to the bird named in No. 1 Across of the diagram. The latter bird

of COTTON CLOTH

inch wide and 31 inches long.

3.Glue 3 pieces of tape to 8 pieces of cardboard with HOUSEHOLD CEMENT.

GLUE

Jet me tell you. When the thing," continued Christopher bullds a different kind of nest.4.Putall pieces

тап.

against the far

Stood Bowing. "Perhaps," said Christopher,

Christopher Cricket drew a the old mat was the Grand- deep breath and went on. The father of the clock, or perhaps cuckoo flew out of the cuckoo he was old Father Time himself. clock and fluttered softly 10 the foot of the stairs.

But at any rate there he sat in

Then

up go Mrs Cuckoo and the

from the kitchen clock alle that throne chair of his looking

while apron man with a long end a tall white cap like a cook

ANSWERS

HRD REDUS: Flamingo: Pigeon; Kdeer: Pheasant.

ZIARE 'EM-GO: 1-Gondoller. 2- Herse. 3-Conlle. 4-Chinese naher men, --Indian or Chinese liter bearer. Truck driver. 7-Aviator. -A child, Charletonr. 10-Your neļi,

nino MATES: Marie; Chow- Ink Ost-Rich Her-Oh..

CROSSWORD:

DIAMONE

ACROSS

1. Colourful- bird 7 Red-cap 8. Carry (coll.),

chen-clock man came up to blm and stood bowing. "What do you, wish?' he @mally asked them. Mrs Cuckoo spoke. Father, who said, we have no more hours left. We have given them all away-the days and the months and the years of hours. To whom have, you riven them?' the old man asited. And the kitcher-clock man an- swered, 'We have given some of

them

to them to Mother, some of Father, and the rest of them we6 have given to the children. And now we have. no more hours to give.*

The the old man nodded and reached into a bag and gAVE handfuls of hour to Mrs Cuckoo and the kitchen-clock man. Ho gave them hours that sparkled with sunshine, and hours that listened with rain, and slow

and fast hours, and

-hours, and hours 'dark'

with sleep: When he had given them all the hours they could hold he mid, "And now you both have enough to lost for many and many a day. But try not to. lot any of these** prèelour hhur bo wasted. And with that he shut his oyce, att: Mrs Cuckoo at the kitchen-clock man bowed again Ami, réfürned fito: their clockm. Wys Bald?

Fin the

0 Negative roply DOWN 1 Opera (ab.) 2 Decoy 3 Metal. 4 Boy's name

Sheltered side

East River (ab.)

zogether like this.

FRONT.

them high and

see

them

tumble

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due 30th Aug

wils 2nd Sept.

from Japan

for Singapote,

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