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THE CHINA MAIL - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1958,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE the BOYS

Putterfold & Swire (Hongkom,) [451 "CHING NAVIGATION Ed., Ltd.

"FENGTIEN"

"HUPEN”

**FUKIEN"

"SHENGKING"

"YOCHOW"

"HUNAN"

"SHENGKING"

"PETER KEED"

"FUNING" "HANYANG

"SZECHUEN"

"FUKIEN"

"YOCHÓW"

BAILINGS TO

..........Plaiçtifti,*~ Bemiring.

Soutabnyh & Macassur

ricfitsin...

Yokoliama,

8am. 13th Sept,

10 m, 14th Sept,

Nagoya,

Osaka & Koba

8 p. 15 Sep!,

.Keelung

Stonghai

.Tientsil

.Keelule

„Sibu & Tandjong Moni .Jangkok

Djakarta, Semarang, Sourabaya & Macursor .Singapore, Penang &

Belawan

5 . 10 SOPL 10 dni, 10th Sept.

10 am. 22nd Sept.

5 p.m: 23rd Sept,* 0a.m. 24th Sept. #aan. 20th Sept,

10 am. 20th Sept.

10 m, 3rd Oct.

• Balla from Custodian Whart

a. 13th Sept. 13/14th Sept.

ARRIVALS FROM Singapore & Tandjong Meni

7 am. 14th Sept.

um. 14th Sept.

17th Sept,

Sibu & Tandjong Man!

"SHENGKING"

"POYANG"

**HUNAN"

"PETER REED'

"FUNING"

Shanghai

Kectang

Bangkok rientin

.Kobe

"ILANYANG

"SZECHUEN"

Kobo

Singapore

21st Sept.

23rd Sept. 24th Sept,

30th Sept.

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

"CÍLANGTE".

CHANGSÍIA"

"BIANBI"

"CHANGTE”

"CHANGSHA"

SAILINGS ΤΟ

Sydney & Melbourne

...Japan

Samara),

Rabaul,

Sydney, Pt. Moresby,

Kavieng, Madang & LAC

ARRIVALS FROM

Yokohann

Australia

Manila

BLUE FUNNEL LINE

Scheduled Battings to Europe via Aden & Port

Liverpool & ⋅ Glasgow 13th Sept.

Genoa,

28th Supt. 1st Oct.

„KÄMP KILL

KARE

and

Test Your Memory

30

you think you have a good memory. Prove it. Study the above picture for exactly one minute. Then cover the picture and see how many of these questions

you can answer.

1. How many boys were at the plenic?

2. How many girla?

4. Where was the picine held?

19th Oct,

23rd Sept.

27th Sept.

3.

Were any adults present?

Said,

5. What game did the boys play?

6.

մ.

How did the group get to the plenie?

Salls

2

How many bość wore caps?

"CLYTONEUS“

14th Sept.

B.

Did everyone wear shoes?

"AENEAS"

London,

9. Did they sit on a bench to eat?

Rotterdam, Amsterdam

& Homburg

. Liverpool

*****

10th Sept. Dublin 23rd Sept .Marseilles, Liverpool

5th Oct.

20th Sept. 24th Sept,

61 Oct,

14th Oct.

Lords

រ ។

"ABTYANAX” "PYRRHUS”

"ASCANIUS"

G. "PYRRHUS"

& Ginsgow

...Liverpool & Clusgow 13th Oct.

Scheduled Ballings from Europe

Salla Rotterdam

S. "ASCANIUS"

G. "AGAPENOR"

8. "CALCHAS"

G. "PELEUS”

8. "ATREUS"

Baits Liverpool

Salled

Sailed

do

do

lo

Salted

13th Sept,

18th Sept..

G. "BÉLLEROPHON“ 24th Sept.

8. "MENTOR"

3rd Oc

Arrives

Bong hong

1311 Sept.

21st Sept. 27 Sept.

yel.

14th Oct,

23rd Oct. 29th Oct.

7th Nov.

G. Leading Glasgow, before Liverpool. 5. Loading Swansea, detore Liverpool. Carriers' option to proceed via other parts to load & dischargé cargo.

DE LA Rama Lines

ARRIVING FROM US. ATLANTIC &

PACIFIC COAST PORTS.

Salls N.Y.

"BATAAN"

Salled:

"TELEMACHUS"

- do --

"DONA NATI"

"BENARES"

25tli Sept.

"AJAX"

10th Oct,

Salti 8.F. Baildo 17th Sept. 2nd Oct 17th Oct. 1st Nov.

Arr. II.K.

In l'ort 17

Oct.

- do

1st Nov. 15th Nov, 1st Dec.

SAILING for NEW YORK, via SAN FRANCISCO,

LOS ANGELES & CRISTOBAL.

"DONA AURORA”

"DONA ALICIA"

Loads

13th Sept.

4th Oct.

Salls

20th Sept.

5th Oct,

Accept cargo for Kingston and to Central & South American ports on

through bills of lading.

“Lathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Boute

HK/Bangkok/Singapore

Departs Hongkong

(DC-4) 7:00 am. Tus. Fil. (Connecta al Bangkok with II/Manlia/B.N. Borneo (DC-3) 6,45 a.m. Tue. Fri.

1K/Balgon/Singapore

HKJ/tang/phòng

BK/Bangkok/Rangoon/

Calcutta

(DC-4) 12.30 am. Wed. (DC-3) 1130 aun. Wed.'

(DC-4) 12.00 noon Sat,

Arrives II.K. (ергебига)

7.15 x.m. Wed. Sat. UB.A. to Rangoon) 1.45 p.in. Wed. Sat.

20 năm. Thu.

600 p.m. Sun.

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

I.CONNAUGHT RD C. Tel.30331/8 BRANCH OFFICE: 50 Connaught Rd, West. 25875. 32144, 24878

SUNDAY

EXPRESS

Baby Book

10. Did everyone bring their own basket lunch?

Look at the picture to check your answers. Count 10 points for each question. A score of 100-00 means you have an excellent | memory; 80-70, above average; 70-80, average; 50 ant below means you can improve

COLONY'S LAST STAMP

SHOWS ITS DISCOVERY

W

WHEN a country stops

issuing stamps

should make sure of getting some before it becomes too difficult.

Take Newfoundland,

which

inèrged with Canada in 1948 and ·

now uses Canadian stumps.

GIRLS PAGE

HOW IT BEGAN:

Coins Replaced Cattle

By LEE PRIESTLEY

HERON, Bon

T

of to buy and sell and exchange

Miletus, plodded in without moving herds.""

As he walked along he kept the dust behind the thinking about some means of herd of cattle and felt sorry moving wealth, What could for himself. This was what take the

place of cattle?

it meant to be the son of a should be mall, durable, long- Theron looked at the rich man in the Seventh Lasting Century

copper bracelet he wore on hils B. C. in Asia

Thero forearm.

was nothing Minor.

more durable than metal.

ميع ما

P&Q B.I. E&A

COMPANIES

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. Co.

PASSENGER/FREIGHT SERVICE

Outwards "CARTHAGE”

Leaves London

20th August

Due Hongkong

Blat September

17th September 19th October

2nd October

1801 October

31st October

18th November

Via Southampton, Port Said, Aden, Blombay, Colombo,

Penang & Blogapore

Leaves Hongkong Dus London

23th September

"CORFU"

"CHUSAN"

"CANTON"

#

Homewards "CARTHAGE"

26th October

"CORFU"

23rd October

23rd November

"CHUSAN"

4th November

1st December

"CANTON"

20th November

21st December

Ontwards

Adeu, Port Said ✯ London FREIGHT SERVICE

"SINGAPORE” 10th September

Balla Homewards "SOUDAN"

231 September

Due

For

Japan

For

Singapore,

Penang Port, Swettenham,

Colombo,

Adoth

Port Bald.

GROGE,

He took the copper bracelet to In that far-off time riches a stone, at the edge of the road meant cattle, so the son of and hammers and bent it wit

ho had four rough squares, a rich man wis little illore

Upon

the polished surface of than a herdeman, Theron the squares he scratched a rude wiped his dusty face and nguro of cow, using a rough popped the whip be carried edge as a tool. Ho looked at to keep the cattle moving the squares a long time.

ANGRY FARMER the down

road, to his

Several days later an' angry father's barns. If there farmer demanded

the were only some way to keep rich man Miletus. Ho stalked from moving cattle all the into the room and cost A time.

handful of small rattling objects on the table before him. Theron spoke aloud, for there Is it thus that you would ware none to listen save the cheat me, Miletus?" the farmer slow-moving animals. "When I roared. "I brought

mah and inherit, my small cows

ught you eight and should get in father's herds I shall think of exchange four large animals as some way to keep Eom dating

And what does equal value. the dust of the roadway all the your son Theron give to me? time. I shall invent some way Four scraps of useless meal that he says you will redcetn for cattle whenever I wish to have them."

om a

GAME WITH

WORDS

Hait

30

TERE are a lot of words,

Decide what each word means. (You can use dictionary.) Then writh

篛

them

Milelus turned the metal scraps over Bi ́his fingers. The angry frown gave way to thoughtful look and then d smile. "When do you wish to have the four cattle, friend " he asked. "Now, when there is no good green feed for them? Or in the spring when the grass springs up?".

"I would wish not to feed the

th three columna. Put those be- longing to the ANIMAL KING- cattle all winter," he said, "but DOM in the first column, those how can I do otherwise?" belonging to the VEGETABLE "By taking these metal pieces KINGDOM in the second now for the value of your cattle. column; those belonging to the When you return them to mo in MINERAL KINGDOM in the the spring I will give you the cattle they represent," Miletus third slitin 2

There should be exactly ten explained. words in each column. För in- stance, butter is made from cow's milk and oille be listed under, Animal Kingdom. Get 117 Try to make a perfect score! tain in 1497,

Butter

Agaric King Henry VII was so grateful Gnu of

he rewarded Epbql-with £19. Hall

The stamp costs $d, mint and Starch is perforated 121⁄2.—-J‚Ä‚A.

Some of Newfoundland's own issues were among the most ex- citing on that side of ule world, cross the Atlantic and claimed And not least was the last one, the country as a colony for Brl-

illustrated here.

It shows the discovery Newfoundland by John Cabot, This citizen

sied of Venice from Bristol, took 62 days 10

K

Knarf Tries to Take a Nap

-But the Things That Happen to Disturb Himl— By MAX TRELL

INÁRF, the shadow-boy withTM the turned-about name, wos dozing under the shade of a daisy when he fell himself being roughly shaken by someone. Ho opened his eyes and saw that it was Squire Squirrel.

"I beg your pardon,"

said

Squire Squirrel. "Would

you

mind getting up for a moment?"

sald

"I was taking a nap," Kriart, frowning. "Why Lo have to get up?"

Buriad An Acorn

"Last winter," said Squire Squirrel, "I buried an acorn here, right under the spot where you're sitting. If I don't dig t up soon, it will start sprouting and I'll have an oak tree Instead of an acorn. I just remembered about it."

"You came right ihrough my kitchen," Mr Worm said insilly;

it's my roof that's

"Only broken." Quickly Knarf dragged him-

Seeing that the worm had by self to his feet and stood to one this time completely disappear side while Squire Squirrel du cd, Knart lay down once more Into the earth. All at once Squire Squirrel stopped, peered disturbed again by a loud fut

to finish his nap. But he was down into the hole with one

tering noise, sounding louder

eye and instantly started alling than the roar of an aeroplane. It the hole up again.

was Robin the Red, a very "What's the matter?" Knart tough old bird.

asked.

"Too late," said Squire. "It's started sprouting. I'm sorry disturbed you."

the

I

Then he scampered oft

Knarf sat down again

circling

robln shouted, around Kharf's head.

Knart sprang up in alarm.

Robin Zoomed Down

Gelding Aquamarine

3

Jet

Honey

-Burlap

Cpbolt

Sodo

Escarolo

Lava

Pangolin

Tiara

Sweelbrends Lentil

Helium

Ciritánon

Bilento Alpaca Carbon Percheron! Linen Nyibn

Porgy

***Avocado --- --- --

soon

CAUGHT ON Theron's Idea caught on and the new coins became popular with buyer and seller alike. Beenuso the Latin word for cattle was pecunis, men called the colas that stood for the value of a cow a penny. Soon the colns were madc uniform in size and more care-

finished fully

They were stamped on both sides with their value, and the mark of the king or city that issued them. New colns were made. qt Harder alloys, then of precious metals, so that their value was real.

Because a rich mbit's БОЛ hated to plod in the dust-behind-

This quiz requires quite a bit¦à herd of cattle, money, one of

of mental work so

take your the great tools of civilisation,

fime. Solution on Page 10,

was invented.

The FUNNY

MAN

START HERE....

AND CONNECT

DOTE CONSECUTIVELY -- (OOTS WITH EVEN

NUMBERS ARB LEFT

UNNUMBERED)

#24

59

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is

Accepting cargo for Bingapore, Penang, Colombo, Hombay,

Marseilles, HAVINE

London,

Antwerp,

Hotterdam de llam burg.

With liberty to call at Delawan before or after Stella Ports and at Bombay if inducement offers, Tanka available for carriage of Oll in Bulk. Space for refrigerated cargo. Limited Passenger. accommodation.

BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO., LTD.

in Port sails 1202 Sept.

"WARLA"

"VARORA" "SANTIILA"

"SINDHANA"

salla 18th Sept. due 24th Sept.

"OBRA"

Bain 14th Sept. due 16th Sept.

sails 23th Sept.

from Japan

for Singapore. Hanroom, Calcutta & Guittagong for Japari for Singapore, Penang.

Itangoon

& Calcutta « tron Japan From Calcutta, Rangoon Pening, & Singapore

for Japari

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

"OKILLA"

In Port

Balls 12th Sept. due 13th Sept.

galls 14 Sept.

"UMARIA"

due 19th Sept. sails 20th Sept.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAŃ "NELLORE" sails 30th Sept.

from Karachil, Bom- bay, Colombe Hingapore

44

for, Japan from Japan for Singapore, Colombo, Beinbay. Kuwait. Karachi, Khorramshahr, Darah & other P.

Paris Gulf Bombay

from Japan for S'pore, Penang. Madras, Colombo. Bombay & Karachi

S.S. CO., LTD.

for Borned, Port Moresby, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide

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over

the same spot. But hardly had he shut his eyes when he somebody poking him in ribs.

felt

the

"Where's that-Worth?" Nöbin the Red demanded, es he, zoom- ed down and started pecking away at the ground.

"Move aside, please-move "He went away," cald Knart. aside!" said a volee,

"You're sure?" said Robin the Kharf looked quickly around. Red. "I'm as hungry as a wol Mr Early Worm was sticking You haven't ro his head out of the ground. It was he who had poked Knarf in the ribs.

Right Through Kitchen

a

pocket, have you

in your and

Knart walked slowly sleepity away. It had seemed like such a pleasant idea to take Д doze out in the field under

"What's the idea of digging seemed like such a quiet, rest

the shade of a delay. And it had hole in my roof?" Mr Early

quiet, Worm sald angrily to Knart, ful spot for a

restful and "You come right through my

very pleasant nap. kitchen."

Kharf shook his head sadly "I didn't do it," said Knorf. ss he walked along, "You Dover "I'm only trying to take a map, can tell about these things," he Squire Squirrel was looking for sighed to himself never on acorn that he buried here thought anyone would come last winter. But the acom, la looking for an acom' that grow aprouting and is going to grow into a tree, and for a worm Into a fixe

whose roof got broken, anil for "A great deal of trouble over a robin, who was as hungry as

a wolf" nothing" Mr Early Worm, mut- fered as ho posted His hbän back Knart fished His doze. In BEd squirmed down to his hole, his own room on a bed,

DOT PUZZLE - Today's dot puzzle is a little more difficult than agual. The even numbers (2, 4, 6 and so on) have not been numbered, so count to yourself as you start connecting the dots.

Rupert and Ozzie-1

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