1952-04-26 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, – 1952.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

⠀ CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

"SHENGKING"

"HUNAN". "ANYANG

"FOOCHOW

"SINKIANG"

"BHENGKING" "NIUPEN" "SZECHUEN”

BAILINGS TO

.. Koolung ****5

Tientsin

Singapore, Perong &

Belawan

.... Djakarta,

Semarang,

Sourabaya & Macassar

Yokohama, Nagoya, Omka Az

Djakarta,

Semarang,

5 p.m. 20th Apr,"

10 am, 20th Apr.

5 p.m. 28th Apr.

4th May

p.m. 5th May

20 am. 20th May Custodian Wharf

28th Apr.

10 am. 30th Apr

Kobo

5 p.m.

1st May

.Keelung

.5 p.m.

3rd May⚫

Tientsin

10 e.m.

Singapore & Penang

"SoocHow"

Bangkok

10 am, 10th May.

"FENGNING"

Sourabaya & Macassar

30 p.m.. 19th May

"FUKIEN"

Singapore & Penang

Safis from

ARRIVALS FROM

"FOOCHOW"

..Osak

"HUPEH"

'Tientsin

..Bangkok

"SHENGKINGʻ

Keelung

"SZECHUEN"

Singapore

"РАКИО"

*SILI

"YOCHOW"

.Yokohamın

"SOOCHOW"

Kobe

"FENGNING"

Japan

"FUNING"

Singapore

"FUKIEN"

.Kobe

"SINKLANG"

Crossword Whittling Is Fun PO B.I. E&A.

ACROSS

Measure of cloth

29th Apr.

1

20th Apr.

The deep

4

7 a.m.

ist May

Tremulous

1st May

9

10

Fixed 'look

1st May

11

5th May

13

8th May

sakkin

Skin affliction

Arabian prince

10th May

14

Hales

10

10/11th May.

17th May

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

Nagoya Yokohama

ARRIVALS

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

Scheduled Sallings to Europe via Ades & Port Sald

Liverpool &

Senior (ab.)

17 Hawallan food'

Hawa

18 Symbol for gold

20 Haunts

22 Range

24 Memorandum

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7 Ser

Sea Cagle

12 Reiterates

BAJLINGS TO

25

Raves

"TAIYUAN"

Kure, Yokkaichi,

¿

27

Golfer's term

28

Kobe

Muj

Noon-It-May

Selected

20

"CHANGTE" "TAIYUAN"

Sydney & Melbourne Sydney & Melbourne

Bitter vefch

10th May

24th May

DOWN

FROM

"TAIYUAN"

Australia & Manilo

in Port

1

Sows

"CHANGTE"

.... Kure

7th May

2 Boy's name

*TAIYUAN"

Moji

21st May

3 Dismounted

4 While

Depot

ધ

@ Moccasing

7

"AENEAS"

Dublin

20th Apr,

· ធ

8 Borti

"PERSEUSTM*

Marseilles, Liverpool

& Glasgow

6th May

15 Distress signat

"AUTOMEDON"

Genoa, Rotterdam &

18 Perfume

Hamburg

22nd May

10. Employers

"CALCHAS"

Dublin

& Liverpool

26th May

20 Nevada city

Marseilles,

Liverpool

21

Stout cord

Glasgow

Uth June

22

Part of a circle

23

College cheer

26

Compass point

Balla

Arrives

Liverpool

Hoa: Lon

Solter

27th Ap

G. "CALCHAS"

do

8. "AUTOMEDON"

clo

G. "PYRRHIUS"

110

Salted

00

G. "BELLENOPHON"

do

8. "CYCLOPS"

6th May

G. "PELEUS"

12th May

.....

10th May

"FYRRHUS"

S. “AGAPENOL"

Scheduled Salllugs from Europe

S. "ATREUS"

S. "ANTILOCHUS" 18th May

Safle Kolterdam

1st May

-11th-May

(Solutton on Page 16)

By HAROLD GLUCK

NHERE ir something about whittling that seems to take hold of a person and make him wish he could master the art. In many a village, you can sco old men seated around the main store, each, with a knife in his hand and a piece of stick, slowly but deftly culling cụt à

design

There are two important secrets in whittling and with- out them it is a dflcult task- to master the art. With them. it becomes one of the most en- joyable hobbies that will las an entire lifetime.

The first pecret is concerned with the task of transferring "

picture to wood.

this can

For unless

you happen

done, be

II

start cutting.

you can't

to be an artist, then there is no problem at all.

The picture may bo trans- ferred to wood in two ways. In the first, known as the carbot method, you transfer the pic- ture in the same proportiona es in the

Look original. through magazines for some striking pictures. You may see a cute little dog, a famous comic character, or a cari- cature

person or animal. Caricatures givo ox- cellent material for whittled of objects. Now take a sheet carbon paper, and place it face down on a piece of wood, Place the picture on top, traca with a pencil, and then remove picture and carbon paper. Go over the outline in ink so that it will not smudge as you work.

a

of

is

The second method of trans- ferring a picture to wood known as the square method. This is used to make the copy either larger or smaller than the original, Place the carbon sheet as before

upon a white

17th May Mr. Merlin's Magic Automobile

23rd May

G. Loading Glasgow, before Liverpool, 6. Loading Awansea, before Liverpool, Carriers' option to proceed via olber ports to load & discharge cargo.

31st May

10th June

17th June

23rd June

DE LA RAMa Lines

SAILING for KINGSTON & NEW YORK via JAPAN SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES & PANAMA CANAL

"ÁGAMEMNON"

2nd June

:

ARRIVING via MANILA FROM U.S. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS "AGAMEMNON"

"DONA AURORA"

2nd May 17th May

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Baute

Departs Hongkong

Artiya D.R. (on return) inc/Bangkok/Bingspore (DC-4) 7.30 a.m. Mon. Thurs. 100 a.m. Tues. Fri, (Connects at Bangkok with V.B.A. to Bangoon) IK/Hanel/Haiphong (DC-3) 14.00 a.m. Tues. 3.30 p.m. Wed, JK/Saigon/Singapore (DC-4) 10.45 am. Tues, 0.45 p.m. Wed. HK/Manila/EN. Borneo (DC-3) 7.00 2.m. Tues. Fri. 4.45 p.m. Wed. Sat.

All the above subject to Atteration without notice. For passage and Freight Particulars please apply to

ICONNAUGHT RD C Tel.303318 BRANCH OFFICERSO Connau Rd West

32144 24878

BEN LINE

ARRIVALS

SHIPS

""BENLÉDI""

"BENDORAN"

"BENMACDHUI"

FROM

**—Japan U.K. via Singapore. Japan

"RENWYVIS"

DUE

aitorabe:-15th-May-

17th May

35th May 4th June U.K. via Singapore

14th June

BAILING B Loading on, or abi,

“BENVORLICH"...U.K. via singapore

(Direct to Singapore, teneo Liverpool, Dublin & Hambuty,

London, Rotterdam ...... * Hull,

+

(Direct to Singapore, thence Havre, Lon- don

Antwerp.

w

10th May

21st May

"BENLEDI"

*BENDORAN?

"BENMACDHUI"

"BENVORLICH"

26th May

Kure, Yokohama & Lobe.

**BENWYVIS”

(Havre, Liverpool,

Glasgow

Antwerp.

Calls Manila, Colu, Tawas & Sandakan,

Bih June

18th June

All Veanels accept Cargo for Aden, Suez and Port Bald.

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD Agents, York Bullding.

-You'll Be Amazed at the Things It Could Do!-

By MAX TRELL

་

KNARF and Hanid, the shadow-children with the names, were turned-about

when

walking down the road,

all at once they heard the sound

of an automobile com- ing toward them. They quickly darted to the side of the read

so as to its way.

be sure. to be out of

The next instant the car went whizzing by. It was long and green and it had two wings stielung out on either side. It had wheels all right, but they hardly seemed to touch road.

the

Suddenly, while they were The car shot over the tops of the looking at it, it rose off the road

buttercups In the field. altogether and went skinuming over the tops of the trees. It Anally disappeared with several loud-bangs in the direction of the pond.

•

Whizzing By But someone in the car shout- ed their names es it went whiz- zing by:

"It was Mr Merlin the Ma- gician!" Knarf exclaimed,

I

First they went up the road. when they come to a ble mov ing-van in front of them Mr Merlin pulled o lever and they: hopped up in the air ilke grasshopper and comme down with A bounce ahead of the moving-van!

Rade on Water

D

When they came to the river they didn't bother to go across the bridge. They just rode across the top of the water!

must be a magic car," Hanid said, still looking up to ward the treetops in hopes that

They went roaring down one she might catch another glimpse rooftop and roaring up another. of it. "I never saw such a They went circling around pecullar car before. I hope he church steeple. doesn't fall into the pond."

"I wish he'd come back and give us a ride in it," said Knart And with that he began shout- ing at the top of his voice: "Mr Merlin! Mr Merlin!"

All at once, to their astonish-

弭

'They rode on the wires that stretched between one telephone pole and another! They had a race with a cloud! They sprang from hill to hill They rode up one side of a rainbow and down the other. he Well,"

said Mr Merlin, ment, the car come whizzing would you like to go to the back. Only this time it shot over the tops of the daisies and moon?" But Knart and Hanid: butterrups in the field on the said no because it was getting

near to dinnertime. other side of the road!

At last, Mr

Merlin drove the Sure enough, as the car drew wonderful car back to the gar close, they plainly and distinctly den behind the house where recognised Mr Merlin the Ma: Knart and Hanid lived. “I hope. zietan sitting behind the steering you enjoyed our little ride," ho

Then the strange car said. wheel. hopped over the stone fence and

Then, most astonishing of all,

WHITTLING 16 A DIVERSION THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE-

FIRGT, YOU MUST TRANSFER WHAT YOU ARE TO WHITTLE TO THE PIECE OF WOOD-

li DON'T

KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT IT LOOKE

3000

THE SQUARE METHOD IS ONE WAY OF COPYING

PICTURES-

HOLD THE FIGURE OFF AT ARMS LENGTH AFTER YOU HAVE WHITTLED A BIT-

THIS WILL GIVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW IT IG SHAPING UP.

once,

do

with your ponknife at sheet of paper and trace over the picture. This produces a Here is the second secret, You traced outline

on the white can use a small lg saw to cut take a ruler sad arcund your outline and thus paper. Now draw little squares over the you will have, with a minimum

wits have

object picture. You

the of labour, your rough

cut. After you same effect as though you had already your picture on graph paper. tils, you are ready to use your Be certain it 15 If you want to flatten out your penknife,

and always keep 12 curves, you can do this because tharp

Start whittling is very effective with sharpening stone

lines. straight

Now draw

A cutting on both any

or wood. Always cut squares on the wood, larger or smaller than

niece of wo the squares on piece

at a wood at the white duplicate the lines on the piper just

paper, Carefully

"much wood, you you cut ico

it. replace From can't squares onto the wood squares. time to time hold your figure While this requires no skill it arm's length and look at it

critically. will require patience. You now are ready begin whittling.

✡

ISE soft wood for whittling. Site pine is about

the casiest and cheapest wood to purchase. Don't "start" cutting

Running Round The World With Mac

By E. McDONALD BAILEY. TODAY we move on from my home island of Trinidad to the lovely island of St Vincent in the Windward Group. It is about 150 miles from Trinidad, off the coast of South America, and has a population of some 52,000.

-of-the น small time. It

Your finished product should have a coat of varnish to pro- tect it and you can place it upon the top of your desk, table top. or on your library shelf. It's a great hobby in all kinds of weather and sensoris.

went I was told what great things I was expected to do.

The long-awaited day came. In my heat of the 100yds, I equalled the island record, 10.4 seconds. In the final I did even botter, and I believe that my time of 10.2 seconds still stands.

Our school stayed on the fringe of Kingston, the capital of St Vincent, overlooking a beautiful beach. The quaint while bunga- low, strelching along the beach against a background of waving cocoanut palms,

looked some- what like a Hollywood film set,

St. Vincent famous for its sulphur springs and the active volcano Soufriere at the north on end of the oval-shaped island. The main products of the country are arrowroot, sugar, and sea island cotton for which it is re- nowned throughout the world.

I visited it, by steamer, one of the school holiday trips. for we were to meet our opposite numbers on the island in cricket, football, and athletics.

My keenness for athletics, you see, was beginning to show me

I found that my reputation 55 a schoolboy athlete was already well known, and everywhere the world.

ZOO'S WHO

SQUIRRELS, WITH THEIR HABIT OF BURYING NUTS, ARE RESTON-". SIBLE FOR MANY OF OUR GREAT OAK AND HICKORY FORESTS OF TODAY.

came to a stop right beside the instant Knart and Hanid got Knart and Hand who, however, out, Mr Merlin pressed a button OVER A YEAR COWS CONSUME ABOUT THREE BIRDS HAVE TEN had dived under a bush to be and the car turned into a real TIMES AS MUCH WATER, AS THE AMOUNT OF DISTINCT METHODS sure it wouldn't hit them.

Won't Bite

"Come out of there!" laughed Mr. Merlin. "Bertha Im't going to bile you'

Berthu was the name of Mr Merlin's magic cår.

After Knarf and Hanid had come out from under the bush, they examined the car. "It looks а lot

like a a beetle," cald Knart. There were many surprising things about the car that they soun discovered, For example, the headlights were more like large eyes than like lights. The horn looked like a frog's mouth and made a loud, hoorge, croak- ing sound when the button w pressed. It had eight wheels instead of four, and all the wheels steered at one Uma so that the car could go sideways es well as backwards and for- Words.

"Hop in," inylted Mr Merlin Telephonn 84105. when they had examined i

thoroughly. "We'll go for a spin,!.

little beetle and went, crawllag

off under a rock!

MILK THEY GIVE...

Rupert and the Toy Scout-1

calle, "come and Podzy," ho

J10 play, fi's a lovely day." runa tosi pal, but to ble sur- prise. Potry takos not the ixtilos notice of him. Keeping This ayar en the path before him, the fille pix plode attently, one 'wardı: xn if his · thoughts are

Ruperi "wants to run around, "There's 'Nothing like a BASAVALT football for warming you up? saya Men Bear, “as take your bik: halland en out and find your pale.*. Küpert nerds 'ho,: second bidding. The First, person ha aples I, Today"" Vigovat, a very for away,

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PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICEA

Arrives Hongkong

Outwarda "CARTHAGE",

Leaves London'

· End - April,

***CHIUBAN"

dih April

"CORFU”

2nd Jus

· 1st May

Via Southampton, Pert Bald, Aden, - Bombay, Colombo,. renang à Bigspore.

Homewards.

“CITURAN”

"OARIMAGE"

"CORFO"

Leaves Hongkong Dus Landan

8th May

2nd June

Oil May

oth. June

0th June

8th July

Accepting cargo for singapore,' Penang, Colombo, Ban

Hamowards "SUBAT"

Outwardr "SINGAPORE"

bay, Aden à London.,

FREIGHT SERVICE

Leaves Hongkong

1st Ma

- Arrives Dongkong

2nd May

ingapore,

For

London & Continent · Accepung cargo tag ;N

Hul

From M

U.. & Continent

Port Sweltenham.. Accopling cargo, for Penang Colombo, Aden, Genca, Maresilien, London, Hamburg, Antwerp & Botiezdanı, wită uberty-to-çxit at Bombay if, thdacement 'offers, Tanks avaliable for carriage of off in Eulli. Space for refrigerated cargo, Limited passenger accommodation.

BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.

due Dih May valis 11th May

"SANGOLA"

"SINDHANA”

due 17th May

from Japan for. Singapore, Penang. Hangoon

Calcutta:

from Calcutta; Rangoon, Penang & Singapore sails 18th May for Japan (Thris vessels have refrigerated cargo space)

"PEMBA"

P. & O./B. I. JOINT SERVICE

due ord May ralfa 5th May

"OBRA"

due. 8th May

"ORDIA"

"ORMARA"

salls ih May due 1th May sails 12th May dua 11th May

palla 10th May

from Jayan

far SingapoTE,

Madras, Colombo, Bombay & Karachi from Rangoon de Singapore for Japan

from Persian Gull" for Japan from Japar for Singapore. Colombo, Bot.bay & persian Gul

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"EASTERN"

"NANKIN"

In Port

Fails 26th Aprif- due in May Baits 6th May

from Bydney-*

Brisbane for Japan

from Japan for Port Moresby, Bydney, Brisbane, Dunedin, Lyttelton & Auckland All vessels have liberty to call ng any ports on or off the route & the route & salilor are subject to change or amendment with or without noÜce.

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