1952-09-06 — Page 14

**FUKIEN"

WILANYANG "PAKKOI"

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1952.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD,

SAILINGS TO

Djakarta, Bemarang, Sourabaya & Belawan

Tientsin

4 pm. 6th Sept. 3 p.m. 8th Sept.

Niihama, Kobe, Yoko

hama,

Nagoya, Osaka

&

Kobe

“SHANSI"

"SHENGKING"

"FENGNING"

..Djaicarta,

“HUNAN"

Semarang, Sourabaya & Macassar

"YUNNAN"

"SHENGKING"

"SZECHUEN"

..Bangkok

""PUNING**

10 a.m. 8th Sept. 10 nm. 0th Sept. 6 p.m. 10th Sept.

10 am, 12th Sept. 10a.m. 14th Sept. 10 am. 17th Sept.

5 pm. 17th Sept."

10 a.m. 18th Sept. 10 am. 23rd Sept.

"800CHOW"

"SIANSI"

.Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka & Kobe Singaporo, Penang & Belawan

Halls from ARRIVALS FROM

5 pan. 28th Sept. 5 p.m. 29th Sept. Custodian Wharf

Kobe

Bintan

"SHENGKING"

Keelung

7 a.m.

"SINKIANG"

Bangkok

"HUNAN"

"FENGNING"

Tientsin & Moji Kobe

ath Sept.? 7th Sept.? 8th Sept, 0/10th Sept. 10th Sept. 11th Sept.

"SHANSI"

"PAKHOI"

"ANSHUN"

Kure, Nagoya &

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

"CHANGSHA"

SAILINGS TO

Yokohama

Sydney & Melbourne Japan

..Kure & Kobo

"ANKING" **TAIPING"

"ANSHUN"

"CHANGSHA" "ANKING"

11th Sept. 1401 Sept. 10th Sept 17th Sept.

ARRIVALS FROM Australia, Nauru

Ocean 18.

7 b.m. 7th Sept.

Yokohama

Melbourne & Tarakan

12th Sept. 12th Sept.

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

Scheduled Saftings to Europa via Aden & Port Sald

**TELEMACHUS"

"AGAFENOR"

"CALCILAS"

"PYREHUS"

"ATREUS"

""BELLEKOFHON"

S. "CALCHAS"

•

Liver de Holland

Gene

& Dubila London,

Rotterdam, Antwerp

Hamburg

Marseilles, Liverpool

& Gla

Glasgow

Dublin &

Brighten Drab A Very Strange Way To Fish STOCKINGOVE

Wall Pictures

Dy LEE PRIESTLEY

TOW long since you've

How long

pictures on the walls of your house?

·

Nothing dates nhouse like old, nondescript plc- tures. Naturally, we don't think really good pictures get old. But somehow walls do get hung with stuff that one has looked at for years. Why don't you do a renovation Job on the an- cient art? It can be a lot of fun.

по

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Watch the slick magazines for flood reproductions. Watch the uds, too. For small sums you con often obtain prints, in photo graphs, or colourful maps. Or modern art by the buy some

yard in the plece goods depart- ments. Stretched and shellacked, cloth looks like an oll painting. For example, some of Grandma Moses' pictures are now printed on drapery material.

Then be imaginative about framing the new pictures. If you have battered old gilt frames, paint them white and then wipe still lightly while the paint is wet. Some of the details of the moulding will glint through the paint for a nice effect.

11th Sept. 25th Sept.

&

20th Sept.

6th Oct.

28th Oct.

22nd Oct.

or

Arriven

Mimool

Genoa, London,

Rotterdam & Hamburg

Scheduled Bailings from Europe

Satle

Balla

Liverpool

Soiled

Rotterdam

G. "PYRRHUS”

10th Aug.

8. "AUTOMEDON"

G. "ATREUS”

8. "BELLEROPHON"

do

G. "PELEUS"

12th Sept.

10th Sept.

B. "ALCINOUS"

18th Sept.

G. "ANTILOCHUS"

26th Sept

G. Loading Glasgow, before Liverpool.

Hong Kong

8. Loading Swansea, beforo Liverpool, Carriers' option to proceed via other ports to load & discharge cargo.

9th Sept. 17th Sept, 23rd Sept. 15 Oct. 10th Oct, 18th Oct 24th Oct. 31st Oct.

DE LA RAMA LINE

ARRIVING via MANILA FROM

U.S. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COAST PORTS "HAINAN"

"AGAMEMNON"

17th Sept.

30th Sopt.

SAILING for KINGSTON, NEW YORK, via BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES and CRISTOBAL. "AJAX"

"ANDAMAN"

"HAINAN"

20th Sept.

8th Oct. 23rd Oct.

Tathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Floate

Departs Hongkong"

'Arrives H.K. (on return)

IK/Bangkok/Singapore (DC-4) 130 a.m. Mori. Thurs. 6.45 a.m. Turs. Fri,

3K/Lane!

IIK/Haiphong

(Connect at Bangkok with

(DC-3) 9.00 a.m. Tues. (DC-3), 7,00 4,m. Thurs,

31K/Saigon/Singapore (DC-4) 10:45 a.m. Tues..

U.D.A, to Rangoon)

6.90 p.m. Tues.

4.30 pm. Thus,

8.15 p.m. Wed.

HK/Manila/BN. Borneo (DC-3) 1.00 a.m. Tugs. Fri, 4.45 p.m. Wed. Sat,

All the above subject to Alteration without notlar. For passage and Freight Particulars please apply to

ICONN

GHT RD C Tel 30331/8

BRANCH OFFICE 50 Connaught Rd. West 25875 32144-24878.

BEN LINE

"BENNEVIS”

"BENCRUACHAN"

J

420

ARRIVALS

FROM

Japan

and

--Mr. Merlin Doesn't Use a Pole, Just His Finger!—

By MAX TRELL

NARF

shoulders,

and

his finger out of the water. To

With that Mr Merlin yanked 1. Cut a piece of CARDBOARD Hanid, the the astonishment of Knarf and 17inches square and notch

with Hanld, there was a large black the edges with 4 inch slits.

the end of his

shadow children the turned-about names, were fish stuck to

Anger. walking toward the pond with

Then Mr Mer- their a big four well, well-this suro is beautiful in stuffed the fish in his coat It was a summer afternoon. The insects pocket and put his finger down were humming and buzzing. In the water again, Here and there the birds were chirping. Finally they reached the pond.

At this moment they received a great surprise!

Seated at the edge of the the shade of the pand under willow tree was Mr Merlin the Magician. Instead of a fishing. rod, he had his little finger in

the water.

Usual Cheerful Voice "Hi" said Mr Merlin in his usual cheerful voice. "Going to do some fishing, too?"

"Oh, yes!" said Kuart. Then Hanid, looking at Mr Merlin's little finger, maid: "Aro you fishing, Mr Merlin?"

"A" shouted Mr Merin, "I've got a bite!"

clan,

"With your finger?" old

Heavy cardboard cut in scrolls Jor be used scallops cun frames, tou. Girls might like to frame a print in ruffles or past- ed on velvet ribbon. Experiment with coloured mals. Coloured desk-sizo blotteru or an newspaper will make an unusual background for a period print The wood-grain wallpapers are effective. Get a new look when you bang your renovated plc- tures, too. Group three or four small related pictures on a wide ribbon. Hang hunting prints from toy arrow, Frame a win- dow with a group of pictures all the

same size. Collect family photographs, in the hall for a portrait gallery effect.

Another Bita!

Hardly a minute passed be fore he shouted: "Another bite!" Again Knart and Honid wero astonished to see Mr Merlin pull cut a big black flah, which he also stuffed in his pocket.

For the next ten minutes Mr Merlin kept sticking is big block Ash and stuffing it in the water, then pulling out a quickly in his pocket.

Meanwhile Knart and Hanid had both started fishing them- selves with their fishing-rods. as they would, they couldn't catch anything. "Ah, another bite)" Mr Merin for the twentieth

But

try

shouted

time in or many minutes. "This

pond is just loaded with fish- ones!" Mr Merlin big black chuckled. "It's д shame you two chlidren aren't as lucky as I am!"

But suddenly Hanld leaned over and whispered to Knerf; "There's something very strange going on with Mr Merlin's fish- Ing. I think he's catching same one fish over and

The

over

again. He put it in his pocket all right.

only it isn't there

now. Just look! Hla pocket is cmpty"

Pocket Was Empty Knarf stole a look at Mi Mar- lin's podiet. Sure enough, it was quite empty. The ash was gone. Knarf was amazed, "What does be do with it?" he whispered back to his sister.

The

2. Cut lin.wide loops from

STOCKINGS. the top half of old nylon

STOCKING

1 IN-LOOPS

3.Thread a loop on every Other tab up and down.

TABS

4.Weave more loops across... go under and over... fasten loop to every other tab.

PO

B.I. E&A

COMPANIES.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N, CO.

PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE

Outwards "CANTON".

"CARTHAGE"

"CORFT""

Leaves London Due Hongkong

21st AugusS

18th September

10th October

22nd September

90th October

17th November

Via Southampton, Puri Bald, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang & Bingapore

Homewards

"CANTON"

"CARTHAGE"

"CORFU"

Leaves Hongkong Dus London

26th Sept.

24th October

27th Oct.

24th November

21st November 22nd December

Accepting casgo for Bingapore, Penang, Colambu, Dumbay,

Aden, Port Buíð à London

FREIGHT SERVICE

Arrives

From

J01 September U. K. Continent,

via Straits

Dotwarci

"SUBAT"

Hotnewards "SOCOTRA"

14 September

Loadings

For-

Singapore. Port Bwettenham, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Stakl Genoa, Marseilles, Casablanca, Havre, London & Continent

Port Accepting cargo for Singapore,

Awettenham, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Port Sald, Genos, Marselizes, Casablanca, London, Hamburg, Antwerp Rotterdam, with liberty to call at Bombay if inducement offers. Tanks available for carriage of oil in Bulk. Space for refrigerated cargo. Limited Passenger accommodation.

BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.

"SANTHIA"

S.CAST OFF AROUND EDGE

WITH A CROCHET HOOK.

on

SEWA CURTAIN RING CY LAST LOOP

... USE FOR A HOT

"WARLA"

"SANGOLA"

PAD,

next time Mr Merlin caught the big binck fish "Certainly:" plled the magi- the end of his anger, Knart and Hanid watched very carefully. They saw him stuff it in his pocket with one hand, and slip. it out of his pocket again with the other. Very carefully he dropped it into the water, and caught it with his little finger,

As soon as they saw what he was doing, Khart and Hand both out: "You're tooling us! You're not catching fuch at all"

"What's wrong with that?" asked Mr Merlin. "Nobody says a sherman has to use a fishing rod. I entch fish with my little down and make finger. Sit yourselves comfortable."

Knarf and Hanid,ndering at Mr Merlin's strange way of down beside him. fishing, sat

"Go ahead and start Ashing" he said. There are plenty of fish in the pond for all of us. Ah!" he shouted the next in- stant, "I've got a bite!"

cried

Then Mr Merlin laughed heartily and sold: "There's no rule that says a (sherman can't catch the same fish es many times as he wants to

And he threw the fish back into the water, and spent the rest of the afternoon lying on a back under the shady willow while Keart and

Hand fished.

A CORNER OF

OF PUZZLES

CROSSWORD

Across

i Frozen water

4 High card

7 Pronoun

& Gazelle

9 Malt beverage

10 Pauso

12 Debase

15 Daybreak (comb. form)

10 Born

17 Father

10 Bullfighter

23 Nested boxES

25 Nether

20 Unit of weight

27 It is (contr.)

28 Fish

20 Frult drink

1 Island

3 Early English (ab.)

. DUE

In Port 10th Sept

Down

on or abt, 20th Sept.

21st Sept.

2 Male cook

"

2nd Oct,

2nd Oct.

4 One who agrees

Leading on or abl

14 Lion

Dth Sept.

10 Against

11th Sept.

5 Mine shaft but

Facility

0 Paid notice in a nowspaper

11 Preposition

13 Chant

17 Jumbled type

20 Girl's name

21 Flower

22 Either

24 Wond

27 Total assets (ab.)

WORD SQUARE

1

DIAMOND

Ecuador borders on the PACIFIC ocean, which gives a good centre to our diamond. The second word is "o golfer's term"; third "steps"; afth "to -have recourse; and sixth "a.

courtesy title."

PACIFIC

TRIANGLE

CLIENTS Gerve as a base for this triangle. The second word is "0 Hebrew deity"; third, "Biblical prophet' fourth "manufactured"; aith "can- sumed and sixth "most aged." Complete the triangle:

CLIENTS

WORD CHARADE

Ho is quick, ho is agile,

His tall is not frugile,

He can hang from it long in

a tree.

He mimico, he plays,"

He has copy-cat ways, What kind of a creature

ho?

Mo

I

MOUNTAIN MIX-UPS

Each line of strange words, when rearranged, will give you the nemo of a mountain peak in Ecuador:

ZOO CRAB HIM 'PI"TAX COO

BAY CAME

ANNA AITS GAS NAY

(Answers on Page 16),

1.

RIDDLES

When are you like a spider?

When is a herring like a tired horse?

arc

3. Why

true lovers' knots out of fashion?

4. Why are ladies like their own watches?

3. When is a lover like a tailor?

difference 6. What is tho between a funnel and an trumpet?

car

Why would you be jus uned in picking the pockets of

a vendor of engravings?

Why is it of no use to messen-

3.

employ a barefooted gert

Why is a woman's "beau ty like a bank note?

and

10. When are bolis route supplied gratis?

11. Why is a fee to a Iaw- yer like an agreement?

12 What Instrument of war does an angry lover resemble? 13. Why is a pretty young lady like a wagon wheel? (Answers on Page 10)

ZOO'S WHO

THE MUSTANG IS NOT A SPEEDY HORSE, BUT IS CAPABLE OF GREAT ENDURANCE. IT CAN BE RIDDEN 60 TOTO MILES WITHOUT STOPPING

SEALS ARE EASILY TAMED, LEARN THEIR NAMES AND CAN BE TAUGHT TO FISH..

THE DOMESTIC HOG IS A GOOD SWIMMER,PROVING FALSETHE OLD BELIEF THAT HE OUTS HIS OWN THROAT WITH THE SHARP HOOFG OF HIS.FORE-FEET WHEN IN WATER..

Rupert's Summer Adventure-41

due 6th Sept. sails 8th Sept.

Que 101 Sept.

ails 12th Sept.

due 13th Sept

'salla 14th Sept.

from Japan for Singapore, Perang, Hangoon & Calcutta

from Japan for Slogapore & Chittagong from Calcutis, Rangoon, Penang. de Singapore tor Japan

• (These versula havo refrigerated cargo spaʊ8) P.&O./B. I. JOINT SERVICE

"ORMARA"

"OZARDA"

due 10th Sept.

Bails 17th Sept. dule 21st Sept. sails 23rd Sept

from Bombay, " Colombo, Madras, di Билкорого

for Japan from Japan

Los Singapore,

Colombo, Dambay, Karachi & P. Quit

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN S.S, CO., LTD. - "EASTERN" "SHAHZADA”

In Port

duo 6th Oct. sails Dth Oct.

from Japan from Australia for Japan

All vessels have Überty to call at any ports on or off the route & the route ‘á salling are subject to change or amendment with or without notio.

MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

OF HONG KONG LTD Telephone Nos. 27721-4

FASTEST to Australia

and Pacific Islands

"BENNEVIS"

RENORUACHAN"

"BENCLEUCH”

"BENBIBOR" "PENLEDI” "DENALDER"

"BENMHOR"

*BENOLEUCH"

"DENALDER”

*"DENLEDİ”

Catts' Atapita.

.U.K. Ylą BN, Borneo

U.K.

( Japan UK, vía Bingapore Japan

BAILINGS

“Å von mouth, Liverpool, Glasgow Hamburg.

Direct to Bingapore, thepoo Liverpool, Dublin Glasgow Land Hamburg.

Direct to Bingspare thenoo GORGA London, Rotterdani Land Hull

Кага Kobo - and 'Yokohama,

Direct to Slagupere,

Liverpool

•Hamburg and Hull. Avonmo n't.b. London, Botterdam and Antwerp.

+ Calle Sandakan, All Vesseld 4¢oopt Cargo for Aden, Bues and Fort Bald.

W. R LOXLEY & CO., {(CHINA) LTD. 'Agenta

York Building..

Telephone: 84105,

ATENDRIS

EEER[V]

A EOD R

EES.S.16 BOLRS)

The farmestuent 44 Rupert, really right now. The-trees ats Do come and rune to him and is astonishad at growing again the happy expression on the little look." On the way be explains what he has done and how bear's face. You stem/mort the roots were splayed. The pleased about this bad "busineau Farrier, matES. ***Well, this beate "The leaves than 1 and he says grumpily) me." he declare

But of course I'm pleased; are not quite tha gamy as before

· cries: Rupart. ***Everything is but they are growing!

ALL HIGHTY HEARRYED

RUPERT AND THE

SWAN LAKE

Another Delightful Adventure Stary

in the Rupert Farion, ther From 5. C. M. Post only Price $1.00

So easy-to-ranch-by-modern-Qantas -Skymaster - Service, Australia offer you a friendly welcome and ja wonderful Tariety of scenic and social attractions in a perfect climate. You can fly to Bydney in less than 48 hours and 'quick air connections are available to all cities, New Guines, and the Pacific Islands and (by TEAL) w New Zealand, Fly_thers" faster-by Qantas : Skymaster---enjoy-iraditionally fine Qantas service, all the way. ;

fe's good businan, too, to fly your shipments-and order shem-by fart Qantas Air Cargo service.

QANTAS

QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD. (inc. in Q'idad.)

Agents: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD.

29nd Sept.

24th Sept.

ard Oct.

Cin Oct.

Rearrange the letters in coch row to muko a good word and then rearrange the rows of words so they will read the same down as across: