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BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

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CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

"SINKLANG"

"FOOCHOWY "

*FENGNING"

"FENGTIEN

"SHANSI"

“HANYANG

"SHENGKING"

“ROOCHOW"

"HUNAN

SHENGKING" KWEN ANG"

SAILINGS TO

Mup Yokolia ma, Osal & Kobe

Singapore. Djakarta, Semarang & Sourabay Yokohama

Kobc

Κιλκ

Osaka, Nagoya

& Yokohama Tuky u.

5 p. 15th Dec.

3 pm 7 Des

p.m. 18th De

$ p.m. 18th Dece

Yokohama,

Nagoya, Osaka & Kobe

5 p. 19th Dec

Tientsin

Ker}ung

Bankkoh

Theatr

Kertany

Singapore. Djakorta & Sourabaya

*

ARRIVALS FROM Djakarta & Bintan Bangkok

5 p.m. 218 Dec.

Noon 22nd Dec "

10 am. 25th Dec

10 am 2811 Dec

Noon 29th Dec

5 p.m. 31st Dec Salls from Custodian Wharf

pu 17th M... pa 17th D

Djakert,

Binta:: &

Singapore

4

Trends.

"SHENGKING' "SOOCHOW"

Kerlung Ko

1701 De 18th Dec 7m 20th De

21/22nd Dec.

i

"FENGTIEN” "SHANSI

FENGNING"

ן.

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

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1951.

SUGGESTIONS FOR PARTY GAMES

HOW GOOD A DETECTIVE PO B.I. E&A

N

"ARE YOU?·

What was the forger's completed

OW for a little

Pages 23 and 24 were, problem in crime de- therefore, either side of one mistake? tection-the sort of and the same leaf. So the riddle

old butler lied when he said he your Criends might have

to placed the note between tackle.

pages 28 and 24.

on

A man left a £5 note

Later it bad his desk. vanished.

In the interval two people only had access to the note-his butler and

his housemaid.

saw

The maid told him: "I the note, and, for up and safety, folded it placed it under the red book cat you desk." The man boked under the book, but there was no £5 note.

The butler next told him: "Yes, sir. I found the note under the red book, and thinking it might get lost, placed it inside the book between pages 23 and 24." The man opened the book, but the note was still miss ing.

SAILINGS TO

"TAIPING"

Sydney &

Melbourne

“ANSHUND

& LYTTELTON VIA JAPAN

"CHANGTE"

28th Dec

17th Jau. 25th Jan

ARRIVALS FROM

TAIPING"

Kobe

· ("HANGTE"

Australia

*

Monila

26th Dec.

21st Ja

the

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

Scheduled Sailings to Eurupe via Aden & Port Said

"AGAPENDR"

firmed London,

·MYRMIÐONT

via Manila

Scheduled Sailings from Europe

+

PROBLEM:

Who

stole

•

•

ANSWER: Before # monarth can be designated the First, a second of the same name must reign. For example, Queen Victoria is Victoria the not known as ROUGH LOOKING First.

A genuine coin of man rang the front- the time of George the First door bell of

the home of would, therefore, be in- famous collector of scribed simply George, etc. antiques.

A

"Can I see the guv'nor?" he asked the servant answered the door.

"What's your business" replied the maid.

#Lik "Well," "I've got something here that will interest him. found it yesterday when was On job.

& down

the man,

you can get this simple little sum cor-

who

SEE if

reet

£

મ

A king

A leather worker

I

1

A boy's name

pulling

Another boy's

name

Four officers

the law A pig

of

one of them old houses, you know."

A few minutes later the man was showing the

col- lector a coin.

"Yes, sir," he said, "I found it in the foundations

Symbol of a king

Total

(Sovereign)

5 note? And what of one of them old houses evidence Was there of genuine George the First, SOLUTION: guilt?

ain't it? Look! All these Latin words, and there, see, A king clear as the nose in me face-George I. What'll you give me for it, sir?"

"Nothing at all," said the antiquary, "this is સ for- gery, my man, and not very clever one at that."

SOLUTION: The butler stole the note. The evidence against him was that the pages of books are normally numbered with the numbers on the left and the odd numbers on the right- hand page.

Juliand & Hamburg

VB Marke

"ASCANIUS“

Dubin & Liverpool

21st De 24th De

PERSEUS'

Marseille, Liverpool & Canspow

6th Jan

716 Jun

Buils Liverpool

Sails Rotterdam

Arrives

Hong kong

A

"AGAPENOR"

Sader

16th Dec.

PERSEUS"

TAU

Suled

19th De

N. "AUTOME DON'

si

25th Dec

G. MYRMIDON'

5th Jan.

S "ATREUS.

11th Jan.

G. "PYKEHUS"

12th De

178 les

17th Jan.

"BELLEROPHON

! 1

22nd Jan

#

"CYCLOPS"

25th De

S. "ANTILOUDUS”

51 Jan

G. Landing Glasgo» riore Liverpool,

S. Loading Swanse. Before Liverpool Carriers option to proceed via elher ports to

load & dveŋarge cargo.

1st Feb.

10th Feb

DE LA RAMA LINES

ARRIVING via MANILA FROM

US. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS

"BATAAN"

"DONA ALICIA"

even

British Crossword Puzzle

4

15

16

A leather worker

(A lanner)

A boy's name

(Bob)

2. 8.

L

painting

the

Big

hands?

ANSWER: None, Ben has four faces.

ET'S have

another

game. land? This is a

What about Towns of Eng- nice sort of comfortable round the fire game.

It starts with some one saying the name of an English town; the right-hand neighbour must name another town, the first letter of which is the same as the last letter of the name of the

preceding town mentioned. And

so on round the circle.

Any player unable to think of a town after the count of ten loses

Three lives lost life. puts you out of the game. That sounds much easier than 11 really is. For instance,

If A says "Norwich," and B says "Hal- fux" what does poor C dat.......... Loses a fe, I fear. And remember mentioned may again.

AN

·

once

a town not be used

ND this may look tricky, but

it isn't.

What was the Prime Minis- ter's name in 1912?

ANSWER: Winton Churchill.

It has been that since he was borti

£. 8.

J.

1. 1). A.

F 0.

6

1.

0.

write a sentence in AN you

which the word "AND" ap- pears Eve times in succession?

EXAMPLE: The inn-keeper

Another boy's

name (Joey) ..

A

D.

3.

new

Four officers of the

law (4 Coppers) A pig (Guinea) Symbol of a king

(Crown)

Total

0. 01.

1

1. 1. 0

0. 5. 0.

of the Star and Carter had a As he was sim painted.

not satisfied with it, he sent for the sign-writer, and complain- ed: "There's too much space between Star and AND and AND and Garter'."

2. 8. 1. I

ASK a married friend to tell you the year of his birth. Write it down. Be- neath that the year of his marriage. Then the number of years he has been mar- ried, and lastly, his pre- sent age.

You will find the answer

was in the country not long ago and saw a number of swans swimming on # lake. There were two awans in troot of a swan, two swans behind a swan, and one swan in the mid-

How many swans do you think I saw altogether?

ANSWER: Three swans, swimming in single file.

die.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' CROSSWORD SOLUTION

19

12

1.3

14

15

16

117 118

120

19

121

23rd Dec.

is 3876.

8th Jan.

22

EXAMPLE:-

LO

Born

1908

ET

123

24

Married

1929

20th Dec.

Been married

9

Age

90

25

26

3876

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-24th Dec,

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ARRIVALS

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SAILINGS

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DUE

on or abt. 20th Dec,

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javre,

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6th Jan,

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Aird Jan,

2th Jan,

ACROSS

Combat (6)

4 Confuse (5)

7 Vegetable (6)

8 Jelly (5)

10 Egress (4)

12 Much liked (7)

15 Part of a staircase (5)

16 Weary (4)

17 Responsibility (4)

10 Beneft (5)

20 Put back (7)

23 Condition (5)

24 Motto (8)

21 Coagulate (4)

25 Joyous (5)

26 Extreme dislike (B)

DOWN

1 Unmarried man (9)

2 End of the line (8)

3 Plunder (4)

5 Tyrannical (8)

& Linger (5)

#

Dig (5)

11 Legator (0)

12 Facial hair (5)

13 Countryman (8)

14 Fated (8)

18 Snuggle (8)

22 Insect ($)

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Across: 3 Scatters, & Pluice,

9 Admonish, 11 Discreet, 12 Tom. 18 Tepor, 18 Tunes, 19 Chin. 22 Militant, 24 Revealed, 25 Settle, 26 Harmless. Down: 1 Spade.

2 Harsh, 3 Scarlet, 4 Cede, 5 Trot, 8 Exiled, 7 Scheme, 10 Melon, 14 Pupil, 15 Resides, 16 Scorch, 17 Silver, 20 Party, 21 Utter, 22 Mail, 23 Less.

If the solution does not

come to 3876 some one is not telling the truth! Woman, thy vanity!

name

is

WHAT about this one? Do

you know it?

A man was employed to paint the hands of Big Ben. He was given 16 lbs. of paint for the job. He found that the large hand re- quired 3 lbs. and the small hand 1 lb. of paint. How much paint had he left when. he had

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Ben