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Dus flangkong

25th June

28th July

Zird Augu

Via Mouthampton, Part Baid, Aden, Bombay, Colombo,

Penang à Blogapore

1eaven Hongkong

Homewarda

"CORFU“

Zrast July

"CANTON"

Jlst July

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2300 August

Due Landon

3rd August

3ial August

27th September

Accepting caigu for Bingapore, t'enang, Colombo, Bombay,

Outward

Aden, Purt Baid & London

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Arriving

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Trum

U.K.

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Por! POLAN

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1954.

the BOYS and GIRLS PAGE

COLORED TOOTHPICK

Would YOU Shield

COASTERS Would

1.Trace around the top of a GLASS and cut out a circle from OIL CLOTH

OIL CLOTH

2. ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CIRCLE, DRAW ANOTHER VERY SMALL CIRCLE IN THE CENTER.

USE A ROUND

PENCIL FOR CHDE

Α

Thief?

-IF HE'D SAVED YOUR LIFE

JILL WESTON'S birthday party had

been going on some time when Jerry Conway first saw Humphries, and then It was a fow seconds before he could be sure It was really the boy who had saved him |from drowning two years before,

Humphries had been away from the district a long time. He had changed a 1o. too. He was now a sallow-faced youth

in the kind of clothes that did not seem quite in keeping with the expensive surroundings of the lovely house in which JB lived with her wealthy nunt, and which hnd now been thrown open to Ji's Kay young guests.

"He watched Humphries slip something into the saddlebag of an old bicycle...."

When he reached the terrace

his quarry was heading towards the outbuildings where

reached But when he

the terrace he knew from the com- the house that the motion in theft had already been reported. A ht stoud there wondue –

standing next to her guests had parked their bicycles. Ing what to do someone called

June, cousin in the corner behind the

3.With fast drying MODEL Garret, pinched his arm.

AIRPLANE GLUE, start

gluing COLORED TOOTH-made PICKS to oilcloth like this.

KEEP ON

UNTIL THE

CIRCLE IS

COVERED.

WEIGHT

IT DOWN

WITH HEAVY

MAGAZINES UNTIL IT DRYS.

MAKE ASET FOR MOTHER?

PLAN YOUR COLORS TO MAKE A DESIGN AS

YOU GO

ALONG.

melly

"Snap out of it, Jerry!" she "Who are you staring at?"

"That chap Humphries." "J11 doesn't ke bin." Jane volunteered. "I heard her say She couldn't understand how he gut included 1/1 Who invitations. Someone brought

him, guESS.

Well, he certainly seems to be enjoyin

I himself,

have

u word with him

the party breaks up."

THE THIEF

musi

before

He him, Jerry was curious now.

He moved slowly towards moved sliently to the buildings the doorway.

Humphries and watched

stip something into the saddlebag of an old bicycle Re walted sus- piciously unt! Hemphries turned to the house, then be slipped neroas and unfastened the bag.

Inside,

THE PROBLEM

Only two things were open to him now; and both pleasant, Either he could re- port Humphries and so give suved

were un-

wrapped in a large away someone who had plant handkerchief,

hal life. Or he could pretend he had found the necklace In damond necklace....

was

So this is what brought him the garden--and that was likely

to r

14

make him

fool mediately.

#suspect

A

YOUR PUZZLE CORNER

TRIP TO

Crossword

JORDAN-

Coded Message

A simple codo has been sub- stituted for the correct letters In this sentence about Jordan (which happens to be the lost word):

Ulji obajpo't dpotujuvujpobm obnf just khufnjuť Ljøhaph pr Kpsobo.

Mix-ups

Rearrange the letters in each strange line to find the three sites of Jordan hidden here,

MULES ES JAR

BORN EH

ADA SEED

(Bolutions on Page 30)

Tra

M

[22

ACROSS

1 Dined

4 Prevarication

7 Male

B Deer

Forin a notion

12 Decimeter (ab.)

13 Enst Indies (ab.)

14 Country of our visit

16 Prohibit 19 Steat

21 Before 22 Attempt

DOWN

I Part of "to be" 2 Oriental porky 3 Conclusion 4 Pillar

Frozen water

6 And (Latin)

10 German river

11 Among

In-

14 Jolt

15 individual

to

16 Wile

he muttered jurty

Whal J credulously. Humphrtes wan

There was so little time to unaglo he

devide. could get away with it!

He had to choose now -one way or the other. Jerry knew what lat ntust do,

Well, what would YOU do? ti- necklace In his

Report Humphries, or risk tak- Und the But this was not easy. Either pocket, he set of to

log the blame yourself? thuel and make hint return it Humphries seemed 10

before Its loss was discovered. engages with a group own

he was

or

Of

be bis missing

altogether.

When Jerry did finally spot Trim slipping out of one of the French windows alone, a small party of guests tried to sweep Jerry into their game.

He excused himself hurriedly

Ilumplirles and followed

out- side.

ZOO'S WHO

FIRST KNOWN DRAWING OF AN AMERICAN BISON REPRO- DUCED HERE FROM GOMARA'S "HISTORIA DE LOS INDIA'S SARAGOSSA," PUBLISHED IN 1552-53..THIS IS HOW THE BUFFALO, UNKNOWN IN EUROPE,APPEARED TO

EARLY SETTLERS...

OUCH!

YES, MOTHER

GORILLAS SUFFER FROM

MANY HUMAN AILMENTS SUCH BIRDSINSTINCTIVELY AS "TOOTHACHE AND ARTHRITIS... OBEY THEIR PARENTS,

Game With

With Words

Homonyms are words which 14. Organ of vision and my- sound alike but are spelled selt differently and have different 15. To listen and the meanings; for example SENT opposite of "there." and SCENT, FLEE and FLEA. is. Consurged and one-thira

On each line below we give of 24.

you the meanings of a pair of 17. The opposite of "wrong" homonyms. Find out what both and to use a pencil,

of them are. The answer to No. 18. What a section of ple is:

1 is CURRENT and CURRANT. called and what comes at the

end of a war.

a

1.

19. The flow of electrictly

to sleep on A place through a wire and a sour fruit. ship ond

2. A word meaning story and "coming into life." what a dog wags.

Geoffrey

Morgan

Cactuses Are Like Pincushions

-Except That They Grow in the Desert-

By MAX TRELL

sold Knart, "MR PUNCH,"

the shadow-boy with the turned-about name, "what is

cactus?"

Mr Punch, who was standing in front of the mirror in the

kind of place is that the desert has no water. It's nothing but sand, for miles and miles. There aren't any trees or bushes, or even grass, except just in the

the rains. spring after

From then on, the sun shines day after day

and dries everything up." Mr Punch put

bathroom shaving himself, luther on his face. glanced down at Knart.

A

cactus, my hoy, is a plant that grows in tie desert. It's usual-

some more

"But, Mr Punch," Knart sald again, "a cactus la' a plant, isn't

"Yes," sold Mr Punch.

ly covered with thorns as long cactus is a plant."

and sharp as needles.

"A cuclus 15 a ploni," Mr

Punch added, as he shaved one

side of his face, "that nobody

What About the Plants

"And plants need water, don't

would ever choose to sit on. In they?" sald Knarf.

fuct, you'd be more comfort-

able sitting

ひます

pincushion

on coetus plunt."

"There

sald Mr Punch, "Plants aly need water."

Then," sald Knarf, "how does Knar! asked Mr Punch why the cactus manage to get water cactuses have so many thorns, in the desert when the desert To keep from being caien doesn't get any water itself?" up," repiled Mr Punch.

"A very good question," sold aren't many animals who would Mr Punch. "And If I knew the enjoy chewing

live

pin- answer, I'd be glad to tell It to cushion."

"I undestand what you meta," said Knart,

ப

You"

"The caetus must get water somewhere! said Knarf. To The Dosart

"Truc," said Mr Punch. "It can't walk” said Knarf.

"But whni

"It certainly can't," gold Mr makes you

ask Punch. about cactuses?" Mr Punch osked Knart. "Are you think~ ing of growing one?"

"And no one lives in the desert to bring it water, either,"

waters any of

"I was thinking of going Kuld Knari.

the desert," said Knart,

"No one ever

"Really" said Mr Punch in the millions and millions of

"You'd better be sure cactuses that surprise.

in the

17 Neither

10 Exist

20 Beside

Jordan Rebus

the

If you are careful in your use of the words and pictures, you'll have little trouble finding four facts about Jardan cealed in this rebus.

BETH 19 ONE OF THE LITTLE WOMEN

HELLO.

con-

LE

ILIKE ANY

SAMI GOOD ARIA

MESSAGERIES

P.O. Box 53

A Wonderful

Kingdom

THOSE of us who have been lo

THO

our hearts

Copenhagen can join with all

In the

Bong which pratses so well: "Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen,“

And still more, we can praise the country of which it is the capital, Denmark, for its high standard of living, its astonish- Ing variety of sen food and the cleanliness everywhere-of its streets and people.

}DANMARK!

when

Friends of Denmark will, therefore, re

joice to know that

It

just issued

has

stomp cele- brating

1,000 years as

a kingdom

A

a record to be

proud

of in

those days

a throne is often Just ono place

removed from the unemployment queue.

I

The stump is printed in photo- gravure and perforated 13. portrays Denmark as a strong rock rising from the sea and for a small country (population 4,000,000) It is strong indeed.

Its first kings pont Vikings sailing balf round the world; they went to England and im- planted there the love of and skill un the sen

which has proved a blessing and salvation

intter

90 often.

years,

Denmark's people have shown their skil and

of strength character by turning their infertile soil into

one great dairying area which sends food to many lands.

Yes, Denmark is a land to be saluted and a ruck of peace and prosperity in shifting and restless world.

The stamp London--J.A.A.

costa 38. in

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"BIR HAKEMM”

to take tots of water with your desert," said Mr Punch. "I "MONKAY”

"Why?" asked Knart.

grow

guess there is only one place "Well," said Mr Punch, the that cactus plants can get their one thing that makes a desert water from, That's from the

different from almost any other

4

meaning

20. A word meaning "finished" and a word meaning

Solution'on Page 20

word

3-29

3. Two of a kind and a juicy "tossed a ball" fruit.

4. A bucket and Q word meaning "wan;"

G. The seashore and a kind of troe.

6. A primary colour and what the wind did,

7. Not strong and seven days.

8. To cure and a part of your

foot.

B. To rule and water falling from the sky,

10. To bend at the waist and

a branch.

and

11. clumsy hairy animai, word meaning "hot clothed."

12. The soft coat of hair that covora many animals and dis of "the ovargreen trees,

18. To boáttért' sodd on the ground and to use a needle and

Mr. Punch was shaving as he told Knarf'about cactuses.

Rupert and Billy Goat-15

What Bily has penny-la a' stepen i pertí over. - #1 imm's just rope, sake delyen into, a cruzk" is the”, it's a ropa ladder 197 he whispers rock.

There double rock excitedly. - " D'you think le "lenda "down" UN clip???"BE" some webern 2 And who left it *Komelody člać muşti bë: "baje?.. I mult in down and 'sen. doing some climbing, huey, Long; "Ethin's want thin, skal 177: He Rupert “morne- to the goge tand junties the rope round his middle.

PEDRA KOʻRIGHTS RESERVED

air,

"From the air!" exclaimed Knart. *How con they do that?”

A Cactus Trick

Mr Punch shook his head. They must know a trick,” he Anid. "I wish I knew it. I 1 knew how to get water out of the air, I would never have to bother taking a drink of water out of a glas

"But you may grow to be like a cactus," said Kṇarf, "You'd

get full of thorns."

"My boy" said Mr Punch,

you don't let me finish

look like shaving, I will cactus. The bristles on

*

feel like thoms already, chiu And Mr Punch smiled, and Knarf laughed, and Mr Punch laughed, and Mr Punch went vn shaving, and Knarf went on looking

A new story

sailing June 26th Balling July 16th

Rupert and the Wild

Goose

SOUTH

ONG KOWLOON MED

Chase